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Simon Nielsen
@simonnielsenmtg.bsky.social
Team Handshake 🤝 Moxfield.
Winning at MtG, enjoying the journey. Player of the Year 2023!
Standard Simic Ouroboid deck!

I’ve been looking at some non-Vivi options for the Spotlight Series in Liverpool tomorrow. This is my take on Simic, a deck full of creatures that speak right to my soul 🥦🫐

Featuring new addition, Hemasymbic Mite!
@handshakemtg.com

@moxfield.com

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October 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
LEYLINE RED
Now with delirium!

In my efforts to tune non-Vivi decks for the
Spotlight in Liverpool, I looked at last weekend’s winner

This version adds a delirium subtheme to access Violent Urge and FOMO which work so well with pumps!

@handshakemtg.com
@moxfield.com

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October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Eldrazi Paradox!

What if we played Mox Opal and Kozilek's Command in the same deck?

Glaring Fleshraker acts as the mana engine for our Paradoxical Outcome combo deck. And Cryogen Relic helps make Outcome a good fair draw spell!

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August 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Aftermath Analyst is back!

It's Johnny Thursday, and I bring you a deck that has gone through more refinement than my last ideas - this one can actually win games!

Rydia makes the deck go completely bananas. Eden enables an infinite loop. Turn 4 kill. You gotta check this out!!
July 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
All-nighter full of drafting and a morning flight is the best way to travel to the US. Hopefully I can get some sleep on my Vegas flight and be ready for the testing house with Team Handshake Moxfield 🫡
June 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
FaB Draft Guide for High Seas!

This article covers 10 different archetypes in the set, giving some theoretical approaches to drafting and helps you develop depth in your deckbuilding.

I worked on it for the last two weeks, and it contains basically everything I know about the format. Enjoy!
June 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Firion Storm!

It's time for another Johnny Thursday, and today I present a crazy, dumb and decidedly non-competitive deck.
Firions ability is kinda broken with For Mirrodin. But with the right equipment, you can actually storm off and draw your deck!

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June 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
LSS gave me a sneak peak of the new Gem Packs at World Premiere Taipei, so I made a lil pack opening video for you when I got home!

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May 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I just realized that the Amulets in High Seas are all inspired by the Talents!

From the top:
- Shadow
- Light
- Chaos (affecting ALL heroes and allies)
- Elemental
- Ice
- Lightning
- Earth
- Draconic
- Mystic
May 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Trailblazer Combo!

Inspired by an @inspiringtimmy.bsky.social Modern brew, this standard deck tries to get Temur Battlecrier and Outcaster Trailblazer in play together. This makes your clone effects cost 1 mana, so you can clone your Trailblazer for free, drawing so many cards!
@moxfield.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
On my way home from Taipei now. These trips are giving me life!!

Made Day 2 of the Calling, but went 2-4 in draft to finish outside of prizing.

Still, always happy to day 2 these competitive draft is just so much fun 🤩
May 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I started playing a bit of Final Fantasy (IX) to see what the hype was about, and I have finally found a card game I can't beat 😡
May 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Reposted by Simon Nielsen
It took three @scryfall.com team members, with breaks, about SEVEN (7) hours to enter all of the new FIC/FIN/FCA cards into the website. Just for transparency on the effort behind preview season. It was over 350 cards today, alone. This does not include time spent fixing typos or bulk tagging.
May 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I find it ironic that the worst sleeves I've ever tried are the ones we get at the exclusive Pro Tour. This is after 10-15 games playtesting with a proxy deck 🫠🫠
May 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
On Sunday I'll play Aurora at a Pro Quest in Copenhagen. To prepare, I went to an Aurora concert today!
April 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
In Bologna for the Magic Regionals!

Where the pizzas are bigger than the plates 🤤
April 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Maybe Underworld Breach was just too slow all along!

This is one of those ideas I had to bring into the world from my notepad. Does it function? Who knows!
But now we have enough Moxes that Rona could act as support for the Riddlesmith + Ovalchase Daredevil engine.

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April 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
First time flying with Lufthansa, and first time I see someone board a plane the smart way! Window seats first 😱
April 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Today I finished a 4-year long campaign of Betrayal: Legacy!
(Yes it's just 13 chapters, but getting people together is harrrd)

I loved the last chapter, lots of cool mechanics. The creativity in this game is quite impressive 😁👻

And now that evil is defeated I can finally sleep well at night.
April 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Traveled to a Pro Quest to send Zen off

Went 0-2

I think it will be a great thing for my winrate in this game that he will no longer be legal after this weekend 😂
April 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Night before Pro Tour London. I'm resleeving my Zen deck (turns out my sleeves were not opaque 😖 )
Happy to play my deck for one last go before he leaves the format. Not so happy that I got sick this week 😷
April 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Decided to register for the World Premiere in TaiPei just before going to bed and good thing I did because I got ONE OF THE LAST TWO TICKETS!!! 🤯🤯

Guess I'm going to a new country in May 😍
March 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Playing a Flesh and Blood Pro Quest at riding school in the Netherlands (Battle Hardened tomorrow)

Feeling inspired by this mirror, I hope my horse is brave today!
March 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Reposted by Simon Nielsen
Three members of Handshake @moxfield.com are in Utrecht for the Spotlight Series!

casting 🎤: @simonnielsenmtg.bsky.social @huschenmtg.bsky.social
competing ⚔️: @stefanschuetzmtg.bsky.social

Catch them all on the livestream this weekend www.twitch.tv/ultimateguar...
March 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM