I love this list but I’d love to see the Prof make a command deck off of Runo Stromkirk for Shuffle up and Play because I believe that would be amazing.
This set has the same problem as New Capenna for me: Stunning art in a setting I am deeply interested in, on a collection of cards I probably won't play. Thankfully the Merfolk precon alleviates that for me somewhat. I feel like they're the most flavorfully and mechanically rich of the four decks, and the showcase versions of the legendary merfolk have me blown away. I will probably have to shell out a pretty penny for that showcase Kumena from the secret lair once it's in sellers' hands.
I took a step away from magic for about two years now and just recently decided to look at all the cards for the sets I have missed out on. I bought about $60 worth of singles to update some cubes and decks I have. Doing this was way cheaper then buy at least one box of each set. Although I do miss draft sometimes...
"buy singles" is especially true where i live where a set box goes for $170 and a draft box goes for $160. if you buy a box here, you're not expecting to break even. you do it because you love the set and want a bunch of cards from it.
maybe do an episode how these prices hold up over time? opening them on near launch kind makes it seem worth it, but most prices drop fast soon after. you could take card lists from already opened boxed and just update + compare price info
This set is just awesome. As a dinosaur, merfolk, pirate AND vampire enjoyer just about every card is a hit with me. My Wayta deck is thriving right now
@@Hfsm33 This has been a great limited set so far! I kinda wish it had been a bit more focused on the constructed side (there are a lot of mechanics, but most combine well in draft with at least one other), but I haven't really added anything out of this set to a standard deck other than Growing Rights.
My one box for this set might have been the most deflating MTG experience I've ever had. Over the course of an evening I discovered that 1) the Jurassic Park slot could be occupied by freaking basic lands, and 2) all of my JP slots were, in fact, occupied by lands (well, 2 basics and a Command Tower). Cool land art or no, I feel genuinely ripped off, and that's coming from someone who does not open a set booster box expecting to break even (monetarily).
I'm starting to believe this is intentional to make the transition to Play Boosters look better by comparison, though my tinfoil hat may be a bit too tight.
Honestly, as much as buying booster boxes for this set (as with most sets) isn't a great idea, I do LOVE this set both for it's reprints, and for draft! It's one of the most fun draft environments I've ever had the pleasure of playing in a LONG time!!! Also, the reprints are so wild! Resplendant Angel! Gishath!! Even Growing Rites!!!!! There's so many incredible reprints, so many cool new card designs, the set overall is just such a fun one!! Also has our first free sac outlet in the command zone for Orzhov, and at 2 mana!!!! It even has good merfolk support. This set is firing on all cylinders for me, and damn do I love it. 10/10, out of the park hit. If I had the money to buy a box I would - not for the purpose of making profit or such, but just to have a whole bunch of these cool cards (or ideally get a draft in!)
True, seeing how CHEAP Resplendent Angel is now is making me "want" to complete a set of it now... I only need just one to complete a set... But yes for LCI since this is my FAVORITE Tribal-themed plane, more so than that of Lorwyn/Shadowmoor and the whole of Onslaught-block
Thanks for these videos! I haven't bought standard set box at release for quite a while now. I still enjoy opening packs sometimes, but now I just wait til they drop in price first!
EDH runs the show now. Standard is mostly dead. There was a time when you could wait for your favorite cards to rotate out of standard so you could nab them up....investors put a hard stop to that.
Vegas always wins. When you are 30 packs in with nothing...and you hit...WOW WOW WOWZERS....never mind how much you actually spent spinning the wheel to get that hit.
I highly enjoyed this set. I've gotten some great pulls from a set box and some decent ones from a bundle. Got a cavern of souls and and some other good ones. Most may not be in price value but a lot are ones that I can use and I am personally excited for which has its own value.
That first box was solid. Kinda what your average box should be: a decent bunch of $5-10 cards, rather than a bunch of chaff and one chase mythic you have to hope you get lucky for, like a lot of sets these past couple years have been.
the fact WOTC even prints chaff is enough to turn me off. They literally print the game and know what is good...and what is garbage....and yet they still flood boxes with garbage.
