I'm Not Playing This Game: The $500 Collector Booster Box Game Is Not For Me | Lord Of The Rings
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This is so cool! I already signed up with your code but I will definitely be in that stream!
tis a shame that I'm on the east coast, and my FLGS' FNM starts at that time... uncommander this Fri...
Hell yea
Just letting know - that it shows 10$ not 15$... or maby I'am missing something ;)
wish i could participate, but i'll be out of town Friday. My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined. And today is my birthday too. 🎂
As someone who just wants cool art cards for collecting, I’m excited that most of them are going to resell under 10 cents each. And the really cool ones are even under $1
Thats the beauty of these new bling bling packs. Back in the day, if i wanted my commander in foil, i had to pay up. Nowadays i can get any legendary with cool art for literal cents.
Same. I really want the 18 card art piece, but they had to make one playable. I hope bowmasters comes down.
@@michaelbyrd8991it won't
@@michaelbyrd8991 Aragorn is also $20+
Same. I just need a few more cards to have all 280ish in the base set, all the showcase cards, and all the scene cards.
(Not gonna collect the extended art rares because they're not much different.)
500 dollars for 12 packs is complete insanity. Thank you professor for being here for us and thinking about us, the consumers. You truly are a gift to the community.
The Professor basically going “I dunno, is this even worth anything? A couple bucks maybe?” is literally every Magic player and I love it.
Dont forget the feeling of loving a card, being sure it has ton of value, looking it up and... its totally worthless cause of some random uncommon printed twenty years ago being a better combo
@@michaelsimmons8613yuuuuuup 😂🤣😂
Even worse is seeing all of the other arts if a card being pricey and then you have the one that’s like .34
I feel like I'm watching the Professor unravel at the capitalism being pumped into a fantasy card game he adores and each video it seems like he has less of an idea about what to even say.
Before I started playing Pioneer I tossed two Fables into my bulk assuming they had no value
actually like this format a lot better. Hearing the professor chatting along side with us. More wholesome.
Agreed. This might have been only one box, but it was as entertaining to watch like 3 opened in a row with just some background music.
I thought I might have been alone in feeling that but glad to know there are others
@rickycr3379neither lol, just watch the stream
I agree, I like this too. I havent' watched a prof vid in a while, but what was cool and chill. It's strange to think about the editing of the videos after, even though I've done that myself for other things. Fun to have it revealed later.
It's amazing how close Prof was to guessing the value of the box
especially considering how he guessed too high on so many cards. his gut knew he was being too generous I guess
I think it should be a new bb game
But even more amazing since he was so far off on the singles lol
I think part of it was definitely that he forgot some of his previous guesses, so he didn't factor in all the value he guessed was there.
That's so rough to know its $42 per pack and seeing the Pack: $2.62 in the corner
Gotta be some losers for other packs to be profitable
In the first 30 seconds of this video, i saw on the profs desk 12,500$ "worth" of magic products. I bet the return of that is less than 2000$. This is the state of gambling wizards has conditioned us into.
2000$???
More like fuggin 200 if you’re lucky
@@BreakTheCode115well prof did open an 11$ topper with a 50$ followup on his first pack. The intrinsic price of these singles in the 3rd party market are going to skyrocket simply due to the price of the product in the first place. Expect a crash with a lot of losers...
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Buy. Singles.
@@BreakTheCode115 Do you really think someone would only open $200 worth of cards amongst 25 boxes? That means on average they would only open $8 worth of value from a single $500 box. If that were actually the value you received from a box, no one would ever buy MtG cards. WotC gouges us enough that there's really no need for people being overly hyperbolic about it.
This man is a legend. A content creator who's remained very true to his morals in both word and conduct for years now. Much love to the Prof. For taking a stand for what he feels to be right
Seeing the price on the first pack really helps put things into perspective, unless you're hitting a lottery card, you need a good box topper mythic in pretty much every pack to have a box be worth it, which just isn't gonna happen
I made 440 on my first box from my rares and mythics. No surge foils or rings.
@@shanealvarado7191 lol check all the prices again, rings and bowmasters have gone up but everything else will slowly drop
@@catman08724correction, quickly drop. This frenzy over the one ring is going to tank so much value
@@shanealvarado7191 For what i have seen you were sooo lucky. But it's still a loss... :/
@@mateumitjans5281 yeah man crap ton of BOWMASTERS and good boxtoppers. As well as 5 Nazgul and playset of halflings
I want to thank the professor for doing these types of videos, because it convinces me not to buy these boxes/packs and just buy the singles I want
Lord of the Rings Collector Booster Box: A Cautionary Tale
I like that it looks like the Prof is more comfortable doing these off-the-cuff videos. Seems less anxious than the first few.
