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Angry professor is just best professor
It is even worse. You get a 4 dollar magic booster, that might be worth even less after you open it :P.
my fears that the entity doing this has more tendrils in the company the distributors and the stores then we can account for
@@dennismarinos2129 As long as it's not Arena gatekeeping Prof.
I pulled a double masters from two
If you're gonna get scammed buying sealed product, at least do it from wizards themselves
Yeah I'll buy the WotC moneygrubbing product instead xD
all the packs are 15 cards but some cost $4 and some cost $15+???
or your LGS!
LMAO
@@TheUbernuck if you're talking about what is shown in this video I'm assuming the pricier ones were a combination of older out of print sets and special packs that give you more rares and shinier cards
I was like "hey, 1 booster pack and a promo card, sounds neat, it will probably sell for around 5.99 dollars". And then... 17.99 LOL
No kidding. I was thinking "well, I would like a foil stonecoil and if its just like $6 I don't see what the harm is in buying just one"
I don't think the prof needs to worry about anyone buying these "on a lark". Unfortunately, I think the only people ignorant enough about magic to buy this product aren't people who watch TCC...
On a side note, way back in the day I did find some opened commander decks in a few of those plastic boxes, but after it became widely known, the big box stores were always sold out. By the time they restocked, those cases never had commander decks again. For a while I checked every time I went to the store, shaking the box around to get a look at a set symbol or card name, and all it ever was was dual decks and land packs from bundles. Those things haven't had any good contents in them since like 2015
This is exactly what I did and said when I saw them. Seasoned Magic players think alike after all!
They aren’t 17.99 at my target. They were the same price as a normal pack. I bought one of those
@@ozmond I've seen Masters cards priced as normal boosters, either your Target or his made a mistake.
Yeah that's the point where my jaw hit the ground
I would be willing to say that the whole "It's aimed at parents" argument is exactly why it's a scam and not just a rip off.
They prey on those who doesn't know and all I can hope is that the price itself is enough to dissuade people from buying it, even if they don't know the real "value".
Exactly. That is unconscionable. End of story. Saying it’s only marketed to people who don’t know what the value is makes it worse! If that price doesn’t put someone off, tell them that you could get the SAME PRODUCT for 13 dollars cheaper by just buying a regular booster pack!
@@jackfrost2572 Oh crap, they do? That's horrifying! I have an entire branch of the family who collect pokemon cards! I hope they know about this!
Total scam 10/10
Yet, the packaging isn't misleading in the slightest, so again..., not a scam.
@@kiillabytez Intentionally attempting to hide the contents to not make it obvious that you are buying a product that is actually straight up worth half as much as the price tag is straight up scam practice. Deceptive packaging and misleading labeling is against the law.
my problem with these is that they aren't meant to scam us, the seasoned players who know, this scam is meant to target our loved ones looking to get a gift, and new players.
Not all heroes wear capes Prof, some wear button down shirts and vests while talking to a camera. But seriously Prof, thanks for everything you do!
While looking really fancy.
@@Garymaster4321 He tends to look like he's from the 1970's
@@sgtmadness22 Those eye-searing, wide belly-warmer ties are pure 1970s indeed, but the Prof makes them work as a sartorial signature.
@@sgtmadness22 yes and I love it
@@sgtmadness22 1970s styles are coming back STRONG. Our man is actually ahead of the curve and looking hella stylish imo
"When your grandma or cool dad" really sealed the point for me. I never got into these stupid repackaged products but thinking about some teenager's family doing a cool thing for them like, buying them cards for this game they love, really does hammer home how disgusting this practice is.
Yea man, whoever thought of this were intentionally going after these people...
Yeah, this is a totally unacceptable practice and needs to be stopped, I can Just imagine what a dad may think if they spend a little less then $20 USD on this only to find out that that cool card up front would have been sub $2 and the pack was $4 if he bought the same pack(being generous).
sad thing is that we can't educate everyone and the profits from these things are such a value that the company can still go on in this terrible practice
as @Daily gaming has said it makes parents not want to buy product because of these sale tactics
I don't disagree it's a terrible thing, but most grandma's or uncles or what have you would grab on of the cheapest things right?
