Top MTG And FAB Decks And Winners From SCG CON Cincinnati

SCG CON Cincinnati is in the books! Check out all the winners over the weekend and the decklists from the Team $25K and the Pioneer, Modern, and Legacy $5Ks.

Team Constructed $25K

Ryan Bellamy, Ben Wienburg, and Marshall Arthurs won the Team Constructed $25K with Rakdos Sacrifice (Jegantha), Rakdos Midrange, and Jeskai Control.

Rakdos Sacrifice (Jegantha)

Ryan Bellamy

1st Place at SCG CON Team Constructed 25K on 07-15-2023

Pioneer

Creatures (15)

• 4 Mayhem Devil
• 3 Cauldron Familiar
• 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
• 4 Bloodtithe Harvester
• 3 Unlucky Witness

Lands (22)

• 2 Sulfurous Springs
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Mountain
• 4 Blood Crypt
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 3 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 4 Blightstep Pathway
• 2 Den of the Bugbear
• 2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Spells (23)

• 4 Thoughtseize
• 4 Fatal Push
• 4 Witch's Oven
• 3 Claim the Firstborn
• 4 Deadly Dispute
• 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker

Sideboard

• 2 Duress
• 2 Kolaghan's Command
• 2 Rending Volley
• 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
• 2 The Meathook Massacre
• 2 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
• 1 Unlicensed Hearse
• 3 Furnace Reins

Rakdos Midrange

Ben Wienburg

1st Place at SCG CON Team Constructed 25K on 07-15-2023

Modern

Creatures (23)

• 4 Seasoned Pyromancer
• 4 Grief
• 4 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 3 Dauthi Voidwalker
• 4 Fury
• 4 Orcish Bowmasters

Lands (20)

• 3 Swamp
• 3 Polluted Delta
• 4 Bloodstained Mire
• 4 Blood Crypt
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 3 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1 Mount Doom

Spells (17)

• 3 Terminate
• 2 Blood Moon
• 4 Thoughtseize
• 2 Fatal Push
• 3 Feign Death
• 3 Undying Malice

Sideboard

• 1 Blood Moon
• 3 Chalice of the Void
• 2 Engineered Explosives
• 2 Nihil Spellbomb
• 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
• 2 Tourach, Dread Cantor
• 2 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
• 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1 The Filigree Sylex

Jeskai Control

Marshall Arthurs

1st Place at SCG CON Team Constructed 25K on 07-15-2023

Legacy

Planeswalkers (7)

• 2 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 3 Narset, Parter of Veils
• 2 Comet, Stellar Pup

Lands (20)

• 3 Plains
• 4 Island
• 1 Volcanic Island
• 1 Tundra
• 1 Karakas
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 4 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Raugrin Triome

Spells (33)

• 4 Brainstorm
• 4 Force of Will
• 4 Swords to Plowshares
• 4 Ponder
• 2 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Force of Negation
• 4 Shark Typhoon
• 4 Prismatic Ending
• 2 Dress Down
• 4 Staff of the Storyteller

Sideboard

• 2 Meltdown
• 2 Blood Moon
• 4 Pyroblast
• 2 Surgical Extraction
• 2 Containment Priest
• 2 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• 1 March of Otherworldly Light

The squad won $7,500 and each member of the team earned a qualification for the Regional Championship at DreamHack Atlanta in December. Bellamy, Wienburg, and Arthurs defeated the trio of Brad Nelson, Corey Baumeister, and Noah Walker in the finals.

View the decklists from the Top 6 teams in the Team Constructed $25K.

Pioneer $5K

Theo Jung took down the Pioneer $5K on Sunday with Rakdos Sacrifice (Jegantha).

