Rudy I bought one of your shirts just so people can complement me on how large my brain is. But so far nobody has mentioned it and I dont know what to do.
The throw aways like "if you're new to the channel, welcome, make sure to hit the thumbs down button twice" are what makes this channel. The showmanship is soooooo good.
I listen to your videos as if they were a podcast. You're the only informed, intelligent, investor-minded content producer out there for MTG finance. Just saying if you made a podcast, you'd already have an established audience. Keep up the great work, love your videos!
Rudy, what do you think about SCG CEO Ben Bleiweiss solution to the reserved list problem? One of his idea is to ban all the reserved list cards from eternal formats so the promissory estopel would be left alone as no one could sue Wotc. It would allow wizards to have a control over the supply of the cards for every format.
I am glad you are going to do a video on the issue of fire sales and lack of getting products. I really think you are the only one that can highlight these issues and get the attention it needs. Wish there was an easier way of getting in touch with you, I was the guy that left you a note on Ebay hoping that was the best way to flag you. Going forward the community needs a safe way to get products. If we don't go the fire sale route you have others charging a hundred bucks a pack. Note before all this one said vendor had great reviews, same vendor today is the talk of the town on reddit. I too believed the deal was too good to be true, but they had great ratings, so it's not like it was some unknown vendor. How do we go from that to not having my product to this day? Shaking head so even good reviews don't matter any more? If this is the case this needs sorting out, some way. Why don't you have an easier way of just doing business with you? Why not have a website and sell direct? Just saying for a guy like me I know you are legit, and would gladly do my dealings with you, and so would a lot of other people.
I feel like the items aimed towards collectors that are solidly based in standard with no unique traits to the card designs are just destined to fail unless those cards have a hard hitting impact in legacy formats. If they're not used anywhere frequently, no one's really going to want to bling out decks with them, they're like the bulk rares / mythics in some of the "From the Vault" sets. They don't have a home anywhere aside from the bargain bin. Sets that are standard, and have truly unique features that are well received, are more likely to have longevity to them. The unique art and frames from Throne of Eldrane and the Comic Book arts / Godzilla arts from Ikoria seem really likely to stand the test of time. Especially Ikoria, that Godzilla tie in isn't likely going to let it drop any time soon for the collector's set.
Rudy there is so much happening in the market. We need a WHITEBOARD VIDEO!!! Bring out the plastic red hat, the charts, the graphs, the numbers Rudy! That's what gets my taco going. Loved this video, but man I miss the whiteboard. I know the views are low on them, but man with everything going on it could be a huge hit.
Hi Rudy, yes I'm the 3% of women that watch your videos!!! So my local game store has 1 full box of kaladesh for sale and then a 2nd box thats open for packs sales.
Rudy I want to invest in sealed magic but I don't want to hold onto and store the assets. Can I just invest in you instead??? Have a share of your operations
Hi Rudy, new subscriber here and been watching your vids since a couple of days ago even though I dont know anything about magic, your videos makes it so entertaining to watch! Anyways, the reason I made this comment is, I'm a pokemon card fan actually, been collecting vintage pokemon cards for years and I can't help but notice those vintage pokemon booster boxes at the back! My childhood memories
I would like to point out that Guilds of Ravnica *did* have Collector Boosters, it was the first market test. English only had had them in blister packs, but the Japanese market was the first test of Collector Booster Boxes for Guilds. They're still on eBay in the $150-$200 range.
19:25 Rudy, Core Set 2020 was the last standard set to not have any kind of flashy product attached to it. The order was WAR > M20 > ELD. Eldraine had the first Collectors Boosters. By the way: Modern Horizons didn’t just got out of print?
I love these videos. People use to collect full sets of cards, now they collect full sets of sealed boxes. Interesting info about what makes a box the "Golden Goose", it's gotta stay flat after the allocation period. Also I have a feeling that war of the spark japanese boxes will go up bc of the altered art. But definitely the English boxes will go up, it's a great set
Agreed... I see the Japanese War of the Spark print and its already where I want the English print at lol I guess it was successful in the Japanese market.
