Magic Spotlight: Fracture SCG CON Hartford: Von Stange Wins With Jund Sacrifice

Magic Spotlight: Fracture Top 8 and Finals

The event was held in Hartford, Connecticut, and the decklists are dated Oct 23, 2026. Day 2 reportedly drew 181 players who had reached 18 match points on Day 1.

Von Stange's route to the title, as reported:

• He opened 11-0, then lost in Rounds 12 and 13.
• He won Round 14, then drew (ID) in the last Swiss round to reach Top 8 as the No. 3 seed.
• Quarterfinals: he beat Max Medeiros (Dimir Midrange).
• Semifinals: he beat Yineng Xu in a Jund Sacrifice mirror.
• Finals: he beat Connor Ott.

The reported Top 8 was Connor Ott, Dylan Morgan, Andrew Maine, Ronan Casey, John Norman, Alex von Stange, Yineng Xu and Max Medeiros.

How the Finals Played Out

Ott reportedly led early in both games, using mana acceleration and United Battlefront to produce large Construct tokens. Von Stange turned it around by using Lively Dirge to find his combo pieces. He finished with Biotech Specialist and a large pool of tokens to sacrifice.

Jund Sacrifice Decklist

The reported main deck is built around these cards:

• 4 Biotech Specialist, 4 Gene Pollinator, 4 Greedy Freebooter
• 4 The Sackville-Bagginses, 4 Umbral Collar Zealot, 4 Obsessive Pursuit
• 4 Lively Dirge, 3 The Misty Mountains Cold, 3 Torch the Tower
• 1 each of Llanowar Elves, Smaug the Magnificent, Stir Up Trouble and Requiting Hex
• 22 lands, including 4 Blood Crypt, 4 Blooming Marsh and 4 Starting Town

The sideboard reportedly holds 3 Duress, 3 Strategic Betrayal and 2 Fire Magic. It also has one each of Guerrilla Gorilla, Heritage Reclamation, Leatherhead Swamp Stalker, Maelstrom Pulse, Professor Dellian Fel, Shoot the Sheriff and Vengeful Tracker.

Ott's Jeskai Artifacts list reportedly runs 32 artifacts, among them 4 Cryogen Relic, 4 Perilous Snare, 4 Simulacrum Synthesizer and 4 The Mind Stone. It also plays 4 United Battlefront and 24 lands including 4 Castle Doom.

Standard Metagame at SCG CON Hartford

Mono-Green Landfall reportedly led the field on Day 1, gained share on Day 2 and put two decks in the Top 8.

Orzhov Lifegain and Izzet Spellementals took the other spots among the top three archetypes but did not reach the elimination rounds. Dimir Midrange and Azorius Control rounded out the top five, with Dimir Midrange landing two copies in the Top 8.

Prizes and Pro Tour Invitations

Everyone in the Top 8 reportedly earned a Pro Tour invite, a cash prize and a foil Jace Beleren promo card.

Von Stange tested with Team Worldly Counsel. This was his first Spotlight Series event since moving back to the United States, and he already held an RC title from Chiba in 2023. His invitation is for the Pro Tour in Tokyo next year.

What is still unknown

• Exact Pro Tour Tokyo dates.
• Final game scores of the finals.
• The year of the next SCG CON in Minneapolis.

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What it means for players

• Mono-Green Landfall and Dimir Midrange each placed two decks in the Top 8, and Jund Sacrifice took the title, with a mirror match in the semifinals.
• Ott's list shows the artifact-heavy Jeskai build that reached the finals, and Von Stange's list shows how Lively Dirge can dig for combo pieces.
• SCG CON is reportedly returning to Minneapolis on January 8-10 with Magic Spotlight: Star Trek.

For more on what is coming next for Magic, see TCGKing's report on Magic Star Trek previews.