@@xzysyndrome Yeah. But they have to if they want people to buy packs. If everything was good, people wouldn’t need to buy as many packs, and they wouldn’t make as much money. I don’t like buying packs because I like to control what I get for my money, but it’s a lucrative business for WotC. A lot of people like gambling.
Me and some friends are doing a precon league where we bought precons and can only upgrade it with packs we get from our local shops, aaaand recently we split a box of ixalan. Such a fun set!
When the Professor opens the packs, why are the rares the first cards that show up (on top of the stack)? When I open Set Boosters, the rare cards are at the bottom 🤔 Highly confused.. Edit: I see that he flips the whole stack around. BUT, here in Europe, the art card is also the top card, but then all the rest of the cards are face up, so you work yourself from the commons up to the good cards without ever having to flip any cards to the front side (in the EN boosters as well). Does anyone know why the boosters in this video seem to be doing it the opposite way?
There is no new wonders to behold. You can literally see all the cards available before set release. Given the limited number of chase cards vs. the garbage...People who buy boosters to just open on a wing and a prayer are the same people who buy lottery tickets. They never keep a running total of how much money they lost...only what they have won....which is often far less than what they have lost.
@@iamthebiggs252 I used to crack cases. I understand completely...I bought four cases of Kaladesh (most cases ever for me on a new set). Everytime I peeled open a Masterpiece...I forgot all about how much money I was losing...now, if I had just put those 4 cases in the closet and sold them today unopened...Winning. Don't feel sorry for me...my collection roles back to Beta...I'm doing fine. Screw opening new product though...that is what Proxies are for.
I'm pretty sure hardly anyone who buys booster boxes just to open them thinks they're going to break even or pull that one card that makes them a profit. You buy them for the fun of it, just how you go see a movie in the theater, spend a night out with friends eating fancy food or having a few drinks in a bar, it's all just 'wasted money' for quick dopamine hits, that's all there really is to life. Which of course doesn't mean you should spend all of your money solely on these things and then struggling to make ends meet. As long as you have disposable income to throw at stuff, who gives a flying fuck man, everyone knows they're not getting good value out of opening packs. And for people like me there's also another component to it: I simply don't like buying singles because I don't feel like these cards belong to me. That connection, for me personally, comes from being the first person to rip these cards out of the pack, as stupid as it may sound. Because that also means that I know these cards are coming out in mint/new-mint condition whereas with stuff you buy from someone else online, you can never be sure.
I love the borderless art for Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath. I remember pulling it at pre release and I knew i would replace the normal Itzquinth card in the Pentlaza deck.
gonna be interesting doing this next year, this is new distro price for booster boxes. Magic the Gathering CCG: Murders at Karlov Manor Booster Display (36) Srp: NET Your Price: $122.34
Just cracking packs if you're doing it just to see what you will get isn't bad. On my way to work because I work nights I stopped at a toy store that sells magic the gathering and bought a pack of wilds of eldraine. I pulled out of a $4 pack a $35 doubling season.
I ended up getting a set booster box, and then 2 collector booster packs, and then a bundle, and to be honest I wish I had just bought one collector booster box instead because I ended up spending the same amount, and what I actually should have done is probably just wait a few months and buy singles. I am really excited about this set though, so, I had some fun with it
Yeah, my husband and I bought a draft box because we like to play sealed together and we both love Ixalan. I think if I want to get shiny cards, though, a Collector box is the way rather than set boosters especially since our local shop is marking them down for Black Friday. You can’t draft set boosters and you don’t get as many Jurassic Park cards as collector boosters.
Would love to have the dinosaur cards. Be so cool! I not only collect them but planning to make a commander deck with them. Already have a standard (idk if it's the same as modern. Can't remember the difference) deck of dinos.
Buy long enough...you get a kiss. As they say in Vegas...Get while the getting is good. I opened a case of Kaladesh and got a Mana Vault, a Sword of Fire and Ice, and a Black Vice in Masterpiece. At the time...I was super stoked. Sure wish I had that case unopened....it would be worth far more than those cards combined.