@@TaroAndreas Domestic foils curl way more, the colors are often darker / muffled, and the cardstock tends to be a bit more prone to bending and damage. I also like the texture of the Japanese cardstock more but that's just me. It's my understanding that most printing after initial release is done via domestic and I've begun to notice the difference in quality between a Japanese first print run and restocks (not all first printings are Japanese, for example my playgroup got Ikoria Gift Bundles at launch and they were clearly domestic).
love the youtube. recommended it to a brand new MTG manager I happened to know... ps. if you don't mind, the lights in the shelving behind you glares in the camera. A bit of cover or picking the camera up a bit would solve that. but whatever. thanks so much and keep up the good work.
So much info so much knowledge amazing video i love listen to Rudy talk about market and sealed product I miss out only on Eldraine collector i need to find one at a good.price!
i don't know if rudy reads the comment section but i have a question for him. if mtg is following the trend of the sports cards, shouldn't you be getting out of the mtg area since it's likely there will be a big bust soon? aren't you putting you're entire store at risk?
The problem with War of the spark it's the print run and the sealed box over 800 in sell on mkm. They never go up in 2/3 years. Maybe in 10 year frame the could perform good
I think people panicked when they realized the box toppers in 2XM regular boxes were never in foil. So the the craze ramped up once that was confirmed for VIP only foils.
I live in the Fox Valley area Green Bay Wisconsin most of the magic stores cardboard brick and mortars no longer sell full boxes at a certain price hard to come by
Rudy I know you don't pay attention to non English boxes, but can you give us some information on Japanese war of the spark boxes? A month or so ago I noticed Amazon sold out, which was the cheapest place to get them at one point.
@Rudy you should really check out - cardmarket - which is basically the european TCGPlayer. You would be surprised how cheap booster boxes actually are in Europe compared to the US.
Bought a box of double masters for $299. Now, from the same supplier I would have to pay $379. That's one heck of a jump in such a short time! That or I just got lucky as they weren't selling enough and tried $299 as a price point.
I would only buy expensive special editions of stuff if the print run was transparent. Ps: Ikoria collectors is still in stock @ abundant numbers @ distributors
Rudy vip edition is almost exactly like these other versions. For me, the mythic editions have a nostalgia aspect for me because thats when I started playing Magic again.
Ha, already saw several sub $100 boxes immediately sold. Rudy may push it to $135 - $150 with this video, and when he does his 'real' video it may have already started creeping to $200 on reaction. Dude has major sway...
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One of the saddest things about the Ikoria collector boxes are the prices of the cards inside have TANKED, hard. Even the full art foils are no more than a couple of bucks right now and even the Godzilla cards are no more than forty, fifty at most. Hopefully, that will change in a few years, as the Godzilla cards are what drew me back into Magic and I personally, loved getting back into cracking packs.
Rudy: hey this books is very cheap for like 2 years ago, I like this set I dont understand why! Ruby the next day: wow I dont understand those very cheap boxes are going up now!!
5:00 WHO are Double Masters/VIP/Secret Lairs FOR if not whales/dolphins who don't know any better/buy anything with a price tag above 40 for Lairs/100 for boxes?
6:00 And HOW are Amonkhet/hour of devastation worth so much a box? Is someone attempting to drive the price by snagging ALL available? When you have a invocation of Hazoret the Fervent that at first glance, reads Herbert the Pervert. . . it's a meh product.
"This time its different." Collector boxes and its clear acceptance by the market will change the game of standard boxes. Clear takeaway is lottery boxes wins while Ixalan and Rivals are still struggling. Same will become apparent for newer sets with collectors, now sets booster boxes.
Original big supply is down to the low thousands in a best scenario the flip side gaming eBay sale is the last biggest im asserting that is one of the final position supplies to be 100
A guy from Bear Sterns used to pay me cash, from his SUV, in Union Sq NYC, for Post Sound Mixing work for his personal short films... NYPD had to be so confused.
