A true Collector's Magic Card collection from the early 1990's

[@-KillaWatt-]

This was a heart breaking video. Much luck to you Greg and thanks for sharing your story with us all. Good news is people around the world are working tirelessly to find a cure and just 3 months ago researchers in Toronto may have found a breakthrough in treatment for Huntington's disease. Maybe some day in the near future we may see a cure. My hopes are high but like anything it will take time and a lot of trial and error.

[@AlexAyoub_]

Not to be that guy, but your comment is not actually true. First, the disease is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion (i.e., one copy is sufficient), however, it is only guaranteed if both parents are carriers (this was not specified, so cannot be certain. All the same, if the mother is not a carrier, there is a 50% chance to pass it on to the next generation. Second and final, he only said he tested positive - this is not a death sentence. While the CAG repeats needed to test positive at (what I assume to be) an advanced (non-juvenile) age usually means you will show symptoms, there is no way to know when, how serious or how aggressive the transformation will be. All the same, agree that it is heart-breaking, but just be aware that there is an equal likelihood of his children carrying the gene as not carrying it.

[@AlexAyoub_]

Oh, I meant that they may not be carriers at all. Importantly, much of the active research in this either tries to capture the mRNA prior to the creation of the protein leading to aggregation or attempts to disrupt the aggregation event entirely.

[@AlexAyoub_]

Go read about Mendelian genetics and how autosomal dominance works in disease when only one parent is a carrier. You do counseling to avoid both parents having the same genetic disease as that guarantees the passage to their children.

[@jancukasu]

so bottomline of this discussion is: people with this kind of disease, please stop breeding so you won't contaminate the world by inheriting your unfortunate genes and stop the vicious cycle of unpreventable death?

[@rickysimmons4220]

Man some times I feel like KZbin comments are always an extreme spectrum of good and bad people, you sir are a good people

[@fredt1983]

Greg's dad was the *MAN* , he had some basic meta decks, but he also had a goblin deck knowing full well that goblins where just stupid fun even if they sucked.

[@KandiKlover]

Yes I miss when people used to have fun instead of todays obsessed metagaming efficiency.

[@DZ-cf6sj]

this is 100% it. back then we'd play totally dumb decks just because they were fun. Tim decks? absolutely. Spider decks? had 'em. i miss the 90's MtG. today's game doesn't even look like the same thing

[@francoislemieux4727]

Goblin was my first mtg deck! I had the edition 7 red starter deck for a base !

[@iwaslego2505]

Friday night magic playing with a goofy deck is like.. man it’s so much fun

[@JB-go9zk]

I find myself revisiting this video so often.. The story is heartbreaking, yet uplifting at the same time. Many prayers to you and your family Greg.

[@joshuawargo6446]

Im literally crying right now....ya never know when youll click on a video and suddenly , pow right in the feelings.

[@henkdachief]

i always skip the intro

[@juna8572]

He really gave us a science lesson

[@chrish3274]

​@@joshuawargo6446it hit me hard. I lost too many people. Life has too many cruel curveballs My heart goes out to Greg. I hope if he's reading this he's at peace with his grief.

[@megabus1]

This is so crazy.. my brother has a collection that I'm currently going through. He also has huntingtons disease and I was in shock when you read that letter.. I feel for you Greg keep your head up!

[@MagnusRedd]

The fact that a fan trusted you on this level speaks volumes. You are good people, and I am proud to follow you. Thank you for sharing your collection with all of us, and thank you for the integrity you inspire.

[@MagnusRedd]

Just for the record. As a kid I was fortunate enough to play with the creators during their development of this game. I was a kid and they were very good to me. The integrity you inspire is at the core of their intentions when they made this game. Something quickly fading but, you and few others work hard to maintain the creators intentions. Thank you.