He says after sellers fee and shipping costs its not worth it to sell anything under $2 he said it in the beggining of the video. I'm sure if you took all values you are infact over $120
@@zealouslyonpsychedelics my LGS only buys bulk sub $1 cards by weight rather than individual value. It's a pain in the ass to sell a bunch of bulk cards and not worth the time
@@Fallenight987 you're not a shill for enjoying it. You are a shill if you pretend the experience can't be improved. Guaranteed I bought more sealed than you...and yet it doesn't mean we can't expect more. If you concede that they're just selling a gambling product that's just more troubling... By WotC's own admission no one is buying sealed! they're having to consolidate two products to save sales.
honey who said break even? I said value. In fact even wotc acknowledges there's no value because they're having to consolidate products to save the whole venture of mtg@@charahnalaar
I've never had such good value for a booster box before let alone a collector booster box like I did with Ixalan. I pulled a foil neon green mana crypt. Even without it the value was higher than the price of the box for money and value for my decks and trades. Got to say much unlike WOE which is a good set but there was never much gain from the set outside of buying singles. Plus the opening of the boosters in Ixalan are much more fun I found. Commander decks are seriously fun too and again much better than WOE. So I feel like WOC might be onto a good prosperous run for collectors. With so many reprints this year and value for commander pre cons also on the up. Let's hope the momentum carries on through to the next sets and they don't take many steps backwards.
You got lucky...don't forget the whiffs. It always cracks me up when someone hits playing lotto and they suddenly swear by it. Like a 90 year old retiree who finally hits on a slot machine...after years of dumping their life savings into it. HOORAY!!!
@@xzysyndrome not everyone will strike gold but even opening up a bundle I got the green god and cavern of souls. In my play group 2 others got cavern of souls whilst 5 others got 1-2 god cards each, 2 others got a mana crypt each whilst a friend of theirs also got a mana crypt. Heard nothing of the sort with WOE. Only one of or group got lucky. Obviously yes it is a lottery ultimately but it feels like Ixalan had got better value for what you spend across all of the products. Whilst WOE often fell short of value.
I would like to give a huge special thanks to the Professor and his crew for all this wonderful and helpful tips and content to help the rest of the TCG community out I just went out and bought my very first GameGenic 133+ XL The Academic I love it I definitely recommend it to everyone ya it was $50 but you get what you pay for. Thanks professor and GameGenic
...are packs packed differently in different regions? because it looks like the guaranteed rare is either the second or third card in your boosters, but when I buy them where I live, I could swear the rare is always the second-to-last card?
No there are different printing companies. The rares being in front show it is a Japanese box. The rares in back are American or Belgium. Also card stock quality is different between the 3.
2 dockside extortionist would have ran you about $140. I have a playset of dockside extortionists...they look and feel just like the real deal...they cost me $4.00 They play just like yours. I guess if you want the prestige...go for it. I just want to play the game I have loved since the early 90's...and not spend hundreds on fucking cardboard.
You know, it used to be when I heard the *cha-ching*, I could look over from what I was doing, read the card quickly and think whether or not the price made sense. Now that each card has a paragraph of text, I can't do that anymore😢
Thank you for absolutely dissuading me from purchasing a set booster box. There are at least 12 cards in this set going for over $10 and at least 18 going for over $5, yet with 2 boxes you were unable to get enough of them to make the box worthwhile, even including FOIL treatments, variants and The List cards. It used to be that I could buy a set booster box and be guaranteed at least to get a good portion of the set, but now with all the BS cards that’s not even realistic. Add to that the quality of some of The List cards reprinted with recent sets and it makes total sense that you couldn’t get more than half the value from the second box. I must admit that I am curious to see what the new booster boxes do for the game but I can’t say that I am going to be rushing into buying boxes ever again. I will rush to watch the next Tolarian Community College video though! 😎
sets great but the cost versus value is underwhelming.....i remember when you used to get value from a set now most chase cards might break 25 30 dollars?
IMO they should of made the jurassic land cards take the Land Spot in the pack, cause in a set booster people average 1-3 jurassic card cards a box, and if you get unfortunate and get 3 lands your not getting anything else forget it, cause thats what happened to me in 2!!! booster box got 3 lands from jurassic park only while my friend got only artifact and creature from jurassic cards from his 2 booster box
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I love this list but I’d love to see the Prof make a command deck off of Runo Stromkirk for Shuffle up and Play because I believe that would be amazing.
if you want a good time watch this at 2X speed. It is the true way to listen to the music in this video
This guy isn’t wrong! Listening now it slaps!
