{"id":943844,"date":"2025-12-31T04:53:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T04:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=442814"},"modified":"2025-12-31T04:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T04:53:18","slug":"2023s-magic-the-gathering-heist-spawned-2024s-best-gen-con-cosplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2023s-magic-the-gathering-heist-spawned-2024s-best-gen-con-cosplay\/","title":{"rendered":"2023\u2019s Magic: The Gathering heist spawned 2024&#8217;s best Gen Con cosplay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2023s-magic-the-gathering-heist-spawned-2024s-best-gen-con-cosplay.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">After 2023\u2019s Gen Con \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/24209479\/gen-con-2024-the-best-new-board-games-card-games-and-tabletop-rpgs\">the biggest tabletop gaming convention in America<\/a> \u2014&nbsp;the biggest news was the real-life heist: Two men were caught on camera casually wheeling a cart containing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23823431\/magic-the-gathering-card-heist-gen-con\">$300,000 worth of <em>Magic: The Gathering<\/em><\/a> cards out of the convention. Two suspects were eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23860343\/gen-con-magic-the-gathering-felony-theft-charges\">arrested and charged<\/a>, and Indiana court records show they\u2019re due for a jury trial in October. The cards were recovered.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">But that wasn\u2019t the end of it: During this year\u2019s Gen Con, a roving cosplay duo dressed up as the thieves. Polygon tracked them down to talk about what went into their costume, and what it was like roving the con as a walking meme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Partners Chris Chheng and Stephanie Szabo are part of a Facebook group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2246486901\">Fans of Gen Con<\/a>, where Chheng says the Gen Con <em>Magic<\/em> thieves remain a running gag: \u201cEverybody jokes about it, everybody memes about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Szabo says the first time she suggested turning the meme into cosplay, it was just a joke, but she and Chheng quickly realized the idea could actually work. Once they\u2019d committed to it, they brought in Chheng\u2019s longtime friend Austin Jongeling as part of the plan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"iframely-embed\">\n<div class=\"iframely-responsive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/boardgames\/comments\/1ek7kk0\/magic_the_gathering_thieves_cosplay_at_gen_con\/\" data-iframely-url=\"\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?maxheight=750&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fboardgames%2Fcomments%2F1ek7kk0%2Fmagic_the_gathering_thieves_cosplay_at_gen_con&#038;key=a95589c51263af39f0de8ef8737db4f3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cI was looking at a picture \u2014 a security-cam photo of the event,\u201d Szabo tells Polygon. \u201cI&#8217;m like, <em>I could be one of the guys, but [\u2026] nah, this would be way funnier if we had Austin do it.<\/em> I don&#8217;t really match the description of the perpetrator as much. People were going to get it more if we got Austin to do it with Chris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The costume elements seem simple enough \u2014&nbsp;a pink shirt for Chheng and a <em>Castle Assault<\/em> T-shirt for Jongeling, mirroring what the thieves were wearing in the security-cam images released to the public. (The accused thieves are the creators of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/452056707\/castle-assault-a-battle-card-game-for-1-or-2-playe-0\"><em>Castle Assault<\/em> game<\/a>.) But Szabo says actually constructing that T-shirt wound up as a surprising challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cThere was a little bit of a kerfuffle with it,\u201d she says. \u201cWe bought some iron-on printer paper so we could print the logo on and iron it on. We didn&#8217;t realize you had to get a special type of paper to show up on a black T-shirt. So we did it at first, and it was not showing up. I&#8217;m like, <em>Oh God, this is in a couple days.<\/em> So we had some white scrap fabric in our craft room, and we ironed [the logo] onto the white fabric, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/HeatnBond-UltraHold-Iron-Adhesive-Inches\/dp\/B000XAMYXI\/\">HeatnBond-ed<\/a> it onto the black T-shirt, and it ended up looking really good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Chheng and Szabo had the most fun building the cart prop for the cosplay, a hollow-core box covered in glued-on <em>Magic<\/em> cards to make it look like the cart was full. Mostly, those were common cards purchased in bulk, though Chheng worked in a few Easter eggs for anyone who looked closely: He printed off some of the rarer and more in-demand cards to include on the cart, including a few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/tabletop-games\/24150140\/magic-the-gathering-black-lotus-3-million-card-sale-record\">Black Lotuses <\/a>and a single copy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23640074\/lotr-mtg-tales-of-middle-earth-one-ring-card\">one-of-a-kind One Ring card<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23817181\/mtg-one-ring-card-post-malone\">Post Malone famously purchased for $2 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">For Jongeling, though, the fun was in inventing and playing a character as the duo joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gencon.com\/gen-con-indy\/costume-contest\">Gen Con\u2019s annual costume parade<\/a> and wandered the halls to be seen and photographed by attendees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cI have a background in theater,\u201d he says. \u201cChris was pulling the cart, so I was like, <em>I could just be a guy walking, or I can actually become a character.