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==Description== The set originally retailed for $125 US and became available in May 1996. They 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 [[archetype]]s present at the 1996 [[Pro Tour]] in New York. 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. Additionally, the cards feature a golden [[border]] and have a gold signature of the deck's creator. The back of the cards feature the ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' Pro Tour logo and are labeled "Inaugural Tournament New York City February 1996." Part of each deck is a bio card which provides some background of each [[player]] and a decklist card that lists the content of each deck. Additionally, blank cards were added to raise the number of cards per deck to 90. This Pro Tour used an interesting deck construction format, a variation of the [[Standard]] or "Type II" format. In addition to the usual restrictions for Standard decks, each deck was required to contain at least five cards from each of the legal expansions. Meeting this requirement without lowering the efficiency of the decks gave the deck-builders an interesting challenge. These cards were written under ''[[Fifth Edition]]'' rules. *Deck I - [[Michael Loconto]] (champion) *Deck II - Eric Tam (quarter-finalist) *Deck III - [[Bertrand Lestree]] (runner-up) *Deck IV - [[Shawn Regnier|Shawn "Hammer" Regnier]] (quarter-finalist) *Deck V - Leon Lindback (semi-finalist) *Deck VI - George Baxter (quarter-finalist) *Deck VII - Preston Poulter (semi-finalist) *Deck VIII - [[Mark Justice]] (quarter-finalist) These cards are '''not''' legal in any [[DCI]]-sanctioned tournaments.
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