The Pro Tour decks were the first of a series of high profile preconstructed decks for experienced players. Carefully chosen, they are imitations of the eight most successful deck archetypes present at the 1996 Pro Tour in New York. In order to avoid printing legal top rated tournament-level cards, all cards were made illegal for tournament play by printing them with a non-standard backside featuring the Magic The Gathering Pro Tour logo and labeled "Inaugural Tournament New York City February 1996.". Additionally the cards feature a golden border and are signed by the appropriate player. The sideboard cards, which have the same commemorative backs, the same gold bordered and “autographed” fronts also are noted with an "sb" symbol to show they are part of the sideboard. The eight decks were released alltogether in a Pro Tour Collector Set Inaugural Edition. This special commemorative set included a small booklet describing the first Pro Tour event and including more biographic information about the top eight competitors. Each set also includes a numbered certificate of authenticity autographed by Wizards of the Coast creator and then-CEO Peter Adkison. Only 20,000 of these sets were produced at a price of 125$. A 90 minutes VHS video of the 1996 Pro Tour New York event (WOC8031) which was produced by Mark Rosewater and featured commentary by Henry Stern was also released in 1996 with an original retail price of $14.95. Part of each deck is a bio card which provides some background of each player and a deck list card which lists the content of each deck. Additionally 13 blank cards were added to raise the number of cards per deck to 90 except in Michael Loconto's deck were only 11 are found as this is the only deck with 62 cards and 15 sideboard cards. ERRORS, MISPRINTS AND TYPOS: Michael Loconto Deck List didn't mentioned that out of the two Circle of Protection: Red in the sideboard, one is from Ice Age. Bertrand Lestrée Deck List didn't mentioned that out of the four Circle of Protection: Green and Red in the sideboard, two are from Ice Age. Shawn Regnier (Hammer) Deck List: The two Circle of Protection: Red in the sideboard, are from Ice Age not Fourth Edition. Leon Lindback Deck List: Knights of Stromgald instead of Knight of Stromgald. George Baxter Deck List: Knights of Stromgald instead of Knight of Stromgald. Mark Justice Deck List Card mentioned 60 cards, but 2 were omitted: 2 x Incinerate IA. Mark Justice Deck List Card mentioned 3 Pyroblast 4E in the Sideboard, they are from Ice Age. * Deck I - Michael Loconto (Champion). * Deck II - Eric Tam (Quarterfinalist). * Deck III - Bertrand Lestrée (Finalist). * Deck IV - Shawn "Hammer" Regnier (Quarterfinalist). * Deck V - Leon Lindback (Semifinalist). * Deck VI - George Baxter (Quarterfinalist). * Deck VII - Preston Poulter (Semifinalist). * Deck VIII - Mark Justice (Quarterfinalist). Pro Tour NY 1996 deck Michael Loconto. Pro Tour NY 1996 deck Eric Tam. Pro Tour NY 1996 deck Bertrand Lestrée. Pro Tour NY 1996 deck Shawn "Hammer" Regnier. Pro Tour NY 1996 deck Leon Lindbäck. Pro Tour NY 1996 deck George Baxter. Pro Tour NY 1996 deck Preston Poulter. Pro Tour NY 1996 deck Mark Justice. Pro Tour NY 1996 Collector Set poster. Michael Laconto Pro Tour NY 1996 Deck 10 X 8 framed Uncut Sheet. Pro Tour NY 1996 Collector Box Set sealed side and front. Pro Tour NY 1996 Collector Box Set front. Pro Tour NY 1996 Collector Box Set back. Pro Tour NY 1996 Collector Box Set top and bottom. Pro Tour NY 1996 certificate of authenticity. Pro Tour NY 1996 booklet front and back Pro Tour NY 1996 booklet page 1 and 2. Pro Tour NY 1996 booklet page 3 and 4. Pro Tour NY 1996 booklet page 5 and 6. Showdown in New York video front and back. Pro Tour NY 1996 Invitation Post Card front and back. EXTERNAL LINKS - ALL FIXED On Tour, Part 1; Making Magic Broken Link On Tour, Part 1; Making Magic old link; Wayback Machine Inside "Showdown in New York"; Articles Broken Link Inside "Showdown in New York"; Articles - August 21, 2006 - Wayback Machine An Oral History of The First Pro Tour; Ways to Play Broken Link An Oral History of The First Pro Tour; Ways to Play - February 2, 2016 - Wayback Machine The First Guildmage; Magic Lifestyle Broken Link The First Guildmage; Magic Lifestyle - March 21, 2017 - Wayback Machine INTERNAL LINKS Pro Tour NY 1996 Deck Support Cards |
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Michael Loconto Bio Card | Michael Loconto Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
002 | Eric Tam Bio Card | Eric Tam Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
003 | Bertrand Lestrée Bio Card | Bertrand Lestrée Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
004 | Shawn Regnier (Hammer) Bio Card | Shawn Regnier (Hammer) Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
005 | Leon Lindbäck Bio Card | Leon Lindbäck Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
006 | George Baxter Bio Card | George Baxter Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
007 | Preston Poulter Bio Card | Preston Poulter Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
008 | Mark Justice Bio Card | Mark Justice Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Michael Loconto Blank Card | Pro Tour NY 1996 Michael Loconto deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
002 | Eric Tam Blank Card | Pro Tour NY 1996 Eric Tam deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
003 | Bertrand Lestrée Blank Card | Pro Tour NY 1996 Bertrand Lestrée deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
004 | Shawn Regnier (Hammer) Blank Card | Pro Tour NY 1996 Shawn Regnier (Hammer) deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
005 | Leon Lindbäck Blank Card | Pro Tour NY 1996 Leon Lindbäck deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
006 | George Baxter Blank Card | Pro Tour NY 1996 George Baxter deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
007 | Preston Poulter Blank Card | Pro Tour NY 1996 Preston Poulter deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
008 | Mark Justice Blank Card | Pro Tour NY Mark Justice 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
SET | NUM | CARDNAME | ARTIST | SOURCE | DATE | INFO | ||
001 | Michael Loconto Deck List Card | Michael Loconto Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
002 | Eric Tam Deck List Card | Eric Tam Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
003 | Bertrand Lestrée Deck List Card | Bertrand Lestrée Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
004 | Shawn Regnier (Hammer) Deck List Card | Shawn Regnier (Hammer) Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
005 | Leon Lindbäck Deck List Card | Leon Lindbäck Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
006 | George Baxter Deck List Card | George Baxter Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
007 | Preston Poulter Deck List Card | Preston Poulter Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||
008 | Mark Justice Deck List Card | Mark Justice Pro Tour NY 1996 deck | 1996-02-16 | YES | ||||