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: Heavy Metal

This card saw some Standard play, it’s completely awesome, and that is the perfect formula for Ross Merriam to give it another go! SCG Charlotte’s Standard Classic could mark a return for the tallest robot in the format!

Video Daily Digest: Control’s Third Color

U/R Control has seen some success in Amonkhet Standard, but why stop there? Ross Merriam highlights a successful Magic Online list adding black ahead of the SCG Baltimore Standard Classic!

Video Daily Digest: Taking Aim At Aetherworks Marvel

Aetherworks Marvel may have taken over the Standard metagame, but the pros aren’t giving up on the format! Ross Merriam highlights a 5-0 Magic Online list from a name you might recognize ahead of SCG Baltimore’s Standard Classic!

Flying Under The Radar For SCG Baltimore

Why go into SCG Baltimore with a target on your deck? Ross Merriam highlights a Modern archetype that’s stealthed its way into the format’s top tier thanks to a recent addition and major metagame shifts!

Ross VS. Brad: G/B Cryptolith Rite VS. Abzan Tokens

Looking for something fun for the SCG Baltimore Standard Classic? Ross Merriam and Brad Nelson square off with two off-the-beaten-path decks from Pro Tour Amonkhet, G/B Cryptolith Rite and Abzan Tokens!

Rush Of Adrenaline

Ross Merriam reflects on his Pro Tour Amonkhet result, the powerful psychological need to break out of a losing streak, and the rush of adrenaline that keeps us addicted to Magic’s greatness!

Video Daily Digest: Modern Mono-Red Aggro

Manabases don’t get much simpler than “18 Mountain,” particularly in Modern! Ross Merriam highlights a Mono-Red Aggro deck from an SCG IQ semifinalist! Is this the future of Burn archetypes? Which will you take to SCG Baltimore?

Daily Digest: Rampage 7

Glorybringer has failed us all thus far, but that’s no reason to stop doming people! Ross Merriam e-sleeves up a deck that could rampage over SCG Louisville this weekend!

Video Daily Digest: Fore-Ofs

Is As Foretold the real deal in Modern or not? Someone tell us the correct build! Because as sweet as all these lists are, we want to know the list that will crush SCG Louisville! Ross Merriam does his part for the cause here!

Video Daily Digest: Monster Energy

The Pro Tour was next level. Now, it’s the base level. So let’s start looking for the next level for the Standard players at SCG Louisville! Hint: It just might start here!

Video Daily Digest: I Never Thought Of It That Way

5-0. Please. Please. Let this deck be for real. Please let it win the Pro Tour. We promise to forgive everything that happened with Felidar Guardian if this wins the Pro Tour. We promise.

Daily Digest: Chambers Of The Sea

Hybrid decks with two of the strongest strategies in a given format always seem to come about, but rarely are they this sweet! Ross Merriam fires up Magic Online to take this one for an SCG Louisville test drive!

Marvel, Mardu, And The Path To Standard Glory

Ross Merriam is proud to go it alone for this Pro Tour, despite being among the Roanoke crew! He has no one to fool, so he’s spelling out his plans for the big tournament! The pros and cons of each big Standard list is here for your SCG Louisville prep!

Ross VS. Brad: Jund Monsters VS. B/G Delirium

Show me a Ross Merriam and I’ll show you a very big fan of Glorybringer! Dragons are cooler than anything else in Magic, but Brad Nelson wants to make sure they’re worthy of Standard…well, glory! If you’ve got a Pro Tour or SCG Louisville coming up, here you go!

Video Daily Digest: Aether Or

In the aftermath of SCG Atlanta, Ross Merriam has found some aftermath cards that, after some careful math, he has decided are quite good. Today he plays a round with this new creation on tape!