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[@BizarreBazaarBW]

Dr. Salt spent $12,000 on 3 booster boxes. Absolute MadLad Savage. F for the saltiest of respect.

[@TheVergile]

@@sdoren_9074 nah....for me personally urza is where its at. But that may be bc i didnt play magic when beta was fresh. But the urza sets are pure nostalgia

[@Scorch428]

Yes, but think about the $500 worth of cards he got for his 12 grand!!

[@sergiolandz6056]

@@sdoren_9074 i remember getting me some ice age, mirage and visions when i started, good old days !! And urza was just pure amazing when it came out, god i loved that set so much !!!! i had to make me a bargain deck even if it was banned, 2 - 3 turns and you could eliminate your opponent

[@jlateralus21]

@@sdoren_9074 my first starter was iceage too. I sold a bunch of my early magic cards in 2012, only to get back into it recently... These videos are a mix of nolstagia and regret lol

[@everettleonel2844]

i know im asking the wrong place but does someone know of a method to log back into an Instagram account..? I was stupid lost my account password. I appreciate any help you can give me

[@codeninja1832]

I have no idea why I started watching your channel, I've never even played Magic, but I just keep watching more. It's interesting.

[@alonzor557]

mike glidden lol

[@nashbeasley2939]

youtube is a weird place

[@alonzor557]

and a great one at that

[@thundarrisaboss2725]

if you know the game, its even more entertaining! so, go buy some cards and play!

[@thundarrisaboss2725]

@Elb Vidya yeah, its hard not to get that vintage bug. unless your poor. like me. then its easy. lol

[@keenantv4086]

The art is so much more flavorful in the old cards. I wish they still made them like this. The fantasy element is just amazing!

[@BarHonigfeld]

@@generussell6145 For me, the "better" the art is, the lamer it gets. I am all for Stasis or Time Walk. Some really weird shit you would actually assume to see on a real cursed playing card or something. Modern MtG sets have a lot of artwork that looks like it was a screenshot from a high budget movie or game. It does nothing for me.

[@RiverBeard]

Rudy opens the pack fresh cards with his first and fourth hands, sets the cards down on the playmat, then while he opens the next pack, thus covering the camera, his third and second hands swap out his light played cards for the pack fresh ones

[@Archon83]

Back in the 90's i could only afford boosterpacks not whole boxes :p

[@landel_]

19:04 Rudy didn't realize this was also duplicate, cause he got it as a foil (shining in the left of the video) That bugged me until the end.

[@MGX93dot]

@The Big Game Theory Speaking from personal experience, siblings throwing bricks at your head as a child helps.

[@SPACEB0YZER0]

Gotta say, a lot more entertaining than just lighting $4000 on fire but it amounts to close to the same

[@turkeygoblin]

Yawgmoth's Bargain was a fun couple weeks of standard lol. So insane. Everyone in our LGS wanted copies and nobody wanted to trade them. I opened a foil Bargain and ended up trading it for Star Wars CCG cards and then regretting it, but then being glad once it got banned and tanked in value! I can't believe they ever thought Bargain was a good idea haha.

[@benjaminelsbury683]

I straight up traded my magic collection for the Star Wars collection thought you could never go wrong with Star Wars still to this day I miss my magic collection and my star wars are still minty fresh in a box in my closet to this day

[@turkeygoblin]

@Stephen Nah there's plenty of cards that still have good value.

[@SpaceStormy]

Bargain was never banned in standard. Was in Extended

[@besabaftw]

Foil bargain is 180 bucks now even being banned in every format XD

[@breathingleaves8784]

Bargain was my favorite card. Had multiple foils. Totally running broken decks. Just for mindgames.

[@bartenderbobmtg9809]

Thank you for letting me relive the Urza' s duplication trilogy Dr. Salty. Much Respect!!!

[@russelbutt]

As a kid buying these boosters, I specifically remember duplication being a thing. I had like 5 metal workers, but of course my pea brain couldn't grasp the power of that card, so I traded them away. Big F's for me.

[@malikshabazz2065]

i did that too man. :-)

[@aidanmaclear2787]

I'm smoking a cigar while you open this... A very cheap cigar.