Rudy maybe we wanted to buy your Amonkhet Ixalan and Rivals boxes but we had other major financial obligations at the time like launching a pizza business that slapped our wallets worse than we could ever imagine. Maybe that era of magic also had the worst print quality ever with cards folding up to look like potato chips.
Rudy I bought one of your shirts just so people can complement me on how large my brain is. But so far nobody has mentioned it and I dont know what to do.
Try wearing the shirt
wait he sells shirts? I only got a floppy taco.
@@Bromastiff psh...typical...LOL
Timmy always gonna hate.
@@BigBobsMTG Shhh don't tell my secrets lol
The throw aways like "if you're new to the channel, welcome, make sure to hit the thumbs down button twice" are what makes this channel.
The showmanship is soooooo good.
Rudy: What Happened to all the Products?
Rudy thinking: 'Oh right I bought most of it and stored it in my basement'
According to the closed captioning, you are now Rooney with Alpha Investments, and I’m considering it canon.
Rudy just rolls out of bed, rubs himself down with some alpha islands (that's close to water right) and switches on the camera.
Awesome, just awesome.
Alpha island *rares*
exactly this!
Alpha volcanic island :D
No-pants-straight-out-of-bed-Rudy is at it again! No time for personal hygiene. Magic doesn’t sleep, greedy WOTC neither.
He is TOTALLY just wearing boxers in this video.....hehehehehe.
@@leemiller6977 He almost never wears pants. ;3
"Based on what I'm saying, that's what I think is gonna happen." Rudy IS Rudy's source.
I think Rudy's Hair is calling the shots!
Made me laugh! Pretty sure he said “based on what I’m seeing.”
Rudy: "that whole marketed for collecting thing is a huge no no"
Rudy: "moving on to collectors packs..."
Ha. Thought the same thing
Throne of eldraine has a special spot in my heart . One of my favorite types of flavor in that set... Into the woods? Yes please
Very cool set, but the collector boosters aren't very good imo.
Into the woods...👌
"Into the woods" lmao throne of eldraine was "Shrek: The MtG set".
Agreed
for a moment i thought this said "lost in the woods", and i had a meme deck flashback
Rudy's hair looking extra thick and full today. He went from _balding-despair_ to _thick-as-a-carpet_ in no time; talk about a V-shaped recovery!
I see a bullish signal near the right side! That hair is widely known to be the best and most widely used indicator in the Magic finance world.
"Ravnicas and War of the Spark are the very last booster boxes before collectors."
*scratches head in Core 20*
Core sets are different and treated as such. Rudy is correct in saying that block is the last of its kind.
Rudy hustling so hard he sold his personal T-Shirt supply.
I listen to your videos as if they were a podcast. You're the only informed, intelligent, investor-minded content producer out there for MTG finance. Just saying if you made a podcast, you'd already have an established audience. Keep up the great work, love your videos!
Rudy's eyes aren't glossy from waking up, he just took a fat taco rip.
Rudy, what do you think about SCG CEO Ben Bleiweiss solution to the reserved list problem? One of his idea is to ban all the reserved list cards from eternal formats so the promissory estopel would be left alone as no one could sue Wotc. It would allow wizards to have a control over the supply of the cards for every format.
I am glad you are going to do a video on the issue of fire sales and lack of getting products. I really think you are the only one that can highlight these issues and get the attention it needs. Wish there was an easier way of getting in touch with you, I was the guy that left you a note on Ebay hoping that was the best way to flag you. Going forward the community needs a safe way to get products. If we don't go the fire sale route you have others charging a hundred bucks a pack. Note before all this one said vendor had great reviews, same vendor today is the talk of the town on reddit. I too believed the deal was too good to be true, but they had great ratings, so it's not like it was some unknown vendor. How do we go from that to not having my product to this day? Shaking head so even good reviews don't matter any more? If this is the case this needs sorting out, some way.
Why don't you have an easier way of just doing business with you? Why not have a website and sell direct? Just saying for a guy like me I know you are legit, and would gladly do my dealings with you, and so would a lot of other people.
