Daily Digest: Simple, Yet Effective
It’s interesting that so few general strategies from the last Standard carried over. Maybe we just aren’t trying hard enough. Try this last season favorite for #SCGMINN!
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: Sandy Red
It may seem unintuitive, but even in a Siege Rhino Standard, red decks find a way! Check out the latest spin on one of the oldest strategies in Magic before #SCGMINN!
Daily Digest: Where Are All The Rhinos?
Siege Rhino has been the way to go lately, but how much more consistency do you get with two colors instead of three? GerryT investigates prior to #SCGWOR!
The Pro Tour You Didn’t See
The Pro Tour top 8 was “dominated” by Jeskai and Abzan, but if you dig a little deeper, you’ll see that, in reality, the actual metagame is fascinatingly different. GerryT knows a few things you don’t, and he shares all with you before #SCGWOR!
Daily Digest: Ol’ Dunny Returns
Everyone knows that Forests are fashionable in Standard right now, but heaven forbid they find their way into Modern. Turns out we’re too late! Try this tree-infested build for the #SCGWOR $5,000 Modern Premier IQ!
Daily Digest: Daily Double
GerryT couldn’t restrain himself: today we have two lists instead of one! This archetype has been lurking in the shadows for far too long. We need a definitive list. Will you be the one that finds it during #SCGWOR?
Video: Reanimator In Modern!
GerryT recently proclaimed one of the cards in this deck to be the best in the format! Find out what he means as he backs it up in time for the $5,000 Premier IQ at #SCGWOR!
Daily Digest: Enter Sultabzan
Two colors versus three colors is the hot debate at the moment, and the Pro Tour gave us a lot of insight. Some are ignoring all of that insight and to great success. GerryT, what #SCGWOR candidate do you have for us today?
Daily Digest: Unwritten Abzan
The Pro Tour metagame is in the books, and the previous level kids will be copying decklists all week long. GerryT is here to show you one world class player who is already one step ahead! Try this one to get a jump on the metagame at #SCGWOR!
Daily Digest: Is It Worth The Splash?
GerryT has brewed four-color decks before, but is that acceptable if Khans of Tarkir demands we play three? One Magic Online user thinks a fourth color is perfectly okay in moderation. Check out the new brew here!
Cruising Through My Modern Bucket List
GerryT has a huge list of decks he wants to play in real tournaments at least one time. Here, in light of Khans’ most powerful Eternal card, he shows off the lists he not only can’t wait to try in Modern!
Daily Digest: We Need A Hero
We’ve seen a lot of Block deck ports into current Standard, but we haven’t seen this one until now! See a proven Block winner finally sink its heroic claws into Standard!
Daily Digest: Riddle Me This
What has lots of burn and lots of counterspells in Standard? What is the most fun deck flying under the radar? GerryT answers these questions with a crazy list provided by one able-minded MTGO user!
Video: U/R Delver In Modern!
GerryT spent a lot of time in Standard winning with Delver of Secrets. Today, he goes back to crushing with his little flying friend for this Modern video!
Daily Digest: Banworthy?
GerryT examines the most talked about deck in the Modern Magic world. Is it time for this to go already? Are we being too quick to pull the trigger?