Chris Pine Is A Magic: The Gathering Card And There’s Only One Copy Of The One Ring And I Don't Care

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

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[@RockerfellerRothchild1776]

But you helped bring this about with your woke hipster vids .....so

[@rebeccalatty2293]

Lucky you only 500 bucks gonna be over a grand here due to currency exchange, 4 carbon taxes and HST Tax and sales tax

[@rolandking640]

I love you so much Brian. I can't express how much good you have injected into the community through simple perspective. Proper perspective is priceless. Thank you for the game of magic's sake

[@DontBeALlama]

What something you don't care about?! Blasphemy

[@dubotomist]

dude wheres the FaB content!?

[@SoreBae-Art]

Can't wait for Chris Pine to star in another movie so I can start running Chris Pine Tribal

[@damiansilva2454]

Pine Walker, Elder Pine of Jukai, Wall of Pine needles... Pine Barrens... ..WorldsPine Worm. Pine Tribal is real..ish which reminds me .. sPine of Ish Sah

[@BM-rd4ms]

We need him to be green so we can run forests.

[@VCV95]

I know there is an elf card my buddies all swore was just Dame Judy Dench. Like 100%. Can't remember the card but we were talking about it around 2010.

[@stevematthews4473]

Alter sleeves needs to make a specific alter. You know, a Chris Pine Treetment.

[@Gzilla313]

Universes Beyond DC Universe and Star Trek for Chris Pine as Steve Trevor and Capt Kirk incoming.

[@wingmage1]

What I love about the one ring is the potential for someone out there saying they don't care about this card and would set it on fire, only for them to pull a copy of it and have it corrupt their morals

[@weebly_]

After all, why shouldn't I?

[@imperialphoenix1229]

Hey man, if I pull it I'm taking the 100k public offer on it, I got land to buy and saving up takes forever

[@GrandDungeonDad]

“No….wait…..its here in my pocket.”

[@GrandDungeonDad]

I would say to that person “What is yours by happenstance that should have been mine!”

[@supernova9361]

Flavor win?

[@Starman_Dx]

"I don't care about the one ring" [Ominous LOTR music plays as Galadriel, the Queen of the Elves, narrates] The Professor, playing his booster box game, and with his usual blind luck, reveals a secret meant to be never found by the hands of mortal men. Prof: Why shouldn't I? It came to me, it belongs to me. It's my... Precious.

[@Gzilla313]

It would be hilarious if Prof pulled it!

[@TimmyTurner421]

@@Gzilla313 I genuinely believe he would get the card verified, travel to a volcano and throw the card in there and film everything for the community 😄

[@hamsandwich6685]

@@TimmyTurner421 we can only hope. The ring may corrupt him..

[@kingweb11]

I so hope for him to pull it in his booster box game haha.

[@MollymaukTealeaf-et3vg]

Why can I hear this in his voice?

[@Tuss36]

I think a good point you touched on in this and the Secret Lairs video is how there's been so much stuff it's tough to feel things are special any more. A reaction of nihilism makes sense in such a context, that is when nothing's special you get to decide what's special to you.

[@retro.7673]

If I pull the one ring. Me and the boys are taking a trip to a Volcano and throwing it in for a flavor win.

[@tommy_gunn3895]

Glad to see somebody else shares the same sentiment lol im going to get it graded first to show its real then film it. There is only one way to save that card!

[@charmandenator5686]

It must be done.

[@frankthetank520]

Instead of selling just the card you can sell the trip as well way higher profit

[@kherubim1]

Hope The One Ring won't corrupt you and break your fellowship.

[@KlomboFanClub]

uhhhh based department you're gonna wanna hear this

[@Metabearon]

Could you imagine the reaction of a kid in the 90s playing magic if you told them, “one day, Hugh Grant will be on a magic card”

[@danacoleman4007]

Yes. They would say, "who the f*** is Hugh Grant?"

