Firer, Jessup, Allen Win SCG Philadelphia

Zach Allen, Dan Jessup, Harlan Firer

Harlan Firer, Dan Jessup, and Zach Allen didn’t waste a lot of time before taking down another Team Constructed Open on the SCG Tour. The SCG Columbus winners earned their second set of trophies this year by playing Dimir Whirza in Modern, Sultai Delirium in Pioneer, and Azorius Control in Standard.

Facing Robert Seder (Azorius Control in Modern), Liam Carlton (Bant Spirits in Pioneer), and Cole Cunningham (Azorius Control in Standard) in the finals, Jessup and Firer split their matches, leaving Allen in an Azorius Control mirror to decide the tournament. After winning a marathon first game of the match, Allen leveraged Castle Ardenvale to pressure Cunningham in Game 2, forcing the 16-year-old to play into counterspells and allow Allen to take over the game and clinch the title for his squad.

Azorius Control

Zach Allen

1st Place at Star City Games Team Open on 02-08-2020

Standard

Creatures (3)

• 3 Dream Trawler

Planeswalkers (7)

• 4 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 3 Narset, Parter of Veils

Lands (25)

• 4 Plains
• 8 Island
• 4 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Field of Ruin
• 1 Castle Vantress
• 3 Castle Ardenvale

Spells (25)

• 4 Absorb
• 2 Chemister's Insight
• 2 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Glass Casket
• 4 Omen of the Sea
• 4 The Birth of Meletis
• 4 Elspeth Conquers Death
• 4 Shatter the Sky

Sideboard

• 2 Banishing Light
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 2 Devout Decree
• 4 Aether Gust
• 3 Mystical Dispute
• 2 Archon of Sun's Grace
• 1 Whirlwind Denial

Sultai Delirium

Dan Jessup

1st Place at Star City Games Team Open on 02-08-2020

Pioneer

Creatures (19)

• 1 Scavenging Ooze
• 2 Courser of Kruphix
• 4 Satyr Wayfinder
• 2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
• 2 Tireless Tracker
• 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
• 1 Walking Ballista
• 1 Murderous Rider
• 4 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

Planeswalkers (2)

• 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
• 1 Nissa, Who Shakes the World

Lands (24)

• 2 Forest
• 1 Swamp
• 2 Island
• 4 Overgrown Tomb
• 2 Watery Grave
• 4 Breeding Pool
• 1 Botanical Sanctum
• 4 Blooming Marsh
• 4 Fabled Passage

Spells (15)

• 4 Thoughtseize
• 2 Grisly Salvage
• 2 Abrupt Decay
• 3 Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 4 Fatal Push

Sideboard

• 3 Leyline of the Void
• 1 Abrupt Decay
• 1 Ultimate Price
• 1 Reclamation Sage
• 1 Disdainful Stroke
• 2 Damping Sphere
• 1 Vivien Reid
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Unmoored Ego
• 2 Mystical Dispute
• 1 Witch's Vengeance

Dimir Whirza

Harlan Firer

1st Place at Star City Games Team Open on 02-08-2020

Modern

Creatures (4)

• 4 Urza, Lord High Artificer

Lands (23)

• 4 Polluted Delta
• 3 Flooded Strand
• 5 Snow-Covered Island
• 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1 Darksteel Citadel
• 2 Watery Grave
• 2 Misty Rainforest
• 2 Scalding Tarn
• 3 Mystic Sanctuary

Spells (33)

• 2 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Pithing Needle
• 4 Mishra's Bauble
• 1 Sword of the Meek
• 2 Cryptic Command
• 3 Thoughtseize
• 2 Thopter Foundry
• 1 Deprive
• 2 Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1 Nihil Spellbomb
• 3 Whir of Invention
• 3 Fatal Push
• 3 Archmage's Charm
• 4 Arcum's Astrolabe
• 1 Drown in the Loch

Sideboard

• 1 Sword of the Meek
• 1 Thopter Foundry
• 1 Grafdigger's Cage
• 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 3 Ashiok, Dream Render
• 2 Dead of Winter
• 3 Aether Gust
• 3 Mystical Dispute

View all the decklists from Day 2 of SCG Philadelphia.