The Target Magic shelves are always fully stocked, no one buys the product. So with all the options, even the uniformed wouldn't pick something that expensive and small right? Most I would imagine would grab the 4.19 option or go big and buy a fatpack.
@@MasterDoctorBenji exactly. if you have any discernment as a customer at all, you can see that this is a scam from the outset. tbh, if you fall for this do us all a favor and dont procreate.
@@MasterDoctorBenji Not only that, but this has none of the branding on it.
Granny cant tell a mtg booster pack from a pack of baseball cards without the big name and logo on it.
I haven't played Magic in over a decade, but I somehow got your video pushed to me by "the algorithm" so I gave it a watch. I have to say, this is a solid piece of content and you're doing a great thing by spreading the word about these kinds of parasites who try to scam people and sully a hobby by selling garbage to those who may not know any better. Cheers!
We had these at Walgreens when I worked there. I would straight up tell people its a scam. This and the repacks of opened pokemon cards. I would just point them to the official boosters.
Our Walgreens has 3 packs for $12, way more often than not, I've gotten pretty damn good pulls.
I used to work at Walgreens. I think there is something special with the card packs there (Official of course). However, like the OP on the chain, I would also point people away from the scam repackages. @@bobkarns
@@bobkarns I also have a couple friends who bought several of these and got a few really good pulls surprisingly.
In the 80s, Nintendo would call retailers and tell them that they would receive no new official Nintendo releases so long as they had unlicensed games in their store.
I strongly believe that this is what WotC should do.
Walmart would say cool we won’t carry your product. Wotc needs Walmart
@@williambax8085 Not really - the LGS network and their lil' deal with Amazon means they'll have _plenty_ of places to put product.
@@The_Loreseeker they changed the way packs were made just to even get into Walmart. That’s why we have basic lands in packs now. Walmart target is some of the biggest exposure they get.
@@williambax8085 It's also some of the highest product loss they get, since packs are stolen _often_
@@The_Loreseeker my point still stand.
I learned about repacks being a shitty scam when I bought two of those repackaged acrylic boxes with "100 cards and a promo!" And they were both literally a promo, the same common equipment card, and 99 lands.
bruh
Thats... wow
Lmaoooooook
that's worse than going on a Tinder date and finding out the person is lying about their age by 10 years, their weight by a ton and their hair color by implying that they once had hair, but are now fully bald.
I had one my girlfriend bought for me for my birthday and it was one promo and then three of the same shitty starter deck stacked inside, lol.
As a beginner it is mega hard to decide which products are good and which are not. Thanks for your videos, they totally help
proxy your cards. Trust me, its so much cheaper and you can have any card you want. Printer go brr
I remember a magazine called Scrye, which helped consumers on which products were good buys, but I haven't seen it around much.
Up@@MisterAssasine
Proxy? @@MisterAssasine
@@tiffanywyatt5137printout fakes of cards used in place of the real thing
This is another reason to love prof. He is looking out for everyone all the time. Absolute heart of gold 🥰
These are packaged by Fairfield company. Never buy from Fairfield. They have a history of opening packs, removing cards, adding commons or cheap foils, and resealing them. Definitely don't buy the 'collection' or 'bundle' packs. You have about a 10% chance to actually get everything the pack says you're supposed to get.
Thanks, people need to know
Can WotC cut these guys off or sue?
More like UN-Fairfield, amirite?
also their logo looks very much(identical) to the facebook logo
@@kennethferland5579 No they cant because the countries they do this in dont have proper regulations and laws on reselling products
Ive seen these at Target and never realized the crazy price. I assumed they were going to be $5-8 because the pricing tags are rarely accurate and things seem to float around in Target. Make that assumption and grab a pack or two and dont notice the price while being checked out is the likely problem... Then notice it on the receipt and ask to return... I noticed a lot of Targets wont take back TCG stuff due to people scamming returning product they resealed. Not a good situation all around.
