After winning a drama-filled Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour event in Amsterdam, you’d think champion Simon Nielsen would want a little break to revel in his victory. Instead, he celebrated by immediately playing Commander with a few strangers.
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Trophy in hand and fresh off his historic mirror match win over America’s Sam Pardee, the Danish player took to the MagicCon Amsterdam tables and played a round of Commander with three others, with details of the match posted to the MTG subreddit today by participant u/thomash01. Nielsen swapped Bant for Abzan with Kathril, Aspect Warper as his commander.
According to Thomash01, their match was interrupted by the closure of MagicCon, which ended on June 30. "We couldn't finish it because the con started closing down and basically kicked us out," he said. Nielsen's MTG Pro Tour trophy, which was on the table, probably gave the four players another 10 minutes or so to try to wrap things up.
We may not know the outcome of this important Commander match, but Nielsen left the Dutch capital a champion after his victory this weekend in an event that was packed with Nadu titles, a gruelling race to the trophy and even a touch of controversy when a high-profile player was disqualified for cheating.