Top MTG And FAB 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 and Legacy 5Ks from Friday and Sunday.

Team Sealed 20K

The trio of Justin Gebing, Kyle Palmer, and Bill Comminos took down the weekend’s Team Sealed 20K main event on Sunday.

Gebing/Palmer/Comminos went 7-1 on Day 1 and 2-1-1 on Day 2 to make the Top 6 cut. A win against Avi Grinberg, Phillip Steudel, and Ryan Condon put Gebing/Palmer/Comminos into the Top 4 where the rest of event would be Team Draft. Gebing/Palmer/Comminos defeated Brian Roger. Evan Petre, and Oliver Tomajko in the first draft then took down Quinn Tonole, Billy Pargh. and David Pargh in the finals to claim the trophies and the first-place $6,000 prize.

The Top 6 final standings and prizes looks like this:

• 1rst Gebing/Palmer/Comminos – $6,000
• 2nd Tonole/Pargh/Pargh – $3,600
• 3rd Kiefer/Kiefer/Kiefer – $1,800
• 4th Roger/Petre/Tomajko – $1,800
• 5th Grinberg/Steudel/Condon – $1,350
• 6th Byrd/Betesh/Song – $1,350

Modern 5K (Friday)

Brandon Dempsey won the Modern 5K on Friday with Four-Color Blink (Yorion).

Four-Color Blink (Yorion)

Brandon Dempsey

1st Place at SCG CON Pittsburgh - Modern $5K (Friday) on 04-29-2022

Modern

Creatures (23)

• 1 Eternal Witness
• 1 Magus of the Moon
• 4 Ice-Fang Coatl
• 4 Risen Reef
• 4 Omnath, Locus of Creation
• 4 Solitude
• 1 Endurance
• 4 Fury

Planeswalkers (8)

• 4 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 4 Wrenn and Six

Lands (30)

• 4 Wooded Foothills
• 4 Windswept Heath
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 1 Snow-Covered Plains
• 1 Snow-Covered Island
• 2 Snow-Covered Forest
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 2 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Ketria Triome
• 1 Raugrin Triome

Spells (19)

• 3 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Counterspell
• 4 Eladamri's Call
• 4 Abundant Growth
• 3 Ephemerate
• 4 Prismatic Ending

Sideboard

• 3 Counterspell
• 3 Chalice of the Void
• 3 Rest in Peace
• 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
• 4 Veil of Summer
• 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad

Dempsey and five other players went 5-0-1 in the Swiss to make the Top 8 and entered as the No. 6 seed. Once in the Top 8, Dempsey defeated Dylan Ham on Four-Color Blink (Yorion) in the quarterfinals, Jay Becker on Jund Midrange in the semifinals, and Reid Fisher on Temur Reclamation (Kaheera) in the finals.

View the Top 16 decklists from the Modern 5K on Friday.

Legacy 5K (Friday)

Michael Mapson won the Legacy 5K on Friday with Selesnya Reclaimer.

Selesnya Reclaimer

Michael Mapson

1st Place at SCG CON Pittsburgh - Legacy $5K (Friday) on 04-29-2022

Legacy

Creatures (11)

• 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
• 4 Knight of the Reliquary
• 1 Ramunap Excavator
• 4 Elvish Reclaimer
• 1 Endurance

Lands (29)

• 1 Forest
• 1 Plains
• 3 Wasteland
• 1 Taiga
• 2 Savannah
• 1 Plateau
• 1 Karakas
• 4 Windswept Heath
• 3 Dark Depths
• 2 Flagstones of Trokair
• 1 Dryad Arbor
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 2 Sejiri Steppe
• 3 Thespian's Stage
• 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures

Spells (20)

• 4 Swords to Plowshares
• 3 Sylvan Library
• 4 Crop Rotation
• 3 Mox Diamond
• 4 Green Sun's Zenith
• 2 Prismatic Ending

Sideboard

• 1 Red Elemental Blast
• 2 Choke
• 2 Pyroblast
• 1 Glacial Chasm
• 2 Seeds of Innocence
• 1 Tower of the Magistrate
• 1 Force of Vigor
• 1 Collector Ouphe
• 1 Deafening Silence
• 1 Paradox Zone
• 1 Endurance
• 1 Outland Liberator

Mapson and three other players went 5-0-1 in the Swiss to make the elimination rounds with Mapson entering the Top 8 as the No. 4 seed. Mapson’s path to the trophy include wins over Daniel Zeffert on Mono-Blue Affinity in the quarterfinals, Patrick Green on Bant Control (Yorion) in the semifinals, and Kevin Brennamen on Bant Control (Yorion) in the finals.

View the Top 16 decklists from the Legacy 5K on Friday.

