Love this idea. Before Planechase we had a similar format called Planeswalker where we’d just use a deck of magic cards that were global effects. Still have one, great for multiplayer fun.
I played a 7 or 8 player planechase game about a week ago just for the novelty of it, it was exactly as chaotic and confusing as you would think. 10/10, if you can convince some of the other people at your lgs to go in for it I totally recommend
This is a good deal value wise IF SEALED, 45 dollar precon sealed where i live, plus 2 6 dollar packs, and commander masters a pack is 18 bucks online. So you got a HELL of a steal
Bloomburrow got me back to Magic due to the Artwork. I play still my Angel/Spirit Commander Deck but I actually buy Bloomburrow Boosters just to be able to build eiter a Bat/Rat or Lizard Deck.
That's Costco for ya. They gotta make the box look big because especially at that store, big boxes are what drives eyeballs. Wait until you see how they package gift cards.
Well the point is XMAS presents, so when it's wrapped and under a tree it looks bigger which makes the kids more excited. That's and it makes THEFT that much more stressful in attempting
Costco also sells gift cards i.e. a 1.5 x 2.5 inch piece of plastic packaged on a 12 x 5 inch piece of cardboard in a giant cardboard display box, all for something you could probably purchase directly from the company's website and have emailed to the recipient
I’d say it’s only really worth it if ya find that knight tribal commander deck, like the one shown in the video. Anything else and I’d say NO, it’s not worth it. Outside of the knight commander deck, the other decks were badly designed and weren’t too fun to play with.
Even that one isnt really worth a lot it's just scarce which is jacking up the price. This is before they actually started putting effort into making the landbase decent
@@xeper9458 Yeah Cavalry Charge saw a spike when a lot of reviewers were ranking it #1 prcon of 2022. I got into Commander in 2023, so when I was looking for a starting point I was getting pointed toward that one a lot but the price on it was like double all of the others so I ended up with both of the Phyrexia decks to start. :)
Hey Seth. I enjoyed this video when it came out. I just picked up the Sauron Commander deck with 2 packs of Lord of Rings in one box when I was at Costco this weekend.
Got decent pulls from my boosters out of the bundles from Costco. I pulled a Finale of Devastation and a Smothering Tithes plus some other playable pulls. I grabbed the Cavalry Charge & Call for Backup decks. Just played them this evening. First games of commander I’ve played with physical cards and not MTGO hahaha
Got the Sidar precon when it came out, changed out like 10 cards and the obligatory lands and that thing f*cking slaps in higher power casual games... Unbeaten in 1v1 against the, really annoying, Edgar Markov deck my buddy plays btw. Many decks are not ready to handle a flying first striker that draws and insantly reanimates another nice knight in turn 3-4. The package overall seems like a good deal for once, normally the big box store bundles are full of random crap to clear the storage. The decks are around 25-35, 17 for the CM set booster and let's say another easy 6-10 for the other stuff.
Just got one today and pulled a Cyclonic Rift, Bloodchief Ascension and Ashnod's Altar on the Commander Masters booster so I guess I didn't do that bad ;)
Planechase not planeshift…..and the dice is specifically for planechase. The die alone is $5+ since they only have a few precons where they are included. Same thing in yugioh too; legendary duelist packs had special dragon dice and i have 8 of them sealed and they are $10 each.
This is probably the best product for a player looking to start playing commander. Good price point, extra packs to "upgrade" the deck maybe or just get that crack a pack itch out of the way. Would recommend to parents that have kids wanting to start playing the game, someone wanting to get back into the game, or a player already wanting to get the deck. Keep in mind this was around the same price range as when they originally released
Do note costco packaging HAS to be that large. Although...all things considered, I'm QUITE sure there will be more than a few opened boxes around the store to be found, where they sell them at. Lord knows I've seen pokemon promo sets as well in the last couple of years.
Found the LOTR precons for $55. came with 4 promos and 2 packs. Seemed like a great deal for someone getting back into the game. I picked up all 4 decks!
