What I appreciate the most about this channel is stuff like this. Rudy is super smart with money but it's not like watching a finance channel when you're trying to learn. He is just a giant kid and he knows his audience. He tries to keep it light and jokes while slipping in crucial concepts. Thank you rudy. Been here for a while now and still as good as when I started
BUT... He would only end up with about 140k at most after the 8% sales costs or more, plus the 20% taxes+. It would be like losing 5 years of 'interest' ... You didn’t consider 8% sales costs. As well as paying 20% taxes when you sell. Plus state taxes.
I will stop buying sealed product with 2023 Topps Update ( baseball cards vs mtg I know ) I stopped buying mtg sealed product after Dominaria. So in a few months I will no longer be adding to any sealed product ... just gonna hold
Bruh he said he's 39 and bought his first house in 2005.... 18 years ago he'd be 21..... his entire story is bs.... very well spoken well read guy , but either you're a trust fund baby or just completely lying about everything
I believe there is a beginner financial video from years ago but it's labeled in traditional Rudy fashion so I can't remember what it's called. The financial videos have been super helpful and I use a lot of his advice to this day
i'd say if you want to start in 2023 you should use the upcoming new TCG's to turn a profit. Lorcana, one piece, flesh and blood. are currently all great investments.
My friend, I’m here just for these long talks about money and i love every single minute of it. I wish you were to share your insights more frequently, you’re great at explaining difficult concepts for noobs. All the best to you and your family.
Honestly aftwe watching the entire video to the end, more and more I would love it if you deep dived more into these topics and got more into the nitty gritty. You'd be an amazing teacher. I know the time aspect is a rough one, but a boy can dream lol
Finally another white board video. This is probably my favorite style of video from you Rudy. I know they arent really popular, but knowledge is often tossed aside by people who only like drama.
Rudy's white board videos are always my favorite content. He really does an excellent job explaining both the concepts and dynamics in/around business, as much as trading cards.
Our group stopped buying sealed boxes after The Brothers War because Wizards had far too many price increases this year only to have Amazon Dumps later on in the year. Wizards have screwed over the distributors, the LGS, and the players. We our saving thousands of dollars by not falling for Wizards gimmicks and they overprint their products. Thank you for the video Rudy.
I have to hank you Rudy for what you do. I'm not an investor. I'm just a player that would like to see prices driven into the ground so I can finally afford a Craterhoof for my elves. But Magic has the player, the collector and the investor sides to it, so It's really useful to have someone explain how the system works behind the scenes if you don't fit in all the three categories.
In my mind you are still Uncle Rudy. A lot of families never have someone who talks about these topics and perspectives. Have been listening for about 6 years and am very grateful.
19:54 real-estate hit new “soft bottoms” though as well. The area we bought in saw an increase of 250% over 3 years. It retraced 20% but then started moving up at ~2% per quarter. The houses that would qualify for an fha catapulted and settled at new lows.
Watched to the very end. No need to leave any funny comments. My wife and I enjoy these finance videos tremendously. She does not share my Magic passion; she understands it; but she will watch these videos of yours!
I have zero interest in CCG stuff, but I love watching Rudy videos. These financial vids are pure gold- would love to see more. Wish they’d have taught us this stuff in school. Thanks, Rudy.
We both know that you're doing 10-minute videos very regularly because the YT algo incentivizes that. My favorite videos are always the longer videos (which I do watch until the end) with the war stories and the finance contents. I watch eagerly for the latter ones. Thanks!
Hey Rudy !!!! I'm giving you something funny :) I've watch it all. But more than this , I like the way you share you market experience and you do it with jokes and I like it. Since I'm canadian , I'm saying hi from your neighbour from the north XD
Great analysis and breakdown comparisons, with some added humor! I found this via a thread on reddit discussing selling a house vs keeping it and someone recommended this video and channel. This has helped provide additional considerations and I think I have confirmed my original answer to sell and move to more risk free, time saving investments.
Good video, Something-Funny Man. That topic really deserved the 44 minutes it took to get through some of the basic ideas of these financials. Appreciated, even if it doesn't entirely apply to me as non-US person, over here it is similar in some points to be comparable at least.
In Australia we used to have 3 distributors selling mtg products to stores, 2 of them have stopped selling it as of 2023, the last one standing is currently having large sales on their mtg range., booster boxes for $75au or $50us.
The banks aren't lending out money that was deposited by customers. When a bank gives out a loan it doesn't check whether it has the money because it can simply generate the money. It gives out a loan if it thinks you will pay it back. Banks have a tiny rate of money reserves to outstanding credit.
16:59 Rudy: no matter how bad you think it is times that by ten. Damn, you’re being generous. Try 100x. What next you’re going to hand out free PS5’s in Times Square 😂
I listened in while sorting and cataloguing some og kamigawa sets. I hear ya. We're renting out a place. Looking at better places where to put our money as well. The roughside is that in my market, tenants' rent wont cover the mortgage. I will be paying money to have someone else live there and I'm hoping to get value out of it at the end.
Crazy world Rudy, crazy world indeed. Still, this type of videos are the ones I enjoy the most. Hard, but honest opinions are hard to come by nowadays, and for that arre really apreciated. Thank You, and Kee it up!!
Imagine having CNBC next to a dude in a black shirt with magic the gathering in the background . Who would we trust more with the correct financial advice . My goodness .. there is only one answer . You are fantastic . What a terrific channel
These videos are like a condensed form of economics and business classes, but without the piece of paper that says i'm a good boy who can finish tests correctly
There is a lot of good info, but the fact that you paid off the house was always the issue( a cash out refi last year would have been the way to go)...rich people do not pay off the loan, they put down the least amount of 10-25% and use the tenants money to build equity. If you put down 50k on your 250k house and if you made 10k, that would be a 20% return.
TL/DR: Even after all of his analysis, the home (8% return = $20K) is a better investment than his corporate bonds (7% = $17.5K pretax) with his very conservative numbers (appreciation around us is 7% average over past 20 year vs his 4% Florida average). Be diversified for sure, but the rental property is the better option with all else equal. Rudy's opportunity cost is $2.5K per month to save maybe a day or two of work a year. Maybe worth it for him, but not the average small rental property owner. It really depends on where the property is. Florida is high risk and a lot of areas - especially around Rudy - are kind of undesirable (thus the $250K - we are assuming after fees and taxes). In a desirable location, you have to factor in average appreciation as well. For desirable areas it is 5-10% a year (averaged over 20 years) in addition to your rental income, but I understand the Florida average is probably far less, and even negative in some areas. So yes, you are making maybe 5-6% on the rental income, but you are at least doubling that with appreciation that can be borrowed against - a real asset. This is actually why large companies and individuals with cash are still buying up property and homes - at least in my area... it is one of the biggest hurdles to home ownership for the average person and it would be great if the wealthy weren't allowed to hoard scarce necessities like food and shelter. Honestly, the time to prep and sell a house and go through the closing process is equivalent to 2-3 rental turnovers. Also, if you are not an apartment and not a corporate landlord, your turnover is far less frequent than 2.5 years. Rudy even said this property only had 3 renters total. We have only had 4 renters over our 17 years of renting our home. We have had to organize maintenance during turnover or repairs and had to clean 4 times to get that extra 1-3% return every year. We haven't had to replace the roof (30 year roof is standard here) or A/C (not in Florida) in that time and maintenance is only a couple hundred dollars for A/C & heating. I agree with taking some money out for maintenance ($1K a year), but turnover is much lower and we have never had a vacancy for more than 2 weeks (cleanup and move in the next). Finally, housing has much more scarcity than CDs or bonds and it is a necessity. Housing is extremely in demand in many areas and is almost as sure as an investment as a bond - at least over the past 40 years.
They really are. Every time he does a pink visor video, I learn more than I ever did in my 30 years of life about money and the mindset of money and investing.
Love the Master Classes from Rudy, never better said and explained, and it is that the world has nuances and is complex, and still at core the rules are simple.
Great video. I really enjoy your channel not only for the collector card game content but this type of content also. You have helped me look at finances in a different light which is good. Thank you, Live Long Prosper and Collect Your Own Way.
Would you consider making some videos highlighting interesting things you've seen happen throughout the time you've spent following these markets and providing your insight in regards to what you believe happened/things of note that stood out to you (or didn't) at the time and in hindsight? Could be specific things/times/trends/events/observations within any particular market(s) you've been involved with or are at all familiar with, the overall economy in general, anything really. You have so much knowledge and familiarity on many related topics, and despite you sharing a lot with us already, I feel like we only get to see a very limited glimpse of your expertise in regards to a very particular market except when you treat us to something like this. Would love more of this
Here is something funny Rudy! I was in Orlando ordering sushi from DoorDash app. I chose pickup and my friend and I went to the restaurant. Restaurant did not have our order. So I check my app, I chose the correct restaurant but it was in Minnesota. So my friend gives me nicknames based on Minnesota landmarks. :)
I know you probably don’t care because YT doesn’t seem to be a legitimate revenue stream for you in the grand scheme of things, but I think you could make a wildly successful YT channel just focusing on finance. Pretty sure I’ve never seen another finance channel make a giggity mid video, and that’s a problem.
Recently I finally got into Flesh and Blood, mostly because of you. What a fun game, very tense and engaging 1v1 experience that Wizards have kind of ruined with too much focus on supporting the player-created multiplayer format. Thank you for believing in the game and essentially funding the first print runs. Here's something funny below: 21000 divided by 17 is roughly 1230, not 900 :)
I watched all 45 but can't come up with a joke worthy of the effort you gave in this video. The easy interest money has been super attractive. That said I have went that direction while still adding to Weiss and Pokemon. The long term potential on these TCGs probably will outweigh the easy money but like you said diversity is important. People are so negative on TCGs that this is an incredible opportunity.
What I appreciate the most about this channel is stuff like this. Rudy is super smart with money but it's not like watching a finance channel when you're trying to learn. He is just a giant kid and he knows his audience. He tries to keep it light and jokes while slipping in crucial concepts. Thank you rudy. Been here for a while now and still as good as when I started
In what way is this guy super smart? He's been complaining about Hasbro ever since it's been a challenge to make money. 😂
BUT... He would only end up with about 140k at most after the 8% sales costs or more, plus the 20% taxes+. It would be like losing 5 years of 'interest' ...
You didn’t consider 8% sales costs. As well as paying 20% taxes when you sell. Plus state taxes.
This was why I subscribed so many years ago. That and the horrible jokes!
You know this post made me realize how much I appreciate Rudy’s consistency
I will stop buying sealed product with 2023 Topps Update ( baseball cards vs mtg I know ) I stopped buying mtg sealed product after Dominaria. So in a few months I will no longer be adding to any sealed product ... just gonna hold
It's so hard to take Rudy seriously without the pink visor.
I ONLY take financial advice from trusted sources usually hairy bears with pink visors.
Rumour has it rudy's stepped on the visor and is missing out on views because of it.
Gabe over on SNEEP stole it from him for his Monday Market Update Videos
That's how you can tell this was AI
Bruh he said he's 39 and bought his first house in 2005.... 18 years ago he'd be 21..... his entire story is bs.... very well spoken well read guy , but either you're a trust fund baby or just completely lying about everything
I always love these long money talks, thanks Rudy
Me too
Can you do a complete beginner financial video? And a "How would Rudy start now in 2023?". Awesome videos!
I would love to hear what Rudy has to say about this!
I believe there is a beginner financial video from years ago but it's labeled in traditional Rudy fashion so I can't remember what it's called. The financial videos have been super helpful and I use a lot of his advice to this day
yes please, an update from the initial videos years ago but more beard attach
i'd say if you want to start in 2023 you should use the upcoming new TCG's to turn a profit.
Lorcana, one piece, flesh and blood. are currently all great investments.
How to start in 2023? Go to church and pray that God exists LOL
My friend, I’m here just for these long talks about money and i love every single minute of it.
I wish you were to share your insights more frequently, you’re great at explaining difficult concepts for noobs.
All the best to you and your family.
Honestly aftwe watching the entire video to the end, more and more I would love it if you deep dived more into these topics and got more into the nitty gritty. You'd be an amazing teacher. I know the time aspect is a rough one, but a boy can dream lol
Damn what a masterpiece. Even brought it all back around to MTG
Finally another white board video. This is probably my favorite style of video from you Rudy. I know they arent really popular, but knowledge is often tossed aside by people who only like drama.
God please be Pink Visor time
^THIS!
He should have worn 2. He owes us one from the last time.
Yeah, this is BS. The visor is the best part😂
Rudy's white board videos are always my favorite content. He really does an excellent job explaining both the concepts and dynamics in/around business, as much as trading cards.
Our group stopped buying sealed boxes after The Brothers War because Wizards had far too many price increases this year only to have Amazon Dumps later on in the year. Wizards have screwed over the distributors, the LGS, and the players. We our saving thousands of dollars by not falling for Wizards gimmicks and they overprint their products. Thank you for the video Rudy.