[@MrPandathumb]

Aidan MacLear lmao. The most underrated comment ever. Thank you Aidan and you too, Dr Salty!

[@fsmoura]

Switch it to an expensive cigar, next time. And light it with Beta rares: it greatly enhances the taste.

[@otomustam7000]

Those last 3 videos were the best trilogy of 2019

[@NightOfCrystals]

Amazing box. Bloodshot cyclops was also a dupe, between foil and regular.

[@seantzizl]

I remember opening boxes back then, and yes, I remember the duplication. Never really thought about it or cared - hell, sometimes it would work out for you because you'd get duplicates of the cards you wanted.

[@gbhebe780]

Yes, with the low number of rares back then, duplication was HUGE in these smaller sets. Often times that's where us tournament players would rely on the smaller sets to try and get decent rares in our box. Stuff like Covetous Dragon and Tethered Griffin were pretty heavy played back then.

[@tmj325]

watching the urza block opening brought me back in time. i loved every minute of it. the memories of opening these back in the day. priceless. thank you dr Salty

[@jameshoneycutt785]

Awesome opening. Very cool of Mr. Salty to pay for this, especially consdering he probably lost a few thousand dollars opening the box

[@darthmikda]

Pattern reserve list? Rudy you just opened 500x of them from UMA...come on.......

[@josefranciscodasilvaeolive674]

darthmikda My thoughts EXACTLY!!!! 🤔🤔🤔

[@Banterbear]

I think he either says stupid things to get comments, or genuinely doesn't know the cards, or some combination of both.

[@Hyperion5182]

@@Banterbear I know he says stupid stuff to get comments: Previous video Pluto.

[@coffeeteaornicklausasmrvlo3673]

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING GOSHH RUDYYYY COME ONNN

[@tygonmaster]

@@Banterbear Or, you know, he fucking sees 100,000,000 cards a day and cannot really be expected to know every single card's info by heart over 25+ years of magic in an unscripted video, but nahhh obviously he would know literally everything.

[@tonyapatterson147]

I have literally been watching your box openings all day. Good day

[@MysticTemplar07]

Still can’t believe Bargin was an actual card. Still one of my favorite sets of all time. Great nostalgic video!

[@danielkjarsgaard3704]

I first encountered Yawgmoth's Bargain when I was about 14. I had been playing magic for a few years and was good enough to understand how powerful it was, having been playing competitively for about 2 years. I started assembling a deck that had all the tutors and lots of duals, and all the 0 cost artifacts except power nine. I somehow scraped together enough money to get a real mana crypt even(for high school me that was huge). I had force's as well. It was designed to get first turn kills with tendrils of agony. Bargain is just insane.

[@HeyApples]

My recollection on foil distribution of this era... 5-6 foils per box. Foil rare NOT guaranteed in every box, only about 80-90% of boxes. Typical foil rarity breakdown was 3-4 common, 2 uncommon, and 1 rare if you got one. The double foil pack was an EXCEEDINGLY rare anomaly and actually pretty cool to catch on camera. Cheers for a fantastic walkthrough series of this era.

[@Huardo]

the only thing that would make these videos cooler is if he did a grand total of how much the cards can add up to at the end, doesnt have to be super accurate but it would be cool to see! Im really getting into these videos and this channel!

[@mrhamilton4935]

F: These videos totally bring back some really good old memories. I played a lot of these cards when I lived with my brothers and these videos just remind me of the multitudes of fun that we had. What a great feeling to reminisce. Thank you Dr salty!!! And Rudy!!!

[@MidnightAge]

A fun drinking game is to take a shot whenever Rudy says some variation of duplicate or duplication in a box opening video~ Smashed every time! Great video, and thank you to the buyer, really fun to watch. Urza's took me back for sure.

[@brien144]

I think each rarity of card was inserted seperatly (they were on seperate print sheets). So technically, you could have 3 foils per pack: 1 common, 1 uncommon and 1 rare.

[@felixxx9333]

I'm so glad you did the video awhile back where you announced you were raising the prices on the Urza's boxes. I got one of these boxes for $700. A day before the spike. Thank you, Rudy.