Would be fun to watch a commander game where each person opens one of the Costco packages and can change out the cards from their precon commander deck with cards they open in the boosters.
wish my country had deals like this. its neat as a gift (either for a friend or to treat yourself) comes with excitement, the promos are foil which i think is neat even if they arent worth anything, and jace fits the colors of this specific deck so you could be excited to try to modify the deck right away. i really like this =D
The march of the machines Ixalan coin treatment is cool if you know the history behind it. The artist that made the art is the royal mint engraver who designed a bunch of medals and UK currency. Give it to MTG fans to not know much outside of goblins and elves ;)
Absolutely insane that the current pricing on Cardmarket for both promos is just over 10 dollars if you wanted the originals. Or just pay 50 cents for resale promos. Junk Wax era incoming.
for like 50 bucks and you get a commander masters pack? def worth it in my eyes after i googled how much each pack was going and if i wanted to buy this shit separately. plus for me those cheap promos i didn't have but now i do ;)
Seth, you should try to get the rest of the crew to play a commander plane Chase game for a video, I've done it with my playgroup and it's actually like ridiculously fun!
The backside on battles needs to be better for them to be worth it. Losing - wont be able to flip it Winning - you can flip it, but its winmore at that point, and because the backside is underwhelming, is it even worth putting time into flipping it instead of just winning? Tied - this is where flipping could be possible and worth it, but if you're taking time off from attacking your opponent, you're falling behind. The payoff needs to be good enough to be a solid threat and leapfrog you ahead. I think they tried to balance them based on mana cost, like, "they already paid a somewhat fair rate for the front side, we need to make the backside just okay". But the front side is rarely a great option compared to similar effects, and you'll rarely try to flip it without the backside being quite good, so at that point you're just playing a bad card. If they're going to be playable at all, the backside needs to threaten to win the game for it to be worth it to play a below average frontside and then put in the effort to flip.
I live in Kentucky and my local Walmart hasn't had much as far as magic lately because of those groups who get together and buy everything out and leave nothing for anyone else. But regardless of that. They did have a couple of commander pre cons bloomborrow and I think a Outlaws at thunder junction. And they wanted like $65 for those. So this bundle is a steal compared to those.
I wouldn’t quite agree that promo cards don’t hold value, just that promo reprints don’t. One of my favorite planeswalkers ever (tezzeret, master of the bridge) was exclusively a buy-a-box promo and up until they reprinted it in the recent bloomburrow secret lair it hadn’t really lost any value, hovering around $25. The original art is still $15-$17 even after the reprint.
I was able to snag the Cavalry Charge precon bundle a few weeks ago from there…even got a few neat pulls out of those packs. I hope Costco continues to sell MTG!
It’s a great deal on a commanders precon with the planechase cards and dice. The price will jump down and up for a few years like Edgar markov precon or the ur dragon is expensive now. Best to keep the deck for a paneschase deck with some in the commander deck gets a bonus in the format
I bought the Angel convoke commander specifically for the Nesting Dovehawk. It helped that the commander is Jeskai cuz I broke down that precon for Zinnia
I did pick one up and got lucky with the pulls from the packs. Deadly Rollick - Commander Masters pack Etali Primal Conqueror - March of the Machine pack
For $50 this deck plus all the pack and promos id definitely worth it. The only other ones that's worth it is Divine Convocation and Call For Backup, but they don't have them. If they were $40 I'd grab any of them though. The problem with these is that the lanbase is absolutely trash in all of them.
i havent played mtg for over 8 years now,formats iv played were draft,standard,modern, edh, pioneer,, but i think the best format for me is draft. rng with the luck of the picks.
I actually found a Sidar deck at a discount store for 20 bucks so when I saw these I was excited but also hoping for some other kind of Precon , are any of the other decks good ?
I bought this exact box, seems like the only one worth of the precons from this set, but my packs had a ragavan nimble pilferer and faerie mastermind so those 2 cards paid for the entire thing
They just discounted these boxes down from 42$ to 29$, Costco really wants to get rid of these and if you want the Planar cards it fun to pick up with Commander Masters set boosters still being like $18 a pop its half the cost there
I hope Battles return. We only got one type of Battle, so presumably they wont all be Sieges. We could easily end up with a type of Battle that plays better than Sieges.
