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Professor in your quest for clicks have you ever considered you are breeding a toxic environment for stores and people who sell these products for a living? While big entities like Hasbro and WOTC have shields to protect themselves from the public ire, smaller businesses/distributors do not. When you make content like this you invariable create hate/harassment mobs directed at people who sell the product. Would like to clarify and make your stance clear on hate and harassment caused by your content?
You told me to buy the singles I wanted and I never looked back plus I don't support the WOTC identity agenda so I'm not gonna give my money to people that hate me. Secondary market FTW.
@@Dubstepticon47 coming out of MH3 I kind of expected bloomburrow to just suck financially. It still has a ton of great cards but I "just" stuck to preordering the commander deck set early and didn't touch any booster product. I've been slowly buying whatever I think is cool on the secondary market, so a bunch of the uncommons, a lot of the cheaper rares, including Innkeeper's Talent when it was still 2 bucks and now kind of waiting for a couple mythics to settle. A lot of the cards in Bloomburrow are a bit take it or leave it and if I'm not getting them, I'm not somehow missing out on incredible playables. MH3 is still ... there and it has some incredible playables at any rarity and apparently the prices are now slowly starting to tick up as the set is being opened less. I'm guessing because the play boosters this time around seem to be basically glorified draft-boosters (low chance for special guest, list card and low chance for double rare pack and even less for even tripple.) at a box price of 130ish bucks, a lot of the more sought after cards might become rather pricey. Who's gonna open a box of bloomburrow, not hit the EV and then sell the only cards worth anything for maybe 40 bucks total to then sit on a bunch of cards they could have gotten for 20 bucks on card market or tcg-player (don't really know what sites people in the us use for secondary market) if they jad just waited a couple of weeks. Like it's always been like this -> buy singles. Only buy packs if you're drafting yadda yadda. But it seems even more true this time around.
That would be cool and then the land arts could have been split to have the summer and fall treatments in the first set and the winter and spring in the second or something like that
The prof’s optimism for the price of these cards will always be the best part of these videos. “Show me 8.50$” ….”0.30$” haha never gets old. Keep the positive attitude prof! 🙂
It's a bit sad, though, and telling something of the state of the industry (I don't want to say of the game). He keeps overshooting prices because he thinks that there is value in the work, because there should be: special treatments like foil, showcase, alternative arts are supposed to be, well, special. A treat. But then you have foil showcase cards with alternative art that aren't worth a dollar, and you wonder what's the point. It's just a desperate effort to make everything special that ends up making everything meaningless instead, just a desperate attempt of cash-grabbing with no soul, care of art. And it's a constant reminder that, despite there being plenty of people with great love for the game and passion behind it, it's still ultimately nothing more than a cow to milk for Hasbro.
@@themantyf1116 I think he knows the prices are much lower than what he says because near the end he says he's probably got back 145$ worth of cards from it all. He's just trying to throw out entertaining guesses. Funny how he also under estimated how much the raised foil he got goes for too.
Pack 3.... "Foil mountain, should be 2 dollars.. but is probably 33 cents". It shows he's mostly ignoring the real value of the cards. Sometimes he gets the correct price... other times his estimate is low. Mostly, he knows his guesses are way too high. It's part of the "game".
Yep, and it's not even serialized. At least serialized cards are all technically 1 of 1. These have multiple copies of the same card. Only reason they have high price tags is because of box price and furries.
I bought one collector booster at my lgs sunday and pulled a raised foil of the blue white bird mythic. I didn't know they were so rare until my lgs said they haven't seen one actually pulled yet
I want a Bloomburrow sequel that is basically a parody of Rise of the Eldrazi, except these long forgotten ancient insects wake up from their slumber (Ala cicada's coming above ground) and the animals banding together to fight these 'massive' (relative to bloomburrow) insects, like a giant preying mantis, a giant stag beetle, etc. Just these normal looking insects but GIANT and have the set play out like they are Eldrazi Titans. Name it something like Bloomburrow: They Came From Below or Bloomburrow: Below the Burrow
The reason Duskmorn drops in September is the same reason that pumpkin ale and Oktoberfest beer hits stores in August. You want it on shelves already when October hits because after Halloween it won't be nearly as interesting to people.
Spooky season tends to be the last 2 weeks of October, so pre-releasing in the middle of Oct sounds perfect so it’s the most hype when people are actually in the spoopy mood. Maybe 1 week earlier so it’s out-out come the 19th
I feel like for that to be a viable business approach for wizards they would have to release a set a couple weeks after Halloween, and we know how the magic community feels about content flood.
I thought I heard somewhere that it was going to be in October but got pushed for foundations which wasnt meant to come out at all when things were planned out for bloomburrow and duskmourn?
@@DoABarrelRol1l Yeah, but the problem is Halloween themed product sells way worse once the season is over. You need a long release window for retail so when the mood hits consumers you're not trying to sell it all in a 2-weeks.
