Video Daily Digest: Disciplined Dinosaurs
Don’t just jam all the Dinosaurs you can find into a deck! Show some finesse! Ross Merriam shows a decklist that has done just that for this weekend’s SCG Indy Standard Classic!
AuthorRoss Merriam
Ross Merriam has been a fixture on the SCG Tour since 2012 and is one of its most decorated players with over twenty top 8s. He currently serves as the beardliest member of Team BCW and a content creator for StarCityGames.com, focusing on the Modern format as well as Magic fundamentals and theory designed to help you elevate your game.
Maximizing Jace And Bloodbraid Elf
It’s not as easy as just putting them in decks that are already out there! You need to do a little better than that, and Ross Merriam wants to help you understand the whys and hows of doing so!
Video Daily Digest: Sacrificing Creatures For Fun And Profit
As befits a deck archetype called “Aristocrats,” this Abzan build is downright filthy! Ross Merriam shares what happens when Satyr Wayfinder meets Viscera Seer and Return to the Ranks ahead of SCG Indianapolis!
Video Daily Digest: Christmas Eldrazi
Christmas is a few weeks past, but today’s list is almost festive! It’s red and green and even has Karplusan Forests, but those aren’t ornaments on the tree…they’re Eldrazi! Ross Merriam has the notes you need.
Video Daily Digest: Esper Vengeance
Mr. Merriam has done the labor of scouring the hidden layer beneath the very tip top of the Pro Tour lists to bring you the rogue brews beneath! And holy cow is this a rogue brew! Talk about thinking outside the box!
In Defense Of Lantern
Controversial as it may be, Ross Merriam has this crazy notion that we don’t need to ban things all the time. Believe it or not, Lantern might actually be great for Modern! How is that possible? Glad you asked!
Video Daily Digest: Keep It Simple, Keep It Pro
Pascal Vieren made the semifinals of Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan with a U/R Pyromancer deck! Ross Merriam takes a moment to appreciate its simple beauty and ask the question: is this the true home for the Snapcaster Mage / Lightning Bolt shell?
Video Daily Digest: A Different Spin On Eldrazi
The Eldrazi are no strangers to Modern play, but this isn’t Eldrazi Tron or Eldrazi and Taxes! No, today’s deck thrives with the help of Distended Mindbender…and Heartless Summoning?!
Video Daily Digest: Classic Griselbrand
Just days ago, Ross Merriam was sitting across the table from this masterpiece! Now he demands to take it for a test drive himself!
This Is Precisely Why You Still Always Bolt The Bird
Some successful players have gone on record as saying it’s not necessarily correct to put a Noble Hierarch in its place on turn 1! Ross Merriam is an old school mage who disagrees! He talks about Magic mechanics and Modern Humans this week!
Video Daily Digest: Who Needs Backup Plans?
Counters Company had its time in the Modern sun, but its aggro backup plan often fell flat. So what happens when you go all-in on the combo instead? Ross Merriam has the answer!
Video Daily Digest: Afterlife And Taxes
And here you thought death saved you from taxes! Modern is a strange place where Spirits (and Eldrazi!) can tax your mana better than you ever thought possible! SCG Philly is one day away!
Video Daily Digest: Red And Taxes
Death and Taxes lists are usually mono-white, but for one Magic Online player, that wasn’t good enough! Ross Merriam highlights a Modern W/R version splashing for Lightning Bolt and Magus of the Moon ahead of SCG Philadelphia!
Explaining The Return Of Modern Burn
Just when you thought it was safe! SCG Philadelphia will be another great weekend of SCG Tour Modern (among Standard and Legacy!), but it may be a little warmer in the room than usual! Merriam explains why Bolt is back and headed for your face…and what you can do to stop it!
Video Daily Digest: Five Colors, Zero Regrets
What happens when you jam the best multicolored creatures of Modern’s history into one deck? A five-color monstrosity that made the Top 32 at SCG Columbus! Ross Merriam shares its secrets!