2,177 BETA Cards = I RISK $6,390 on a Shady Ebay Listing

[@LordMorde]

18:06 rudy missed an alpha war mammoth, two in front of the scratched up one.

[@ino_mation]

"Life's too short" We just spent 30 minutes looking at commons Rudy.

[@doleod6340]

2x speed is your friend. :)

[@Cergorach]

@@doleod6340 But that makes Rudy sound like a squirrel... More then usual... ;-)

[@zackschilling4376]

Most Beta commons are worth more than most rares

[@MrFeexxx]

@@Cergorach Rudy is the Earl of Squirrel!

[@Tinskap]

No regrets tho

[@fsmoura]

You haven't lived until you risk thousands on a shady eBay listing for luxury cardboard.

[@bookofbrah]

haha love your comment! :) wish you a good day and greetings from germany

[@UnCrowdvergehtnicht]

Missed an Alpha War Mammoth at 18:13 :O

[@TheZiggylives]

I counted two Mammoth misses.

[@instreptech]

@@TheZiggylives same

[@vs9mm]

18:07 missed it

[@GregoryPrice]

Saw them too

[@VEXX1]

yep, hope rudy see's this

[@TwicebakedJake]

I've gambled on eBay bulk boxes before. But $6,000 risk on a unknown box is some next level big brain Timmy strategy.

[@firekram]

Well the cheapest mint beta cards are still 3ish dollars a pop

[@LieutenantTbone]

I think he got a really good deal.

[@alexclason]

My friend bought one of those 12,000 card listings for $100. I told him don't buy it. All he got was m19 through m20 commons with 1,100 basic lands.

[@BogWraith1]

Bog Wraith is Uncommon Rudy. It's my favourite piece of MTG art of all time. Astute viewers will note my family resemblance!

[@bkweddle7599]

Love how I spotted the alpha Samite Healer before Rudy did :). I love the comment about how no one wanted Alpha back in the day. For those that don't understand that, this was in the days before Colored sleeves or even Opaque sleeves or even sleeves at all. The only sleeves available were the cheap, easily breakable clear plastic that were used to protect baseball cards. Alpha cards were considered "marked" because of the different corners and thus not used in early tournaments unless your deck was entirely Alpha cards. After they started making opaque sleeves that could stand up to shuffling Alpha cards became more than just a collectors item and everyone wanted to start using Black bordered versions of the reprinted white border versions.

[@Thynqikan]

The Story: The seller used to have a magic store and back in the old days the cards were in row boxes to be browsed by the customers who flipped through them for YEARS. As new beta was acquired it was added to the box. Explains the various conditions, also explains why the very best stuff isn't there ( was sold )

[@VEXX1]

thats what i thought too but why would they all smell like cigarette's

[@Couldbeazombie]

@@VEXX1 Cause you used to be able to smoke in doors. I could totally see someone who ran a trading card shop allowing smoking.

[@VEXX1]

@@Couldbeazombie maybe but i dont see the shop smelling like smoke so badly that the cards smell that way for 20+ years, only explanation i see is maybe after being used for however many years they sat in a room/building where people smoked alot

[@PlayerSalt]

@@VEXX1 Well all they need to do is spend a few years in a box in a room with a heavy smoker , chances are they just spent a few years recently in a room with a smoker before he decided to dump them

[@fuckingimpossible]

@@VEXX1 I play in a store whose owner smoked all day 6 days a week for decades. He quit smoking and law was passed that banned smoking indoors as well. No smoking has occurred in that store for 10 years. Store still smells like smoke, when you leave, you smell like smoke like you were at a concert. Cards coming out of that store smell like it too. They just absorb the smoke smell.

[@cleanedxd]

The card with the powder was used to snort cocaine in 1993

[@colinhoban8660]

@Goomba Jenkins he only buys expensive mtg cards so they dont suspect anything when he makes 6000 dollar orders and inside the packages is what he does to be "so energetic in his videos".

