Daily Digest: Thinking Out Cloud
Cards from the past never truly go away, do they? Ross Merriam is putting up his umbrella so that death doesn’t rain down upon him at the #SCGINVI!
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 Doctor Is In
Ross Merriam wants to give you a hard truth about the nature of Magic, so gather around. This card. Is never. Ever. Going to go away. #SCGINVI will have this card, and you just need to accept that.
Daily Digest: Old Pyromancer
Pyromancer’s Goggles sneaks out of obscurity and puts up great numbers just when everyone is writing it off. Is it time once again for the bulk rare that could to come out and tear apart #SCGINVI?
Ross VS. The Boss: Temur Emerge VS. U/R Thermo-Alchemist
It’s a battle of the hot decks from Pro Tour Eldritch Moon! Will Ross Merriam and Temur Emerge ride the Eldrazi Octopus train to victory, or will Tom “The Boss” Ross and U/R Thermo-Alchemist concoct the winning lines? Check out this vital Standard matchup ahead of the #SCGINVI!
Daily Digest: Spell Queller Queller
Spell Queller thinks it can just quell a bunch of spells? Well we’ve got spells that will quell those Spell Quellers and un-quell the spells that they quelled! Read up and Ross Merriam can make your #SCGINVI go swell!
I Don’t Mean To Toot My Own (Shriek)Horn…
Ross Merriam has another tournament under his belt thanks to the breakout Dredge builds that are taking the Modern world by storm! If you’re taking this brand new version of an old classic to the #SCGINVI, Ross has some wonderful tricks ready for you to conquer!
Daily Digest: Eyes On The Prize
Syracuse Modern Open Champion Ross Merriam has more than a few thoughts on Prized Amalgam…some of them in Standard! Is a Top 32 decklist from Grand Prix Rimini the future of Emerge decks? Give it a try at #SCGINVI!
Daily Digest: I’ve Done My Research
If you’re not careful on Sunday at the #SCGNY Standard Classic, there’s a good chance you could put your opponent on Bant Company instead of on this excellent new brew!
Daily Digest: The Modern Cockroach
Someday when Emrakul has consumed all Multiverse life and every archetype and card is reduced to dusty smoldering nothing, this Modern deck will still be alive. At #SCGNY, it may be the deck stepping on you!
Daily Digest: Merging Emerge
We’ve established that Emerge decks are for real, but now everyone is working to find the very best one! Ross Merriam takes a look at the latest incarnation of one of #SCGNY’s top Classic contenders!
Daily Digest: Sea Change
SCG Regionals took place during Pro Tour weekend, and as expected, there are a lot of crazy brews out there! Ross Merriam has found one of his favorites for you to try at #SCGNY’s Standard Classic!
Disrupting Emrakul
The new big Standard target is the largest target of them all: Emrakul, the Promised End! How will the metagame react to the first lady of Magic destruction? Ross Merriam thinks you’ve got to throw her off her game before she gets anywhere near the battlefield, and he’s evaluating the best ways to do so for the #SCGNY Standard Classic!
Daily Digest: Emerge-rakul
Predictably, Bant Company did not conquer the Pro Tour. But what did? Join Ross Merriam in his quest to understand the #SCGNY Standard Classic metagame!
Ross VS. Todd: Jeskai Control VS. Five-Color Aggro
It’s a new classic VS. new hotness! Will Ross Merriam’s Jeskai Control with Nahiri, the Harbinger take the day, or will Todd Anderson win the day with a five-colors-of-value deck that made the Top 16 of a recent Modern Classic? Watch and learn ahead of #SCGNY!
Daily Digest: The White Knight
The Pro Tour metagame may be shaping up, but this anti-Bant Company answer has already flown under the radar for far too long! See one of the sweetest brews from one of the most deadly forces on the most dominant Magic team on The SCG Tour® today!