Did you check to see if the packs are resealed? Because i would bet money that those packs are picked through for money cards and then resealed with bulk rares.
This product was absolutely made for Moms, Girlfriends, Wives, Grandmas and Aunts of mtg players. Normally these kind of products are a pitiful value and are just taking advantage of people with no knowledge and good intentions. In this case they are giving those shoppers something the gifted will be happy to receive, at a price that really is quite fare.
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Seth doesnt knew the Planar dice, now the crew need to play with the Planarchase
Planechase and Archenemy are some ideas for Commander Clash I'd like to see for sure.
Yes please play planes chase. It is so much fun.
Love this idea. Before Planechase we had a similar format called Planeswalker where we’d just use a deck of magic cards that were global effects. Still have one, great for multiplayer fun.
Planechase!!!!!!!
I played a 7 or 8 player planechase game about a week ago just for the novelty of it, it was exactly as chaotic and confusing as you would think. 10/10, if you can convince some of the other people at your lgs to go in for it I totally recommend
43.99 for the knight precon and several packs is actually a huge steal.
also its 3 somehting dollars in tax
This is a good deal value wise IF SEALED, 45 dollar precon sealed where i live, plus 2 6 dollar packs, and commander masters a pack is 18 bucks online. So you got a HELL of a steal
i got 1 of these and got a demonic tutor in the commander master pack.
Fun note if someone hasn't said it already, they are getting the LOTR precons in this bundle in November
I got them today…
@@pokekoa1753 the lotr precon bundle from Costco?
They're already up on the website, $59.99 each.
We're Costco Guys. Of course we get the Magic: The Gathering Deluxe Commander Kit.
Boom?
Grabbed one of these because I wanted the knights precon anyway. CMM pack had an Urza LHA, Deadly Rollick and full art Sol Ring!
That’s luck! The rollick and sol ring go in the precon well, too.
Isn’t that die for Planechase?
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An epic amount of cardboard for a small amount of more valuable (hopefully) cardboard 😂😂
It was for me. Those boosters ended up with way more value than what I paid for the box.
I pulled a Demonic Tutor from the Commander Masters pack. I wasn't planning on buying any Magic cards that day, was there for milk and chicken.
I got one of these (call for backup) and decided to crack the commander masters pack. Blightsteel, smothering tithe, and a dual land. Holy shi-
Give me your luck 😂
Dual land? 🧢
@@TheBrothers759 Probably referring to something like Vault of Champions
Great! 😃 That's great to hear 😊 Call for backup is easy to upgrades, fun planechases, putting plus one plus ones on creatures are so fun!
I just snooped the Canadian Costco site, they are also selling all four Fallout Commander decks as a bundle for $220 CAD.
Bloomburrow got me back to Magic due to the Artwork.
I play still my Angel/Spirit Commander Deck but I actually buy Bloomburrow Boosters just to be able to build eiter a Bat/Rat or Lizard Deck.
Such a wasteful packaging
That's Costco for ya. They gotta make the box look big because especially at that store, big boxes are what drives eyeballs. Wait until you see how they package gift cards.
Well the point is XMAS presents, so when it's wrapped and under a tree it looks bigger which makes the kids more excited. That's and it makes THEFT that much more stressful in attempting
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@@tReNhEx100 Also a good point, although I actually imagine Costco has got to have some of the lowest theft rates for any large retail chain.
Costco also sells gift cards i.e. a 1.5 x 2.5 inch piece of plastic packaged on a 12 x 5 inch piece of cardboard in a giant cardboard display box, all for something you could probably purchase directly from the company's website and have emailed to the recipient
For $43 you get the precon 3 packs and a collectors sample it’s a steal.
