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 Rants of Valakut 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 Rants of Valakut 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...
Rant of Valakut: Hidden Agenda Ben Iverach-Brereton January 7, 2019 Rants of Valakut I love the Conspiracy card type. I'm really intrigued by the idea of taking an otherwise normal card and making it amazing by changing it ever so slightly. A reduced cost, an increased size, or a new ... Read More...
