Secretly, Rudy just has an Olympic sized swimming pool full of reserve list cards, so he can do a Scrooge McDuck off a diving board into them every morning.
Don't let.these assholes fool you the posts were 15 mins apart literally impossible for the dude to have done it in 20 minutes. Whoever did this is actually fucking dumb and doesn't have an extra 5 mins of patience for believability.
@@elipetrou9308 ap·pre·ci·a·tion /əˌprēSHēˈāSH(ə)n/ Learn to pronounce noun 1. recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something. "I smiled in appreciation" In my case I cried. That's what.
@@elipetrou9308 someone tried to scam someone and they made it very obvious if you're referring to the random comment that has no context in my reply section.
Rudy, I actually heard of MTG about a month ago and after buying a stack of cards from the antique store downtown, I learned to play and love it. Thank you for doing whatever you did to make your video show up in my recommended list. I never would have heard of this game if it wasn't for you. P.S. If Wolverine was a Minecraft character, it would look like you on ultra low resolution. Yours truly, Scrapsteen life in the Forks
I'm pretty new to Magic (a few months in) and at first I really did not like the ancient cards and actually hated seeing them all the time. Now, after hours of watching Rudy, I'm in love with them and can start to feel the "magic" behind them and why they're so treasured. This is an awesome journey to be on!
That Mishra's Factory is pretty I am glad I am too young to have any nostalgic feelings towards these cards or I would never have any money and turn into Gollum
I had a friend, also now deceased, who used to work at WOTC in the early days. At first I thought this might be his collection, but it is not. His story of how he collected it was pretty interesting. Apparently, whenever someone would mail in a defective card to ask for a replacement, they'd just start opening packs until they found a replacement. All of the extra cards from those packs would then be plopped on a shelf in a stock room where they'd sit until the room got too full, at which point employees would take the overflow home. He had several complete sets of Legends that he acquired this way, for instance. I wouldn't be surprised if they were all still sitting in his basement, and his widow has no idea she's sitting on a gold mine.
@@karelmlady I wanted to, but it seems weird to call her after not talking to her for 7 years and say, "Hey, how's it going? Your husband's old Magic cards are worth a bundle if you haven't already sold them or thrown them out, so send them to this guy with hairy arms and a floppy taco." It now occurs to me that I could just tell one of her friends who I have kept up with to mention it to her, and by doing so to help her out without it being so awkward.
Ben Li-Sauerwine do both, tell the friend then follow up with the widow. If she is all weird about how long you’ve been out of contact, just tell her you were watching magic card videos, thought of her husband and realized maybe the old cards could help her out.
So upset every day over this situation. 20 years ago my mother had the opportunity to work for Wizards of the Coast as middle management. She turned it down for another job and we have been kicking ourselves every day since *weeps dramatically*
Awesome vid. Kinda sucks though every time I watch these it makes me kick myself in the ass that I lost my cards in a storage unit years ago. Wish I just could go through them and see what I had. I know there were some great cards. ☹
And those cards never saw the light of day again as they disappeared into Rudy's basement dwelling where all reserved list magic cards go to be locked away.
For every Beta Counterspell (the best counterspell ever printed) there are probably 50 to 100 Alliances Force of Wills. So I think the current price of $100 for a pretty easy to find card seems about right.
Awesome collection Rudy, mad props for not selling from those who are no longer with us, I have the same policy, I've inherited a couple collections. Nothing vintage though.
I’d be willing to send you my collection as well Rudy. It doesn’t have anything crazy I don’t think, but it has some dual lands from the original sets, tutors, and others. I have no idea it’s value, nor do I care to have it appraised. I just wanna put em in a good home. No payment necessary. I never had the heart to throw them out, but I played through most of the 90s up until the mid 2000s. If you’re interested, you could give me a buzz and I’d gladly send them your way.
rudy, where do you get your information on print runs of newer sets? and also, where do you get your information on print quantities on the older stuff, like alpha and beta?
collector edition was sold itself as a full set (including the power 9), and those cards may not be used in certain tournament i think. still, i think the full set is in the range of 15k-20k
The collectors edition / International edition sets are around 7-10K USD depending on being sealed or NM opened. I would expect Rudy paid about 3500-4500 for the complete set minus the box though. Everyone knows he buys collections, and he is in it for big returns. He has worked his ass off to get that kind of status, so its all fair game in my opinion!
