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: The Voice

We’re due for a return to form for this once-excellent planeswalker! Ross Merriam may have found just the right context for her at the #SCGBALT Standard Classic!

Daily Digest: Double Your Pleasure; Double Your Fun

Curio and Daily Digest decklist vendor Ross Merriam is here to double your fun ahead of the #SCGBALT Standard Classic and sell you some gum. And wouldn’t you know it, he’s all out of gum…

3 Important Lessons From Theros Standard To Apply To The Present

Long ago, in the land of Theros, a legendary triumvirate of decks ruled Standard. As the #SCGBALT Standard Classic loomed, Ross Merriam learned from that metagame and brought his observations to the Temple! Your quest is to find the 3 Lessons of Theros Standard and read them right here!

Daily Digest: The Unfair Air

Why hasn’t Faeries dominated Modern yet? The short answer is that Modern isn’t the same format as Lorwyn Standard. But the long answer is that Ross Merriam seems hope for the archetype for the #SCGBALT Modern Classic!

Daily Digest: Turn Your Clocks Back

Ross Merriam thinks card advantage is nonsense; the future is all about turn advantage! Also the past. Also the present. Also, this deck is sweet!

Draft Digest: Little Help Here

Ross Merriam, as usual, is in Draft trouble. Have you played Kaladesh Limited? Do you have your pick orders down? Join in and help Ross out!

Ross VS. Brad: W/U Flash VS. B/R Zombies

It’s a no-green scene for this Kaladesh Standard battle! Will Ross Merriam prevail with the Pro Tour Top 8 version of W/U Flash, or will Brad Nelson’s B/R Zombies wind up gnawing on Mr. Merriam’s ample brain? Get insight on this crucial matchup ahead of the #SCGBALT Standard Classic!

Daily Digest: Have Some Respect!

Ross Merriam is sickened by the greed exhibited by today’s youngsters with their card choices! Clean up your manabases before you come to #SCGBALT next weekend! And then clean your room!

Daily Digest: The Best In The World. At This.

Plenty of talented musicians end up one-hit wonders. Ross Merriam highlights a Standard deck from the acknowledged master of casting small white creatures and turning them sideways!

A Magic Tale Of Two Cities

If you’re not playing the tip-top deck of the format, Standard is looking downright Dickensian these days. Ross Merriam has your guide to W/U Flash and what any deck that wants to dethrone it must accomplish! The #SCGBALT Standard Classic is two weeks away. Start preparing now!

Daily Digest: Can Eldrazi Fly Car Machines? You Know What, Just Go With It

They’ve conquered entire planes of existence. They’ve swallowed time itself never to be felt again. Now that they are qualified to run forklifts, there’s no stopping them! Run, Kaladesh! Run for your lives!

Daily Digest: Eternal Tokens

This is one we haven’t seen in a while! Is there an end to the Kaladesh Standard archetypes? We haven’t found it yet, and #SCGMKE’s Standard Classic is coming!

Draft Digest: Bombs Away!

Ross Merriam has opened a good one! But it’s not that simple. Kaladesh Draft is a deep format, and he needs your help in shaping his latest masterpiece!

Daily Digest: Life As We Know It

It’s pretty common for us to get crazy cards, but rarely do people run with them the way they’ve been running with this one! How’s your life looking for the #SCGMKE Standard Classic?

Daily Digest: The Works

Is there anything that Aetherworks Marvel can’t do? This may very well be the craziest build we’ve seen yet! Can this deck break the Standard format at #SCGMKE’s Standard Classic?