[@GabagoolGang]

@@danacoleman4007 zoomer detected

[@agk4589]

@@GabagoolGang I'm 30 and I had no idea who Hugh Grant was. Then I checked his imdb and it became abundantly clear why.

[@zachallen6350]

Lol my AD was the Secret Lair D&D one..

[@klaussone]

I'd probably had walked out like many of us did on the Simpsons when they became an example of the things they used to mock. But I did walked out, on time anyway so who knows.

[@deathshop2172]

the one ring is honestly probably gonna end up in the back of some game store somewhere for a century or so.

[@christopherb501]

Here's hoping for a comic where it takes at least 2500 years, like the source material.

[@RadicalPrion]

Eh, I'm confident that WotC knows exactly where that card is and where it will end up . . . somewhere where it will make for a good PR story (tin foil hat activated?)

[@AlexDuWaldt]

Naw it'll get opened, gawked at, explained, sent off to a grading service where they will corroborate with Wizards of the Coast to ensure it's the only legitimate copy. After that It'll get sold via online auction where it'll get bought by Post or Cassius or some other whale for $10,000. And then it'll sit for the next century XD

[@pfcribbs5645]

There is already a standing offer of $100,000.

[@FistingAmy]

@@pfcribbs5645 He made a second offer: He'd buy it for $50k, and go with whoever cracked it to a volcano so they can throw it in together.

[@EyeOfTack]

I can't wait to see what revealing the 001/001 ring will do to collector packs box prices.

[@AnastasiaCorvina]

A massive price sink. Shelves upon shelves of worthless products.

[@devforfun5618]

it would be hilarious if it took 1 hour for someone to find

[@anthonytaylor6972]

​@@AnastasiaCorvina there's still other good stuff to hit

[@marvdaniels5603]

@@AnastasiaCorvina It's all about having fun. That's what it's all about. Nothing more.

[@a.velderrain8849]

If I find it, I'm never letting anyone know so that the price of sealed boxes can skyrocket to infinity.

[@bch9124]

I can't wait to see The One Ring 1/1 found and the price of Collectors Boxes diving to $145.

[@toms1782]

This, I really hope really hope it is found in week one so prices drop :)

[@Dmaulinator]

It was probably already found in the landfill with those Pokémon cards

[@BartAllen]

@@toms1782 *WOTC aren't going to let that be found in the first week lol ~*

[@carlocastelli8381]

@@toms1782 You're a genius

[@carlocastelli8381]

If anyone finds it is morally obliged to throw it in mt. Doom in New Zeland

[@Raymx3]

Thank you for pointing out what you did at the end. You said exactly what I’ve been thinking but didn’t know how to word it. I started playing magic after kaladesh and before ahmonket. Magic used to be a mysterious game where you would do everything to be absorbed by what content was put out. And damn people were into it. Now I am consistently 3/4 sets behind and just get to it when I can. There is SO MUCH PRODUCT that, just like the 1 of 1, I don’t care cause I can never consume it all. If I can show up to a draft and pull a cool card, that’s a win to me now. Wizards though, if they wanna keep people seriously engaged, need to slow product WAY down

[@PsychoDiesel48]

Same! Lovd just going into each new set if standard, going to drafts, and building decks out of what I pull from packs and booster boxes.

[@stephaneprivate1013]

Apparently Hasbo/WotC did reply that they well received community message about "product overload fatigue" and will take actions to reduce the release frequency. Should we belive them, this I don't know.. But I share this feeling too, imagine, I'm 40 I started magic in 1995, that was really really different lol, I mostly play modern and what I liked is that is was a NON ROTATING format, now it is not anymore, and I just cannot keep track of all the new singles to include in my decks. I still love the game in itself and WotC did create really exciting new cards and mechanics, but Modern Horizon was really too much, very smart from Hasbro to sell more packs to modern player base from a business standpoint

[@oldbutslow5486]

they need all the new sets for arena. ive said it before they are intentionally killing the physical card game to make way for arena and to compete against the 2nd hand market

[@xJarlaxle]

