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[@PHemidall]

When rudy said "karona" i just: Press F for monetization.

[@vengefulspirit99]

GG there goes all the ad revenue

[@geoffreythomas2022]

I so saw that coming!🤣

[@khiolis]

the bent booster made me scream inside my head D:

[@Cryxboy]

Scourge was a trash set but imho it's one of those Magic sets that hits the Aesthetic-tingle perfectly for me. The cards just SCREAM Magic: the Gathering. The old border, the traditional art styles. Everything. The Onslaught block in general is what Magic should look like to me. It's the pinnacle of that MTG aesthetic that we've lost with all of these garbage border updates, font changes, and mass-digitization of the art process. Scourge has also some of the most brilliant/best looking foil cards out there. They're just blinding.

[@kangaroowerewolf27]

MakeKZbinGreatAgain well said! Unfortunately in these days we’ve completely lost that kind of art direction due to flashy shitcards! But we all know when WOTC hits something good in MTG they have to destroy that as soon as they can. They’re a bunch ofidiots. Now the art and layout of cards is just a politically correct meltin’ pot of Pokémon/Yugioh/ForceofWill/Transformers/MyLittlePony. I wish some of the old designer to be back at WOTC

[@basedbuddha777]

Yeah, I just can't enjoy the game anymore. I literally still think of anything post 8th Ed. as "new" lol.

[@arandomguy777]

I gave up after mirrodin. New design and bannd cards again...i loved the game

[@NightOfCrystals]

Amen. Premodern magic forever

[@Svetlio1337]

"Wizards played it conservatively." Meanwhile Wizards: Let's print Mind's Desire. Instant bann.

[@Ethan.s..]

Svetoslav Ivanov; fallowed up with Arcbound Ravager 2 sets later. I remember type 2 being all infinity until they banned it.

[@danollerenshaw8410]

If only there were websites listing the current market prices of cards.....it would make Rudy's life so much easier

[@quikbit]

Last time I came this early, I ended up with 18 years of child support

[@TheGosgosh]

Sad giggety noises

[@ketubann9405]

Thats a RIP

[@malcolmweissman5602]

giggety

[@Rootsradical808]

You too huh

[@jeesusmeesuss5247]

Dropping the "Ancient Ooze" eh

[@TragicMTG]

0:49 The aftermath of Rudy finding out how bad the release of Commander 2020 was going to be.

[@marcmarc1967]

I think Rudy missed the point that most of those high casting cost cards were usually cycled for a secondary effect, and were rarely cast for their main casting cost. Or, they had a broken interaction with Storm, making them playable very quickly.

[@thespiritphoenix3798]

Scientists have still not managed to figure out how large Rudy's garbage piles are

[@ferdithetank7535]

He uses trash as staircase to reach higher shelfs and boxes.

[@kurtbertling2511]

Love your stuff Rudy. Been out of the magic stage for a long time. Thank you for the memorable days. Your comedy is truly funny. Thank you

[@kurtbertling2511]

Wouldn't mind seeing an unhinged, unglued, or one of those off kilter fun sets ripped. Thank you again Rudy

[@Kev2Tall]

Hey Rudy, any chance we could get a series of videos starting with Alpha and Beta and showing a sealed item of each and every set? I think it would be awesome to see how the packs and art has changed over the years. Maybe break it up by year. Not asking you to open anything. :)

[@Hyperion5182]

Current Price of Near Mint Undead Warchief is at 4-5 bucks non foil Yes they are a thing Rudy. LP's are going for about 2.Foil is a 10 dollar card.

[@bernardchan181]

Good to see Scourge again, a wonderful set. If I recall, Scourge's themes was high casting cost, dragons, storm and landcycling; it also continued the Onslaught block's tribal theme for soldiers, birds, wizards, illusions, clerics, zombies, goblins, beasts, and elves. (might have missed one)

[@420Pikachu]

Just bogut a binder full of foils from this entire block. Really great artwork from this era!!

[@WildcatMTG]

“Does Triple X exist?” Vin Diesel would like a word with you...

[@herpderpington6309]

Astral Cornucopia is XXX cost... kinda why at my LGS it was nicknamed the pornucopia

[@absolutfx]

Fun fact, Clerics with Skullclamp was a legitimate deck. That was a crazy standard and some of the most fun I had. Affinity /w Skullclamp, Disciple of the Vault, and Artifact Lands, Tooth and Nail (Elf and Nail), Goblins and all sorts of great stuff. I love the nostalgia.

[@refuse2lose1985]

Today is May 5 2020 and TCGplayer median on those Pemmin's Aura is $12.99 USD. Median for foils is $25.75.