@@EVedEevee I think Week 1 of October would probably be decent so you hit prerelease and LGS events throughout the month. But generally you push spooky/seasonally themed product earlier rather than later in the season if you have to move schedules.
People could also just learn to take a joke. You wear tails. Its not that serious. No one should have to live with the fear of "uPsEtTinG" someone like that. Its sad.
The prices are just insane. They now charge €140 (AUT) for a display, whereas three years ago, it was only €100 for a display and €110 for a set display. Unfortunately, we don't have any set displays available anymore. Even though Bloomborrow doesn't seem like an expensive set but a fun one, it's actually better to just order single cards than to buy a display.
Loving the love for Bloomburrow! First set in a loooooong time where I've been way more excited for draft or standard than building with new toys for commander.
It's so good but I wish I was getting more of my money's worth, the only thing I dislike is the prices. That's not Bloomburrow's fault though, love the set, I'm sure it's gonna be very beloved in future
As you were talking about Domri, I thought "Domri fucking raid, are you joking?" god, i love that lilana reacts video so much. It might be my favorite one you've ever done.
Tbh.: the collector booster box games are my favorite booster bpx games. Because your commentary is so relaxing. Please don't stop booster box games with commentary!!
I see the professor continues to overestimate the prices of cards, and I still can't tell if he's doing it on purpose or if he genuinely thinks the prices are that high for most cards.
As someone who played magic from M10 -> innastrad erra with flip cards i always think the prices for rhese prettt cards are high also. I played when textless cards were special and borderless cards werent even a thing in standard sets. Its crazy how cheap these standard cards are. Makes me want to buy a play set of the entire set.
I honestly don’t think so. The art often gets me which is what I love about magic. Some cards that have the most beautiful art that I would pay a lot for end up on some of the weakest cards. Probably tricks your mind
In regards to Bloomburrow taking itself seriously, even the pun cards, like Jacked Rabbit and Mouse Trapper still feel like they work in the world. A swole anthro bunny looks in place and doesn't take you out of the narrative, and a rodent that catches others fits. They didn't need to put hats on everything so it felt "on theme" and then tell awful jokes with them
I’m looking forward to the wacky races set, I also find his description of Chandra wearing a racing outfit is funny since she’s been wearing goggles from the beginning.
I think the Duskmourn set got moved up because of the new Foundations set that needed to get crammed in before the end of the year. Love Bloomburrow though.
Kind of. It makes sense from a business point to have it at the tail end of Sept (27th) so stores can stock up on it, people can playtest cards, and can place online orders (and receive them) through places like TCG and CardKingdom. If it came out on like Oct 20th or similar date, then by the time all the online orders have arrived, or people have decided if a certain card is a good add and worth adding, its practically November and most events hosting Halloween related events are already over
Prof talking about how meaningless it "would be" for the porcupine Domri to be the same Domri that we all saw dying..... meanwhile I'm still mourning for Tamiyo and then they give her the cutest bunny reprint ToT
Prof: The positivity in this video was so great. You had Bob Ross vibes for real. I'm glad to know you aren't upset the way it can sometimes seem. Happy Prof is delightful.
27:53 id name it something simple like Calamity or Seasons Dawn and really tie the story into a new calamity beast hatching from its egg and ushering in a change in season and way of life for the plain
"Calamity's Dawn" or "Calamity's Legacy" would be a good second Bloomburrow set name. It can feature more lore about the time before Valley was settled and calamity beasts were more abundant and chaotic. "Beyond the Valley" could be a name for a return to the plane after a year or two, this time focusing on communities outside of the Valley settlement. There are other furry kingdoms out there and how they deal with the calamity beasts and each other can be very different from the communal vibe of Valley
September is perfect for Duskmourn - so we can enjoy the spookiness through the month of October! I look forward to playing Magic in the queue at Halloween Horror Nights
Huh? everyone I know into Bloomburrow including me are people who liked stuff like Redwall growing up. I'm sure furries like it too, but people just like animals, man. Chill.
27:42 A bloomburrow follow-up called “Calamity’s Wake” focusing on the offspring of the current characters (and referencing the offspring mechanic) and the Calamity Beasts would have been so cool and makes me miss blocks
21:45 Here's what I think: detectives, sure, but *on theme.* Make it more gothic horror style detectives in Innistrad. Or maybe steampunk detectives in Kaladesh. Solve mysteries in ways that make them feel like a natural part of the plane.
God prof you really spoke to me when you talked about your love language being arm punching and jokes. I'm exactly the same and often feel like I need to lay off a little but I just love being sarcastic 😂
13:01 I think the release of Duskmorne is perfectly timed. If they release at the end of October, that's pretty much the moment all the decorations come down. You gotta go at the start of October to ride out the whole spooky season
Releasing Duskmourne in October makes sense but they could've pushed back Bloomburrow release to July so the timing is more spaced. But I guess they wouldn't do that because July needed to be Assassin's Creed.