I had a lovely battle with eBay too. I sold a graphics card, the buyer gave me a 100% positive review and said it was a pleasure dealing with me! So then eBay banned my account and I had to fight for months to get the money from the sale 🙃

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

eeeek

[@Sarcose]

Yikes, I used to have a refurbishment business on Ebay and FB Marketplace and got banned on both after listing one of the items (literally just a SNES I cleaned up and repaired) because it was deemed fake for some reason (I copied and pasted the description and I think it dinged it), and still haven't gotten my accounts back >____

[@MaleusMaleficarum]

i got banned from ebay in the 90s.. after buying of all things... some Magic cards. They then reported me as having sent money to Iran. ive never been able to clear my email account.

[@BigMikeBazil]

I got banned from ebay the same day I created the account. Before I could search my first time my account was already banned

[@Fopenplop]

​@@MaleusMaleficarumyeah it used to be great for yellow cake uranium. So unfortunate that a few bad actors ruined it for everyone.

[@scottcampbell9515]

I am SO HAPPY that "Tolarian Winds" is back! These are my favorite videos of yours.

[@owldeer631]

I’m only bummed that the human, dwarf, and elven sol rings weren’t so limited. Do fancy versions and then let the rest of us have a better chance at getting the non fancy ones

[@ZakanaHachihaCBC]

I’m quite bothered that the only foils of the rings are the XXX/X00. Why could they not do normal, foil and serialized rainbow foils like they did Brothers War

[@Shadowquacker]

I used to love Magic too, but enough products became “not for me” that the whole game began to feel that way.

[@stevescruby1343]

I used to be obsessed with Magic. Now I could care less, for the reasons you stated above.

[@an3582]

I stopped playing right around the time EDH was renamed commander. Just life getting in the way, friends moving on etc. Never played the format anyways, not for me. Ive tried looking into coming back over the years and I can say that it's definitely not for me anymore.

[@brw147]

Or maybe your tastes have changed?

[@MMK86]

they're so greedy they cant help but pump out more and more, crap, err, product I mean

[@an3582]

@@brw147 Maybe the taste of Magic is not what it used to be. They changed the recipe like when a mom and pop restaurant becomes a franchise and they completely dilute the recipe. But yeah, people change and we have less time or patience for certain things.

[@theabrandt6177]

We all knew you were gonna be excited for the LotR set, given that Bilbo himself would be jealous of your suits 😄

[@RedRuneblade_Alt]

Omg yes 😂 hadn't even thought of that!

[@Azarthax]

The transition from talking about Kaladesh Inventions to buying at Card Kingdom was great lol

[@Sicho84]

It is very flavorful at least. The card is literally like the one ring, as the person who find and keeps it will probably slowly go mad thinking about when it is the right time to sell it xD

[@christopherb501]

Should have at least done it with small serializations for the other Rings.

[@kingragnork]

I just want the artwork

[@Sicho84]

@@kingragnork contact the artist? Maybe they sell prints. There will surely also be a UltraPro Playmat or something. However, if you meant you want the artwork on the card to play with, you will need to proxy.

[@Yammenkow]

Yeah they did just what the bad guy did in the story! I'm sure that doesn't say anything about WotC as a company!

[@ettoreozzy9932]

Only flavorful with the One Ring... All the other rings flavor was thrown out of the window since is an atrocity because we have 300, 700 and 900 rings...

[@nicolascasime9248]

Sup prof? Just wanted to let you know that I recently received your deck box. It's amazing! I can't me more satisfied with it, it's great. Thx for an amazing job

[@SirJamesIGamerfuzion]

While the 1/1 Ring card is super cool I kinda hope whoever gets it will go on said journey to a Volcano and actually destroy will collectors be pissed yes but to be honest would be worth the story it will hold for the rest of history

[@golgariplague4746]

With people offering over 200.000$? Yeah, won't gonna happen. "The ring tempts you" to sell it 😌

[@demyxix1273]

@@golgariplague4746kickstart do i have the balls to destroy the one and only ring? Then you will see. I would do it for free because inthe afterlife you have also nothing

[@jokerman9623]

​@@demyxix1273no you wouldn't.

