1996 Pro Tour Columbus/Other decks
| Pro Tour Columbus | ||||
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| Date | July 6 and 7, 1996 | |||
| Location |
 Columbus, Ohio | |||
| Attendance |
Seniors: 167 | |||
| Format | Ice Age and Alliances constructed. (aka ALICE) | |||
| Prize pool |
Senior: $125,000 Junior: $30,000 (Scholarships) | |||
| Winner |
Senior:  Olle RådeJunior:  Terry Borer | |||
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In addition to the Top 4 decks, a handful of other competitors’ decklists from the event have been preserved through tournament reports on early community hubs such as The Dojo and Usenet. These archived lists provide a broader picture of how players approached the unique Ice Age/Alliances constructed environment—commonly referred to as the "ALICE" format—beyond just the most successful archetypes. Together, they give modern readers a window into the evolving metagame and deck construction philosophy of the mid–1990s competitive scene.
John Immordino
John Immordino had the highest DCI ranking coming into the tournament, and finished 7th. He played a 
Nectropotence deck which also included Order of the White Shield, Blinking Spirit and Icequake.[1]
Evan Gridley
Evan Gridley placed 20th at PT Columbus, beating PT Los Angeles Champion Shawn "Hammer" Regnier and semi-finalist Mark Venhaus in pool play. He played a white weenie deck.[2]
Daniel Brickwell
Daniel Brickwell was a German player who was a regular contributor to Usenet. His best finish would be at the 1998 World Championships, where he placed 9th in the individual competition, and 3rd as part of the German team. At Columbus, he was 77th, missing the cut for Day Two.[1]
| “ | In the three weeks I had for testing the new IA/AL Arena, one card emerged as exceptionally strong: Thawing Glaciers. I especially began to love the combination of thawing glaciers and soldevi digger (thawing reschuffles!) As my testing group surmised that most people would be playing red/green (Horde, LD or Weenie) U/W/r seemed to be the answer, with pyroclasm, cops and binding grasps we supposed that the loss of wrath of god could be circumvented enough to make U/W/r a main contender especially with the continued card quality advantage of thawing and digger. | ” |
Creatures (2)
Enchantments (3)
Sideboard (15)
Jon Finkel played a different build of 
control deck to a Top 4 finish in the Junior devision.
References
- ↑ a b Daniel Brickwell (July 8, 1996). "Origens Report- Magic Revitalised !? Part 1 (long) (Usenet post)". Newsgroup: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy. Usenet.
- ↑ Evan Gridley (July 12, 1996). "Subject: PT3 report (since someone was asking) (Usenet post)". The Dojo. Retrieved on June 20, 2025.