True 😂 its so fun
Does it make that “Dance Dance Dance” song tolerable?
Can confirm 🤣
Huh
Normally I watch at 2x, but this made me double check. 😂
Absolutely loving the artwork in this set! Some fun new cards too. Really hoping for more Capybara cards in future sets as well🤩
Amen
More Capys and Otters please
Same
This set has the same problem as New Capenna for me: Stunning art in a setting I am deeply interested in, on a collection of cards I probably won't play. Thankfully the Merfolk precon alleviates that for me somewhat. I feel like they're the most flavorfully and mechanically rich of the four decks, and the showcase versions of the legendary merfolk have me blown away. I will probably have to shell out a pretty penny for that showcase Kumena from the secret lair once it's in sellers' hands.
Cappy Tribal
@@louistown7835 a good idea
I always watch these to remind myself to always buy singles lol
Me too lol
Sometimes. I am looking for a store that sells foils.
I took a step away from magic for about two years now and just recently decided to look at all the cards for the sets I have missed out on. I bought about $60 worth of singles to update some cubes and decks I have. Doing this was way cheaper then buy at least one box of each set. Although I do miss draft sometimes...
I watch these to remind my self to not buy magic cards :D
buying singles is fucking lame
"buy singles" is especially true where i live where a set box goes for $170 and a draft box goes for $160. if you buy a box here, you're not expecting to break even. you do it because you love the set and want a bunch of cards from it.
maybe do an episode how these prices hold up over time? opening them on near launch kind makes it seem worth it, but most prices drop fast soon after. you could take card lists from already opened boxed and just update + compare price info
Also, some cards have jumped up a lot. That roaming throne is a lot more, for example
This set is just awesome. As a dinosaur, merfolk, pirate AND vampire enjoyer just about every card is a hit with me. My Wayta deck is thriving right now
Agreed, usually comback sets are kinda worse but they did a good job with this one. Limited is super fun. Complex, but fun.
@@Hfsm33 This has been a great limited set so far! I kinda wish it had been a bit more focused on the constructed side (there are a lot of mechanics, but most combine well in draft with at least one other), but I haven't really added anything out of this set to a standard deck other than Growing Rights.
I have been trying to build a fungal tribal for a while. Now, it may be playable.
@@Hfsm33very true, normally the comeback sets are boring to me but the new cards are a pleasant surprise. A lot of playable stuff this time around
@@f.g.5967Elder Fungus looks pretty cool
Next cross over will be with classic of literature like Moby Dick. Very accurate from Wizard to create an extension about whale hunting.
My one box for this set might have been the most deflating MTG experience I've ever had. Over the course of an evening I discovered that 1) the Jurassic Park slot could be occupied by freaking basic lands, and 2) all of my JP slots were, in fact, occupied by lands (well, 2 basics and a Command Tower). Cool land art or no, I feel genuinely ripped off, and that's coming from someone who does not open a set booster box expecting to break even (monetarily).
Not just lands, also Tokens...
The most deflating part of the whole thing would have been "The Jurassic Park" slot. Is this Magic or a feckin happy meal?
@@xzysyndromelast time I checked the dino cards were in fact magic cards.
I was very upset with the box I opened. Got two JP lands and 2 JP tokens. No other JP cards in my box
I'm starting to believe this is intentional to make the transition to Play Boosters look better by comparison, though my tinfoil hat may be a bit too tight.
Wow.... that second box was brutal. Thank you for the video Professor.
I'm convinced the white ojer is a super mythic in this set. My store has yet to crack one.
Last sealed event one guy pulled 2 ojer, one of them was showcase also he got a promo ghalta unbelievable
I got 2 in 15 set boosters, one showcase
Honestly, as much as buying booster boxes for this set (as with most sets) isn't a great idea, I do LOVE this set both for it's reprints, and for draft! It's one of the most fun draft environments I've ever had the pleasure of playing in a LONG time!!! Also, the reprints are so wild! Resplendant Angel! Gishath!! Even Growing Rites!!!!! There's so many incredible reprints, so many cool new card designs, the set overall is just such a fun one!! Also has our first free sac outlet in the command zone for Orzhov, and at 2 mana!!!! It even has good merfolk support.
