The Boss VS. Ross: Bant Retreat VS. Kiki Evolution

Let the creatures and combos fly! Will Tom “The Boss” Ross use Knight of the Reliquary to force his foe to make a hasty retreat, or will Ross Merriam’s Eldritch Evolution toolbox deliver all the answers? Check it out ahead of the #SCGNY Modern Open on Saturday!

By Tom Ross

August 12, 2016

Kiki Evolution Ross Merriam

Modern

Article Deck

Aug 11, 2016

Creature (28)

4

Birds of Paradise

1

Courser of Kruphix

1

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

2

Eternal Witness

1

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

1

1

Obstinate Baloth

2

Pia and Kiran Nalaar

2

Restoration Angel

1

1

Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

1

Scavenging Ooze

1

Selfless Spirit

1

1

4

Voice of Resurgence

3

Sorcery (4)

4

Eldritch Evolution

Instant (6)

3

Chord of Calling

3

Land (22)

1

1

Fire-Lit Thicket

3

1

1

1

2

Razorverge Thicket

1

2

Stomping Ground

1

4

Windswept Heath

4

Wooded Foothills

Sideboard

1

Celestial Purge

1

Eidolon of Rhetoric

3

Engineered Explosives

2

Fulminator Mage

1

Kataki, War's Wage

2

Lightning Helix

1

Melira, Sylvok Outcast

1

1

Qasali Pridemage

1

Reclamation Sage

1

Scavenging Ooze

Bant Retreat Lloyd Kurth

Modern

8th

Star City Games Classic

Baltimore, MD

Jul 30, 2016

Creature (29)

4

Birds of Paradise

1

Courser of Kruphix

2

Eternal Witness

1

4

Knight of the Reliquary

4

2

Qasali Pridemage

2

Scavenging Ooze

1

1

1

2

Thalia, Heretic Cathar

4

Voice of Resurgence

Enchantment (2)

2

Retreat to Coralhelm

Instant (7)

1

Chord of Calling

4

Collected Company

2

Land (22)

1

1

4

1

Gavony Township

2

1

Hallowed Fountain

3

Misty Rainforest

2

1

1

1

Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince

4

Windswept Heath

Sideboard

2

1

Eidolon of Rhetoric

1

2

1

Melira, Sylvok Outcast

2

1

2

1

Surgical Extraction

1

Thrun, the Last Troll

1

Timely Reinforcements