Fire Pathfinder Wins | 2026 Grand Contest Las Vegas Results
The 2026 Grand Contest Las Vegas occurred on June 26-28 in Sin City. Abdul-Hakeem Russell paced through the field with a [fire] Pathfinder deck that left little time for opponents to breathe.
Top 8 Decklists
First Place — [fire]{Pathfinder} by @dragonqueendora
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Minions (39)
4 {Vile Imp} [2][fire]
3 {War Horse} [2][fire]
2 {Redmane Hyena} [2][fire]
2 {Sinterfee} [2][fire]
2 {Wild Fanatic} [2][fire]
3 {Colicky Dragonettes} [3][fire][fire]
3 {Quarrelsome Kobolds} [3][fire]
1 {Morgana le Fey} [3][fire][fire][fire]
3 {Redcap Powries} [3][fire][fire]
1 {Mazuj Ifrit} [3][fire][fire]
1 {Boudicca} [4][fire][fire][fire]
1 {Monstrous Lion} [4][fire][fire]
3 {Saracen Raiders} [4][fire][fire]
1 {Courtesan Thais} [5][fire][fire]
1 {Rebecks} [5][fire][fire]
1 {The Inquisition} [5][fire][fire]
2 {Infernal Legion} [6][fire][fire][fire]
1 {Balor of the Evil Eye} [6][fire][fire]
Magics (13)
1 {Immolation} [1][fire][fire][fire]
2 {Gift of the Serpent} [2][fire][fire]
1 {Blaze} [3][fire]
2 {Disintegrate} [3][fire][fire]
1 {Warp Spasm} [3][fire][fire][fire]
1 {Blaze of Glory} [3][fire][fire]
2 {Searing Truth} [3][fire][fire]
1 {Shatter Strike} [4][fire]
2 {Betrayal} [5][fire][fire][fire]
Artifacts (6)
2 {Torshammar Trinket} [1]
1 {Ring of Morrigan} [1]
2 {Toolbox} [2]
1 {Torid Omphalos} [4]
Auras (2)
1 {Jihad} [2][fire][fire]
1 {The Great Famine} [4][fire][fire]
Sites (30)
1 {Arid Desert} [fire]
1 {Red Desert} [fire]
1 {Remote Desert} [fire]
1 {River of Flame} [fire]
1 {Shifting Sands} [fire]
1 {Vesuvius} [fire]
1 {Ruins} [air][fire]
1 {Steppe} [earth][fire]
1 {Mirror Realm}
1 {Bonfire} [fire]
1 {Forge} [fire]
1 {Funeral Pyre} [fire]
1 {Poisoned Well} [fire]
1 {Wizard's Den}
1 {River of Blood} [fire]
1 {Active Volcano} [fire][fire]
1 {Baba Yaga's Hut}
1 {Bureau of Occult Control}
1 {Desert Bloom} [fire]
1 {Hellmouth} [fire]
1 {Horns of Behemoth} [fire]
1 {Kor Crematory} [fire]
1 {Leadworks} [fire]
1 {Mismanaged Mortuary}
1 {Molten Maar} [fire]
1 {Plague Pits} [fire]
1 {Road to Perdition} [fire]
1 {Vast Desert} [fire]
1 {Vindictive Nation} [fire]
1 {Wuthering Heights} [air]
Collection (10)
1 {Grapple Shot} [3][air]
1 {Boil} [3][fire][fire]
1 {Critical Strike} [2][fire]
1 {Heat Ray} [3][fire]
1 {Minor Explosion} [3][fire][fire]
1 {Angry Mob} [4][fire][fire]
1 {Detonate} [1][fire]
1 {Flayer} [4][fire][fire]
1 {Hellhounds} [3][fire]
1 {Zap!} [1][air]
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Second Place — [earth][fire]{Sorcerer} by @Gwen
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Minions (30)
4 {Land Surveyor} [2][earth]
2 {Arjaro Exorcist} [2][earth]
1 {Saint of Redemption} [2][earth][earth]
1 {Sister Stefania} [2][earth]
3 {Autumn Unicorn} [3][earth][earth]
3 {Root Spider} [3][earth]
1 {Morgana le Fey} [3][fire][fire][fire]
3 {Order of the White Wing} [3][earth][earth]
2 {Gargantula} [4][earth][earth][earth]
2 {Paladins of Bazia} [4][earth][earth][earth]
1 {Queen of Midland} [5][earth][earth]
1 {Asmodeus} [5][fire][fire][fire]
2 {Infernal Legion} [6][fire][fire][fire]
1 {Balor of the Evil Eye} [6][fire][fire]
