at the beginning I was kinda envious anytime you hit something big. Now I'm actually looking forward it, because, you're opening an alpha starter, which is the most expensive item ever to be found on the magic market, knowing there's around 0.1 % chance to get back the money you'd get by selling it. this shows that your love for your cannell and your audience is bigger than the one you got for money. so you're a good human being and you deserve the best. wish you the best luck for next time ob. happy christmas !
Thank you OB for share this with us, i can't explain how a video of a guy who is opening boosters packs, thousands kms away from where i live makes me feel so ansious and yet excited at the same time. Of course they are 25k worth cards, but the fact that you show this cards to us as an magic cards lover and not an investor always make my day. You deserve much more subscribers and power 9 cards. ¡Merry Christmas from Chile!
You are one of the most humble people involved in the magic community and it was an honor to meet you at GP Vegas and take a photos and talk magic with you. Merry Christmas and love every second of the video!!!
Love it. I respect that your opening the rest from the box. If you opened the alpha lotus already I would have fire sold the rest. And considered the box fully searched. I enjoy seeing someone do it just for the nostalgia and the fun of it
And the grand total is......... $8128.95 if you get the swords graded and get a high grade on it. Otherwise, it would be $3400.95 U.S. as of December 26, 2018 if going off of current TCG Market for most of the cards.
Damn man, what a rush! Some great uncommons, thank you for sharing these with us, as this is closest most of us will ever get to opening Alpha or Beta anything! It's so cool to see when you hit the big stuff, genuinely warms the heart to hear the excitement!
Prices on these have gone up quite a bit since early 2005. Back then I owned 2 complete alpha sets. I purchased two Alpha starters for $1000 ($500 each). I was planing on reselling them or sitting on them but one evening after a couple of drinks I opened them. I remember getting a mana vault, Mindtwist and a island rare. I can’t remember what the other rare was, it wasn’t anything special. I loved watching you open a beta starter with alpha rares in it. I had a beta starter with a alpha mox jet in it once. Good memories! Merry Christmas
God, I remember back in 93 94 when my father got me hooked by buying 1 of these packs every other week. This was were my allowance money went. Thanks for the share and the return of fond memorys.
Enjoyed the suspense and sharing in the experience of opening such a rare Alpha starter pack!! Keep up the great videos--it's always fun watching alongside you!
We had fun! Oh my, I always love when Mrs. Open Boosters is in the video. Love hearing ya'll's banter and her laugh. Merry Christmas - thank you for another great year of opening!
I remember buying so many packs of these cards at my local bookstore in the 90's when I was a teenager and selling my whole collection so I could buy a bag of weed. Thanks for the flashback.
Thank you for allowing us to experience this. No one else in the world but you would share something like this. Merry Christmas and thank you for being who you are.
Thanks again for the video. I know that this was a financial bust... But really if we went back to 1993 and opened this it was probably an above average starter. Sinkhole, Bolt, Swords to PS, Icy, Twiddle... Lots of great playable cards. Hell even Wall of Stone was like a 3 mana Moat back in the day. I had 2-3 of those in my Channelball deck. Point is: Thanks for the nostalgia.
Merry Christmas! The centering on that Swords To Plowshares looked NICE. BUT THE DINGUS EGG CENTERING LOOKED AMAZING. These old cards are art and much like S.W.A.G: Silver, Wine, Art, Gold, will always be valuable. But opening is always priceless. Thanks for being you! YOU ARE THE MAN!!
about 1300$ a minute right here. 19 minutes oh the craziness. glad you enjoyed it though, i’d probably cry but i enjoyed watching it since you enjoyed opening it! thank you for the good video.
I will say after watching your videos for a few years now, you are one of the luckiest guys I've seen. I wish I could afford a pack of alpha starters but I will make do with watching you open them instead lol
Mrs. OB 2018: "Nobody would pay $10.000 for a Dingus Egg!" Meanwhile, in 2038, Mr. OB Jr.: "Oh gosh mom...". Murray Christmas and thanks for the epic opening. Priceless gift to the world!
