Top MTG And FAB Decks And Winners From SCG CON Philadelphia

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

Pioneer $30K

Vincent Vitanza came out on top of the two-day, 288-person Pioneer $30K with Gruul Vehicles (Jegantha).

Gruul Vehicles (Jegantha)

Vincent Vitanza

1st Place at SCG CON Philadelphia - Pioneer $30k on 11-12-2022

Pioneer

Creatures (22)

• 4 Llanowar Elves
• 2 Scavenging Ooze
• 4 Elvish Mystic
• 4 Lovestruck Beast
• 4 Bonecrusher Giant
• 4 Reckless Stormseeker

Lands (24)

• 1 Forest
• 4 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Mountain
• 4 Stomping Ground
• 4 Mutavault
• 4 Cragcrown Pathway
• 1 Den of the Bugbear
• 2 Lair of the Hydra
• 2 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

Spells (14)

• 3 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 3 Lava Coil
• 4 The Akroan War
• 4 Esika's Chariot

Sideboard

• 1 Scavenging Ooze
• 3 Rending Volley
• 2 Shapers' Sanctuary
• 1 Fry
• 3 Embercleave
• 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
• 2 Outland Liberator
• 2 Unlicensed Hearse

Vitanza reached the elimination rounds as the No. 3 seed, earning a bye to the quarterfinals. The lone Gruul Vehicles player in the Top 12 smoked the competition, taking down three straight Rakdos Midrange pilots to earn the trophy and $5,000 first-place prize. Vitanza, Dan Jessup, Daryl Ayers, and Joshua Floro all earned qualifications for the Regional Championship at the first DreamHack of 2023.

View the Top 16 decklists from Pioneer $30K.

Pioneer $5K

Christopher Kemple won the Pioneer $5K on Sunday with Mono-Green Devotion.

Mono-Green Devotion

Christopher Kemple

1st Place at Pioneer $5K - SCG CON Philadelphia on 11-13-2022

Pioneer

Creatures (16)

• 4 Llanowar Elves
• 4 Elvish Mystic
• 4 Cavalier of Thorns
• 4 Old-Growth Troll

Planeswalkers (10)

• 4 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
• 4 Karn, the Great Creator
• 1 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
• 1 Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset

Lands (21)

• 13 Forest
• 4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 2 Lair of the Hydra
• 2 Boseiju, Who Endures

Spells (13)

• 4 Oath of Nissa
• 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 4 Wolfwillow Haven
• 4 Storm the Festival

Sideboard

• 1 Tormod's Crypt
• 1 Darksteel Citadel
• 1 Pithing Needle
• 1 The Chain Veil
• 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 1 Heart of Kiran
• 1 Damping Sphere
• 1 Meteor Golem
• 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
• 3 Voracious Hydra
• 1 Pestilent Cauldron
• 1 Reckoner Bankbuster
• 1 Unlicensed Hearse

While Mono-Green Devotion didn’t make the Top 12 of the Pioneer main event, two players on the deck made the playoffs of the $5K, including the champion. Kemple defeated Bryce Morgan on Azorius Control in the finals. Kemple took home $1,500 and the lone qualification for the Regional Championship at the first DreamHack of 2023.

View the Top 16 decklists from Pioneer $5K.

Modern $5K

Joseph Puglisi and Five-Color Indomitable Creativity claimed the top spot in the Modern $5K on Sunday.

Five-Color Indomitable Creativity

Joseph Puglisi

1st Place at SCG CON Philadelphia - Modern $5k on 11-13-2022

Modern

Creatures (4)

• 4 Archon of Cruelty

Planeswalkers (6)

• 2 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 4 Wrenn and Six

Lands (25)

• 4 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 2 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 4 Arid Mesa
• 4 Scalding Tarn
• 4 Dwarven Mine
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Xander's Lounge
• 1 Jetmir's Garden

Spells (25)

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

Sideboard

• 3 Leyline of the Void
• 2 Celestial Purge
• 1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 2 Nature's Claim
• 2 Flusterstorm
• 2 Collective Brutality
• 3 Veil of Summer

Five-Color Indomitable Creativity claimed three spots in the Top 12 of the Modern $5K, with Puglisi winning it all. He defeated Ian Hendry on Jeskai Breach in the finals to clinch $1,500 and the lone qualification for the Regional Championship at the first DreamHack of 2023.

View the Top 16 decklists from Modern $5K.

Battle Hardened

Rose Smyth won the Classic Constructed Battle Hardened event on Saturday with Dash, Inventor Extraordinaire.

Smyth defeated Pierre-Olivier Vallerand Beaudry, also on Dash, in the finals, leaving both Mechanologist players as the recipients of the two PTIs up for grabs. Smyth also earned a gold, cold foil Tiger Stripe Shuko and an exclusive Battle Hardened playmat.

View the Battle Hardened Top 8 decklists.

Professional Tournament Invitational

After falling in the Top 4 of the Battle Hardened on Saturday, Brodie Spurlock won the Classic Constructed Professional Tournament Invitational on Sunday with Iyslander, Stormbind.

Spurlock topped Michael Feng on Oldhim, Grandfather of Eternity in the finals. Feng went undefeated until the finals. Decklists for the Professional Tournament Invitational aren’t available yet.