Daily Digest: Tribal Zombies In Standard
If you want to beat an established metagame, you’d better be ready to think outside the box. Or at the very least, outside the grave! Shamble to victory at #SCGCLE!
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: Morph Beatdowns
The days of morph being a fringe Limited mechanic are long over! See the latest in a long line of attempts to make the little gray men count before #SCGCLE!
Daily Digest: The Best New Modern Combo Deck?
One brave States competitor is turning heads everywhere with his port and re-working of an old fringe Legacy strategy! Don’t get caught off-guard by this one at the #SCGCLE $5,000 Premier Modern IQ!
Your Guide To Esper Dragons
GerryT has handled the deck of the moment in Standard, and he’s giving it his utmost recommendation for #SCGCLE. Here, he provides you with a thorough sideboard and matchup guide for the new deck to beat.
Video: Esper Dragons In Standard!
It isn’t just Atarka and her red Dragons getting all the love in Standard. This Esper deck is for real! GerryT shows you how to pilot it for #SCGCLE this weekend!
Daily Digest: Temur Superfriends
When a format is as scattered and crazy as this Standard, you could do a lot worse than just jamming a handful of the most powerful planeswalkers in the business. Ignite your spark for #SCGCLE with this monster!
Daily Digest: Commanding Bant
The Command cycle represents the ultimate in card flexibility. How can we utilize these to their full potential? GerryT investigates a list that does exactly that as we approach #SCGCLE!
Daily Digest: Some Of My Friends Are Jerks
Is there a more persistent archetype lurking in the back of Magic than the prototypical Turbo Fog strategy? Who plays this? Why? GerryT thinks the answer may finally be “to win.” #SCGPROV’s $5,000 Modern Premier IQ may be the perfect event to try this number!
Daily Digest: Mono-Forest Beatdown
The format is speeding up every week, and this deck gives you both attrition and aggression! With #SCGPROV on the horizon, it may be time to get your green on!
Daily Digest: A New Flavor Of Dragons
It seems like you can’t go wrong in Standard as long as you’re flying and firebreathing! #SCGPROV is on the way, and GerryT is ready to show you the latest Dragon deck in Standard!
Video: Abzan Megamorph In Standard!
We’ve seen control, we’ve seen midrange, we’ve seen aggro. Is there anything left for Abzan to do before #SCGPROV? GerryT is about to find out!
Daily Digest: The Case For Maindeck Encase
Think all the mono-colored decks in Standard are Devotion-based? Think again. GerryT has a control deck from #SCGStates that flies the rogue flag high! Could it be a factor at #SCGPROV this weekend?
Daily Digest: Atarka You
Before #SCGPROV, it would benefit you to understand that it’s a Dragon-eat-Dragon world out there, and there’s one Dragon that eats better than the rest!
Standard After The Pro Tour
GerryT was part of Dragons of Tarkir before we even knew it existed, and here, he gives special insight into the workings of this Standard and where it needs to go for #SCGPROV.
Daily Digest: iZombie
#SCGStates has a big Modern event on Sunday, and this is a great deck if you’re looking for something a little different! If you like shambling over your opponents and eating brains, GerryT has found your deck!