[@grimfeather7969]

20:45 I had that moment. I got back into Magic about 10 years ago and broke out a couple of my old play decks from the early 90s in my LGS. Had a bunch of people playing around me and I broke out my deck with my friends and immediately went to do the shuffle like I used to. No idea of the value of the cards and what had become of the game. Cutting the deck, one half in each hand, bending them with my thumbs and the sound of those cards slapping one another as I shuffled them. The sounds that came from the people in that room, I can still remember it. I actually had a person come over to me and ask me to not do that anymore. This part of your video really reminded me of playing back in the day.

[@PeterKudelin]

that's awesome

[@ubernerrd]

We really should go back to playing sleeveless. The decks are easier to shuffle and in the end they are just cards. Wizards can print more.

[@SinisterRaiden]

It's so beautiful that you get to show the decks and then draw a sample hand, Greg's father gets to show the world his personal favorite decks and how he used to play. Best of wishes to Greg's family, and thank you Rudy for this great video.

[@moeben7354]

Man seeing those handcrafted Decks so so personal that was really hard to watch...maybe it was just me but my eyes got super watery when he showed his decks. Decks (especially at this time without a only competitive meta background) are something super personal for me.

[@MatthewDauphinais]

If those decks arent particularly valuable I feel like he should sell them back to the kid as a keepsake.

[@TheDeathOfLucifer]

No one gives a fuck about his dad tho. I skipped that shit lol

[@Rob_Fordd]

@@TheDeathOfLucifer No one will remember you.

[@TheDeathOfLucifer]

@@Rob_Fordd No one will remember any of us in a 1000 years. Its fine

[@Khurzan72]

My family has been ravaged by this disease. My grandfather, uncle, father, sister, and now niece and nephew. My heart goes out to that family with true understanding

[@MagikarpsSplash]

Should probably stop breeding then, its not really ethical is it?

[@BigNameJamesStuff]

@@MagikarpsSplash One would think right

[@curtisturner8468]

Stop breading doesn’t do anything. It is a chromosome mutation. So any baby born with or without family history could have it.

[@MagikarpsSplash]

@@curtisturner8468 random mutations arent a 50/50 though, it is just ignorant to say 'it will happen anyway hurr just let em breed'. grow up.

[@BigNameJamesStuff]

@@curtisturner8468 ya but if you have a 50% chance of passing it on your odds are shit.

[@hannuvallin6155]

I'm quite amazed Rudy didn't know the Counterspell and Incinerate aren't media promos but promos given to "Legends DCI members", that's also where the poker deck and italian Legends booster are from :).

[@The0_oface]

Can't know everything all the time

[@snailvomit3477]

@@The0_oface not with that attitude he wont

[@The0_oface]

@@snailvomit3477 lol you're right

[@Blackadder75]

Rudy is good at finance and good at running a youtube channel , he is not really good at magic or history.

[@MagicStew]

This is an example of why we love Rudy.

[@21inchwide]

You love a con-man? What kind of gullible idiot are you?

[@beachedwhale12]

@@21inchwide why is he a con man?

[@fantupomarsupialis5125]

@@21inchwide 296 people like and love...Guess we're crumble

[@Verlisify]

That computer paper list is incredible but also heartbreaking. Anything uncompleted that had so much work put into it from someone who has passed is so crazy. You complete that set, Rudy, and you print out a completed setlist on the same paper

[@sempre8135]

Those are 90s cards, and he passed away in 2009, though. Lets be honest, he had mora than time to complete it.

[@phd_gaming5010]

He passed in 2009, but it doesn't mean he was healthy up until that point. Just rewatch the beginning of the video. Huntington is a bitch.

[@KenS1267]

I was an active collector during that same period. Completing a Legends set back in the day was essentially impossible. I was far closer than he was and never completed my set either, was short 2 rares when I finally sold my collection.

[@Jamesadamiak]

@Sempre That was a cold hearted comment, man. Geesh!

[@bulletjunk]

Sempre, cmon man. Maybe his life goal wasn't to collect them all... but it was just a hobby. Have some respect.

[@trulydumb506]

There’s something special about the kind of love us nerds can share with each other over common interests. Much love Greg I hope you have many more good years ahead of you.

