I know this was video was.about play mats, but Sebs kickstater also has prints available, and they're all signed. And if your a collector you can also get a certificate of authenticity. Great for yourself or gifts.
I had that heat sensitive playmat. You missed a flaw with it. I used it for about a month. In that small amount of time, treating it like all my other mats, it started to get deep cuts in the surface that just showed up white. It looked horrible and felt even worse. I’ve never had a playmat do that before. I’m sure you just didn’t use yours enough to get to that point, but I’m glad to see you noticed the curling.
I'm personally a big fan of my ultra pro mat, and my wife adores the soft feel of her her lands mat. I have an inked mat in the mail I'm excited to test out. Thanks again for the informative video professor! Videos like this help me feel confident in my purchases when I'm looking into new products. You're an asset to the community!
I love being able to make my own art for my playmats with Inked. The biggest issue I have is after making the art and getting the mat I play with it once and want another playmat. It is almost too good looking, it is always impressive and that just makes me want to make another one. I have no need for another one! I don't play that much to need even two! It is like a drug and I'm hooked! Save yourself! Though seriously the quality of the print is seriously good and if you do your own art it is exceedingly impressive.
I've had my UltraPro Shadowmoor Island playmat since it launched in the mid to late 2000's. It's over 10 years old and still looks amazing. Only downside is my foil islands I got to match it are finally starting to curl.
I pitched in on the last Kickstarter and I will say the mat I got is great. (got Entomb) I use it when I play legacy to change things up. Very nice and good quality.
Chromiaskin playmats are a great throwback to the 90's when hypercolor shirts were all the rage. Harking back to when you would be playing Magic on the sidewalk outside school waiting for your mom to pick you up.
i am still heartbroken that i missed Seb's last kickstarter, so many of my favourites were in that run. Still i love the look of Chalice of the Void and gladly have contributed to Seb's kickstarter for a playmat of it, good to hear there's no real issues with Ultra Pro mats
Never buy a chromiaskin product. Over time it looses the ability to chabge color and simply stays one color ot the other. The quality isnot there and you prof should investigate and advertise this!
I was lucky enough to never buy one, but it happened to several friends and shop owners i talked to. Sometimes the fridge hack worked, but others it never recover even after a day in a freezer
Druido Bianco I had a chroma skin deckbox and left it by a Window for awhile, and the sunlight bleached it an unchanging greenish brown. was cool for awhile though.
You just had to show off the Coumbajj Witches, didn't you, Professor. So sad I didn't know about the first Kickstarter. LOVE the Coumbajj art. Thank you for bringing Seb's incredible artwork to the attention of the masses and for the quality content.
Tnx, prices on some of these actually seem reasonable enough to try and remind myself around my birthday… great to see more 'lands' show up as for some reason that type of print allures to me most.
I'm really glad I watched this because Seb is my favorite artist! I just bought my first playmat ever, it's got his Aminatou artwork on it. :) I'll definitely check out that Kickstarter!
I was ready to pull the trigger on a Seb Mckinnon playmat until I saw the shipping fees to Australia. $55 CND for a playmat (pricey but acceptable), $65 CND for the shipping of said playmat (T_T).
I bought blue chromiaskin playmat and deck box for my mono blue full foil commander, and It's awesome 🙂 yeah the only problem remains the curving on sides, but It's a nice technology 🙂 Hi from Italy!
Will you re-review sleeves? I really want to see some comparison between side loading perfect fits, regular perfect fits, and perfect fit hard. Along with the new easter sleeves and the new hypermat formula
ive already used top cia hacking tools to steal your fingerprint. thanks for the cards kiddo. Great video! those land mats are pretty cool, and itd be nice to get some of those artist ultra pros.
I'm not a mtg player but I was curious about the lands mats (love art). I've been using one I made through inked gaming for over a year and it still looks like it did when I got it. All thanks to you professor. 👍
with the chromiaskin mats and deck boxes, when it is hot or if you just happen to be drinking something colder than the room you're in, set your cup on the mat/box. the darker colored ring it leaves behind is neat as well!
