This is exactly what I love about Magic The Gathering. It's not all about the money it's about the game, the nostalgia and the artwork. I enjoyed this video. Bring back memories and why I love this game so much
I watch this probably once a year and still love it. Each time I laugh harder when he says the floor on an Alpha rare is $50-70. I wish I was still in the hobby then 😵💫 I wonder if he ever reveals the extent of his sealed position….
I watched til 29 minutes in, to the end anyway. I really like the vintage alpha stuff more than anything in MTG. I started playing in 1994. So seeing all of these cards makes me feel like a kid again.
18:00 "nobody is going to watch this long ass video" ..... yup watched all the way to the end. Keep it up Rudy this brought me down memory lane. It was a good stroll.
Really cool to see all these alpha cards at once. Being a collecter myself I really appreciate it when I look at someones binder even if there is nothing for trade I like to see what people have and think that's really cool like this binder. Alpha cards are really cool. Also I recently traded for a revised wheel of fortune and I agree it definitely has some of the best artwork is the game :)
Love the video rudy! I'd love to see more deep dives into old sets like this. I started watching your channel because I really enjoy seeing some of the history of magic and things that I missed out on from the past.
"This is what Magic is to me, this is what it always will be and its never gonna change." - Me too, thank you for showing these off, I've been around since revised and they have just NEVER gotten back to the feeling and flavour of the original art where a thing just is what it is, even if its just a lance laying on a rock. There's no need for over the top neon dinosaurs flying through jungles with 40 different types of flowers and birds everywhere and 7 people screaming in the background while a pirate zip-lines down from a zeppelin on one card and then somehow its a Creature - Beetle card or something that should be absurdly stupid simple.
Amazing video. I’m the same every time I go through my brothers binder and just reminisce of collecting as young kid. Just seeing them in the binder is just breath taking to me. Thanks for the video. It made my day.
Beautiful collection Rudy- I think many of your viewers believe you've only ever been into mtg for the financial aspects, but I've remained a sub since near the start due mainly to the fact that your passion for the game and these beautiful cards has been apparent since the beginning. Thanks for sharing.
Dope video. I started playing magic about 20+ years ago now? Awesome to see so many familiar cards. I've got a big old box of played cards that I keep meaning to dig out one of these days. Keep up the good stuff.
Rudy, I have been watching your videos since you started youtube, and am really glad you still get so excited over just the most simple things. This is how Magic/life should be, find something that brings you joy and share that joy. Thanks for sharing your joy...just don't share your tacos.... ;)
I used to love playing Vesuvan Doppelganger and Clone back in High school. Seeing that card again still brings back great memories! Thanks for the flashback Rudy!
Beautiful collection as always Rudy. My friends and I got into MTG in 94 with Revised. We were just 1 year late from getting to enjoy ABU and the P9s we would only hear about for years to come. Such is life, but it's great to see such preservation from folks such as yourself so 25 years later we can see them in their splendor.
Rudy you could make this video 2 hours long and I would watch it with my feet up. Love these old cards. I just wished you would film any pre-Dark cards with a 4k camera so we could enjoy these rarities in super high quality. Thanks again though!
Please do more and repeats of these videos? ! These are why a small percentage of us are here. LOVE IT! LOVE the Icy, Birds etc etc etc etc etc etc OK does that cover ALL of them. I wouldn't pull out if I were with the Enchantress
Thanks Rudy. I literally just commented asking for this on one of your last 2 videos. Saying to show your crazy collection after seeing the 18 Libraries of Alexandra. Then you come out with this. I appreciate it!! Glad I subbed long ago
I enjoyed hearing your stories a lot and would like to hear more of what certain cards remind you of and mean to you, which I prefer more than the financial side for a video like this showing your collection.
+Ahivalaostia88 I agree, like most of his videos. I came across Rudy when i was looking what my Booster Boxes (including Alpha, which is why his channel popped up first), Sets and Collection in general is worth now as i played MTG from 1994-2007 and when my local store closed in 1998 over here in Europe i bought up a lot from them (incl. Alpha, Unlimited Boxes), even i managed to learn a lot from his videos so far, especially regarding what to keep as Investment (I'll probably never sell some of these Booster Boxes) and how to take better care of my collection. Also the first time i found out about grading which i should do. Every video has great advice about what to take care of and hey, Creepy Rudy even made me lose interest in selling my booster/starter boxes, collection and so on. Can only rise in price!