[@TheDeathplz]

We

[@adam551982]

Thanks to you and Greg for this video. This was a hell of a throw back to my early magic days in 93-94. Thanks for the nostalgia. Best of luck to you Greg.

[@ComradeArthur]

Wizwar?! That was an amazing game!

[@glennfk]

It still is! It's been reprinted by another company, and has some expansions even!

[@Utubesuxmycock]

yeah got my FFG reissue its awesome

[@johntodd7495]

Played it last night with my son who is 9 years old! Love the game. He hit me with a large rock for 2 points for the win. Thanks Rudy. Thanks for being a good guy, and helping this guy out.

[@xaer0knight]

What a story, thanks for sharing. Good luck to Greg! I've been playing Magic since 1995 and I always hear stores of gamers helping each other out. Either with cards, travel, or just moral support.

[@Lethalmax]

I just got into magic this week. Played for the first time today. Had a blast! This is the first time I'm watching one of your videos and the whole idea is heartwarming. I'm already loving the magic community

[@blackboard212]

hopfully the stores near you have a good community some dont sadly but a large majority do. and welcome to the club man :)

[@Strype13]

This looked like every kid's collection from my school back in 95-96ish! Thanks for bringing back some awesome memories, Rudy. My sincere condolences to Greg, and we appreciate you sharing your story. I certainly wish you the best of luck in your endeavor to spread awareness of such an unfortunate ailment.

[@sambergeron9328]

Greg, "I'm selling my dead dad's collection so I can buy a house." Rudy, "Unfortunately, most of this is bulk."

[@maplz9314]

Man had 10 duel lands and a recall

[@psykikninja]

@@maplz9314 how much would that be worth? i heard rudy gave him 100 bucks for the lot. evil rudy

[@ZERO-jb8so]

Mana drain is a great pull and demonic tutor

[@Polmax2312]

psykikninja in the video he said 2k alone for the collectors box.

[@aastranova]

Chains of Mephistopheles is like 500+ dollars

[@ElrohirGuitar]

Early Magic brings back memories of teaching my daughter to play and the simple pleasure of building decks with the cards you had. Killer Bees were, well, killer. Nobody had tournament decks, your friends told you how neat your deck was, and when you got that combo to work, life was good. It was a special time when every card had the chance to be good, based on your imagination.

[@RikerLovesWorf]

Damn, I haven’t touched or seen magic cards for like 20 years but I can practically smell those cards, that’s how memorable magic cards are.

[@brandondawson3782]

My favorite part was seeing his old decks at the end. Could watch a whole video just on that. I miss those magic days.

[@blackcap6725]

The Blue Elemental Blast and the Fireball with the copyright on it were from WOTC's first comic series by Valiant comics back in the early 90's. I collected the series.

[@djsefnet]

Yeap, i do remember these printings and the comics. I remember buying the comics sealed with the cards for a dime each at a local comic shop back in the day.

[@buddenbo]

100% correct. I was going to comment the same thing.

[@tommiatkins3443]

Wiz War??? OK, so I started watching this as I play Magic and have played from Revised. Then the vid talks about the owner. I played Wiz War from the third edition and was hooked. It's an amazing game and I played for years and years often thinking that the designers were amazing people. Obviously never having the chance to thank them for the hundreds of hours of pleasure they gave to me and my friends. Your Dad was a genius and affected my life in inspiring me to write rules and a lifetime of wargaming pleasure. Raising a glass tonight in his memory.

[@justl3315]

Bro I’ve never been interested or played Magic but I find your videos so interesting and you explain things to good detail.

[@Vessy95gg]

There's a man's soul in there! It's the first time I feel so warm from simply watching a card collection.

[@Jaime-mi6oo]

Man. You should play the decks with one of your friends and share it. I loved it when you virtual play them. That was so exciting.

[@supershortys]

Ik this video is 5 years old, but i love that you take care of these sets and enjoy the older cards. I only started playing mtg in 2017. My dad got an old collection of bulk i think 8th and 9th edition cards along with a few other sets around the same year and gave it to me. I immediately called my friends to help dig through it to put valuables in binders and then choose which ones to use, we were kids and didnt care about money value only rarity value, if it was a mythic it went in the binder no matter what and only came out when trading or when going into a deck. Im now graduated from highschool and still play mtg with the same friends.

