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: Oh The Possibilities!

Pro tip: If your opponent can’t play Magic at #SCGORL because you Blood Moon’d them, you can do whatever you want! Don’t just throw out giant red creatures! Have some fun with it! Your opponent isn’t, so you may as well!

Drafting Digest: Help Me Draft!

Ross Merriam is out on Draft adventures again, and he needs your help! Read about the latest tough picks Ross wants to discuss with his Limited (not limited) adoring public!

Daily Digest: A Bloody Mess

Blood Moon is a lot of fun assuming it’s on your side of the battlefield! Will you be the one with Blood Moon on your side of the battlefield at #SCGORL? Try this new toolbox (what?!) list if locking em out is your style!

Daily Digest: Wrecks Education

Father Ross Merriam has a story you’re now old enough to hear. Come sit down and learn about how you can combine archetypes to great effect at this weekend’s #SCGORL!

The Most Underrated Card In Kaladesh

Every new set comes with a card that everyone sleeps on and is then blindsided with! It’s up to the pros to tell us what we’re missing, and Ross Merriam has a card that he is sick of seeing people ignore! See what Ross has in mind for this monster!

Ross VS. Majors: R/G Through the Breach VS. Affinity

It’s a meeting of Modern menaces as Merriam and Majors battle ahead of #SCGORL! Will Ross triumph with R/G Through the Breach, or will Michael win the match with Affinity? Get ready for a five-game set full of broken starts and plenty of surprises!

Daily Digest: Goryo’s Vengeance for Value

Not sold on the all-in Goryo’s Vengeance combo deck? Ross Merriam showcases the lighter, fluffier “value” version with more interaction ahead of #SCGORL! Be careful, though. Sometimes it just wins on turn 2 anyway…

Daily Digest: Unfaeries

Bitterblossom has been unbanned in Modern for a while, so when are Faeries decks finally going to start winning tournaments? Ross Merriam thinks they’re going to soon! They just need to find a way to play dirty…

Ross VS. Todd: W/U Blink VS. Infect

It’s a Modern throwdown ahead of #SCGORL! Will Ross Merriam pilot an innovative W/U Blink deck from Grand Prix Guangzhou to victory, or will Todd Anderson and the Grand Prix Lille-winning Infect list give even more testimony to that deck’s dominance?

Ross VS. Majors: Jund VS. Naya Landfall

It’s a battle of Modern Grand Prix top finishers ahead of #SCGORL! Will Ross Merriam pilot a Jund build from the Guangzhou Top 8 to victory, or will Michael Majors prevail with a Naya Landfall list from the Top 64 in Lille?

Drafting Digest: Grand Prix Louisville Prep!

We’ve got a big Limited Grand Prix coming up this weekend, and Ross Merriam wants to help you get ready! Do you agree with Ross’s picks and thought processes? How would you shape this draft?

Daily Digest: So I Like The Card, Okay?

Lots of players like Bedlam Reveler these days, but with Ross Merriam? It’s starting to become an addiction! #SCGORL is coming up on the calendar!

Baby, You Can Drive My Car

Beep beep, beep beep! Ross Merriam offers his early takes on two of the new mechanics in Kaladesh, energy counters and Vehicles! Which PAX previews have Ross revved up for the soon-to-be Standard format? The answers are just a click away!

Daily Digest: Doctor Evil

There are some decks anyone can play. For others, though, you just have to be a little bit evil to inflict them on your foes. Ross Merriam highlights one such Legacy deck ahead of #SCGORL!

Daily Digest: With A Revel Yell

Between a strong result at a major Grand Prix and Sam Black taking a great interest in the archetype in his video this week, it’s safe to say this archetype has legs! And it may create serious Bedlam at your next Modern event!