@@RazzleDazzle23 lmao
Thanks!
I have to hank you Rudy for what you do.
I'm not an investor. I'm just a player that would like to see prices driven into the ground so I can finally afford a Craterhoof for my elves.
But Magic has the player, the collector and the investor sides to it, so It's really useful to have someone explain how the system works behind the scenes if you don't fit in all the three categories.
"Compounding intrest is the 8th wonder of the world. He who understands it earns it. He who doesn't pays it"
In my mind you are still Uncle Rudy. A lot of families never have someone who talks about these topics and perspectives. Have been listening for about 6 years and am very grateful.
19:54 real-estate hit new “soft bottoms” though as well. The area we bought in saw an increase of 250% over 3 years. It retraced 20% but then started moving up at ~2% per quarter. The houses that would qualify for an fha catapulted and settled at new lows.
thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and going in depth with your logic.
Watched to the very end. No need to leave any funny comments. My wife and I enjoy these finance videos tremendously. She does not share my Magic passion; she understands it; but she will watch these videos of yours!
Never stop doing these Rudy! Its crazy to think how many life lessons I have learned from a guy that deals in cardboard.
I have zero interest in CCG stuff, but I love watching Rudy videos. These financial vids are pure gold- would love to see more. Wish they’d have taught us this stuff in school. Thanks, Rudy.
I've been watching for years and have never even touched a magic card
@@CoffeeVSInvesting Same here!
Your breakdown of the taco index is always a treat to experience
If Rudy was my land lord I wonder if he'd accept sealed product as rent.
Oh he would.. at 60 percent off tcgplayer/ebay low
Sure at 40c on the dollar
Lmaoo
_"Only Revised Dual Lands with not too smoke-yellowed borders"_
Thanks for the bundle of opinions, it was very informative. I won't go into the specifics, but my horizons have been expanded.
My favorite video you have put out recently and one of the best financial videos i have seen on RUclips
We both know that you're doing 10-minute videos very regularly because the YT algo incentivizes that. My favorite videos are always the longer videos (which I do watch until the end) with the war stories and the finance contents. I watch eagerly for the latter ones. Thanks!
Hey Rudy !!!!
I'm giving you something funny :) I've watch it all.
But more than this , I like the way you share you market experience and you do it with jokes and I like it.
Since I'm canadian , I'm saying hi from your neighbour from the north XD
Great analysis and breakdown comparisons, with some added humor! I found this via a thread on reddit discussing selling a house vs keeping it and someone recommended this video and channel. This has helped provide additional considerations and I think I have confirmed my original answer to sell and move to more risk free, time saving investments.
I love the cut your ear off and mail it to yourself🤣 gets me every time
😵💫 Cant tell if it’s the edible kicking in or Rudy’s camera flipping out 🧐
Relatable. 🤣
Im joining the club.
It's the camera rofl wow
Thank god I usually listen without looking lol
auto focus going crazy lol
These are your best videos. I watch every second when you post them! Thank you for taking the time to make them!
well done my friend. I had been thinking of buying a rent house in the future, but this gave me some other things to chew on first
These videos are the true value of this channel.
I’ve been waiting for this video! When Rudy started mentioning corporate debt last fall, and I started researching…..
binging your content,
Pokemon sure proved you wrong, for now.
great overall advice.
thanks
You're opening my mind with this one. Didn't think enjoying Magic would do this to me. Thank you.
We need more people willing to speak the truth like you.
Great video!!! Hands down one of my favorites and you're spot on. Don't go ALL IN, but don't stop either!!
Good video, Something-Funny Man. That topic really deserved the 44 minutes it took to get through some of the basic ideas of these financials. Appreciated, even if it doesn't entirely apply to me as non-US person, over here it is similar in some points to be comparable at least.
Rudy at his best. Awesome video, but as you said, get this whiteboard to a location you can use it more!!!
Thanks Rudy! Watched til the end and appreciate your thoughts.
I appreciate these longer form videos, about real money and larger long term investing. tyvm
45 min is light work. Keep it coming!
Great insights, bluntly honest ... much appreciated!
**** you rudy, appreciate your videos. I wish i found this channel years ago
I haven't watched any Rudy videos for years... but a gut feeling tells me I need to watch this. Interesting point of view.