@@FuncleChuck I mean he is gonna get his money back by virtue of fans bidding. He could probably get the 235 off a 50 dollar card and his sig if he is good at auctioning.
Bloomburrow would be a perfect set for a follow up that includes snow lands. You set it in winter and base it all around how all the animals of the valley deal and react to the changing of the season.
Second Bloomburrow should be “A Calamity Among Us” to make sure to make it relevant to our fellow kids. But in all seriousness, “Beyond the Valley” is a good name for the next set, which would start in valley and then go outside of it, perhaps to go to Zinnia’s home. Zinnia is the bird commander btw.
I love “Beyond the Valley”. The one I thought of was “Calamity’s Wake” - basically a bunch of new Calamity beasts get created through some nefarious means and the gang (Mabel et al) has to figure out why.
This was just an overall wholesome video. Positive attitude towards the set, appreciation for the art end even some real live feel-good-vibes. I really enjoyed this one. Also, shout out to the hero editor that got you over the finish line with that Patchwork Banner 🎉
Gad you're enjoying bloomburrow as much as I am! I opened a collector box knowing I wouldn't value out, but knowing I'd just enjoy it. Happy to see you doing so too!
Feel like "Calamity's Fall" could've been a cool name for a hypothetical second Bloomburrow set. Also, great vid! Glad you were able to pull more than enough to cover the cost of both standard decks you wanna run
Ink-Eyes?! I have so many fun memories playing her in old school multiplayer. Then I saw fan manga surrounding her & a deal she brokered with a young (basically zoomer) Oni demihuman guy; I fell in love with the rat bc of how she was a tragic character who developed a yakuza romance with an oni demihuman to rise to fame & eventually had a comparatively better life. The fan manga plotline makes better sense than I described it, so just take my word for it.
The sequel from Bloomburrow should be named "Beyond the Valley". Why? Because the plane is called by the denizens as "the Valley". But you could introduce some of those sweets Universes Beyond cards such as Tyrannids. They are beyond the limits of bloomburrow and that's why nobody goes there!
I'm the same way about card frames now! I used to be hyped and would chase the showcase or alt for my cube, but now I just want my cube to match (ideally everything could be old bordered 😏) I will still run showcase and such in EDH though, since it works better when you're only running that one copy you opened in a collector's booster.
The professor stressing over the fact that he made a joke about furries and immediatly fearing repercussions and backpedalling due to the nature of his audience is hillarious 🤣
Thing is that those are they buy costs, but most people won't become a seller but rather sell the unwanted cards to a shop for less, so the fact you opened a pack and basically spent what you would buying the cards individually means it doesn't seem all that worth.
32:39 Prof, that thing of people not understanding that you are being facetious or over-acting in your videos happens to every creator I've ever seen when they make jokes. Some people are just in team "I take everything at face value" and that will always be. You don't need to change, people will always over-interpret and make up non-existing drama when they have a parasocial relationship with a creator. I think it's a funny bit you do, I was even surprised you didn't brag more when you won the last Shuffle Up's commander game :). On a side-note, it's the same when people say that you are always negative about MtG, you keep repeating in every review that you love the game and this or that aspect of a set to reassure everyone, but we expect you to say it how it is when something is BS. You are doing a good job of that and it's why I watch. I'm not interested in reviews that are afraid to criticise a product or company.
I still think that if you're a "value orientated" magic player then Bloomburrow will only go up as soon as they come back to these mechanics. I love this set. I'm tempted to buy another couple of boxes to help push the numbers up so that when nobody bothers with Duskmorne they start getting the hint. Maybe. A man can dream.
I am new to magic..... so basically to get the hit cards, you have to soend the big money and buy the collector boxes? Otherwise u just have to get lucky and spend probably even more on boosters?
ditching the list really hurt the value in play boosters. instead of getting a list card in 1/5 packs we now get a 'special guest' in 1/64 packs. 20% to 1%. i used to pull list cards fairly often and i've hit exactly one special guest since they started doing those.
@@themoops4006 Nah I will take special guests any day over the list. 99% of the time the list was just bulk anyways. Atleast special guests all have some value and really good full art treatments.
@@dericplummer9272 so instead of just fixing the list and getting rid of the unplayable bulk and keeping the 20% pull rate they dropped the pull rate to 1% so you just never get the cards at all and this is a completely fine solution to you? stop defending wotc stripping value from their products for no reason.
@@themoops4006 I mean I only really play limited and open one bundle per set. My special guest drops have been pretty good. I have gotten a tireless tracker, prismatic vista, scapeshift, and 1 from mh3 I can't remember. You also don't want these showing up to much in Limited. I don't find the drop rates to be that bad and you want them to be special.