Is there anywhere you can get Replica starter cardboard deck boxes? I love the look but havent seen anywhere that makes a replica, not for scamming purposes, I just like how they look.
Okay Rudy.... I'll offer you 5 floppy tacos and a cease and desist letter from Wizards playtest Lab for 200 signed garbage fires. Final offer, take it or leave it.
Mechanics questions: Does City in a Bottle also affect cards that were reprinted? e.g. Chronicles, German/French/Italian Renaissance, etc. [edit] Nevermind! Found my answer. And yes, it does. That's pretty sweet. Hah! No mountains... gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=904 2/1/2014 -- "Any time a player receives priority to cast spells or activate abilities, check to see whether any permanents on the battlefield were originally printed in the Arabian Nights expansion (even if the physical card representing that permanent is a reprint with a different expansion symbol). If there are any such permanents, the ability will trigger and those permanents will be sacrificed."
Secretly, Rudy just has an Olympic sized swimming pool full of reserve list cards, so he can do a Scrooge McDuck off a diving board into them every morning.
GERONIMOOOOO!!! *thud*
Cut yourself by a peace of paper ist funny. So i Think he hasn't.
I'm crying because the collection is so beautiful and well put together.
Don't let.these assholes fool you the posts were 15 mins apart literally impossible for the dude to have done it in 20 minutes. Whoever did this is actually fucking dumb and doesn't have an extra 5 mins of patience for believability.
@@Mystical_Zeus what?
@@elipetrou9308 ap·pre·ci·a·tion
/əˌprēSHēˈāSH(ə)n/
Learn to pronounce
noun
1.
recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something.
"I smiled in appreciation"
In my case I cried. That's what.
@@elipetrou9308 someone tried to scam someone and they made it very obvious if you're referring to the random comment that has no context in my reply section.
@@Mystical_Zeus oh okay
Thanks for sharing with us the collections you get. Love you Rudy.
Rudy, I actually heard of MTG about a month ago and after buying a stack of cards from the antique store downtown, I learned to play and love it. Thank you for doing whatever you did to make your video show up in my recommended list. I never would have heard of this game if it wasn't for you.
P.S. If Wolverine was a Minecraft character, it would look like you on ultra low resolution.
Yours truly,
Scrapsteen life in the Forks
Awesome collection! You must have enough to start an entire museum at this point🤩
_Historical Rudy_ with _Museum Investments_
Go peep the rarities on his eBay like the 50 sets of Arabian Nights for 2 million
I'm pretty new to Magic (a few months in) and at first I really did not like the ancient cards and actually hated seeing them all the time. Now, after hours of watching Rudy, I'm in love with them and can start to feel the "magic" behind them and why they're so treasured. This is an awesome journey to be on!
That Mishra's Factory is pretty I am glad I am too young to have any nostalgic feelings towards these cards or I would never have any money and turn into Gollum
is it safe to say that alpha investments is now the biggest brand associated with magic the gathering?
Probably not the biggest but maybe the most Brand Recognition within the community.
The best brand associated with MtG.
The sexiest brand
the hairiest brand
buschleaguers75 no not even top 3
Was i the only person who thought Rudy was gonna wheel out a box of ultimate masters at 6.40?
LOVE the D2 boxes in the corner of the shot. Awesome game that my dad and I both play, besides Magic
All those cards brought back the memories of starting to play MTG. Thanks for sharing Rudy!
I had a friend, also now deceased, who used to work at WOTC in the early days. At first I thought this might be his collection, but it is not. His story of how he collected it was pretty interesting. Apparently, whenever someone would mail in a defective card to ask for a replacement, they'd just start opening packs until they found a replacement. All of the extra cards from those packs would then be plopped on a shelf in a stock room where they'd sit until the room got too full, at which point employees would take the overflow home. He had several complete sets of Legends that he acquired this way, for instance. I wouldn't be surprised if they were all still sitting in his basement, and his widow has no idea she's sitting on a gold mine.
Tell her?
@@karelmlady I wanted to, but it seems weird to call her after not talking to her for 7 years and say, "Hey, how's it going? Your husband's old Magic cards are worth a bundle if you haven't already sold them or thrown them out, so send them to this guy with hairy arms and a floppy taco." It now occurs to me that I could just tell one of her friends who I have kept up with to mention it to her, and by doing so to help her out without it being so awkward.