[@homebrewed]

Imagine a company rewarding players for just playing their game - WILD!

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Pokemon? Vanguard? Yu-Gi-Oh?

[@demyxix1273]

Imaging a company bait you with a very rare card to sell more packs and get more profit

[@ElDocBruh]

Never expected to think "I really need Hugh Grant for my Krav deck"

[@JRCSalter]

I actually really like the idea of a 1 of 1 single printing of the One Ring. Even if it gets lost in a landfill, it's just so damn flavourfull. Give it a few thousand years, and maybe it'll be dug up by a hobbit.

[@Volkbrecht]

I'd love the idea of someone opening the card, then posting a video burning it on youtube as bick F you to WotC.

[@qlcrane8019]

Wotc will 100% manipulate where the box with the ring will go. The 1/1 card is just publicity for them and there is no way they would actually randomize in some pack and send it in a place they don't know

[@Dyllon2012]

@@qlcrane8019 I think they might know where it is, but I think that could get them into legal trouble if they manipulate where it goes.

[@Robinator1103]

@@Dyllon2012 Like that stops multi-million dollar companies.

[@NewRetroGaming]

The flavor may not be so great if it’s in a landfill for a thousand years. Probably pretty bad flavor in fact.

[@TomHickey]

The lovable snark was on point this episode. Kudos!

[@VenCorbin]

This felt like such an honest and heartfelt video from you professor. Thank you for being so forward with us as your community.

[@EpicMEF]

I thought I couldn't care less, but I pushed through to the Anti-care stage. Any time I think about buying a pack or some singles, they announce/leak some new whale bait and I suddenly lose any desire to buy any cards 😓

[@donkeywent]

agreed. And I work in an LGS. I used to see a new legendary creature and wonder what sort of jank I could build around it for EDH ... now I feel swamped and havent built a deck in 2 years. The firehose of product has me battered and beaten.

[@mickshealthjourney3635]

Couldn't agree more. The Secret Lair onslaught, the never-ending spoiler season, the exclusivity of Collector Boosters, the watering down of Commander and Challenger decks, 30th Anniversary Edition. It all used to hurt, but now? I'm just numb to it all. Aside from the occasional free game of Arena, the only "Magic" I do anymore is watch a video from the prof every now and then, just to see if anything has changed for the better. And at some point, I'm may care so little that I stop watching videos, uninstall Arena, and just think of Magic as a game I used to like.

[@owlbedamned4034]

@@mickshealthjourney3635 "...just think of Magic as a game I used to like." That's all it's been this whole time. Try not to forget that. Don't buy product. You're feeding a shit-ridden beast every single time you allow yourself to forget that it is just a game and continue to buy sealed product. There is no reason to ever buy a product from WotC. Anything they could *ever* offer you could be made from your own printer at home. Or a friend's printer, or whatever. Hasbro doesn't give a fucking shit about Magic: The Gathering. They *strictly* care about feigning enough interest to understand how to keep selling it. Period. They do not care about your experience or how much you spend to attempt to experience it. Fuck 'em.

[@557deadpool]

Ok child

[@557deadpool]

@@mickshealthjourney3635 dumb reason to quit the game but ok

[@FoodKingWolfie]

Professor, youre great. I have bad ADHD, and "the shiny" is often blindingly enticing to me. Your critiques really help me sort through the "worth it" and "not worth it.".

[@autobotstarscream765]

The shiiiiiiny...my precioussssss...

[@TheMorrigan31]

You summed it up pretty well, I truly couldn't care less for any of this stuff at all. I will definitely completely ignore the LOTR set because I really don't like crossover sets, not even the dnd stuff, so I will just stay away and at max get singles that are good for my decks (even then I'll do it begrudgingly)

[@bongatumtum]

Gotta say, I'm liking this snark Professor. Thanks for your commentary as always!

