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.

Over/Under: SCG Season Two Invitational Edition

Two SCG Premium authors, five numbers to ponder, and one big event: it’s Over/Under, SCG Season Two Invitational-style. Will Temur Energy crack the 50% mark by Day 2? Will Tarmogoyf and Lightning Bolt get shut out in Modern? And just how high could Todd Stevens’s numbers go?

Video Daily Digest: Oodles Of Modules!

Who wants a combo deck in Standard? And before you cringe about memories of Felidar Guardian or Aetherworks Marvel, Ross Merriam wants to assure you that this 5-0 Magic Online League deck is perfectly fair…and fun!

Video Daily Digest: Leylines, Gideons…

Leyline of the Void meets several Gideons in your new favorite Modern deck ahead of the SCG Season Two Invitational!

Searching For Brian Coval

At the previous Invitational, Brian Coval took aim at two narrow metagames in Standard and Modern and hit his mark in both. Ross Merriam shows the steps needed to replicate his success at the SCG Season Two Invitational!

Video Daily Digest: Air Force Won

Wait, wait, wait…a U/R Skies deck? In Standard? With a thirteen-card sideboard?! Ross Merriam didn’t believe it at first, either, but the 5-0 League result on Magic Online doesn’t lie! Let’s take to the Skies ahead of the SCG Season Two Invitational!

Video Daily Digest: Come On And Sram, And Welcome To The Jam

Sram, Senior Edificer has had a hard time breaking through in Constructed, but one player may have cracked the code! Ross Merriam takes a look at their inventive Mono-White Vehicles deck!

Video Daily Digest: Heart Of Kiran, Home On The Midrange

Heart of Kiran has fallen by the wayside in Standard since the rotation of Thraben Inspector, but the stats are just too good for the legendary Vehicle not to find a home! Ross Merriam has found an intriguing Naya Midrange option with…Prowling Serpopard?! Finally!

Don’t Let Modern Leave You Behind!

Ross Merriam played in a Regional PTQ last weekend, but in retrospect, he might’ve played himself! Get the new and strange reflections he has on the greater Modern format ahead of the SCG Season Two Invitational!

Video Daily Digest: What Kiki-Jiki Brings To Light

What happens when several midrange Modern strategies get blended together with a playset of Nahiri, the Harbinger on top? The wildest Bring to Light deck Ross Merriam has ever played, that’s what! Check it out before the SCG Season Two Invitational!

Video Daily Digest: Kitty’s Got Claws

All Cats are royalty; just ask them! So it’s no surprise that a puny Human has finally given the fabulous felines their Magical due in Standard. Will Ross Merriam also find success with the deck…or cough up a hairball?

Video Daily Digest: The Nickelback Of Modern

In today’s Daily Digest, Ross Merriam highlights…a Tron deck?! The same archetype he calls Modern’s “Nickelback of the format,” no less? Yet he promises this one is different. Well, if it can help you do well at SCG Baltimore…

A Pre-Thanksgiving Format Feast!

As Thanksgiving edges nearer in the USA, Ross Merriam serves up a feast of truly Magical proportions! Whether you’re a Standard savant, a Modern master, or a Legacy legend, it’s not so far from SCG Baltimore to Plymouth Rock! Let’s all give thanks for this one!

Video Daily Digest: Ramp Of Approval

It was going to happen sooner or later: there’s a ramp deck in Ixalan Standard popping up on Magic Online! Ross Merriam has the details you need to battle (or battle with!) this menace at SCG Baltimore!

Video Daily Digest: Adorned Pouncer And Friends

The top decks of Pro Tour Ixalan were mostly known quantities, but several players went rogue and walked away with cash! Today’s highlight from the PT Top 64 runs…Adorned Pouncer?! Ross Merriam has some explaining to do!

To Dredge Or Not To Dredge…

…that is the question: / Whether ’tis nobler in the grind to suffer / The slings and arrows of the mana creatures / Or to take arms against a sea of hate cards / And by opposing Dredge them?