2 {Wraetannis Titan} [7][earth][earth]
1 {Death Dealer} [7][fire][fire]
Magics (21)
3 {Divine Healing} [1][earth][earth][earth]
1 {Immolation} [1][fire][fire][fire]
1 {Tithe} [1][earth][earth][earth]
2 {Disintegrate} [3][fire][fire]
4 {Landmass} [3][earth][earth]
2 {Earthquake} [5][earth][earth]
3 {Poison Nova} [5][fire]
1 {Powerwish} [6][fire][fire][earth][earth]
2 {Minor Explosion} [7][fire][fire]
2 {Craterize} [8][earth][earth]
Artifacts (6)
1 {Key to the City} [1]
1 {Four Waters of Paradise} [2]
3 {Toolbox} [2]
1 {Torrid Omphalos} [4]
Auras (3)
1 {Crusade} [2][earth][earth]
1 {Castle's Ablaze!} [3][fire][fire]
1 {The Great Famine} [4][fire][fire]
Sites (30)
1 {Pillar of Zeiros} [earth]
2 {Rift of Valley} [earth]
2 {Mirage} [fire]
1 {River of Flame} [fire]
3 {Steppe} [earth][fire]
2 {Imperial Road}
1 {Mirror Realm}
1 {Sinkhole}
1 {Fields of Camlann} [earth]
1 {Valley of Delight}
2 {Haystack} [earth]
2 {Active Volcano} [fire][fire]
2 {Boulevard of Bones} [earth]
3 {Fertile Earth} [earth][earth]
2 {Heirloom Lost}
1 {Mount Ussar Sanctuary} [earth]
2 {Plague Pits} [fire]
Collection (10)
1 {Amazon Warriors} [5][earth]
1 {Bury} [3][earth]
1 {Dispel} [2][earth]
1 {Boil} [3][fire]
1 {Heat Ray} [3][fire]
1 {Charge} [1][fire]
1 {Angry Mob} [4][fire][fire]
1 {Flayer} [4][fire][fire]
1 {Gift of the Wolf} [2][earth][earth]
1 {Makeshift Barricade} [3]
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Third Place — [air][earth]{Avatar of Air} by @Bob Sacamano
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Minions (35)
1 {Highland Princess} [2][air][air]
3 {Kettletop Leprechaun} [2][earth]
3 {Headless Haunt} [3][air][air]
3 {Autumn Unicorn} [3][earth][earth]
3 {Root Spider} [3][earth]
1 {Sir Bors the Younger} [earth][air][air]
2 {Sturmgeist} [3][air][air]
3 {Gyre Hippogriffs} [4][air][air]
3 {Dalcean Phalanx} [4][earth][earth]
3 {Pudge Butcher} [4][earth][earth]
1 {Bane of Aventis} [4][air][air][air]
3 {Daperyll Vampire} [5][air]
2 {Legion of Gall} [5][air][air][air]
2 {Renatus Trueblood} [5][air][air]
2 {Lord of Greed} [6][earth][earth]
Magics (17)
1 {Browse} [1][air][air][air]
3 {Blink} [2][air]
3 {Cast into Exile} [2][air][air]
3 {Grapple Shot} [3][air]
1 {Feast for Crows} [3][air][air]
1 {Gigantism} [4][earth][earth]
3 {Whirling Blades} [5][air][air]
2 {Earthquake} [5][earth][earth]
Artifacts (7)
1 {Ring of Morrigan} [1]
3 {Toolbox} [2]
3 {Rolling Boulder} [4]
Auras (1)
1 {The Black Plague} [4][air][air]
Sites (30)
1 {Cloud City} [air]
4 {Dark Tower} [air]
4 {Gothic Tower} [air]
4 {Lone Tower} [air]
2 {Observatory} [air]
2 {Rift Valley} [earth]
1 {The Colour Out of Space} [earth][fire][water][air]
3 {Windmill} [air][earth]
2 {Bottomless Pit}
1 {Mirror Realm}
1 {Glastonbury Tor} [earth][air][fire]
1 {Tintagel} [earth][air][water]
3 {Fertile Earth} [earth][earth]
1 {The Manor of Daperyll Hill} [air]
Collection (10)
1 {Blink} [2][air]
1 {Disenchant} [2][air]
1 {Grapple Shot} [3][air]
1 {Lightning Bolt} [2][air]
1 {Teleport} [2][air][air]
1 {Amazon Warriors} [5][earth]
1 {Bury} [3][air]
1 {Dispel} [2][earth]
1 {Murder of Crows} [3][air][air]
1 {Zap!} [1][air]
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Fourth Place — [fire][water]{Imposter} by @Rackhir