[@brian4334]

lol WOW only $700.. what a deal……

[@BoneyKingOfNowhere90]

omg, my favorite set of all time... the reason why i started playing was because of that sweet sweet art of that Booster pack... Emperor croc, you will Always be a rare in my heart!!! thank you mystery Person for getting this opened on yt and thank you Rudy for everything

[@snailled8453]

F for Dr Salty! Thanks for sharing with us you crazy bastard!

[@kronex589]

9:20 "2 Foils 1 Pack"? Can´t believe that I laughed that hard :D

[@djloukota]

This Urza's block opening was like a blast from the past. I started playing Magic during the Urza's block , and yes the duplication of rares was common from Urza's block through kamigawa block which is when I stopped playing. F for Mr. Saltie.

[@mirkjartan]

Thanks DrSalty and Rudy. This brings back the old feels.

[@Harwinne]

Duplication was less an issue back then because it wasn't nearly as common for someone to buy a whole booster box. The audience was mostly teenagers then, and we'd foolishly buy 1-2 packs a week. Thus, even with this many dupes, no one really noticed.

[@iticklechickens]

I can remember back in the day, going to the LGS and buying two packs, and pulling dup rares.

[@Crag979]

F to Dr. Salty. Destiny was good to me back in the day. Found a Foil Rofellos, 2 Rectors, 3 Metalworkers, and 2 Replenish. Found a deck I made that was the last before I quit Was Green/Red with 4 Emporer Crocs, think I found a decklist for it in Inquest or something.

[@DrKawstik]

Yes getting duplicates was very common in all the Urza boxes

[@tittyrino]

I stumbled across these videos and it brought back many memories. I have about 30 unopened boxes and many other unopened boxes of sports cards and other various cards I will go through them and get back to you.

[@MrDombinator]

Used to open these ALL the time. Don't ever recall seeing 2 foils, one pack.

[@MTGMOXMAN]

Crazy to see one opened.

[@ericvachon7519]

OMG...Yawgmoth's Bargain, one of my favorite card. I used to play that with Words of Worship

[@Dremin2009]

Back in the day I pre-ordered a box of Urza's Legacy when foils were brand new. I went to hosetown on the box in terms of value, I got 6 foils but none were rare (back then you were not guaranteed a foil rare in every box, it was quite a bit more random). Lucky for me I got lots of good cards to use to play magic with back before the days of buying cards on the internet so it wasn't a complete waste of money. Also back then you were not unhappy to get duplicates of decent playable rares in your box and trading was MUCH more common since you couldn't buy singles as easily.

[@Stormcastlecomics]

Thanks for the memories Dr Salty! Rudy you had to get 2 or 3 at least boxes to get full sets back then. My favorite sets the Urza's stuff of all. About after the next block I got out but this was a walk down memory lane.

[@StephanDietrich-ey7oi]

the edition I startet to play =) just love the cards I was 8 years old, I couldn't spend that much boosters. most of the time I had those booster giftet like your stuff Rudy greetings out of glarus

[@joeyrulz86]

ive had 5 foils in one pack from Mercadian Masque. It was rare nonetheless but ive had that happen before. Thanks for the openings. brings back memories

[@turkeygoblin]

Hoping for a Masticore! That card was so sick. I remember when Metalworker was a bulk rare. I had a few I basically trashed back in the day lol.

[@evilcharles]

I played an emperor crocodile deck when it was legal with the original ravnica (I think it was 10th edition). I played it with a token deck with Glare of Subdual. LOVED that deck...

[@Zaelkrie]

Congrats Dr. Salty that was a close one.

[@ezoleh8941]

I remember opening up a box of torment and getting 4 nantuko shades, i came back to magic 15 years later and i was astounded that you didn't get many duplicates and didn't like it.

[@emotionalcontentmediaunltd2267]

You would have a Mizu...... Not even the slightest surprised at this. Also. HELLA knice knife right there!!

[@Soladrin]

I got bargain from a booster when i was 13, shoved it in my black deck and the laughter started. It was so hilarioisly broken.