[@bookofbrah]

:D:D

[@aethermech4585]

this takes me back, got started in magic when unlimited was being printed and you could still find alpha and beta.

[@ErroneousClique]

"I took a chance on this eBay listing..." is how horror stories begin. Very fitting for October - this should have been your Halloween special. ROFL! Rudy is a mad man!

[@devoted2thaentertainment207]

@@brokengames9020 no, someone has a winning addiction 😎

[@tomlaw8821]

I just looked at the upper left corner of cards for 24 mins straight.

[@Ethan.s..]

tom law and it’s so much easier to just stack them in a pile and look at the corners, even when they’re in Played condition. Alpha cards are smaller then beta and all other mtg cards.

[@DJ-sn2wn]

Thanks for teaching me how to spot Alphas, I appreciate the lesson. Love watching these vids. New to magic, just bought my first box, Throne of Eldraine, today. Still waiting to crack it, but it'll definitely be watching your vids. I just learned about the reserved list so now I want to start buying singles from the list. Thanks for the lessons and the inspiration. Edit: Using TCGapp I cracked over 250$ worth of cards, and pulled a Oko, Thief of Crowns and a Questing Beast. Really happy!

[@ThermobaricScouring]

"That's it for the blacks" Another box to tick on the controversy list.

[@MtendoTheSkunk]

The best part was the random Eater of the Dead chillin' in the box

[@DOTABaddie]

Whats up with it? Why did it get set aside?

[@wafflehaxxx]

@@DOTABaddie It's an uncommon from The Dark, so out of place.

[@kyliemcdaniel]

so wild. i was at the lgs everyday back then after middle school and never saw that many beta cards. this video gave me the feels!

[@Krisaber]

This Throne of Eldraine Collector booster looks weird ..

[@TragicMTG]

You had me at "Shady Ebay Listing"!

[@zackmiramontez8772]

Easy, you gambling animal

[@MrVariant]

You had me in the first half, not gonna lie. Lol couldn't help.

[@45obiwan]

Back in '98 when I got out of Magic the first time, it was a custom to just give most of your cards to someone else. Also wall decks, ogre decks, etc.

[@JoeyjojoShabadoo7]

Tom Nunya - I did the same in 2001 😭

[@autumnalgloom5360]

Back in '99 I was like: "You want a dollar for your Force of Will? It's an uncommon ffs, I am not paying a whole dollar for an uncommon!" Times were different :D

[@dox42o]

I didnt give mine away, but i sold mine in 2000 for pennies on the dollar because the mtg scene in south florida was basically dead at the time and didn't have any friends that still played. The cards sat in binders in my closet for months before I finally decided to get rid of them. I was afraid they were going to end up like all the other CCGs at the time that basically dropped to zero value and no demand. If only I could turn back time and keep myself from selling off all those cards. I had beta all the way to the Urza's saga, and if i held onto them and sold them today, I could have easily made 5 figures if not more.

[@mmonkeyman1403]

Purchase an ozone machine, place the cards in a car with the machine running and it will eliminate all odor!

[@LieutenantTbone]

Matthew Szerlag I smoke cigars so I have one for my car works wonders and used to do exactly that when I was selling on amazon and got Smokey smelling books. I would buy out estates of books and could filll my truck with them and let the machine run over night. The books would all smell like normal old books after

[@JoseMartinez-ph5rl]

"IS THAT DRUGS?!!??!" 😂😂😂😂 DAMN RIGHT IT IS RUDY. THE SWEETEST DRUG OF THEM ALL. TIMMY THE GATHERING.

[@menschj12]

Lol only Rudy can get his viewers to play where’s Waldo with him for thirty minutes

[@ideasarepowerful-mickdemi9424]

When I was a kid in 1994, my best friend and I played with these cards unsleeved for hours and hours. We had stacks and stacks of alpha and beta and would make decks out of them. All of the damage done to these cards is from kids like me and others who played with these cards. At some point, we sold all of these cards to some local game store or gave them away, and some collector or store rounded them all up. It's actually quite likely that I've personally played with some of these cards. They were in as bad of condition as these. My best friend's older brother gave us boxes of all of these commons. Where he got them from I don't know. I got hooked on the game, and would go to my local gaming store (Dragon's Den in NY) to buy more. Rudy seemed puzzled by the history of these cards so upvote or send him this message if you want him to know.

[@lanesteele240]

There is a car air decontamination system that uses ozone to get rid of smells. I would put them in a box, put the box in a car and set off the ozone system per instructions

[@christmas6666]

11:28 "Giant Growth's.... very nice!" "Giant Spider... terrible.... nobody cares..." lol

[@Power9Quest]

This ruled. Would watch Alpha and Beta surprise sorting again and again haha

[@steveshepard1810]

I have a drawing I did when I was like 11 of a Crawl Wurm for Scry Magazine that got their cover. FeelsGreatMan .

[@nine1690]

Can you remember the issue? Love to see it

[@TheHippyProductions]

Honestly Id rather gamble on eBay than a casino, at least then you'd be getting robbed by a person and not a conglameration

[@sunnohh]

TheHippyProductions plenty of “conglomerations” on ebay, lulz

[@usukamee7301]

To get rid of the smell just soak them submerged in a 50:50 mix of white vinegar and bleach for a week preferably in direct sunlight then after that insert them carefully in heavily soiled cat box (since you love shit in a box so much ) for another 12 weeks and that should fix them ...at least good enough to resell back on ebay as "near" mint description with stock photo and no refunds disclaimer.

[@skylter]

“Alpha/Beta commons and lands? How much could that be worth? $2 per CARD?!” Look at TCG player... has Beta Island listed at $30. “Oh.”

[@tygonmaster]

You should never consider TCGplayer the be-all end-all of pricing look at eBay sold listings

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

Yeah people are dumb. But good for the sellers tho.

[@SCP-001DatabaseAdministrator]

Good luck finding a buyer except for floppy taco Tuesday here and Down syndrome Asian scammer

[@2cawks]

@@SCP-001DatabaseAdministrator Buyer for what exactly? These are going in the vault next to the tacos

[@ManaDrain315]

@@tygonmaster Not only that, but beta basics, especially Islands should actually be on the higher end of prices for commons despite the higher print runs.

[@cycglplg]

well done mate, I think you hit gold... the street value for these cards is probably 25k ~ 30k

[@PRS-qh5jf]

I like that its street value. Feels like I'm buying drugs now. 👍👍

[@Pandahboymtg]

The same eBay seller sold a Mox Emerald 13 days ago on October 5th. This must have been the bulk from wherever he bought them from and then sold it to Rudy.

[@nelpolian3863]

I got into magic when I was twelve. It was 2012, right before my birthday and Innistrad was in full force as it had just dropped a few months before. My father found a load of his revised cards, which he had thought he sold in the past, and pulled from the pile his oh so loved E.A.T. deck (Nettling Imps, Sorceress queen, Lord of the pit, Sengir Vampire, nether shadow). I purchased the Carnifex Demon built deck from my shitty, small down drug store, and took several cards from the rest of my fathers leftovers and put them into my deck; excited to simply be playing this new and unknown game. One of them? Living wall. I have never seen the baby before. It is 2020. Thanks Rudy.

[@adambaer3458]

21:32 you missed an alpha jump

[@timewalkinc4]

Home run.. Nah Grand slam! Nice pick up!! Looks to be about 8-10k in value!

[@tje3400]

That jump tried to jump over your white pile! 😂

[@jooooooo7723]

coke on magic cards im calling taco police

[@Ethan.s..]

Marcin Topolski I bet it was baking soda. No one would waste that much coke.

[@PRS-qh5jf]

@@Ethan.s.. lol. This guy cokes

[@ghagzor]

*man gets excited over top left corners of cardboard for 30 minutes*

[@MTGJim]

*Men

[@JoeCamarillo]

Hey, I used to Jump my Leviathan! It’s an instant so nice surprise effect… not that bad of a card for casual decks! Then I bought some Invisibilities and my cousin no longer wanted to play against that deck! Love the old cards!!

[@SpockolateChips]

Would love to see how you came out financially on something like this

[@GlennTheSadMarinersFan]

pretty sure he doesn't sell alpha/beta. unless it is just alpha he doesn't sell.

[@SCP-001DatabaseAdministrator]

Pretty sure no one buys alpha betas

[@Dylan4nderson]

@@SCP-001DatabaseAdministrator pretty sure you're an alpha you sexy man you.

[@4vendetta1]

@@Dylan4nderson I would bet $6,969.69 that you are correct.

[@ryanlankford8634]

Chris Johnson well it’s fake so favor that in.

[@Pathos312]

A: Fog = $40. B: Fog = $10, you weren't kidding. Pestilence is a common. Terror is a common too.

[@dox42o]

found a handful of those 2 cards sold on ebay recently for a fraction of the values you posted. alpha = sold for $10 avg. beta = sold for $8 avg.

[@Pathos312]

@@dox42o book value and market value can be at odds, it more or less turns into a bid vs. ask. Demand on these types of cards are low because of very little use whether casually, edh or competitively. imo those inflated prices help those who rely heavily on bulk inventory but the market has no interest in that price except for the occasional newb who may jump on one...for whatever reason. sorry for tl:dr but i don't think you're wrong here.

[@garnerloudermilk1710]

Yeah if i had 7k burning a hole in my pocket, that my wife wouldnt kill me over spending on cardboard rectangles...that would be an awesome find..congrats!

[@The_Supervillain]

Thanks for the crash course on spotting Alphas!

[@asperbergers7136]

@6:40 I instantly knew thats what you were doing, especially since you just found one right before.

[@denda8202]

It hurts to see other people live out your dream Sorting old bulk

[@ryanweston6182]

It was easy to have that many if not more of all those commons. Especially in the very early days. I cant tell you the amount of these very cards we used as firestarter in our wood stove simply because we had so many. If only we had known they would be this sought after. Man I could have put half down on a house. 🙄😩😁😁

[@ethanicuscopernicus6758]

15:00 "There's just something very strange about this" RUDY GOT HOSED

[@stumpjumper6679]

The type of videos I started watching on your channel and got hooked

[@liquid-slick]

As someone who wasn't playing/collecting during Alpha/Beta, this was a very fun and interesting video. Thanks!

[@michaeledwards1644]

great video, i like to see old collections with multiple copies in them meaning this guy was opening more Magic packs than 93 Donruss baseball packs back then

[@christiankerestegian3753]

i remember when i was a kid i buy a lot of this cards, literally a lot. i dont have anyone now, didnt know this will go expensive, 1990 strange time.

[@PicklerEntertainment]

The way you had the cards on top of that box is how you need to have all the cards in order to eliminate the smell. Having them side by side in rows like that at the bottom, does not provide enough air around the card for those sheets to do their thing. Do a few boxes more spread out with more sheets and you'll be good... eventually at least.

[@viyami]

Rudy, I'm hunting an HP Alpha Shanodin Dryads with Olivia written on it. Just wondering if you might have ever come across it?

[@josephmoore286]

I just spent about the last two hours or more organizing the past few years of Pokemon cards that I have been neglecting. Now I am watching someone organize Magic cards. Why do I enjoy organization so much!? Man, I wish I could find my box I bought of someone years ago that had cards just like these. I would be excited if there were alphas in there, I never fully searched or organized it since they were old cards and I did not care about old cards.

[@eddiegoodridge9765]

Early 2000s there was an ebay listing that had a ton of A/B/U plus AN/AQ/LG cards plus playtest cards....they came out of Penn State college or University of Pennsylvania (I cant remember). The auction got up to something nutty, but the person pulled the auction and said the cards were being donated to the college....over the next couple of years, a few more collections of just tons of early set stuff showed up, all coming out of the same area....the early thought they were early testers and friends of Garfield who helped with early versions of the game.

[@moomixgaming9986]

I remember owning a war mammoth when i started playing in 2002. Got it from my friends older brother and is always the card i think of when it comes to old cards. I need to buy one just for the feels

[@Ethan.s..]

Pestilence is still a common.

[@NotTellingYou-]

How do I know if I’m getting a good deal and not getting scammed. I’m looking to get into the old Legend Of the Five Rings ccg and I’m kind of skeptical about buying on eBay. I’ve never bought anything on eBay either. I even went on Amazon and someone of the sellers looked shady. One of the companies that was selling a booster box on Amazon for $19.99 was closed when I looked up the company on google. Any advice? New to this channel.

[@andrewschmidt5900]

Ty Rudy I've always had a hard time determining alpha and beta cards. That red card looked like someone's special alone time card lol.

[@HarryDoes]

Keep videos like this coming dude! This is GREAT!

[@kylecampbell3]

You missed a mammoth Alpha! 2 years later... but still

[@KYHONKOMA]

18:06 missed mammoth alfa

[@SaiyanInTraining]

I remember when we used to get cocaine on our cards and it was considered a good thing.

[@Tarkov.]

This is the content I subscribe for.

[@2cawks]

Videos like this are the reason I'm still subscribed, I don't particularly care to watch box openings. I want to see the old shit, I want to see the collections Rudy buys. There's nothing quite like watching Ruby flip out over cards he wasn't expecting to get. Even though he forgot the box topper again.

[@GatheringtheMagic1984]

I remember seeing this listing. Glad Rudy got it so I can see what is in it. Always looking for older MTG cards on ebay

[@FilipeGomesDrummer]

What is Rudy checking in the back of the Alpha cards?

[@FilipeGomesDrummer]

@@jarednagle4100 thanks for replying. I'm aware of the corner difference. I assumed he was checking out the Deckmaster word for some sort of misprint in the colouring or something.

[@MongoMinutes]

Omg the risk on luxury cardboard, if Rudy knew what he knew now that is an absolute gold mine. This is why i like going backwards on videos you can hear the difference of appreciation in his voice. Stay the coarse, they were printed to oblivion, and let the timmys lock in their profits cause we all know we need our luxury cardboard!

[@HeroofTime55]

Rudy, on the topic of corners, Throne of Eldrane is being printed on two different card stocks, the nice JP card stock and a shitty cardstock. There is a third even worse cardstock I have noticed for boosters inserted into planeswalker decks. But only 2 I have seen in booster boxes. IN YOUR OPINION do you think the JP printed booster boxes are going to be worth more than the garbage card stock booster boxes?

[@jjfitzpatty11]

Rudy, don't bother with dryer sheets. Look into a ~$100 ozone generator. Only way to guarantee you get the smell out. I got one to get the cigarette smell out of my newly-purchased used car and it totally did the trick. With the volume of questionable cards you get over time, might be the best investment. Certainly would save you time. An hour was all I needed to clean out the car smell.

[@TheBookHunter1]

To remove the smell put the cards in a trash bag with crushed up charcoal and seal it for a few days. Obviously don't put the charcoal directly on the cards. When you open the bag a few days later let it air out before you stick your face near the bag. Should work better than the dryer sheets.

[@d9_1056]

Rudy. The hero we need, not the one we deserve.

[@randomsanctum]

"I post 5 negative comments on your videos literally minutes after they go live!" -- Broken Games

[@spakerman]

But what's it worth overall? Would love to get an evaluation and know if he got hosed or what....

[@hypnoit]

Love it! Can play these kind of videos in the background at work and just look up when Rudy gets excited 😆

[@jonnymmac]

I remember opening these packs back in the day.

[@dunc7189]

Happy I stuck around to see the alpha basic lands at the end

[@BaronNick]

Be nice Rudy. Send Timmy a playset of Timmy’s and the professor a playset of merfolk.

[@mindustrial]

I love this Rudy. Taking a calculated gamble and than just sorting cards because there is no way back any more.