[@NiceGuyEddy00]

18:00 Just casually strolls passed the $2000 of dual lands =D

[@82camino96]

Man, that first turn hypnotic... my favorite deck that I ran with until I stopped playing was a black/red discard/destruction deck, with beta dual lands and everything. Even in the early 2000’s when I got back into playing again in college, I for some reason insisted in playing all my vintage cards, raw. I used to buy up beta land so I could fill my decks with them. I beat the hell out of a lot of nice cards but I enjoyed playing them. Still have all my old cards, and decks inside of worn out 3rd edition revised boxes. That image really was 90’s magic decks. I remember the revised boxes were thinner than the newer boxes so I kept all my decks in those vs 4th edition or ice age boxes which were prevalent at the time. The early days of Magic brings me a certain nostalgia that I can’t describe. I started at the tail end of revised but I immediately did everything I could as a young teenager to collect the older cards of the time. So I did pretty well but never got ahold of any true very rare cards. But I have a lot of cool alpha, beta, unlimited, dark, 3rd, legends, antiquities, etc. the latest new cards I ever bought was probably homelands. Then I tuned out of following new sets. For some reason the inspiration that the older sets gave me wasn’t there anymore with what was in production at that point. But I did put together a set of ice age, which was probably the best set that was actually being produced during the time that I actively played and purchased but unfortunately even ice age was probably over produced. I always liked the dark as well but they were hard to find once I realized that I wanted the discontinued stuff. It’s great to see that there is a KZbin community for the dinosaur MTG stuff. I collected baseball and sports cards as a younger boy, always interested in the old stuff, but once I discovered magic, that became my only real collecting interest from them on. That artwork man...

[@F-rem]

I wish you the best Greg! Be strong

[@FierceDeitySponce]

That black deck is a lot like the deck my uncle still plays against me with to this day. He started in 1994-ish when I was a year old. I'm familiar with the t1 hippie. Fun fact: according to him, the folks he played with would actually have "ritual urns" on the table and when a card was hit with a "remove from game" effect they would sometimes tear it in half and burn it in the urn. I don't want to think that anything valuable was lost.

[@cmac7246]

I literally know nothing about magic and yet... I keep watching these videos. I got tipped off to rudy when he was selling diablo 3 collectors editions. More video game investments please! ;)

[@rustyshackleford634]

I love Wiz-War. I love it so much I personally emailed Tom Jolly asking him what edition of Wiz-War best represented the game and he answered!

[@stretchlimo7275]

Wow does this bring back memories, I started playing when Revised came out, so much great artwork and quotes on these old sets, I'm glad there's still people out there that appreciate this kinda stuff

[@jessicawebber5551]

My college

[@peteoconnor6388]

So many flashbacks to my 9th-grade artifact deck that wons me loads of matches. I now love the art so much.

[@wiwlt]

My God. That brings me back some memories. I started like in 91-92 and OMG, I did the same things back then. Compile lists and lists and more lists, save everything... so much good memories.

[@exeledusprince9165]

Serra angel is my favorite card. The Greg staples artwork, that is. It's the first magic card in ever looked at and held, it got me into the game, and its the reason I run mono white angels.

[@Oooooo-xi2mx]

Yeah, some people just are so dedicated to Serra Angel. I remember back in the very beginning trading 4 Serras (all I had) for a Time Walk and Ancestral Recall. The other guy was loaded beyond belief and had multiple unlimited sets so don’t feel too bad for him.

[@PedroG78]

Rudy, you show so much respect. We were there, we played those kind of decks at the time. Thanks,, man.

