THIS EPISODE IS A PART OF TBPN's CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS OF MAGIC: THE GATHERING (1993-2023) On this Rare Slot, Rands is regaled with first-hand stories from the first-ever finalist of a public TCG tournament. That event was of course a Magic: The Gathering tournament, featuring the very first Alpha Magic cards. It was held at Gen Con 1993. _______Links from @MTGhistory related to this episode______ Posts about Magic at Gen Con 1993— Picture and play-by-play of the last game: https://twitter.com/MTGHistory/status/1429453226533924867 The "in-Universe" story about that last game: https://twitter.com/MTGHistory/status/1562797091214147585 The following year, 1994 Magic World Championship at Gen Con: https://twitter.com/MTGHistory/status/1429036287923732492 _____________________________________________ Video version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/_bs1sRR1x-8 Find Rands: https://www.facebook.com/CCGhistory https://twitter.com/CCGHistory Email— [email protected] _TBPN____________________________________________ Let us know feedback, topic suggestions or games you'd like to hear about via email or any of our social media (DMs are also open to anyone) Find The Booster Pack Network via https://www.theboosterpacknetwork.com/ or on Socials: Twitter — https://twitter.com/TBPNcontent Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/TBPNcontent/ Insta — https://www.instagram.com/tbpncontent/ Discord — https://discord.gg/F6upsYdYkf _____________________________________________________ ~SPONSOR~: https://www.categoryonegames.com/ CC-BY -- [Music Credit: Dan & Forget the Whale - Man Outta Town]