[@anthonylowney1395]

cooling rack, cards laid out on top of it, baking soda underneath, sealed plastic container. Leave for a month. It's what we do with comics.

[@leonidgabeev2858]

in the end, you have a profit from this lot?

[@ErroneousClique]

Does the oil from the fabric sheets do anything negative to the cards?

[@upstartgoblin5536]

I just learned how to tell Alpha and Beta apart. Thanks Rudy!

[@z0h33y]

I literally had a game where my opponent got me down to 1 HP and on my turn I cast a Moat and laughed from behind it with my 1 HP. My opponents turn he cast Jump on his Merfolk and killed me. JUMP.

[@TheArchiveOfWonder]

Lol, those first games before we really knew how to play were classic. Me and my friend would just play our blue and red decks back and forth each with tons of blue/red elemental blasts and other cards to try and counter each other.

[@keibler1elf]

Mammoth and I think you missed a hero? I know you said you aren’t sure if people will watch this long of a video, I love when you do these. Keep it up Rudy 💜

[@johnsanko4136]

Alpha War Mammoth missed because you were distracted by thr damaged one next to it

[@sneakymcsqueaks8128]

"Tentacle difficulties", you say? Word up, same problem.

[@EasternNCSportbikes]

I dont know anything about MTG but I know how to spot an alpha card in a stack of betas now whatever that means. I guess I learned something today thanks!

[@DavBotsArcade]

Rudy, arm and hammer baking soda. If it can freshen a stinky fridge, it can freshen stinky cards.

[@myztklk3v]

I watched the whole video, these old cards are super nostalgic.

[@bluehorizons8913]

That card looked like it had crusty splooge on it and Rudy touched it...

[@iDATUS]

u missed an alpha mammouth, 29:34. Very enjoyable video rudy.

[@terryprentice9657]

If you line up guardian angel (up left) and paralyze (bottom right). it makes one picture. This is the first connected artwork in Magic. Anyone know what the second one is?

[@7Alberto7]

Yes this is my kind of content thank you Rudy,amazing Ehi Tragic MTG thinking of you here😉😂

[@MrDreyven]

Hey Rudy, could you elaborate a bit more on the details surrounding some of these older cards/sets when doing this for us who are only 2.5% women?

[@Bobbingtonn]

The lands are good monies, in played condition, going off scg Alpha island - $35 Alpha swamp - $25 Alpha mountain - $25 Alpha forest - $20 Alpha plains - $20 Beta island - $20 Beta swamp - $13.66 Beta forest - $12 Beta plains -$13.66 Beta mountain -$13.66 As we don't know how many beta swamps there are or islands, from what we saw you had about $1500 in basics + whatever the rest that we didn't see fully

[@Bobbingtonn]

I wouldn't have said the lands are, they seem a lot nicer than the rest of the box

[@davidrosenzweig1380]

This was somebody who bought everyone's cards when they quit back in the day

[@Nowhere84422]

Came here to say the same thing. I bought out everyone around me. Have pretty much sold off every valuable rare I had. At this point I have 50 medium flat rate boxes full U/C cards from revised to Zendikar. I still watch prices and she cards spike I sell them. Few years back I cashed in on 100+ Simian Spirit guides @ $20 a piece. And many other cards from that era.

[@raymondmartinez5624]

A tip to get rid of smells is to put a cup of coffee grounds where the smell is and wait a day

[@aBanabis]

probably an old comic book store that went out of business in the late 90s. there's tons of them. I know of at least 2 in my city that I went to went out of business before the millennium that all sold loose MTG cards. I remember one of them had an Alpha Black Lotus for 250$. Yes, an Alpha Black Lotus 250$. Kind of makes you wish you could just go back in time right. They probably sold all the stuff of value... you just got all that junk :P

[@justinlewis420]

21:32 missed alpha jump

[@benpearson9792]

Rudy should jump over a war mammoth for us...🐘 (alpha or beta...idk) he he...