This set is firing on all cylinders for me, and damn do I love it. 10/10, out of the park hit. If I had the money to buy a box I would - not for the purpose of making profit or such, but just to have a whole bunch of these cool cards (or ideally get a draft in!)
Resplended angle and growing rights being under 10 is crazy. You got to love sone good reprints
Ah yes, resplended angle. All star card and staple in trigonometry tribal decks.
True, seeing how CHEAP Resplendent Angel is now is making me "want" to complete a set of it now... I only need just one to complete a set...
But yes for LCI since this is my FAVORITE Tribal-themed plane, more so than that of Lorwyn/Shadowmoor and the whole of Onslaught-block
Well, you see... Secret Lair finds a way.
Thanks for these videos! I haven't bought standard set box at release for quite a while now. I still enjoy opening packs sometimes, but now I just wait til they drop in price first!
EDH runs the show now. Standard is mostly dead. There was a time when you could wait for your favorite cards to rotate out of standard so you could nab them up....investors put a hard stop to that.
Pulled a dockside in the list slot from my bundle, excited was an understatement 😂🎉
Vegas always wins. When you are 30 packs in with nothing...and you hit...WOW WOW WOWZERS....never mind how much you actually spent spinning the wheel to get that hit.
@@xzysyndrome I mean my bundle was $40, dockside would sell for $55-60 so I'm up? But I get your meaning when it comes to opening a full box
do you think i should buy a bundle or box?
@@Tiredviet None. Save your money and buy bonds.
I highly enjoyed this set. I've gotten some great pulls from a set box and some decent ones from a bundle. Got a cavern of souls and and some other good ones. Most may not be in price value but a lot are ones that I can use and I am personally excited for which has its own value.
That first box was solid. Kinda what your average box should be: a decent bunch of $5-10 cards, rather than a bunch of chaff and one chase mythic you have to hope you get lucky for, like a lot of sets these past couple years have been.
the fact WOTC even prints chaff is enough to turn me off. They literally print the game and know what is good...and what is garbage....and yet they still flood boxes with garbage.
@@xzysyndrome Yeah. But they have to if they want people to buy packs. If everything was good, people wouldn’t need to buy as many packs, and they wouldn’t make as much money.
I don’t like buying packs because I like to control what I get for my money, but it’s a lucrative business for WotC. A lot of people like gambling.
Me and some friends are doing a precon league where we bought precons and can only upgrade it with packs we get from our local shops, aaaand recently we split a box of ixalan. Such a fun set!
This may be my favorite set now. I got all of the precons and i might get a box once i have the money for it
When the Professor opens the packs, why are the rares the first cards that show up (on top of the stack)? When I open Set Boosters, the rare cards are at the bottom 🤔
Highly confused..
Edit: I see that he flips the whole stack around. BUT, here in Europe, the art card is also the top card, but then all the rest of the cards are face up, so you work yourself from the commons up to the good cards without ever having to flip any cards to the front side (in the EN boosters as well). Does anyone know why the boosters in this video seem to be doing it the opposite way?
Different printers in EU
Nothing beats the magic (pun slightly intended) of cracking open packs to see what new wonders are there to behold!
There is no new wonders to behold. You can literally see all the cards available before set release. Given the limited number of chase cards vs. the garbage...People who buy boosters to just open on a wing and a prayer are the same people who buy lottery tickets. They never keep a running total of how much money they lost...only what they have won....which is often far less than what they have lost.
Clearly you don't understand, and I feel sorry for you.
@@iamthebiggs252 I used to crack cases. I understand completely...I bought four cases of Kaladesh (most cases ever for me on a new set). Everytime I peeled open a Masterpiece...I forgot all about how much money I was losing...now, if I had just put those 4 cases in the closet and sold them today unopened...Winning. Don't feel sorry for me...my collection roles back to Beta...I'm doing fine. Screw opening new product though...that is what Proxies are for.
@@xzysyndrome I don't think you're wrong about proxies, esp in the casual space.