If they are all in the wrong place tell the target associates about it. For me at least, they have always marked down the product to the price on the shelf, which has let me get collectors boosters for $4.25, and even some of these kinds of products for a reasonable price.
yeah 9.99 usually
they overmarked just for the freaking stone coiled rare
so you're paying 7 dollars for it
They (at one point) had a 3-pack for 11.99 with a promo and it looked dece.
Theyve been gone for a hot minute
@@jaredbarton6161 yeah if u can get packs for less than 5, u got a bargain. Sometimes you find old packs for that in boxes, but the wrapped in plastic/cardboard ones are in the 9.99 range.
Yeah I assumed they'd be about the prices you stated above. 17 bucks is a massive rip-off.
Honestly I consider you the voice of Magic the Gathering. I go to you for all my magic info, products, and reviews. Thank you for your contribution to this beloved game.
We used to get these when I worked at Walgreens. I did the, check the sides for the color and art to spot out somethings. I was gonna buy it when it got damaged by a customer a few days later, which meant we have to throw them out. I cracked them open anyway and found intact Apocalypse pack. Lets just say it didn't make it to the garbage bin... suddenly.. more and more of these mystery bundles were getting damaged... and having to be thrown out. I think kids trying to steal them were thinking they were Yugioh or Pokemon cards. All in all, I walked away with a fair share of dark steels and apocalypse packs, and an assortment of fun goodies like gate watch. Only thing I truly miss about that job I think.
When you can't tell which scam the Prof is talking about because a lot of products feel like scams
Are very few wizards official products of actually felt like scams to me. Some of them were definitely out of my price range but I also understand the price tag that they put on it with the exception of maybe the Deluxe Edition at the prof mentioned in this video. Even collector boosters I don’t think they’re worth it to buy if you’re going to crack them but boy do I think they’re worth it to buy and throw in your closet and then forget about
@@HomeCookinMTG yeah very few products feel like scams, I got started in throne of eldraine playing modern and commander and the collectors boosters were some of the best products I have seen. Secret pairs could feel like a scam especially when only 1-2 good cards come with bulk you never wanted.
Top notch consumer advocacy as always
Indeed!
Hey, I'm in Tampa, Florida and I just got into Magic a week ago. Found your channel the other day and so far you've got some good info, thanks for that! Very helpful.
A long time ago I remember first seeing these in places like Target, Kroger, Wal-mart, etc and they were much more reasonably priced, maybe 2-3 more dollars than just a booster pack.
Thank you for protecting us Prof! You passion for the game and for getting us the best value for our dollar keeps me coming back!
Any time
@@TolarianCommunityCollege MVP!
@@TolarianCommunityCollege I wish I saw this video sooner, I was one of those suckers, I never realized the price. I have let you down I apologize
I work at Target and I’ve been trying my best to inform the guests we have at the store
by guests, do you mean people who are staying at your store?
@@greenwave819 not quite
Not all heroes wear capes
Don't worry, I'll make your job a little easier if I'm ever at your Target and see these scam packs by moving them out of sight, lol.
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This is my first video of yours I have watched firsthand, and I just want to say how grateful I am for it. I thought I was already subscribed, but now I am for sure. I may not know a lot about you, but I know I admire and respect you. Looking forward to the future!
I've always hated how scummy these reseller cover companies for bigger corps can get. Great shout out! Thanks for looking out Fam!
The Fairfield Company has been selling these scam products for decades now. Good to remind everyone once in a while, just so newer players don’t fall for this trap.
More like Unfairfields
@@marceloquejinho Got 'em.
@@marceloquejinho heh noice.
17.99 for 1 booster pack from Throne of Eldraine! wtf!
At my store, some of them are also from theros beyond death 🤦
Yea I saw these at my target I couldn't believe it.......I think one pack was at least a modern horizon maybe, but omg who is buying these ?
Insane.
Excuse me, how dare you accuse Fairfield Games of such a scam!?
You get a Stonecoil Serpent too remember :)
Oh I forgot...... another stone coil to add to my 50 other ones , thank you Fairfield !!!