Rakdos Sacrifice (Jegantha)

Theodore Jung

1st Place at SCG CON Pioneer 5K on 07-16-2023

Pioneer

Creatures (16)

• 4 Mayhem Devil
• 3 Cauldron Familiar
• 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
• 4 Bloodtithe Harvester
• 4 Unlucky Witness

Lands (22)

• 2 Sulfurous Springs
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Mountain
• 4 Blood Crypt
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 2 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1 Ramunap Ruins
• 1 Castle Locthwain
• 4 Blightstep Pathway
• 2 Den of the Bugbear
• 2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant

Spells (22)

• 3 Thoughtseize
• 3 Fatal Push
• 4 Witch's Oven
• 3 Claim the Firstborn
• 4 Deadly Dispute
• 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
• 1 Furnace Reins

Sideboard

• 1 Duress
• 4 Leyline of the Void
• 1 Thoughtseize
• 1 Abrade
• 1 Noxious Grasp
• 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
• 2 The Meathook Massacre
• 2 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
• 1 Sheoldred's Edict
• 1 Furnace Reins

Jung beat Tyler Nightingale on Azorius Lotus Field in the finals to win $1,500 and a qualification for the Regional Championship at DreamHack Atlanta.

View the Top 16 decklists from the Pioneer $5K.

Modern $5K

Ivan Espinosa won the Modern $5K on Sunday with Four-Color Control.

Four-Color Control

Ivan Espinosa

1st Place at SCG CON Modern 5K on 07-16-2023

Modern

Creatures (16)

• 4 Omnath, Locus of Creation
• 4 Solitude
• 2 Fury
• 2 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
• 4 Delighted Halfling

Planeswalkers (8)

• 4 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 4 Wrenn and Six

Lands (24)

• 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 Raugrin Triome
• 1 Indatha Triome
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City

Spells (12)

• 4 Prismatic Ending
• 4 Leyline Binding
• 4 The One Ring

Sideboard

• 1 Eladamri's Call
• 2 Chalice of the Void
• 2 Hallowed Moonlight
• 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
• 2 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Obsidian Charmaw
• 3 Endurance
• 3 Boseiju, Who Endures

Espinosa took down Andrew Gordon on Burn in the finals to win $1,500 and a qualification for the Regional Championship at DreamHack Atlanta on December. Espinosa’s Four-Color Control list with four copies of The One Ring and Delighted Halfling from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth came out on top of a field full with The One Ring and Orcish Bowmasters.

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

Legacy $5K

Andrew Bailey lifted the trophy in the Legacy $5K on Sunday with Sultai Midrange.

Sultai Midrange

Andrew Bailey

1st Place at SCG CON Legacy 5K on 07-16-2023

Legacy

Creatures (13)

• 3 Baleful Strix
• 3 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 4 Grief
• 3 Orcish Bowmasters

Planeswalkers (1)

• 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide

Lands (20)

• 3 Wasteland
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Island
• 4 Underground Sea
• 2 Tropical Island
• 1 Bayou
• 4 Polluted Delta
• 3 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Verdant Catacombs

Spells (26)

• 4 Brainstorm
• 4 Force of Will
• 4 Reanimate
• 2 Snuff Out
• 1 Life from the Loam
• 4 Ponder
• 1 Abrupt Decay
• 2 Fatal Push
• 1 Force of Negation
• 1 Witherbloom Command
• 1 Dress Down
• 1 Sheoldred's Edict

Sideboard

• 1 Hydroblast
• 1 Seeds of Innocence
• 2 Carpet of Flowers
• 1 Pernicious Deed
• 2 Surgical Extraction
• 1 Flusterstorm
• 1 Force of Negation
• 2 Plague Engineer
• 1 Collector Ouphe
• 1 Veil of Summer
• 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
• 1 Sheoldred's Edict

Bailey beat Jared Cassarly on Mono-Green Cloudpost in the finals for $1,500.

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

Battle Hardened

Rhea Adams won the Classic Constructed Battle Hardened on Saturday with Iyslander, Stormbind.

Adams won the first major tournament with Dusk till Dawn by defeating Nathan Snyder on Lexi, Livewire in the finals. Both finalists won $500 and a PTI, with Adams also taking home a gold cold foil legendary promo card.

Decklists for the Battle Hardened event can be found here.

Professional Tournament Invitational

Ashley Briggs won the mixed Monarch Limited Professional Tournament Invitational on Sunday.

Briggs drafted Chane in the Top 8 and defeated Matt DiMarco on Prism in the finals to claim the PTI, gold cold foil prize card, and 1,500 prize wall tickets.

SCG CON returns with more Magic: The Gathering and Flesh and Blood action in Columbus, Ohio on September 1-3.