Hey! The Michael Saylor of magic. What’s up brah. Been a while since I watched your videos. Love these type of videos
In Australia we used to have 3 distributors selling mtg products to stores, 2 of them have stopped selling it as of 2023, the last one standing is currently having large sales on their mtg range., booster boxes for $75au or $50us.
Great video…where is the pink visor.
Brokenomics by the Lotus Eater goes over this kind of stuff pretty in-depth
Dan!
I was poor watching this channel in 2018 during the Hour of Devastating Wallet era and now its 2023 and im still poor. ;(
Really fantastic video Rudy. I would kill to sit down with you and just chat about markets and finance. Cheers for this!
The banks aren't lending out money that was deposited by customers. When a bank gives out a loan it doesn't check whether it has the money because it can simply generate the money. It gives out a loan if it thinks you will pay it back.
Banks have a tiny rate of money reserves to outstanding credit.
This video was the perfect length to watch in its entirety while taking a dump and not have my legs go numb. Keep em coming, Rudy!
Happy birthday Rudy🎉.
As a guy approaching his mid-30s, these kinds of Rudy videos feel like intro videos to being an adult.
16:59 Rudy: no matter how bad you think it is times that by ten.
Damn, you’re being generous. Try 100x. What next you’re going to hand out free PS5’s in Times Square 😂
I listened in while sorting and cataloguing some og kamigawa sets. I hear ya. We're renting out a place. Looking at better places where to put our money as well. The roughside is that in my market, tenants' rent wont cover the mortgage. I will be paying money to have someone else live there and I'm hoping to get value out of it at the end.
Crazy world Rudy, crazy world indeed. Still, this type of videos are the ones I enjoy the most. Hard, but honest opinions are hard to come by nowadays, and for that arre really apreciated.
Thank You, and Kee it up!!
Great video Rudy. I love these the most!
By the way HAPPY BIRTHDAY you legend!
Fantastic video and hilariously this is one of the “choices” situations I’m in…thanks for the perspective.
Imagine having CNBC next to a dude in a black shirt with magic the gathering in the background . Who would we trust more with the correct financial advice . My goodness .. there is only one answer . You are fantastic . What a terrific channel
Watched the entire video in 2x speed, I believe this to be the true speed in which Rudy's brain operates. Sick.
Rudy, you should become a college business professor 👍
He would have to wear pants though
He wouldn't be able to contain himself. The halfwits playing make believe would run him off the campus.
@@chrisfloto3599digital classes? From his basement
_Rudy A. Investments, PhD, head of the Cardboard Department_
45 min in & still MTG was a fun ride up until 2022. People DIVERSIFY over the long haul !
Very informative vid! Thanks for the education!
Love this analysis. Appreciate you for all that you do for the hobby!!!
These videos are like a condensed form of economics and business classes, but without the piece of paper that says i'm a good boy who can finish tests correctly
So not what you compared it to at all
You're a Timmy if you think that.
@@gregpenismith1248Your mother
There is a lot of good info, but the fact that you paid off the house was always the issue( a cash out refi last year would have been the way to go)...rich people do not pay off the loan, they put down the least amount of 10-25% and use the tenants money to build equity. If you put down 50k on your 250k house and if you made 10k, that would be a 20% return.
TL/DR: Even after all of his analysis, the home (8% return = $20K) is a better investment than his corporate bonds (7% = $17.5K pretax) with his very conservative numbers (appreciation around us is 7% average over past 20 year vs his 4% Florida average). Be diversified for sure, but the rental property is the better option with all else equal. Rudy's opportunity cost is $2.5K per month to save maybe a day or two of work a year. Maybe worth it for him, but not the average small rental property owner.
It really depends on where the property is. Florida is high risk and a lot of areas - especially around Rudy - are kind of undesirable (thus the $250K - we are assuming after fees and taxes). In a desirable location, you have to factor in average appreciation as well. For desirable areas it is 5-10% a year (averaged over 20 years) in addition to your rental income, but I understand the Florida average is probably far less, and even negative in some areas. So yes, you are making maybe 5-6% on the rental income, but you are at least doubling that with appreciation that can be borrowed against - a real asset. This is actually why large companies and individuals with cash are still buying up property and homes - at least in my area... it is one of the biggest hurdles to home ownership for the average person and it would be great if the wealthy weren't allowed to hoard scarce necessities like food and shelter.