I have owned 2 chromia skin play mats since its release in germany in april 2018. The gimmick works great but it is easily damaged by a long fingernail. After a year of use i have about 2 or 3 pen tip sized marks on each play mat that are permanently colored white much like a dead pixel on an old laptop. They are created when you try to pick up a card but accidentally scratch the surface with your fingernail which the mat is not resistant to at all. During Summer they stayed in their hot color and needed to be put in the fridge to cool down. They faded back to their hot color in about 20 minutes. Each Summer i can see where i placed my cards last summer as the image kind of burns in. This is not a problem during regular use however. So they are expansive and they age quite quickly. They look cool and can be very entertaining but it comes with its downsides.
I’ve had the ultimate guard ChromiaSkin Playmat for about two months now (I wish this video had come sooner). My biggest issue with this Playmat is how soft and tearable the surface is. It has scratches and and cuts from my nails, corners of matte dragon shield card sleeves, and from the Monster Playmat case. I’ve also followed the cleaning directions multiple times and there are still oil marks from my hands afterwards. I found that the opposite is true in terms of the cooler the room the better the color change. When I first got the Playmat in March (it was still quite cold then) I could never get it to change without keeping my hand or arm on it for more than a minute. This is because the Playmat had a greater temperature difference to make up in order to change color. As it’s been getting warmer the Playmat has less of a temperature difference to make up and changes almost instantly. The only marks made in the Playmat are still just from my forearms and elbows.
I know it's gimmiky but I love the chromaskin! maybe not on a playmat, I think the texture would be bad like the professor says, but I love the chromaskin deckbox he's reviewed previously, we have two of them and theyre so much fun!
I'm very glad I opted not to go for the stitched border of my (first ever) inked gaming playmat when I ordered recently. I'd seen your previous reviews regarding stitched border mats and was hesitant to try it out seeing as Inked's stitching hadn't been reviewed by yourself at the time I made my purchase.
@@ilpomaitre I really hope that you two didn't let a few bucks stop you from getting a mat from his Kickstarter. It's really not that much for the shipping when you're talking about something that will never be available ever again. It's like what, $25 bucks-ish? That's a few hours of work from most jobs. Don't miss the opportunity. I got the 4x mats option and I wish there was option for 5x mats.
@@craig1287 it's more like 45$ ans as a student who is gonna leave for a semester in Japan, it's quite a big investment, still i'll probably hesitating until thé end of the kickstarter I really home i can afford a playmat
@@ilpomaitre Well still, $45 isn't much. If you're a student with no job, then that does suck, but I'd borrow the money from whoever you can. In 10 years from now, $45 will be nothing for you and you'll look back on that time one of Magic's fastest up and coming artists did a one time only offering of his art and signed. I'm only 31 and there are so many things I regret not getting in Magic, a hobby I've had now for 25 years, but I sure as heck didn't let this one be another regret.
I got one of the thermo mats for a birthday gift and I loved it. It did curl but the ability to change color also stopped..? Maybe it's because of the ridiculous weather swings in my region but it just stopped.
It's won't lay flat because after it goes through the sublimation the operater rolls for shipping and because it's still being heat set it retains the shop. The manufacturer had to let the mats cool a min or two before packing.
As a connisuer of playmats, I can agree with these reviews. I do think the Thermo skin mats are so pretentious, but its awesome looking. The Ink'd gaming mats and ultra pro are my favorite. I have never had one fray though. I have mats that are almost 10 years old...
Have you heard of dragon claw magnetic playmats I have been using one for six months and have enjoyed it thoroughly! Something neat and different that you might enjoy trying out
Hmm well i think i might start doing patreon soon since well i just listened to the entire video not really paying attention to the content but more the professor cause his grades mean alot since he goes through extensive testing
Any of these ship overseas? South East Asia in particular. I liked the first land series from Ultimate Guard but they don't seem to ship to my country.
The only mat I would buy would be one with the original art of primal command, my favorite magic card of all time. Unfortunately the artist, Wayne England, passed away a few years ago. I don't want to bootleg the art onto a mat as that would be disrespectful, but I don't know where to find one. Could you perhaps point me in the right direction?
