I've been playing Weiß for 7-8 years now and love the game (mostly playing Japanese) and seriously hope you can give this game some exposure. It's not dead or anything, it's been around for 13 years now and won't go away soon, but the English (playing) community still has room for growth. Happy to see you aboard, I just pray you won't regret it in a few years because from my experience while the boxes are tightly printed, rare to find and thus pricey after release, the demand for it of many of the sets just isn't there. Don't expect huge gains like from MTG or FaB and you will be fine. Would love to see some unboxings again too! There aren't any well made unboxings of the game on YT and I'm sure it would be a blast to see you unbox a $500 SP card on camera or something.
@@MM-mn7dg It's mostly my local community in Vienna (Austria), or rather was. Eversince COVID hit, my LGS which has been hosting official tournaments every Friday night for over 7 years in the past, just decided to shut down the support for the game in 2020 since the licensing costs have been rather pricey and as they focused more on tabletop gaming that brings them more money, it just wasn't worth supporting anymore which caused the scene here to unfortunately die down a bit. But in various Facebook groups I can tell the 15-20 people I used to play with are still getting the new sets they're interested in and stuff. It's a for life thing, it seems and I am the same. I don't think I'll be selling my blinged out Madoka Magica, Fate or Gurren Lagann decks any time soon. Now for Japan, the game is still HUGE and they have events all the time and show off the new IPs they are collaborating with. There is a MARVEL set coming out soon I think or maybe it's already out. The game will still be around and celebrate the 20th anniversary for sure. Japanese are loyal and passionate about their shiny collectibles, their games, and their anime, video games, and visual novels. If you want to try it out, please don't be discouraged by people saying it's a dead game. That's far from the truth. It's a great game and I hope you will have a lot of fun if you decide to give it a shot!
Did you catch the sly "when I retire in a few years" mention? This man has more money than he knows what to do with. So he's just buying everything he can get his hands on for the lulz.
At best he can make a profit off F/GO, Madoka, and maybe Memory Snow. But sets like Mob Psycho, Jojo, Legend Of Crimson are pretty much dead sets. You cannot hodl weiss sets for long. Bushiroad will reprint and trait lock newer sets to prevent any interaction whatsoever.
Unlike the USA in Europe the anime and weeb culture isn't as mainstream and as such it doesn't have that big a following to support the game. Unlike, pokemon or yugioh who were huge successes at their launch, and that momentum carried them.
@@staurosmenexes7295 yes and no, France is the 2 bigest manga world buyer, we have a lot of convention based on japan, we have one of the biggest companies of luxury anime figures BUT card games don't work a lot in europe, it's very, very niche outside of the big 3 ... Flesh and Blood for example is only supported by a single store throughout France and some European countries do not even.
@@lucasbalog7440 But Ruby says FaB is a world wide phenomenon smash hit with markets that demand service! He wouldn't intentionally mislead people to line his own pockets. Blasphemy!
Definitely the best investment Rudy has ever made. If you don't have a million dollars in Love Live and ReZero Weiss Schwarz cards sitting around, what exactly are you doing with your life?
lol u scared me at first when u said u were going full on Love,Live xD now that I see u actually have top anime series , can't go wrong with JoJo , Konosuba and Overlord , they all have really strong fanbase
Does anyone else literally not know what "Weiss Schwarz" is? Not just "I only know a little about it" but literally NOTHING other than hearing Rudy mention it a few times?
You're already halfway to figuring it out, just look for the search bar on youtube and search "weiss explained" and all your questions will be answered
@@delbomb3131 Nah, I'm good. I don't care to know. I just was wondering if I was an outlier in being a 25+ year MTG player who has literally never heard of this other collectable card game(?).
Actually, with Madoka Magica and Magia record it's not an actual revisit, but Madoka was a HUMONGOUS hit 10-11 yrs ago and a couple years back they turned it(after receiving tons of spinoffs) into a mobile game set in the same area but with original story. It received an anime in winter 2020
I think more people would get into the game if they could find/afford product. The draw is playing with your favorite anime but if your favorite anime set is going for obscene prices it kind of turns you off.
Konosuba is stupidly popular and quality stuff fetches for a premium. Figures I bought two years ago for $150, now go for $500 to $700 depending on condition.
Well I am all in! I have officially spread my portfolio over to Weiß too! It is actually a really cool game and plays quite smoothly. I was skeptical at first, just like with FaB but realized it is a cool game!
The product quality is next level, and we do have customers who love it (massive animoo fans), but sales are inconsistent. Still, you can't fault their cards.
i recently bought some jp weiss schwarz sets - bofuri and quintessential quintuplets. funny story - the second box for each, i pulled an SP card. (thug life)
This approach sounds like the direction Wizards wants to go with Magic: multi-IP and limited to-order print runs. Will Rudy follow up with a ragrets video in 2 years time? Seems like a niche within a niche market...
As a fan of the Weiss Schwarz since it's launch in NA, and now supporting the game as an official judge, I really value your fresh and mature opinions on our game. I'm excited for any future content on the game!
I played a LOT of Weiss in high school, and unfortunately the reprint policy is a huge barrier to the game, where if there's a series you love, if you missed the boat, there's no chance of getting it for a decent price (case in point, Persona 5). Interesting to see where you go with this game. I love the game a lot, but from the seller side, I'm very curious.
Will this man's investment be able to stimulate Bushi EN, get the community back together and reintroduce voice actor signed cards to EN or will his efforts be in vain...? . . . Find out in the next episode of Dragon Ball Z
No way you seriously flexing on me and everybody like that? You're a mad man Rudy you should know I only expect a whole pump n dump but wow we have hit new levels of absolute ALPHA!!!
As a big fan of Weiss, I was surprised there wasnt more investment stuff going on. However, the product evaporates after a few years and almost every single booster box goes up atleast 20$ if its even available easily anymore. Sadly, Extra Boosters were slightly better off... But not as much anymore, I miss Nisekoi EBs being 15-20 :'( Hell even the TDs went from 8-12 to 15+ which is insane...
Although on the SPs argument, I probs will just stick to old booster boxes (if buying old boosters becomes viable again which it sadly probably will not with almost all of them bought out). Or just stick to singles... For me most Booster Boxes I open are Barely if they even are profitable, and the chance on SPs really spice it up. Ive only pulled 2 of them out of my 5-6 booster boxes. But those 2 have covered my costs of Booster Boxes, ignoring all the cool SRs, RRRs, and RRs I got. (Foremost Mage, Megumin and Righteous King of Knights, Saber) Also JKTCG seemed to be one of the few people buying hundreds of Booster Boxes at a time, which would help inflate and make boxes more mobile.
knowing about the anime community and which shows are actually popular and which are just this month's hot sauce. that time i got reincarnated SPs will be worth thousands by the end of next year, and adventure time might take some more time, but its fucking adventure time, cmon, any kid that grew up in the 2000s would LOVE to own a Finn, the Human trading card signed by Jeremy Shada.
me and my friend got into this game like 4 years ago since we both really like anime and did enjoy playing the game and sadly i havent gotten back into it since no one near me sells it with the nearest store being almost 2 hours away and if there was i would love it buy this product more. One weird thing i found out when i went to tokyo is just how popular this game is over their, I knew it was more popular over their then here but just how much they love it is crazy, I tried to look and find magic stores or find stores that sold magic and there is plenty that do but they sell so little of it, most stores that sell cards had either just yugioh just weiss or both with maybe a little bit of both and then just a tinny spot at the cashiers showing like 1-4 sets of magic boosters , not even singles just boosters and half the time they were sold out or had maybe 1-2 boxes if your lucky, but man they really do love weiss over their I would see at least 1-5 people on every train ride looking at cards online I dont know if they like or try to get english cards or if maybe in the future they become a bigger hit just because of rarity but dont underestimate how much Japan enjoys this product
dont underestimate the konosuba COOMERs I will spend hundreds of dollars on statues and figures for a show that has 2 seasons and a movie... the power of WAifu
This is extremely legit Rudy, I like how you buy TCG sets that are distressed assets at a bargain price and also get the bulk order discount. The concept I see is the worst case scenario you sell at cost but best case you will multiply your investment several times. Wish you the best man in this endeavor you are a legend!
Rudy, you should really check into Vanguard if you're interested in the Bushiroad games. It has/had (since covid) the largest US tournament turnouts for Bushiroad and has an anime for marketing.
Because of it's licensing and eternal tournament format/ no ban list Weiss's secondhand market maintains more value for collectors/ investors which is what he is interested in.
Part of the problem is that a lot of these fandoms fade over time. They may be rare to begin with, and become rarer over time, but prices are ultimately driven by demand.
@@infernodtw2423 Same game. One of the tournament formats, also the main format when I played, was decks can only comprise of one specific series. For example, your deck can contain all the cards from the 4+ Persona sets, but cannot contain any card from other series (Fate, Jojo, etc).
@@infernodtw2423 All the same game, you can normally mix any sets in the same universe/ continuity to make a deck but any series can play against any other. Think of it as super smash bros for anime/ games in a card game. There was a major Japanese tournament some years ago where the finals match was a Darth Vader themed Star Wars deck vs a Kemono Friends deck just to give and idea of how over the place the game can be at times.
I only recently got into Weiss but from a collector standpoint. I was going to collect Konosuba but saw the prices (even a few months ago) were too much for me. Decided on Disgaea instead and it seems I got the cards cheap before the surge that is beginning to happen. Cards I picked up for $30 are now being priced at $120. Japanese booster boxes I got for about $15 now priced near $100. It looks like I got the last card I needed/wanted just in time...
Bought 4 booster boxes at 60$ and 2 starter decks of FGO when the set came out since Im a huge fan of the game. Made a deck from the booster boxes but I wanted to fix it with more cards now that I've use it for a while I went to tcgplayer to see how much they were and these things are going for over 100$ :^) Next time Ill buy 10 boxes just to make sure I dont have to go through this again lmao
If you're just starting to get into the game and see a set you want to play I highly recommend looking online for people that sell playsets. Will be much cheaper and let you build any deck you want in a series.
weeb here, JoJo is mostly a cult following, RE:Zero is super good and will probably continue to see products and popularity, Mob Psycho is really good but the anime changed studios between seasons so it might lose some of the popularity of the first season. Rudy the new "I hate pain so I'm going full defense" is a great and funny and cute anime with lots of girls it will be popular.
I dunno... I feel like this is if someone said in the 90s they bought 1mil worth of Don Russ, Fleer... "Desert Storm" military sets... and other weird card brands that are pennies on the dollar today.
As a long term weiss player and big anime fan there are probably a few things that influence the games value/popularity 1. The strength of the set 2. Availability 3. The anime fan base 4. The... waifu -_- Hope it works out with your investments but the value is probably also determined by how the animes do in the future with further seasons One of the draw backs and strengths of weiss compared to games like mtg, yugioh, and pokemon is that you can't combine sets unless they are from the series. Eg. In mtg you can combine war of the spark, zendikar, throne of Eldrone etc in modern, standard or edh etc However in weiss you cannot combine jojo, rezero, and konosuba in the same deck (unless there's a tournament that allows it but bushiroad doesn't run such tournaments) - this makes certain less popular sets less sought after because the cards in the set aren't as strong- collectors will try to get the sp's but not necessarily the sealed boxes themselves unless of course another season of the anime comes out that causes another set to be released. Just my thoughts but I could be seriously wrong with predicting the future. You never know this video may just affect sales and cause a spike in buyers/investors
Glad you covered this Rudy. I'm also investing in weiss and reducing my magic sealed since I'm so ticked off at wotc. My focus is on 2020 releases with sp chase cards (signatures) since they discontinued it. Hope you'll have a sake for patreons😃 I'm also buying negative weiss stuff like batman ninjas and mob 100. Still very cheap
@@jeef16 I can't for the life of me see how my comment could sound sarcastic. Yugioh, Magic, Pokemon, you name it - Vintage is NEVER a bad investment. Grails are grails are grails.
Pssssst Rudy.....the smart money is going into My Little Pony TCG..(don't tell anybody, just our secret ok...this time next year we'll be at the moon) ;)
Sealed product is still relatively cheap too. I picked up around 3 dozen boxes the past few months. MLP TCG may have a small fanbase compared to the more well-known TCG's, but it's a _very_ dedicated fanbase.
Rudy is a don, one of the best, when you are talking vintage mtg and sealed products, but he's fucking batshit once he leaves that realm, I wish him luck with this venture, he's gonna need it.