I pen his anxiousness more on having a complete lack of any idea what to say at this point at the absurdity of these products
The fact that you were at $213 right up to the last card is genuinely impressive.
Meanwhile, Yugioh! is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a MASSIVE all-foil reprint that is nothing but staples in 3 different base rarities for all 79 cards in the set (super, ultra, and secret rare) with ultra and secret rares having special rarities (collector's and platinum secret rares, ultimate ultra rares), so the basic cards are going to be mega cheap in super rare while letting the nerds have our super shiny foils! The biggest win Konami has ever done.
It seems like WOTC dropping Ls all over the place.
Hey, I got into that and made a blue eyes and Egyptian god deck. I don't really want to get into it beyond that, but it was fun to make.
that's amazing, if only it wasn't yugioh lmao
Ls for us consumers, but I’m sure we’ll find out during Hasbro’s next shareholder meeting that LOTR was the most profitable product ever.
Don't be fooled. Yugioh has been a dumpster fire of greed for decades. No one should bat an eye if they do a nice deed once.
Also, atleast magic is recognizable. Yugioh has power crept itself into looking like a different game entirely. It's a joke.
@@yourfaceversion1 Decks from 4-5 years ago are still topping major events (Sky Striker came out in 2018 and its core cards from DASA are still the focus of the deck, rather than getting legacy support that replaces the entire deck, and plenty of 2019 decks are still taking tops). At least it's actually possible to interact with someone who's going first rather than helplessly watch them make an unbreakable board or set up an FTK.
I love the transparency, honesty, and integrity the Professor shows in the opening
Anyone else just enjoying this longform box opening and unwashed commentary on the set?
Need to do this more in the future.
Yeah this is the good stuff
Here in Brazil, we have a collector booster for almost R$300 and a collector booster box for R$3.500. Just to give an idea the minimum wage in this country is R$1.320 (a good part of the population receives this value per month) so some people need to work for almost 3 MONTHS to buy a single box.
The situation is similar here in Bulgaria
Work to buy the box, and another set's out lol
I am Hungarian, I could buy it, but then the kids doN't have new shoes this winter :D
I love that commentary hasn't been edited out so we could hear the Prof's delightfully wholesome thoughts about card values and how he thought the set could be better executed
I don't really play Magic, but I really like the Professor's videos. He combines his love of the game as well as a professional eye towards the game that is refreshing over other creators who seem to only be able to bank on negative news. And even when "negative", the Professor usually has well thought out fixes/suggestions. As someone who has worked in TTG industry, it is nice to see someone who understands a lot of how products are made.
12 packs for $500 ? That is crazy
The 1 of 1 The One Ring is inflating the price of the collector boosters and boxes.
That said, 12 packs per box is still a bad idea.
600/700 in some online store
@@k9commander not just the 1/1, the surge foils and the elven/dwarven/men ring are also in play here.
I can't wait for this set to be over. 😢
It's even worse in australia. 600-800 for set booster boxes, 1200 for collector booster boxes
I absolutely love the 'Ungoliant's Lineage' side-panel that appears during the discussion of Shelob's card. Bravo, editor!
Love how Prof overshoots the estimated value of individual cards throughout the box opening but his guess for the total was extremely close.
I just personally love when you can see the editor's personality come out in little bits too
Good decision to skip the booster box game on this set! Enjoyed the commentary and price guesses. You were surprisingly close with the total!🤯
The nice part about this set is that, while the boxes are all overpriced by a mile, so many people are chasing the one ring that singles will be bottomed out eventually.
I imagine the boxes will go from $500/box to nothing the moment the one ring is confirmed to have been found.
That was my initial thought as well, but it's wrong. Bundles and Collector Booster boxes aren't printed to demand, so the amount of product opened by the ring chasers isn't going to go up.
There are still the elven, dwarf and human rings that get charged the same. And you never will know if all are found.
I'm French and all the collector Boxes with others languages than English drop in prices.
That's why it won't be found for a long time. Wizards obviously knows this.
Tinfoil hat time, but I doubt Wizards will allow it to be "found" for a while to keep collector booster prices up.
Prof I think you crashed the WhatNot site. I’m trying to check out the stream and the site is being very unresponsive
Same
Surprised how close he was to the total value
Same!
It's fun how he keeps guessing way too high for individual cards, but gets the total about right
Man this format is great, feels like a chill time hangin with the prof
I really like listen to the Prof talk over the pack openings. It’s nice to hear his insights on the game and what he thinks of MTG as a whole.
That joke about the landfill got WoC so mad they nuked the site lmao.