I live in Arizona, and I have a question for the cromiaskin. In summer it’s usually about 100 degrees, so... what color would it be if I leave it out side.
I'd like to have one of Seb's playmats, but the shipping is going to cost $45 on top of the $35 for a mat, so I don't think it's going to happen because I'm too broke. It's a real shame, though, because I really like them, I just can't afford it.
I live in Australia and don't want to pay absurd shipping prices, do you know any places that either have good international shipping prices or are from Australia?
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The people want War of the spark stained glass planeswalker playmats.
YES
I would like a History of Benalia playmat in the form of the one in MTGA when you play the card and it unfurls on the field.
I would rather have Planeswalker spark art Basic lands
Agreed!!
yes, to both the saga playmats and the stained glass playmats
P.s.
Don't purchase Chroma-Skin products if you live in Australia. Everywhere is too hot!
Too true mate. 👍
Or Brazil.
#ggkthx
😂
Can confirm. Bought a Chromaskin deck box and the heat has killed the effect.
I found my wood stove did the same. It barley works now :(
I know this was video was.about play mats, but Sebs kickstater also has prints available, and they're all signed. And if your a collector you can also get a certificate of authenticity. Great for yourself or gifts.
Unless you live outside usa and then a print cost like 50€, but yeah otherwise really good stuff
Btw the color changing mat got way to scratched after a year
Seb is an absolute master of modern impressionism and never ceases to amaze me. Thank you for bringing more eyes to his kickstarter.
I had that heat sensitive playmat. You missed a flaw with it. I used it for about a month. In that small amount of time, treating it like all my other mats, it started to get deep cuts in the surface that just showed up white. It looked horrible and felt even worse. I’ve never had a playmat do that before. I’m sure you just didn’t use yours enough to get to that point, but I’m glad to see you noticed the curling.
On the one we have, the heat sensitivity part barely works at all. Total junk.
I'm personally a big fan of my ultra pro mat, and my wife adores the soft feel of her her lands mat. I have an inked mat in the mail I'm excited to test out.
Thanks again for the informative video professor! Videos like this help me feel confident in my purchases when I'm looking into new products.
You're an asset to the community!
I love being able to make my own art for my playmats with Inked. The biggest issue I have is after making the art and getting the mat I play with it once and want another playmat. It is almost too good looking, it is always impressive and that just makes me want to make another one. I have no need for another one! I don't play that much to need even two! It is like a drug and I'm hooked! Save yourself! Though seriously the quality of the print is seriously good and if you do your own art it is exceedingly impressive.
I've had my UltraPro Shadowmoor Island playmat since it launched in the mid to late 2000's. It's over 10 years old and still looks amazing. Only downside is my foil islands I got to match it are finally starting to curl.
AH i just saw the Seb Mckinnon Kickstarter. I REALLY WANT CHRONOSTUTTER ON A PLAYMAT.
I pitched in on the last Kickstarter and I will say the mat I got is great. (got Entomb) I use it when I play legacy to change things up. Very nice and good quality.
@Danny BRITZMAN theres still a chance kicktraq says we are trending towards $500k+ but its gonna be close so spread the word about it.
Have been considering finally getting a playmat. Perfect timing for this video!
In my experience, either Ultimate Guard (regular mats) or Inked, are the best.
I backed seb mckinnon kickstarter cause I love his artwork! Thank you for informing people on the ongoing kickstarter
Chromiaskin playmats are a great throwback to the 90's when hypercolor shirts were all the rage. Harking back to when you would be playing Magic on the sidewalk outside school waiting for your mom to pick you up.
That's what I thought too. I really loved those shirts. Unfortunately, the chroma skin playmat I got barely works at all. Do not buy.
i am still heartbroken that i missed Seb's last kickstarter, so many of my favourites were in that run. Still i love the look of Chalice of the Void and gladly have contributed to Seb's kickstarter for a playmat of it, good to hear there's no real issues with Ultra Pro mats
I don't buy 1/10th of the products you review highly, Prof. I just like watching because you're entertaining and honest in these. Love your work.
Never buy a chromiaskin product. Over time it looses the ability to chabge color and simply stays one color ot the other. The quality isnot there and you prof should investigate and advertise this!
i have experience similar issues, one of the things that can help is putting it in the fridge for a while.
I was lucky enough to never buy one, but it happened to several friends and shop owners i talked to. Sometimes the fridge hack worked, but others it never recover even after a day in a freezer
Druido Bianco I had a chroma skin deckbox and left it by a Window for awhile, and the sunlight bleached it an unchanging greenish brown. was cool for awhile though.
You just had to show off the Coumbajj Witches, didn't you, Professor. So sad I didn't know about the first Kickstarter. LOVE the Coumbajj art. Thank you for bringing Seb's incredible artwork to the attention of the masses and for the quality content.
Lol prof plugging his own merch when he’s showing off all the different playmats in the beginning
Tnx, prices on some of these actually seem reasonable enough to try and remind myself around my birthday… great to see more 'lands' show up as for some reason that type of print allures to me most.
I'm really glad I watched this because Seb is my favorite artist! I just bought my first playmat ever, it's got his Aminatou artwork on it. :) I'll definitely check out that Kickstarter!
Missed these review videos. As someone who barely has any money for one budget deck per Standard block, these are lifesavers
>ultimate guard
>"ultimately"
I see what you did there prof. I see....
I was ready to pull the trigger on a Seb Mckinnon playmat until I saw the shipping fees to Australia. $55 CND for a playmat (pricey but acceptable), $65 CND for the shipping of said playmat (T_T).
I bought blue chromiaskin playmat and deck box for my mono blue full foil commander, and It's awesome 🙂 yeah the only problem remains the curving on sides, but It's a nice technology 🙂 Hi from Italy!
Will you re-review sleeves? I really want to see some comparison between side loading perfect fits, regular perfect fits, and perfect fit hard. Along with the new easter sleeves and the new hypermat formula
Keep doing the good work Professor. My week isn't complete without TCC.
ive already used top cia hacking tools to steal your fingerprint. thanks for the cards kiddo.
Great video! those land mats are pretty cool, and itd be nice to get some of those artist ultra pros.
I just don't understand the chromaskin stuff. I hate fingerprints on anything haha
Fingerprints is just the best you hope for. Leave your mat sitting on the table while you head to the bathroom and expect to find... other shapes.
I just got a new custom playmat with the Professor in one of his cool dude poses from the backpack video.
I'm having a blast with the underground sea playmat. Great video!
I'm not a mtg player but I was curious about the lands mats (love art). I've been using one I made through inked gaming for over a year and it still looks like it did when I got it. All thanks to you professor. 👍
I love the old Islands playmat, there’s something just so surreal about it
with the chromiaskin mats and deck boxes, when it is hot or if you just happen to be drinking something colder than the room you're in, set your cup on the mat/box. the darker colored ring it leaves behind is neat as well!
Mine barely works at all. It is garbage. Wish I could get my money back.
Thank you Professor! I was recently thinking of getting a playmat considering I’m playing more paper magic!
I have a MIGHTY NEED for that Sol Ring mat
I have owned 2 chromia skin play mats since its release in germany in april 2018.
The gimmick works great but it is easily damaged by a long fingernail. After a year of use i have about 2 or 3 pen tip sized marks on each play mat that are permanently colored white much like a dead pixel on an old laptop. They are created when you try to pick up a card but accidentally scratch the surface with your fingernail which the mat is not resistant to at all.
During Summer they stayed in their hot color and needed to be put in the fridge to cool down. They faded back to their hot color in about 20 minutes.
Each Summer i can see where i placed my cards last summer as the image kind of burns in. This is not a problem during regular use however.
So they are expansive and they age quite quickly. They look cool and can be very entertaining but it comes with its downsides.
The one I have is complete garbage. Barely changes color at all.
this video made me buy a playmat, thanks prof, i love it
I’ve had the ultimate guard ChromiaSkin Playmat for about two months now (I wish this video had come sooner). My biggest issue with this Playmat is how soft and tearable the surface is. It has scratches and and cuts from my nails, corners of matte dragon shield card sleeves, and from the Monster Playmat case. I’ve also followed the cleaning directions multiple times and there are still oil marks from my hands afterwards.