The bond between man and waifu is very powerful....
Amen!
NO WAIFU NO LAIFU
Rudy making this one video probably did more for Weiss sales than all of Bushiroad's marketing in the last decade
Doubtfully, there isn't a ton of sealed desirable affordable products out there
@@delbomb3131 Yeah anyone who wants to get the early attack on titan sets are basically priced out as the have gone up so fast in price.
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First time I'm ever hearing about the game, so I'd say so lol
Weiss doesn’t know what their doing with marketing
Wizards is determined to turn Magic into Weiss Schwarz, so Rudy just said "F--- it, I'm all in" and bought the actual thing instead.
Rudy's green screen game is on point today
Instructions unclear. Bought out kird ape
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I've been playing Weiß for 7-8 years now and love the game (mostly playing Japanese) and seriously hope you can give this game some exposure. It's not dead or anything, it's been around for 13 years now and won't go away soon, but the English (playing) community still has room for growth. Happy to see you aboard, I just pray you won't regret it in a few years because from my experience while the boxes are tightly printed, rare to find and thus pricey after release, the demand for it of many of the sets just isn't there. Don't expect huge gains like from MTG or FaB and you will be fine.
Would love to see some unboxings again too! There aren't any well made unboxings of the game on YT and I'm sure it would be a blast to see you unbox a $500 SP card on camera or something.
I am worried about my bang dream cards.... what if bangdream franchise is over?
@@ktaehee BanG Dream is one of the biggest franchises in Japan right now, even the English cards will definitely not die for many years to come.
@@emida2012 actually, I own Japanese roselia cards, and I am worried that roselia will graduate within a year.
Do you play against japanese people? I really wanna get into this is it popular in Japan?
@@MM-mn7dg It's mostly my local community in Vienna (Austria), or rather was. Eversince COVID hit, my LGS which has been hosting official tournaments every Friday night for over 7 years in the past, just decided to shut down the support for the game in 2020 since the licensing costs have been rather pricey and as they focused more on tabletop gaming that brings them more money, it just wasn't worth supporting anymore which caused the scene here to unfortunately die down a bit. But in various Facebook groups I can tell the 15-20 people I used to play with are still getting the new sets they're interested in and stuff. It's a for life thing, it seems and I am the same. I don't think I'll be selling my blinged out Madoka Magica, Fate or Gurren Lagann decks any time soon.
Now for Japan, the game is still HUGE and they have events all the time and show off the new IPs they are collaborating with. There is a MARVEL set coming out soon I think or maybe it's already out. The game will still be around and celebrate the 20th anniversary for sure. Japanese are loyal and passionate about their shiny collectibles, their games, and their anime, video games, and visual novels. If you want to try it out, please don't be discouraged by people saying it's a dead game. That's far from the truth. It's a great game and I hope you will have a lot of fun if you decide to give it a shot!
It took me 3 years to get into FaB.
I'll see you in 3 years, Weiss
I don't think fab is that old
@@thai33oz it isn't
You must be on the fab design team bro.
@@thai33oz lol you don’t get it 😂
@@swagopenings6369 I really don't
Everyone is focusing on Weiss while Rudy buys up all the metazoo.
He already did.. that's why you can't find first editions out there for cheap anymore lol
Metazoo.
you´re a madman
Did you catch the sly "when I retire in a few years" mention? This man has more money than he knows what to do with. So he's just buying everything he can get his hands on for the lulz.
What a legend. You either die a Timmy or live long enough to become one.
This may be the greatest comment I’ve ever seen on a Rudy video
In 1 year we will see "how I lost 1 million investing on this dead game"
Lol
Weiß is already 13 years old lol
The game isn't going anywhere but I see some brick sets in the background.
Ignoring the dead game part, from what I see in the background he's holding onto dead sets
At best he can make a profit off F/GO, Madoka, and maybe Memory Snow. But sets like Mob Psycho, Jojo, Legend Of Crimson are pretty much dead sets. You cannot hodl weiss sets for long. Bushiroad will reprint and trait lock newer sets to prevent any interaction whatsoever.
yes shin megai tensu, very hot series
play a real shin megai tensu game
Jesus Christ.
im new to WS and all i can say is i hope this and all the amazing people in the community can make this game more popular
No Potential in Europe. 0 Boxes were sold on eBay Germany this week.