I'm pretty sure hardly anyone who buys booster boxes just to open them thinks they're going to break even or pull that one card that makes them a profit. You buy them for the fun of it, just how you go see a movie in the theater, spend a night out with friends eating fancy food or having a few drinks in a bar, it's all just 'wasted money' for quick dopamine hits, that's all there really is to life. Which of course doesn't mean you should spend all of your money solely on these things and then struggling to make ends meet. As long as you have disposable income to throw at stuff, who gives a flying fuck man, everyone knows they're not getting good value out of opening packs.
And for people like me there's also another component to it: I simply don't like buying singles because I don't feel like these cards belong to me. That connection, for me personally, comes from being the first person to rip these cards out of the pack, as stupid as it may sound. Because that also means that I know these cards are coming out in mint/new-mint condition whereas with stuff you buy from someone else online, you can never be sure.
(foil) (capybara)
I lol'd. Also, he a good boy.
It may be a waste of my money, but I still enjoy cracking packs. Especially this set as it has the JP cards!
Yup! That's the whole reason I buy packs. Just for the fun of opening them.
I love the borderless art for Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath. I remember pulling it at pre release and I knew i would replace the normal Itzquinth card in the Pentlaza deck.
These videos are the best thanks prof !!
i enjoyed the music alot ! And the occasional sound of a hit
Big dinosaurs no whammies!
Let’s gooooooo
@@TolarianCommunityCollege oof. Definitely whammies in those boxes.
gonna be interesting doing this next year, this is new distro price for booster boxes.
Magic the Gathering CCG: Murders at Karlov Manor Booster Display (36)
Srp: NET
Your Price: $122.34
Just cracking packs if you're doing it just to see what you will get isn't bad. On my way to work because I work nights I stopped at a toy store that sells magic the gathering and bought a pack of wilds of eldraine. I pulled out of a $4 pack a $35 doubling season.
This Macleod guy makes one heck of a soundtrack!
At 21:55 Rat's birthday bash is playing 😢🎉❤
Thanks for the great video and another testament to buying singles, lol
Please edit Blue Ska by Kevin MacLeod into these videos more often
Pulled two neon ink cards. I love them. Cavern of souls and mana crypt.
I appreciate that the coolest looking cards outside of the Jurassic ones are all cheap xD
2 nice Jurassic World cards in the first 5 minutes. Meanwhile, I had one in my entire box and it was a land. Why do I keep doing this to myself? 😅
You got a land? I only got a "treasure" token
Cardboard crack
I got "don't move" and a token lol.
For..
*checks box*
Lost caverns of Ixalan!
Probably Profs best ever joke.
Draft is the only way, can’t wait to draft my box soon
The point of set boosters was to crack them and enjoy opening packs.
Prof. Please team up with Coalesce Apparel. We're all waiting for a "NEW SECRET LAIR ALERT!!!" t-shirt so damn badly
Roaming throne is already up to like 15 as of today!
7:52 The music playing here has a distinct Mega Man vibe.
Got 2 special guest and and coat in boxtopper so this box was good. Even cavern and 2 dragons myth
I ended up getting a set booster box, and then 2 collector booster packs, and then a bundle, and to be honest I wish I had just bought one collector booster box instead because I ended up spending the same amount, and what I actually should have done is probably just wait a few months and buy singles. I am really excited about this set though, so, I had some fun with it
Yeah, my husband and I bought a draft box because we like to play sealed together and we both love Ixalan. I think if I want to get shiny cards, though, a Collector box is the way rather than set boosters especially since our local shop is marking them down for Black Friday. You can’t draft set boosters and you don’t get as many Jurassic Park cards as collector boosters.
the draft boosters are imo always best cause yall had fun playing together! Any cards are just bonus after that
i just got a box and pulled a mana crypt, Chimil the inner sun as a box topper, and a couple more putting me up 200
I like the new basic land art
Would love to have the dinosaur cards. Be so cool! I not only collect them but planning to make a commander deck with them. Already have a standard (idk if it's the same as modern. Can't remember the difference) deck of dinos.
Great set, only got back into magic after 2/3 years and pulled a mana crypt in my first of 3 packs.
DAMN, that 2nd box... woof!
I opened 8 packs, and had amazing luck!
Thanks prof
Wow you and I had very different boxes. I had $1.3k value out of one set booster and one collector booster box.