I pulled Ur-Dragon out of one of the packs in this bundle. I was so hyped.
seth was definitely playing sharpie magic before this video
its good value if you look at the price of the sealed product but the value in singles can vary. its solid. id say its a 8/10
I managed to pull a great henge out of my commander masters pack. Was very pleased.😊
I’d say it’s only really worth it if ya find that knight tribal commander deck, like the one shown in the video. Anything else and I’d say NO, it’s not worth it.
Outside of the knight commander deck, the other decks were badly designed and weren’t too fun to play with.
Even that one isnt really worth a lot it's just scarce which is jacking up the price. This is before they actually started putting effort into making the landbase decent
@@xeper9458 Yeah Cavalry Charge saw a spike when a lot of reviewers were ranking it #1 prcon of 2022. I got into Commander in 2023, so when I was looking for a starting point I was getting pointed toward that one a lot but the price on it was like double all of the others so I ended up with both of the Phyrexia decks to start. :)
@@chrisramsey5017 I got both of the Phyrexia decks myself and i love both of them, especially Ixhel!
My costco sold the precons for $30, and I pulled a Sheoldred from packs.
Hey Seth. I enjoyed this video when it came out. I just picked up the Sauron Commander deck with 2 packs of Lord of Rings in one box when I was at Costco this weekend.
Got decent pulls from my boosters out of the bundles from Costco. I pulled a Finale of Devastation and a Smothering Tithes plus some other playable pulls. I grabbed the Cavalry Charge & Call for Backup decks. Just played them this evening. First games of commander I’ve played with physical cards and not MTGO hahaha
I play Sidar. It’s a quite strong deck. Add incubator and upgrade land base. Boom!
Got the Sidar precon when it came out, changed out like 10 cards and the obligatory lands and that thing f*cking slaps in higher power casual games... Unbeaten in 1v1 against the, really annoying, Edgar Markov deck my buddy plays btw.
Many decks are not ready to handle a flying first striker that draws and insantly reanimates another nice knight in turn 3-4.
The package overall seems like a good deal for once, normally the big box store bundles are full of random crap to clear the storage. The decks are around 25-35, 17 for the CM set booster and let's say another easy 6-10 for the other stuff.
Just got one today and pulled a Cyclonic Rift, Bloodchief Ascension and Ashnod's Altar on the Commander Masters booster so I guess I didn't do that bad ;)
Considering the precon price before. It’s worth it. If they never did this you’d pay the same money for the precon
Planechase not planeshift…..and the dice is specifically for planechase.
The die alone is $5+ since they only have a few precons where they are included.
Same thing in yugioh too; legendary duelist packs had special dragon dice and i have 8 of them sealed and they are $10 each.
This is probably the best product for a player looking to start playing commander. Good price point, extra packs to "upgrade" the deck maybe or just get that crack a pack itch out of the way.
Would recommend to parents that have kids wanting to start playing the game, someone wanting to get back into the game, or a player already wanting to get the deck.
Keep in mind this was around the same price range as when they originally released
I think the commander deck alone, unless you can buy it for cost from Wizards, is a great find. I mean it was going for $90 sealed not too long ago.
Love watching ya open any product.
Do note costco packaging HAS to be that large.
Although...all things considered, I'm QUITE sure there will be more than a few opened boxes around the store to be found,
where they sell them at. Lord knows I've seen pokemon promo sets as well in the last couple of years.
Found the LOTR precons for $55. came with 4 promos and 2 packs. Seemed like a great deal for someone getting back into the game. I picked up all 4 decks!
Would be fun to watch a commander game where each person opens one of the Costco packages and can change out the cards from their precon commander deck with cards they open in the boosters.
wish my country had deals like this. its neat as a gift (either for a friend or to treat yourself) comes with excitement, the promos are foil which i think is neat even if they arent worth anything, and jace fits the colors of this specific deck so you could be excited to try to modify the deck right away. i really like this =D
The march of the machines Ixalan coin treatment is cool if you know the history behind it. The artist that made the art is the royal mint engraver who designed a bunch of medals and UK currency. Give it to MTG fans to not know much outside of goblins and elves ;)
Costco sold bundles for every commander precon for MOM btw, it wasn't just this one.
