Got that itch: MTG Pro Tour champ skips celebrations to play Commander

After winning a drama-filled Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour event in Amsterdam, you’d think champion Simon Nielsen might want a short break to revel in his victory. Instead, he celebrated by rushing straight to play Commander with a few strangers.

With his trophy in-hand and fresh off his historic mirror match win over America’s Sam Pardee, the Danish player hit the MagicCon Amsterdam tables and played out a game of Commander with three others, with details of the match posted by participant u/thomash01 on the MTG subreddit today. Nielsen swapped out of Bant and into Abzan with Kathril, Aspect Warper as his commander.

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