+Alpha InvestmentsIf it wasn't for you Rudy i would have probably put up the Alpha Box and others i got in 1998 from the local store that shut down and put it all on Ebay and then ended up getting a horrible price on every box, but now i know better and keep everything. Thanks! And also thanks for the storing advice! I got my Alphas in the same kind of setup, but while i pulled it when closing i never stored it upside down as you show at 4:02
Ahivalaostia88 just yesterday I tossed a binder into a drawer lying flat rather than letting gravity draw the sheets away from the rings. Smh. I’ve been collecting for 20 years and I still make mistakes. His videos are indeed informative.
One thing I don't think you touched on, was just how vibrant these cards are compared to later printings. Showing a side to side comparison with these Alpha cards, and the same card from Revised and Fourth would be an excellent way to show this. The vibrancy of a Revised Vesuvan Doppelganger has nothing on the Alpha version. Same holds true for an Alpha Air Elemental, just incredibly vibrant art. Also, while Psionic Blast is the only blue direct damage spell of note, but there is Psychic Purge. It's really best to combat discard strategies, and I always loved discarding it to a Hymn back in the day. Finally, I too have an affinity for Island Sanctuary. Years ago, I made a similar deck to the one you talked about were it turned multiple Howling Mine effects into a disadvantage.
I started in 1994. Being from Australia i never got a chance to open Alpha/Beta packs. First pack i opened was a Unlimited booster and had a thoughtlace in it :(. But i really enjoyed this video cos it was a great walk down memory lane. Thanks for making it
Loved watching this, especially after all the junk happening. Looking at the pleasure of the old stuff and the enjoyment it brings, maybe some hope for us. Love the Art
Quinton Hoover had that special art style, that new magic lack. That hand drawn feel of those cards made them stand out. Not like today, where everything is digital and looks the same.
Haven't ever looked at alpha cards too much, maybe an 8 rack, but this was pretty neat. Thanks for the share Rudy, really different compared to now a days! Crazy stuff old man Rudster.
That was amazing, definitely brought back the memories asking my parents when going to the mall to buy alpha boosters from the game stores. When I got introduced to magic it was during unlimited and revised was starting. My first game I played was a tournament at buddies house. Also the first time I found out about ante. Lost my force of nature. 1 st place won Ring of Immortals. I’m 37 now and own entire sheets of every ring. Nothing beats the old artwork. Favorite definitely the Ring of immortals and ring of Maruf
Nice video, brings back lots of good memories. Only Alpha cards I have currently are a few hundred low demand C & UC. I bought a couple of alpha starter decks in late 2004. I got 2 for $1K, from the infamous Rob D. I use to sell a lot of Alpha cards on eBay back in 2003-2008, some graded, some not ( my ID was Strictly-Magic). Anyways, I opened them one night after having a few to many beers. I remember one of my rares was a Island lol. I have a lot of stories I bet you would have a unique understanding of.
I loved the video showing your Antiquities collections, and I loved this one. Show us more of your beautiful cards! I agree, the uncomfortable and raw artwork makes the old cards special. They don't have the guts to do that again. They like putting too much detail in a tiny illustration, and it all gets watered down.
You may be very successful and famous but when you crack open the binder and talk about your collection you bring me back to my good old days when I had my binders (although my collection is not as nice as yours). It is humbling to know someone as successful as you sound like me when looking at the humble binder.
I like seeing what you're personally interested in, what you like or dislike. For my cards in regular binders, I use page lifters to keep the pages from getting pinched in the rings. They work really well. I also use report covers to store my complete sets (I'm one of those from back in the day), so no risk of ring ding at all. 2.4% represent!
I loved the Living Wall too. I collected beta lands back when I started playing when I was 16. I remember trading jank rares for a mox sapphire, like northern palidin and howling mine.
