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.

Daily Digest: Delirium Deletion

A longer Standard means that you can’t just wait for a rotation to come help you with your tech! The Delirium crowd is on the downswing, but the innovation needed for a comeback is already underway! Ross Merriam has all the details!

Daily Digest: Memory Jar

Memory Jar was crazy good! And this is basically Memory Jar. Okay, it’s not. But it does involve minds and brains, and Ross Merriam thinks that’s probably sufficient.

Let’s Draft Kaladesh (While We Still Can!)

Standard is in a holding pattern, and you know what that means: Everybody’s drafting! Do you agree with the way Ross has navigated these packs?

Ross VS. Majors: Elves VS. G/W Tron!

Need more VS Series? Here you go! These two green-loving decks couldn’t be any more different! Will Ross Merriam overrun his foe with an army of Elves, or will Michael Majors pilot the majestic might of G/W Tron to victory? Get insights into this potential #SCGPC Modern matchup!

Daily Digest: Revenge!

There are some cards you’ll never get rid of forever, and this is most certainly one of them! Run! It’s coming for you! And maybe the #SCGPC…

Daily Digest: Ideally…

Ideally, games of Magic are interactive and don’t have any weird and broken cards comboing off insanely fast. “Yeah,” Ross Merriam thought to himself, “Ideally…”

16 Players. 3 Formats. 1 Champion.

Ross Merriam has been in the SCG Players’ Championship twice! He’s one of the few that knows what’s like to be in the chair with that much pressure! Join Ross as he reflects on the past, present, and very upcoming future of the nail-biting Magic competition!

Ross VS. Brad: Infect VS. Grixis Delver

It’s a small creature showdown in Modern! Will Ross Merriam count to ten poison damage with Infect before Brad Nelson can count to twenty with Grixis Delver? Get insights into this crucial matchup ahead of Brad’s appearance in the #SCGPC!

Daily Digest: Standard Has No Graveyard Hate. Have Fun.

Hmm, a Standard format without graveyard hate? It’s not as if Haunted Dead and Prized Amalgam could team up with Refurbish for any shenanigans…

Dear Santa

Ross Merriam has quite a wishlist for Santa this holiday season! Not surprisingly, most of it has to do with Standard and Modern! While he’s waiting for Aether Revolt and all its new toys, he’s asking Santa to…take one away?! Is Ross actually calling for a ban?

Daily Digest: Highly Evolved

Aetherworks Marvel is getting all the press in Standard, but don’t overlook Eldritch Evolution! Ross Merriam scopes out a surprising toolbox version from an Invitational Qualifier!

Draft Digest: Don’t Leave Me Yet!

Aether Revolt is about to step in and replace triple Kaladesh as the Draft format of the moment! But not yet…Help Ross conquer the tough picks here!

Daily Digest: Light Yagami

Greedy mana? Check. Overpowered card we’d forgotten? Check. Ross Merriam is all but ready to sleeve this killer up!

Daily Digest: Please Stop.

No, really, Seth Manfield. That’s enough. You’ve won. We all give up. A rogue deck? Really? Ross Merriam can only shake his head.

Hope Is Where The Heart Is

Ross Merriam can’t wait to Aether Revolt this Standard format into a brand new jumpstart! Today he’s looking at the new mythic that has only just reached our collective wanting hands! Will this new vehicle make it? What kind of decks does it go in? Ross starts to brew!