Ben Li-Sauerwine do both, tell the friend then follow up with the widow. If she is all weird about how long you’ve been out of contact, just tell her you were watching magic card videos, thought of her husband and realized maybe the old cards could help her out.
11:00 -- I need this artwork as a Christmas ornament in my life.
Man, a workshop and a bazaar just... out like that. I would not touch without gloves + immediate double/triple sleeves to be safe.
That CE set is god damn beautiful. Granted they're not tournament playable, that is a great piece of Magic history.
8:34 You can hear the RUclips algorithm going: "Demonetized!"
Lovely purchase Rudy and I’m glad you’re holding on to them for posterity - oh I hate flippers but you’re doing the right thing
Can't exactly say he's holding onto them for posterity when he has the word "investments" in the name of his channel.
My heart literally can’t stop fluttering from this. This collection is a unicorn
So upset every day over this situation. 20 years ago my mother had the opportunity to work for Wizards of the Coast as middle management. She turned it down for another job and we have been kicking ourselves every day since *weeps dramatically*
Is they worth anything I got a big collection for sell
Just want to say...for all the Rudy haters...think about it!!! Thanks for edumecation Rudy!!!
It amazes me how expensive old lands are!!
Beautiful artwork. I wish i had collected as a kid, but by that time cards were starting to go way up.....
This takes me back to 9th grade so much.... Amazing buy!
god i love those arab nights lands! island of wak-wak! what a blast from the past! thx rudy!
Why is this in my stream. Why cant I stop watching it. I never played and know nothing still very interesting.
Good time to get into it
Jump in..magic arena is a good place to start if you have a PC...I think it's available on mobile now too
Awesome vid. Kinda sucks though every time I watch these it makes me kick myself in the ass that I lost my cards in a storage unit years ago. Wish I just could go through them and see what I had. I know there were some great cards. ☹
2:49 Yes Rudy I’m here. Why did you call me out on video though?
Nice one
And those cards never saw the light of day again as they disappeared into Rudy's basement dwelling where all reserved list magic cards go to be locked away.
Hey just saw that triskelion artwork. I actually created a 3d printed deck box with that card art. Love that art.
For every Beta Counterspell (the best counterspell ever printed) there are probably 50 to 100 Alliances Force of Wills. So I think the current price of $100 for a pretty easy to find card seems about right.
Reminds me of my childhood. Nice blast from the past.
Awesome collection Rudy, mad props for not selling from those who are no longer with us, I have the same policy, I've inherited a couple collections. Nothing vintage though.
Just wow! cheers from Italyy
Awesome video. Love getting to see this stuff. A beautiful old school collection there.
"50 shades of grey for stripmines" ... "You can see I'm getting excited"
i dont know anything about mtg but i do really like the art work on the cards
I’d be willing to send you my collection as well Rudy. It doesn’t have anything crazy I don’t think, but it has some dual lands from the original sets, tutors, and others. I have no idea it’s value, nor do I care to have it appraised. I just wanna put em in a good home. No payment necessary. I never had the heart to throw them out, but I played through most of the 90s up until the mid 2000s. If you’re interested, you could give me a buzz and I’d gladly send them your way.
Great video, thanks for sharing this part of history!
"You can see "S" "O" "B""
now there, them's fighting words!
Still watching the video Love this collection !!!
Quick, everyone bombard Rudy with offers. I'll give 10 floppy taco packs for the cards.
Impressive :) ce Lotus was totally perfect , awesome!
rudy, where do you get your information on print runs of newer sets? and also, where do you get your information on print quantities on the older stuff, like alpha and beta?
google it
Thanxs Rudy! and best wishes to the wonderful woman who sold them to you! I am sure she got a good deal :)
I almost pooped when you pulled that lotus.
S-O-B. please tell me you planned that.
I cracked when he said that 8D
my favorite lands other than mishra's, urza's, or "OG" duel lands was basic lands from Unglued... beautiful art on them IMO....
wow those cards are cystal clear!
They are truly of works of art ,thank Rudy for sharing .