THAT was much more fun than the regular game 🙂
I agree, I like the "idk, this card is crap format" too =D
I liked having actually commentary instead of it just being music played over sped up footage of him flipping through cards.
I like this almost more than the booster box game just because I enjoy your commentary so much! It's refreshing to hear from someone who cares more about the joy of the art and card mechanics than the "value" of the cards. Such a fun video as usual!
I just want the next set to some out so i can forget about the financial discomfort this one gives
I’m avoiding this one so hard. Wilds of Eldraine, please?
Unfortunately the very next set is Commander Masters in August, which is probably going to be much the same price-wise.
This is the new Norm, WoTC is going to do it again.
@@MissingFishew
@@MissingFish thankfully there won't likely be a 1 of 1 aminatou or something 😂
Prof is very price-optimist, bless him xD. I think the prices he gave added up to over 500, but in the end he did say "200 bucks" xD
Been binging your vids lately. Just watched your MH3 Collector Box video and was incredibly moved by your candid discussion of depression and therapy. And then coming to find out you support trans charities? I can now say I’m a big fan ❤️
Ok I love this premise. It really gives the feeling of every player opening packs. Essentially "Did I get THE bomb? No? Oh...well" Only thing I wanted to see though was Profs reaction to whether he was right or wrong.
I really enjoy hearing your real-time commentary as you open the packs! Definitely more reminiscent of my own experience, where you remark on things like artwork and admiring the various treatments rather than price alone.
I really like the concept of this game more than the normal booster. Box game. More of this game please.
This was such a pleasure to enjoy with you. Sorry it has to be like this..
I like this informal pack opening/discussion format you did this time around, Prof.
Wow! I am new to magic and had no idea that you donated to that charity. That is so very nice of you.
I'll definitely be at your stream, which will also be my first.
Thank you for being so kind hearted
I think I like this banter format better for the booster box game in general. It's always fun listening to you :D
That is really awesome you are giving back to the community more than wotc ever did. You are one of the most respected opinions in the magic community for a reason and we, the fans, appreciate you.
Thank you for all you do for the mtg community Prof. It really means so much to all of us to see people who care so much about their community.
SBMTG's "I spent 5 dollars on LOTR" video will have the whole set at this point.
The announcement of this set got my partner obsessed with MTG. She's a huge LOTR fan and wanted to learn to play before Prerelease. After years or zero interest, she's now deeply in love with pauper, commander, and limited. This set brought us closer together. The game has taught us so many new things about each other. For being so calm and peaceful, I would have never guessed her to embrace chaos and agro decks! So to celebrate how special to set is to us, we built a 6-3-1 set cube!
I found bulk core booster boxes (without mythic and rates) for 20 bucks each on eBay. A couple of those, two fresh collector booster boxes (did not spend even close to 500 on them), and we were 95% there. Thanks to the hype, and everyone ripping through these boxes, I was able to build this set cube on the cheap! We'll be spending the long holiday weekend playing 2 person draft formats! Despite all of the hype... this set is perfect!
Aggro requires a very analytic mindset, ESPECIALLY burn
@@malakimphoros2164is this sarcasm
@@ArcanoSilverwindThe gap between a good burn player and a _really_ good burn player is small but extremely deep. The first 95% is easy, but the last 5% takes a lot of skill and practice.
I'm 8months late and still, this has to be the coolest video on RUclips. I can't believe MrProff gave out this insane pile of the coolest cards printed in a while. One can only hope the people who got them weren't regular box openers and new players. A box like this can really get a collection going. Amazing Sir. Well done. **doffs cap**
Gotta say prof, been watching for years. Every time i watch a vid of yours i find myself proud of the direction you've continued to take with your content, your views on the game and the charities you support. brilliant stuff, keep it up.
I Kinda loved how he guessed every card completly wrong, but his end estimate was rather accurate :D
You know, one of the reasons MTG attracted me in the first place, was the beautiful art on the cards. It's nice to see someone talking about how beautiful these are. They're all beautiful little paintings we use to play our game. Very cool when you stop to think about it.
I agree, I love the art. I got back into mtg because of Kamigawa set art and love just looking at the great work the artists have done. I wonder how they feel about the resell value or whatever being more important than their work?
@lorettamorandin yes, I collected multiple copies of all the Kamigawa lands! They look so nice. If I had to guess, I think the artists probably are just happy to get a commission. 🙂
I sort of wanted a Gollum/Smeagol intro this this opening.
- No, we not playing the booster box game!
- But we wants it!
- They're $500 per box, We don't want to!
- Yes we want to!
But seriously? $500 for 12 packs and a box topper. I don't know what kind of pipe tobacco wizards smoked when they came up with this?!