I found that the opposite is true in terms of the cooler the room the better the color change. When I first got the Playmat in March (it was still quite cold then) I could never get it to change without keeping my hand or arm on it for more than a minute. This is because the Playmat had a greater temperature difference to make up in order to change color. As it’s been getting warmer the Playmat has less of a temperature difference to make up and changes almost instantly. The only marks made in the Playmat are still just from my forearms and elbows.
I know it's gimmiky but I love the chromaskin! maybe not on a playmat, I think the texture would be bad like the professor says, but I love the chromaskin deckbox he's reviewed previously, we have two of them and theyre so much fun!
Mine barely works at all. It is garbage.
I'm very glad I opted not to go for the stitched border of my (first ever) inked gaming playmat when I ordered recently. I'd seen your previous reviews regarding stitched border mats and was hesitant to try it out seeing as Inked's stitching hadn't been reviewed by yourself at the time I made my purchase.
Really hope we can hit 500k on the kickstarter so we can get deathsprout, art is sick.
Right? I've been telling anyone with an ear about his work to get them numbers higher.
7:05, literally the exact reason I clicked on this video, never underestimate the power of leaving handprints on your play surface.
I’m still rocking the “Visit the Forests!” playmat from Battle for Zendikar prerelease!
3:26 Nice transition, worked really well!
Wow those are some beautiful playmats!
Prof: Jace with a new overcoat and Vraska with a new hat!
😂😂😂
I just wish that the shipping on Seb's kickstarter was cheaper :/
Me too, I would've loved a bedevil or a calice playmat
@@ilpomaitre I really hope that you two didn't let a few bucks stop you from getting a mat from his Kickstarter. It's really not that much for the shipping when you're talking about something that will never be available ever again. It's like what, $25 bucks-ish? That's a few hours of work from most jobs. Don't miss the opportunity. I got the 4x mats option and I wish there was option for 5x mats.
@@craig1287 it's more like 45$ ans as a student who is gonna leave for a semester in Japan, it's quite a big investment, still i'll probably hesitating until thé end of the kickstarter
I really home i can afford a playmat
@@ilpomaitre Well still, $45 isn't much. If you're a student with no job, then that does suck, but I'd borrow the money from whoever you can. In 10 years from now, $45 will be nothing for you and you'll look back on that time one of Magic's fastest up and coming artists did a one time only offering of his art and signed. I'm only 31 and there are so many things I regret not getting in Magic, a hobby I've had now for 25 years, but I sure as heck didn't let this one be another regret.
@@craig1287 $45 is about $20 more than I'd pay for any playmat. I get it's a "special" mat, but that's just nuts.
The only play mat I ever bought was a non-stitch bordered one.
"I wonder if it rips?"
*rip noise*
"uh oh..."
I just picked up the red Chromiaskin its great so far and people liked it after I opened it up and started using it my LGS sold a couple more!!!
The one we have barely works at all. It is complete garbage. Wish I could get a refund.
hihi. kerbal music always makes me feel like an astronaut regardless of what im doing/watching. Good Job
The question I have relates to the signing of machine washable mats: How does the autograph hold up if it needs to be washed?
"Vraska in a new hat"... Brilliant.
Great video! :D Thank you for reviewing all the playmats and their 'quality' :D
Ive got a ultra pro playmat of LoZ a like between world’s box art. i love it
I got one of the thermo mats for a birthday gift and I loved it. It did curl but the ability to change color also stopped..? Maybe it's because of the ridiculous weather swings in my region but it just stopped.
Levi V it has been known to degrade over time and eventually stop working all together
Thank you Professor!
Great set of products, would be nice to see what artwork they offer with war of the spark.
Thanks professor!
Woah, I want that Mindslash Sliver playmat.
Very nice videos! Keep up the good work prof!
It's won't lay flat because after it goes through the sublimation the operater rolls for shipping and because it's still being heat set it retains the shop. The manufacturer had to let the mats cool a min or two before packing.