Well this was informative. Thanks Professor. I would never have thought about rotating sets let alone double checking prices for packs. I always did find it interesting when I first saw a big box store selling decks and/or packs.
Thank you for the heads-up, Boromir.
Seriously though, I'm just getting back to Magic after 10+ years of not so much as touching a card, so seeing this early on was very nice.
Years ago, as a college student, me and a friend bought a $12 repackaged thing from Fred Meyer. Even then, my package was full of commons and uncommons while my friend's was literally just lands.
Omg hahaha 😂
I did that once got one rare in the cube and it was covered in tomato sauce
Knowing WotC, if they find out people are actually falling for this scam, they'll probably try to copy it instead of fighting it.
aren't they already doing that with set boosters? less product than a draft box and a higher price.
@@toof987 The trade off with set boosters is that you have higher chances at rare/mythic cards. So, you get fewer commons, typically more uncommons, and sometimes more rares/mythics. Every set booster box I've opened has been, cost per card, more valuable than a draft booster box.
@@damientalrose553 I experienced this as well. Less chaff, more value. I remember getting a “god box” of khans of tarkir that had, in every pack of the box, accidentally replaced an uncommon with a mythic/rare. I would compare the set boosters to that level of value. Granted, it isn’t a perfect comparison, but you give up 6 packs and a few lower rarity cards and come out with more of the potential value of the rares/mythics than you will with draft boosters
Secret Lair: Very Fair Deal! Comes with a foil Sea Gate Banneret (same art) and one Ikoria pack. But!!!! There's a .001% chance we'll replace it with an original innistrad pack!
@@damientalrose553 it must be noticed though that the perception of higher value is based on the assumption that rares are more valuable ... while the sad reality is that, especially in the last couple of regular sets, most of rares are just bulk that have pretty much the same financial value of uncommons and commons on the secondary market.
You can of course get lucky, but I feel that WotC has designed the set boxes to give customers the illusion of cracking more value (more rares, the debatable "list"), while in reality they are the only ones to increas their profit margins with less product for higher retail price.
Thank you for looking out for us. You are a good soul.
I remember when these were $11.99 and came with three boosters. Sometimes youd find the package that had a classic pack in it. I found an odyssey pack in one at one point.
We're gradually getting closer to the legendary episode:
"Is it worth it to buy x?"
"No"
*video ends*
I remember that the Prof did something like that once. I believe it was on the Deluxe Throne of Eldraine even?
Stupid people need things jammed down their throats multiple times to understand WHY they shouldn't do something.
Lucky for us youtube just made shorts!
Dude, thanks alot for this video. I just started to get into Magic The Gathering. A friend gave me a bunch of his old cards to check out a while back and I decided to now go all in with building a deck. I will admit that I very likely would've fallen for this one had I not seen this video. Props.
You're not the only one, I would wonder at the price If there's something special in them and probably buy one
Welcome to the club lads and lasses, you shall never escape this rabbit hole
@@Demonlord4546 I escaped this rabbit hole. I started back in Ice Age and Fourth Edition. I have not played a single game of MTG or purchased any of their products in years. I have only purchased a single pack a few times and played casually for short durations in the last 10 years. Around the 2010's was the last time I picked up a booster box.
You sir are a great asset to the mtg community! I most graciously appreciate your sacrifices and present my sincerest thanks.
Dude, your content is always on point.
I thought I was already subscribed but I would like to formally apologize to you for not being subscribed to the awesome content you make!
You are greatly appreciated, bud!
Thank you. That means a lot to me.
Cringe
It's predatory marketing. The exact point you brought up is the intended market. New players and parent's who don't know any better. Even so, it's hard to imagine someone would see that, then a booster next to it and not scoff at the $17 price tag. Hopefully skeptical minds prevail.
Problem is card sections at big box stores are consistently messy and prices aren't updated or kept clear. So your grandma sees the shiny card on the front next to a bunch of packs without it, and it's been hung on a hook with the normal packs or tossed on a pile of products and they grab it and dont notice the price, or notice it later on the receipt and try to return it but can't because of the new store policies fighting the recent wave of scalpers.