I want a RUclips channel where The Prof just cracks packs and guesses prices. I need more videos like this!!!
and you get the experience of opening packs in a casual way without buying them and realising how not worth the money they are and keep your cash!
Every morning, on my way to work, I stop by a cozy little corner store in town for a can of soda (a man's gotta have his morning caffeine and I sure as hell am not settling for coffee). Each and every time that I visit, there's one or more members of a group of about 7 homeless men meandering about the store. You see, there's a homeless shelter on the same block as this corner store, and after a long day of asking for handouts, these men all engage in the exact same hobby - playing scratch-off cards.
Which cards they play of course depends on how well they did at getting stranger's donations the day before, but as they stand there, scratching away at their cards at the counter (I always dread this part because it makes the line that much longer), the end result of their gambling addiction is almost always the same - no prize, no winnings, no big payout.
For me, watching this video really puts me back in the checkout line, looking on as some hopeless guy blows what little cash he's got on the chance, the _possibility_ of a big payout, whether that be the One Ring or the big lottery prize.
More than any other product Wizards has ever produced, the Lord of the Rings set is, without a doubt, most obviously a gamble - you win the big shiny prize, or you get bent. Sobering stuff, to see this game become so predatory.
He was right on the money with the total value until the last card. Wow
Edit: Also that's funny everyone was guessing the One Ring would be in bundles but look it was found and graded 9 two days after this video and gift bundles aren't even out for another week lol. Everyone was wrong on that.
The "book covers" philosophy is spot on. There are famous/infamous magic cards that anyone can tell what they are from across the table.
You’re a gentleman and a scholar sir, the Magic community can only be better with your videos and have gotten me through some rough times so thanks! It’s sad that magic has become a stockholder money grab instead of love for the game.
Watching this again and seeing 42 dollar packs pull only 2 dollars is very upsetting and this release was what got me into magic
You should do this every now and again for new sets. The commentary and edits were great!
Just want to say, I sincerely love you griping about UB whenever you can. The attitude that it's lame to care is way too prevalent and it's refreshing to see somebody who's not just toxically positive about it.
I dabbled in Magic years ago and ended up falling out of it but seeing all the hype of this set lately has brought me back in. I’m not going card chasing, but think the LoTR collab is nice so wanted to figure out what I should buy vs steer clear of. Stumbled on your channel and instantly subscribed, lots of great info for me being less than clueless coming back into MTG. Looking forward to the Whatnot live!
10:15
Returning MTG player here. You have no idea how shocked/surprised I was to learn that I could not Effectively play my entering set, the new set, and my FAVORITE set (other than Brother's War), because it was NOT playable in Standard. You hit the nail on the head here. There are so many uniquely cool cards and synergies in this set, especially for red/blue/black. (Edit: at least WOE is standard and will have some at-least-minorly inherent synergies with LOTR cards moving foward :)
It would have been INFINITELY better as a Standard Set. No contest.
That was very impressive. He almost got the total box worth dead on!
Nah, Second Breakfast should be an Enchantment with "On your turn, at the start of your second main phase, if you sacrificed a food token this turn, create a food token."
Prof guessing card values has the same energy as the quote "How much could a carton of eggs cost, ten dollars?" 😂😂😂🥚🥚🥚
The most painful thing about collectors boxes is watching the stack of worthless common and uncommon foils curl within a day or two of opening. Why does the "premium" / "collector" product feel like the lowest quality. It was painful when paying $250 for a collectors box, I can't imagine going through that again on a $500 box
I was so excited for this set. It's such a shame how now it's not friendly for regular consumers.
100% agree with you!
Most of the singles are actually VERY favorable to those on a budget. I already got most of the cards I wanted. The only real ripoff are the collector's boosters.
They don’t want their regular customers. They want to get inclusiveness points and make a killing from the set so they can prop it up as the reason it did well.
What? This set is one of the cheapest of all time. The ring-gimmick dropped prices into the ground, theres like, 2 cards in the set above 20 bucks.
29:53 Prof casually tossing up a Clay Pigeon.
@the prof, did you crash Whatnot with your give away stream?
I love how he was on the money until Minas Tirith
As a LOTR fan, I love this set. I just wish they wouldn’t have made shiny cardboard so expensive 🥲
As a LotR fan, I hate this set, and wish they did better by the books.
Second Breakfast is most def an enchantment... imagine telling a hobbit you wanted to resolve their second breakfast before you did anything else...
I still have no idea what cards come in what product lol
I don't even know what products there are lmao
honestly I do enjoy this time of "booster box game" where we get Prof just opening and discussing the contents of the packs and I hope we get more of it!