Standard Classic

Jeff White

Jeff White took down the Standard Classic with a Bant Midrange brew, beating Phillip Stanley on Temur Adventures in the finals. Temur Reclamation and Azorius Control failed to make the Top 4 as the other two decks making it past the quarterfinals were Jeskai Fires and Bant Ramp.

Bant Midrange

Jeffrey White

1st Place at Star City Games Classic on 02-09-2020

Standard

Creatures (13)

• 1 Thrashing Brontodon
• 2 Hydroid Krasis
• 3 Arboreal Grazer
• 2 Cavalier of Thorns
• 2 Gilded Goose
• 3 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

Planeswalkers (9)

• 4 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 3 Nissa, Who Shakes the World
• 2 Tamiyo, Collector of Tales

Lands (28)

• 2 Forest
• 2 Plains
• 3 Island
• 4 Temple Garden
• 4 Breeding Pool
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Temple of Mystery
• 2 Temple of Enlightenment
• 4 Temple of Plenty
• 1 Castle Vantress
• 1 Fabled Passage

Spells (10)

• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Mystical Dispute
• 1 The Birth of Meletis
• 2 Thassa's Intervention
• 3 Elspeth Conquers Death
• 2 Shatter the Sky

Sideboard

• 1 Thrashing Brontodon
• 2 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
• 4 Aether Gust
• 1 Shifting Ceratops
• 2 Lovestruck Beast
• 2 Mystical Dispute
• 1 Wicked Wolf
• 1 Mystic Repeal

Top 16 decklists.

Pioneer Classic

Andrew Gould

Not only did Sultai Delirium win the Team Constructed Open, but Andrew Gould used it to take home the Pioneer Classic plaque, defeating Kevin Therrien on Mono-Black Aggro in the finals. The Top 8 of the Classic contained seven different decks with Dimir Inverter being the only archetype with more than one copy.

Sultai Delirium

Andrew Gould

1st Place at Star City Games Classic on 02-09-2020

Pioneer

Creatures (20)

• 1 Scavenging Ooze
• 2 Courser of Kruphix
• 4 Satyr Wayfinder
• 2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
• 2 Tireless Tracker
• 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
• 1 Walking Ballista
• 2 Murderous Rider
• 4 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

Planeswalkers (2)

• 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
• 1 Nissa, Who Shakes the World

Lands (23)

• 2 Forest
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Island
• 4 Overgrown Tomb
• 3 Watery Grave
• 3 Breeding Pool
• 1 Botanical Sanctum
• 4 Blooming Marsh
• 1 Ipnu Rivulet
• 3 Fabled Passage

Spells (15)

• 4 Thoughtseize
• 1 Grisly Salvage
• 2 Abrupt Decay
• 4 Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 4 Fatal Push

Sideboard

• 1 Disfigure
• 1 Brain Maggot
• 1 Reclamation Sage
• 1 Disdainful Stroke
• 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 3 Damping Sphere
• 2 Unmoored Ego
• 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1 Noxious Grasp
• 3 Mystical Dispute

Top 16 decklists.

Modern Classic

Lucas Molho

Lucas Molho burned through the Modern Classic Top 8 with Mono-Red Prowess, eventually beating William Moody on Ad Nauseam in the finals. The Modern Classic elimination rounds were also diverse, with Prowess being the only deck to show up twice.

Mono-Red Prowess

Lucas Molho

1st Place at Star City Games Classic on 02-09-2020

Modern

Creatures (15)

• 4 Monastery Swiftspear
• 4 Bedlam Reveler
• 4 Soul-Scar Mage
• 3 Runaway Steam-Kin

Lands (18)

• 13 Mountain
• 3 Sunbaked Canyon
• 2 Fiery Islet

Spells (27)

• 4 Lightning Bolt
• 4 Lava Spike
• 3 Lava Dart
• 4 Manamorphose
• 4 Burst Lightning
• 4 Crash Through
• 4 Light Up the Stage

Sideboard

• 3 Blood Moon
• 3 Dragon's Claw
• 2 Surgical Extraction
• 2 Shrine of Burning Rage
• 1 Anger of the Gods
• 4 Bonecrusher Giant

Top 16 decklists.

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