Modern 5K (Sunday)

Rei Zhang won the Modern 5K on Sunday with Four-Color Blink (Yorion).

Four-Color Blink (Yorion)

Rei Zhang

1st Place at SCG CON Pittsburgh - Modern $5K (Sunday) on 05-01-2022

Modern

Creatures (14)

• 1 Eternal Witness
• 1 Meddling Mage
• 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1 Deputy of Detention
• 4 Omnath, Locus of Creation
• 4 Solitude
• 1 Endurance
• 1 Fury

Planeswalkers (8)

• 4 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 4 Wrenn and Six

Lands (29)

• 2 Wooded Foothills
• 4 Windswept Heath
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 2 Snow-Covered Plains
• 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1 Snow-Covered Island
• 1 Snow-Covered Forest
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Arid Mesa
• 2 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Raugrin Triome
• 1 Jetmir's Garden

Spells (25)

• 2 Lightning Bolt
• 4 Eladamri's Call
• 1 Engineered Explosives
• 4 Abundant Growth
• 2 Ephemerate
• 4 Brought Back
• 4 Expressive Iteration
• 2 Prismatic Ending
• 1 Unholy Heat
• 1 Memory Deluge

Sideboard

• 2 Engineered Explosives
• 1 Magus of the Moon
• 1 Kor Firewalker
• 2 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Knight of Autumn
• 3 Mystical Dispute
• 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
• 2 Endurance
• 2 Boseiju, Who Endures

Zhang went 5-0-1 in the Swiss to enter the Top 8 as the No. 2 seed. Zhang took down Nick Vitello on Izzet Midrange in the quarterfinals, Dymitri Smigiel on Four-Color Blink (Yorion) in the semifinals, and Nicholas DeMichele on Four-Color Blink (Yorion) in the finals.

View the Top 16 decklists from the Modern 5K on Sunday.

Legacy 5K (Sunday)

Rodney Bedell won the Legacy 5K on Sunday with Selesnya Reclaimer.

Selesnya Reclaimer

Rodney Bedell

1st Place at SCG CON Pittsburgh - Legacy $5K (Sunday) on 05-01-2022

Legacy

Creatures (11)

• 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
• 4 Knight of the Reliquary
• 1 Ramunap Excavator
• 4 Elvish Reclaimer
• 1 Endurance

Lands (29)

• 1 Forest
• 1 Plains
• 3 Wasteland
• 1 Taiga
• 2 Savannah
• 1 Plateau
• 1 Karakas
• 4 Windswept Heath
• 3 Dark Depths
• 2 Flagstones of Trokair
• 1 Dryad Arbor
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 2 Sejiri Steppe
• 3 Thespian's Stage
• 2 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures

Spells (20)

• 4 Swords to Plowshares
• 3 Sylvan Library
• 4 Crop Rotation
• 3 Mox Diamond
• 4 Green Sun's Zenith
• 2 Prismatic Ending

Sideboard

• 1 Red Elemental Blast
• 2 Choke
• 2 Pyroblast
• 1 Glacial Chasm
• 2 Seeds of Innocence
• 1 Tower of the Magistrate
• 1 Force of Vigor
• 1 Collector Ouphe
• 1 Deafening Silence
• 1 Paradox Zone
• 1 Endurance
• 1 Outland Liberator

Bedell went 5-0-1 in the Swiss to reach the Top 8 as the No. 3 seed. Bedell defeated Scarlett Chen on Izzet Delver in the quarterfinals, Benjamin Sanders on Izzet Delver in the semifinals, and Evan Graveno on Grixis Control in the finals.

View the Top 16 decklists from the Legacy 5K on Sunday.

Flesh and Blood Battle Hardened

Charles Dunn won the Flesh and Blood Classic Constructed Battle Hardened on Sunday with Bravo, Star of the Show — his second Battle Hardened win this year with the Elemental Guardian.

Dunn proved the power of Bravo, Star of the Show back on Feb. 13 with a Battle Hardened win at SCG CON Philadelphia and added another Gold foil to his collection on Sunday thanks to the star of Everfest. Dunn defeated Yongi Yang, the winner of the Battle Hardened event at SCG CON Indianapolis in March, in the finals to deny Yang of another trophy. To reach the finals, Dunn had to beat Matt Dilks in the semifinals and Casey Walker in the quarterfinals. Dunn played a Bravo, Star of the Show mirror match in each Top 8 match.

The Top 8 consisted of six copies of Bravo, Star of the Show, and one copy of Chane, Bound by Shadow and Viserai, Rune Blood. It may be this version of Bravo’s last hurrah, as the Banned & Suspended list update goes live today, banning Awakening and suspending Autumn’s Touch, which will weaken Bravo, Star of the Show significantly.