Let's Play The Booster Box Game For Magic: The Gathering Foundations!
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
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Every LGS in the country that saw this video it’s getting sick! I’ve never seen a video that discouraged me more from buying a magic product than this one.
the draft environment is great, had a lot of fun playing it, but yeah LGSs are probably not even going to open the boxes to sell the single
the set itself is good, but when so many decent cards are printed into a single set ofc the value of the cards gets diluted significantly. just basic supply and demand... good time to buy singles though
I would buy for 100 €
I bought a booster box and pulled ~$180. 2x Bloodthirsty Conq 1x Doubling Season 1x Sire of Seven Deaths and a bunch of others. RNG is a bitch
I stopped buying and selling magic when they started the teasing for dominaria remastered and I am so happy! I remember that people were still believing that the % ratio for getting a decent box would get higher … wizards destroyed the game … now they are over flooding the game with new sets every month and on top of that the new sets are not only 500+ cards ( sometimes more than 700 ) but the actual price and value of the cards is as follows:
For every decent mythic/rare you get 200 trash and completely unplayable cards which are on top of everything reprinted most of the time. I switched the TCG world and went full on lorcana and this game is so healthy and good thought that I have no complaints what so ever. Most likely never going back to magic and hope more people realize that they should pay respect and love for a product without heart and soul… magic is long gone … I don’t recognize it as the game it once was and it will never be… now it’s only purpose is to get your money
You are gonna be broke, and you are gonna love it.
-Wizards
- and communism?
@@lydiasteinebendiksen4269 what does that have to do with literally anything
@@lydiasteinebendiksen4269 That’s actually not how that works but I’m not about to attempt to explain govt systems to you,
I like it more when he talks about the cards and guesses the prices when opening vs fast forwarding through it
He only does that with collector boosters, right?
@ didn’t even think to look if it was him. Though if he’s not talking I guess it doesn’t matter
It's actually perfect background content
The "over ten years" cut was great 😂
In the break I took from magic, I feel like you have doubled down on your silliness, and I love it. “And me! The Professor!” A+
Wait, so he’s just gonna skip the commons when Hare Apparent’s in there? It’s still like a $3-$4 card today…
My literal first thought
Probably the only valuable one to be fair.
it was probably filmed when the set dropped so I bet that card didn't have hype yet. just a guess though.
How many copies will be floating around though?
@@ZackaryLawrence it was hyped during spoilers.
I got myself booster box of jumpstart 25. I used it to play the jumpstart with my wife. While we pulled exactly the same amount of money in nonbulk rares and mystics as we paid for the box, we also got the playtime. And now most of the packs we opened went into our jumpstart cube to improve it.
Dude, I have a Jumpstat cube too! Mostly original because 2022 was so hard to find. I want to get a box of Foundations Jumpstart but my local LGS sold out of all Foundations like immediately.
@qella46021 yeah, I had to preorder. Back in the day I also got 1 box of JMP, and back then I got terrible luck. So many duplicate themes, and often even the same variants. This time I got only 1 duplicate, and otherwise it was all new. The duplicate pack had expensive rare, so even that was a win. I mostly use lists from regular jumpstart sets, but I have a mix of themes from different sets.
The professor in a tshirt is so uncanny
It's oddly unsettling!
It's like he's an estranged uncle
I believe this is his Mythic version
@@BookOfVampiresMythik* 😎
I swear the ad reads get better each post from you professor 😂 the transitions always get me laughing thanks for another relaxing video too! I can’t really buy packs anymore but watching you rip them gives me the same good vibes!