[@SongOfDeer]

Omg I love the Negator! Such a lore-heavy card is you know the story of Yawgmoth. They brought him back in New Phyrexia. As if Sheoldred found his blueprints in the glistening Oil but perfected him. No longer a negator but an Obliterator... that was such a nice touch.

[@Billchu13]

I haven't ever seen double foil in one pack. There were rares that I would get way more often. When I was a 12 year old Timmy, Prophecy was my jam. Loved the Avatars. I have so many copies of Sheltering Prayers it is unbelievable.

[@jjaapp18]

According to this guy, everything is "infamous"

[@ngu0061]

Your camera has had it with the Urza saga.

[@zickykane5206]

Wow, Dr Salty hit a Gaia's cradle, Tolarian Academy, Metal Worker, and so much more. I'd say...damn worth it. :D

[@shandomassey8634]

THIS brings me back. Thank you SO MUCH DR SALTY and Rudy. And those hairy arms.

[@Fractell358]

Rudy has made me fall in love with the words "pack fresh"

[@justinmorine6662]

Yeah my friend got a box for his birthday when it came out, he got rector, metal worker, masticore, treachery and a foil replenish! Back then none of that was a big deal, now...

[@alvarofuenzalida2753]

When I was a teenager I had a deck with 4 Bargains that won in one turn, at most in three. Now I put back Bargains in my Omni-Show :D

[@MyLittleMagneton]

I honestly just think the old sets had real randomness to them. When there's true randomness you should expect a couple of duplicates, especially when the set is relatively small. I think there is a pattern to modern boxes though. I think the rares follow print sheets, though not just one to throw people off who are trying to tracking packs. Not counting foils, they seem inserted (meaning it's possible to get the same rare twice in the same pack if one of them is a foil). I'm also guessing that - maybe once every 5 boxes - you'll come to the end of a sheet, where you can only fill up a portion of the box. So if you're really unlucky, you'll get a box that filled up to the middle, then get a duplicate end from the same sheet. Meaning, if my theory is correct, you'll NEVER get three of the same rare in any given modern box (unless they're foil or a box topper).

[@Welverin]

It's not simply a matter of randomness, which the really old sets did not have (they got drop in packs in the order they were on the sheet), but the actual rarities of the cards were not equal. With this and Urza's Legacy there are total of 44 rares, but the sheets they used back then fit 110 cards, so there was no way to get an even number of cards on a sheet. Their collation of the time doesn't seem up to have been up to the challenge of sorting out filler cards, which means something would have appeared more often, which would explain the high number of duplicates (and the fact they were all lower end ones at that).

[@kimmykimko]

I came into MTG during destiny. I met a guy whom I then dated. He owned a store that sold comic books, d &d etc and Magic... I got to open these packs regularly. Had an all foil deck. Still have some from back then... 2 foil Rafellos, Might of Oaks foil from legacy and a foil Yavimaya Hollow. He took a lot, like my 4 foil Masticores... Nothing odd about duplications or 2 foils in one pack. I did this all the time 25 years ago. Nobody cared about Metal Worker back then cause nobody played those types of decks. I've seen plenty Metal Workers. They were almost junk then. Funny how time changes things and dependent on your region.

[@wick3dgard3n]

Yeah Bargain is/was busted, especially seeing that it was in Type 2 together with the Rector and the Tower land from Saga. Definitely played Bargain decks until bannings and rotation. There were many ways to run it like, all-in enchantments (Abundance, Attunement, and Replnish) or Dark Ritual and the Skirge from Saga +Soul Feast, Yawg Will. However this whole set was nuts because another tier one archetype spawned from this set too with Opalescence/Replenish + Bargain/Abundance/Attunement and later Parallax Tide/Wave from Nemesis. This from the block with Tinker, lol.

[@CodyHvids]

very cool thanks again. I would like to say I do remember getting a lot of duplicates in both of the smaller sets and getting the higher end cards was difficult. from what I can recall this had a pretty average amount of foils. me and my friend gravitated towards saga b/c of the lands and it was a larger set and at the time neither of us cared much about foils...we thought that they were just trying to be like Pokemon b/c of how hyped the foils were when we played Pokemon a few years before this

[@gelatinousturncoat]

*Opens a statistically likely number of rare duplicates for a 44 rare set* Rudy: Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@PastorwithoutaPulpit]

I remember duplication being huge with those sets and when someone pulled something good from a box at the shop everyone would panic buy hoping to hit it's duplicate... Oh and an F for Doctor Salty...

