The GAM Podcast: Goblin Chainwhirler Was A Mistake
GerryT and Bryan talk the surprise success of R/B Aggro at Grand Prix Birmingham and the menace of Goblin Chainwhirler! Who has the biggest “I told you so” in the podcast’s history? Listen in!
AuthorGerry Thompson
Gerry Thompson is a Constructed specialist, Platinum pro, and former SCG Tour end boss. His career highlights include twelve Grand Prix Top 8s with two wins and seven SCG Invitational Top 8s with two wins. He won Pro Tour Amonkhet, lost in the finals of Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan, and made the Top 8 of Pro Tour Gatecrash. Many of the first SCG Tour records were set by him.
GerryT’s 10 Things: The Veteran Metagame Explorer
Want decklists? From Pauper to Standard, Modern to Legacy, GerryT delivers! Are hexproof Hazorets Standard’s future? And how did Veteran Explorer win a Legacy Challenge?!
The GAM Podcast: W/B Vehicles Is Better Than You Think
Gerry and Bryan quickly check in on The Scarab God (yep, still unplayable) before taking a deep look into the most successful deck of the weekend: W/B Vehicles.
GerryT’s 10 Things: Return Of The Rebels
The Standard tech keeps coming as we march toward SCG CON! Gerry has all of it here, plus some Modern and Legacy hilarity to match!
Construct Tribal Is Real
Humans. Slivers. Constructs? It was bound to happen. The machines have assembled into a Standard deck, and GerryT has constructed the road to wins in Constructed Magic!
The Hottest Dominaria Technology
GerryT gives his views on all the insane lists that have come out of Dominaria! This is your last shot to go rogue at the SCG Baltimore team showdown!
The GAM Podcast: The Scarab God Is Unplayable
With Dominaria, white has completely supplanted black as Standard’s midrange and control color of choice. Why? And why should it have happened sooner, according to Gerry and Brian?
Breaking Mox Amber
Throughout the Dominaria preview season and into week one, no one is still sure what to make of the newest Mox! GerryT has made it a personal quest to solve the puzzle before SCG Baltimore!
The GAM Podcast: Dominaria Arrives
The first MODO results are in for Dominaria! Gerry and Bryan go through the first wave of decklists one-by-one, talking about what they like as we get to SCG Baltimore!
R/B Aggro For SCG Atlanta
GerryT reached the semifinals at GP Seattle with R/B Aggro, and he thinks the deck still has legs in post-Dominaria Standard! Check out his updates, his thoughts between Goblin Chainwhirler and the manabase, and his sideboarding guide!
GerryT’s 10 Things: Dance Dance Evolution
Gerry Thompson’s hitting the Magic Online results ahead of SCG Atlanta! And for this edition of GerryT’s 10 Things, it’s all Modern, all the time. From unusual takes on Burn to some downright scary Eldritch Evolution decks…including one Gerry says he’d play in a tournament in the dark, without any changes…there’s a new surprise every 75 cards!
Two Black Dominaria Sleepers
GerryT thinks Dominaria is one of the deepest sets in years! Today he shows the results of his experiments with two black sleeper cards. Could the overlooked Torgaar, Famine Incarnate break into Modern? And is Lich’s Mastery anything but a brewer’s trap?
The GAM Podcast: Our Dominaria Top 10s!
The full Dominaria set has been previewed and Gerry and Bryan are both excited! They each break down their Top 10 picks from the set, but it easily could have been a Top 30.
As always, they both have some picks that will surprise you.
GerryT’s Ten Things: Death And Taxes And Black…And Blue?!
GerryT’s unearthed some oddball goodies this week! And when we say “Unearth,” that’s one of the cards in one of the decks. Also, what happens when you start with Legacy Death and Taxes and add black…and then blue?
The GAM Podcast: Selecting Our Modern Decks for GP Hartford!
First, Gerry and Bryan discuss Grand Prix Seattle, Gerry’s Top 4 finish with R/B Aggro, and whether this Standard format succeeded!
The real meat of the episode is about Modern, Grand Prix Hartford, and how Bryan doesn’t know what to play. Should he default to playing Karn again?