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: Pile O’ Rares

Need something spicy for the $5,000 Modern Premier IQ at #SCGPORT this weekend? Gerry has a fresh new suggestion, and all it takes from you is a bunch of powerful Magic cards!

Daily Digest: Wrapter Broke It

The Magic World Championships are starting to give us a clear picture of the Modern metagame. No deck seems better equipped to tear apart the competition for the $5,000 Premier IQ at #SCGPORT than this one!

The False Tempo Archetype

Tradition tells us that aggro, control, combo, and midrange are the go-to easy labels for decks and deckbuilding. GerryT, however, is playing Magic in 2014, and these labels don’t help you as much as they used to…

Daily Digest: Burning Boats

The Grand Prix in San Antonio last week gave us some very interesting new ideas in a Standard format with no shortage of them! Check out the tech GerryT recommends for #SCGPORT!

Video: Sultai Reanimator In Standard!

GerryT has a new video with the deck that won it all last week! See if Sultai Reanimator has the staying power to make it two in a row at #SCGPORT!

Daily Digest:Building A Better Burn Deck

Burn has been flailing around trying to find a way to set the Delvers ablaze. We may finally have the fiery answer! GerryT finds a good hot list for the $5,000 Premier IQ at #SCGPORT!

Daily Digest: King Durdle

Who doesn’t love to durdle? Durdling makes for some of the most fun you’ll ever have playing Magic regardless of what your opponent has going on. Want to durdle it up at #SCGATL? Look no further kids.

Daily Digest: Star-Spangled Slaughter

There’s no limit to the ways one can Jeskai a place up. If you want a new and interesting way to do just that at #SCGATL’s $5,000 Modern Premier IQ, GerryT humbly makes a Daily Digest suggestion…

Daily Digest: Heroes Of The Boros Legion

Tom Ross brought us most of the Heroic way, but maybe it’s time to branch off a bit for #SCGATL. GerryT has located a great new option if you’re in the mood to be a different kind of hero!

What I’ve Been Playing

Need a deck for the #SCGATL Standard Open? What about the Legacy event or the $5,000 Modern Premier IQ? If you checked all of the above, so did GerryT, as he is ready to come at you with every deck he believes in at the moment for all of Magic’s big three formats!

Daily Digest: Reverse MAC

How great are transformational decks? Good enough for GerryT to endorse! See this new undefeated list that takes a page from the old Brad Nelson playbook! Keep your foes on their toes at #SCGATL!

Video: Abzan In Modern!

GerryT wants you to be ready for the $5,000 Premier IQ at #SCGATL! Can one of the most traditionally powerful decks in the format take down the rampant Delver strategies this weekend?

Daily Digest: Lil’ Jeskai

There may be some other powerful clans running around in Standard, but none of them have proven more flexible than The Jeskai Way. See the latest Jeskai has to offer before #SCGATL!

Daily Digest: Temur Control

If you’re on your way to #SCGRICH and you’re looking for a new kind of control deck, GerryT may have found exactly what you’re looking for in today’s Daily Digest!

Daily Digest: Warriors’ Ascendancy

Some decks we all see coming, and others seem to come out of nowhere. Need an aggressive project for #SCGRICH and Standard? Look no further than this deck that is a format upgrade away from being strong!