That was rad. Lots of memories. That Wall of Wood is one of my faves. All the walls were such a neat dynamic. Reminded me of Llanowar Elves, Dark Rituals, Giant Growth. The Swamps were my favorite land artwork. I need to check out the vintage masters stuff. Lord of the Pit, Dark Ritual, and Demonic Tutor were also sick drawings.
4:23 Yes! I do LOVE Alpha and Beta lands! LOL! Very much so! I have literally spent 24 years always using AB lands in all my pre-constructed decks just because I like them so much. Great commons in that starter box. And the lands too LOL!
I've never opened a starter pack from alpha or beta. It would be a dream come true being a 90's kid to finally experience it. You get to relive this magic all the time, that's a pretty amazing thing.
16:41 Alpha sheet would be different than Beta. Alpha missing Volcanic Island is probably easiest evidence. Love the videos, thanks for sharing so many cool vids OB!
Seeing all of these old cards with no real synergy makes me wish I was old enough to have been able to play and get into the game in the early 90's but alas I am a 90's baby. To me it would be amazing to even own one of those old manuals. Wonder if anyone sells them on ebay.
I don’t collect magic. I’ve never owned a magic card, and I’ve never played magic. But I know this is something special. Thanks for bringing it to us on Christmas :)
There has to be two different sheets. An Alpha sheets and Beta Sheets, because Volcanic Island wasn't in Alpha and it is in Beta, so the Rare sheet would be completely different compared to the Alpha Sheet. Same goes with the common sheet as Alpha not only forgot Volcanic Island it also forgot Circle of Protection Black which was only printed in Beta to fix the error from Alpha like they did with Volcanic Island.
so cool seeing alpha starters opened! Thank you for showing us even if it treated you poorly on the rares! Merry Christmas OB, here is to getting the trifecta lotus
I started playing with Alpha back in 1993. Had nothing special, and kept nothing. Gave them away as easy as giving away a toothpick. If I could only go back and buy 10 complete starter boxes of eight! Sigh! Happy New Years ya'll!
11:51 enchantments on creatures are CARD ed. wow thats a really nice unsummon. nice alpha missprint and btw you are CRAZY to open a 25k pack for your channel. I love it !!! :)
WOW!!!! You got my favorite Magic artwork (Alpha Icy Manipulator). Don't care about the supposed value of the pieces of tagboard, but when I saw that, to me it was better than a dual or lotus.
at the beginning I was kinda envious anytime you hit something big. Now I'm actually looking forward it, because, you're opening an alpha starter, which is the most expensive item ever to be found on the magic market, knowing there's around 0.1 % chance to get back the money you'd get by selling it. this shows that your love for your cannell and your audience is bigger than the one you got for money. so you're a good human being and you deserve the best. wish you the best luck for next time ob. happy christmas !
Thank you OB for share this with us, i can't explain how a video of a guy who is opening boosters packs, thousands kms away from where i live makes me feel so ansious and yet excited at the same time. Of course they are 25k worth cards, but the fact that you show this cards to us as an magic cards lover and not an investor always make my day. You deserve much more subscribers and power 9 cards. ¡Merry Christmas from Chile!
Hello Chile!!! Thanks!! I do love opening these packs and sharing with everyone! So fun!!
Oh, seems you got at least 2 Chilean viewers! Cheers!
wow, that Earthbind would get this video flagged in 2023. Gotta wait 15 seconds before you show that card on RUclips these days.
Alpha Starter:$20,000
Blue Latex Gloves:$.99
Openboosters reaction to opening a beta Purelace: Priceless
LOL!!! Opening is always priceless! Except for the gloves, they cost to much. LOL!
$25,000*
Alpha*
The art is so nostalgic and beautiful
umm... well, actually you can only buy latex gloves in 100-200 pcs/box and it cost like 5-10$ so its like 0,01-0,2 for a pair
You are one of the most humble people involved in the magic community and it was an honor to meet you at GP Vegas and take a photos and talk magic with you. Merry Christmas and love every second of the video!!!