I feel like the items aimed towards collectors that are solidly based in standard with no unique traits to the card designs are just destined to fail unless those cards have a hard hitting impact in legacy formats. If they're not used anywhere frequently, no one's really going to want to bling out decks with them, they're like the bulk rares / mythics in some of the "From the Vault" sets. They don't have a home anywhere aside from the bargain bin.
Sets that are standard, and have truly unique features that are well received, are more likely to have longevity to them. The unique art and frames from Throne of Eldrane and the Comic Book arts / Godzilla arts from Ikoria seem really likely to stand the test of time. Especially Ikoria, that Godzilla tie in isn't likely going to let it drop any time soon for the collector's set.
A Bear Stearns shirt. Iconic.
Rudy!
I found 500 boxes of Sanskrit language Ahmonket for $29.99.
Should I buy?!
Wut. Aren't Chinese Simplified, Korean, Japanese and Russian only cards printed in non-European laguanges?
@@ferdithetank7535 ... That's the joke.
Rudy there is so much happening in the market. We need a WHITEBOARD VIDEO!!! Bring out the plastic red hat, the charts, the graphs, the numbers Rudy! That's what gets my taco going. Loved this video, but man I miss the whiteboard. I know the views are low on them, but man with everything going on it could be a huge hit.
Hello, Rudy. Will you be selling the new Zendikar Rising Set (30 packs) booster boxes?
Hi Rudy, yes I'm the 3% of women that watch your videos!!! So my local game store has 1 full box of kaladesh for sale and then a 2nd box thats open for packs sales.
Rudy I want to invest in sealed magic but I don't want to hold onto and store the assets. Can I just invest in you instead??? Have a share of your operations
Hi Rudy, new subscriber here and been watching your vids since a couple of days ago even though I dont know anything about magic, your videos makes it so entertaining to watch! Anyways, the reason I made this comment is, I'm a pokemon card fan actually, been collecting vintage pokemon cards for years and I can't help but notice those vintage pokemon booster boxes at the back! My childhood memories
I would like to point out that Guilds of Ravnica *did* have Collector Boosters, it was the first market test. English only had had them in blister packs, but the Japanese market was the first test of Collector Booster Boxes for Guilds. They're still on eBay in the $150-$200 range.
I found one collector booster pack of Ravnica Allegiance and got a foil Teysa Karlov for my Death and Taxes commander deck ;)
17:58 _. . . all those things they teach you, in those real schools, when you leave your basement._
I don't leave the basement.
19:25 Rudy, Core Set 2020 was the last standard set to not have any kind of flashy product attached to it. The order was WAR > M20 > ELD. Eldraine had the first Collectors Boosters.
By the way: Modern Horizons didn’t just got out of print?
Rudy pumps bear stearns shirts up 700% 😱
Bear Stearns = Timmy Investments
I love these videos. People use to collect full sets of cards, now they collect full sets of sealed boxes. Interesting info about what makes a box the "Golden Goose", it's gotta stay flat after the allocation period. Also I have a feeling that war of the spark japanese boxes will go up bc of the altered art. But definitely the English boxes will go up, it's a great set
in case you wanna know 2xm regulair boxes are available from 240euros on cardmarket in the eu. about 300usd
🙈 the real question is, should we be investing in Oracle?
The Japanese printings are so aggressively higher quality than the domestic printings, it's not even funny...
Dumb question, but how so?
They use Japanese Octoling ink to print their MTG cards, and the only known source to acquire it is Grizzco!
I just coped for some jp en boxes last month. Some spark this month. This video just made my freaking day
Agreed...
I see the Japanese War of the Spark print and its already where I want the English print at lol
I guess it was successful in the Japanese market.
@@TaroAndreas Domestic foils curl way more, the colors are often darker / muffled, and the cardstock tends to be a bit more prone to bending and damage. I also like the texture of the Japanese cardstock more but that's just me.
It's my understanding that most printing after initial release is done via domestic and I've begun to notice the difference in quality between a Japanese first print run and restocks (not all first printings are Japanese, for example my playgroup got Ikoria Gift Bundles at launch and they were clearly domestic).
love the youtube. recommended it to a brand new MTG manager I happened to know... ps. if you don't mind, the lights in the shelving behind you glares in the camera. A bit of cover or picking the camera up a bit would solve that. but whatever. thanks so much and keep up the good work.