It's amazing how much Prof's vibe changes by him simply donning a t shirt
fr, went from The Prof to The Dude real quick
the beginner box is basically a jumpstart cube. and assuming the starter collection can serve as a draft cube, we basically got two precon cubes with this new set.
couldnt get hold of the starter collection box. sold out so quickly. 🙄
15:46 HEY IT’S THAT ONE SONG THAT GOES
DANCE DANCE DANCE
GONNA MAKE YOU DANCE DANCE DAAAANCE
or
DAB DAB DAB
GONNA MAKE YOU DAB DAB DAAAAB
or is it
GAB GAB GAB
GONNA MAKE YOU GAB GAB GAAAAB
or maybe it’s
YEAH YEAH YEAH
GONNA MAKE YOU YEAH YEAH YEAAAAH
could even be
DAMN DAMN DAMN
GONNA MAKE YOU DAMN DAMN DAAAAMN
I hate you now lol
My 2 cents don't matter but I vastly prefer the collectors box openings just for the commentary.
I like the "Core" feel and it seems like a good starter product to me. 🤘🦁🤘
Looking forward to the Jumpstart iteration. There are a really abnormal number of money cards there for a set whose booster packs are so deterministic.
For real bought some packs and got some good equipment based cards for my Astor commander and also got rev who goes for like 60 when I picked it up and ganna put it in my jasper flint outlaw deck
Me too, J25 is wonderful, even with it only being legal in Jumpstart and Commander.
Man I was really close to buying a booster box for Christmas. Would've been the first in like 15 years. I'm so glad I've watched this video and got reminded to absolutely never do that again. After opening either box I would've been like 'Wtf!? I've spend so much money on...this!?' and that's the last feeling in the world I wanna have. Plenty of better things to spend my money on. :)
you do realize the are play boosters right? and no, the "play" does not stand for "play the booster box game".
@@codyhanson1344 I legitimately have no idea what you're trying to tell me with that comment dude. I wonder if you do.
@@style0vertalent191theyre trying to say the booster packs are for drafting
@@LopsidedMirage42 What!? So after combining Set- and Draftboosters into Playboosters, they're now only for drafting and therefore it's okay that the result after opening two whole F-ing boxes is utterly underwhelming? I've rarely heard such complete nonsense, ngl. That's the kind of statement that WotC would come up with at some point, though. 🤣 'Yo Wizards, your Boosters suck.' - 'No! They're for drafting!' 🤣 At least you made me laugh there. Or more like I made myself laught there but yea...
@@style0vertalent191Don't you know? Drafting means having the worst cards imaginable to work with!
Jokes and value aside, the cards aren't worth it in Play Boosters because they move all of the hit cards and versions of them in collector's packs. So no more Masterpieces for you in a normal booster, if you want it guaranteed to happen more than once, then pay WOTC more money, and it's just an awful thing to think about.
“Out of touch but desperately trying to be cool” professor is my favorite professor. Buy singles!
Jesus Christ that first box was brutal as hell
The first box is why I'm probably not gonna buy one. I don't want to risk spending $150 at my LGS on bulk lol
0:20 I do really like you don't hear a crash behind you. You seem to have pillows or a sift landing, nice :)
I don't know how this is gonna go yet, but foundations is so fun to play with, so as long as the value isn't atrocious it doesn't mean much to me if it fails! Fun game pieces over investments!
narrator voice: "the value was atrocious"
@@Lasergurka I'm not really a fan of the way Prof judges these TBH. Like, anything less than about 4 bucks he just straight-up doesn't count most of the time. from an "investment" perspective, sure: do that. But if you're talking PLAYER value, then he's leaving a lot of that on the table, since at minimum he's ignoring around 36 dollars in value for the overall box (given that even your typical commons are around 7-12 cents) just in commons and lower-value uncommons.
Watching the video, off the cuff I'd say he got an average of around 4.00 USD per pack if you include all the cards. Which, yes, is barely more than what he paid for either individual box -- again, from an investment perspective, sure, it's bad -- but even the professor said it himself in the video: the value in Foundations isn't in the monetary value of the cards, but its place as, well, a foundation for future sets to build on for the next 5 years. Ideally Foundations SHOULD be incredibly cheap, because that makes it a solid onboarding point going forward.