[@terraxcell]

Fallen Empires where I started and probably stopped in 2000-2001. Good ol days. Magic now seems so much more complicated lol

[@jpmessier11]

Brings me back to my days in MTG. I joined in around 1995 with 4th Ed thanks to my neighbor introducing me. We played up until I turned 16 (2000) and I gave away all my cards to a friend of mine who still has them all. Since then I've been slowly getting a new collection started and I have a fairly decent amount of cards now, but it doesn't compare to the times I had when I was a kid playing against my neighbor and teaching the neighbor kids how to play. This video was awesome and you've got a new sub not only because your vids are entertaining, but nostalgia as well.

[@J.DeLaPoer]

Just ran across this by random YT surfing... I used to collect Magic from 1994 to 97. Actually got a rush of nostalgia watching this! I just loved the artwork and card design in general. I never actually played, just collected the cards; there was a game shop 2 mins from my house where I used to buy/trade a ton every week to fill out sets. So, I have like a 2½ foot stack of these things in a box someplace. As a teenager I never had the internet til after I stopped collecting, so very little idea what was rare or worth this or that when I quit, besides the most famous legendary cards everyone knew of back then, which I did have several of. I haven't looked at or thought of Magic in like 20 years at least so the names are mostly escaping me at the moment. Anyway likely wishful thinking and I'm being a moron but if some of these can seriously be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars then I'm going to do some digging...

[@ostrich6175]

How'd it go man?

[@TheRayvin6]

Update ?

[@ostrich6175]

@@TheRayvin6 we're both waiting my dude

[@J.DeLaPoer]

Sorry guys, nowadays I collect/deal in vintage watches, so between that and my day job I haven't devoted much time to this. Good news: I found a small stack of cards so far, maybe 3" high. All the rest weren't in the box, nor the Magic rule/gameguide book I had (circa 1998 or 99 I think? It was novel sized and the cover was like a card back with big Magic logo; when I thought I might try get into playing but never did) or any of the other random paraphernalia... lol I had like 30 of those little tiny 2" tall rule booklets that used to come with some packs back in the day, some old magic ads and other ephemera from the game shop. Anyway I asked around at work if anyone might be interested and took the small stack to a coworker who offered me $2100 (Canadian dollars mind you) for them. So far I haven't had the time to go through them all to research values, but I've known the man about 6 years and trust him, but I'll verify things first. Likely I'll sell once I do the research, but I do plan to weed out a few whose art I really love, just to keep as keepsakes I guess. The bad news is, I'm missing all the rest of what was about a 2 foot stack, as well as all the other random Magic ephemera I mentioned. I know I didn't throw it out and I'm about 95% sure it didn't get stolen, but it's not in that box. I thought I had it all together, but as I literally haven't touched any of this in decades - other than a "Burnout" card I always used as a bookmark; love that art! - and moved twice since I stopped collecting. So the rest have to be in one of the other many boxes of random old stuff hiding in my basement. I do intend to look and if anyone's interested I'll update when I find them and go through them, but the state of my life with extremely limited free time means don't expect that to be anytime soon. Sorry guys!

[@Sweetestsadist]

I love the universality of old M:tG. I've made each one of those decks, probably to a 95% similarity.

[@noujaadw]

Best wishes to you greg

[@noahcristian5814]

It was so kind of you to do this for Greg, Rudy. Absolutely heartbreaking to hear, but I'm glad that you're helping him and his fathers legacy live on. Much love.

[@shamaatae22]

i love how every deck has sol ring in it. Just a busted card.

[@DJ_Blaker]

Looooved the end decks! Man that reminded me sooo much of my youth. Playing this in high school with my buddies! Way back playback! Just started teaching my wife how to play. Pulled out my old cards!

[@arenkai]

I really hope you get to live wonderful years with your kid Greg.

[@adamlovell1]

This was a very enjoyable trip down memory lane. I sure do miss mid to late 90s Magic. Swamp -> Dark Rit -> Hyppie was one of the only things to worry about in my blessed life. ;-)

[@Spicoli1Bilek]

My buddy's dad had Huntington's he just recently passed and my buddy is afraid to get tested but he's showing signs of it but there is a way to combat it through diet and not drinking not smoking it won't stop it but it'll drastically slow it down

[@jeffheffner5653]

Huntington’s took my dad too. I’m 40 and have been showing the tremor symptoms. Mad props for sharing your story.