[@stopandlisten6070]

My oldest memory of opening packs was scourge. I had cards before that and maybe I had opened older boosters before that, but Scourge is what I vividly remember. Nostalgia trip this video

[@codysmith4210]

Triple X cost does exist in Astral Cornucopia.

[@Applecornflakes]

"This is Rudy in the middle of the night" LMAO

[@Lethal_Intent]

The onslaught block is my favorite and when i played the most mtg and its a good nostalgia hit for me.

[@1234573332]

For future reference Rudy Undead Warchief is super highly sought after being about 5-6 bucks a copy, so you may wanna make a mental note of it

[@basedbuddha777]

Yeah, this box pulled like, $60 worth of warchiefs lol.

[@dralock1]

This set introduced storm and changed magic forever

[@MtendoTheSkunk]

You were not crazy Rudy! Those blue uncommons are all hits! And the Undead Warchief was a hit as well!

[@golgariguy]

Love the old frame and old artworks. The new ones simply can't compare.

[@Bumbum_Inspector]

What a nostalgic stroll down memory lane. The Invasion, Odyssey and Onslaught blocks were my second favourite era of magic next to old Theros.

[@adolphus28]

Sometimes i wonder if they toned down the set because the theme was so popular.

[@Bumbum_Inspector]

@@adolphus28 Yea, looking at it now, Invasion, Odyssey and Onslaught blocks were quite weak, but I don't know, standard just felt way more fun back then. Thank god for Commander because standard is a complete disaster right now.

[@Yellow_Magpie]

that call to the grace artwork is AWESOME. Way better than the reprint version

[@burntdabruski]

*looks at key piece to Shadowborn Apostles deck* "Are people building cleric decks?!"

[@rom65536]

"It's not like these are crazy, overpowered cards..." ...drops Mind's Desire without even reading it.

[@bradshelton9735]

Rudy - love procrastinating with you. You have a passion for MTG that appeals to the collector in all of us. I have not played since the 90"s, and yet find myself relating to your passion and totally jealous of your life choices. Every pack you tear open takes me back to that feeling where that hard spend lawn mowing money went into competition with friends as to who had the best random pick of the box. Throw it down in shock my friend. Absolute craziness is what I watch for.

[@7Alberto7]

Found some scourge italian sealed box for 114 euro each plus 22% taxes,worth buying or not? Let me know everyone please,thank you all

[@adolphus28]

Imo if Italians your thing sure. You're buying at about 30% of what the English version might go for but i'm not sure whether the demand for this in Italy (or anywhere else) is strong (or will ne strong) atm.

[@gladbandanna]

I still have my cleric deck! Edit: omg I'm old!

[@KyleBaran90]

I think I ordered one of these back in the day when I was still in high school. My friend bought an Onslaught box with MAIL ORDER CASH (don't do this), and there was a long shipping time and his mother complained and he got second a second box. And there's how I ended up with a set of original fetches which I no longer have.

[@adolphus28]

Rudy: 'look at those casting costs!' Ramp decks: 'Hold my beer'

[@adamgregory9198]

Undead Warchief is a staple of old school zombie decks. Two of those in a deck is giving all zombies +4/+2 and reduces generic mana casting cost by two. It’s still a $5-6 card. Scourge is one of those sets where the uncommons are almost better than the rares.

[@Hyperion5182]

23:42 Back when magic was about actual strategy and not OTK's.

[@landgin3781]

This was a great block. IPA-OLS was the best time to play magic. No planeswalkers bs, damage still on the stack.

[@jasoncookman3158]

"OnomonopoeaNefashupoopoopeeyaa". Yup. That is a word folks and Rudy coined it.

[@Gulyus]

Just so you know - about the X in the casting cost question - look up Astral Cornucopia. It is a commander product card with a mana cost of triple (X) to add X charge counters to it. Sadly it is a mana rock that is...just not very good unless you add more of the counters later which would...not be difficult to do in certain decks?

[@Gulyus]

Also the cards worth over 5$ in this set; Sliver Overlord; Decree of Silence; Pemmin's Aura (yes it is worth ~13 mid price on tcgplayer); Decree of Annihilation; Brain Freeze; Stifle

[@wolfenlamb9408]

I'm starting to just come here just to see the edited intros alone

[@enjoiskater06]

Same, and the uplifting message at the end of each video lol

[@blakelindgren4608]

There actually pretty good

[@EricTheCleric93]

Card quality was so much better back then. Notice the quality of the inking and the consistency and smoothness of the corners.