@@guerillagrueplays6301He doesn't count anything less than $2, not $4. And who is buying the 10 cent cards? You're not gonna be able to easily sell those, and you'll end up spending more time and money on stamps and shipping materials than you would make.
@@cardgamesletsgo2079 Watch the video: most of the cards even in the 2, sometimes 2+ dollar range he doesn't increment his value count up for even if he shows the price.
And people who play the game buy the 10 cent cards. Just because a card is cheap doesn't mean it's not a value staple for play.
Again, if you're treating the cards as an investment, then whatever. But if you're looking at the value as a playable product, then there's better value there than these videos tend to imply.
@@guerillagrueplays6301 LGSs don't want bulk. Plus this set is supposed to stick around for 2 years, so that means print to demand/flood/availability? I'd be expecting 800k+boxes printed. The word investment is everything that is wrong with magic.
Those boxes were so brutal...
Jumpstart is where the money is
Everyone already mentioned Prof skipped all the Hare Apparents, but I just realized they didn't count the Boltwaves either and I'm pretty sure that card is also over $2...
They also haven't included in the final price count all the 1$ worth cards, that are not much but, 1$ card here and there, maybe would have added up, for each box, 10-15$ of value
I legitimately shouted "FIFTY THREE CENTS?" when i saw that phyrexian arena price
frrr I thought that one would be at least $2, I was shocked to even see it in the set.
Holy crap when did booster boxes become $140!? Wow it's been so long since I've bought on of these I had no idea they cost this much.
@@gengar618that's not as bad as some in the UK, I've some bloomsburrow box's for sale at £190 ($240 USD converted)
About the same time SpongeBob became part of Magic the Gathering…
After wizards decided to make the set boosters draftable but also decided to add more bulk to the set boosters.
I think it’s just because this box has cards from a bunch of other sets reprinted
@@greggsplaylist Aka "what if we made the draft booster have less cards...but charged more for it?"
I get so much housework done watching these videos lol ❤
I love the look of the long sleeve shirt and the Hoodie! 😭😭😭
The "Dab dab dab" song always makes these videos comical.
"dab dab dab, gonna make u dab dab yeaaah!"
I think it's Dance Dance Dance? The song is called Future Cha Cha...
Every time I hear it I always think of danganronpa for some reason
@@BreakTheCode115it's flcl for me. one of the songs in its ost. :)
It's not a booster box game without it!
A wise man once (ok maybe more than once) said: "buy singles"
At last a box that has insane value to most players. Maybe not monetary value but the cards are fire.
Love the rad shirt and glasses - still doesn’t make the booster box game financially responsible but it does make it fun to watch it lol
I mean this in the nicest way possible, but man it is so hilarious how much the professor looks like the big lebowski when he wears that shirt and those shades
Phyrexian arena is 53 cents now!? Wild
Didn't come for the Magic Content, came for the sick tee's prof
Oh my God, I love your t-shirt!! I need that in my life but have a feeling I can't get it as I live in the UK... please prove me wrong prof 😂
Prof really should have did the commons as well. Hare Apparent is a common, but it's worth decent money.
i can't wait to buy my first booster box! i am finally taking the game more seriously! good job professor!
At about 14 minutes I started watching at double speed. The music sounds awesome. 😅
The collector boosters seem like decent value. Do that next!!
I am watching this video because the newest one said this one had low viewership. Nice Doom reference there at the beginning!
This is like the one set that I think it might actually be worth it to get collector boosters. Every single one I've opened has been full of bangers
Aaaaand it's much needed Prof vibes 🥰
It wouldn't have saved either boxes, but both had at least one boltwave and unknown Hare Apparent's in the commons, so I do wonder what the true price of these are. 🤔
Prof, remember you are cool and beautiful no matter what buds you have (or don’t have)!
Continue shake testing like no one’s watching (your plaques prove that we are)!
