Beautiful… nuff said

Hey, i can recommend Gemloader from The Netherlands. They have great Toploader Binders. Keep up the great content, im just starting to start collecting vintage magic. Do you have a recommendation where to start on a budget? All those early sets are so beautiful!

The comp for CE/ICE, in total, is Unlimited rares not Revised cards. If the market wants to value Unlimited rares more than a CE/ICE card because of the square corners and questionable legality of CE/ICE cards then fine that makes sense, but the print run of a CE card is roughly two-thirds of the print run of an Unlimited rare and the print run of ICE is roughly one-third. Take into account the increased attrition rate of CE/ICE due to being intentionally destroyed for re-use in re-backing cards plus the sensitive corners and the gold ink's tendency to flake and the discrepancy in surviving populations becomes even larger. CE/ICE remains the most overlooked segment of 90s MTG.

Great video! Super interesting! I had never even heard about the green dot test

You threw that mox down and I flinched. But when you bent it I dropped my phone and passed out 😅

It's going to be funny if all this modern Assassin's Creed, Doctor Who, Fallout rubbish ends up leading people to the old cards. 😅 Not sure if that would make Wizard's geniuses or if it's more like the blind chicken finding the corn. I'd keep the Shivan slabbed at that grade but I know you prefer raw so whatever suits you. No idea on the two cards at the end, they both look the same to me. 😂

they make the best art with sorcery brooo! and the fact that a whale could crash the market for many years is very dangerous i find

This is a really cool interview. So cool to see Joel talk about the game so much.

No bar code is Alpha. Beta had bar code. Unlimited had the bar code on a white background. As to the votes: Crack the Shivan. A. But they are close. Liked the video. Who says I'm in front of an LCD panel?

Thanks for the videos! Definitely keep the collection videos coming, they are such cool documentation alongside your awesome insights. I’d keep the dragon protected even though it’s not a binder upgrade. I reached out a bit ago and I wanted to let you know I did win the bid on my first alpha rare… CGC 8.0 Cockatrice! My daughter wonders why people have cardboard is in slabs!!! Have a great day and thanks again, by far my favorite MTG channel.

Love these videos. Keep the shivon dragon in the case. I named my first cat shivon lol! She played with me like a mouse 🐁

your original badlands has nicer colors in my eyes but the B version pops to the eye more. both gorgeous and clean

Gemloader binder do you know about them?

Awesome vid ❤

Grading cards is a scam. Subjective to human error.

The amount of capital in your hands, hahaha. Glad you are back and love these videos too! Show off the horde! Thanks again bud.

Srtill hoarding Wall of woods. Alphas have fallen through the floor and loads on the market, so easy to pick up for cheap. But ICE have ramped up in price and very few to be had. The quest continues

I’d base your choice on the color saturation. Seems to be a big difference.

Always great to see another video from you Mike. Yep, no barcode on the starter deck means Alpha. Beta is where the barcode started.

these new arrivals are amazing - both the cards themselves and their condition. chaos orb alpha is next on my list of big mtg purchases. staple in alpha 40

Don't crack the Shivan unless you plan on playing it. The new Badlands is nicer. The old had a minor surface ding and very minor scratch on one of the left side corners I believe

I came across a video of a collection that is stored in Card Saver 1s put into binder using post card pages. Looked pretty slick and less bulky. Probably like a 3rd the size of your top loader binder.

A is better. Colors are far more saturated. B almost looks washed out from sunbleaching. Otherwise corners and centering seemed mostly equal.

a and no dont crack it open

back to back seems like slight color variation between the two badlands.

Dude. If I had $787,000,112.00 my collection would look like yours ;) hahah. I sold my ABU collection for about $1500 in 1999 shortly before I got married. Hindsight, but also - I made good money from it for the time and no regrets. Super impressive collection.

I vote yes crack, and I like your original copy of the badlands (a), the bottom left edge still looks clean on b but in slightly worse shape

A is better

A

Always a great treat to see one of your new videos pop up! Please do NOT crack the Shivan. Shes well-protected and looks amazing. Why jeopardize that? And i vote A for the binder.

Best vintage magic channel on youtube by far. The audio is relaxing on its own, but your set and display of the beautiful cards draws the eyes. Plus, your self-proclaimed rambling is worth listening to

Hello there.

“A” Badlands is better. More colour

I follow you from Sevilla, Spain. Great videos! 🎉

Very nice conditions... Chaos orb ❤ with beautiful little box Mark signed.

I would def leave the Shivan slabbed

Your collection is ridiculous! Hahaha. Love it.

b :)

Wow, those badlands are wildly different color saturations. Do you see this all the time? Which is more common?

Glad I'm not the only one conflicted by the binder choices on the market. I've considered contracting someone to make something of my own design and fix the problem, but I also can't decide if I'm just being over the top about the whole thing.

Bro, you could make videos of you reading the phone book. As long as there are Alpha cards in the video, we'll watch it.

I vote to crack that Dragon open. Though, disclaimer, I would say that about any slabbed card (except maybe a BGS black label 10). I like copy A of Badlands more (no good reason other than I prefer its shade of brown). Great to see you upload! It’s been a while.

A, also crack S.Dragon if its an upgrade. I also notices the endless stream from Kid Icarus. He auctioned a Blue Hurricane Summer Magic (Edgar) a few weeks ago and so did Vintage Magic, and another seller on eBay. That's 3 sold Blue Hurricane within the last 30 days.

Have you stopped your purchases and collecting on NM commons/uncommons and shifted to solely rares?

Sounds like the book is in the starter pack. If so, the story on the 1st page will tell you if it's Alpha or Beta. Any post by you has been worth my time, collection, ranting, etc. So post away!

collection videos are great.. looking forward to the next one

The old binders without the top loaders looked much better but I understand the risk vs reward. More collection and opening vids! This is one of my favorite KZbin channels.

Hunter that Shivan.

That is for sure an Alpha Starter Box.

Glad to see your video! Also beautiful on both upgrades.