Top MTG And FAB Decks And Winners From SCG CON Dallas

SCG CON Dallas is in the books! Check out all the winners over the weekend and the decklists from the Modern $30K, Pioneer and Modern $5Ks, as well as the Flesh and Blood Battle Hardened and Professional Tournament Invitational winner.

Modern $30K

Tommy Harding came out on top of the two-day, 325-person Modern $30K with Five-Color Indomitable Creativity.

Five-Color Indomitable Creativity

Tommy Harding

1st Place at SCG CON Dallas 2022 - Modern $30k on 10-08-2022

Modern

Creatures (3)

• 3 Archon of Cruelty

Planeswalkers (4)

• 4 Wrenn and Six

Lands (24)

• 4 Wooded Foothills
• 4 Bloodstained Mire
• 2 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 4 Scalding Tarn
• 4 Dwarven Mine
• 1 Ketria Triome
• 2 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground

Spells (29)

• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Mountain
• 2 Mana Leak
• 4 Spell Pierce
• 4 Fire
• 4 Indomitable Creativity
• 2 Transmogrify
• 3 Prismari Command
• 1 Unholy Heat
• 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker

Sideboard

• 1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 3 Nature's Claim
• 2 Flusterstorm
• 2 Aether Gust
• 3 Veil of Summer
• 3 Turn the Earth
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures

Harding defeated Nathaniel Monsees on Four-Color Control (Yorion) in the finals, taking home the trophy and $5,000. Both finalists and the third and fourth-place finishers (Stewart Haas and Reed Alexander) earned invites to the Regional Championship at DreamHack.

View the Top 16 decklists from Modern $30K.

Modern $5K

Longtime MTG veteran Dave Shiels won the Modern $5K on Sunday with Five-Color Indomitable Creativity.

Five-Color Indomitable Creativity

David Shiels

1st Place at SCG CON Dallas - Modern $5k on 10-09-2022

Modern

Creatures (4)

• 4 Archon of Cruelty

Planeswalkers (4)

• 4 Wrenn and Six

Lands (23)

• 3 Wooded Foothills
• 3 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 2 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 2 Arid Mesa
• 3 Scalding Tarn
• 4 Dwarven Mine
• 1 Ketria Triome
• 1 Raugrin Triome
• 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground

Spells (29)

• 3 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Mountain
• 2 Spell Pierce
• 2 Fire
• 4 Indomitable Creativity
• 4 Prismari Command
• 3 Persist
• 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
• 4 Leyline Binding
• 2 Shadow Prophecy

Sideboard

• 1 Sundering Titan
• 3 Leyline of the Void
• 2 Nature's Claim
• 2 Flusterstorm
• 3 Collective Brutality
• 3 Veil of Summer
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures

Shiels’ win meant both Modern trophies went to the Five-Color combo deck on the weekend, while his brother Brian Shiels also made the Top 12 of the Modern $30K with the same deck. Dave Shiels beat Aaron Acosta on a four-color build of Indomitable Creativity in the finals, good for $1,500 an invite to the Regional Championship at DreamHack.

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

Pioneer $5K

Nick Curnutt and Five-Color Enigmatic Fires (Yorion) claimed the top spot in the Pioneer $5K on Sunday.

Five-Color Fires (Yorion)

Nick Curnutt

1st Place at SCG CON Pioneer 5K on 10-09-2022

Pioneer

Creatures (16)

• 1 Siege Rhino
• 1 Dragonlord Atarka
• 1 Eldrazi Displacer
• 1 The Scarab God
• 1 Knight of Autumn
• 1 Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves
• 1 Archon of Sun's Grace
• 1 Keruga, the Macrosage
• 1 Skyclave Apparition
• 1 Glasspool Mimic
• 1 Callous Bloodmage
• 1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
• 1 Titan of Industry
• 2 Zur, Eternal Schemer
• 1 Aether Channeler

Lands (32)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 3 Yavimaya Coast
• 3 Caves of Koilos
• 4 Overgrown Tomb
• 4 Godless Shrine
• 4 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 4 Ketria Triome
• 4 Raugrin Triome
• 4 Ziatora's Proving Ground

Spells (32)

• 1 Plains
• 4 Chained to the Rocks
• 4 Nylea's Presence
• 3 Trial of Ambition
• 4 Fires of Invention
• 4 Omen of the Sea
• 4 Enigmatic Incarnation
• 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
• 4 Leyline Binding

Sideboard

• 3 Rest in Peace
• 1 Massacre Girl
• 2 Tamiyo, Collector of Tales
• 3 Destiny Spinner
• 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
• 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
• 2 Elite Spellbinder
• 2 Temporary Lockdown

The Top 4 decided on a prize split, but Curnutt took home the trophy — giving all three MTG events on the weekend to five-color decks. Joining Curnutt in the Top 4 were: Michael Carter on Mono-Red Aggro, Erika Spiker on Four-Color Humans, and William Barlen on Izzet Indomitable Creativity.

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

Battle Hardened

Peter Buddensiek won the Classic Constructed Battle Hardened on Saturday with Fai, Rising Rebellion.

Buddensiek defeated Donald Torres on Briar, Warden of Thorns in the finals to take the gold cold foil prize card. Both finalists earned PTIs and $500.

Professional Tournament Invitational

Brendan Patrick won the Blitz Professional Tournament Invitational on Sunday with Iyslander.

Patrick, one half of the Arsenal Pass podcast, went home with the gold cold foil prize card and the PTI.

SCG CON returns next month in Philadelphia on November 11-13, featuring a Pioneer $30K, The Brothers’ War release events, a Modern $5K, and a Pioneer $5K to go along with Flesh and Blood events on each day.