Love it. I respect that your opening the rest from the box. If you opened the alpha lotus already I would have fire sold the rest. And considered the box fully searched. I enjoy seeing someone do it just for the nostalgia and the fun of it
And the grand total is.........
$8128.95 if you get the swords graded and get a high grade on it. Otherwise, it would be $3400.95 U.S. as of December 26, 2018 if going off of current TCG Market for most of the cards.
Damn man, what a rush! Some great uncommons, thank you for sharing these with us, as this is closest most of us will ever get to opening Alpha or Beta anything! It's so cool to see when you hit the big stuff, genuinely warms the heart to hear the excitement!
Prices on these have gone up quite a bit since early 2005. Back then I owned 2 complete alpha sets. I purchased two Alpha starters for $1000 ($500 each). I was planing on reselling them or sitting on them but one evening after a couple of drinks I opened them. I remember getting a mana vault, Mindtwist and a island rare. I can’t remember what the other rare was, it wasn’t anything special. I loved watching you open a beta starter with alpha rares in it. I had a beta starter with a alpha mox jet in it once. Good memories! Merry Christmas
God, I remember back in 93 94 when my father got me hooked by buying 1 of these packs every other week. This was were my allowance money went. Thanks for the share and the return of fond memorys.
Enjoyed the suspense and sharing in the experience of opening such a rare Alpha starter pack!! Keep up the great videos--it's always fun watching alongside you!
We had fun! Oh my, I always love when Mrs. Open Boosters is in the video. Love hearing ya'll's banter and her laugh. Merry Christmas - thank you for another great year of opening!
I am so glad that she is there to narrate this for us.
I remember buying so many packs of these cards at my local bookstore in the 90's when I was a teenager and selling my whole collection so I could buy a bag of weed. Thanks for the flashback.
Thank you for allowing us to experience this. No one else in the world but you would share something like this. Merry Christmas and thank you for being who you are.
Glad to do it! Merry Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas and thanks for sharing this moment with us!!
nostalgia, open this most of the time back in the days my favorite
Thanks again for the video. I know that this was a financial bust... But really if we went back to 1993 and opened this it was probably an above average starter. Sinkhole, Bolt, Swords to PS, Icy, Twiddle... Lots of great playable cards. Hell even Wall of Stone was like a 3 mana Moat back in the day. I had 2-3 of those in my Channelball deck.
Point is: Thanks for the nostalgia.
Lots of awesome common Alpha 40 playables! Watching you flip through the cards, pure gold!
So fun! Flipping thru mint cards always priceless!!
I stopped what I was doing to watch this. Merry Christmas to you and your family!!! Okay video time.
Merry Christmas!!!
Also an idea for a future opening: Your wife describes the cards to you and you have to guess them :)
Merry Christmas!
The centering on that Swords To Plowshares looked NICE. BUT THE DINGUS EGG CENTERING LOOKED AMAZING.
These old cards are art and much like S.W.A.G: Silver, Wine, Art, Gold, will always be valuable. But opening is always priceless. Thanks for being you! YOU ARE THE MAN!!
about 1300$ a minute right here. 19 minutes oh the craziness. glad you enjoyed it though, i’d probably cry but i enjoyed watching it since you enjoyed opening it! thank you for the good video.
I haven’t seen some of these cards since I was in middle school. So wonderful to see this opening. So much nostalgia
I will say after watching your videos for a few years now, you are one of the luckiest guys I've seen. I wish I could afford a pack of alpha starters but I will make do with watching you open them instead lol
Wow. Always fun to watch you open stuff. All I ever opened were starter decks because I loved getting more lands.
Yay, Mrs. OB is back, always more fun when she's around to comment.
Merry Christmas, and thanks for the video.
Mrs. OB 2018: "Nobody would pay $10.000 for a Dingus Egg!"