[@agentofashcroft]

Urza's Saga > Urza's Destiny > Urza's Legacy

[@bartenderbobmtg9809]

It always makes me smile when Rudy has a happy ending..

[@knightsnigh4731]

I know this is old but duplication was common.... I opened maybe 40-50 urzas legacy boxes and 20-30 destiny boxes and this is very similar to what I remember. The awesome thing was you would indeed get the duplication on the top end rares...

[@MadtownChucknut]

The 2 foils 1 pack comment had me laughing

[@jonathonmenth3901]

I bought these boxes back in the day when I was in my early 20’s. This was a thing back then. When you bought a box you got duplicates of the mediocre rares and singles of the good rares, kind of the way mythical are set up today

[@Lexicommonzero]

Tempest through invasion block was my hay day in MTG and can tell you for certain duplication was common, and in invasion block in particular there were predictable places in the box itself that contained certain cards From urzas saga set through invasion set I purchased and opened 3-5 of the small sets and 6-10 boxes of each of the larger ones

[@bolassnowman7429]

Thanks Doc Salty!

[@dentonhooper5343]

Yawgmoths bargain... khobolds.... and tendrils.... first encounter...:that deck was insane consistent and fast... chalice shuts it down of course for 0 but it was awesome back then when survival and allure and the rock was a thing.. I miss those days.. seems like the torch has been passed to planeswalkers lol

[@Shutchohole]

Thran Golem was one of my favorites... enchant that mother and pound face.

[@animatrack]

WOA WOA WOA... you have a damascus steel kitchen knife? That's unusual to say the least.

[@lukewade8481]

Rudy thinks pattern of rebirth is reserved list even though he's been opening ultimate masters for the last like 2 months?

[@tyvido3571]

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[@ElderDragonBrasil]

Repercussion x2 was actually awesome! This card is expensive and strong! You missed Replenish and Rofellos.

[@Billy-bd2oe]

Tripple F's for The Good DR! Much love, you rock! Doctor Rocktor! Great box!

[@powerleg]

At a glance this box was probably less than $300. In reality they arent even worth that much. If this guy tried to sell these cards back to Rudy, Rudy would probably give him 80% of the value. So, selling these cards back to someone like Rudy, the true value is $200-$250. I think Rudy even keeps the common and uncommons for himself, so there go the Tran Dynamos... So like $200 on a $3,000 box? Wow. Even if this box had two copies each of the top 10 rares in the set, and one of those was a foil rector, you’re still looking at less than $1,500 maximum EV for a god box. These vintage boxes are cool but you’d have to be crazy to open one. I played MTG during this era, from Tempest to Odyssey. I dont play any longer, but I love watching openings of these vintage sets, it really takes me back. Its too bad though Rudy is pretty oblivious to the history behind these cards, it’d be cool if he could talk about the decks of this era and the gameplay/metagame legacy of the iconic cards, but he can hardly pronounce most of the card names. Still Rudy is the best MTG youtuber around. Openboosters is torture to watch, I want to see him pull the Time Walk, but I cant bear listening to him fumble through his openings while he goes ‘woosh’ when revealing every card.

[@jaxonbrenton9758]

So then don’t watch openboosters. Or, at the very least, don’t put him down on his friend’s channel.

[@jaxonbrenton9758]

My Profile I was talking about his comment about openboosters’ channel. If he’s going to be negative about one of best openers in the community, who is currently opening a Beta and Unlimited box, keep it to yourself, tell openboosters about it constructively, or DONT WATCH. Simple. So you are missing my point...read the whole comment before you start defending something I wasn’t even talking about.

