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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: Aggro Constellation

An interesting new take on an old deck will always catch GerryT’s eye, and a faster, more aggressive version of the tried-and-true B/G Constellation deck grabbed his attention at #SCGCHI! Check it out for #SCGRICH this weekend!

Daily Digest: Kiki-Kut

The most intriguing combo decks combine two different plans so it is harder to disrupt them, and today’s Modern deck of note mixes Scapeshift’s Valakut kill with Kiki-Pod’s killer infinite combo!

Jeskai Something

Having spent all of Sunday at #SCGCHI trying to battle back from the rear of the pack, GerryT shares his insights on Jeskai in the format and the builds he finds most interesting moving forward from here.

Daily Digest: Zoo Control

For today’s Daily Digest, GerryT examines an unusually grindy and controlling take on Wild Nacatl and friends in Legacy. Test it out and maybe give it a whirl this weekend at the $5K Legacy Premier IQ at #SCGRICH!

Daily Digest: Going Against The Hive Mind

With no new cards banned in Modern as of the last announcement, GerryT digs up an alternative look at how aggro you can go with Primeval Titan and Amulet of Vigor.

Video: Sultai Death’s Shadow In Legacy

In today’s video, GerryT looks at an unusual Delver build from a Grand Prix Trial at GP Lille, testing out Death’s Shadow in Legacy as an efficient tempo threat in this low-curve aggro/tempo build.

Daily Digest: How To Midrange Without Tarmogoyf

Jund and Abzan have been two sides of the same awesome B/G/x coin in Modern for some time now, but what if it was the green you could give up and mix the two of them? Today’s pair of Mardu decks ask exactly that.

Daily Digest: The Modern Festival Finals Champion

Today GerryT presents the winner of the MTGO Modern Festival – Dredgevine! Give it a spin as you prepare for the $5,000 #SCGCHI Premier IQ this weekend or your local PPTQ!

Daily Digest: Ham Sandwich Boros

Modern may be a format where people are learning they have to play around Blood Moon, but usually not in game one – and no one’s really prepared to play against Chalice of the Void. Check out these R/W disruption decks and try one out before this weekend’s $5K Super IQ at #SCGCHI!

No Surprises: Jeskai For #SCGCHI

Jeskai decks are perfectly in GerryT’s wheel-house, so it should come as no surprise that this is what he is planning to play at #SCGCHI this weekend. Check out his decklist, sideboard plans, and the reason behind all of these choices inside.

Daily Digest: Steroid

For today’s Modern Daily Digest, Gerry looks at a variety of similar Naya Zoo decks that have popped up over the last six months in order to explore whether it has a home in the metagame or is just a worse version of the Burn deck.

Video: Grixis Twin In Modern

While we are all awaiting the release of Magic Origins on Magic Online, Gerry explores the Modern format to prepare for PPTQs and the $5000 Super IQ at #SCGCHI!

Daily Digest: Kutting Up The Competition

In today’s Daily Digest, Gerry looks at a few efforts to focus more on Primeval Titan instead of Scapeshift.

Daily Digest: Behold, The Tribrid

Mashing two decks together gets you a hybrid – so mashing three decks together deserves its own special name too, right? And speaking of special, the number of different ways this deck pressures you and might just kill you is pretty darn special.

Daily Digest: Next Level Tron

Tron is one of those Modern archetypes that doesn’t shift very much, and it’s hard to find a new angle of attack either with it or against it. Today’s deck of note has managed to find a compelling argument for a different build – check it out!