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: The New Faces Of Sultai

GerryT watched the SCGPC like the rest of us! In today’s Daily Digest, he talks about what we may come to know as the ultimate king of all the Whip decks in Standard!

Daily Digest: A Different Way To Use The Graveyard

We’re only beginning to understand just how crazy you can make your Whip of Erebos activations. Join GerryT as he shows you yet another crazy trick you can do when you’re cracking the most dangerous artifact (and enchantment) in Standard!

Daily Digest: Old School Gruul

The first two-day Standard Open brought us plenty of surprises! GerryT has scoured the results and is here with one of the sweetest ones!

Daily Digest: Sigrist’s Revenge

Great formats are often cyclical, where the strategies stay on a rotating trajectory in order to continually trump one another. It may be time for Standard to revisit one of the first decks to hit the scene, way back at the Pro Tour!

My Invitational

Not many people get the opportunity to play in three different formats in the same weekend, but Gerry did this past weekend! See all the things the threw at each format, complete with tons of sweet decklists!

Video: Abzan Reanimator In Standard!

GerryT is ready to show you how to run one of the most powerful decks in the format! As the format evolves, the Whip is becoming increasingly effective. Gerry shows you why!

Daily Digest: What I’m Afraid Of

The metagaming has begun, and GerryT has his eye on someone who may be giving the Whip brigade a run for their money! If you’re tired of getting lifelinked out by recurring Hornet Queens, you may want to have a peek!

Daily Digest: Sidisi’s Soul

GerryT notes a shocking and effective twist to the life of the Brood Tyrant we all know and love. As Gerry points out, it seems that this Standard format knows no bounds!

Daily Digest: Ageless Reanimator

Over the top doesn’t even cover it. Either way, GerryT is here to give you one last chance to do something so insanely awesome at #SCGINVI, your opponents won’t know what hit them!

Daily Digest: Kill ‘Em All

How do ensure you have answers to everything? It’s simple really. Just have answers to everything! See a rogue deck that has all the answers before #SCGINVI!

I’m Back!

The great GerryT recounts his Top 4 performance last weekend! Between the sweat of losing an untouched record and the Legacy choice that almost was, the hilarity of his weekend knows no bounds. Good luck at the #SCGINVI Gerry!

Daily Digest: The Return Of Mono-Red Devotion

If you want a rogue option that could interact well with the established metagame, you’re in the right place! GerryT examines this #SCGINVI option that looks into the past for future success!

Video: Jeskai Tokens In Standard!

Fresh off of his Top 4, GerryT examines the breakout deck of the tournament! Taking a page from one world-class player, Gerry examines this strategy’s position heading toward the #SCGINVI!

Daily Digest: Is Temur Good?

Is Brian Kibler so good that it’s coloring the idea that Temur is a viable deck for most? Maybe we’re looking for Temur in all the wrong places. GerryT investigates the elusive archetype before the #SCGINVI!

Daily Digest: Five-Color Humans

The best tribe of them all is storming the Modern queues. Join the tribe we all belong to by running this beast at the $5,000 Premier IQ at #SCGPORT!