@@TheKingNaesala I can see that being an issue, too.
If you go to target, their product is not always on the shelf neccesarily in the correct place and Target or Walmart won't care to correct it or even refund it either, which is terrible.
Also, to someone who doesn't know anything about the game, you see the foil card and automatically think its good or worth something
@@marzix427 Don't know what Target stores you're going to, but where I work we get shit done and fix any mistakes.
Straight talking and honest as always. This is why the Professor deserves his views.
I’m a newer player and found your channel because of my brothers, thru game knight. And this is exactly why we’re fans of you man. You’re the best!
Thanks Prof! Always looking out for us like a champion!
One of the most transparent, wholesome, and knowledgeable youtubers out there. Thanks you for being light in your corner of the world
Well said
The ONLY type of these "mystery" packs ive ever bought mutiples of have been at rite aid. There typically junk promos but they come with 3 random booster packs for 12 bucks. These for 17.99. YIKES
If you got rite aid rewards itd 11 bucks, so itspretty decent. Once in a blue moon they got a collrctors booster in there
Bought some of these a few years ago when Walmart still had them. Cracked an og printing of mind sculptor
I buy the 3-pack from my local rite aid also
I pay about 9.25 for the 3 pack
Same here
I buy those and have gotten some great cards/packs. Pulled a freaking Conspiracy Vedalken Orrery even once.
I remember back in 2016 driving to 7 different walmarts weighing those acrylic cubes for the 1.8 ounce on the produce scale. Got a riku deck and couldn't be happier (since I was trying to build animar and didnt have a card store near me) miss those days of gold hunting.
Oh you can definitely notify target about this specificity. Email their customer service and if enough complaints roll in they will act.
“Don’t buy this”
Professor “buys a few dozen”
I waste my money so you don’t have to.
He suffers, so we don't have to.
He is the magic Jesus
He pays for our sins in collecting cardboard
@@TolarianCommunityCollege you're doing God's work
@@TolarianCommunityCollege And I appreciate it! A sacrifice for a few to save many.
“You know how you can help me out? DON’T BUY THIS!”
I saw the righteous fury of the foremost MTG consumer advocate here. I’m here for it. Thanks Prof.
Hey professor Tolarian. I have heard of ya before throughout the years and glad to see this video getting recommended to me even at a year later. I hate when companies get away like this scamming people out of their money. A PokeTuber I follow Leonheart even did a video about these companies going after scamming people with pokemon cards like a couple years ago I believe. It's pretty sad to see this happening. Always gotta support actual procudcts from Wizards and your local gameshops.
Dollar stores in Canada sell random 15 card packs for $1.50 each. You know you're getting bulk cards, a $0.25-1.00 rare, but you can often find much older cards in them, sometimes you find useful commander and Pauper bulk, and the occasional money common or uncommon. Got a Stitcher's Supplier in one and another gave me a Secret Salvage which was amazing for the Shadowborn Apostles deck I had. Don't expect Rhystic Study any more though. They have 60 card packs for $4 or $5 too. They come from a similar type company to MJ Hoodwinking but this company, Presstine Marketing, doesn't rip you off.
Reminder that not everyone has a LGS, nor can we play irl. We have to rely on Big Box stores. That being said, do NOT buy crap from MJ Holding, Or Fairfield.
Support someone else's LGS. There's so many really cool stores that sell for retail online with super reasonable 50-75 dollar free shipping bonuses, and so many sell at MSRP instead of gouging on eBay or tcgplayer. I've even gotten 10% off coupons when buying from LGSs!
Preach!
@@Iceknight212 Agree 100%
There are many LGS who have online stores and offer great deals. If you don't trust them...Card Kingdom is FANTASTIC and prices seem right inline with the community. Altho I do question their grading system at times.
MJ Holdings and Excell are the only vendors you buy from when you shop for trading cards at Target and Wal-Mart. They just make more margin on these mystery repackaged items, but even a regular booster is distributed by them.