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Minions (36)
4 {Vile Imp} [2][fire]
1 {Pied Piper of Hameln} [2][water][water]
2 {Sinterfee} [2][fire]
1 {Cerberus in Chains} [3][fire][fire]
1 {Fey Changeling} [3][water]
3 {Coy Nixie} [3][water][water]
3 {Lugbog Cat} [3][water][water]
1 {Morgana le Fey} [3][fire][fire][fire]
1 {Sir Agravaine} [3][water][fire][fire]
1 {Aino} [3][water][water]
2 {Order of the Sacred Oak} [3][water][water]
1 {Ruler of Thul} [4][water][water]
2 {Selfsame Simulacrum} [4][water][water]
1 {Boudicca} [4][fire][fire][fire]
2 {Abaddon Succubus} [4][water][water]
3 {Failed Mutation} [4][water][water]
2 [Sacred Stag} [4][water][water]
1 {Questing Beast} [5][water][water]
1 {Archangel Raphael} [5][water][water][water][water]
1 {Lilth} [5][water][water][water]
1 {Balor of the Evil Eye} [6][fire][fire]
2 {Lord of Lies} [6][water][water]
Magics (13)
1 {Plague of Frogs} [1][water][water][water]
1 {Gift of the Serpent} [2][fire][fire]
2 {Disintegrate} [3][fire][fire]
3 {Swap} [3][water][water]
1 {Mesmerism} [4][water][water][water][water]
3 {Poison Nova} [5][fire]
1 {Snowball} [5][water][water]
1 {Betrayal} [5][fire][fire][fire]
Artifacts (4)
1 {Torshammar Trinket} [1]
1 {Ring of Morrigan} [1]
1 {Four Waters of Paradise} [2]
1 {The Malleus Maleficarum} [5]
Auras (7)
1 {Acid Rain} [3][water]
3 {Wildfire} [4][fire]
1 {The Great Famine} [4][fire][fire]
1 {Salt the Earth} [4][fire][fire][fire]
1 {Atlantean Fate} [5][water][water]
Sites (30)
1 {River of Flame} [fire]
3 {Floodplain} [water]
3 {Oasis} [fire][water]
1 {Mirror Realm}
3 {Babbling Brook} [water]
2 {Funeral Pyre} [fire]
4 {Pond} [water]
3 {Troll Bridge} [water]
3 {Active Volcano} [fire][fire]
1 {Garden of Eden} [earth][water]
2 {River Rapids} [water]
3 {Thin Ice} [water]
1 {Vindictive Nation} [fire]
Collection (10)
1 {Major Explosion} [7][fire][fire]
1 {Minor Explosion} [3][fire][fire]
1 {Elementalist}
1 {Pathfinder}
1 {Sorcerer}
1 {Interrogator}
1 {Ironclad}
1 {Necromancer}
1 {Searing Truth}
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Fifth Place — [air][fire]{Persecutor} by @MeterPaleTone
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Minions (29)
1 {Highland Princess} [2][air][air]
2 {Vile Imp} [2][fire]
1 {Grigori Rasputin} [2][fire][fire]
2 {Redmane Hyena} [2][fire]
3 {Colicky Dragonettes} [3][fire][fire]
1 {Morgana le Fey} [3][fire][fire][fire]
3 {Gibbeous Nightgaunts} [3][air][air]
1 {Jack the Ripper} [3][air][air]
2 {Mazuj Ifrit} [3][fire][fire]
2 {Sturmgeist} [3][air][air]
3 {Gyre Hippogriffs} [4][air][air]
2 {Hillock Basilisk} [4][fire]
1 {Boudicca} [4][fire][fire][fire]
1 {Sir Lamorack} [fire][air][air]
1 {Bane of Aventus} [4][air][air][air]
2 {Daperyll Vampire} [5][air]
1 {Balor of the Evil Eye} [6][fire][fire]
Magics (21)
1 {Browse} [1][air][air][air]
1 {Immolation} [1][fire][fire][fire]
2 {Firebolts} [2][fire]
2 {Grapple Shot} [3][air]
3 {Begone!} [3][fire][fire]
1 {Blaze of Glory} [3][fire][fire]
3 {Firebreathing} [4][fire][fire]
2 {Whirling Blades} [5][air][air]
2 {Poison Nova} [5][fire]
3 {Lava Flow} [5][fire][fire][fire]
1 {Betrayal} [5][fire][fire][fire]
Artifacts (8)
2 {Torshammar Trinket} [1]
1 {Ring of Morrigan} [1]
