Daily Digest: Pushed
If you want a good place to start as far as changing the Modern landscape with Aether Revolt, Ross Merriam recommends a list!
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.
New Aether Revolt Cards That Revive Old Archetypes
Standard may have concluded on a Promised End, but before that, there were lots of archetypes vying for attention at the top tournament tables! Ross Merriam thinks its time for those archetypes to return to the forefront, and he’s got lists to prove it!
Daily Digest: Breya? Daretti? Legacy? Ship it.
#GPLouisville will have all the usual archetypes, sure. But it’s also going to feature rogue monsters like this unbelievably sweet deck! Think you have to play the same old stuff this weekend? Hardly!
Daily Digest: The Sky Return
Even control decks need a way to close the game. Ross Merriam presents a U/W Control build with a rather surprising win condition!
Drafting Digest: Better Days
Sometimes the packs just don’t open up the way you want them to! Ross Merriam guides you through a pair of seemingly lackluster yet truly tricky picks!
Daily Digest: Death From The Loam
If you like the Lands deck in Legacy, you may fall in love with Ross Merriam’s latest Modern find! How do you play this many lands and never flood?!
Daily Digest: You’re Killin’ Me, Smalls
Ross Merriam will have to illustrate to you the finer points of this deck, because everyone else is just looking on speechless. This. Deck. Rules.
Mark My Words: Aluren Is Coming
#GPLouisville will feature the biggest Legacy metagame we’ve seen in ages! So will Miracles be the deck to beat? Will an unfair Storm strategy smoke the competition? Ross Merriam says you’re way off: There’s an archetype that’s been slowly getting better behind the scenes, and it will torch the unprepared!
Daily Digest: New Recruits
#GPLouisville is on its way, and Legacy fans from all over the world will be there! Ross Merriam has the jump on a great rogue strategy if you’re still shopping for your archetype!
Daily Digest: A Visit From Atarka
Imagine how awesome life would be if Santa was a Dragon. Ross Merriam is a child at heart, so he’s letting his creativity run wild. But he has a Modern decklist too. Something for everyone!
Draft Digest: A Gift Appears!
You know, Ross could use a mundane pack this week, but since it’s almost Christmas, it stands to reason he should use a good one! And this is, in fact, a good one…
Ross VS. Majors: Blazing Shoal VS. Miracles!
The No-Banned-List Modern experiment continues! Today, Ross Merriam pilots one of the original broken decks of Pro Tour Philadelphia, Blazing Shoal, against Michael Majors’s souped-up Miracles build! Who’ll take down this battle of brokenness?
Fundamentals: Value Above Replacement
Is Magic: The Gathering a sport, electronic or otherwise? Either way, Ross Merriam has imported a useful sports analytics tool to help you with deckbuilding! How can Value Above Replacement improve your Limited game, and why is “nothing” sometimes a better card than Lightning Bolt?
Daily Digest: The Prowessed End
Remember when Jeskai Ascendancy was going to take over Modern? Turns out it’s still lurking in the shadows! Ross Merriam showcases an unusual build that also uses the power of Monastery Mentor!
Daily Digest: That’s One Big Pig
When was the last time white cards did anything for you? Cut ’em! Let’s make room for cooler cards! Which would you rather play: Path to Exile? Or a giant monster pig? Yeah, exactly.