The amount of cards passed by that I recognize from being money cards in past games was a high number. This means this set is making the game more accessible to newer/part-time/budget players, which is great.
On a side note, I think the Foundation beginner’s box may be the best starting point for new players in a physical official product thus far. Tournament packs taught you the hard way how decks word and that you need to fix your 75 card five-color jumble deck to be more focused.
Deckbuilder’s toolkit gave you the staples, lands, random packs, and an oversized box for a growing collection.
The Beginner’s box has a great box for a growing collection, gives you example decks for straight out of the box play as well as jumpstart packs selected to teach players how to explore with combing colors and themes. With the cost of jumpstart packs as it it, those packs more than pay for the box itself. The ONLY thing I would change is to just throw in a booster. That little extra for personalization to separate your ElfBeast deck from your friend’s ElfBeast deck with some random pulls.
Intro decks and precons (non commander) teach how to play a specific deck, but not how to navigate others, where this beginner’s box really does a great job of providing the tools for a more well rounded knowledge base.
You and I know what its like to grow up with Tournament packs and suffer at the hands of someone hands of a deck where just a pack or two made the difference. While I enjoy my roots, I feel like this is the best entry option for the masses to date…and I outright love tournament packs.
I bought a few packs and thought they were decent. I like playing some MtG outside of playing Mythik.
The second I saw the time stamp I thought “this is going to be another video where he doesnt get the value but opens a second box anyways”
The professor is huge here in Michigan right now.
As always... another amazing video!
This is the first set where I went green, and my friend had really bad luck with his box. We opened one together, and I pulled 4 of the top 5 hits-everything except the Doubling Season. I felt kind of bad for my buddy 😅. I pulled 7-9 mythics, and he only got one. Plus, I got Sire of Seven Deaths as my promo card in the prerelease, along with a holo Twin Flame Tyrant. Needless to say, this set has been really good to me!
still love the set and had fun drafting but it's wild how much shortprinting there was this set.
The professor in a graphic tee is a shocking sight. Did a double take😮
That intro was lit!
would love to see some of these types of vids on sets from the last year or so revisited to see the real change in price on cards in sets/collectors sets
As far as standard legal sets go: they're surprisingly stable on a larger scale, but that stems from the chase cards going up and 90% of the set plummeting. --> Even harder to break even with only one or two boxes. Take Tarkov Manor for example. Sets with a strong land cycle usually turn out to become completely centered around them. If you don't manage to get above your average 3-4 surveil lands, the whole box is a complete bust because everything is basically worthless outside of the lands and Delney.
Nice shirt. Also, I did end up buying a pair of Raycons. I use them for long hours of work. Worth the purchase
My favorite video to watch on mute at 2.0x speed
Remember everyone, if Prof loses, we all win. Keeping the price of singles as low as possible should be our shared goal for all of Magic!
"Ripping wrappers and breaking boxes"
Ayoo the professor a freak
I've never bought a shirt so fast in my life
Love this set
When your friend tells you he is buying sealed products, send him this video.
140 usd a box… outrageous
A set that is cheap for players but has value for collectors in collector boosters is what every set should be
You call 140$ a box cheap? its 40$ too expensive.
@@sebm.4073 I assume they mean the singles are cheap, but it would be nice if the box was too.
Wow, I was actually thinking about getting this set 😅 after this I’ll probably just get singles
What confuses me about this is that there is no way, even if you opened enough value worth of cards, that you could actually sell those cards for enough money to buy a new box. Most game stores will buy cards for about half the price they’re selling them for.
He sells them on Ebay or some other such site and then goes to his LGS for another box.