My Toad Runner Squirrel playmat from Inked Gaming is all I need.
Please review Spellgrounds Playmats. While quite a bit more money than the average playmat, their quality is top tier and worth every penny.
We need an ultra pro playmat with Surgical Extraction on it
As a connisuer of playmats, I can agree with these reviews. I do think the Thermo skin mats are so pretentious, but its awesome looking. The Ink'd gaming mats and ultra pro are my favorite. I have never had one fray though. I have mats that are almost 10 years old...
"Ask Professor Google"
> Goes to Google and searches "Professor Google"
> Stares at screen for a few seconds before realizing I'm just dumb.
Thanks for the review!
Have you heard of dragon claw magnetic playmats I have been using one for six months and have enjoyed it thoroughly! Something neat and different that you might enjoy trying out
What is the inked playmat you were demoing? Love the design!
Inked is really the only option in my eyes because I want to make my own design.
Woah woah wooooah hold up...
Jace got a new overcoat?!?!? 😧
I have the heat sensitive mat and I hate it. Cards don't slide on it very well and it's thick.
fuck yeah seb mckinnon artwork is the absolute pinnacle!
i like the playmat intro that was cool
I'm disappointed in your high score of the thermo skin. In my experience it holds every little scratch
I mean, he can only review from his own experience
I had this issue too, after a month of use it looked like it was years old.
Hey prof who made that sliver ultrapro playmat shown at 6:33 ?
Actually, I'd really like the elder dinosaurs done in playmats.. any suggestions in the best way to go around to get this?
Hmm well i think i might start doing patreon soon since well i just listened to the entire video not really paying attention to the content but more the professor cause his grades mean alot since he goes through extensive testing
Now this is what I'm talking about!!!!
Those Seb McKinnon mats are freaking awesome!
$83 CAD shipped, though🤣🤣🤣🤣 What kind of a lunatic pays over $80 for a damn playmat?😅
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What artist did the new Swords to Plowshares? That would be a cool play mat.
Terese Nielsen? She'd make a good many exceptional mats.
Thank you too! :)
Can you review Spellground mats?
Any of these ship overseas? South East Asia in particular. I liked the first land series from Ultimate Guard but they don't seem to ship to my country.
*I used the store championship playmats I win soaked with the tears of my opponents.*
hi prof, any recommendation for table-sized mats? thanks
Professor would love to see you review 0dmg playmats they're mostly for vanguard but a mat is a mat
Ugh you got a Raging Goblin mat!? I was super late to them and they sold out the day before I tried to order :(
Hey Professor! What about the new challenger decks for 2019? Seems the check lands make for a strong case for the dual colored decks.
Will review these when they hit the shelves.
The only mat I would buy would be one with the original art of primal command, my favorite magic card of all time. Unfortunately the artist, Wayne England, passed away a few years ago. I don't want to bootleg the art onto a mat as that would be disrespectful, but I don't know where to find one. Could you perhaps point me in the right direction?
Bootlegging is probably your only option, maybe you can send a few dollars towards his remaining family as a tribute :)
Is there any review of game knots playmats?
Review Request: Blackfire products!
Hey prof, is the your playmat dishwasher safe?
I live in Arizona, and I have a question for the cromiaskin. In summer it’s usually about 100 degrees, so... what color would it be if I leave it out side.
Do not buy!!!!
Love the show
I'd like to have one of Seb's playmats, but the shipping is going to cost $45 on top of the $35 for a mat, so I don't think it's going to happen because I'm too broke. It's a real shame, though, because I really like them, I just can't afford it.
these mats are supposed to keep your cards clean and protected from dirty tables. but when you roll them the clean site touches the dirty site?
Any recommendations if you want to have a playmat printed with a picture of your choosing?
MrFForger his recomandation is Inkedplaymats
I live in Australia and don't want to pay absurd shipping prices, do you know any places that either have good international shipping prices or are from Australia?
I'll have to check and see if Terese Nielsen has any playmates
Lol
None of these will beat the one with Liliana and Chandra making out 😜
I have that one too..... THE BEST :)
Man i love that one!