SCG CON Milwaukee crowns Commander champions, showcases winning cEDH lists

Donovan Ferrara’s Thrasios, Triton Hero and Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh list took first in the cEDH $5K at SCG CON Milwaukee, and Will Krueger finished 1st in the Standard Regional piloting Izzet Lessons on the Regional finals day, February 22. The convention ran February 20-22 in Milwaukee, with major constructed and Commander prize events across the weekend and selected deck fragments and registration snapshots circulating after the event.

The weekend’s headline winners include Angell Heredia in the Riftbound Constructed $10K on Saturday, Jordan Haukereid in the Riftbound $5K on Friday, Jimmy Mani taking Premodern $1K on Sunday with Gruul Goblins, Sean Swanson winning Value Vintage $1K with Cephalid Breakfast, Brandon Robinson claiming Flesh and Blood Classic Constructed $5K on Saturday, and Bryce Henschel winning the Classic Constructed $1K on Sunday. Event structure and payout schedules in the published materials show the Standard Regional entry fee at $50 with prizes of 1st: $2,500, 2nd: $1,500, Top 4: $1,000, Top 8: $500, Top 16: $250, and Flesh and Blood Classic Constructed offering 1st: $1,500 plus a Professional Tournament Invitation.

Registration materials for the Commander program documented two paid packages. The Commander Celebration Package was listed at $80 and includes Arcane Signet (Non-Foil), a commemorative badge and lanyard, four entry vouchers into exclusive Command Zone scheduled events, and a choose-your-own playmat from the Star City Games Prize Wall. The Commander Celebration cEDH Package was listed at $100 plus a $6.99 platform fee and explicitly "includes entry into the weekend’s cEDH $5K event" along with exclusive Command Zone access and two Commander event vouchers; a registration snapshot showed 79 of 100 enrolled players for that cEDH package.

Deck fragments published with the event recap include concrete lists. Will Krueger’s Izzet Lessons shows Creatures (4): 4 Gran-Gran and Lands (22): 2 Mountain, 6 Island, 4 Steam Vents, 4 Spirebluff Canal, 4 Riverpyre Verge, 1 Multiversal Passage, 1 Agna Qel'a while the spells block was truncated in the published fragment. A separate Standard $10K "Vibes" fragment printed Spells (34) and a full Sideboard; the spells list reads 4 Artist's Talent, 3 Stormchaser's Talent, 4 Monument to Endurance, 2 It'll Quench Ya!, 4 Abandon Attachments, 4 Boomerang Basics, 1 Iroh's Demonstration, 4 Combustion Technique, 4 Accumulate Wisdom, 4 Firebending Lesson. The sideboard in that fragment lists 2 Annul, 1 Spell Snare, 1 Flashfreeze, 2 Slagstorm, 1 Torpor Orb, 2 Disdainful Stroke, 2 Ral, Crackling Wit, 2 Quantum Riddler, 2 Sear. Where full lists were not printed, event pages direct readers to hosted decklist pages.

Logistics and tournament rules were explicit in the event materials: Standard pairings used a Player Meeting at 9:00 am on Saturday with nine rounds of Swiss and advancement for all players with 18+ match points, and deck lists were due Friday at 6:00 pm. The organizer committed to paying out prizes "in 45 days or less." For badge and badge pickup, materials state "Players who purchase this badge will be granted exclusive access to the SCG CON Command Zone for the entire weekend of SCG CON" and that "Players may collect their Weekend Badge and swag any time during SCG CON" by speaking to staff at the Command Zone entrance. The event contact listed for questions is organizedplay@starcitygames.com.

Published follow-ups and pointers on the event pages instruct readers that "Decklists will appear on the Flesh and Blood decklists page" and to "View the event’s decklists on MTGMelee" for several constructed events. With winners confirmed and registration snapshots recorded, organizers and decklist hosts are the next place to check for full lists and prize payouts as the 45-day payout window progresses.