SCG CON Baltimore kicks off this weekend and features all the Magic: The Gathering, including $40K in prizes, and Flesh and Blood action you can handle over three days. This weekend is all about Modern, Legacy, Pioneer, and Team Constructed for Magic and Blitz and Team Blitz for Flesh and Blood. And there is more than just money up for grabs on the weekend. Magic players can secure invites to the Regional Championship at DreamHack Atlanta, while Flesh and Blood players can collect PTIs.
Friday
Want to snag a bye for your team in the $25K Team Constructed main event? Get your squad together and jump in one of two $25K Team Constructed Trials on Friday. Go undefeated in the five-round events to lock up a bye for your team for the main event and 3,000 prize wall tickets.
Team Constructed 25K Trials
Format: Team Constructed (Legacy/Modern/Pioneer)
Structure: 5 rounds of Swiss
Times: 1:00 PM, 4:00 PM
Entry: $75 per team
Prizes
- 15 Match Points – 3,000 prize wall tickets, One (1) round bye for Team Constructed $25K
- 13 Match Points – 2,250 prize wall tickets
- 12 Match Points – 1,500 prize wall tickets
- 10 Match Points – 900 prize wall tickets
- 9 Match Points – 300 prize wall tickets
Saturday
Let’s get to the main event!
Team Constructed $25K
The big draw for the weekend is the Team Constructed $25K! Two days of action across three formats, with invites to the Regional Championship at DreamHack for each member of the winning team on the line. Of course, the winning team also walks away with $7,500 and the prizes pay out for Top 16.
Format: Team Constructed (Legacy/Modern/Pioneer)
Structure:
Day 1: 8 rounds of Swiss, Top 20 teams or all teams with 18 or more match points advance to Day 2
Day 2: Top 6 teams advance to single elimination playoffs
Top 6 Playoffs: 1st-2nd ranked teams after Swiss receive bye in playoffs
Time: Day 1 — 10:00 AM, Day 2 — 9:00 AM
Entry: $210* per team
Prizes:
- 1st: $7,500, Qualification for the Regional Championship at DreamHack Atlanta on Nov 18-20, 2022.
- 2nd: $3,000
- 3rd – 4th: $2,100
- 5th – 6th: $1,500
- 7th – 8th: $900
- 9th – 16th: $750
Sunday
Didn’t make Day 2 of the main event or couldn’t make it on Saturday? Sunday has $5Ks for all three featured formats of the weekend with invitations to the Regional Championship at DreamHack for the winners of the Modern and Pioneer events. The payout structure has been revamped for the $5Ks, with prizes going down to Top 16.
Modern $5K
Structure: Swiss rounds based on attendance, cut to Top 8
Time: 9:00 AM
Entry: $50*
Max Entrants: 400
Prizes:
- 1st: $1,500, Qualification for the Regional Championship at Dreamhack Atlanta on Nov 18-20, 2022
- 2nd: $700
- 3rd – 4th: $500
- 5th – 8th: $250
- 9th-16th: $100
Pioneer $5K
Structure: Swiss rounds based on attendance, cut to Top 8
Time: 9:30 AM
Entry: $50*
Max Entrants: 400
Prizes:
- 1st: $1,500, Qualification for the Regional Championship at Dreamhack Atlanta on Nov 18-20, 2022
- 2nd: $700
- 3rd – 4th: $500
- 5th – 8th: $250
- 9th-16th: $100
Legacy $5K
Structure: Swiss rounds based on attendance, cut to Top 8
Time: 10:00 AM
Entry: $50*
Max Entrants: 400
Prizes:
- 1st: $1,500, Qualification for the Regional Championship at Dreamhack Atlanta on Nov 18-20, 2022
- 2nd: $700
- 3rd – 4th: $500
- 5th – 8th: $250
- 9th-16th: $100
Flesh and Blood players will not be left out this weekend with a full slate of events at the ready.
Friday
Start things off with a Team Blitz Beatdown event. Get your squad with three different Young Heroes and battle it out for heaps of prize wall tickets.
Team Blitz Beatdown
Format: Team Blitz (3 player teams) Players must each use a different hero from their other team members
Structure: 6 Rounds of Swiss
Time: 5:00pm
Entry: $60 per team*
Prizes (per Team)
- 6 Wins: 3000 prize wall tickets
- 5 Wins: 1500 prize wall tickets
- 4 Wins: 900 prize wall tickets
Saturday
On Saturday, dive into a Blitz Skirmish with random cold foil Young Heroes and special playmats on the line.
Skirmish
Format: Blitz
Structure: Swiss rounds based on attendance, cut to Top 8 players
Time: 12:00PM
Entry: $30*
Prizes:
- 1st: Random cold foil Young Hero (Dromai or Fai), Aether Ashwing (Marvel) Playmat, 1,500 Prize Wall Tickets
- 2nd: Random cold foil Young Hero (Dromai or Fai), 1,000 prize wall tickets
- 3rd–4th: Random cold foil Young Hero (Dromai or Fai), 800 prize wall tickets
- 5th–8th: Random cold foil Young Hero (Dromai or Fai), 600 prize wall tickets
- 9th–16th: 400 prize wall tickets
- 17th–32nd: 200 prize wall tickets
The Top 32 players will also receive a cold foil Silver token
Sunday
Sunday wraps up with a Blitz Battled Hardened event with two PTIs up for grabs.
Battle Hardened
Format: Blitz
Structure: 8 Rounds of Swiss with a single-elimination Top 8
Time: 9:30AM
Entry: $40*
Top 8 Prizes:
- 1st: $500, Professional Tournament Invitation (PTI)**, Random gold cold foil legendary, Exclusive Battle Hardened playmat
- 2nd: $500 + Professional Tournament Invitation (PTI)**, Exclusive Battle Hardened playmat
- 3rd – 4th: $250, Exclusive Battle Hardened playmat
- 5th – 8th: $125, Exclusive Battle Hardened playmat
Prizes for non Top 8 finishers are based on record.
- Eight (8) wins – Top 8
- Seven (7) wins – 700 prize wall tickets
- Six (6) wins – 500 prize wall tickets
- Five (5) wins – 300 prize wall tickets
- Four (4) wins – 200 prize wall tickets
*Includes Melee.gg fees
**1st and 2nd place finishers receive a PTI that can be redeemed for entry into any future professional Flesh and Blood event that requires an invitation (National Championships, any future Pro Tour or the World Championships)
Side Events and More
Weekend Long Packages
Commander Celebration
For those wanting to play as much Commander as possible, the Commander Celebration is available for $80. The package provides access to the Command Zone all weekend, non-foil Sol Ring and Path of Ancestry promo cards, Path of Ancestry playmat, deck box, four Commander pod vouchers, and a badge and lanyard.
Infinite Challenge
The Magic Infinite Challenge package allows you to enter as many of the Challenges (more than 30 scheduled) on the weekend for the low price of $150 via online registration. Entry also comes with the choice of one of more than 20 playmats on the prize wall.
Artists
Six longtime MTG artists will be in attendance to sell prints and sign cards. While at SCG CON Baltimore, check out booths from all six:
- Eric Deschamps
- Jeff Laubenstein
- Liz Danforth
- Ken Meyer Jr.
- Christopher Moeller
- David Palumbo
No matter what you are looking for, SCG CON has it. Register and check out all the events at the SCG CON website.