@@MrTomhotch oh shit 0.0
If theres anything the community needs to do right now...is share this video...not to your friends or veteran magic players...but to people who don't know about magic or the newer people...
Where I live they give you 3 booster packs and a promo for about $13. They are usually a combination of what's rotating out of standard but every so often you get something different. In my last foray into these types of packs, I pulled Commander Legends.
New player here, thank you so much. Will definitely look out for unofficial packs sold off basicly second hand
Buy everything you can online. TCG is my go to.
Fully agree with the sentiment that this is absolutely outrageous. The entry points into our community should be guarded to ensure that we don't lose potential players to the negative sentiments these products cause.
Ah, Fairfield Company, that right there is an IMMEDIATE red flag
Who are they, first time hearing of it.
@@impendio googled them and all i see is repackaging scams.. looks like the prof hit the nail on the head again
And see M.J holding s
Probably an amazon damaged and returns liquidator. Buy bulk bins of garbage for 10 cents on the dollar and have to find a way to resell it.
They do the same gimmick with baseball and football cards.
My grandma fell for this but with a Pokémon scam, It wasn’t even like a pack of Pokémon cards it was just like 10 random cards that were trash. I didn’t have the heart to tell her it was a scam and just wasted her money.
As a new player feeling the pull towards buying boosters I thank you for making this video so that i don't lose any more money than I already have.
I reached out to the fairfield company and they sent me this:
"Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention, we will be taking care of this so it doesn't happen again."
basically it's the nice way of saying "get your head out of our business"
Absolute vintage Prof. Down in the trenches. Standing up for the little guy and all of the rest of us. Keep being the hero we deserve. This is why we love you. You are the OP mtg content creator
Professor, I Thank you again for the heads up, wish truth in packaging didn't have to be an issue. I like to insist on getting my money's worth.
I remember when I was a kid I bought a product that looked very similar to that, only they were Yu-gi-oh cards. They didn't even have a proper sealed pack, it was just about 30 loose cards in the plastic with the cardboard back. They were all in spanish, aside from the front-facing promo. I remember thinking it was weird that it didn't look official or have Konami on anything but the cards themselves but I was a kid and I thought it might have been a good deal. One of the strangest products I'd ever seen and it was at Wal-mart so I thought it had to be official if it was carried there.
i feel bad for the professor to have to spend 90 bucks for this utterly cabbage
For you. I did it for you.
@@TolarianCommunityCollege real heroes wear waistcoats.
The Professor really does just have our best interest in mind. I appreciate him wasting his own money and time so people don't get ripped off. Hopefully he makes the $80 back
He will. This video alone will pay for them. Prof will be just fine. He probably right now, using those cards...they will make great fire starters!
Dude thank you me and my friend hang out and play magic all the time and we actually buy magic from this local store all the time and we had no idea about this so thank you man you really appreciate it
i have been wanting to get into magic for a while and got my first deck yesterday and a booster and this video is really informing and im definitely subbing to get more tips
Scamming is all the Fairfield company does. They do it to all TCGs unfortunately.
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The disturbing thing is that their parent company, Excell Marketing, proudly lists Magic (and Pokemon, and a bunch of other games) on their site. So I have this concern that WOTC knows full well who these people are and what they do, and don't care because they're buying down old inventory.
@@anyGould Hey! I grew up with an Allen.. we watched stargate on TV where the Goa'uld pair-a-sited peoples... How are you doing that?! Are you a computer hacker watching over me like an angel in the nite?! =/O,
Hi professor, thank you for your sacrifice and keeping us informed.
My pleasure
On a lark I got a similar product that wasn't quite as obviously scammy (depending on your definition), two Strixhaven set boosters and two promos for $10.
After opening it, red flags came up when the booster foil was suspiciously crimped at the bottom and didn't open easily like usual, tough glued shut. No card inside was worth more than 35¢.
I looked at the back of the outer package that had a similar blurb to this one, and technically, it *does* warn that they're repacks, but I didn't realize they could mean the inner packs as well.