This. It's dead in the Benelux as well...i don't see this doing much in Europe
Unlike the USA in Europe the anime and weeb culture isn't as mainstream and as such it doesn't have that big a following to support the game. Unlike, pokemon or yugioh who were huge successes at their launch, and that momentum carried them.
@@staurosmenexes7295 yes and no, France is the 2 bigest manga world buyer, we have a lot of convention based on japan, we have one of the biggest companies of luxury anime figures BUT card games don't work a lot in europe, it's very, very niche outside of the big 3 ...
Flesh and Blood for example is only supported by a single store throughout France and some European countries do not even.
@@lucasbalog7440 But Ruby says FaB is a world wide phenomenon smash hit with markets that demand service! He wouldn't intentionally mislead people to line his own pockets. Blasphemy!
The bigger problem with europe is some of the games and media that are being licensed... well.. some of the games are at odds with EU law.
MAY THE SCHWARZ BE WITH YOU!
Definitely the best investment Rudy has ever made. If you don't have a million dollars in Love Live and ReZero Weiss Schwarz cards sitting around, what exactly are you doing with your life?
lol u scared me at first when u said u were going full on Love,Live xD now that I see u actually have top anime series , can't go wrong with JoJo , Konosuba and Overlord , they all have really strong fanbase
Does anyone else literally not know what "Weiss Schwarz" is? Not just "I only know a little about it" but literally NOTHING other than hearing Rudy mention it a few times?
You're already halfway to figuring it out, just look for the search bar on youtube and search "weiss explained" and all your questions will be answered
@@delbomb3131 Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well.
@@delbomb3131 Nah, I'm good. I don't care to know. I just was wondering if I was an outlier in being a 25+ year MTG player who has literally never heard of this other collectable card game(?).
@@dcnole there's soooooo many games, I'd be more shocked if you did know more of them than not knowing them
its all about waifus
Weiss Schwarz is a short term gain, long term as the shows loses traction and interest the product of interest and price goes down.
Rudy is a man of culture.
Actually, with Madoka Magica and Magia record it's not an actual revisit, but Madoka was a HUMONGOUS hit 10-11 yrs ago and a couple years back they turned it(after receiving tons of spinoffs) into a mobile game set in the same area but with original story. It received an anime in winter 2020
and today they announced a new Madoka movie which is definitely going to bring out a Weiß set as well. Cannot wait!
Konosuba is underrated, it's hilarious
I think more people would get into the game if they could find/afford product. The draw is playing with your favorite anime but if your favorite anime set is going for obscene prices it kind of turns you off.
People getting mad at Rudy= sealed prices skyrocket🚀🚀🚀. Fate/Zero english boxes 10-15k a box in a few years. See ya all in 2025.
I came across kancolle cards a few months ago then you started talking about it. Glad to see you talk about it and thank you for your knowledge.
Konosuba is stupidly popular and quality stuff fetches for a premium. Figures I bought two years ago for $150, now go for $500 to $700 depending on condition.
Well I am all in! I have officially spread my portfolio over to Weiß too! It is actually a really cool game and plays quite smoothly. I was skeptical at first, just like with FaB but realized it is a cool game!
Never thought I'd see Rudy finally record a video with his face in focus!
The product quality is next level, and we do have customers who love it (massive animoo fans), but sales are inconsistent. Still, you can't fault their cards.
Step 1: Build TCG Position Step 2: Make Rudy Video Step 3: Profit
I patiently wait for Rudy to start pumping final fantasy so my yolo collection will stonk, not stink . 👉👈
Don’t mention opus 11
@@bmay81 sshhhh 😳🤣😎
Usually the things taken for granted are the most valuable.
Force of Will follows the same model since 2-3 years ago.
Doesn't Vanguard also follow the same printing principle?
i recently bought some jp weiss schwarz sets - bofuri and quintessential quintuplets. funny story - the second box for each, i pulled an SP card. (thug life)
Fuck. The envy is setting in
omg @Alpha investment noticed me
He released that video on April Fool's day. I thought it was a joke!!!