Brother I don't even play magic or collect but your videos are so informative and you make magic so interesting , you should be magic spokesperson no bullshit
Duuuuddee, binder of beauty there Rudy, thanks for sharing that brings back memories and that Keldon Warlord is nice, I used to play them in a giant deck, still have 1 beta
It's awesome to look at these old cards. I started with Revised, and never had more than some basics and commons from Alpha. I would love to see more. More old cards please. I wish I could go back in time and tell myself, "Groovemedium, invest in Apple Computer!" But if possible, I'd also drop a note reminding me to hoard all of the A,B,U, Arabian, Antiquities, and Legends possible. Starting with sealed product.
Rudy, I hope you come back to these more grounded videos more often. I know the value videos are great and all however these will always be my favorite.
21:35 dragon whelps my favorite card! ppl never knew how much i was gonna pump them up with mana flares out haha! then you berserk it and fork it a few times good old days!
I think the sunglasses are under appreciated too ....I remember using them tons specially white-red decks with the red being lightning bolts,fireballs, ect and your opponent would keep your mountains taped or whatever the glasses help get the red Mana you needed and I'm sure theres other ways the glasses could help get white or red mana you needed for other cards besides direct damage or instants
this brought me back to when i was a little kid watching my brothers and their friends play! please talk about how much they cost next time and please make more of these. maybe wizards will watch and remember what this game started as and what it was all about and go back to making things with originality and pride in their work.
loved the vid, my favorite binder ive probably ever seen.. pure alpha, not about how much money every card was, just the way the game was back then, the way rich garfield intended
Rudy when you started talking about Birds of Paradise it reminded me of friend I meet playing Dark Age of Camelot in 05-06. He was commenting on one of my character's named Sengir Vampire. So we talked talking about MTG and he told me a story about what he did with his alpha/beta Birds of Paradise. He would would tape a firecracker to his birds, light them, throw them in the air, and watch them blow up. He said he hated Birds of Paradise that why he like to watch them blow up. Then after he told me this story I told him that those cards are worth alot of money now. At the time I think the cards were somewhere between $100-$200 not sure the exact price. When I told him this he flipped out that he blow up cards worth alot of money. He stopped PVPing for the rest of the night after this conversation.
I thought you said you weren't going to talk about any pricing at the beginning of the video, you mention you can get a Berserk for ten bucks. Awesome collection, bring back many memories. You should have showed the Force of Nature , you must pay GGGG they latter replace it with the mana symbol.
Never played back then, but some of those arts I distinctly remember.... I was friends with those "nerds" playing at lunch or before school, so someone must've shown me something.. either way the recognition and iconic symbolism of these cards breaths childhood, 90s, and love to even a non player... Good content bro, as usual...
And when you talk about the witch Hunt/ demonic parental disenfranchisement of the game.. I distinctly remember that as well... Poor Timmy ... A PENTAGRAM!? Call Father Fred immediately!!
Rudy can you pull on the binder sleeves with your left hand to avoid damaging cards? Left handed magic player here. I also have astigmatism on my left eye Rudy. Thanks for the tips friend
I really enjoyed the deep dive into your raw alpha collection. I have always wanted to know more about Arabian knights. How bout doing that set next? :-)
Island sanctuary is fucking awesome It's funny... a lot of the cards you pulled out to look at was artwork from Quinton hoover... man he had awesome art. No wonder i can't find any alpha wrath of gods... you have them all in the book! Awesome stuff!
Wow, this is def a trip down memory lane. I started playing during mirage n visions. My cuz n I had tons of vintage cards. This is def the MTG flavor I fell in love with. Stopped playing shortly after weatherlight til about theros lol. Only started playing again cuz I found out how much my guru lands we're worth
So true about the art. Even around Weatherlight saga, when they had style bibles for the sets, there was individual artistic style from card to card. The current art direction is very refined but probably 80% monotonal. Thankfully luminaries like Guay and Nielsen are still producing.
I definitely enjoyed the video. I may be the only one, but I would love to watch a similar video on Fallen Empires. It's my favorite set, probably 100% to do with it being when I started. I would watch every video like this, in chronological order, just to get a Fallen video. I also love the older sets, though. I think an Arabian Nights video would be great.
I literally love just letting your videos play while I do chores and stuff.
lol sounds superb
This is exactly what I love about Magic The Gathering. It's not all about the money it's about the game, the nostalgia and the artwork. I enjoyed this video. Bring back memories and why I love this game so much
I love hearing Rudy talk about the cards he loves. Gives a real feel of when he played and just enjoyed the game beyond investment.
