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.

Ross VS. Todd: Sultai Emerge VS. Bant Humans

It’s a battle royale in Standard! Ross Merriam has inevitability on his side with his novel Sultai Emerge deck, while Todd Anderson’s Bant Humans list has a proven pedigree (and Collected Company into Reflector Mage). Who’ll win this showdown ahead of #SCGRICH?

Daily Digest: Modern Control Episode IV: A New Hope

Ross Merriam continues to mine for interactive gold among the vast uninteractive Modern metagame! And what do you know? He’s found another control deck for the #SCGRICH Classic!

Daily Digest: Ode To A Dragonlord

If you want something other than Collected Company or Emrakul, the Promised End for #SCGRICH, why not go back to the days of the Dragons? Ross Merriam goes rogue for Standard’s swan song weekend!

Ross VS. Majors: Bant Company VS. G/U Crush

It’s time for Collected Company to take one more bow on the dancefloor! Will Ross Merriam lead the collected three-drops to victory, or will Michael Majors G/U Crush his dreams? Check out this fun matchup ahead of #SCGRICH this weekend!

Daily Digest: Force Of Will In Modern

Force of Will keeps Legacy in check, so why don’t we just make our own Force of Will for Modern? Ross Merriam cleans up the #SCGRICH Classic here!

The Most Underrated Skills In Magic

Using a comparison point with tournament Magic’s biggest formats, Ross Merriam wants to talk about the Magic skills that nobody is talking about…but that they definitely should be! Your #SCGRICH matches will be partly determined before you ever sit down. Be prepared!

Daily Digest: My Head Hurts

Everyone loves math! Especially the pilot of this monster! If the Siege Rhinos don’t get them, the math will at the #SCGRICH Modern Classic!

Daily Digest: That Darned Cat!

Ross Merriam isn’t a fan of this strategy, but a list like this could make him change his mind! It has tribal synergies, tax effects, and everything else you need to crush the #SCGRICH Modern Classic!

Daily Digest: That Shaheen Sheen

Modern is pretty uninteractive right now, but that doesn’t mean people have given up! This pilot has taken a cue from Shaheen Soorani’s playbook of control dominance!

Daily Digest: Flow Rida

Red decks are dead? Nonsense! Thermo-Alchemist was just the beginning! Ross Merriam tracks down the red deck someone has finally found in Standard!

Daily Digest: The Timeless Art Of Deception

Splinter Twin’s banning has created a world where Kiki-Jiki and friends do their best impressions. Ross Merriam may have found the best Modern list yet!

Daily Digest: I Go Walking After Midnight

If planeswalkers are the ultimate card type and the way to gain traction in the current competitive Magic environment, why don’t we just play more of them? Ross Merriam finds a deck that walks harder than the rest!

The Stiff Modern Metagame

A lot of players expected #SCGINVI to be packed with hate for Ross Merriam’s trophy-collecting Dredge build, but that turned out to be overblown. Why can’t decks just be hated out of the format? Why doesn’t the metagame move around more? The great Ross Merriam answers these questions and more!

Ross VS. Todd: Jund Delirium VS. Bant Company

It’s a Standard showdown! Ross Merriam has picked up the new Standard deck on the block, Jund Delirium, against Todd Anderson and the tried-and-true Bant Company! Enjoy this matchup ahead of #SCGRICH on Labor Day Weekend!

Daily Digest: Old School Control

Ross Merriam was there. He saw it. In a field of new school value creatures and a stigma against yesteryear advantages, one SCG Tour® all-time great did it his way!