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AuthorTerry Soh

Terry placed 7th at GP Hong Kong, 2nd at GP Singapore, 6th at Worlds 2004, 3rd at Pro Tour Nagoya and won the 2005 Magic Invitational. He also made the Top 8 at Worlds 2009.

Spotlight on Standard – Gruul Aggro Fat

It seems a large majority of the Pro community are excited by the Gruul cards for Standard play… We’ve had Ted Knutson, and his overview of Gruul and Zoo decks in the coming metagame. Then there’s Mike Flores, concentrating on the “mono-Red” Gruul Deck Wins. Terry takes a slightly different slant, attempting to merge all the possible Gruul strategies into one aggressive goliath. He claims it is the strongest deck for the coming Pro Tour… read all about it here!

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Deck Review — URzatron for Guildpact

In this article, I would like to talk about the deck that went undefeated at Worlds 2005. After doing some testing with the new Guildpact cards with one of my partners in crime, Jason Yap, I feel that this deck — the URzatron — has enough potential to be a good deck for upcoming Guildpact-legal Type 2 tournaments.

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The Guildpact Prerelease: Are You Ready?

Guildpact Prerelease advice from the 2005 Magic Invitational Winner!

This weekend, Guildpact boosters will be opened in the hands of multicolor lovers at Prereleases across the globe. As a bonus to our Premium members, Terry has have a tip or two for players that are looking to gain an advantage at their Prerelease tournament.

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Jushi Blue

Terry missed out on the Top 8 at Malaysian Nationals, but his teammates finished first and second at the event. In today’s article, he takes an in-depth look at Jushi Blue, one of the best decks in Standard and one that you can expect to continue to see until Mirrodin Block rotates out of the format.

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Tooth and Nail, the Finale

After the release of 9th Edition, a lot of people were wondering how much the loss of Plow Under hurts the Green monster deck. Well, certainly, without Plow Under anymore, Medium Green has lost its strong position in Standard, which spells good news for TNN. But the bad news is TNN now has lost four essential spells against those annoying Blue decks, which is a huge drawback. Is this deck still playable in the current environment, and if so, what does the decklist look like?

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The Philosophy of the Mulligan

Are you losing games because you keep bad hands? Are you unsure what makes the difference between a good hand and a bad hand? Are you the type of player that knows what hands to keep when playing a Constructed deck but are clueless in Limited or vice versa? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then Terry Soh is here to help you and hopefully add a few more wins to your tournament experiences.

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Troll and Nail v.2

I can’t stand it any more. In the past few weeks, I’ve seen dozens of articles about Tooth and Nail, each dubbing it the best deck in Standard. But people have been making drastic mistakes in building the deck properly… and now that the metagame has finally shaped up, let me present to you my latest Troll and Nail innovation and show you where the initial build went wrong.

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Troll and Nail

The Invitational Winner discusses his winning deck, the unconventional sideboard plan he developed for it, and how he developed the best version of what is widely considered the best deck in Standard.

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The Impossible Dream

Congratulations are in order to StarCityGames.com’s Magic Invitational winner Terry Soh! Today Terry takes a peak back at his Magic career, how his attitude and abilities have changed over the years, and what going to the Invitational meant to him.

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Always Pick The Best Card

Also on the menu today is the latest from the Malaysian Sensation, Pro Tour: Nagoya semifinalist Terry Soh. In the past we’ve consistently featured articles that discuss taking cards that might be slightly lower in overall quality while passing your opponents multiples of cards in the same colors. Terry’s article today sets that theory on its head, as he explains exactly why you should always be taking the best card at the beginning of a draft. Once you’ve read both of the Premium articles today, tell us in the forums who you think got the better end of these two sometimes contradictory articles.

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The Tale of the Tog and the Head Judge

After working for a week on a modified version of Gush-a-Tog, Terry set out to test the deck at the final Grand Prix of the season. In spite of posting a 6-1-1 record, he didn’t end up in Day 2 because the judge gave him a match loss after the match had completed. What is the normal ruling in this case and how did Psychatog, of all decks, end up taking over the Extended season at the end? The answers to these questions and more are just a click away.

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The Anatomy of “The Bluff”

In the quarterfinals of Pro Tour: Nagoya, Terry Soh pulled off one of the more impressive and memorable plays in recent Pro Tour memory, using a stone cold bluff to get Frank Karsten to make a game-losing mistake. In a stunning look at the mental game behind the scenes of the highest levels of Magic, Terry dissects the game situation that led to that awesome play, and shows you both how to set up bluffing situations to exploit your opponents and how to protect yourself against them.

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Red Rockin’ the PTQ Scene

What’s a boy to play in a diverse environment rife with aggro-control strategies? At first Terry wasn’t sure, but then he honed in on the idea of playing his favorite card ever in the environment (Eternal Witness), and soon found himself developing a Red Rock deck designed to bash the PTQ field to bits. In this detailed Primer, Terry gives you all the details you need to know in order to take this deck to a PTQ and do well.

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Making the Leap From Magic Online to Pro Tour Star

Until last year, Terry Soh was just a kid from Malaysia who couldn’t get a draft in his home country. Now he’s a bonafide Pro Tour star, with two Grand Prix Top 8s, a National Team slot, and two Pro Tour Top 8s to his name. How did this leap occur? Terry thinks you can do the exact same thing he did, and he’s willing to give you the steps necessary to accomplish just that.

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