I'm changing up my schedule this week--no stream tomorrow, but I'll be live Wed at my normal time of 11am eastern. If you want to stay abreast of schedule changes, drop a free sub on my Patreon where I make weekly posts of my stream and content schedules. www.patreon.com/RossMerriam

One good league, one bad today with lots of close losses. Didn't like Halfling and how it makes the mana worse but Tezz was solid. I'll definitely try one copy in the Lab build when I next play the deck. You don't have room for more than that and Tezz has high diminishing returns.

Live in 5 w/ Tezz Broodscale! twitch.tv/ross_merriam

Brian Callahan needs to be fired... ,,, ,,, ... into the sun.

Falafel in homemade pita w/ sumac marinated onions, cherry tomatoes, and mint-yogurt sauce #roanokeeats

Lost in the QFs but very happy to recover from a R1 loss to convert a Top 8. Frankly I still don't know if I like Flare over Flareless, but I'll have an updated SB Guide for both lists on Patreon this week, as well as a What's the Play article breaking down 5 in game scenarios.

Live in 5 for the Modern Challenge w/ Belcher! twitch.tv/ross_merriam

Live in 5 with more Flareless Belcher action! twitch.tv/ross_merriam

Latest article is live on the Patreon, where I break down 5 gameplay scenarios with Broodscale. Going to publish a similar article next week for Belcher. And the latest theory article will be live tonight! www.patreon.com/posts/whats-...

Live in 5 with the Modern Challenge! No cube so playing some Arclight Dredge between rounds! twitch.tv/ross_merriam

It was always a fucking genocide. Even before the bombing, & the fences, & the annexations. Israel as a project is predicated on the erasure of Palestinians. If you're late to the party on that, welcome. Now, make up for lost time.

Bread and butter 7-3 day. Made a few mistakes and got hosed by MTGO in the other loss, so it easily could've been better. Good spread of matchups, liking the list right now, though I may add a 2nd Talisman. Love the acceleration with Lab.

Live in 5 with more Broodscale! twitch.tv/ross_merriam

Blue MAGAs are worse than red ones. I will die on that hill.

Mixing it up today, trying some Esper Goryo's. Live in 5 at twitch.tv/ross_merriam

Live in 5 trying MD Tamiyo in Belcher. Twitch.tv/ross_merriam

General Tso's Tofu w/ Green Beans. #roanokeeats

too many still believe that our disenfranchisement is an unintentional side effect of the rich acting in their self-interest, an act of carelessness rather than gleeful intent.

The VP of the USA not "[giving] a shit" about war crimes is normal. It's only the openness which is novel. There can't be a factory reset on this process, because the comfortable normal of before led directly to this. Something ready made state apparatus something can't wield for our own purposes.

The Challenge didn't go well, but Vintage Cube was sweet. Just your classic Ragavan-Elspeth-Forth curve for a Turn 3 kill.

Live in 5 w/ the Modern Challenge at twitch.tv/ross_merriam!

Well after saying Eldrazi was on the decline yesterday, I played it 5 times in 10 arounds, and an Eldrazi Aggro on top of that. 4-2 against them + 7-3 overall though-solid day. Swapped in a Watterlogged Teachings for a Beyeen Veil in League 2 and I'm going to keep it for tomorrow's 1130 challenge.

Live in 5 with Mono-Blue Belcher! twitch.tv/ross_merriam

Every teacher worth a damn makes Pedagogy Of The Oppressed mandatory reading

Just posted my latest theory article on Patreon, covering the concept of Tempo Decks, and why I think despite widespread misunderstanding and misappropriation of the term, I still think it's a useful strategic category for Magic. www.patreon.com/posts/demyst...

4-3 for Top 32. I think I'm off Karn because it takes up too much space for other important cards. It's very good against other Eldrazi decks, but they're declining right now. I still like Ugin's Lab-Devourer-Talisman and a light red splash for Firespout in the sideboard though.

Live in 5 for the Modern Challenge w/ Karn Broodscale. Vintage Cube between rounds. twitch.tv/ross_merriam

Belcher article is now live as well www.patreon.com/posts/keep-o...

As a companion to my deck guides, I'm writing keep/mull articles for Broodscale and Belcher. The former is live now, the latter will go live later this evening. www.patreon.com/posts/keep-o...

The capitalist mindset that has been drilled into all of us basically says that if you don't like being the exploited, then the "solution" is to become the exploiter. For us Leftists (socialists and communists), the solution is to end the exploitation. To give power to those who work.

Rough finish to the day after a great start. Struggling against Boros so I need to reconfigure the SB to help that matchup. Karn is so good against so many other matchups that I think its inclusion could still be worth hurting the Boros matchup, but it's close.

Continuing my work on Karn Broodscale, this time with more boats! Live in 5 at twitch.tv/ross_merriam

Updated lists and SB Guides for Belcher and Broodscale are live on my Patreon. A sub at the 15$ tier will get you both as well as links back to the full guides. But if you want to purchase just the SB guides, they're available separately for $10 each. patreon.com/RossMerriam

5-2 in the Challenge for the sad 17th, lost playing for the trophy in the Cube draft. Deck looked solid but I missed having a good, proactive threat to grab with Karn. Will work on it more next week, but this weekend is all about @apexgamingMTG commentary!

Live in 5 with the Modern Challenge! Vintage Cube between rounds. twitch.tv/ross_merriam

Perfect Roti, swimming in butter. #roanokeeats

Y'all...this Karn card. It's pretty good. Definitely going to work on this list more. 8-2 on the day, losing to 2 Turn 2 kills from Amulet and 9 straight lands G3 against Storm.

Back at it today, trying out this winning list from a recent Challenge. Excited to see how Karn performs in Broodscale! Live in 5 at twitch.tv/ross_merriam

MTGO maintenance wins this round. I'll be back tomorrow at my regular time.

Today is the NRG Series Lansing $10k Team Showdown. 64 teams registered - where there's going to be Standard, Modern, and PAUPER on the docket today. www.twitch.tv/nrgseries #MTGPauper

Top 8 of the #NRGLAN $10K Standard Showdown is starting now! Will Vivi's reign of terror continue or will a hero emerge from the shadows and deliver us from evil? @d00mwake.bsky.social and I have all the action at twitch.tv/nrgseries

Live in 5 with my take on @MahfuzVanGogh's Arclight Dredge deck! Two great tastes that taste great together! twitch.tv/ross_merriam

Live in 5 with the Modern Challenge! twitch.tv/ross_merriam

This is all I've ever wanted

Some new things are happening with Belcher lists so I'm trying them out to see what the fuss is about. Live in 5! twitch.tv/ross_merriam

It’s 10 o’clock: do you know where your curry is? Mine is right here. #roanokeeats

Solid 7-3 day. Very little combo around in Modern right now, so leaning harder into the Eldrazi Ramp part of the deck makes sense. I'd play Sowing Mycospawn over TKS for more ramp.

Live in 5 with Mono-Green Broodscale! twitch.tv/ross_merriam