Here I am. Sitting in the dead of night, excited that I was going to watch people get some free products, maybe get something myself(?), and watch Prof live... but alas. App not working, website not working. Good job WhatNot!
This style of video was very fun (and oddly relaxing) to watch! Maybe you could do it again for any future (non-collector) booster box games? Your commentary and general thoughts added that extra “prof style” to the video!
Oh please let this be the once in a decade time I get lucky!!!! Alarm set!
I love the Professor's integrity. Please never lose it.
The reason I love the Professor is because he's probably supposed to be hyping these boxes up so people want to come into his stream and get a box for free, but instead he's just roasting the hell out of it. He's just like "Come get one of these overpriced, overhyped pieces of crap. You're not going to open The One Ring, you'll never see it, none of these boxes have it. Wizards knows what they're doing, and it's not here. Come get one anyways." Lol
Brings me sooooo much joy finally seeing a streamer trying to help the mtg and LOTR community instead of just jumping in on the hype. Thank you! ❤
prof crashed the server in 1 minute lmao
The ring just chillin on the profs desk
Your avid support for trans and gay communities as well as your honesty about WOTC is one of the reasons this will always my favorite Magic YT Channel. Love you Prof
Many magic the gathering players ask the question: will whatnot be a broken, or loved apllication?
Why can't you give to an actual charity like children's cancer society?
Yeah seriously 😅
Probably because if he does the alphabet mafia will go after him. So because he's very afraid of them he has to give them money.
I'm sure he used to donate to BLM too, you know, before it was revealed to be a scam organization who stole millions to buy houses, drugs, jewelry and hookers.
I love The Professor’s optimism about some of these prices while still coming off as pessimistic about the value of the product.
The professor is the greatest YT-er. The most honest and trustworthy, he's the only media figure I trust period.
what a terrible sponsor and a waste of time. Why not have your charity help animals or starving people in other countries? I appreciate what you're trying to do by donating to charity's but what an absolute waste of money.
Mr Bathwater perfected the Art of "Hosing The Gathering"
The aftermath is brutal Loss for every Avid Timmy collector that ever cracked a pack.
The Bad feels are very vexing.
Ungoliant is the Spider to end all spiders from the first age. Even the deity like beings sent to shape the world don't know where she came from. She was a real threat to Melkor who use to be Sauron's boss. It's stated in the works of Tolkien that Shelob is descended from Ungoliant.
15:21 I think there's an error with Aragorn 😂
In Germany, you are paying NOW 600€, so around 654,94 $, for this Booster Box in English. Which is friggin insane -.- The Booster Box in German is around 389€, so around 425,33 $.
I love how Pippin is under the game text on his card. 18:18
I prefer these chill videos of listening to you ramble while you open stuff. They are nice.
Reminder that while comparing Hullbreacher and Orcish Bowmasters, the former had an "instead" in its text.
I have to say Professor, while watching you price the cards individually was hilarious..."six dollars and sixty nine cents" as the graphic showed .99 cents. Your overall assessment of the value of the cards you opened was nearly spot on. Very impressive!!!
As somebody who doesn't play magic or understand it that much, this kind of slower paced opening discussing some of the cards and circumstances around them are pretty fascinating
the sheer comedy of how every time he guesses the cost he overestimates it, even when he guesses low: 19:24
The prof finding the 1/1 on this video would be the best timeline.
That damn singular card soured The Lord of the Rings set so much. The art and flavor of the cards is actually really good but the “gamble” (prof is probably right that the card isn’t in the general product pool) just eclipsed everything.
What is the most disturbing is that a Company got ahold of that many Boxes and gave them away... heard stories about financial sector guys sending interns out to buy up all boxes in one city, MtG is shaping up to be a Investment MORE than a game soon and it feels like WoTC is cheering it on.
I find it absolutely unnecessary too, especially coming from the normally sensible guy who advises to buy singles. Another pile of money in wizards direction
Our entire stock in town (aside from 4 pre orders) was bought by a single person the minute the store opened and put into a storage unit. From a WPN store.
I don't blame the shop owner it's just very frustrating to know that I can't crack packs because I was at work on a Friday and some rich assholes kid bought every collector box in town and doesn't even play.
@@Beowulfgang_Amadeus very much do blame the store. They could just offer these rich boys to order some extra, but decided to f over every other customer interested in this (lacking) product. Why would you and other customers continue to buy there if they make it so glaringly clear, that they want you to order online, somewhere else. Quick buck now, less money later, bad business
What do you mean "soon"? It's been like that for a while now.
Collector boosters and serialized cards are acting like the craze and financial machinations of NFTs.