Love these videos. The messier the hair the better the vidya. Those things are going for more than Diablo III Collector Editions.
And ALL the Walmart’s and Targets in my area sold OUT of VIP and double master booster pack and 3 pack boxes in a week.
I bought Bear Sterns after it crashed and made a teeny bit when Citi bought it . The crazy thing is that was 2008... Seems like FOREEEVVVERRR
*Where did he get that Bear Sterns t-shirt?*
Stop telling me I don't watch to the end. I ALWAYS WATCH TO THE END.
So much info so much knowledge amazing video i love listen to Rudy talk about market and sealed product
I miss out only on Eldraine collector i need to find one at a good.price!
FETCH TIME IN ZENDIKAR COLLECTOR BOOSTERS! LET'S GO, BABY!!!
i don't know if rudy reads the comment section but i have a question for him. if mtg is following the trend of the sports cards, shouldn't you be getting out of the mtg area since it's likely there will be a big bust soon? aren't you putting you're entire store at risk?
The 1st edition box prices really surprised me too. Didn’t think people would even start thinking about those until wizards printed it in gold letters
The problem with War of the spark it's the print run and the sealed box over 800 in sell on mkm. They never go up in 2/3 years. Maybe in 10 year frame the could perform good
I think people panicked when they realized the box toppers in 2XM regular boxes were never in foil. So the the craze ramped up once that was confirmed for VIP only foils.
I live in the Fox Valley area Green Bay Wisconsin most of the magic stores cardboard brick and mortars no longer sell full boxes at a certain price hard to come by
Rudy I know you don't pay attention to non English boxes, but can you give us some information on Japanese war of the spark boxes? A month or so ago I noticed Amazon sold out, which was the cheapest place to get them at one point.
Haha! Best intro from what I can remember! I admire your dedication. 👌😂
But Rudy... Have you noticed the 200% increase on the spellslinger starter kits?
@Rudy you should really check out - cardmarket - which is basically the european TCGPlayer. You would be surprised how cheap booster boxes actually are in Europe compared to the US.
Jokes on you. Thumbs down 6 times. Your lucky I didn't do 8. XD
Love the t-shirt hah. Rudy giving us a sign of what's to come?
Bought a box of double masters for $299. Now, from the same supplier I would have to pay $379. That's one heck of a jump in such a short time!
That or I just got lucky as they weren't selling enough and tried $299 as a price point.
I would only buy expensive special editions of stuff if the print run was transparent. Ps: Ikoria collectors is still in stock @ abundant numbers @ distributors
... No ones hoarding this stuff, because no one was buying it ... That is hoarding, sell it $50 a box I bet someone buys it.
Rudy, technically, Japan boxes ARE out of print. So, there is a divergence from Japan to USA printed boxes.
Rudy vip edition is almost exactly like these other versions. For me, the mythic editions have a nostalgia aspect for me because thats when I started playing Magic again.
Its crazy, I checked literally last night at 6pm and there were vip packs on Amazon for $98. I should've picked a couple up
Dominaria will go up to like $300-$400 a booster box.
I bought one vip pack from target and pulled the borderless foil Jace. I doubt my luck would have me beat that, so I doubt I'll get any more.
How did MtG Arena currently promoting Amonkhet Remastered drafts and packs affect this rush for buying it?
I thought you were wearing the Bear Sterns shirt as a joke haha
So I should borrow against my house and invest it all in War of the Spark right? 😂
In a word? Yes.
Better put in everything u own.🤣
Ha, already saw several sub $100 boxes immediately sold. Rudy may push it to $135 - $150 with this video, and when he does his 'real' video it may have already started creeping to $200 on reaction. Dude has major sway...