I watch this probably once a year and still love it. Each time I laugh harder when he says the floor on an Alpha rare is $50-70. I wish I was still in the hobby then 😵💫 I wonder if he ever reveals the extent of his sealed position….
I watched til 29 minutes in, to the end anyway. I really like the vintage alpha stuff more than anything in MTG. I started playing in 1994. So seeing all of these cards makes me feel like a kid again.
18:00 "nobody is going to watch this long ass video" ..... yup watched all the way to the end. Keep it up Rudy this brought me down memory lane. It was a good stroll.
Wow. Just wow. Stunning collection and absolutely beautiful artwork on the cards. They don't make them like they used too. Please, MORE like this!
Hey White Red works!! Keldon is awesome!! Island Sanctuary was great!! Fantastic vid Rudy! Wow Just Wow!!!
I'm still drooling 3 years later...:)......Great collection Rudy!
Rudy, you could do a video (or series)
on the chronology / history / evolution
of these Magic Cards.
Really cool to see all these alpha cards at once. Being a collecter myself I really appreciate it when I look at someones binder even if there is nothing for trade I like to see what people have and think that's really cool like this binder. Alpha cards are really cool. Also I recently traded for a revised wheel of fortune and I agree it definitely has some of the best artwork is the game :)
A year later and I still reference how to handle binders/pages of sleeves. Thanks daddy Rudy.
Love the video rudy! I'd love to see more deep dives into old sets like this. I started watching your channel because I really enjoy seeing some of the history of magic and things that I missed out on from the past.
"This is what Magic is to me, this is what it always will be and its never gonna change." - Me too, thank you for showing these off, I've been around since revised and they have just NEVER gotten back to the feeling and flavour of the original art where a thing just is what it is, even if its just a lance laying on a rock.
There's no need for over the top neon dinosaurs flying through jungles with 40 different types of flowers and birds everywhere and 7 people screaming in the background while a pirate zip-lines down from a zeppelin on one card and then somehow its a Creature - Beetle card or something that should be absurdly stupid simple.
Amazing video. I’m the same every time I go through my brothers binder and just reminisce of collecting as young kid. Just seeing them in the binder is just breath taking to me. Thanks for the video. It made my day.
Beautiful collection Rudy- I think many of your viewers believe you've only ever been into mtg for the financial aspects, but I've remained a sub since near the start due mainly to the fact that your passion for the game and these beautiful cards has been apparent since the beginning. Thanks for sharing.
Dope video. I started playing magic about 20+ years ago now? Awesome to see so many familiar cards. I've got a big old box of played cards that I keep meaning to dig out one of these days. Keep up the good stuff.
Rudy, I have been watching your videos since you started youtube, and am really glad you still get so excited over just the most simple things. This is how Magic/life should be, find something that brings you joy and share that joy. Thanks for sharing your joy...just don't share your tacos.... ;)
I used to love playing Vesuvan Doppelganger and Clone back in High school. Seeing that card again still brings back great memories! Thanks for the flashback Rudy!
Sutton MacGregor Vesuvan Doppleganger is hands down, one of the most beautiful and fun to play cards. It's nice to see other people feel the same way.
Beautiful collection as always Rudy. My friends and I got into MTG in 94 with Revised. We were just 1 year late from getting to enjoy ABU and the P9s we would only hear about for years to come. Such is life, but it's great to see such preservation from folks such as yourself so 25 years later we can see them in their splendor.
"I'm not going to discuss anything to do with pricing"
Video title.
and he didnt discuss it...
Rudy you could make this video 2 hours long and I would watch it with my feet up. Love these old cards. I just wished you would film any pre-Dark cards with a 4k camera so we could enjoy these rarities in super high quality. Thanks again though!
Please do more and repeats of these videos? ! These are why a small percentage of us are here. LOVE IT! LOVE the Icy, Birds etc etc etc etc etc etc OK does that cover ALL of them.
I wouldn't pull out if I were with the Enchantress
23:35 is probably my favorite mtg artwork doppleganger.
Everytime I think about quitting I see something like this that brings me right back. Beautiful cards, man.