[@pokeburt8722]

this era of magic was my heyday. Rudy says this wasn't a popular time for magic but I think lots of people from the pokemon-mtg pipeline have strong memories of these sets

[@rottenpenna]

💀💀💀💜

[@colemanholth3740]

Love hearing the Rudy strategies for all these cards.

[@yeday]

great memories, I lived that era from ounslaught to kamigawa. Respect mtg

[@fyiicheckforspies]

In this very special box opening, RUDY is the one who gets hosed!

[@NewRetroGaming]

Such a nostalgia trip! This was the first set I completed. I believe this was the last set before they changed the look of the cards

[@Aedi]

For anyone wondering about actual triple X cards, astral cornucopia is probably the most common one, but I don't know how many there are in total.

[@neoboyam6548]

As of June 13th, Decree of Silence, Sliver Overlord and Pemmin’s Aura are the top 3 cards of this set.

[@ravenouspathogen]

They were Thrulls, not Thralls back in the day - like Thrull Retainer

[@fatbeard8072]

it was a great set. I was in high school still and it was the last set before the change of the borders. After that it was 8th edition. Real cool thing about Scourge, it was a set that had no reprints in it.

[@hard5rock5ryan54]

I had to stop at 1:30 before we got any further and say, man Rudy, that was nice intro. It was cool, appreciate the extra artistic effort d,^-^

Holy SHIT Scourge was a cool set looking back on it. I wasn't into Magic when it came out, but it sure has some neato cards when seeing them now.

[@sylversyrfer6894]

The opening!! A triumph of the cinematic arts!! BRAVO!!

[@jamesmullins1102]

Astral cornucopia is triple x casting cost.

[@devoted2thaentertainment207]

The dramatic camera angles gets me everytime 😎 satisfaction guarenteed, thanks Rudy

[@darrenlawrence1897]

wow this art is nuts long live the scourge lab

[@VisionsOfClarity]

Onslaught,Legions,scourge. My favorite block, because thats when i started playing :)

[@elfguy2007]

God the foiling of older cards are awesome.

[@NewRetroGaming]

One of my favorite sets! Also, the only set that I’ve ever completed a master set for!

[@jpeckham9280]

Just invested in some kaladesh, amonkhet and hour of devastation packs. Hopefully some innovation and masterpieces incoming

[@muffinland]

Oh man, Decree of Justice. I ran a cheesy Mirari/Mirari's Wake Green White mess with that card as my kill condition. Bunch of elf mana accel and absorbing tons of damage which I healed up through Wellwisher while I set up, then dropped 20 5/5 flying angels (or beefed them to 8/8 flying tramplers with Overrun) Wasn't making a killing, but it was a fun deck for FNM when I didn't feel like playing U/G Madness

[@ep1phany62]

24:05 Fun fact - The first sighting of Rudy’s Lighthouse is in the background of the art of Uncontrolled Infestation. Ps You can’t spell Uncontrolled with Trolled, lol😄

[@Eduardo-Cruz987]

Scourge was my first set. Good times.

[@andyrybarsyk2943]

Love the old school foils, wizards needs to do more retro judge foils. Pure art.

[@mrpzpdx]

Really great art and shine on that first foil card was incredible!!!

[@rogertruong5751]

1:08 RIP Oko inside that pack... That pack didnt stand a chance.

[@Kuja66613666]

yeah, the last one that's an enchantment is in the top 10 most valuable cards in the set. The zombie you mentioned is also decent, as is the tendrils and dragonspeaker shaman

[@robertunijat8299]

Oh man, this brings back memories. Good old times of quality non-Pringled foils!

[@ryangreenwald3755]

Your shelves are like walks through time.

[@riskydiceTCG]

that one pack had 3 playable cards, tendrils, temple and xantid swarm

[@joshuakeiser9073]

Hey comments/youtube community, I'm new to Alpha Investment's channel and my friends are fans of him as well, but we were wondering if he sells any of the boxes we see he has so many of. We were also wondering if that's what happens when he opens them: I.E. someone buys a box from him, he opens it for content, then sends the cards to the person. Alpha Investments?

[@sadisteck]

Scourge was when I started. Was fun

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Why on a Wednesday morning? What do you do Tuesday night?

[@mikehofer2393]

You know Rudy is from Florida when he has random ass lawn ornaments in his storage.

[@ninjaman0003]

hey rudy. just wanted to say i love watching these unboxing videos. i love the feeling of when an amazing card is pulled because you can really feel the amazement when it happens. while i am going to college for a business management degree and love the lectures you give here for running a business, i started watching for that pack opening feeling and also love seeing older cards because i started mtg in 2011. there are so many good cards i don't know about like dragonstorm. just had to buy a copy after seeing this video and put it into my dragon golos deck.