Yeah, I'm in the camp of really wishing we had at least one more set in Bloomburrow before moving along, even though I'm interested in Duskmorn. It could flesh out some of the mechanics more, shore up some strategies which didn't make as much of a splash as others. Plus people just love the plane. Also a second set could be something like "Calamity's Redemption"
i usually never promote my channel or leave any comments. but i literally did the same intro to my collector booster box game that i uploaded a few hours ago 😂 as an homage to the professor of course
THANK YOU! (I complained last time so gratitude is due) sometimes I am only able to listen so I appreciate the Professor talking through the box openings. The reactions, guesses, explanations and tales are a lot of fun for a new sub like myself.
I think the timing of DuskMorne is perfect for Halloween, after October it's other holidays in mind, so lots of Halloween magic party potential, but they are way too close on the heels of the previous sets for my pocketbook to even hope to keep up.
We got a Gev raised foil out of a box and a Baylen raised foil out of a single packet 😄 Extremely lucky pulls! I'm just in love with Bloomburrow, it's what brought me back to the hobby.
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This always confuses me.
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Professor in your quest for clicks have you ever considered you are breeding a toxic environment for stores and people who sell these products for a living? While big entities like Hasbro and WOTC have shields to protect themselves from the public ire, smaller businesses/distributors do not. When you make content like this you invariable create hate/harassment mobs directed at people who sell the product. Would like to clarify and make your stance clear on hate and harassment caused by your content?
You told me to buy the singles I wanted and I never looked back plus I don't support the WOTC identity agenda so I'm not gonna give my money to people that hate me. Secondary market FTW.
Your weird bro.
I love how he is like “yeah 6? 6 bucks.” And the text is like 34 cents 😂
Yeah, this set has negative value. Everyone opening boxes loses money.
I said a similar thing in the last video. It was funny three or four sets ago, but as time goes on ot just gets more and more depressing.
@@Dubstepticon47 "Everyone opening this set loses money"
Except the box in the video you're commenting on I guess?
And there's also the super rare cases where he guess $2 and then the card is like $20 😂
@@Dubstepticon47 coming out of MH3 I kind of expected bloomburrow to just suck financially. It still has a ton of great cards but I "just" stuck to preordering the commander deck set early and didn't touch any booster product. I've been slowly buying whatever I think is cool on the secondary market, so a bunch of the uncommons, a lot of the cheaper rares, including Innkeeper's Talent when it was still 2 bucks and now kind of waiting for a couple mythics to settle.
A lot of the cards in Bloomburrow are a bit take it or leave it and if I'm not getting them, I'm not somehow missing out on incredible playables. MH3 is still ... there and it has some incredible playables at any rarity and apparently the prices are now slowly starting to tick up as the set is being opened less.
I'm guessing because the play boosters this time around seem to be basically glorified draft-boosters (low chance for special guest, list card and low chance for double rare pack and even less for even tripple.) at a box price of 130ish bucks, a lot of the more sought after cards might become rather pricey. Who's gonna open a box of bloomburrow, not hit the EV and then sell the only cards worth anything for maybe 40 bucks total to then sit on a bunch of cards they could have gotten for 20 bucks on card market or tcg-player (don't really know what sites people in the us use for secondary market) if they jad just waited a couple of weeks.
Like it's always been like this -> buy singles. Only buy packs if you're drafting yadda yadda. But it seems even more true this time around.
"Stranger things was dead when you did the secret lair." Prof coming at they neck
I think your on to something
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@@HaydenMercado-nb6it you're*
@@ahall9839 it was written that way intentionally ;)
@@ahall9839 Yro'ue
This is giving big "how much could one banana cost, Michael? $5?"
$10 you uncultured swine
27:25 Bloomburrow: Hibernation. The set would simply be what winter is like on the plane.
That would be cool and then the land arts could have been split to have the summer and fall treatments in the first set and the winter and spring in the second or something like that
nah leave it as is, maybe come back to Bloomburrow in a few years but dont oversaturate with furry shit
All I'm hearing from this idea is...SNOW CAAARDS!!! 🥳🥳❄☃🌨
Bloomburrow: The Long Winter. Bring back snow lands and snow mechanics babeeeeeeeeeeee
Season of the Burrow: the set? Yes pls.
The prof’s optimism for the price of these cards will always be the best part of these videos. “Show me 8.50$” ….”0.30$” haha never gets old. Keep the positive attitude prof! 🙂
It's a bit sad, though, and telling something of the state of the industry (I don't want to say of the game).
He keeps overshooting prices because he thinks that there is value in the work, because there should be: special treatments like foil, showcase, alternative arts are supposed to be, well, special. A treat.
But then you have foil showcase cards with alternative art that aren't worth a dollar, and you wonder what's the point. It's just a desperate effort to make everything special that ends up making everything meaningless instead, just a desperate attempt of cash-grabbing with no soul, care of art. And it's a constant reminder that, despite there being plenty of people with great love for the game and passion behind it, it's still ultimately nothing more than a cow to milk for Hasbro.
@@themantyf1116 I think he knows the prices are much lower than what he says because near the end he says he's probably got back 145$ worth of cards from it all. He's just trying to throw out entertaining guesses. Funny how he also under estimated how much the raised foil he got goes for too.