Thanks Rudy. I literally just commented asking for this on one of your last 2 videos. Saying to show your crazy collection after seeing the 18 Libraries of Alexandra. Then you come out with this. I appreciate it!! Glad I subbed long ago
I enjoyed hearing your stories a lot and would like to hear more of what certain cards remind you of and mean to you, which I prefer more than the financial side for a video like this showing your collection.
Very educative how you store this collections. I will copy that for sure.
+Ahivalaostia88
I agree, like most of his videos. I came across Rudy when i was looking what my Booster Boxes (including Alpha, which is why his channel popped up first), Sets and Collection in general is worth now as i played MTG from 1994-2007 and when my local store closed in 1998 over here in Europe i bought up a lot from them (incl. Alpha, Unlimited Boxes), even i managed to learn a lot from his videos so far, especially regarding what to keep as Investment (I'll probably never sell some of these Booster Boxes) and how to take better care of my collection. Also the first time i found out about grading which i should do. Every video has great advice about what to take care of and hey, Creepy Rudy even made me lose interest in selling my booster/starter boxes, collection and so on. Can only rise in price!
+Alpha InvestmentsIf it wasn't for you Rudy i would have probably put up the Alpha Box and others i got in 1998 from the local store that shut down and put it all on Ebay and then ended up getting a horrible price on every box, but now i know better and keep everything. Thanks! And also thanks for the storing advice! I got my Alphas in the same kind of setup, but while i pulled it when closing i never stored it upside down as you show at 4:02
Ahivalaostia88 just yesterday I tossed a binder into a drawer lying flat rather than letting gravity draw the sheets away from the rings. Smh. I’ve been collecting for 20 years and I still make mistakes. His videos are indeed informative.
One thing I don't think you touched on, was just how vibrant these cards are compared to later printings. Showing a side to side comparison with these Alpha cards, and the same card from Revised and Fourth would be an excellent way to show this. The vibrancy of a Revised Vesuvan Doppelganger has nothing on the Alpha version. Same holds true for an Alpha Air Elemental, just incredibly vibrant art.
Also, while Psionic Blast is the only blue direct damage spell of note, but there is Psychic Purge. It's really best to combat discard strategies, and I always loved discarding it to a Hymn back in the day.
Finally, I too have an affinity for Island Sanctuary. Years ago, I made a similar deck to the one you talked about were it turned multiple Howling Mine effects into a disadvantage.
Super cool collection. I hope one day I win that big lotto so I can buy up all the binders like this!
I started in 1994. Being from Australia i never got a chance to open Alpha/Beta packs. First pack i opened was a Unlimited booster and had a thoughtlace in it :(. But i really enjoyed this video cos it was a great walk down memory lane. Thanks for making it
Love this type of video Rudy. I'm a collector at heart since the mid 90s so I totally get you on the feeling the old cards give you.
Loved watching this, especially after all the junk happening. Looking at the pleasure of the old stuff and the enjoyment it brings, maybe some hope for us. Love the Art
Quinton Hoover had that special art style, that new magic lack. That hand drawn feel of those cards made them stand out. Not like today, where everything is digital and looks the same.
Thank you for sharing this, I had a rough day that has lasted a week, this is the best thing to watch to relax, I am greatly appreciative.
Now having watched the video I gotta say. That was beautiful Rudy. Thanks again
Haven't ever looked at alpha cards too much, maybe an 8 rack, but this was pretty neat. Thanks for the share Rudy, really different compared to now a days! Crazy stuff old man Rudster.
watched this during work, love it rudy keep it up.
I wish I had some of those beauties for my commander decks!
Keep those videos from memory lane coming rudy! Cheers from Brazil!
That was amazing, definitely brought back the memories asking my parents when going to the mall to buy alpha boosters from the game stores. When I got introduced to magic it was during unlimited and revised was starting. My first game I played was a tournament at buddies house. Also the first time I found out about ante. Lost my force of nature. 1 st place won Ring of Immortals. I’m 37 now and own entire sheets of every ring. Nothing beats the old artwork. Favorite definitely the Ring of immortals and ring of Maruf
Nice video, brings back lots of good memories. Only Alpha cards I have currently are a few hundred low demand C & UC. I bought a couple of alpha starter decks in late 2004. I got 2 for $1K, from the infamous Rob D. I use to sell a lot of Alpha cards on eBay back in 2003-2008, some graded, some not ( my ID was Strictly-Magic). Anyways, I opened them one night after having a few to many beers. I remember one of my rares was a Island lol. I have a lot of stories I bet you would have a unique understanding of.