<\/em> Fifteen feet into the actual exhibit hall, I was like, <em>OK, I&#8217;m going to be stealing cards from the wagon, even though in the story canon, we&#8217;ve already stolen the cards.<\/em> I became like a Machiavellian thief, like an old-time burglar, trying to sneak around and make sure no one was looking for the cards. I eventually started shoving cards into my pants pockets. I had, like, hundreds of cards in my front and back pockets. They were spilling out at times. I had to stop, get to the ground, and grab up the cards. Part of it was really trying to not leave debris on the floor, but it was also in character, trying to steal the cards and put them back in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The trio says they did hear a few instances of the dreaded cosplay question \u201cWhat are you supposed to be?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cI was a little bit nervous,\u201d Chheng says. \u201cLike, <em>Oh no, no, nobody&#8217;s gonna get it, and we\u2019re gonna look like a bunch of idiots walking around. <\/em>But then once we lined up for the cosplay parade, once that started going, people were just \u2014 it was just roaring laughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-facebook wp-block-embed-facebook\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"iframely-embed\">\n<div class=\"iframely-responsive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100002402562673\/videos\/795602849319363\/?idorvanity=2246486901\" data-iframely-url=\"\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?maxheight=750&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F100002402562673%2Fvideos%2F795602849319363%2F%3Fidorvanity%3D2246486901&#038;key=a95589c51263af39f0de8ef8737db4f3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cI saw one photo of a guy in the crowd \u2014 he&#8217;s just, like, laughing wholeheartedly, like open-mouth, you can tell the joy on his face,\u201d Szabo says. \u201cThat made my highlight \u2014 this cosplay was so worth it, solely for that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cThe way the box was set up \u2014 you probably saw in the pictures that from the front, you can&#8217;t really see the cards all that well,\u201d Chheng says. \u201cThen as we walked past people, and they saw the cards spilling out of it, and Austin falling behind in a little robber tiptoe, swiping them from the box as well \u2014 as we\u2019d walk past people, they realized what we were, and there was just this consistent wave of people laughing as we walked past them. So that made it worth it for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The trio skipped Gen Con\u2019s formal costume contest: \u201cWe just did the parade,\u201d Chheng says. \u201cWe were tempted to enter the costume contest, and probably would have, if it were a much smaller con, but\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cThere was a waitlist for the contest,\u201d Szabo says. \u201cI was like, \u2018This will be a lot of effort for a joke, and I don&#8217;t want to take a legitimate spot from people who really want to enter for the craft. If there weren\u2019t so many applicants, and this wasn&#8217;t the largest year of Gen Con, maybe. But we were like, <em>We&#8217;ll just let other people do it<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Instead, they were content to be in on the joke at one of their favorite annual events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cWhen I was way younger, there weren\u2019t a lot of nerd conventions,\u201d Szabo says. \u201cWhen I heard about Gen Con \u2014 I was really little, and I was like, <em>That looks so much fun. I want to be around those people.<\/em> And so when I got old enough to actually go, I just fell in love with it. I feel so welcomed here. Everyone feels like my friend, basically. You can just strike up a conversation with anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/gen-con\/442814\/2023s-magic-the-gathering-heist-spawned-2024s-best-gen-con-cosplay\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 2023\u2019s Gen Con \u2014 the biggest tabletop gaming convention in America \u2014&nbsp;the biggest news was the real-life heist: Two men were caught on camera casually wheeling a cart containing $300,000 worth of Magic: The Gathering cards out of the convention. Two suspects were eventually arrested and charged, and Indiana court records show they\u2019re due for a jury trial in October. The cards were recovered.&nbsp; But that wasn\u2019t the end of it: During this year\u2019s Gen Con, a roving cosplay duo dressed up as the thieves. Polygon tracked them down to talk about what went into their costume, and what it was like roving the con as a walking meme. Partners Chris Chheng and Stephanie Szabo are part of a Facebook group, Fans of Gen&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/2023s-magic-the-gathering-heist-spawned-2024s-best-gen-con-cosplay\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":943845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-943844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2023\u2019s Magic: The Gathering heist spawned 2024&#8217;s best Gen Con cosplay | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After 2023\u2019s Gen Con \u2014 the biggest tabletop gaming convention in America 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