Written by ForceofPhil

SCGCon Richmond 2026 provided the highlights many hoped for as the first significant constructed event after Ceej won the SorceryCon 2026 Constructed Championship.

Seraph rebounded many players’ faith in by leading Archimago to a seventh-place finish, which he stated on Reddit could have been an even stronger performance with sharper play:

“My losses were probably winnable, but I made site placement errors…with more reps…a Top4 or outright win would have been achievable.”

—Seraph on Reddit

To achieve that, though, Seraph would have needed to topple Sorcery: Contested Realm’s (SCR) current big bad: Necromancer.

SCGCon Richmond 2026 | 1st Place
Necromancer by Bubba

Auras (2)

• 1 Eclipse
• 1 Atlantean Fate

Artifacts (7)

• 1 Pnakotic Manuscript
• 2 Toolbox
• 2 Panpipes of Pnom
• 1 Dank Omphalos
• 1 Orb of Baal Berith

Minions (34)

• 3 Coy Nixie
• 1 Nelly Longarms
• 3 Order of the Sacred Oak
• 2 Orm Infestor
• 2 Abaddon Succubus
• 1 Bane of Aventis
• 3 Failed Mutation
• 2 Hyperparasite
• 2 Daperyll Vampire
• 2 Gloam Toads
• 2 Lacuna Entity
• 1 Lilith
• 2 Gnarled Wendigo
• 2 Lord of Lies
• 2 Shoggoth
• 1 Draconian Bonekite
• 1 Yog-Sothoth
• 1 Great Old One
• 1 The Doom of Dilmun

Magics (17)

• 1 Browse
• 1 Plague of Frogs
• 2 Displace
• 3 Riptide
• 2 Grapple Shot
• 2 Swap
• 1 Symmetric Suffering
• 1 Black Mass
• 2 Shapeshift

Sites (30)

• 1 Bottomless Pit
• 1 City of Glass
• 1 Dark Tower
• 2 Deep Sea
• 1 Elder Ruins
• 1 Gothic Tower
• 1 Innsmouth Dock
• 3 Lighthouse
• 1 Lone Tower
• 1 Mirror Realm
• 1 Mismanaged Mortuary
• 2 Observatory
• 2 River Rapids
• 1 The Manor at Daperyll Hill
• 1 The Void
• 3 Thin Ice
• 3 Troll Bridge
• 2 Watchtower
• 2 Wuthering Heights

Collection (10)

• 2 Disenchant
• 2 Displace
• 2 Grapple Shot
• 1 Murder of Crows
• 1 Raise Militia
• 2 Shoggoth

A standout from this decklist is the inclusion of two Panpipes of Pnom, which gave a boost to frogs in a recent Codex update. Now, the Panpipes of Pnom do increase the damage output dealt by frogs despite the frogs attacking without any base power.

The deck is nearly 70% . The inclusion is primarily for the Collection, where comprises eight of 10 slots. The in the mainboard is for haymakers who can swing games.

• Bane of Aventis is one of the swingier Uniques from Gothic
• Draconian Bonekite is a bomb
• The Doom of Dilmun is as sticky as they get
• Daperyll Vampire is so splashable it might as well be free
• Browse and Grapple Shot are proven bangers since the game’s inception

Since the draw of a singleton Lone Tower, Gothic Tower, and Dark Tower are already so high, the leap to including the busted Wuthering Heights and consistency-magnet Observatory feels natural.

Moving into is not without its concessions, though. The most noticeable absence is Mesmerism. is unlikely to happen until the deep late game, though the powerlevel of Mesmerism might be worth that Gamble. A third Deep Sea could be enough of a shift to support what might be the most broken Magic out there.

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Featured image: Shoggoth by Francesca Baerald