[@rickmorrison3554]

loved the art work got around 4000 cards from when i was younger haha I'm 53 now .

[@shawnadams1460]

I first started playing MTG in 1994 while stations in VA in the Navy. I played competitively and had a collection of well over 5k cards including 1st and 2nd edition Black Lotus's, Mox's you name it. I left for vacation to go home and visit family for 10 days, when I returned nearly my entire collection had been ruined. The AC in the unit above us had a leak and water poured down into our room right on the dresser that stored my cards. The only reason I had any cards left is I took some decks with me to play with, but they all contained proxies, my friends all new what I had so I didn't see the need to travel with them. It was devastating and I hope no one ever has to go through it. I hope so much that someone buys that set and they can complete it!!! Good luck!!!

[@MrBurrito]

In some communities, Canadian Highlander allows players to use World Champ and CE/IE cards just to increase player accessibility. Unsanctioned tournaments, which is unfortunate, but it gets players playing. Wouldn't it be cool if WotC just started allowing them in tournaments? Increases legacy card pool without breaking the RL. Just a thought.

[@MrBurrito]

Everyone uses sleeves now too, which eliminates the card backs actually making a difference.

[@chrisperciavalle3142]

Can you see or feel the square ass corners through the sleeve though?

[@Enny_Gima]

Chris Perciavalle yes you can. The pointed corners would still be a problem even with sleeves.

[@hillbillyartscrafts4367]

not if the whole deck had to be collectors edition

[@dinosaurmusclecars7270]

i am 40 yrs old and played these near exact decks in the 90s,,. cool stuff.

[@Rhexysexxy]

I just got into magic 3 months ago and it is so crazy and cool to see the old art styles on the cards. I don't know any of the cards here but even I feel really nostalgic.

[@elainehelmont4647]

Swamp,ritual and specter still a good opening hand to this day I bet,followed by tourach on your second turn,delisciously good.

[@bulldogtonyyt1116]

I had sold almost my entire collection around 10yrs ago, had several good decks, wurm, goblin, and I kept my elf deck! Now my son is wanting to play so I broke out the rest of my collection (3 decks), my elf deck and two newer decks from around 2005-2006, so now the craze is back on for me and also to get my son involved in magic! This is a great game to play and I still remember my school days playing MTG with friends and now I'm passing this knowledge along to the next generation! THATS a really cool collection and I know the owners was happy to enjoy them cause I enjoyed mine!

[@MichaelNTL]

13:25 Your camera was like "No I don't remember, it must be old, let me blur it out to make it more authentic."

[@midnight51]

Loved this! Sorry to hear about the Huntingtons. Watching you go through all of these cards was surreal. I was amazed to find that I was recognizing many of the cards as you were sifting through them, and to think, I haven't seen or thought of them in half a lifetime. Very cool.

[@Crimsen13]

Thanks for the video! Wish the best to you Greg, God speed.

[@lightbornadventures]

That was a great video. Forever memorialized. I absolutely loved seeing those decks his father made. Time capsule really. I keep all my old comics (80s,90s) to pass down, even if they aren't worth millions, they have a lot of sentimental value and are a great story to tell one day when I finally hand them off to the next generation to enjoy.

[@f1champ551]

God speed Greg... At least my problems aren't as bad as yours. I hope that you are in peace.

[@Euquila]

My god I didn't expect to cry. Nothing major, just that intense feeling and tears welling up in my eyes. Wow so powerful.

[@0mrkoala]

Greg stay strong man and Alpha Investments im new to magic just started a week ago i mostly started from watching ur videos

[@johnathanw2565]

Im going crazy....what a trip back in time...I would love to get my hands on some of these again...lost ALL my cards in a house fire and it always makes me so sad..Id love to just have some of these for the art and nostalgia trip!! Great Vid!

[@ItsDKoda]

Rudy, send the homebrew decks back. Let him keep SOMETHING.