1 {Key to the City} [1]
2 {Toolbox} [2]
1 {Peacemaker Arbalest} [3]
1 {Love Potion} [6]
Auras (2)
1 {The Black Plague} [4][air][air]
1 {The Great Famine} [4][fire][fire]
Sites (30)
1 {Cloud City} [air]
1 {Dark Tower} [air]
1 {Gothic Tower} [air]
1 {Lone Tower} [air]
1 {Smokestacks of Gnaak} [fire]
3 {Ruins} [air][fire]
1 {Fields of Camlann} [fire]
2 {River of Blood} [fire]
2 {Fields of Phyxis} [air]
3 {Active Volcano} [fire][fire]
2 {Molten Maar} [fire]
3 {Mountain Peaks} [air][air]
3 {Open Mausoleum} [air]
4 {Vast Desert} [fire]
2 {Wuthering Heights} [air]
Collection (10)
1 {Disenchant} [2][air]
1 {Grapple Shot} [3][air]
1 {Firebolts} [2][fire]
1 {Angry Mob} [4][fire][fire]
1 {Detonate} [1][fire]
1 {Displace} [2][air][air]
1 {Flame Strike} [fire][fire]
2 {Hellhounds} [3][fire]
1 {Zap!} [air]
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Sixth Place — [earth][fire][water][air]{Elementalist} by @Michael Mindes
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Minions (36)
4 {Bosk Troll} [2][earth]
1 {Lady Iseult} [2][earth][earth]
1 {Sir Tom Thumb} [2][water][air][air]
3 {War Horse} [2][fire]
2 {Arjaro Exorcist} [2][earth]
3 {Sinterfee} [2][fire]
3 {Autumn Unicorn} [3][earth][earth]
3 {Quarrelsome Kobolds} [3][fire]
1 {Sir Bors the Younger} [3][earth][air][air]
3 {Pudge Butcher} [4][earth][earth]
1 {King Arthur} [4][earth][fire][water][air]
1 {Sir Gawain} [earth][earth][fire][water]
1 {Sir Lamorack} [4][fire][air][air]
1 {Sir Perceval} [4][air][earth][earth]
1 {Doctor Demetrius} [4][water][water]
2 {Gargantula} [4][earth][earth][earth]
3 {Daperyll Vampire} [5][air]
2 {Lord of Lies} [6][water][water]
Magics (13)
2 {Blink} [2][air]
2 {Geyser} [2][water]
4 {Gift of the Wolf} [2][earth][earth]
3 {Grapple Shot} [3][air]
2 {Whirling Blades} [5][air][air]
Artifacts (6)
2 {Torshammar Trinket} [1]
1 {Ring of Morrigan} [1]
2 {Silver Bullet} [2]
1 {Book of the Dead} [5]
Auras (2)
1 {The Black Plague} [4][air][air]
1 {Atlantean Fate} [5][water][water]
Sites (30)
1 {Dark Tower} [air]
1 {Gothic Tower} [air]
1 {Lone Tower} [air]
1 {Kingdom of Argartha} [earth]
1 {Pillar of Zeiros} [earth]
2 {Rustic Village} [earth]
1 {Simple Village} [earth]
1 {Lighthouse} [air][water]
1 {The Colour Out of Space} [earth][air][water][fire]
1 {Windmill} [air][earth]
2 {Sinkhole}
4 {Common Village} [earth]
1 {Merlin's Tower} [air]
1 {Tintagel} [air][water][earth]
2 {Wizard's Den}
1 {City of Glass}
1 {City of Souls}
1 {City of Traitors}
2 {Forlorn Keep}
1 {Garden of Eden} [earth][water]
3 {Peculiar Port} [water]
Collection (9)
1 {Flanking Maneuver} [3][air]
1 {Whirling Blades} [5][air][air]
1 {Poison Nova} [5][fire]
1 {Geyser} [2][water]
1 {Torshammar Trinket} [1]
1 {Stone Rain} [4][earth][earth]
1 {Swap} [3][water][water]
1 {Horrible Hybrids} [3][water]
1 {Penitent Knight} [3][earth]
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Seventh Place — [earth][fire]{Archimago} by @TbagScandalous
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Minions (17)
3 {Cemetery Rats} [1][earth]
1 {Goat for Azazel} [1][earth]
2 {Kettletop Leprechaun} [2][earth]
1 {Mover of Mountains} [2][earth][earth]
1 {Sister Stefania} [2][earth]
3 {Root Spider} [3][earth]
