Top Decks And Winners From SCG CON Charlotte

This past weekend, thousands of gamers flocked to Charlotte, NC for three days of trading card game action, including the Magic: The Gathering Regional Championship and more! Below you’ll find the winners of each major event along with their decklists.

Magic: The Gathering Regional Championship

Jesse Robkin won the Modern-format Regional Championship with Grinding Breach, besting a field of over 1300 competitors.

Grinding Breach

Jesse Robkin

1st Place at Regional Championship on 03-09-2025

Modern

Creatures (9)

• 4 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1 Haywire Mite
• 4 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

Planeswalkers (1)

• 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

Lands (19)

• 1 Island
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 4 Scalding Tarn
• 3 Urza's Saga
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Thundering Falls
• 1 Hedge Maze
• 1 Shifting Woodland

Spells (31)

• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 3 Grinding Station
• 1 Aether Spellbomb
• 1 Pithing Needle
• 4 Mishra's Bauble
• 1 Grapeshot
• 2 Preordain
• 4 Mox Opal
• 1 Swan Song
• 3 Mox Amber
• 4 Underworld Breach
• 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1 Sink into Stupor
• 4 Malevolent Rumble

Sideboard

• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Mountain
• 2 Nature's Claim
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Unholy Heat
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 2 Flame of Anor
• 1 Brainsurge
• 1 Strix Serenade
• 4 Consign to Memory

Robkin came into the weekend without a qualification for the main event, but took down a Last Chance Qualifier on Friday and converted it into the best result possible! With her win, Robkin earned a $20,000 first-place prize and a direct qualification for the upcoming Magic: The Gathering World Championship.

Modern $10K

Andrew Calderon won the Modern $10K on Sunday with Azorius Control.

Azorius Control

Andrew Calderon

1st Place at SCG CON Modern 10K on 03-09-2025

Modern

Creatures (4)

• 4 Solitude

Planeswalkers (8)

• 2 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
• 3 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 3 Narset, Parter of Veils

Lands (24)

• 2 Plains
• 2 Island
• 2 Windswept Heath
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 2 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Mystic Gate
• 2 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1 Zagoth Triome
• 1 Raugrin Triome
• 1 Hall of Storm Giants
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 2 Meticulous Archive

Spells (24)

• 4 Counterspell
• 3 Orim's Chant
• 2 Spell Snare
• 1 Day's Undoing
• 1 Force of Negation
• 3 Prismatic Ending
• 3 Leyline Binding
• 2 Lorien Revealed
• 3 Wrath of the Skies
• 2 Tune the Narrative

Sideboard

• 2 Isochron Scepter
• 2 Celestial Purge
• 2 Stony Silence
• 2 Rest in Peace
• 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
• 2 Subtlety
• 4 Consign to Memory

Modern $5K

Tyler Raeburn won the $5K Modern RCQ on Saturday with Boros Energy, splashing blue for Consign to Memory!

Boros Energy

Tyler Raeburn

1st Place at SCG CON Modern 5K on 03-09-2025

Modern

Creatures (23)

• 2 Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 4 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 4 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
• 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
• 4 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
• 4 Guide of Souls
• 4 Ocelot Pride

Lands (20)

• 2 Plains
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 3 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Arid Mesa
• 2 Marsh Flats
• 1 Elegant Parlor
• 3 Arena of Glory

Spells (17)

• 3 Goblin Bombardment
• 1 March of Otherworldly Light
• 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
• 2 Thraben Charm
• 4 Galvanic Discharge
• 3 Static Prison

Sideboard

• 2 Orim's Chant
• 1 Celestial Purge
• 1 Surgical Extraction
• 2 Stony Silence
• 2 Wear
• 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1 Drannith Magistrate
• 1 Wrath of the Skies
• 4 Consign to Memory

Standard $5K

Nathan Blackmon won the Standard $5K on Sunday with Esper Pixies.

Esper Pixies

Nathan Blackmon

1st Place at SCG CON $5K Standard on 03-09-2025

Standard

Creatures (18)

• 2 Spiteful Hexmage
• 4 Nurturing Pixie
• 1 Mockingbird
• 4 Fear of Isolation
• 4 Optimistic Scavenger
• 3 Entity Tracker

Lands (23)

• 3 Underground River
• 3 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Swamp
• 3 Caves of Koilos
• 4 Seachrome Coast
• 4 Darkslick Shores
• 4 Concealed Courtyard
• 1 Restless Anchorage

Spells (19)

• 1 Spell Pierce
• 4 Hopeless Nightmare
• 4 This Town Ain't Big Enough
• 4 Stormchaser's Talent
• 4 Nowhere to Run
• 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
• 1 Defiled Crypt

Sideboard

• 1 Negate
• 2 Rest in Peace
• 2 Destroy Evil
• 3 No More Lies
• 2 Pest Control
• 2 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
• 2 Sheltered by Ghosts
• 1 Momentum Breaker

cEDH $5K

Jeffrey Forsyth won Saturday’s cEDH $5K with Kenrith, the Returned King.

Kenrith, the Returned King

Jeffrey Forsyth

Test deck on 03-08-2025

Commander

Creatures (18)

• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Gilded Drake
• 1 Auriok Salvagers
• 1 Tinder Wall
• 1 Dark Confidant
• 1 Noble Hierarch
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Deathrite Shaman
• 1 Spellseeker
• 1 Thassa's Oracle
• 1 Drannith Magistrate
• 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
• 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord
• 1 Warren Soultrader

Lands (28)

• 1 Forbidden Orchard
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Gemstone Caverns
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Urza's Saga

Spells (53)

• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Cabal Ritual
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 1 Yawgmoth's Will
• 1 Force of Will
• 1 Mana Vault
• 1 Wheel of Fortune
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Intuition
• 1 Diabolic Intent
• 1 Brain Freeze
• 1 Worldly Tutor
• 1 Final Fortune
• 1 Gamble
• 1 Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Chain of Vapor
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Demonic Consultation
• 1 Culling the Weak
• 1 Snap
• 1 Carpet of Flowers
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Tainted Pact
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1 Chrome Mox
• 1 Delay
• 1 Pact of Negation
• 1 Silence
• 1 Nature's Claim
• 1 Mental Misstep
• 1 Gitaxian Probe
• 1 Flusterstorm
• 1 Abrupt Decay
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Neoform
• 1 Finale of Devastation
• 1 Force of Negation
• 1 Talisman of Curiosity
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1 Underworld Breach
• 1 Culling Ritual
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 Strix Serenade

Sideboard

• 1 Kenrith, the Returned King

Flesh and Blood Battle Hardened

Michael Feng won the Flesh and Blood Battle Hardened on Saturday with Enigma, Ledger of Ancestry (Mystic Illusionist). You can view Feng’s decklist here.

Disney Lorcana $2K

Rudy Vazquez Tavira won the Disney Lorcana Core Constructed $2K on Saturday with Amber and Steel.

Disney Lorcana $1K

Thiago Santana won the Disney Lorcana Core Constructed $1K on Friday with Amethyst and Steel.

Star Wars: Unlimited $1K

Shane Greene won the Star Wars: Unlimited $1K on Saturday.

Star Wars: Unlimited $1K

Randy Davis won the Star Wars: Unlimited $1K on Sunday with Iden Versio.

Join us next month in Denver, CO for SCG CON Denver featuring Magic Spotlight: Dragons!