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.

The Many Faces Of The Rock

In the wake of the success of Modern Junk at Grand Prix Boston, GerryT takes a look at all the different ways the archetype can evolve and fight the hate that’s about to come its way. Tweak your G/B build for #SCGDAL’s Modern IQ!

Daily Digest: Tutoring For Scapeshift

Sometimes, the next great deck is only missing one piece. Sometimes, that piece is card that has excelled in another archetype already! Try this tuned version of Scapeshift at #SCGDAL!

Daily Digest: Challenger Approaching

Instead of finding a crazy MODO brew or a left field result, GerryT instead uses today to acknowledge something we all probably should’ve seen coming a long time ago. #SCGDAL had better be prepared…

Daily Digest: Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle

With Nissa gaining a lot of attention in Standard, it’s about time we found a Mono Green deck for Modern! Luckily, we don’t have to because GerryT has done the work for us! Try this one out at #SCGKC!

Daily Digest: Boring Delver Deck? Pfff, Figures.

Some number of players, a certain dirty little sector of them, miss Delver every time he leaves the room. In today’s Daily Digest, GerryT revisits the familiar territory of Delver and Geist of Saint Traft for Modern! Try it at the IQ during #SCGKC!

What I Do Differently Part 2: Deckbuilding

Turns our your teachers were right: critical thinking does matter. GerryT follows up his previous installment with more advice. This time, he explains how to analyze your deckbuilding and solve your own Magic problems. He encloses an example you could take to #SCGKC!

Daily Digest: Veteran Deathblade

Veteran Explorer has been one of the quieter Legacy “staples” for a while now, but what happens when he pairs up with arguably the best creature in existence? This would be a fun one to sleeve up for #SCGKC…

Daily Digest: Finding The Purr-fect Beatdown Deck

Wild Nacatl has been back on the scene for a while now but hasn’t made a huge impact on the Modern format. Check out this new Zoo brew and test it before the Premier IQ at #SCGKC!

Video: Elemental Combo in Modern

GerryT has had some pet cards over the years. What happens when he takes the most outrageous of them and brews a home for them all? I think we have a clear frontrunner for #SCGKC’s Premier IQ…

Daily Digest: The Gift of Winning

Once upon a time in Modern, Gifts decks were some of the most prominent and interesting decks in the format. Now that Deathrite Shaman is out of the way, the deck is set to make a comeback!

Daily Digest: No Sideboard? No Problem

Sideboarding is for the birds. Speaking of which, this sweet deck makes clever use of Beck//Call! It also makes use of other cool things, but a sideboard isn’t one of them!

Daily Digest: Throwing Zombies

GerryT takes a page from the Sam Black school of the undead and shows us a Modern Daily list that hungers for value, wins, and flesh.

What I Do Differently Than You

Gerry Thompson has some priceless advice for anyone wanting to have a breakout tournament performance. If you ever wondered what you were doing wrong with your game, this is the article for you.

Daily Digest: A Better Jund?

There has been a lot of talk about cutting a color from Jund, typically red. But what happens when we try a different approach? GerryT investigates the continual evolution of Modern Jund strategies with this list!

Daily Digest: Hateful Devotion

What’s the easiest thing to do to keep your opponents from playing Modern? Blood Moon, of course! GerryT has provided a fresh list from Yamada that utilizes Devotion in quite the hateful manner!