I use to work at Bestbuy, about 3 years ago now, in the Portland Oregon area. I got in trouble multiple times for warning customers about crap like this. Or if we sold something that was a “combo” insignia deal when you could buy the parts separately, less expensive and better quality. It’s a plague.
I would like to start by saying, Thank you for spending your own money for the community at large. the sheer outrage that is exuding from your every pore in this video really shows how much love you have for this game, for that i would like to thank you again. May peace be the journey and dont forget to support your local game store
Wow, really well said dude. That... really got me thinkin', jesus christ! I don't play anymore and haven't for a long time, so for the first part of the video I was kinda thinking "ok man, sure, but I'm not sure it's that big of a deal" but honestly by the end of the video I totally get where this guy is coming from now, and I immediately have a lot of respect for him. I think at this point in the modern age, most of us have gotten so cynical (especially me) that we almost instinctively balk at the idea of _genuinely_ caring this much about something... about anything. But idk, this dude's anger really spoke to me for some reason. It's refreshing to see someone be truly passionate about something they care about, if that makes sense? Yeah, so I'm pretty sure I'm talking to myself more than I'm talking to you at this point (or maybe I'm talking to the endless void that is the internet, i'm not sure it matters anyway), but thanks for reading this. I hope you're having a good day so far (yes, you. the person reading this). :)
I thought stonecoil looked interesting, and was thinking about buying it. Thank you so much for the warning.
stone coil is only good in edh anyways
it's just a subpar splash card with no synergy
at 3-4mana, it is just a regular creature with trample
at 5+ mana, there's just better creatures to play
@@madhatten00 i mean, it's not oko but it's flexible and a great sideboard option. Also It has a strog +/+ counter sinergy and great value with lurrus. It survived clarion, It was teferiproof, It survived the zenith flare and azorius flyers so i will say you are talking nonsense. Obviously not a broken card but holds up pretty good.
Btw, it's pretty obvius the guy with the bolas pfp is trolling.
@@madhatten00 A bit of a late reply, but it's funny to play for X=1 in Ensoul Artifact decks, and if you use it as a sacrificial blocker with Eater of Virtue you can give good creatures all of its keywords later
That Chaos Orb figurine on your bookshelf is amazing! I recall being so excited to get a Chaos Orb around 6 Months before they banned it. Flipping that card was an art I learned from a pro. You hold the card with your thumb and middle finger and hold it about a foot above the card your want to hit. Use your other hands middle and forefinger to quickly slap down the card straight down. With enough practice the Chaos Orb would flip exactly one time straight down on top of your targeted card or cards if your opponent didn't separate his cards far enough in defense for Chaos Orb. Spacing cards in defense of this is why the card was banned as it took up too much space to run a tourney. But damn was it fun to use while it was still legal. That figuring is sick! Love it!
Where did you get the pictures on the wall in your back? They look amazing! :D
These have been around so long and I don't remember them being so pricey. Back in the day they only used to be like .75 to a dollar more than the booster and had like 3-5 cards. It's wild how the landscape has changed.
Well this is a repack, its not even done by WotC.
@@HelmuthGerka Yep, I get that but the price they want now is just crazy compared to when I was a kid.
'inflation' is what theyll argue
I saw someone in your tweets saying that they found "Throne of Eldraine, Collector boosters" in these and that "so long as you know what you're doing sometimes they are good" and I wanted to scream at them. Absolutely crazy.
" i found a revised pack!"
I'm guilty of this admittedly. Found a commander legends collector booster in one and pulled a mana drain out of it so it worked out. 99.9 percent of these though are absolutely trash.
Oh to go back to the days when a $17 booster was a "scam" and a booster box was $90. Now a booster straight from Wizards is $40 and a box is $400.
I bought one of these recently at a rite aid grocery store in CA. I think it was like 4.99 for a brothers war set booster, and the stone coil serpent. I figured it was a good deal considering the set booster was that same price at my local game store, and I was getting a free stone coil on top of that. Things must have changed in all this time since the release of this video
The passion this man has is almost palpable. Wow, i just recently got into magic snd and found your channel. Amazing content, and i will definitely be watching more.