2 {Gargantula} [4][earth][earth][earth]
1 {Rhitta Gawr of Snowdonia} [6][earth][earth][earth]
1 {King of the Realm} [7][earth][earth][earth]
1 {Death Dealer} [7][fire][fire]
Magics (36)
2 {Assorted Animals} [x][earth][earth]
3 {Divine Healing} [1][earth][earth][earth]
1 {Pendragon Legacy} [1][earth][earth]
1 {Tithe} [1][earth][earth][earth]
4 {Common Sense} [2][earth]
1 {Dispel} [2][earth]
1 {Firebolts} [2][fire]
4 {Gift of the Wolf} [2][earth][earth]
1 {Border Militia} [3][earth]
2 {Bury} [3][earth]
1 {Heat Ray} [3][fire}
4 {Landmass} [3][earth][earth]
1 {Infiltrate} [4][fire]
2 {Earthquake} [5][earth][earth]
3 {Poison Nova} [5][fire]
2 {Major Explosion} [7][fire][fire]
2 {Craterize} [8][earth][earth]
Artifacts (6)
1 {Ring of Morrigan} [1]
2 {Tombstone Wardens} [3]
2 {Chains of Prometheus} [4]
1 {Torrid Omphalos} [4]
Sites (30)
3 {Gnome Hollows} [earth]
2 {Humble Village} {earth]
1 {Pillar of Zeiros} [earth]
2 {Rift Valley} [earth]
2 {Mirage} [fire]
1 {Remote Desert} [fire]
1 {River of Flame} [fire]
1 {Smokestacks of Gnaak} [fire]
3 {Steppe} [fire][earth]
1 {Mirror Realm}
2 {Sinkhole}
2 {Pebbled Paths} [earth]
1 {Wormelow Tump} [earth]
2 {Ersatz Platz}
2 {Heirloom Lost}
1 {Mount Ussar Sanctuary} [earth]
3 {Shallow Grave} [earth]
Collection (10)
1 {Holy Ground} [earth]
1 {Annual Fair}
1 {Babbling Brook}
1 {Beacon} [air]
1 {Funeral Pyre} [fire]
1 {Pebbled Paths} [earth}
1 {Poisoned Well} [fire]
1 {Haystack} [earth]
1 {Fields of Phyxis} [air]
2 {Active Volcano} [fire][fire]
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Eighth Place — [fire]{Dragonlord} by @Goldeneagle1833
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Minions (43)
1 {Vile Imp} [2][fire]
3 {War Horse} [2][fire]
3 {Wild Fanatic} [2][fire]
1 {Morgana le Fey} [3][fire][fire][fire]
3 {Redcap Powries} [3][fire][fire]
3 {Clamor of Harpies} [4][fire]
3 {Hillock Basilisk} [4][fire]
3 {Petrosian Cavalry} [fire][fire]
1 {Boudicca} [4][fire][fire][fire]
2 {Monstrous Lion} [4][fire][fire]
3 {Saracen Raiders} [4][fire][fire]
3 {Siege Giant} [4][fire][fire]
4 {Angry Mob} [4][fire][fire]
1 {Courtesan Thais} [5][fire][fire]
2 {Panorama Manticore} [5][fire][fire]
1 {Rebecks} [5][fire][fire]
1 {Archangel Samael} [5][fire][fire][fire][fire]
1 {Asmodeus} [5][fire][fire][fire]
2 {Infernal Legion} [6][fire][fire][fire]
1 {Balor of the Evil Eye} [6][fire][fire]
1 {Death Dealer} [7][fire][fire]
Magics (15)
1 {Critical Strike} [2][fire]
2 {Disintegrate} [3][fire][fire]
1 {Warp Spasm} [3][fire][fire][fire]
1 {Searing Truth} [3][fire][fire]
2 {Infiltrate} [4][fire]
3 {Poison Nova} [5][fire]
1 {Lava Flow} [5][fire][fire]
1 {Peasant Revolt} [5][fire][fire][fire]
2 {Betrayal} [5][fire][fire][fire]
1 {Day of Judgment} [7][fire][fire][fire]
Artifacts (1)
1 {Ring of Morrigan} [1]
Auras (1)
1 {The Great Famine} [4][fire][fire]
Sites (30)
4 {Arid Desert} [fire]
4 {Red Desert} [fire]
4 {Remote Desert} [fire]
1 {Smokestacks of Gnaak} [fire]
1 {Vesuvius} [fire]
1 {Mirror Realm}
1 {Roots of Yggdrasil}
1 {Fields of Camlann} [fire]
3 {Poisoned Well} [fire]
1 {River of Blood} [fire]
1 {Horns of Behemoth} [fire]
3 {Molten Maar} [fire]
4 {Vast Desert} [fire]
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