[@7Alberto7]

Great video,brings back so many memory and moment from when i was young...thanks Rudy

[@fallenweeble42]

Astral Cornucopia is triple x.

[@Twinrehz]

*Triple X* The one I know of is Astral Cornucopia, an artifact that enters with X counters. I feel like there's at least one more.

[@Rob71978]

I always felt that Vengeful Dead and Carrion Feeder were the 2 most underrated Zombie cards. Especially Carrion Feeder that lets you sac creatures for free. But those 2 cards together are a ticking time bomb and imo should be a staple for any Zombie deck. Well, any one they're legal in anyway.

[@kidicoris9512]

The 1st cards set with a big emphasis on dragons. I loved collecting/playing with this set.

[@MTGUnpacked]

Any set with a card named Goblin Psychopath is okay in my book👍👹👍

[@JoshTavares]

Astral Cornucopia is your XXX casting cost card, Rudy.

[@Dekaar]

interesting how rudy was so hyped about form of the dragon in a previous mystery box video and when he pulls the OG form of the dragon it looks like as if he thinks this is a baaaad card... and then bladewing the risen... I remember the days when Bladewing was one of the most played around decks because he was such a powerhouse in a dragon controlled meta xD Pemmin's Aura ... I . am . SUPERMAN!

[@austinhoeffner5111]

Decree of Justice brings back good memories of Rift Slide decks.

[@luiscordero9171]

I started magic when this set came out. First deck I made was a goblin deck

[@Ethan.s..]

Luis Cordero back the I remember clickslither saw play in type 2 goblin decks. Piledriver’s, warchiefs, siege gang commanders. Was a lot of fun.

[@Potluck_Brewing]

VALUE OF BOX: Uncommons: Alpha Status x3 $3.03 Aphetto Runecaster x2 $3.98 Brain Freeze x2 $11.76 Daru Warchief x2 $2.16 Dragonspeaker Shaman x3 $9.81 Edgewalker x3 $3.00 Long-Term Plans x2 $6.00 Pemmin's Aura x2 $25.94 Tendrils of Agony x3 $7.50 Undead Warchief x4 $18.16 Unspeakable Symbol x3 $4.50 Rares: Ambush Commander $1.03 Call to the Grave $1.00 Decree of Annihilation $8.50 Decree of Pain $3.83 Dragon Mage $1.33 Dragonstorm $1.19 Forgotten Ancient $1.72 Karona, False God $1.17 Lethal Vapors $2.61 Mischievous Quanar $4.33 Raven Guild Master $1.35 Siege-Gang Commander $1.62 Sliver Overlord $24.76 Sulfuric Vortex $1.01 Xantid Swarm $1.03 TOTAL VALUE: $152.32 * Prices taken from MTG Goldfish * Cards under $1 were not calculated

[@CJsComicsandGames]

Love this set. Guilty Conscience put on a Stuffy Doll = instant death. Was hoping to see a Stifle.

[@yongyea4147]

12:54 The first time Ruby reads something correctly he gets demonetized. On the bright side he is very rich.

[@SRTNATRAT]

this is the set i remember as a kid starting mtg with. has a huge place in my heart. nostalgia city lol thx for the video. what does a box of these go for?

[@jamesmcardle8266]

Nathan Rodriguez Rudy sells them for five floppy tacos a lock of your hair and a few pubes. You also have to agree to play magic the yuglioing in his parents basement 2 nights a week

[@akbron06]

About 350- 400 USD give or take

[@justinsnider9772]

300-400 bucks a box

[@jamesmcardle8266]

Damn I’m not as funny as I thought I was press f for lavaclaw reach around

[@thatman8848]

Pay F for respects to that bent pack, our fallen bretheren.

[@randomrandom1050]

I have 2 booster boxes sealed of Scourge

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

I work in printing, and foil stock is rather expensive, and the foil stock in this video is one of the higher end stocks I would bet, because they don't all have such a nice clear rainbow like this.

[@sam1127x]

Killin' it with the humor today Rudy!!!

[@thatepicwizardguy]

long term plans - worth less than undead warchief and the quanar

[@mindustrial]

I want to hear the story behind the damaged Throne and Spark boxes !

[@ilovemykitties84]

i used to have 3 upwellings, fun card

[@dstructr-hz1fr]

I plead guilty... I DID build a Cleric deck from this set. It still exists - and does still suck^^

[@TheAmericanDragn]

Seeing that bent Eldraine pack just hurt my soul

[@thgingerbreadman]

I played dragonstorm in type 2 so is a perfect handyou would play a mountain then write a flame rite of flame seething song seething song or three right of flames and one seething song then you play dragonstorm you win turn one