(Thread) In honor of #SCGCON Philadelphia and the giant multiple Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty prerelease events we're running this weekend, here are five fun facts about #MTG Prereleases!
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1) The first official #MTG Prerelease ever was for Homelands! @wizards_magic rented out two floors of a New York Hotel, had a ton of decorations and special guests, and it paved the way for future Prerelease events.
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2) Pro Tour Atlanta in 1995 was a Mirage Prerelease event! The players =went in blind as the event started, as the cards hadn't been spoiled prior. Imagine playing in a tournament where you didn't know any of the cards before you started playing!
3) The first Prerelease promo card was the Tempest Dirtcowl Wurm. The first publicly release foil card EVER was the Urza's Saga Prerelease Lightning Dragon! (Wizards would debut foils in packs with the following set, Urza's Legacy). 
4) From Invasion through Judgment (6 sets), the Prerelease cards were printed in languages that were otherwise not used for regular MTG releases. This includes Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Arabic, Herbrew and Russian (though Russian cards started being mass-produced with 9th Edition)
5) The Portugese Foil Rivals of Ixalan DFC cards were all misprinted The sheet was shifted during the print run, and all of the cards flip to the wrong back. For instance, Journey to Eternity flips to Vault of Catlacan, instead of Atzal, Cave of Eternity!
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BONUS: Here's a picture of me from 1995 playing #MTG and representing Neutral Ground. I found it while researching this tweet thread. Yes, once upon a time I had hair!
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