Meanwhile, in 2038, Mr. OB Jr.: "Oh gosh mom...".
Murray Christmas and thanks for the epic opening. Priceless gift to the world!
Merry Christmas 2 you 2 and your family. Thank you so much for sharing! You are the best!
Thank you so much for sharing these priceless endeavors. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
That was rad. Lots of memories. That Wall of Wood is one of my faves. All the walls were such a neat dynamic. Reminded me of Llanowar Elves, Dark Rituals, Giant Growth. The Swamps were my favorite land artwork. I need to check out the vintage masters stuff. Lord of the Pit, Dark Ritual, and Demonic Tutor were also sick drawings.
You should have sold that one, Dingus.
LOL!!!! That was good!
can i have it :F I mean..I'll take it (hasn't watch video yet) xD
love it!!! I appreciate you doing these videos so we can all get to experience the awesomeness!
4:23 Yes! I do LOVE Alpha and Beta lands! LOL! Very much so! I have literally spent 24 years always using AB lands in all my pre-constructed decks just because I like them so much.
Great commons in that starter box. And the lands too LOL!
Been waiting all year for this. Thanks for the opening!! Merr x-mas openboosters!
Merry**
Hope it was worth waiting for! Merry Christmas!!!
Back to my 15yo, so many cool memories. Thx a lot, thx so much
just thank you to share with us! started mtg @ 4th edition!
Thank you for doing this, the excitement and nostalgia is grand. We all knows its expensive to do this but we love it. Keep it going please
Really enjoyed this video -- thanks! Also Mrs. Openboosters's nails are beautiful. The commentary between you two made this video lovely to watch.
My gifts can wait. Let’s open some Alpha!!
LOL!!! Gifts can't wait!!
Old time Dingus Egg FTW!
“Hey where did I put my Volcanic Island?”
“OW!”
I'm suprised that there are still Alpha unopened items around, 25 years laters.
Thanks 4 that awesome videos guys. Greetz from Germany again✌👍
Merry Christmas Open Boosters. Watched it and loved it! Thanks for letting live out our fantasies through you
the best Christmas present: a video with Mrs. Booster!
Frozen Shade, Frozen Shade flying thru the night
I've never opened a starter pack from alpha or beta. It would be a dream come true being a 90's kid to finally experience it. You get to relive this magic all the time, that's a pretty amazing thing.
this Alpha openings in 30 years will be unbelievable astonishing.
Truly a magical moment you shared with the world today, thank you so much for your dedication to the fans and the product!
I wonder if the shift in the print sheet has to do with the fact that volcanic island is missing in alpha
Brings new meaning to "dreaming of a white Christmas"...
Here from 2024!!!! The crazyness!!!!!! Amazing!!!!!!!
16:41 Alpha sheet would be different than Beta. Alpha missing Volcanic Island is probably easiest evidence. Love the videos, thanks for sharing so many cool vids OB!
Amazing these Relics are still out there
Seeing all of these old cards with no real synergy makes me wish I was old enough to have been able to play and get into the game in the early 90's but alas I am a 90's baby. To me it would be amazing to even own one of those old manuals. Wonder if anyone sells them on ebay.
Happy Christmas Open Boosters family! Was sooooooooo looking forward to this, thanks for the priceless opening :)
Merry Christmas Michael!! No problem glad to do it!
Thank you for posting all this :) You are a great guy. Hope you get a Lotus in the Booster Box.
Crossing fingers on that!! :)
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about! Great opening!
When I cut into the deck I flipped out from fear
Merry Christmas to you and your family! The opening is really priceless and you are a true hero for opening these pricey packs. †
Really enjoyed this pack opening. Thanks for sharing. Some great cards there.
I don’t collect magic. I’ve never owned a magic card, and I’ve never played magic. But I know this is something special. Thanks for bringing it to us on Christmas :)
Thank you so much.. this is the best gift you can give to all of us.. merry christmass
My heart stopped when he started using the blade to open it.