This approach sounds like the direction Wizards wants to go with Magic: multi-IP and limited to-order print runs. Will Rudy follow up with a ragrets video in 2 years time? Seems like a niche within a niche market...
As a fan of the Weiss Schwarz since it's launch in NA, and now supporting the game as an official judge, I really value your fresh and mature opinions on our game. I'm excited for any future content on the game!
Gotta admit, I am a sucker for KonoSuba. Bought a few Weiss singles through that route.
I played a LOT of Weiss in high school, and unfortunately the reprint policy is a huge barrier to the game, where if there's a series you love, if you missed the boat, there's no chance of getting it for a decent price (case in point, Persona 5). Interesting to see where you go with this game. I love the game a lot, but from the seller side, I'm very curious.
I buy the Project Diva stuff and that's it.
Will this man's investment be able to stimulate Bushi EN, get the community back together and reintroduce voice actor signed cards to EN or will his efforts be in vain...?
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Find out in the next episode of Dragon Ball Z
No way you seriously flexing on me and everybody like that? You're a mad man Rudy you should know I only expect a whole pump n dump but wow we have hit new levels of absolute ALPHA!!!
This will be the day Weiss skyrockets in price!!
I'll believe it when I see emojis everywhere.
@@fsmoura 😘😍🥳😚☺️😍😙😂😚🤩😘🧟🧟🧟🧟🧟🧕🧕🧕
i realized instantly that WS booster boxes are scarce compared to other TCG and so i bought what i could find = instant profit
As a big fan of Weiss, I was surprised there wasnt more investment stuff going on.
However, the product evaporates after a few years and almost every single booster box goes up atleast 20$ if its even available easily anymore.
Sadly, Extra Boosters were slightly better off... But not as much anymore, I miss Nisekoi EBs being 15-20 :'( Hell even the TDs went from 8-12 to 15+ which is insane...
Although on the SPs argument, I probs will just stick to old booster boxes (if buying old boosters becomes viable again which it sadly probably will not with almost all of them bought out). Or just stick to singles...
For me most Booster Boxes I open are Barely if they even are profitable, and the chance on SPs really spice it up.
Ive only pulled 2 of them out of my 5-6 booster boxes. But those 2 have covered my costs of Booster Boxes, ignoring all the cool SRs, RRRs, and RRs I got.
(Foremost Mage, Megumin and Righteous King of Knights, Saber)
Also JKTCG seemed to be one of the few people buying hundreds of Booster Boxes at a time, which would help inflate and make boxes more mobile.
Bitcoin is to magic as Dogecoin is to Weiss
That $1M investments is worth at least $2M today. Great job Rudy
knowing about the anime community and which shows are actually popular and which are just this month's hot sauce. that time i got reincarnated SPs will be worth thousands by the end of next year, and adventure time might take some more time, but its fucking adventure time, cmon, any kid that grew up in the 2000s would LOVE to own a Finn, the Human trading card signed by Jeremy Shada.
Pause at 15:03 dude's hand is resting right on her... you can't tell me that was not planned.
me and my friend got into this game like 4 years ago since we both really like anime and did enjoy playing the game and sadly i havent gotten back into it since no one near me sells it with the nearest store being almost 2 hours away and if there was i would love it buy this product more. One weird thing i found out when i went to tokyo is just how popular this game is over their, I knew it was more popular over their then here but just how much they love it is crazy, I tried to look and find magic stores or find stores that sold magic and there is plenty that do but they sell so little of it, most stores that sell cards had either just yugioh just weiss or both with maybe a little bit of both and then just a tinny spot at the cashiers showing like 1-4 sets of magic boosters , not even singles just boosters and half the time they were sold out or had maybe 1-2 boxes if your lucky, but man they really do love weiss over their I would see at least 1-5 people on every train ride looking at cards online I dont know if they like or try to get english cards or if maybe in the future they become a bigger hit just because of rarity but dont underestimate how much Japan enjoys this product
Wait until he hears about anime figures. Can't wait to see his room full of FREEing bunnies.
dont underestimate the konosuba COOMERs I will spend hundreds of dollars on statues and figures for a show that has 2 seasons and a movie... the power of WAifu
waifu power
Mtg should just release two sets a year and increase the prices, more people would be interested and the cards would be worth more imo.
