Gabriel Nicholas

Aspiring magic pro. Bad at walking. Good at eating.

[No.65 Rebell @SonRebell]

Who would win:
A 60 year old science fiction franchise with real celebrities and actors signatures
Vs
Burger deckbox

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

Who willingly signs up for this shit lol. Every cEDH tournament has an "experience we can all learn from to grow as a community". 5 rounds of being water boarded via cardboard.

[wzrdnx @wzrdnx]

context: there was a 10K cEDH event in Provo last weekend (draw your own conclusions about that) and players were colluding by creating "Shahrazad based board states" where they "reset" their games and locked players out by using infinite loops, which let them avoid drawing games

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

Doesn't this happen in magic fairly often? Not arguing it makes it healthy but I feel like every tcg goes through this at some point....

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

I eat nothing, maybe one 15 dollar convention center sandwich. I take my hunger fueled rage out by winning matches of magic

[Darthkid @AlejandroMFdez]

As a TCG player, the better I ate, the better I played. I’ve seen the same with my clients.

So I put it all in one free guide: what to eat, what to drink and how to manage caffeine on tournament day.

Here it is 👇
https://t.co/a6T3LVjCra

[Martos @tonimart0s]

https://t.co/z31hFLxjXI

Lands are bad. Shuffler is rigged. Games are decided by luck. Nah. You are just BAD, amigo.

Some time ago, you would have become a judge.

Vai, good luck trying to win at your next TCG.

[Dom Harvey @dominharvia]

For those keeping score at home, the Top 8 includes

2024 EW NA Legacy champ (just won again)
2022 EW NA Legacy champ (+ 2023 finalist)
MOCS champ + one of the best Legacy players in the world
Elite online Doomsday ringer

They probably just drew the right number of lands idk

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

@Rulerofsome1 Lol hell ya

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

Its funny that usually the people that are assholes like this are the most medium players in the room.

[Affinity for Anime @affinity4anime]

I went to a large-ish Magic event when I was in high school. I asked my round 1 opponent if I could read a card he played. He replied "Don't touch my cards! If you don't already know that card you should just leave now, because you have no chance of winning this tournament."

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

@Escaffi Noo. Sorry buddy

[Sam Bogue @IslandGoSAMe]

#RealityFracture

[Reed Alexander @iReedMinds]

"Can't change anything with tournaments going on, who could have foreseen this hmm really nothing to be done" -the people that schedule the tournaments and the ban updates

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

@haus_dad @fireshoes Its fine against the solitude decks but normally you go so wide you dont really care about protecting a specific guy. And the good players will just take the damage and cast removal after combat anyway.

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

@haus_dad @fireshoes It was honestly not great. I would recommend just playing the 2nd violent urge instead.

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

Top 8 of RC LA 🥳

R1 Brood 🐷🐷
R2 Jesk En 🥓🥓
R3 ketra 🐷🐷
R4 Mirror 🥓🐷🐷
R5 BR Aggro 🥓🐷🥓
R6 Brood 🐷🐷
R7 Uwr chant 🐷🐷
R8 Trudge 🐷 🥓 🐷
R9 Titan 🐷🥓🐷

R10 Zoo 🐷🐷
R11 Titan 🐷🥓🐷
R12 Brood 🥓🐷🐷
R13 Brood 🐷🥓🐷
R14 Draw
R15 UW chant 🐷🐷

T8 Uw chant 🥓🐷🥓

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

Here is my list. Seemed pretty important to load up on brood hate so I went with consign AND Charmaw. Plan worked as I went 4-0 against it. Boomerang basics was fantastic. Dont play pompous battle mage. Your goal is to kill them not "trigger cutter by itself"

[Team Main Phase @TeamMainPhase]

🏆Congratulations to our own @Oinkmage who made Top 8 of today's Regional Championship Los Angeles! He also earned his Pro Tour Detroit qualification.

Gabe is also the first player to Top 8 three RC's!

Great job Gabe!

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

@TheBoiPaulRoy @toothymtg1 @sixmp5 Couldn't keep me off for long 💪

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

Lost to the goat @toothymtg1 in top 8 of #RCLA. Super excited to be back on the PT and get another RC top 8!! Played prowess at the advice of @sixmp5. Changed a few cards but the deck carried. On to the next! 🐖

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

@skadonked Good to meet you and ggs buddy. See you in Detroit 🫡

[Gabriel Nicholas @Oinkmage]

I told him to take it down and he did 🥳 powerful wizard. Congratulations buddy.

[PlayMTG @PlayMTG]

Congratulations to Nate Green, the winner of the Regional Championship for the United States at #SCGLA! He bested a field of more than 1,200 competitors with Azorius Control!