Merry christmas open boosterssss!!
Craziness! Thanks for sharing this with us all. A merry christmas to you and your lady :)
" I don't know those little symbols " Hahaha 😆
There has to be two different sheets. An Alpha sheets and Beta Sheets, because Volcanic Island wasn't in Alpha and it is in Beta, so the Rare sheet would be completely different compared to the Alpha Sheet. Same goes with the common sheet as Alpha not only forgot Volcanic Island it also forgot Circle of Protection Black which was only printed in Beta to fix the error from Alpha like they did with Volcanic Island.
17 grand for 15 minutes of fun! Good thing opening is priceless!
Merry Christmas OpenBoosters and Mrs OpenBoosters
Forest at 7:25 has some bubble or something around his thumb on the black border.
Merry Christmas. The Lightning Bolt and Swords to Plowshares were great cards! And the Dingus is underrated for the name alone!
so cool seeing alpha starters opened! Thank you for showing us even if it treated you poorly on the rares! Merry Christmas OB, here is to getting the trifecta lotus
I was praying it wasn't kormus bell.... Merry Christmas to you and your family and friends!
Awesome! thank you so much for these amazing openings!
Mrs. OpenBoosters comeback ! What a Christmas blessing !
Happy holidays you guys
Thanks for recording it for us. Merry Christmas!
Dude threw over a thousand Magic cards from when it came out years ago. No regrets, it was mass produced.
Thanks, love it! great experience openning these jewels.
Merry Christmas to you and yours openboosters. I hope you have a wonderful holiday and good luck.
Merry Christmas Ken James!! Thanks for watching the channel!!
@@openboosters thank you for creating it. It gave me a break from kids singing Christmas songs.
It's like watching a time capsule being opened.
The razor blade always scares the crap outta me
This was great, glad to hear Mrs. OB again, Merry Christmas OB :)
That was very entertaining Dan 👍🏻👍🏻. Thanks for the Xmas treat!!
Thanks again OB. These videos are also.. priceless
I started playing with Alpha back in 1993. Had nothing special, and kept nothing. Gave them away as easy as giving away a toothpick. If I could only go back and buy 10 complete starter boxes of eight! Sigh!
Happy New Years ya'll!
you can tell hes trying hard to hold back the urge to spit on every card he turns over
The craziness! Merry Christmas OB, insane that you continue to do this stuff, looking forward to the beta booster this month, let's get crackin!
Can't wait for the next beta! Merry Christmas!
Nice. Thanks for share these alpha packs with us
Thank u Openboosters u just made my holidays special with this opening ;)
Glad to do it!!
Merry Christmas to you and the family! I hope your son is feeling better. Great video as always.
Nice to have Mrs. Openboosters back on the show. I missed her commentary. Too bad the rares were real turkeys.
The back of that Benalish Hero Looked like it had an inking error, Pretty cool misprint.
Here weeeee gooooooo!! Merry Christmas OB !
Merry Christmas!!
here we go again, took a break from feasting to get my coffee and sit down to watch.!
Ahh so nice!! I had to have my coffee before opening
Crazy to think these are worth so much now. I remember most of these from the artwork playing back in the day.
WOW!! Thanks for showing us this!! It was very entertaining!! Merry Christmas friend 👌
Thanks for the awesome opening! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I've been waiting for this all day :)
Here we go!!!
Liked and subbed for letting us experience something of this caliber with you two!
Mrs. Openboosters for Xmas, you guys are awesome. Merry Christmas
11:51 enchantments on creatures are CARD ed. wow thats a really nice unsummon. nice alpha missprint and btw you are CRAZY to open a 25k pack for your channel. I love it !!! :)
WOW!!!! You got my favorite Magic artwork (Alpha Icy Manipulator). Don't care about the supposed value of the pieces of tagboard, but when I saw that, to me it was better than a dual or lotus.
Thanks for the amazing Christmas present openboosters!