Top Decks And Winners From SCG CON Pittsburgh

SCG CON Pittsburgh is in the books! Check out all the winners over the weekend and the decklists from the Modern, Legacy, and cEDH Magic: The Gathering events.

Modern $5K

Ryan Gassaway won the Friday Modern $5K with Hardened Scales.

Hardened Scales

Ryan Gassaway

1st Place at SCG CON Modern 5K on 11-10-2023

Modern

Creatures (21)

• 4 Arcbound Ravager
• 4 Hangarback Walker
• 4 Walking Ballista
• 4 Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp
• 4 Patchwork Automaton
• 1 Haywire Mite

Lands (23)

• 1 Pendelhaven
• 3 Forest
• 3 Gemstone Caverns
• 2 Grove of the Burnwillows
• 4 Inkmoth Nexus
• 4 Cragcrown Pathway
• 4 Urza's Saga
• 2 Boseiju, Who Endures

Spells (16)

• 1 Welding Jar
• 1 Springleaf Drum
• 3 Ancient Stirrings
• 4 Hardened Scales
• 1 Animation Module
• 1 Shadowspear
• 1 The Ozolith
• 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 3 Agatha's Soul Cauldron

Sideboard

• 1 Pithing Needle
• 3 Leyline of the Void
• 2 Nature's Claim
• 2 Dismember
• 2 Damping Sphere
• 2 Void Mirror
• 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1 Haywire Mite
• 1 Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender

Gassaway went 6-1-1 in the Swiss to enter the elimination rounds as the No. 7 seed. He took down Peter Husisian on Amulet Titan in the quarterfinals, Minh Nguyen on Rakdos Evoke in the semis, and Travis Brown on Mono-White Hammer in the finals to win $1,500 and a qualification for Regional Championship Denver in February.

View the decklists from the Top 16 finishers in the Modern $5K.

Modern $10K

Travis Brown won the Saturday Modern $10K with Mono-White Hammer.

Mono-White Hammer

Travis Brown

1st Place at SCG CON Modern 10K on 11-11-2023

Modern

Creatures (18)

• 3 Ornithopter
• 4 Stoneforge Mystic
• 4 Puresteel Paladin
• 2 Giver of Runes
• 1 Gingerbrute
• 4 Esper Sentinel

Lands (18)

• 10 Plains
• 3 Inkmoth Nexus
• 4 Urza's Saga
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

Spells (24)

• 1 Pithing Needle
• 3 Springleaf Drum
• 4 Sigarda's Aid
• 4 Colossus Hammer
• 1 Shadowspear
• 4 Emeria's Call
• 1 Kaldra Compleat
• 4 Surge of Salvation
• 2 Forge Anew

Sideboard

• 3 Cursed Totem
• 2 Mana Tithe
• 3 Strict Proctor
• 4 Solitude
• 2 Sanctifier en-Vec
• 1 Nettlecyst

Brown made it to the Top 8 of as the No. 2 seed with a record of 8-1-1. Brown beat Jeffrey Zhang on Rakdos Evoke in the quarterfinals, Hakan Cinar on Temur Rhinos in the semis, and Corey Baumeister on Rakdos Evoke in the finals. Brown earned $2,000 and a qualification for Regional Championship Denver in February.

View the decklists from the Top 16 finishers in the Modern $10K.

Modern $5K

Michael DeBenedetto-Plummer won the Sunday Modern $5K with Four-Color Beanstalk.

Four-Color Beanstalk

Michael DeBenedetto-Plummer

1st Place at SCG CON Modern 5K on 11-12-2023

Modern

Creatures (18)

• 4 Bloodbraid Elf
• 4 Shardless Agent
• 2 Omnath, Locus of Creation
• 4 Solitude
• 4 Fury

Planeswalkers (5)

• 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 4 Teferi, Time Raveler

Lands (23)

• 1 Forest
• 1 Plains
• 1 Island
• 4 Windswept Heath
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 3 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Zagoth Triome
• 1 Raugrin Triome
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures

Spells (14)

• 4 Fire
• 4 Leyline Binding
• 1 Cosmic Rebirth
• 1 Lorien Revealed
• 4 Up the Beanstalk

Sideboard

• 3 Commandeer
• 1 Gemstone Caverns
• 3 Kor Firewalker
• 3 Force of Vigor
• 2 Obsidian Charmaw
• 1 Endurance
• 1 Inevitable Betrayal

DeBenedetto-Plummer put a cap on the Modern action on the weekend with a win with the value-packed deck all about getting Up the Beanstalk on the battlefield. DeBenedetto-Plummer won $1,500 and a qualification for Regional Championship Denver in February.