S. O. B. ?
Man videos like this make me want to be just like Rudy when I grow up 🌮🌮🌮
Artwork and cards were so simple back then
I go to fleamarkets and never find anything and keep leaving collections behind. Going to prison etc and I never see any of my old mass collects
11:30 its the taco sauce
How much y’all think that binder of collector’s edition cost?
fiddy dollar
collector edition was sold itself as a full set (including the power 9), and those cards may not be used in certain tournament i think. still, i think the full set is in the range of 15k-20k
Rudy probably paid around 9k for the set
The collectors edition / International edition sets are around 7-10K USD depending on being sealed or NM opened. I would expect Rudy paid about 3500-4500 for the complete set minus the box though. Everyone knows he buys collections, and he is in it for big returns. He has worked his ass off to get that kind of status, so its all fair game in my opinion!
that black lotus is in GORGEOUS condition rudy!
I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for a reach-around from Mr. Hairy Arms.
@3:16 That crusade got you demonetized. :(
so out of curiosity, why don't you sell reserve list cards?
Awesome story & collection. Long live Magic
9:20 Apocalypse Chime, destroys all Homelands cards.
Why was mountain printed with Arabian Nights?
only matter of time before this rudy guy buys wotc
I wish my collection was that good 😂 I play pauper soooo you can see what kind of collection i am rocking 😂
There are some pretty old school pauper cards. May not have the value, but the old school bling is sweet.
@@thestormtrooperwhocanaim496 now i have a 1000 dollar commander deck...oops
wow what an amazing collection.. thanks for sharing rudy mcgoo
This is Rudy’s way of saying “suck it losers , guess who has a litterally 1 of a kind collection? Me BIG DOG TOOTS, that’s who” lmaooooooo
Thanks Rudy!
I have a full set of alpha like clipped duals for my edh deck. Gorgeous.
What's the price for the whole album?
How much was this entire set to buy?
2:45 he said S.O.B.
The older cards look so much cooler than the junk they print out today....
Hi Rudy, could you do a video showing us how to send cards to PSA?
I'm happy you are sharing this but at the same time kinda sad about this one. Respect.
Is there anywhere you can get Replica starter cardboard deck boxes? I love the look but havent seen anywhere that makes a replica, not for scamming purposes, I just like how they look.
rudy confirmed that he wants go 50 shades of grey on in the strip mine
No matter the year,Rudy is still the GOAT ,thanks Taco King ,stay the course people! Stay strong!
at 3:34 I thought the video froze.
I recently became interested in MTG. What's a good set to start with?
War of the spark Will be out 27 april. Actually something from dominaria or mtg2019
sweet serendib efreet.....my first favorite beater
Okay Rudy.... I'll offer you 5 floppy tacos and a cease and desist letter from Wizards playtest Lab for 200 signed garbage fires. Final offer, take it or leave it.
Sweet Collection!
who u going to hAVe grade them PSA or BGS?
Rudy just spoke in the third person on 1:52
Thank you for story time! Good way to end my day with the hairy Rudy’s arm
You have to be a true Magic nerd to be able to truly enjoy this video...
Daniel is pissed he didn't see the obituary
Clean shaven Rudy is so handsome!
Not a floppy taco in sight! Only *HARD SHELL TACOS.*
Sales of basic lands just went up !!!
if oubliette gets reprinted it will be in white. Its a color pie break.
What if you would play with collectors edition cards in sleeves?
Totally fine in sleeves! I'ts handling them without sleeves kills the gold border and the corners loose the pointyness quickly that way.
Respectfully done!
Thanks Rudy
Mechanics questions: Does City in a Bottle also affect cards that were reprinted? e.g. Chronicles, German/French/Italian Renaissance, etc.
[edit]
Nevermind! Found my answer. And yes, it does. That's pretty sweet. Hah! No mountains...
gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=904
2/1/2014 -- "Any time a player receives priority to cast spells or activate abilities, check to see whether any permanents on the battlefield were originally printed in the Arabian Nights expansion (even if the physical card representing that permanent is a reprint with a different expansion symbol). If there are any such permanents, the ability will trigger and those permanents will be sacrificed."
1:38 Rudy!!! Y U NO DUMP ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) Sell me those old school cards!
U has the power nine!!!! 😲😲😲
damn. that just brought back a lot of memories
I thought this was Mike Elliot's collection, then you mentioned the owner had died.
Had to look up Transmute Artifact, Power Artifact and Force of Will, I can not afford any of those
@Dale Soulflare I know those prices. Good lord, do I know those prices.
FoW is like $60-120+ now? Damn, I've got 2 in my collection somewhere, so sayeth my ancient Magic Suitcase inventory. :)
Arabian nights mountains are $120+ for lp and up