[@cbinsyd]

Watching this two years later. All my love to that whole family.

[@powerplayer9562]

I have worked with people that have Huntingsons, terrible condition. Whishing all the best Greg.

[@JohnNob95]

Powerplayer i

[@schroecat1]

I like it when you do these kinds of videos, your passion and love for classic magic really shows through. It usually doesn't in the other videos.

[@obanoide]

Wow, that ending hit too close to home for me. I miss playing magic with my friends and neighbors =/

[@davidlamb2503]

Heart breaking video, all the best to Gregg and his family. I noticed the Gustave Dore books in the background which is very cool I am descended from the dore family

[@uTubeNoITube]

That collection looks like all the valuable stuff was removed first haha

[@Blackadder75]

A lot of casual players had these kind of collections. They started to collect something but naturally began with the cheaper stuff, slowly adding a few valuable chase cards whenever they could afford it. This is a very typical collection from somebody who started with revised, just too late to get the beta / unlimited stuff

[@thedarkblitz]

This video always bring me to tears, not only for the story but for the memories also, me and my friends in elementary school playing blitz Magic during our breaks. Aaaah the good ol days, the simpler and better days.

[@mugensamurai]

Be well Greg. Thank you for sharing and thank you Rudy for sharing.

[@vaughnbocchino]

Great collection! I remember those 4th edition German packs coming in a sealed version of Scrye magazine. To this day I still have the "Paradiesvögel" I pulled from way back in the 90's. They're currently pulling heavy duty work in my Marath EDH deck.

[@frooshante]

21:37 "I'm playing a virtual game with myself." -- aren't we all?

[@briangresso6531]

I've watched a few MTG podcasts, but just stumbled onto this one......... that first 5 min you hooked me, buying the collection and keeping it together?! 👍👍....... I had some cards, only worth pennies that I wasn't ever going to get rid of because it was first packs my daughters bought, and they were so excited that it had me hyped..... unfortunately, majority of collection was stolen, those were in it....... I was left with a collection that mirrors this except for the amount of revised he has, and mine extended up to saviors of kamigawa........ now whenever I need money, I sell to my best friend because they go into safe and he's got every card I've ever gifted him, or sold to him for 30-40% of low....... he needs 1 more underground sea to have a complete playset of all duals from revised, and when I sell him the one I have, I told him 250, regardless of where price is, and right now, it's up to almost a grand

[@d9_1056]

None of these cards are warped 😐

[@luufia]

and they were unprotected and hella old :O

[@pureblood369]

Nerd freak out

[@SilverKnightPCs]

Back when card stock was high quality

[@dr.bubblemeltsalot1228]

They were wrapped in the notebooks?!?

[@crowsoaa4802]

Alot of times the cards protect eachother if they are kept stacked together neatly and never really touched.

[@mattiaminetta2504]

Much Love! Really touched from this, I'm a UE5 Programmer and Game entusiast myself. My granpa' passed away 5y ago from Parkinson so I really feal this story. Best luck Dude

[@ChikanCeleryman]

Swamp + Dark Ritual + Hypnotic Specter = 90's magic

[@MaxYoung-Maxinfet]

Poor a pack out for Greg's dad, sorry that this happened to you but thank you for using Rudi to spread awareness and thank you Rudi for being a platform for his voice. You should consider selling this collection for charity and donating it to a fund for researching Huntington's disease. I know the person who sent them to you will not have the luxury to donate the money he got and did the next best thing by making sure they go to some one who appreciates them while getting funds but would be a great to support more research.

[@jasonuerkvitz3756]

Thanks for the nostalgia. I know Greg had to move forward with his life, but if those were my dad's decks, I'd have saved those at the very least. Holding them is like connecting to him. I don't know, but this was super moving and a joy to watch.

[@donstaunch7895]

I remember first playing magic in the early 90's. Went to my older brothers house and stayed with him and his uni mates. I was given a goblin deck. His mate played sera angels. What a trip this video was!