Good for you Rudy and ignore the haters
Invest $1 Million in Kill la Kill white shorts cards or perish.
This is extremely legit Rudy, I like how you buy TCG sets that are distressed assets at a bargain price and also get the bulk order discount. The concept I see is the worst case scenario you sell at cost but best case you will multiply your investment several times. Wish you the best man in this endeavor you are a legend!
How big is his basement!?
Cavernous. I wouldn't be surprised if he has a team hollowing out the entire state of Florida as we speak.
Inb4 Florida is already hollow.
it's a multi-story basement
Blowing your money Rudy.
I dare Ruby to push on those boxes. Obviously he won't since he just purchased a bunch of empty Weiss Schwarz cases.
He does
Not even that, it's most likely just a green screen.
That is all real.
@@Pewpewpew182 Just like "birds" are real, right? Wake up sheeple.
@@TheAluminumMan lol
You are free to look up what I do for a living bruh.
Have a great night.
Enjoy your tin foil theories. They are entertaining :)
I would love to see some box openings. I want to see the chase cards!
Rudy, you should really check into Vanguard if you're interested in the Bushiroad games. It has/had (since covid) the largest US tournament turnouts for Bushiroad and has an anime for marketing.
Because of it's licensing and eternal tournament format/ no ban list Weiss's secondhand market maintains more value for collectors/ investors which is what he is interested in.
@@TaskuWright What is it about the licensing and tournament format that holds it back?
Part of the problem is that a lot of these fandoms fade over time. They may be rare to begin with, and become rarer over time, but prices are ultimately driven by demand.
That’s kind of interesting. Didn’t know they had a anime card game that features a bunch of different animes.
There are also video game based ones as well as the odd off shoot like Godzilla and Star Wars.
@@TaskuWright are they separate card games or is it apart of one game like this one? That’s the only reason I am kind of fascinated by it.
@@infernodtw2423 Same game. One of the tournament formats, also the main format when I played, was decks can only comprise of one specific series. For example, your deck can contain all the cards from the 4+ Persona sets, but cannot contain any card from other series (Fate, Jojo, etc).
@@infernodtw2423 All the same game, you can normally mix any sets in the same universe/ continuity to make a deck but any series can play against any other.
Think of it as super smash bros for anime/ games in a card game.
There was a major Japanese tournament some years ago where the finals match was a Darth Vader themed Star Wars deck vs a Kemono Friends deck just to give and idea of how over the place the game can be at times.
Diamond Hands Rudy. I guess he likes the inventory.
Assets!
who doesnt ( o.o)
Based
Rudy. Save some for the rest of us man. Its kinda getting old watching you flaunt your wealth.
next buy the card game precious memories !
lol
That first print hololive stuff is actual gold I am sad I didn't grab any
I too have started investing in this product.
I only recently got into Weiss but from a collector standpoint. I was going to collect Konosuba but saw the prices (even a few months ago) were too much for me. Decided on Disgaea instead and it seems I got the cards cheap before the surge that is beginning to happen. Cards I picked up for $30 are now being priced at $120. Japanese booster boxes I got for about $15 now priced near $100. It looks like I got the last card I needed/wanted just in time...
Bought 4 booster boxes at 60$ and 2 starter decks of FGO when the set came out since Im a huge fan of the game. Made a deck from the booster boxes but I wanted to fix it with more cards now that I've use it for a while
I went to tcgplayer to see how much they were and these things are going for over 100$ :^)
Next time Ill buy 10 boxes just to make sure I dont have to go through this again lmao
If you're just starting to get into the game and see a set you want to play I highly recommend looking online for people that sell playsets.
Will be much cheaper and let you build any deck you want in a series.
Rudy pinning comments that he made from his 2nd account.
weeb here, JoJo is mostly a cult following, RE:Zero is super good and will probably continue to see products and popularity, Mob Psycho is really good but the anime changed studios between seasons so it might lose some of the popularity of the first season. Rudy the new "I hate pain so I'm going full defense" is a great and funny and cute anime with lots of girls it will be popular.
lets see your stack of 1 million dollars worth of beanie babies
I love the part of every video where Rudy says no one is probably watching right now... Secret Lair: Alpha Investments 😂
I dunno... I feel like this is if someone said in the 90s they bought 1mil worth of Don Russ, Fleer... "Desert Storm" military sets... and other weird card brands that are pennies on the dollar today.