Can you confirm that fetchlands will be in zendikar rising collector boxes? Im about to preorder 6 if thats the case
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MTG is a game in future sight
One of the saddest things about the Ikoria collector boxes are the prices of the cards inside have TANKED, hard. Even the full art foils are no more than a couple of bucks right now and even the Godzilla cards are no more than forty, fifty at most. Hopefully, that will change in a few years, as the Godzilla cards are what drew me back into Magic and I personally, loved getting back into cracking packs.
What up y'all.... Informative , thanks Rudy!!
I have to assume the people that thumbs down these videos really hate facts and figures?..
Rudy: hey this books is very cheap for like 2 years ago, I like this set I dont understand why!
Ruby the next day: wow I dont understand those very cheap boxes are going up now!!
MAGIC DOESN'T SLEEP, 24 HOUR VIP DOUBLE MASTERS OPENINGS. HIRE A TIMMY WHILE YOU SLEEP.
Confirmed: Rudy is in fact a stern bear.
With wolverine's hairstyle...😄
>Compile-lation
_English Rudy_ with _Do You Speek It Investments_
Always very interesting thanks again Rudy. Have a case of each, war etc, slowly & solidly building my position. :)
How come I'm not in your patreon club? You know, I'm kinda big thing around here.
5:00 WHO are Double Masters/VIP/Secret Lairs FOR if not whales/dolphins who don't know any better/buy anything with a price tag above 40 for Lairs/100 for boxes?
Throne of Eldraine luxury box, a couple of years ago?
Amonkhet was a sleeper set, bro. It’s always been good.
Just bought a VIP for 107 after taxes. Shipped and hopefully its not tampered with... Walmart purchased. Wish me luck 🙏
Rivals of Ixaln will be the golden goose. Got it. 👍
When can I put my clothes back on?
Give us the important info!! We want stop tape prices! We want top loader prices!! Stop pumping the garbage and talk about the good stuff
there is 1 VIP still at my local target...tempted to buy it they price match walmart at 98$. as long as its not searched I want it, but...hmmmm
In Europe amonkhet boxes are like 100 Eur - 118 USD...
6:00 And HOW are Amonkhet/hour of devastation worth so much a box? Is someone attempting to drive the price by snagging ALL available? When you have a invocation of Hazoret the Fervent that at first glance, reads Herbert the Pervert. . . it's a meh product.
That name is canon now
You slow down Rudy! I'm buying all the 1st print run (not edition) of Ikoria booster boxes, All of THEM!!!!! Thanks!
M21 collectors boxes dropped from 320 to 250 cdn recently, I'd say that was movement.
"This time its different." Collector boxes and its clear acceptance by the market will change the game of standard boxes. Clear takeaway is lottery boxes wins while Ixalan and Rivals are still struggling. Same will become apparent for newer sets with collectors, now sets booster boxes.
I don't care about War of the Spark. Boxes could go to 400 for all I care. I love my core sets better.
Amonkhet uptick is evidence that digital is feeding desire for paper
Original big supply is down to the low thousands in a best scenario the flip side gaming eBay sale is the last biggest im asserting that is one of the final position supplies to be 100
Cardboard Slingers 2020, Rudy for President!
Don't use eBay Rudy for your pricing! TGplayer, Card Kingdom are way better for price study. Not eBay.
The golden goose. Hear you loud and clear sir floppy taco
If you look and listen closely you can hear Rudy's Hair talking while Rudy is just mouthing the words.
Is that a Fossil and Gym Heros box right there? God I'd love to see the Dark Charizard from that Rocket box
Flipped my wots mythic edition for a profit that got me a EMA Foil Force of Will. Graded it for a 9.5Q..... in the end cost me zero... thanks Timmy..
Rudy you need to make your own Secret Lair! Rudys Hidden Hideout!!!
A guy from Bear Sterns used to pay me cash, from his SUV, in Union Sq NYC, for Post Sound Mixing work for his personal short films... NYPD had to be so confused.
Rudy maybe we wanted to buy your Amonkhet Ixalan and Rivals boxes but we had other major financial obligations at the time like launching a pizza business that slapped our wallets worse than we could ever imagine. Maybe that era of magic also had the worst print quality ever with cards folding up to look like potato chips.