Buy long enough...you get a kiss. As they say in Vegas...Get while the getting is good. I opened a case of Kaladesh and got a Mana Vault, a Sword of Fire and Ice, and a Black Vice in Masterpiece. At the time...I was super stoked. Sure wish I had that case unopened....it would be worth far more than those cards combined.
I got a Box with 2 gods, the walking throne, Lord Wind Grace, Cavern of Souls, 2 basic JP and Ian Malcolm.
You're reminding me more and more of Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor every new video lol.
So what’s a better purchase route? Draft or set? I’m assuming set if I want those Jurassic park cards?
You killed it on the first box.😂
lol
I’d like to see it if all cards were counted or a more in depth explanation of why they weren’t
He says after sellers fee and shipping costs its not worth it to sell anything under $2 he said it in the beggining of the video. I'm sure if you took all values you are infact over $120
@@SirRyan420 It used to be $1.00
Pepperidge farms remembers...
@@xzysyndrome oh I member **memberberry sounds intensify**
@@SirRyan420 couldn’t you sell them at your LGS
@@zealouslyonpsychedelics my LGS only buys bulk sub $1 cards by weight rather than individual value. It's a pain in the ass to sell a bunch of bulk cards and not worth the time
Tishana's Tidebinder has come a long way since this vid 🌊
My LGS doesn't sell singles, so I'm stuck with packs unless I travel or order online.
You should also make a threshold if a card goes over the Costa of a booster pack❤
I will have to compare my pulls with yours. I feel bad because you got so few gods.
The prof had SKA playing. what a legend
That first box didn't break even but it was packed with really fun, really playable cards!
does your back hurt from carrying WotC's water? jesus stand up for yourself and demand more from these robber barons.
@bonaface I always thought this was a weird take. Are people not playing the game for fun? Why am I a shill for buying and playing the game I enjoy?
@@Fallenight987 you're not a shill for enjoying it. You are a shill if you pretend the experience can't be improved. Guaranteed I bought more sealed than you...and yet it doesn't mean we can't expect more. If you concede that they're just selling a gambling product that's just more troubling...
By WotC's own admission no one is buying sealed! they're having to consolidate two products to save sales.
@@bonafacethe idea that one should "break even" when buying a box is counter to basic economics.
honey who said break even? I said value. In fact even wotc acknowledges there's no value because they're having to consolidate products to save the whole venture of mtg@@charahnalaar
Are American set boosters backwards compared to British? Rares and foils up front?
Those are Japanese American Set boosters are last cards.
i opened a set box, but it didn't pull anything crazy. then, from a prize pack from prerelease, I opened a mana crypt lmao
prof, you`re the best!
What's with the Prison Term @ 13:46? It even has the Shadowmoor Symbol...
gotta love the prof
I've never had such good value for a booster box before let alone a collector booster box like I did with Ixalan. I pulled a foil neon green mana crypt. Even without it the value was higher than the price of the box for money and value for my decks and trades. Got to say much unlike WOE which is a good set but there was never much gain from the set outside of buying singles. Plus the opening of the boosters in Ixalan are much more fun I found. Commander decks are seriously fun too and again much better than WOE. So I feel like WOC might be onto a good prosperous run for collectors. With so many reprints this year and value for commander pre cons also on the up. Let's hope the momentum carries on through to the next sets and they don't take many steps backwards.
You got lucky...don't forget the whiffs. It always cracks me up when someone hits playing lotto and they suddenly swear by it. Like a 90 year old retiree who finally hits on a slot machine...after years of dumping their life savings into it. HOORAY!!!
@@xzysyndrome not everyone will strike gold but even opening up a bundle I got the green god and cavern of souls. In my play group 2 others got cavern of souls whilst 5 others got 1-2 god cards each, 2 others got a mana crypt each whilst a friend of theirs also got a mana crypt. Heard nothing of the sort with WOE. Only one of or group got lucky. Obviously yes it is a lottery ultimately but it feels like Ixalan had got better value for what you spend across all of the products. Whilst WOE often fell short of value.
and here is me waiting for the secretversary video before the 10% off is over
Lol! Same here
Opened 2 boxes as well. First box probably did not make it, but second box did for sure due to a SG Mana Crypt! 🙂
And Tons of crap. Congrats
@@AndiRCRme when people are happy
@@AndiRCRdude don't be too much of a positive ray of sunshine leave some happiness for the rest of us
Can you guys do a review of Heavy Play EquipMag stuff?
