The Airing Of Grievances
As a better-late-than-never Festivus present to you all, Ross Merriam airs grievances including tournament etiquette, inefficient playing mechanics, and full-art lands. Bring the popcorn and the pitchforks!
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.
Video Daily Digest: The Glorious Evolution
Simic fans, rejoice! Between creatures with the evolve mechanic, Rapid Hybridization, and Pongify, this Modern deck is a mad scientist’s dream…and it went 5-0 in a Magic Online League!
Video Daily Digest: White Ramunap
Ramunap Red is one of the few credible challengers to Energy, but let’s face it: the one-drop selection is terrible. Ross Merriam showcases a list that adds a white splash to fortify the low part of the curve!
Video Daily Digest: The Ideal Still Endures
Enduring Ideal scored a surprise semifinals appearance at the Season Two Invitational Weekend’s Modern Classic! Could this build lock down a high finish at SCG Columbus?
Video Daily Digest: The Looter Scooter Rides Again!
Smuggler’s Copter got banned from Standard, so it only makes sense that it might be Modern-worthy! Ross Merriam explores a notable Regional PTQ deck that might “smuggle” its way into the SCG Columbus Top 8!
Analyzing The Modern Metagame Cycle
Big mana decks dominated Grand Prix Oklahoma City. Will it happen again when the SCG Tour kicks off 2018 at SCG Columbus? Ross Merriam presents his model of the Modern metagame cycle and calls his shot!
Video Daily Digest: The Mentor Finds Modern Pupils
Monastery Mentor, restricted in Vintage and without Sensei’s Divining Top in Legacy, has had a rough go of it lately. Ross Merriam highlights a Regional PTQ Top 8 deck from Australia that brings the Mentor to Modern!
Video Daily Digest: Slivers On The Shores Of Ixalan
Unclaimed Territory didn’t just open up possibilities for Human tribal in Modern! Slivers have started appearing in Top 8s again, and Ross Merriam is intrigued…
Video Daily Digest: Swords, Vials, Trophy Mages…
Death and Taxes is getting an upgrade in Modern! What happens when blue cards mix with Etched Champion and Aether Vials? You and Ross Merriam are about to find out!
The Case For Ancient Stirrings
Well, that didn’t take long! The Grand Prix Oklahoma City results aren’t even last week’s news, and already folks are calling for an Ancient Stirrings ban. Ross Merriam is here to put the brakes on that talk!
Video Daily Digest: Cruel Summer
If you’ve been looking for a new control experience in Modern, you’re not the only one! As summer rolls around in the Southern Hemisphere, Ross Merriam showcases a Cruel Control deck for your next big event! Shards of Alara Standard fans: Let’s go down memory lane…
Video Daily Digest: Jeff Hoogland’s Eldrazi Evolution
Jeff Hoogland makes wild deck choices sometimes, but Ross Merriam has nothing but respect for his latest Modern Eldritch Evolution deck!
Video Daily Digest: Island Of The Living End
What happens when Living End meets As Foretold? One of the coolest Modern decks Ross Merriam has seen this year!
The Role Of Math In Magic
Math runs through every current of playing Magic, whether or not we have a formal understanding of it. But if you’re having bad memories of algebra class, don’t fear! Ross Merriam will have you slinging terms like “hypergeometric distribution” and “binomial coefficient” in no time!
Video Daily Digest: New Christmas Gift!
Energy decks are far and away the boogeymen of Ixalan Standard. Could combining the archetype with God-Pharaoh’s Gift make for a friendlier but still winning combination? Ross Merriam and you are about to find out…