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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.

Video: Mono-Blue Eldrazi In Standard

GerryT e-sleeves up what could be the next big deck heading into #SCGPHILLY’s Standard Classic! Can this archetype step up to Four-Color Rally and Jeskai Black?

Controlling The RPTQs

The various four-color control decks in Standard have been the way to go for GerryT all season. Here, he breaks each of them down for #SCGLOU’s Standard Classic on Sunday.

Video: Grixis Control In Modern

Eldrazi may be the way to go most of the time these days, but GerryT isn’t giving up on his favorite Modern deck of the last year without a fight! Can he pull his archetype together for a run at #SCGLOU?

Daily Digest: Last Eldrazi Deck, I Swear

GerryT’s obsession with the Eldrazi comes to a close this week on Daily Digest as he shows off yet another thing you can do with the giant aliens running wild over the Modern format!

Surviving In The Eldrazi World

GerryT logged a lot of miles on Pro Tour weekend! Read about his ups and downs, his great #SCGRegionals finish, and how he plans to work the Eldrazi into Legacy!

Daily Digest: Dark Eldrazi

It seems that as long as you’ve got the Eldrazi in your corner these days, it’s hard to go wrong. See the latest in Eldrazi tech as GerryT bravely continues to cover their Modern invasion!

Video: Grixis Control In Standard

GerryT takes a break from the Eldrazi-infested Modern shores to anchor down in Standard! Does this deck have what it takes to compete in the Oath of the Gatewatch metagame?

Daily Digest: More Eldrazi

We’ve already seen a number of ways to take the new Eldrazi angle in Modern, but there’s still a long way to go! GerryT has found yet another Eldrazi deck more than capable of putting up incredible finishes!

Daily Digest: East West Bowl

This may have been the first Pro Tour with multiple teams breaking the same types of strategies. GerryT pays tribute to the most broken of the broken, the victor among all the other victors.

Daily Digest: Aggro In The New Modern

To say that the Modern format changed a bit recently would be the understatement of a lifetime! GerryT weighs in on the format’s newest and craziest bad guy!

Daily Digest: Reckless And Relentless

GerryT and his reckless friend revive an archetype that fell out of favor despite nearly winning the Pro Tour last time around! Does this new addition have what it takes to revive the deck?

Jeskai Black Is Still Great

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The sky is blue, the birds are singing, and GerryT is loving some Jeskai Black. He’s here to help you avoid slow play, bad sideboarding decisions, and losses in his latest work!

Daily Digest: What To Expect At #PTOGW

#SCGRegionals and #PTOGW are going to shape Modern for the foreseeable future. We know a lot of the contenders, but there is one big question: What will the Eldrazi deck be? GerryT investigates!

Daily Digest: What’s In A Name?

The manabases in Standard have made for a lot of Jeskai Black staying power over the last season. Will we ever reach a consensus 60 cards for the archetype? It’s not clear, but GerryT is sure this latest version is a step in the right direction!

Daily Digest: Switching It Up

Most players who top 8 an SCG Tour® event keep the same deck. But the masters? They know what they need every single weekend. Andy Ferguson is the latest with this brilliant line of thinking, and GerryT honors him here.