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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.

Daily Digest: My Pro Tour Oath Of The Gatewatch Deck

Is it too early to show your hand for the upcoming Pro Tour? Apparently not! GerryT is back with more Daily Digest, and he’s got a deck for #SCGCHAR that features a few of his favorite cards together for the first time!

Daily Digest: Endgame

Casting Ugin at all is pretty good, but what about casting him naturally on turn 8? GerryT finds a few awesome Modern decks that don’t need ramp, they just need plenty of life!

Daily Digest: Siege Mantis Rhino Rider

With mana this good, we may as well play everything! One player did that on their way to a top-notch PTQ finish, and GerryT has all the tech right here!

Video: Grixis Control In Modern

GerryT takes the archetype he believed in enough to take to the #SCGINVI! A near Top 8 miss later, and he’s still exploring the strategy here!

Daily Digest: Tuning B/W Warriors

B/W Warriors is a white (and black) hot deck right now, and GerryT has the latest evolution of the increasingly popular archetype! What’s left to change in this deck? Turns out, quite a bit…

Daily Digest: Standard Is Painful

This just in: Painful Truths is really good. The standout sorcery from Battle for Zendikar continues to insert itself into good decks, and GerryT has found the latest one!

My Near Miss

GerryT was the lone undefeated player after the first day of competition at #SCGINVI, but he fell to just outside the top 8 after the dust settled. So how does that make him feel about his Standard and Modern decks? Read on to find out!

Daily Digest: How To GG Modern

Rally the Ancestors has been tearing up Standard, but it isn’t going to stop there! The #SCGPC might have a Modern deck or two that contains the powerful spell, and GerryT has the perfect list for the occasion!

Video: Jeskai Black In Standard

This deck doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone, but the card choices the archetype offers are virtually infinite. Which configuration is GerryT on? Find out here!

Daily Digest: How To Beat Crackling Doom With Thunderbreak Regent

Don’t be shocked if the #SCGPC marks a return of some very important Dragons! The Invitational showed us Thunderbreak Regent still has plenty of game, and here, GerryT explains why.

Daily Digest: Twin Prison

It’s important that we remember Legacy amidst all this #SCGINVI Standard and Modern hype! GerryT assists us in this task by showing us a brew of both inevitability and awesomeness!

Daily Digest: Jund Monsters

GerryT has found a deck from last season that’s been ported over…sort of. Don’t spend so much time focusing on the wedge-colored decks that you forget the power of the shards! #SCGINVI may reward you!

Daily Digest: Bogles, Ascended

It’s been quite a while since we saw any evolution out of the hexproof deck that so often pops its head into Modern. One brave player has taken it upon themselves to take on such a project for #SCGINVI!

Reading This Article is +EV

GerryT breaks down the merits of his #SCGDEN weekend! With all the talk of good and bad value, where does such a weekend rank? What kind of value do you expect from #SCGINVI this weekend?

Video: Mardu Green In Standard

The four-color mishmash is all over the place, and GerryT is climbing onboard yet another new one! #SCGINVI will be filled to the brim with these sorts of strategies. Will you be prepared?