Honestly, the time to prep and sell a house and go through the closing process is equivalent to 2-3 rental turnovers. Also, if you are not an apartment and not a corporate landlord, your turnover is far less frequent than 2.5 years. Rudy even said this property only had 3 renters total. We have only had 4 renters over our 17 years of renting our home. We have had to organize maintenance during turnover or repairs and had to clean 4 times to get that extra 1-3% return every year. We haven't had to replace the roof (30 year roof is standard here) or A/C (not in Florida) in that time and maintenance is only a couple hundred dollars for A/C & heating. I agree with taking some money out for maintenance ($1K a year), but turnover is much lower and we have never had a vacancy for more than 2 weeks (cleanup and move in the next). Finally, housing has much more scarcity than CDs or bonds and it is a necessity. Housing is extremely in demand in many areas and is almost as sure as an investment as a bond - at least over the past 40 years.
33:45
"...that's Timmy shit."
Perhaps the greatest line ever utter in the history of the universe.
This is one of the best financial education videos I've ever seen on RUclips. Thanks for sharing your thought processes.
They really are. Every time he does a pink visor video, I learn more than I ever did in my 30 years of life about money and the mindset of money and investing.
Fantastic content, and very well articulated. Thank you for the video sir.
29:17 was the best 30 seconds of my life.
This are the videos that make me love your channel Rudy. It's feels like talking with an lont time friend. Keep it up, men. You're awsome.
There are actually 3 types of people.
People that makes things happen
people that watch things happen
and people that ask "What just happened?"
Do more videos like this Rudy! They are terrific
So much betterr than pack opening videos.
Thanks
Rudy: Here is "something funny below." Thanks for the effort you put into making this video.
Love the Master Classes from Rudy, never better said and explained, and it is that the world has nuances and is complex, and still at core the rules are simple.
I hope I can be half as Rudy as Rudy when I grow up, really has his Rudy together.
Still posting golden content in the dancing girls shorts era. Love to see it.
Great video. I really enjoy your channel not only for the collector card game content but this type of content also. You have helped me look at finances in a different light which is good. Thank you, Live Long Prosper and Collect Your Own Way.
Aren't corporate bonds risky and the rates can change quickly?
Here's something funny below.
Also, I share your financial videos with my wife. They get us to talk finances and help us a lot. Thanks Rudy
Really enjoy the big money breakdown videos. Cheers Rudy
Would you consider making some videos highlighting interesting things you've seen happen throughout the time you've spent following these markets and providing your insight in regards to what you believe happened/things of note that stood out to you (or didn't) at the time and in hindsight? Could be specific things/times/trends/events/observations within any particular market(s) you've been involved with or are at all familiar with, the overall economy in general, anything really.
You have so much knowledge and familiarity on many related topics, and despite you sharing a lot with us already, I feel like we only get to see a very limited glimpse of your expertise in regards to a very particular market except when you treat us to something like this. Would love more of this
Phenomenal video sir! More like this!
more of these please ! but with pink visor..
Here is something funny Rudy! I was in Orlando ordering sushi from DoorDash app. I chose pickup and my friend and I went to the restaurant. Restaurant did not have our order. So I check my app, I chose the correct restaurant but it was in Minnesota. So my friend gives me nicknames based on Minnesota landmarks. :)
Thanks for the financial lesson 😊
Your videos are super motivating to me. Thank you man.
great video, always appreciated your thoughts…wished u could scream Metazoo once in this video 😗
Thank you for your videos Rudy and keeping it real!
Awesome video dang! Thanks, man
The camera work is amazing
I know you probably don’t care because YT doesn’t seem to be a legitimate revenue stream for you in the grand scheme of things, but I think you could make a wildly successful YT channel just focusing on finance. Pretty sure I’ve never seen another finance channel make a giggity mid video, and that’s a problem.
Best Video in a long time, Rudy 👍
Recently I finally got into Flesh and Blood, mostly because of you. What a fun game, very tense and engaging 1v1 experience that Wizards have kind of ruined with too much focus on supporting the player-created multiplayer format. Thank you for believing in the game and essentially funding the first print runs.
Here's something funny below: 21000 divided by 17 is roughly 1230, not 900 :)
I watched all 45 but can't come up with a joke worthy of the effort you gave in this video. The easy interest money has been super attractive. That said I have went that direction while still adding to Weiss and Pokemon. The long term potential on these TCGs probably will outweigh the easy money but like you said diversity is important. People are so negative on TCGs that this is an incredible opportunity.