The cheapest draft box I could find was $130 and $140 for set. At least at the game shops where I live.
Run. Run as fast as you can...Away.
My LGS hasn't purchased draft packs in over a year
So glad we got mana crypt in our set booster box. If we didn’t our box will be a bust box.
3 JP cards per box seems to be the going rate for set boxes.
Amazon delayed my order of booster boxes and I'm kinda glad they did because now I canceled them.
I would like to give a huge special thanks to the Professor and his crew for all this wonderful and helpful tips and content to help the rest of the TCG community out I just went out and bought my very first GameGenic 133+ XL The Academic I love it I definitely recommend it to everyone ya it was $50 but you get what you pay for. Thanks professor and GameGenic
I love me some 50 cent cards in 5 dollar boosters 😂
...are packs packed differently in different regions? because it looks like the guaranteed rare is either the second or third card in your boosters, but when I buy them where I live, I could swear the rare is always the second-to-last card?
No there are different printing companies. The rares being in front show it is a Japanese box. The rares in back are American or Belgium. Also card stock quality is different between the 3.
have you considered livestreaming your pack openings and having a commentary with chat? user engagement then you can still upload the booster box game
its worth it for me. i bought 2 boxes and got a dockside extortionist in BOTH OF THEM.
2 dockside extortionist would have ran you about $140. I have a playset of dockside extortionists...they look and feel just like the real deal...they cost me $4.00 They play just like yours.
I guess if you want the prestige...go for it. I just want to play the game I have loved since the early 90's...and not spend hundreds on fucking cardboard.
Just happy I drafted Ghalta
EV for lost has actually gone up after release week
TAP, TAP, TAP....GONNA MAKE YA TAP, TAP TAAAAAAPP
Dammit, every time I watch one of these I sing that melody to myself for the next week and a half
I like this set but the collector value isn't there but it's a very playable set
Prices are surprisingly lower than I expected
You know, it used to be when I heard the *cha-ching*, I could look over from what I was doing, read the card quickly and think whether or not the price made sense. Now that each card has a paragraph of text, I can't do that anymore😢
Thank you for absolutely dissuading me from purchasing a set booster box. There are at least 12 cards in this set going for over $10 and at least 18 going for over $5, yet with 2 boxes you were unable to get enough of them to make the box worthwhile, even including FOIL treatments, variants and The List cards. It used to be that I could buy a set booster box and be guaranteed at least to get a good portion of the set, but now with all the BS cards that’s not even realistic. Add to that the quality of some of The List cards reprinted with recent sets and it makes total sense that you couldn’t get more than half the value from the second box. I must admit that I am curious to see what the new booster boxes do for the game but I can’t say that I am going to be rushing into buying boxes ever again. I will rush to watch the next Tolarian Community College video though! 😎
Mpreg elephant haunts me everywhere I sew
First box in a while I’ve completely blanked on mine was less than 30 bucks in value
My local game store is selling it at 160 😢
LOL i had to pause and rewind a few seconds because my dirty mind thought one of the cards said freeboner but it was freebooter :P
What did the poor house say to the broken house?
Buy shingles!
sets great but the cost versus value is underwhelming.....i remember when you used to get value from a set now most chase cards might break 25 30 dollars?
Ugh I accidentally bought 2 already. Should have told me if it was worth it beforehand
Ready when you are prof
IMO they should of made the jurassic land cards take the Land Spot in the pack, cause in a set booster people average 1-3 jurassic card cards a box, and if you get unfortunate and get 3 lands your not getting anything else forget it, cause thats what happened to me in 2!!! booster box got 3 lands from jurassic park only while my friend got only artifact and creature from jurassic cards from his 2 booster box
Man the seeding on the Jurassic World/Park cards are terrible, did that second box have any? Definitely glad I bought my Indominus Rex now.
Man anytime I think about buying packs I should just come back and watch these instead and save myself a bunch of money
Big facts. Proxy all day. Thanks WOTC...I'll just take that for free and be on my way.