Pack 3.... "Foil mountain, should be 2 dollars.. but is probably 33 cents". It shows he's mostly ignoring the real value of the cards. Sometimes he gets the correct price... other times his estimate is low. Mostly, he knows his guesses are way too high. It's part of the "game".
His bit about the "$2" foil full art plains ending with "obviously this is not 38 cents." Makes it pretty obvious he's in on the bit.
cool tie too!!
So hit a raised foil or bust. Fun!
super fun, yay
Yep, and it's not even serialized. At least serialized cards are all technically 1 of 1. These have multiple copies of the same card. Only reason they have high price tags is because of box price and furries.
I bought one collector booster at my lgs sunday and pulled a raised foil of the blue white bird mythic. I didn't know they were so rare until my lgs said they haven't seen one actually pulled yet
Basically. Gonna have to wait for sealed price to adjust to market value for singles inside
Yup. No value in the set outside of that. Play boosters aren't worth opening for profit.
9:17 "Beza is a squirrel..."
Legendary Creature - Elemental Elk
😂😂😂
Also, the art doesn’t show a squirrel anywhere.. 🤷🏻♂️
Reading the cards explains the cards
I want a Bloomburrow sequel that is basically a parody of Rise of the Eldrazi, except these long forgotten ancient insects wake up from their slumber (Ala cicada's coming above ground) and the animals banding together to fight these 'massive' (relative to bloomburrow) insects, like a giant preying mantis, a giant stag beetle, etc. Just these normal looking insects but GIANT and have the set play out like they are Eldrazi Titans.
Name it something like Bloomburrow: They Came From Below
or Bloomburrow: Below the Burrow
Prof: “I don’t think we hit $200.” Price based on Prof’s guesses: $467 😂
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The reason Duskmorn drops in September is the same reason that pumpkin ale and Oktoberfest beer hits stores in August. You want it on shelves already when October hits because after Halloween it won't be nearly as interesting to people.
Spooky season tends to be the last 2 weeks of October, so pre-releasing in the middle of Oct sounds perfect so it’s the most hype when people are actually in the spoopy mood.
Maybe 1 week earlier so it’s out-out come the 19th
I feel like for that to be a viable business approach for wizards they would have to release a set a couple weeks after Halloween, and we know how the magic community feels about content flood.
I thought I heard somewhere that it was going to be in October but got pushed for foundations which wasnt meant to come out at all when things were planned out for bloomburrow and duskmourn?
@@DoABarrelRol1l Yeah, but the problem is Halloween themed product sells way worse once the season is over. You need a long release window for retail so when the mood hits consumers you're not trying to sell it all in a 2-weeks.
@@EVedEevee I think Week 1 of October would probably be decent so you hit prerelease and LGS events throughout the month. But generally you push spooky/seasonally themed product earlier rather than later in the season if you have to move schedules.
It's always impressive how Prof tends to overestimate prices of cards, yet underestimates the total at the end lmao
It's never worth it, but the dopamine hit outweighs my wallet.
to me the dopamine hit is worth it, as long as I can still pay my bills
Literal gambling addiction
@@anyonewanttoplay7922 no
@@anyonewanttoplay7922 this game is a racket hence why i stopped playing it
It's worth it when you pull great stuff :D But not the other 99.9999% of the times.
the professor opening packs can never be a mistake
It’s not about the cards we pulled, it’s about the friends we made along the way
@@coopster1630you have to open packs to make friends? Ya dope lol
Gotta love Prof. making sure everyone feels welcomed and stood up for, including the Furries.
People could also just learn to take a joke. You wear tails. Its not that serious. No one should have to live with the fear of "uPsEtTinG" someone like that. Its sad.
I legitimately would be fine with all magic being set in bloomburrow. I cant help it my brian Jacques nostalgia is strong
I think the professor like Bloomburrow. I might be wrong.
The prices are just insane. They now charge €140 (AUT) for a display, whereas three years ago, it was only €100 for a display and €110 for a set display. Unfortunately, we don't have any set displays available anymore. Even though Bloomborrow doesn't seem like an expensive set but a fun one, it's actually better to just order single cards than to buy a display.
It sucks but when you compare general price increases across the ecomony is it that suprising?
I think buying individual cards was always better
I know you have to go out of your comfort zone for these live opening with commentary. I think you did an excellent job! Hope they continue!
Cheers!
Loving the love for Bloomburrow! First set in a loooooong time where I've been way more excited for draft or standard than building with new toys for commander.
It's so good but I wish I was getting more of my money's worth, the only thing I dislike is the prices. That's not Bloomburrow's fault though, love the set, I'm sure it's gonna be very beloved in future
As you were talking about Domri, I thought "Domri fucking raid, are you joking?" god, i love that lilana reacts video so much. It might be my favorite one you've ever done.