Same! My husband is an advanced player but I'm a total newbie.
Prof has both entertaining, and highly informative videos. Over the years he's become a pillar of the community, if you haven't already, do yourself a favor and subscribe to his channel.
I miss the random booster packs target carried around 2011. Imagine getting a pack of apocalypse at a big box store today.
I miss the days of the acrylic edh decks… or the 3 pack boosters that sometimes had an older pack like onslaught.
I do remember back when walmart used to have these little boxes of 3-4 random packs that were priced at what the packs actually sold for so it was pretty fair and sometimes you'd get a few older packs. I guess the repacks are all just garbage now.
Thank you for covering this, I literally spent 20 minutes in a Target trying to figure it out for myself and was dumbfounded when I found out what was actually in the package. The only other thing I found was a lot of them had commander legends packs as well.
I absolutely love how passionate Prof is at these videos. It demonstrates how much he loves the players of this game as much as the cards themselves ❤️
I don't even collect MtG, but I absolutely love you and Rudy. Great information for those that do collect it. I still have my deck from 1999, but that was a gift. Fun game though =)
Thanks for the heads up Prof.
When I saw that the pack cover was blocked in the packaging by the crappy "bonus"card I was immediately like "those are packs that are about to rotate aren't they" lol
Wow, I am speechless. Thanks for spreading the word Prof!
Good work thank you Prof I appreciate you looking out for people who don't know. I didn't.
I was into magic about a decade ago, then moved and had no one to play with. Finally picked it up again with the, agreeably bad, MTG Arena, and I remember you from a Game Knights episode where you played Hapatra,Vizier of Poisons. You are great and I'm enjoying the game again
You really want to know what ends up happening,parents end up not wanting to buy them magic products at all after realizing they do those grimy sales tactics wether the new products are a scam or not lol good going Fairfield thanks for the scoop.not surprised they been scamming the pokemon community for YEARS.
This reminds me of Aeon and Tesco (my equivalent of Walmart/Target where I live) selling Gundam model kits at twice the price of what hobby stores are selling them at. It feels like they are preying on families and relatives who don't know better getting them as gifts thinking they found a good deal.
I'm surprised to hear tesco even selling gunpla, never come across it where I am
well it's a decent enough deal at barnes and nobles for gunpla
if i bought it directly from japan, shipping fees makes it equivalent
like 24.99 and then i pay 16 with 7 dollars shipping from japan
@@madhatten00 on average hobby stores are selling high grade kits for 15-20 dollars, but a HG Re:rise kit could cost upwards of 25 to 30 dollars at Aeon/Tesco
I’m over here in Toronto. I don’t see any of these packs in targets.... in fact I don’t see any targets at all. there are Walmart’s though
the 99c store near my house used to sell old magic card packs' i got a few of them and got a mahamoti djinn from them
Man, I do remember those days from about nine or ten years ago when these repacks could have some serious value, but you're right Prof, they've been gone for a long time.
I really appreciate the videos of yours I have seen. I do remember the days of buying a commander in the acrylic box for 10$. Those days are well and truly gone. Keep doing what you are doing sir!
Reminds me of a specific game store in pdx that had singles listed at a unilateral price in a box on the counter. Rather than doing something efficiently like weigh the mf cards and charge for the cards - stand there and go through the entire stack of 327 that I spent 1.5 hours picking through for another 5 mins and start pulling out cards that “ aren’t supposed to be in ther
I’ve been playing magic for about a year and some change and I don’t know what all the lingo is pertaining to sets and booster packs and I’d like to say thank you for being a good person and stoping people like me from being scammed
Added lesson learned included in every pack!
No need to search for a lesson card with THIS product. The learn mechanic is brought by YOU..and your regretted purchase.
man... remember the days when those blisters had 3 packs plus a cheap promo.
Yeah, and I don't think they were even 18 bucks more like 13. That's how I got my Lathliss retail promo card
I have innumerable Genesis Hydra promos from those.
I have never once seen those packs here in Tampa, Fl.