Thx for taking me back! Loved the stroll
Thanx for sharing some of your collection, the memories they bring back
Thanks man. You make me want to pull my MTG from the mid 90's and play again. I've seen the new stuff. I'll always go old school.
i was watching this video and it tokes me back to me when i was 6-7 in 1995 and i had some friend with these cards. it really takes me back
Just started my ABU collection after learning so much from you. Thanks Rudy.
Cool collection, you put in so much care and effort into it.
I loved the video showing your Antiquities collections, and I loved this one. Show us more of your beautiful cards!
I agree, the uncomfortable and raw artwork makes the old cards special. They don't have the guts to do that again. They like putting too much detail in a tiny illustration, and it all gets watered down.
maybe once a month you could show us the next set? like Beta for the next one then arabian and and so on! would love to see your Urzas collection!
You may be very successful and famous but when you crack open the binder and talk about your collection you bring me back to my good old days when I had my binders (although my collection is not as nice as yours). It is humbling to know someone as successful as you sound like me when looking at the humble binder.
I like seeing what you're personally interested in, what you like or dislike. For my cards in regular binders, I use page lifters to keep the pages from getting pinched in the rings. They work really well. I also use report covers to store my complete sets (I'm one of those from back in the day), so no risk of ring ding at all. 2.4% represent!
I loved the Living Wall too. I collected beta lands back when I started playing when I was 16. I remember trading jank rares for a mox sapphire, like northern palidin and howling mine.
Brother I don't even play magic or collect but your videos are so informative and you make magic so interesting , you should be magic spokesperson no bullshit
Great video Rudy. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I've never held an Alpha card but Beta onward...I remember every card even today.
Duuuuddee, binder of beauty there Rudy, thanks for sharing that brings back memories and that Keldon Warlord is nice, I used to play them in a giant deck, still have 1 beta
This is what collecting is all about. Collecting cards that mean something to you.
Awesome vid Rudy, you should definitely do more of these! Thanks for sharing 😀
You need to make longer videos and do more showing of your favorite parts of your collection! this is fantastic stuff!
It's awesome to look at these old cards. I started with Revised, and never had more than some basics and commons from Alpha. I would love to see more. More old cards please.
I wish I could go back in time and tell myself, "Groovemedium, invest in Apple Computer!" But if possible, I'd also drop a note reminding me to hoard all of the A,B,U, Arabian, Antiquities, and Legends possible. Starting with sealed product.
Great video bud, loved the personal stories about the cards. Arabian, Legends, Antiquities videos in this style next please!
Rudy, I hope you come back to these more grounded videos more often. I know the value videos are great and all however these will always be my favorite.
21:35 dragon whelps my favorite card! ppl never knew how much i was gonna pump them up with mana flares out haha! then you berserk it and fork it a few times good old days!
I watched to the end. Please make more like this. I loved it!
I think the sunglasses are under appreciated too ....I remember using them tons specially white-red decks with the red being lightning bolts,fireballs, ect and your opponent would keep your mountains taped or whatever the glasses help get the red Mana you needed and I'm sure theres other ways the glasses could help get white or red mana you needed for other cards besides direct damage or instants
this brought me back to when i was a little kid watching my brothers and their friends play! please talk about how much they cost next time and please make more of these. maybe wizards will watch and remember what this game started as and what it was all about and go back to making things with originality and pride in their work.
loved the vid, my favorite binder ive probably ever seen.. pure alpha, not about how much money every card was, just the way the game was back then, the way rich garfield intended
Rudy when you started talking about Birds of Paradise it reminded me of friend I meet playing Dark Age of Camelot in 05-06. He was commenting on one of my character's named Sengir Vampire. So we talked talking about MTG and he told me a story about what he did with his alpha/beta Birds of Paradise. He would would tape a firecracker to his birds, light them, throw them in the air, and watch them blow up. He said he hated Birds of Paradise that why he like to watch them blow up. Then after he told me this story I told him that those cards are worth alot of money now. At the time I think the cards were somewhere between $100-$200 not sure the exact price. When I told him this he flipped out that he blow up cards worth alot of money. He stopped PVPing for the rest of the night after this conversation.