View the decklists from the Top 16 finishers in the Modern $5K.

Legacy $5K

Former Invitational champion, Alex Bastecki, won the Sunday Legacy $5K.

Four-Color Control

Alex Bastecki

1st Place at SCG CON Legacy 5K on 11-12-2023

Legacy

Creatures (9)

• 3 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 2 Murktide Regent
• 4 Orcish Bowmasters

Lands (20)

• 1 Plains
• 3 Underground Sea
• 2 Tundra
• 3 Tropical Island
• 1 Savannah
• 1 Bayou
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary

Spells (31)

• 4 Brainstorm
• 4 Force of Will
• 4 Swords to Plowshares
• 4 Ponder
• 2 Force of Negation
• 2 Prismatic Ending
• 4 Leyline Binding
• 3 Lorien Revealed
• 4 Up the Beanstalk

Sideboard

• 2 Hydroblast
• 2 Carpet of Flowers
• 2 Pernicious Deed
• 3 Surgical Extraction
• 1 Terminus
• 2 Force of Negation
• 2 Veil of Summer
• 1 Deafening Silence

Bastecki went 6-1 in the Swiss to enter the elimination rounds as the No. 4 seed. Bastecki defeated Tony Morris on Lands in the quarterfinals, Kris Rhinehart on Golgari Cradle, and Robert Hayes on Dimir Midrange in the finals to win $1,500.

View the decklists from the Top 16 finishers in the Legacy $5K.

cEDH $5K

Kyle Schaff won the Saturday cEDH $5K with Tymna the Weaver and Kraum, Ludevic’s Opus.

Tymna and Kraum

Kyle Schaff

1st Place at SCG CON cEDH 5K on 11-11-2023

Commander

Creatures (18)

• 1 Simian Spirit Guide
• 1 Serra Ascendant
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
• 1 Tymna the Weaver
• 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1 Dockside Extortionist
• 1 Thassa's Oracle
• 1 Drannith Magistrate
• 1 Opposition Agent
• 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1 Archivist of Oghma
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Talion, the Kindly Lord

Lands (28)

• 1 Forbidden Orchard
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Volcanic Island
• 1 Underground Sea
• 1 Tundra
• 1 Scrubland
• 1 Plateau
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Badlands
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Watery Grave
• 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 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Spire of Industry
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City

Spells (54)

• 1 Cabal Ritual
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Force of Will
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Wheel of Fortune
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Red Elemental Blast
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Mana Crypt
• 1 Intuition
• 1 Diabolic Intent
• 1 Brain Freeze
• 1 Final Fortune
• 1 Gamble
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Pyroblast
• 1 Chain of Vapor
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Fire Covenant
• 1 Demonic Consultation
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Tainted Pact
• 1 Mox Diamond
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1 Chrome Mox
• 1 Rite of Flame
• 1 Pact of Negation
• 1 Ad Nauseam
• 1 Silence
• 1 Mindbreak Trap
• 1 Dispel
• 1 Mox Opal
• 1 Mental Misstep
• 1 Flusterstorm
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Force of Negation
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1 Wishclaw Talisman
• 1 Underworld Breach
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Miscast
• 1 Jeweled Lotus
• 1 Dress Down
• 1 Borne Upon a Wind

Battle Hardened

Joe Santianna won the Flesh and Blood Battle Hardened on Saturday with Iyslander, Stormbind.

Santianna won $500, a PTI, a random gold cold foil legendary promo card, and the exclusive Battle Hardened playmat.

Decklists will be posted on the Flesh and Blood website later this week.

Professional Tournament Invitational

Zoey Gerstner won the Sunday Professional Tournament Invitational with Dromai, Ash Artist.

Gerstner won a PTI, 1,500 prize wall tickets, and a gold cold foil prize card.

Decklists will be posted on the Flesh and Blood website later this week.

SCG CON returns with more Magic: The Gathering, Flesh and Blood, and Disney Lorcana action in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 5-7.