VS Live! Ross Merriam’s Grand Prix Memories

Ross Merriam relives two key Grand Prix memories plus a bonus SCG Tour matchup on VS Live!

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Round 1: Orzhov Control VS Selesnya Tokens (Standard, 2016)

W/B Control Seth Manfield

Standard
1st
Grand Prix
New York, NY
May 6, 2016
BUY DECK
Planeswalker (9)
4
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
3
Ob Nixilis Reignited
2
Sorin, Grim Nemesis
Sorcery (13)
4
Languish
1
Planar Outburst
4
Read the Bones
2
Ruinous Path
2
Transgress the Mind
Instant (13)
3
Anguished Unmaking
3
Grasp of Darkness
2
Hallowed Moonlight
3
Secure the Wastes
2
Ultimate Price
Land (25)
1
Blighted Fen
4
Caves of Koilos
4
Forsaken Sanctuary
3
Plains
4
Shambling Vent
6
Swamp
3
Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
Sideboard
1
Bearer of Silence
2
Dead Weight
3
Duress
1
Eldrazi Displacer
1
Hallowed Moonlight
3
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
1
Thought-Knot Seer
2
Transgress the Mind
1
Ultimate Price
BUY DECK

Selesnya Tokens Ross Merriam

Standard
25th
Feb 22, 2022
BUY DECK
Creature (15)
4
Archangel Avacyn // Avacyn, the Purifier
4
Hangarback Walker
3
Lambholt Pacifist // Lambholt Butcher
4
Sylvan Advocate
Planeswalker (8)
4
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
4
Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
Enchantment (4)
4
Oath of Nissa
Sorcery (2)
2
Declaration in Stone
Instant (6)
4
Dromoka's Command
2
Secure the Wastes
Land (25)
4
Canopy Vista
8
Forest
4
Fortified Village
7
Plains
2
Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
Sideboard
2
Angelic Purge
2
Clip Wings
2
Declaration in Stone
2
Evolutionary Leap
1
Linvala, the Preserver
1
Quarantine Field
1
Secure the Wastes
3
Tragic Arrogance
1
Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
BUY DECK

Round 2: Affinity VS Melira Pod (Modern, 2014)

Affinity Nathan Jones

Modern
5th
Grand Prix
Jul 26, 2014
BUY DECK
Creature (25)
4
Arcbound Ravager
2
Etched Champion
2
Master of Etherium
2
Memnite
4
Ornithopter
4
Signal Pest
3
Steel Overseer
4
Vault Skirge
Artifact (12)
4
Cranial Plating
4
Mox Opal
4
Springleaf Drum
Enchantment (3)
3
Ensoul Artifact
Instant (4)
4
Galvanic Blast
Land (16)
4
Blinkmoth Nexus
4
Darksteel Citadel
3
Glimmervoid
4
Inkmoth Nexus
1
Island
Sideboard
2
Ancient Grudge
1
Dismember
1
Etched Champion
1
Grafdigger's Cage
1
Master of Etherium
1
Relic of Progenitus
2
Spellskite
2
Thoughtseize
1
Torpor Orb
2
Wear // Tear
1
Whipflare
BUY DECK

Melira Pod Ross Merriam

Modern
18th
Feb 22, 2022
BUY DECK
Creature (28)
4
Birds of Paradise
1
Eternal Witness
4
Kitchen Finks
1
Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1
Melira, Sylvok Outcast
1
Murderous Redcap
3
Noble Hierarch
1
Orzhov Pontiff
1
Qasali Pridemage
1
Ranger of Eos
1
Restoration Angel
1
Reveillark
1
Scavenging Ooze
1
Shriekmaw
1
Sin Collector
1
Spellskite
1
Viscera Seer
2
Voice of Resurgence
1
Wall of Roots
Artifact (4)
4
Birthing Pod
Instant (5)
3
Abrupt Decay
2
Chord of Calling
Land (23)
3
Forest
3
Gavony Township
1
Godless Shrine
4
Misty Rainforest
2
Overgrown Tomb
3
Razorverge Thicket
1
Swamp
1
Temple Garden
4
Verdant Catacombs
1
Woodland Cemetery
Sideboard
1
Burrenton Forge-Tender
2
Dismember
1
Entomber Exarch
1
Orzhov Pontiff
1
Reclamation Sage
1
Scavenging Ooze
1
Sigarda, Host of Herons
1
Slaughter Pact
4
Thoughtseize
1
Thrun, the Last Troll
1
Voice of Resurgence
BUY DECK

Round 3: Den Protector VS Bant Heroic (Standard, 2015)

Bant Midrange Collins Mullen

Standard
5th
Star City Games Standard Open
Cleveland, OH
Apr 24, 2015
BUY DECK
Creature (28)
3
Courser of Kruphix
4
Deathmist Raptor
4
Den Protector
3
Dragonlord Ojutai
4
Elvish Mystic
4
Fleecemane Lion
2
Surrak, the Hunt Caller
4
Sylvan Caryatid
Enchantment (2)
2
Mastery of the Unseen
Instant (6)
3
Dromoka's Command
3
Valorous Stance
Land (24)
3
Flooded Strand
4
Forest
1
Island
2
Mana Confluence
2
Plains
4
Temple of Plenty
4
Windswept Heath
4
Yavimaya Coast
Sideboard
3
Disdainful Stroke
1
Dromoka's Command
2
Encase in Ice
2
Glare of Heresy
2
Hornet Nest
2
Negate
2
Plummet
BUY DECK

Bant Heroic Ross Merriam

Standard
1st
Star City Games Standard Open
Cleveland, OH
Apr 24, 2015
BUY DECK
Creature (17)
1
Battlewise Hoplite
4
Favored Hoplite
4
Hero of Iroas
2
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer
2
Monastery Mentor
4
Seeker of the Way
Enchantment (5)
1
Ordeal of Heliod
4
Ordeal of Thassa
Sorcery (2)
2
Treasure Cruise
Instant (14)
2
Ajani's Presence
4
Defiant Strike
4
Dromoka's Command
4
Gods Willing
Land (22)
4
Flooded Strand
1
Forest
1
Island
4
Mana Confluence
4
Plains
2
Temple of Enlightenment
1
Temple of Mystery
1
Temple of Plenty
4
Windswept Heath
Sideboard
2
Aqueous Form
2
Disdainful Stroke
3
Encase in Ice
1
Island
2
Ordeal of Heliod
3
Stubborn Denial
2
Treasure Cruise
BUY DECK