Your friend lied to you for entertainment
I thought you said you weren't going to talk about any pricing at the beginning of the video, you mention you can get a Berserk for ten bucks. Awesome collection, bring back many memories. You should have showed the Force of Nature , you must pay GGGG they latter replace it with the mana symbol.
I would love to see more of these Rudy and Financial information would be greatly appreciated.
I use D-ring binders to prevent card indentation from the rings. I find those work best for me.
Rudy, all money aside, its great to see you gush over cards. Awesome Collection
Really like watching. ^_^ looking at older collections is indeed relaxing. Kinda curious to see your most prized collection.
This video made me anxious every time you touched the cards. Keep up the good content, Rudy.
Library of Leng and Howling Mine look so much BETTER and a completely different "feel" with the black border!!! Love THIS!
Never played back then, but some of those arts I distinctly remember.... I was friends with those "nerds" playing at lunch or before school, so someone must've shown me something.. either way the recognition and iconic symbolism of these cards breaths childhood, 90s, and love to even a non player... Good content bro, as usual...
And when you talk about the witch Hunt/ demonic parental disenfranchisement of the game.. I distinctly remember that as well... Poor Timmy ... A PENTAGRAM!? Call Father Fred immediately!!
My favorite cards as a kid were Shivan Dragon and Jester's Cap. Nice walk down memory lane.
Thanks for sharing, it was a nice stroll down memory lane.
You did not mention the distinct smell of alpha and beta cards they have a perfume to them. If I could only bottle it!
Rudy can you pull on the binder sleeves with your left hand to avoid damaging cards? Left handed magic player here. I also have astigmatism on my left eye Rudy. Thanks for the tips friend
I'm selling my house to buy it all in alpha cards
I really enjoyed the deep dive into your raw alpha collection. I have always wanted to know more about Arabian knights. How bout doing that set next? :-)
I love the discription of the video Rudy xD it's freakin hillarious :D
I’m recently starting to collect vintage magic just because the beautiful artwork alone❤️
Island sanctuary is fucking awesome
It's funny... a lot of the cards you pulled out to look at was artwork from Quinton hoover... man he had awesome art.
No wonder i can't find any alpha wrath of gods... you have them all in the book! Awesome stuff!
same about Quinton
Those wrath of gods damn! Loved the video - watched instead of studying for my finals
I watched till the end and I love the art for white knight!! And would love to see more sets like this! Maybe lorwyn?
Wow, this is def a trip down memory lane. I started playing during mirage n visions. My cuz n I had tons of vintage cards. This is def the MTG flavor I fell in love with. Stopped playing shortly after weatherlight til about theros lol. Only started playing again cuz I found out how much my guru lands we're worth
Rudy, I’m curious, do you have a full set of PSA 10 Alpha? That is something I would love to see.
So true about the art. Even around Weatherlight saga, when they had style bibles for the sets, there was individual artistic style from card to card. The current art direction is very refined but probably 80% monotonal. Thankfully luminaries like Guay and Nielsen are still producing.
Enchantress/Ancestral Mask/Exploration/Enchantment green is my all time favorite deck. Soooo much fun.
@29:00 here definitely needs more up close detail on the cards.
really nice one Rudy! a dream to have that kind of a collection^^ and not for the money just for the beauty. absulutly love it
love it! Hope you did the 30 videos you mentioned at the end
I definitely enjoyed the video. I may be the only one, but I would love to watch a similar video on Fallen Empires. It's my favorite set, probably 100% to do with it being when I started. I would watch every video like this, in chronological order, just to get a Fallen video. I also love the older sets, though. I think an Arabian Nights video would be great.
Man I miss, and love these videos! So awesome
You are so right. These cards are legendary! This is why I love mine so much.
more videos like this! love the arts and stories! cheers from brazil
Loved this video. I wish I bought a bunch of Alpha / Beta packs when I stopped playing in 2002-2003 (and had the money to do so).
The white knight!!!
Great vid bro you are my favorite magic RUclipsr need to hit you on that patreon