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Rant of Valakut: The Planeswalker Problem (part 2)

Ben Iverach-Brereton
March 15, 2021
Rants of Valakut
In case you missed it, here's a link to part 1. Sarkhan Wasn't That Mad Planeswalkers first appeared in 2007, in Lorwyn. The early designs followed a fairly standard formula: a relatively weak... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: The Planeswalker Problem (part 1)

Ben Iverach-Brereton
March 1, 2021
Rants of Valakut
The most frustrating thing in Magic is losing to a seemingly unbeatable threat. Sometimes that takes the form of a powerful creature, but more often than not it's an unanswered planeswalker. These ma... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Life at Fourty

Ben Iverach-Brereton
January 18, 2021
Rants of Valakut
What really sets Commander apart from other formats isn't the colour identity rule or the singleton nature of decks. It's not even the looming creature (or planeswalker) waiting in the Command Zone. While these... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Rupture the Spire, part 3

Ben Iverach-Brereton
October 26, 2020
Rants of Valakut
Rupture the Spire is a single-player deck-building game inspired by the video game Slay the Spire. Check out part 1 and part 2 if you haven't read them yet! Same Word, Different Meaning Today we're divi... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Rupture the Spire, part 2

Ben Iverach-Brereton
October 12, 2020
Rants of Valakut
The Game So Far In my last article  I outlined the general plan for "Rupture the Spire": - It's a single-player deck-building game based on Slay the Spire. - You use Magic cards for everything. - Your dec... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Rupture the Spire, part 1

Ben Iverach-Brereton
September 28, 2020
Rants of Valakut
Slay the Spire is a deck building roguelike video game where you battle a series of monsters to ascend a strange tower. The cards you play will help deal damage to the monsters and shield you from harm. You beg... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Enchant World (Planechase Variant)

Ben Iverach-Brereton
July 6, 2020
Rants of Valakut
Core Set 2021 just came out, so naturally I'm going to completely ignore that fact and talk about Planechase instead. Because, reasons? In case you're not familiar with it, Planechase is a variant... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Exert Target Creature

Ben Iverach-Brereton
March 2, 2020
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Today I'd like to discuss Exert, and the potential it has for Magic as a whole. Exert is one of my favourite mechanics, and one that I think could be used is virtually every set if it underwent one small adjust... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Scheming Symmetry – the Format of Stacked Decks

Ben Iverach-Brereton
November 25, 2019
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You and your opponent have identical decks, and the ability to arrange your libraries however you want. Can you come up with a winning strategy? SCHEMING SYMMETRY Scheming Symmetry is an experimental format ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Scavenging Scavenge

Ben Iverach-Brereton
October 28, 2019
Rants of Valakut
Way back in Return to Ravnica, we saw a mechanic for the Golgari called Scavenge. Cards with it could be exiled from the graveyard to put +1/+1 counters on a target creature on the battlefield based o... Read More...
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