I almost bought one at my lgs but it $280 so i said no 😂
Prof voice: "Do NOT pay markups!"
absolutely not worth it
@@Evoleo what would be msrp?
don't buy at Amazon ever
@Chickentorchic pretty sure I got mine for $225 usd
8:15 loved this whole segment
My favorite box openings you do are the ones like these. Love the money guessing. Very entertaining and informative!
Every time you ask if i love Bloomburrow, the answer is immediately yes. My commander deck I've made for it is not doing good, but I love the otters!
Tbh.: the collector booster box games are my favorite booster bpx games.
Because your commentary is so relaxing. Please don't stop booster box games with commentary!!
I see the professor continues to overestimate the prices of cards, and I still can't tell if he's doing it on purpose or if he genuinely thinks the prices are that high for most cards.
I feel as though it's usually sarcastic estimates
It’s an obvious bit lol
I'm fairly certain he's making genuine optimistic guesses for the cards but when adding the values together he tries to be more realistic.
As someone who played magic from M10 -> innastrad erra with flip cards i always think the prices for rhese prettt cards are high also. I played when textless cards were special and borderless cards werent even a thing in standard sets. Its crazy how cheap these standard cards are. Makes me want to buy a play set of the entire set.
I honestly don’t think so. The art often gets me which is what I love about magic. Some cards that have the most beautiful art that I would pay a lot for end up on some of the weakest cards. Probably tricks your mind
In regards to Bloomburrow taking itself seriously, even the pun cards, like Jacked Rabbit and Mouse Trapper still feel like they work in the world. A swole anthro bunny looks in place and doesn't take you out of the narrative, and a rodent that catches others fits. They didn't need to put hats on everything so it felt "on theme" and then tell awful jokes with them
I’m looking forward to the wacky races set, I also find his description of Chandra wearing a racing outfit is funny since she’s been wearing goggles from the beginning.
Ive been searching for a day and can somehow not find any news on that set. Could you maybe give me a pointer on where it was previewed or leaked?
The professor has amazing editors! I love the commentary they add.
I think the Duskmourn set got moved up because of the new Foundations set that needed to get crammed in before the end of the year. Love Bloomburrow though.
Kind of. It makes sense from a business point to have it at the tail end of Sept (27th) so stores can stock up on it, people can playtest cards, and can place online orders (and receive them) through places like TCG and CardKingdom. If it came out on like Oct 20th or similar date, then by the time all the online orders have arrived, or people have decided if a certain card is a good add and worth adding, its practically November and most events hosting Halloween related events are already over
Prof talking about how meaningless it "would be" for the porcupine Domri to be the same Domri that we all saw dying..... meanwhile I'm still mourning for Tamiyo and then they give her the cutest bunny reprint ToT
RIP Tamiyo, at least Nashi is carrying on her legacy in a way.
@@kristiandahl1310Nashi is a good boy
Prof: The positivity in this video was so great. You had Bob Ross vibes for real. I'm glad to know you aren't upset the way it can sometimes seem. Happy Prof is delightful.
Bloomburrow is what got me interested in Magic after like 15 years. Such a fun set.
27:53 id name it something simple like Calamity or Seasons Dawn and really tie the story into a new calamity beast hatching from its egg and ushering in a change in season and way of life for the plain
Calamity is perfect!
I was thinking the revenge of the Calamity
I think Bloomburrow is for sure a plane we will have to come back to. The whole set is just too much fun!
"Calamity's Dawn" or "Calamity's Legacy" would be a good second Bloomburrow set name. It can feature more lore about the time before Valley was settled and calamity beasts were more abundant and chaotic.
"Beyond the Valley" could be a name for a return to the plane after a year or two, this time focusing on communities outside of the Valley settlement. There are other furry kingdoms out there and how they deal with the calamity beasts and each other can be very different from the communal vibe of Valley
September is perfect for Duskmourn - so we can enjoy the spookiness through the month of October! I look forward to playing Magic in the queue at Halloween Horror Nights
Not including an animal version of Teferi in Bloomburrow was a missed opportunity for us to have Tefurry.
I mean, there is a reprint of tefurry, the time raveler in bloomburrow... Not cannon, but still bird Tefurry
But there is? He's a bird.
we actually have Tefurry, he is a Secretary Bird
@@Raro404 Seeing an animal themed set and immediately thinking it's gross and weird says more about you than anything else. Stay away from the zoo.
Huh? everyone I know into Bloomburrow including me are people who liked stuff like Redwall growing up. I'm sure furries like it too, but people just like animals, man. Chill.
27:42 A bloomburrow follow-up called “Calamity’s Wake” focusing on the offspring of the current characters (and referencing the offspring mechanic) and the Calamity Beasts would have been so cool and makes me miss blocks
This guy is the Bob Ross of Magic the Gathering
21:45 Here's what I think: detectives, sure, but *on theme.*
Make it more gothic horror style detectives in Innistrad. Or maybe steampunk detectives in Kaladesh. Solve mysteries in ways that make them feel like a natural part of the plane.