[@LokirofRoriksted]

Jeez. Look at your comment. Hating the price, hating the buyer, telling that you played before, complaining about Rudy pronunciation but also liking and disliking. Go check yourself. That's at least bipolar with envy in my book

[@Woe937]

I'll just never understand how the sealed product value so vastly exceeds the best possible return you could get for opening it.

[@Maraxusofk]

When I do watch openboosters, I make sure to watch it muted cuz the cringe is off the charts.

[@heliaxx]

All the art of this set is amazing, holy freaky

[@pbailed8007]

I bought tons of Urza’s boosters boxes and duplicates were definitely a thing, I actually got 3 cradles in one box, I miss those days!

[@godchild69]

Every booster box used to be like that.. collecting a complete set was near impossible

[@nickwancho]

Rudys favorite phrase. "i always rembered that back in the day." lol

[@maximus354]

Grandma Rudy was Rudy's first middle school date. You can tell by the way his voice lights up when he sees her.

[@mynameiscloud611]

Rudy, back in the day you could get more than one foil per pack. I was lucky enough to witness a full 15-card pack foil.

[@atomlurch1]

thank u rudy and dr salty

[@MTGUnpacked]

Two foils, one pack?! Mind-blown🤩 Thanks again to Rudy and Dr. Salty. Another fantastic opening!

[@MakeArtHurt]

I started playing a little before Saga and remember opening around 25 boxes of the entire Urza block. I still have most of the... commons and uncommons :-(

[@Habeev07]

EPIC!! Your story Rudy is Destiny...URZA's DESTINY. 2 RESERVE list Covetous Dragons.

[@kynar1]

$269.91 in rare/foil value. Box cost $2,500.

[@The_AZRX7]

I bought a box when was a teen and pulled almost a full set of non foils. Missed a couple big boy rares. Got a Foil Treachery and only a couple decent rares. My idiot self traded the treachery and the set for a few booster boxes of Ixalan/Hour devatation a couple years ago. Wish I held onto it.

[@bertones667]

Couple a weeks ago, going through my box of bulk cards. Found a metalworker. Didn’t realize this was a 40€ card!!

[@Mageofpie]

With only 44 rares in a set getting a bunch of duplicates makes a lot of sense. It would be very unlikely for them to all be unique. (For example, with 30 people in a room, even though there are 365 days in a year, there's over a 70% chance 2 people in that room will have the same birthday - called the birthday paradox if you want to look it up)

[@adamchampion7686]

I also remember pulling a foil Ring of Gix and selling it to a “prophet” named Terry for 100$ right out the pack. The reason I say he was a prophet is because he predicted the foils being extremely valuable in 20 years and everyone at the shop thought he was crazy. No way they will still be playing magic in 2020!! He collected complete foil sets. Hope he held on to them because I’m sure he could retire now. ( Unless he’s dead cuz he was already pretty old when these sets came about )

[@zerokidd21]

Praise the might mahi mahi the trilogy is complete.

[@michaeledwards1644]

he still has Urza's Masters to open

[@zerokidd21]

@@michaeledwards1644 shhh dont let the Timmys know that.

[@kurtilein3]

Duplication is a common thing, because these boxes were really randomized, it is like they threw the booster packs into a large pile before putting them into boxes. The number of rares does not greatly exceed the number of packs in the box. So not much duplication in the large sets, but lots of duplication in the small sets.

[@Sidneybeach875]

I have the urzas incubator in foil, wanted to see one opened for you here mr. Salty.

[@robertpearce2244]

Awesome ending! F to the big dog!

[@TheMuffinBagare]

The infamous donate! Used to donate a city of brass, with an icy manipulator as the wincon.

[@ChrisBryer]

Rude, i dont know what is up with your vid but the image keeps shifting from side to side. Its very jarring.

[@iSasqua7ch]

I was wondering if I was the only one who was noticing that.

[@uiomancannot7931]

You made me notice, I will now act irrationally angry and heavily imply that it's your fault.

[@ChrisBryer]

@@uiomancannot7931 Sorry?...

[@ChrisBryer]

@@iSasqua7ch I honestly thought it was something with my eyes, then i full screened it and realsied it was the vid

[@BravingtheStorm]

It's the auto focus setting. Seems to be that it wanted to be a bitch lol