I grabbed one because I wanted the precon to use for another deck I’m building- 100% worth it imo and the packs are just always a fun time
I like when Seth tries to get value out of retail magic repacks. I'm always rooting for him.
I'm going to a birthday party next week and I purchased one of these for each person playing that day. I think the value is there.
Picked one up for the convoke deck and got a fierce guardianship. happy with that :)
I’ve been watching a bunch of Seth’s videos recently and it’s wild to me how little he knows about Magic lol
Associated with MTG goldfish, well known RUclipser; doesn't know what a planar die is.....
the fact i paid more at my lgs for just that sidar deck is wild
Love them dumping Commander Masters even though they just banded the chase card out of the set XD.
These were released before the bans. Been out for a month or more
Absolutely insane that the current pricing on Cardmarket for both promos is just over 10 dollars if you wanted the originals. Or just pay 50 cents for resale promos.
Junk Wax era incoming.
Heralds Horn is also a hit. You have 35 dollars in 8 singles. And that was with only making a single dollar on the sample pack. Wild.
Value aside, the number of solid/playable cards in the more recent commander decks continues to impress me.
for like 50 bucks and you get a commander masters pack? def worth it in my eyes after i googled how much each pack was going and if i wanted to buy this shit separately. plus for me those cheap promos i didn't have but now i do ;)
Seth, you should try to get the rest of the crew to play a commander plane Chase game for a video, I've done it with my playgroup and it's actually like ridiculously fun!
The Yargle art card looks so sick!
My brother bought the Planeswalkers Party precon a couple days ago, and from the collector sample he pulled a foil deflecting swat
The backside on battles needs to be better for them to be worth it.
Losing - wont be able to flip it
Winning - you can flip it, but its winmore at that point, and because the backside is underwhelming, is it even worth putting time into flipping it instead of just winning?
Tied - this is where flipping could be possible and worth it, but if you're taking time off from attacking your opponent, you're falling behind. The payoff needs to be good enough to be a solid threat and leapfrog you ahead.
I think they tried to balance them based on mana cost, like, "they already paid a somewhat fair rate for the front side, we need to make the backside just okay". But the front side is rarely a great option compared to similar effects, and you'll rarely try to flip it without the backside being quite good, so at that point you're just playing a bad card. If they're going to be playable at all, the backside needs to threaten to win the game for it to be worth it to play a below average frontside and then put in the effort to flip.
I live in Kentucky and my local Walmart hasn't had much as far as magic lately because of those groups who get together and buy everything out and leave nothing for anyone else. But regardless of that. They did have a couple of commander pre cons bloomborrow and I think a Outlaws at thunder junction. And they wanted like $65 for those. So this bundle is a steal compared to those.
Thanks! I have been curious about these packs
I wouldn’t quite agree that promo cards don’t hold value, just that promo reprints don’t. One of my favorite planeswalkers ever (tezzeret, master of the bridge) was exclusively a buy-a-box promo and up until they reprinted it in the recent bloomburrow secret lair it hadn’t really lost any value, hovering around $25. The original art is still $15-$17 even after the reprint.
kind of nice that the jace has the new mill templating though. probably doesnt mean anything but its nice to see
I was able to snag the Cavalry Charge precon bundle a few weeks ago from there…even got a few neat pulls out of those packs. I hope Costco continues to sell MTG!
It’s a great deal on a commanders precon with the planechase cards and dice. The price will jump down and up for a few years like Edgar markov precon or the ur dragon is expensive now. Best to keep the deck for a paneschase deck with some in the commander deck gets a bonus in the format
I got Sliver Swarm and the collector booster had a full art foil arcane signet so completely playable. Replaced the basic Arcane Signet in my deck.
I bought the Angel convoke commander specifically for the Nesting Dovehawk. It helped that the commander is Jeskai cuz I broke down that precon for Zinnia
If you're a sealed collector solid choice.