Nazarick looked like Overlord...is that the original name of that anime? Love that anime!
Its the same thing. Due to US licensing reasons, they had to change the name of Overlord to Nazaruck.
@@manny4247 Very cool, didn't know that. Thank you =)
As a long term weiss player and big anime fan there are probably a few things that influence the games value/popularity
1. The strength of the set
2. Availability
3. The anime fan base
4. The... waifu -_-
Hope it works out with your investments but the value is probably also determined by how the animes do in the future with further seasons
One of the draw backs and strengths of weiss compared to games like mtg, yugioh, and pokemon is that you can't combine sets unless they are from the series.
Eg. In mtg you can combine war of the spark, zendikar, throne of Eldrone etc in modern, standard or edh etc
However in weiss you cannot combine jojo, rezero, and konosuba in the same deck (unless there's a tournament that allows it but bushiroad doesn't run such tournaments) - this makes certain less popular sets less sought after because the cards in the set aren't as strong- collectors will try to get the sp's but not necessarily the sealed boxes themselves unless of course another season of the anime comes out that causes another set to be released.
Just my thoughts but I could be seriously wrong with predicting the future. You never know this video may just affect sales and cause a spike in buyers/investors
There are two Madoka Record sets because one is for the mobile game and one is for the anime adaptation.
The nazarick problem was honestly marketing and branding being absolute fucking garbage. Straight up the set was misnamed.
@@alphainvestments6141 This may be the most random fucking reply to anything I've ever seen.
I always watch to the end
Oof, bad move by Rudy, methinks. If he wanted to go more niche, Dragonball would have been the smarter move.
Rudy hasn’t yet been dragged down the weeb hole but fuck if he ain’t flirting with danger. Go ahead and fall down, Konosuba is worth a watch
Dude you got an adventure time case back there? I’ll buy one
Get the brokers to hold inventory. Genius!
I remember seeing sleeves with waifus on them in Japan. Starting from $20 going up to $200.
Its a strange market, but amazing.
You are right. I didn't watch that late into the video.
Shin Megumi Tensai, excellent taste Rudy
batman ninja *cough* 2:30
Hardly keeping up with investing in all the magic releases..Can't even think about other games..
If you didn't auto-thumbs down this video, you aren't a true fan.
I thumbs-up this video. This man is probably going to keep this TCG alive.
Glad you covered this Rudy. I'm also investing in weiss and reducing my magic sealed since I'm so ticked off at wotc. My focus is on 2020 releases with sp chase cards (signatures) since they discontinued it. Hope you'll have a sake for patreons😃 I'm also buying negative weiss stuff like batman ninjas and mob 100. Still very cheap
I'm surprised that he hasn't invested in vintage Yugioh. So many early Japanese sets with banger chase cards are being slept on.
Share your wisdom. And name a few sets.
are you being sarcastic? lol
@@jeef16 why would he be being sarcastic? Vintage yugioh is very strong right now. Even OCG market is fairly strong. Anything really old is strong.
@@Normaleman23 Look up the sets with highly desired ultimate rares. Also, the early volume boxes.
@@jeef16 I can't for the life of me see how my comment could sound sarcastic. Yugioh, Magic, Pokemon, you name it - Vintage is NEVER a bad investment. Grails are grails are grails.
1 mil in tacos 🌮!
Begin the fermentation process
Pssssst Rudy.....the smart money is going into My Little Pony TCG..(don't tell anybody, just our secret ok...this time next year we'll be at the moon) ;)
Sealed product is still relatively cheap too. I picked up around 3 dozen boxes the past few months. MLP TCG may have a small fanbase compared to the more well-known TCG's, but it's a _very_ dedicated fanbase.
Applejack is best pone. 😛
Rudy is a don, one of the best, when you are talking vintage mtg and sealed products, but he's fucking batshit once he leaves that realm, I wish him luck with this venture, he's gonna need it.
Selling how much is ordered exactly months before shipment. Thought he was talking about secret lairs.
@Alpha Investments why is Rudybot trolling?
Rudy is moving these into the bathroom.