Top MTG And FAB Decks And Winners From SCG CON Syracuse

SCG CON Syracuse is in the books! Check out all the winners over the weekend and the decklists from the Modern $30K, Modern and Legacy $5Ks, Flesh and Blood Road to Nationals and Battle Hardened events.

Modern $30K

Yicheng Jiang took down the Modern $30K main event with Four-Color Blink (Yorion), claiming the top prize of $5,000 and qualifying for the Regional Championship at Dreamhack Atlanta.

Four-Color Blink (Yorion)

Yicheng Jiang

1st Place at SCG CON Syracuse - Modern $30K (Saturday on 07-09-2022

Modern

Creatures (18)

• 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
• 3 Ice-Fang Coatl
• 4 Omnath, Locus of Creation
• 4 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 4 Solitude
• 2 Fury

Planeswalkers (8)

• 4 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 4 Wrenn and Six

Lands (29)

• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 2 Windswept Heath
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 1 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 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Ketria Triome
• 1 Raugrin Triome
• 2 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Spara's Headquarters

Spells (25)

• 2 Lightning Bolt
• 4 Counterspell
• 2 Eladamri's Call
• 4 Abundant Growth
• 2 Ephemerate
• 4 Expressive Iteration
• 4 Prismatic Ending
• 1 Dress Down
• 2 March of Otherworldly Light

Sideboard

• 1 Meddling Mage
• 2 Chalice of the Void
• 1 Magus of the Moon
• 1 Relic of Progenitus
• 1 Flusterstorm
• 2 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Knight of Autumn
• 1 Force of Vigor
• 2 Veil of Summer
• 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
• 2 Endurance

Jiang, the lone Four-Color Blink player in the Top 12, defeated Matt Tumavitch on Izzet Midrange in the finals. Tumavitch, Francisco Vargas (third), and Daniel Walton (fourth) also earned qualifications for the Regional Championship.

View the Top 16 decklists from the Modern $30K.

Modern $5K

Bryce Morgan won the Modern $5K with Azorius Control, winning $2,000 and qualifying for the Regional Championship at Dreamhack Atlanta.

Azorius Control

Bryce Morgan

1st Place at SCG CON Syracuse - Modern $5K (Sunday) on 07-10-2022

Modern

Creatures (5)

• 3 Snapcaster Mage
• 2 Solitude

Planeswalkers (7)

• 2 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
• 3 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 2 The Wandering Emperor

Lands (24)

• 1 Plains
• 3 Island
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 1 Steam Vents
• 2 Hallowed Fountain
• 3 Mystic Gate
• 2 Misty Rainforest
• 2 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Celestial Colonnade
• 2 Castle Vantress
• 1 Raugrin Triome
• 1 Hall of Storm Giants
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City

Spells (21)

• 4 Counterspell
• 4 Opt
• 2 Supreme Verdict
• 4 Archmage's Charm
• 4 Prismatic Ending
• 2 Dress Down
• 1 Memory Deluge

Sideboard

• 2 Chalice of the Void
• 2 Spreading Seas
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
• 2 Summary Dismissal
• 2 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1 Aether Gust
• 2 Mystical Dispute
• 1 Soul-Guide Lantern

Morgan defeated Gabriel Nicholas on Izzet Midrange in the finals, rising above a Top 8 with SCG Tour veterans Shaheen Soorani and Jonathan Rosum.

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

Legacy $5K

Bryant Cook, the longtime Storm aficionado, won the Legacy $5K with his pet deck.

Storm

Bryant Cook

1st Place at SCG CON Syracuse - Legacy $5K (Sunday) on 07-10-2022

Legacy

Lands (13)

• 1 Swamp
• 1 Volcanic Island
• 1 Underground Sea
• 1 Tropical Island
• 1 Taiga
• 1 Badlands
• 2 Polluted Delta
• 2 Bloodstained Mire
• 3 Verdant Catacombs

Spells (47)

• 1 Tendrils of Agony
• 4 Brainstorm
• 4 Dark Ritual
• 4 Burning Wish
• 1 Defense Grid
• 4 Lotus Petal
• 4 Lion's Eye Diamond
• 3 Chrome Mox
• 4 Rite of Flame
• 4 Ponder
• 1 Ad Nauseam
• 3 Mox Opal
• 1 Echo of Eons
• 4 Veil of Summer
• 4 Wishclaw Talisman
• 1 Galvanic Relay

Sideboard

• 1 Tendrils of Agony
• 1 Pulverize
• 2 Chain of Vapor
• 3 Carpet of Flowers
• 1 Empty the Warrens
• 2 Abrupt Decay
• 1 Echo of Eons
• 1 Peer into the Abyss
• 3 Galvanic Relay

Cook rolled through the Top 8 after entering as the No. 5 seed, culminating with a win over Alex Rubin on Izzet Delver in the finals. Cook took home $2,000 for his win.

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

Battle Hardened

Isaak Krut capped a dominant weekend of Flesh and Blood action by winning the Uprising Limited Battle Hardened event after making the Top 4 of the Road to Nationals on Friday.

Krut made the elimination rounds as the No. 8 seed and drafted Iyslander in the Top 8 draft. Krut defeated Michael Feng in the finals, outlasting a Top 8 filled with accomplished players like Tariq Patel, Yuanji Li, and Cody Williams. Krut earned $500, a PTI, and a curated gold cold foil legendary promo card.

Road To Nationals

Aaron Shantz won the Road to Nationals event on Friday with Viserai, Rune Blood.

Shantz and Krut made the Top 8 of the Classic Constructed event with Viserai, bringing the Runeblade hero back to the front of the metagame. Shantz defeated Ethan Van Sant on Levia, Shadowborn Abomination in the finals to win an Iyslander adult hero cold foil, a random cold foil adult hero promo, and an invite to the Nationals.

All players in the Top 8 qualified for Nationals. The Top 8 players were:

• Aaron Shantz
• Ethan Van Sant
• Isaak Krut
• James Balthis
• Daniel Rutkowski
• Peyton Laufenberg
• Alberto Miracle
• Raymond Chow

SCG CON returns next month in Baltimore on August 19-21, featuring a $25K Team Constructed event.