Just the first minute deserves a like
maybe a TCC letterman jacket in the works?
the professor kinda looks like he'd be in a metal band when he's not wearing his dress clothes
i like the snazzy jazz but i def prefer the yapping of the professor more
So the professor is essentially doing his version of larry in the hole
yay we can buy all of those cards easily :D
Damn I got more from my prerelease kit, with the two Blasphemous Edicts (one promo), Liliana and the Bloothirsty Conqueror
Can you make a playlist of the ones you talk off the cuff to the game I enjoy those ones but they are hard to find
Seeing any planeswalker at 87 cents is a bummer
It's the slow Jazz elevator version of the G.I. Joe Theme song for me.
Doubt Hare Apparents would have saved the boxes but kind of wish they had been included in the count. They fall within the price criteria.
I'm amazed that you didn't pull and Hares Apparent in that entire first box (I haven't watched the second box yet)
Maybe he did. There was at least one segment where he just grabbed a chunk of commons and moved it without spreading it out.
hosed on those boxes prof...thanks for reminding me why i buy singles lol
I got absolutely hosed on a booster box... again! Oh well, at least Foundations is fun to play.
Clearly the value from a Play Booster box is not there. Both of those boxes were dismal. I will wait and buy the singles I want. Thank you for the video Professor.
This is a great draft set but I’m calling it now, He doesn’t make it to $70
He barely broke $70 between both boxes...
This is why buying singles is probably the more economical decision in the long run.
An the mythic whiffs are crazy, i madey money back on all the product ive bought so far
Now I know why Boro charm is almost $4. Like none in these packs.
Lol!
I love it when you open the boxes and instantly lose money.
Wizards is a trolling company!
Patience award goes to those willing to ship cards worth less than $5
happens a lot on cardmarket
@jackhemsworth7515 hopefully you're not shipping 1 card at a time for ~30mins of labor
@@Billchu13were do you get 30 mins of Labour from?
@@horuslv3 posting/ replying/updating inventory, then traveling to the post office to ship the card(s)
@@horuslv3I was gonna say! I put a lot of time into sorting but once that’s done, it’s literally 1 minute per order I pack up
Has Prof done a video on the starter collection box yet? I thinks it’s a good product but I always like to get his analysis
I just built a deck mostly using fundations using Progenitus as the commander
At this point I would feel scammed, buying a Booster Box has become like gambling (not that it wasn't before, but still!), you have to pray to the chaos gods to get good pulls to get at least half or 3/4 of the money you payed for the box. I know this is a good sign in the sense that singles are going to be very cheap, but damn not even getting half of the money you paid for the box feels extremely bad. I opened one myself with friends to have fun, and at the end we still felt kinda bad despite getting the cards we wanted. You always have to pray for a good list pull or full art and special treatment shenanigans to get your money worth. An even worse situation is with collectors I suppose, I still wonder how people can afford 200+ dollars of collectors to pull what they wish for. Sorry everyone for venting here I just wanted to get this off my chest with fellow MtG players.
That said good job as always professor, thanks for doing all of this for us!
This set is unbelievably sweet. I just wish it had more value.
I very well may be alone in wanting this, but you open so may boxes, I'm curious how you store your collection. Outside of deck boxes and binders, how do you prefer to store the random bulk? would you consider making a video about it?
Dang i love that steel drum song at about 30 minutes in. Can i find that on Spotify?
love youuuu!!!
You covering Foundations Jumpstart 'is it worth it?' soon? Cause the secondary market prices are high for some cards, but oooh boy people seem to be having a bad time playing it on Arena.
That first box was so freaking rough. I am sorry prof. lol
honestly, worth it or not financially, Foundations is worth it for the fun... unless you are friendless like me 😢
I jest, I jest. honestly me and a couple of buddies are going to be cracking into at least one of these boxes for the hell of it.
Any chance you have a "TCC Alumni" style merch line coming?
You should go back to the Pokemon Booster box game. No one else does this type of series on youtube
Prof lookin good!
All the big money for this set is collector boosters and jumpstart.
Good for Collectors and for Players the n
That was a pooper of a box for sure.
Damn he's so cool.
Great, now I can have some idea on how often I will find the rabb....never mind, he skipped the commons....