I bought 2 to take them apart, and I got an Ur-Dragon and a couple more hits. It was better than i expected, but I knew it might not be great.
I did pick one up and got lucky with the pulls from the packs.
Deadly Rollick - Commander Masters pack
Etali Primal Conqueror - March of the Machine pack
I would say this is a good product to introduce someone into MTG.
When i went there had a few different choices at my Costco. I thought about picking one up. I still may
I bought it for fun and I ended up getting deflecting swat from my booster which was really nice
3:24 you dont know about plainschase? 🎉🎉😮 you are about to have so much fun. Thats what the dice is for
It became 23.99 at one point for me :), but the knight precon was never sold at that Costco
For $50 this deck plus all the pack and promos id definitely worth it. The only other ones that's worth it is Divine Convocation and Call For Backup, but they don't have them. If they were $40 I'd grab any of them though. The problem with these is that the lanbase is absolutely trash in all of them.
honestly a great way to get a nesting dovehawk for cheap as it continues to rise
i havent played mtg for over 8 years now,formats iv played were draft,standard,modern, edh, pioneer,, but i think the best format for me is draft. rng with the luck of the picks.
I believe there was two other decks there too. I was really thinking about the convoke deck
I actually found a Sidar deck at a discount store for 20 bucks so when I saw these I was excited but also hoping for some other kind of Precon , are any of the other decks good ?
I pulled a Demonic Tutor out of that Commander Master mini-collector booster so I can authoritatively say: yes.
I would say that this is a good box to get your kid brother who wants to get into the game.
3:44 lol plain shift it’s plain chase Seth 😅
If I find this display I’m snagging 1 for sure!
The lotr bundle is gonna be 👌
My Costco had them for 29.95 two days ago. Scooped up two of them.
We just got these and pulled a Jeweled Lotus! 🎉🎉🎉
I bought this exact box, seems like the only one worth of the precons from this set, but my packs had a ragavan nimble pilferer and faerie mastermind so those 2 cards paid for the entire thing
Mana crypt didn’t fall that much. As of the post date of this video it was $100, but has since rebounded to $130, as of 10/3/24.
They just discounted these boxes down from 42$ to 29$, Costco really wants to get rid of these and if you want the Planar cards it fun to pick up with Commander Masters set boosters still being like $18 a pop its half the cost there
That looked like a planes walk dice.
I hope Battles return. We only got one type of Battle, so presumably they wont all be Sieges. We could easily end up with a type of Battle that plays better than Sieges.
My lgs still charging $80 for the knight precon…. I’m just going full proxy now, prices fucking stupid
That's the one MOTM precon that's held value. I've heard it's still nothing special, though.
I saw it, knew it was a bad idea. But still wanted it
Yesterday, I got 3 of each of these for $30 each.
I have never seen Magic sets at my local Costco. Looks like I can order them for delivery though.
didn't even know these were a thing, wow
I do think the packaging is a but much, but that looks neat; good be a good starter for a new player
Did you check to see if the packs are resealed? Because i would bet money that those packs are picked through for money cards and then resealed with bulk rares.
that is decent for the sidar deck alone. im actually trying to find that right now in germany,
and its really hard.
68 ish on card market in my area.
It’s worth since you found sindar my Costco was missing that one.
I bought this from Costco. Luckily I got a deflecting swat in commanders master pack.
This product was absolutely made for Moms, Girlfriends, Wives, Grandmas and Aunts of mtg players. Normally these kind of products are a pitiful value and are just taking advantage of people with no knowledge and good intentions. In this case they are giving those shoppers something the gifted will be happy to receive, at a price that really is quite fare.
Taking bets on number of unique cards mispronounced. I'm going with 4
What's a unique card?
@@Spocklee What's a card?
Are these in the toys isle?
The cards in my experience are only valuable if they stay in the original packaging.
Ahhh plane chase. Arguably better than Jumpstart. What a time. Where's my next Un set wotc
Looks like it’s time for Seth to play Planechase
Hey saffron olive would you be interested in buying a collection?