Video Daily Digest: The Angriest Swans
We’ve seen Seismic Swans decks on Modern’s fringes before, but never with this level of redundancy! Ross Merriam showcases a 5-0 League list from Magic Online ahead of the SCG Dallas Modern 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.
Video Daily Digest: Variety Is The Spice Of Death
Lots of singletons, not a lot of tutors. Sounds like a recipe for disaster, right? Ross Merriam found a player who made it work in Modern with the power of Death Cloud!
What’s The Better Card?
With the massive Standard shake-up looming, once-popular cards find themselves looking over their shoulders! Ross Merriam shows you how to compare cards that would otherwise fit in the same niche!
Daily Digest: When Two Trons Collide
Eldrazi Tron has largely displaced G/X Tron decks. Mono-Blue Tron has been relegated to Modern’s fringes. But what if Eldrazi Tron decks should be running blue? Today’s list might have cracked the code for SCG Louisville!
Video Daily Digests: Trinkets In The “Gifts” Shop
Gifts Ungiven can be the most skill-testing card in Modern when it’s not just finding Unburial Rites and a creature! Ross Merriam highlights an unusual but successful Sultai Trinket Gifts list ahead of SCG Louisville!
Video Daily Digest: The Infection Returns
What a difference a year makes! Infect used to be a Tier 1 Modern deck, but now it makes waves when it does well. Ross Merriam highlights an intriguing Sultai build ahead of SCG Louisville!
The Nature Of Professional Magic
What’s it really like being a professional Magic player? Ross Merriam talks the highs, the lows, the grind, and above all the necessity of finding balance when Magic is work instead of a release.
Video Daily Digest: Goryo’s Vengevine
When two combo decks collide, the result can be disastrous…or just what each one needed to jump a tier. Could mixing Vengevine and Goryo’s Vengeance be your ticket to SCG Louisville glory?
Video Daily Digest: Horse Play
Don’t act like you can resist this deck. We all knew this was going to happen when it was first previewed, and I think we can all agree that Grand Prix Washington DC could use a little horseplay at the top tables!
Video Daily Digest: How Do You Talk To An Angel?
Five years ago, Delver of Secrets, Ponder, and Gitaxian Probe were all Standard-legal…and all part of a seriously messed-up Magic deck! Ross Merriam highlights a Modern Angel Delver list that calls back to that time!
It’s Time For Ixalan!
Ixalan previews started with a bang, and Ross Merriam was right there to record his take! Get his thoughts on Pirates-and-Dinosaurs, why Jim Davis isn’t a fan of a certain card, and the brew to beat going into SCG Dallas!
Video Daily Digest: Three Cheers For Trinketeers
Master Trinketeer may be a largely forgotten rare, but the Dwarf with the tiny hat has some big potential! Ross Merriam showcases an intriguing mono-white Standard deck ahead of GP Washington DC!
Video Daily Digest: The Scarab God Goes Modern
With The Scarab God making waves in Standard, it was inevitable someone would try it in Modern! Ross Merriam examines a successful Esper result that just might have Shaheen Soorani smiling!
Video Daily Digest: Unwrapping The God-Pharaoh’s Gift
Standard is changing week by week in paper and day by day on Magic Online! Will the Jeskai God-Pharaoh’s Gift deck Ross Merriam highlights today peak at just the right time for Grand Prix Washington DC?
Merriam VS. Todd: Mono-Black Zombies VS. B/G Constrictor
This matchup is anything but Standard! In fact, it’s a replay of the Grand Prix Minneapolis finals as Ross Merriam wields Mono-Black Zombies against Todd Anderson and B/G Constrictor. Essential viewing for Grand Prix Washington DC attendees!