[@willwithanxbox]

In my opinion The one of ring wouldn't be as bad if wizards decided to hold a charity auction for it like they do for foil sheets. It would show some morals. A one of k8nd card that will never be reprinted would be the perfect item for a charity auction.

[@Stinkoman87]

And if not that, as the grand prize for a big event, say a LotR draft event at a magic con. At least we would know who had it and when they got it, rather than never knowing who opened it or even if it's been opened yet.

[@normative]

Well, but then it doesn’t work as a marketing gimmick. The whole point is to get free coverage of the Willy Wonka ticket being hidden amongst the whale-boosters. But yes, that’d be a nice thing for them to do occasionally.

[@HQofrandom]

If they did that guarantee the majority of proceeds wouldn't go to charity

[@Earthboundmike]

Actually that's a pretty fucking good idea why didn't they do that, that would have been amazing pr.

[@TheAverageGuyTAG]

@Noctus Pretty easy for me to not quit when I just buy singles and play Arena. The only booster packs I get are either prize packs or ones I get from buying into a draft.

[@captainkiwi77]

I got an ad for Pokémon on this video and every day KZbin makes me move closer

[@winniebowser4447]

excited for the Universes Within cards! I love when my Magic cards are printed as Magic cards :)

[@bobross8585]

I just love playing Magic

[@winniebowser4447]

@@bobross8585 me too bob ross

[@flyingalienqueen]

I appreciate your approach of thinking reasonably and discussing the nuance of opinions so much. That’s why you’re the Prof!

[@kwintenkoeter7274]

I kind of like the One Ring as a gimmick. It's flavourful and cool. I don't care that I don't get to play with it, I'm honestly just happy that it exists.

[@jrpgnation6375]

Then they Dmitry again and again and again. Then you care when is too late

[@TheMadwomen]

I agree with that. Plus, the capitalist greed one gains when one finds this mystical card would be accurate to the corruption magic of the ring. The fact that there are other actually usable copies of it helps too tbh.

[@UNBOXBURRITO]

As always, well said professor! We can always go back and play with old sets and cards from when we first got into magic to remind us of why we loved the game in the first place.

[@VerninTheRat]

I think I'm just going to go back and start collecting previous sets. Being a returning player that last collected during Onslaught, until Kamigawa Neon Dynasty last year - I am absolutely overwhelmed by the amount of product they're laying out now. It's wild. I really think that Kaladesh is one of the most beautiful and artistic sets in existence, so I'm actually more excited about getting to collect that. (If you look at the set as a whole, it has this fluid, almost Art Nouveau style to the entire set.) I just think as a new, inexperienced and more importantly: Not Wealthy collector, I'm going to have more fun taking that route. Sure, I do like some of the recent sets, but it's obviously becoming a sea for whales. What about us that just wanna be a fish and have fun, huh? The Prof. makes a good point here - because the correct action in opposition to this onslaught of releases is just to sit back and say, "No bother." Find a way to enjoy the game at your level of financial ability and not get wrapped up in the fervor, or the latest rhetoric of MTG. Reminds me very much of Genshin Impact. I don't invest a lot of money into it, but it is nonetheless a very fun game for me. But they make some things so expensive to get that I am just perturbed that people are spending literally thousands of dollars on it. Saw an account with an investment of $150,000 and was just speechless afterwards.

[@enitsu-142]

I’ve missed this channel Professor. Thanks for still doing this after all those years ❤

[@jackwilson5050]

I have no ambition to chase the One True Ring, but I think it is neat. I’m interested in seeing what happens to it, especially if one of the volcano planners actually gets their mitts on it.

[@TimmyTurner421]

I hope the card gets destroyed

[@Buffalo93]

@@TimmyTurner421 That would be really funny.

[@WingedSoda]

Precious!

[@devforfun5618]

that thought is so common that i think wizards is also counting on it, the destruction itself will be a marketing stunt and they dont even need to plan it

[@LouisKing995]

Some whale who bought thousands of boxes will get it 🤷‍♀️

[@thesteve0345]

This is a great video. I had a conversation similar to this with a friend today and it's nice to hear another person remind the community that we are meant to have fun with this game even if WOTC forgot.