God prof you really spoke to me when you talked about your love language being arm punching and jokes. I'm exactly the same and often feel like I need to lay off a little but I just love being sarcastic 😂
As a commander player, watching you opening packs is both foreign and scary to watch lol.
Pack opening drama so thrilling it could only be real. Amazing push across the finish.
If they wanted a spooky set after Bloomburrow they coulda got cute and made a spooky-themed 2nd set called Gloomburrow
That would have been so cool
13:01 I think the release of Duskmorne is perfectly timed. If they release at the end of October, that's pretty much the moment all the decorations come down. You gotta go at the start of October to ride out the whole spooky season
Personally I would say start it in October, but yea it's pretty close to the right time
Releasing Duskmourne in October makes sense but they could've pushed back Bloomburrow release to July so the timing is more spaced. But I guess they wouldn't do that because July needed to be Assassin's Creed.
7:07 we see him lose his Sanity in real time
Bloomburrow got me back into magic. I haven’t played magic in close to 8 years and when I saw the mouse on the booster I was sold lol
Okay, so that's actually only $120.00 in cash or $144.00 store credit. DO NOT BUY SEALED.
Yeah. He’s gonna get his decks but it’s a crap value
Aren't the listed prices how much credit the store will give?
@jaywinner328 no, it's what the card is worth on secondary market. The store buys at less than half that usually
@@FuncleChuck I mean he is gonna get his money back by virtue of fans bidding. He could probably get the 235 off a 50 dollar card and his sig if he is good at auctioning.
Bloomburrow would be a perfect set for a follow up that includes snow lands. You set it in winter and base it all around how all the animals of the valley deal and react to the changing of the season.
The segue is the reason I watched the promotional content. IT'S ALL COMIN' TOGETHER BABY!
The Duskmourn release date seems to have been pushed back so that there would be a window for Foundations to release
Second Bloomburrow should be “A Calamity Among Us” to make sure to make it relevant to our fellow kids.
But in all seriousness, “Beyond the Valley” is a good name for the next set, which would start in valley and then go outside of it, perhaps to go to Zinnia’s home. Zinnia is the bird commander btw.
I love “Beyond the Valley”. The one I thought of was “Calamity’s Wake” - basically a bunch of new Calamity beasts get created through some nefarious means and the gang (Mabel et al) has to figure out why.
I love the pack opening when the professor chats during it!
Yes on helix. Several times. One just via the mana portion, the other by moving tokens. Most people will not remove it because...it is helix pinnacle.
This was just an overall wholesome video. Positive attitude towards the set, appreciation for the art end even some real live feel-good-vibes. I really enjoyed this one.
Also, shout out to the hero editor that got you over the finish line with that Patchwork Banner 🎉
The monster Mabel fights? Bill Cipher.
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Gad you're enjoying bloomburrow as much as I am! I opened a collector box knowing I wouldn't value out, but knowing I'd just enjoy it. Happy to see you doing so too!
Feel like "Calamity's Fall" could've been a cool name for a hypothetical second Bloomburrow set. Also, great vid! Glad you were able to pull more than enough to cover the cost of both standard decks you wanna run
Ink-Eyes?! I have so many fun memories playing her in old school multiplayer. Then I saw fan manga surrounding her & a deal she brokered with a young (basically zoomer) Oni demihuman guy; I fell in love with the rat bc of how she was a tragic character who developed a yakuza romance with an oni demihuman to rise to fame & eventually had a comparatively better life. The fan manga plotline makes better sense than I described it, so just take my word for it.
The sequel from Bloomburrow should be named "Beyond the Valley".
Why? Because the plane is called by the denizens as "the Valley". But you could introduce some of those sweets Universes Beyond cards such as Tyrannids.
They are beyond the limits of bloomburrow and that's why nobody goes there!
I love your commentary in this video. Just a normal conversation with great insights. Love you Prof!
"but ya know, you gotta" lmao
I'm the same way about card frames now! I used to be hyped and would chase the showcase or alt for my cube, but now I just want my cube to match (ideally everything could be old bordered 😏) I will still run showcase and such in EDH though, since it works better when you're only running that one copy you opened in a collector's booster.
08:16 Did not expect the MCU rant, but well appreciate it
Editor absolutely killed it with that 6 dollar common lol~!
Yes! *proceeds to watch the whole video anyway*
Prof's excitement in the intro is palpable. Love it. Glad you're enjoying Standard. ❤
The professor stressing over the fact that he made a joke about furries and immediatly fearing repercussions and backpedalling due to the nature of his audience is hillarious 🤣
Its sad that we let these people bully or intimidate anyone in to anything. You wear tails ffs. Stop taking yourself so seriously. Nobody else does.
I haven't watched these in a while, I LOVE having the commentary / random conversation.
I love how the professor has no clues on prices, except for the times he’s more on target than a navy sniper
"Twilight of Calamity". That would be a great follow up name for Bloomburrow.
