1996 Pro Tour Los Angeles/Side events
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| Pro Tour Los Angeles | ||||
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| Date | May 3 to 5, 1996 | |||
| Location |
 Los Angeles, California | |||
| Attendance |
Seniors: 179 | |||
| Format | Booster Draft (Fourth Edition & Homelands) | |||
| Prize pool |
Senior: $100,000 Junior: $30,000 (Scholarships) | |||
| Winner |
Senior: Shawn Regnier Junior: Max Szlagor | |||
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In addition to the invitation-only Pro Tour tournament, there were several side events available for the general public. The biggest of these was the Alliances Sneak Peek event on Sunday morning.[1]
Friday, May 3, 1996
- 7:30-10:00pm: Gunslinging with Wizards of the Coast staff.
- 7:30-10:00pm: Netrunner demostrations.
- 8:30-9:30pm: Game Show
Saturday, May 4, 1996
- 10:30am: Japanese Sealed Deck tournament. $20 entry.
- 11:30am: Mini Master. A limited event where players start with one Booster pack and basic lands. The winner of each match wins the loser's cards, rebuilds their deck, and then repeats until only one player is left standing.
- 12:00pm: Type I tournament. $10 entry.
- 1:00pm: Grand Master. Like the Mini Master, but players start with Starter Decks.
- 2:00pm: Type II tournament. $10 entry.
- 3:00pm: Netrunner tournament.
- 3:00pm - 8:00pm: Open Play
Sunday, May 5, 1996
- 8:00am: Alliances Sneak Preview Sealed Deck. $25 entry.
- 10:00am: Grand Master
- 11:00am: Mini Master
- 12:00pm-3:00pm: Open Play
Alliances Sneak Preview
This was the global Prerelease event for Alliances, which would be released the following month on June 10, 1996. It was the first time that members of the public would see any cards from the new set. Roughly 450 players participated in the event, which was Sealed deck with one Ice Age Starter and two Alliances boosters.[2] Alliances was extremely well received, and there was high demand for buying, selling, and trading of the new cards following the event.
References
- ↑ Steve Burkow (May 1, 1996). "PT2 - what's the schedule of events - please help (Usenet post)". rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc. Usenet. Retrieved on June 17, 2025.
- ↑ Daniel Gray (May 6, 1996). "Musings from Long Beach(Part 2 of 2) (Usenet post)". rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc. Usenet. Retrieved on June 17, 2025.