[@wouldyoulikefrieswiththat9310]

Sera angel was my 2nd favorite card

[@venchergaming]

Sorry you know in the 90s you couldnt muligan that hand, you needed all lands or no lands.

[@restouler]

Oh man.. this collection brings me back. I stopped playing in high school and gave my collection to a friend. I do not remember the cards I had but I recognize many in the video.

[@funk-masterflex2796]

Rudy keeps saying how these cards aren't worth much then flips past a Chains of Mephistopheles which is a $600 card.

[@Loki.Lyesmyth]

Legends and Dark were my absolute 2 favorite sets. I did enjoy the stories of Homeland. Antiquities is always overlooked. I literally played duplicates of every one of those decks... Wow right in the feels. RIP Greg's dad.

[@bibobooboo6721]

couple bucks and few pennies, there you go sir, analized! 8:35 wow

[@jrootpa]

That was an emotional rollercoaster. Greg, best of luck to you sir, hopefully they will find a cure soon. I started playing MTG in 1994, and this proves to me that back then, everyone played the same decks! I had a goblin deck, a discard deck, a ramp deck, and some others. Very cool nostalgic trip down memory lane, thank you for that. I still have my unlimited sengir vampires (playset), unlimited Serra Angels (half playset), Hypnotic Specters (playset), and one of my favorite black cards Will 'O'the Wisp! I've left and come back to MTG many times over the years, and it's amazing to see where it has gone since the early days. Such an amazing transformative journey. I love this game, and the seemingly endless possibilities afforded by the number and types of cards. Thanks again for the fond memories of when MTG was much simpler, but still as fun as it is today.

[@Caspian4494]

that was fun-lots of old memories

[@user-zc9ec8cz1z]

6yrs later and still a great video...i hope greg and family are well and i send well wishes to them...greg's dad love for the hobby is well shown and him passing it on is testiment to it...and it was nice of Rudy to do the vid...well wishes to all...

[@Sheriff_K]

But what was the last Deck's name?!?!

[@gregheredia1687]

Big creatures. I made the green deck, actually. It relied on force of nature, living lands, dragons, wood elves and birds of paradise. He always played the blue creature steal deck against me. I never won. He always took my creatures.

[@spope7510]

as i was watching him go thru it i literally said to my girl i guarantee you there is a force of nature in that elf deck LOLOLOL great watch thanks for the nostalgic trip to my teen years and i wish the best to you greg.

[@blackboard212]

@MegaProjectpat or maybe his daughter keep that shit out of mtg comments i dont normally care but seriously just fck off with ur talk about other peoples wives.

[@LynxStarAuto]

Greg Heredia haha! Your dad played my style of magic. I have been building control decks since the mid 90's. Actually have many of the same blue spells in my collection.

[@yung_bonsai]

@@gregheredia1687 I hope you and your family are doing well! It was a great treat to see your dad's collection!

[@dio4296]

I've never played Magic before but everytime I bump into one of these videos I actually enjoy watching these old, cool looking cards. The artwork on some of these stimulates my long forgotten child like imagination.

[@DJ-sn2wn]

"I used to store a list of my cards in a floppy taco." -Timmy

[@williampowell6067]

Thanks for bringing me back to simpler times! I just heaved up my huge tote of old magic cards and me an my son are back playing again! Cheers mate!

[@oerthling]

Yes "Die Zusammenkunft" ist german for The Gathering.

[@fanhoop187]

and Die Bart Die is german for "The, Bart, The"

[@davidchilli9488]

​@@fanhoop187 No Bob was evil, it means: Stirb, Bart, Stirb. :D

[@iwontgiveyoumyname5126]

@@davidchilli9488 that's the joke..

[@shadowvsgaming2177]

Lots of respect for you for not selling any of this guy furthers collect after receiving it you could tell it meant a lot, and you are a very good person for doing as such!

[@jeffreyjaros5924]

dot matrix printer....that's the term Rudy....dot matrix

[@InTehFace1]

My favorite part is when you drew some hands from the decks. Wow really takes you back in time, thanks!