Cathy Nicoloff

Cathy (Catherine) Nicoloff is a former professional Magic player, deck designer, writer for sites such as The Dojo and StarCityGames, as well as the creator and webmaster of Meridian Magic, one of the earliest portal/content aggregator sites for the game.

Her most well-known contribution to Magic: the Gathering is as a designer of the deck that came to be known as Five Color Green, which she played to victory in the 1997 Florida Regional Championships. Five Color Green made up just 7% of the field during the US Regional Championships that year, but 62% of those who played it qualified for US Nationals.