Daily Digest: Heliod’s Revenge!
Someone finally did it! We’ve seen huge swaths of devotion of nearly every variety, but the Sun God has struggled from day one. Those days may be over. GerryT investigates!
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: Kung-Fu Tokens!
GerryT shows off one of the most underrated strategies of the first weekend of Standard action! Without a near-miss, this would be one of the most talked about decks of the first few weeks! Check it!
Daily Digest: Breaking Symmetry
There are fair cards, there are fun cards. And then there are cards like this one. GerryT has dug up an old school Magic card so reviled in its day that it couldn’t stay buried forever. See how one inventive and sadistic mind brewed up a little something that allowed his/her opponent to do absolutely nothing.
Daily Digest: Control Does Exist!
Don’t fret control players! We have an actual control deck sighting out beyond the horizon! GerryT! Lead us to the control promised land that has eluded us these first weeks!
Cruise Control
Cards don’t often shake up Legacy, but when they do? Oh man. GerryT investigates the latest important addition to the Legacy powerhouse list and examines its inevitable implications on the format.
Video: B/R Midrange In Modern
GerryT disagrees with Tarmogoyf and Lingering Souls being the new rocky gospel in Modern. Check out his latest midrange brew that aims to kill everything first and ask questions later!
Daily Digest: Endless Bees!
Duck and run for cover. The metagame may be young, but the innovations are already getting started! Check out this no-nonsense graveyard brew that eschews Sultai for Abzan…with a lot of stinging in the process…
Daily Digest: Who Needs Three Colors?
The first Open Series weekend has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean the fun is over! See how one Top 8 competitor ignored the Khans constraints all along and was given a great tournament run as a result!
Daily Digest: You Gotta Pay The Toll
It’s a good sign when GerryT has to look up cards in order to figure out what your deck is doing. That’s the case here with MADKAT’s beast build. Try it at #SCGNJ or #SCGINDY’s $5,000 Premier IQ if you dare!
Daily Digest: Pod’s Legacy
Pod is all over Modern. Everyone knows that dominant cards in any format usually end up in others. See this list and give it a shot at the Legacy Opens taking place at #SCGNJ and #SCGINDY!
Daily Digest: Hedonist Rakdos
It takes a special kind of mage to really appreciate what Rakdos is all about: killing stuff, sacrificing other stuff, and just having a reckless good time! You’ll have no shortage of fun if you take this one to the $5,000 Modern Premier IQ at #SCGNJ or #SCGINDY!
Selling It (And Other Intangibles)
There are still way too many Magic players who think playing their cards is all that matters. Try learning how to play your opponents. GerryT gives us another stellar look into the mind of professional Magic players and what they’re doing that you are not.
Video: B/R Reanimator In Modern!
Griselbrand is a monster in every format. Why not utilize his power at the $5,000 Modern Premier IQ at #SCGNJ or #SCGINDY? Legacy isn’t the only format the big guy can take over!
Daily Digest: Pure Modern Control
There is a strong tradition of control decks that is currently in jeopardy across several formats. Maybe it just takes the right list to turn that around. A Daily Digest favorite returns with a suggestion for #SCGNJ and #SCGINDY’s $5,000 Premier IQ!
Daily Digest: A Shadow Looms
GerryT loves Death’s Shadow and it looks like he isn’t the only one! See this great new Modern brew featuring the little (big!) guy, and try it out at the $5,000 Premier IQ at #SCGNJ or #SCGINDY!