Rare Slot — 21 — 30 Years of Magic: The first-ever TCG Tournament with finalist Rick Townsend (Gen Con 1993)

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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.
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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
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