8:12 through 9:02 As I listen to the professor, nodding my head (in agreement) -- said nod starts to slow and intensify.
I had more fun opening my collector booster box than any other opening in a long time.
It’s nice to have something so light hearted right now. :)
Yes, always. Its literally just cardboard rectangles. Just buy singles. Love you professor.
I always love it when Prof guesses a card price and he severely overprices it.
Please have the editor add up your guesses the end!
I adore your playful glee, happiness and excitement about this set. It's lovely 😊
Thing is that those are they buy costs, but most people won't become a seller but rather sell the unwanted cards to a shop for less, so the fact you opened a pack and basically spent what you would buying the cards individually means it doesn't seem all that worth.
32:39 Prof, that thing of people not understanding that you are being facetious or over-acting in your videos happens to every creator I've ever seen when they make jokes. Some people are just in team "I take everything at face value" and that will always be. You don't need to change, people will always over-interpret and make up non-existing drama when they have a parasocial relationship with a creator. I think it's a funny bit you do, I was even surprised you didn't brag more when you won the last Shuffle Up's commander game :). On a side-note, it's the same when people say that you are always negative about MtG, you keep repeating in every review that you love the game and this or that aspect of a set to reassure everyone, but we expect you to say it how it is when something is BS. You are doing a good job of that and it's why I watch. I'm not interested in reviews that are afraid to criticise a product or company.
I still think that if you're a "value orientated" magic player then Bloomburrow will only go up as soon as they come back to these mechanics.
I love this set. I'm tempted to buy another couple of boxes to help push the numbers up so that when nobody bothers with Duskmorne they start getting the hint. Maybe.
A man can dream.
A+ editor for the sass at the end 😂. I love that “not even $2” became the phrase for the episode
so when are you doing the booster box game with value boosters? value is in the name so they MUST be good!
I am new to magic..... so basically to get the hit cards, you have to soend the big money and buy the collector boxes? Otherwise u just have to get lucky and spend probably even more on boosters?
Weird its like, wizards designed the packs so that you need to buy collector boosters for any value... probaby not intentionally
ditching the list really hurt the value in play boosters. instead of getting a list card in 1/5 packs we now get a 'special guest' in 1/64 packs. 20% to 1%. i used to pull list cards fairly often and i've hit exactly one special guest since they started doing those.
I've had like the exact opposite experience, if I pull another Endurance I'm gonna lose my shit
@@themoops4006 Nah I will take special guests any day over the list. 99% of the time the list was just bulk anyways. Atleast special guests all have some value and really good full art treatments.
@@dericplummer9272 so instead of just fixing the list and getting rid of the unplayable bulk and keeping the 20% pull rate they dropped the pull rate to 1% so you just never get the cards at all and this is a completely fine solution to you? stop defending wotc stripping value from their products for no reason.
@@themoops4006 I mean I only really play limited and open one bundle per set. My special guest drops have been pretty good. I have gotten a tireless tracker, prismatic vista, scapeshift, and 1 from mh3 I can't remember. You also don't want these showing up to much in Limited. I don't find the drop rates to be that bad and you want them to be special.
Yeah, I'm in the camp of really wishing we had at least one more set in Bloomburrow before moving along, even though I'm interested in Duskmorn. It could flesh out some of the mechanics more, shore up some strategies which didn't make as much of a splash as others. Plus people just love the plane.
Also a second set could be something like "Calamity's Redemption"
i usually never promote my channel or leave any comments. but i literally did the same intro to my collector booster box game that i uploaded a few hours ago 😂 as an homage to the professor of course
The Artwork in this set made me fall in love with MTG again.
I love when Mr editor's personality comes through in text like at 33:30. Keep up the good work!!!
THANK YOU! (I complained last time so gratitude is due) sometimes I am only able to listen so I appreciate the Professor talking through the box openings. The reactions, guesses, explanations and tales are a lot of fun for a new sub like myself.
I really like this videos, getting to hear the Prof just speak honestly about how he feels about cards is really nice!
I love the death gate cycle in the background. Think ill reread them =) ❤
These are my favourite episodes, you just chatting! Love to hear your thoughts and how you feel about the game.
I think the timing of DuskMorne is perfect for Halloween, after October it's other holidays in mind, so lots of Halloween magic party potential, but they are way too close on the heels of the previous sets for my pocketbook to even hope to keep up.
Overblowing the estimate is ALWAYS funny. Bloomburrow art is so stinkin pretty.
Enthusiastic Prof is very enjoyable to watch, shows how passionate he is about mtg.
We got a Gev raised foil out of a box and a Baylen raised foil out of a single packet 😄 Extremely lucky pulls! I'm just in love with Bloomburrow, it's what brought me back to the hobby.
Your editor absolutely knocked it out of the park on this one 😆
I was dying at the prof dropping that deadpool/wolverine reference!! couldn't tell if he was joking or not