VS Live! Ross Merriam Takes Time-Travel Revenge

Ross Merriam takes his turn driving down Memory Lane on VS Live! He’s chosen three favorite MTG decks, two Standard and one Modern, to spar against Corey Baumeister and rival decks of the time.

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Round 1: Abzan Reanimator VS Gruul Aggro (Standard, 2013)

Reanimator Brian Braun-Duin

Standard
3rd
Star City Games Invitational
Atlanta, GA
Apr 6, 2013
BUY DECK
Creature (23)
3
Acidic Slime
3
Angel of Serenity
4
Arbor Elf
4
Avacyn's Pilgrim
3
Centaur Healer
3
Restoration Angel
3
Thragtusk
Sorcery (10)
3
Lingering Souls
3
Mulch
4
Unburial Rites
Instant (4)
4
Grisly Salvage
Land (23)
1
Cavern of Souls
4
Forest
1
Gavony Township
2
Godless Shrine
3
Isolated Chapel
4
Overgrown Tomb
2
Sunpetal Grove
4
Temple Garden
2
Woodland Cemetery
Sideboard
1
Abrupt Decay
1
Acidic Slime
1
Cavern of Souls
3
Deathrite Shaman
1
Fiend Hunter
3
Garruk Relentless // Garruk, the Veil-Cursed
2
Obzedat, Ghost Council
1
Thragtusk
2
Tragic Slip
BUY DECK

G/R Aggro Ross Merriam

Standard
4th
Star City Games Invitational
Atlanta, GA
Apr 6, 2013
BUY DECK
Creature (29)
4
Arbor Elf
1
Borderland Ranger
4
Burning-Tree Emissary
4
Flinthoof Boar
4
Ghor-Clan Rampager
4
Gyre Sage
4
Hellrider
2
Thundermaw Hellkite
2
Wolfir Silverheart
Planeswalker (4)
4
Domri Rade
Sorcery (4)
4
Bonfire of the Damned
Land (23)
8
Forest
1
Kessig Wolf Run
6
Mountain
4
Rootbound Crag
4
Stomping Ground
Sideboard
1
Cavern of Souls
1
Devil's Play
2
Ground Seal
2
Mizzium Mortars
3
Pillar of Flame
4
Strangleroot Geist
2
Thundermaw Hellkite
BUY DECK

Round 2: Mono-Black Devotion VS Mono-Blue Devotion (Standard, 2014)

Mono-Black Devotion Mike Sigrist

Standard
12th
Star City Games Standard Open
Providence, RI
Jun 6, 2014
BUY DECK
Creature (16)
4
Desecration Demon
4
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
4
Lifebane Zombie
4
Pack Rat
Enchantment (4)
4
Underworld Connections
Sorcery (5)
1
Duress
4
Thoughtseize
Instant (10)
2
Bile Blight
4
Devour Flesh
4
Hero's Downfall
Land (25)
4
Mutavault
18
Swamp
3
Temple of Silence
Sideboard
1
Bile Blight
2
Dark Betrayal
2
Doom Blade
1
Drown in Sorrow
3
Duress
2
Erebos, God of the Dead
1
Pharika's Cure
1
Pithing Needle
1
Read the Bones
1
Whip of Erebos
BUY DECK

Mono-Blue Devotion Ross Merriam

Standard
1st
Star City Games Standard Open
Providence, RI
Jun 6, 2014
BUY DECK
Creature (29)
4
Cloudfin Raptor
4
Frostburn Weird
1
Galerider Sliver
4
Judge's Familiar
4
Master of Waves
4
Nightveil Specter
4
Thassa, God of the Sea
4
Tidebinder Mage
Artifact (3)
1
Bident of Thassa
2
Hall of Triumph
Instant (3)
1
Cyclonic Rift
2
Rapid Hybridization
Land (25)
20
Island
4
Mutavault
1
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Sideboard
1
Bident of Thassa
1
Claustrophobia
1
Dispel
2
Dissolve
2
Domestication
2
Gainsay
2
Jace, Architect of Thought
1
Jace, Memory Adept
2
Negate
1
Rapid Hybridization
BUY DECK

Round 3: Mono-Red Phoenix VS Izzet Phoenix (Modern, 2018)

Mono-Red Phoenix Jeff Carr

Modern
2nd
Nov 30, 2018
BUY DECK
Creature (12)
4
Arclight Phoenix
4
Bedlam Reveler
4
Monastery Swiftspear
Sorcery (14)
4
Faithless Looting
1
Flame Jab
4
Lava Spike
1
Maximize Velocity
4
Tormenting Voice
Instant (16)
4
Fiery Temper
2
Gut Shot
4
Lightning Bolt
4
Manamorphose
2
Risk Factor
Land (18)
17
Mountain
1
Ramunap Ruins
Sideboard
2
Abrade
2
Dismember
3
Eidolon of the Great Revel
2
Hazoret the Fervent
2
Shattering Spree
4
Tormod's Crypt
BUY DECK

Izzet Phoenix Ross Merriam

Modern
1st
Star City Games Modern Open
Baltimore, MD
Nov 30, 2018
BUY DECK
Creature (13)
4
Arclight Phoenix
3
Crackling Drake
2
Monastery Swiftspear
4
Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
Sorcery (9)
1
Chart a Course
4
Faithless Looting
4
Serum Visions
Instant (20)
3
Gut Shot
1
Izzet Charm
2
Lightning Axe
4
Lightning Bolt
4
Manamorphose
4
Opt
2
Thought Scour
Land (18)
1
Flooded Strand
3
Island
2
Mountain
1
Polluted Delta
4
Scalding Tarn
4
Spirebluff Canal
3
Steam Vents
Sideboard
3
Abrade
2
Alpine Moon
2
Anger of the Gods
2
Ceremonious Rejection
2
Dispel
1
Ral, Izzet Viceroy
1
Spell Pierce
2
Surgical Extraction
BUY DECK