[@thatepicwizardguy]

Couldn't care less about the 1/1 ring card since there's other copies that will be way more readily available (and hopefully they're not short printed so the card won't be super expensive for people who want it). Similarly about the D&D secret lair... the cards look mechanically kind of interesting and fun. I like them from that standpoint and using depictions of the actors in the movie as the art is fine. Almost makes them more fun for some people which is what secret lair is about really, so just hoping to see alt printings in the near future.

[@registereduser]

I can make my own 1/1 copy, give me one of those helper cards for the DFCs and a good pen.

[@ettoreozzy9932]

I just wanted a One ring written in black speech like my Phyrexian Praeator written in phyrexian...

[@angrybadger121]

I agree with the ring point. There are plenty of other ways to get The One Ring, so if there is a special 1/1 I don't really mind

[@mhutch5082]

Stop playing yourself

[@reisiramv]

This is a banger video, one of the best Tolarian Winds yet

[@Xenabeans]

At some point I feel like I’m being pushed out of keeping up with Magic, new releases just keep, coming😢

[@utkphilobio]

And they keep getting more expensive. Formats like Modern have become prohibitively expensive to keep up with.

[@malakimphoros2164]

​@@utkphilobio Pauper too Reprint Snuff Out already

[@orangegalen]

“Now the sets start coming and they don’t stop coming and they don’t stop coming and they don’t stop coming and they don’t stop coming and they don’t stop coming and they don’t stop coming and they don’t stop coming…”

[@newtpondskipper]

​@Malakim Phoros I traded stuff to other players so they'd have the cards at a decent price. This was a decent thing to do and for that I don't regret it. Never reprinting some commons made me regret some of those deals due to not having enough for new decks I want to build without breaking down my built ones. I tend to be the guy who brings the decks for new players so their doesn't tend to be enough of the most used cards.

[@orangegalen]

@Noctus Like the Prof. says, it's okay to still like a thing and also have critiques/dislikes about that thing. Honestly this is the most I've been into MTG since 2019 and I came back at arguably the worst time to do so. I really like playing MTG and like the stuff they're putting out, but also don't like that they're putting out so much stuff and how they're doing it.

[@benjaminkaye5119]

This was a great video. I have been feeling the same way and I am changing my love of the game and how I love the game. Truly hit home with that concept as you expressed how I have been feeling in a well thought out video !

[@narvuntien]

Having caught an early showing of the D&D movie I am more excited about Chris Pine being on a magic card.

[@Chocolate83Bunny]

LMFAO that edit to the landfill with the seagull noises. Top tier editing as always

[@within_the_sky2356]

I like how the one-of-one One Ring fits thematically, whatever happens to it will parallel some part of the story, even if someone were to destroy it out of spite towards Hasbro. I do worry if Hasbro sees it as a success we might see more one-of-one cards which'd be awful

[@JamesHaleyActor]

You've made me change the way I think about magic! I love playing for a decent price and cracking packs so all I do is draft!

[@utkphilobio]

I just don't get why it's Modern legal. This set should be available for those who want it, but ignorable by those who don't. But I agree. You could not have described how I feel about the present state of Magic any better. I just don't care anymore. God bless you prof.

[@GSBro]

I'm excited for this set, but I totally agree with you. It should 100% be ignorable for those who don't want it because not everyone is a LOTR fan or wants to use LOTR cards.

[@utkphilobio]

@@GSBro Yeah. I want to be excited for this set. I've been a huge fan of LOTR for 30 years now, I feel like this should be the set for me, but I'm really turned off by the Modern legality and price point.

[@malakimphoros2164]

That's MH3 for you

[@vking7]

You've said exactly why - in light of players saying "I don't have to - and don't want to - care about every single release", WOTC is saying "Oh I'm going to **make you** care."

[@pt6238]

Everyone should ignore this set

[@stephanebottet5846]

I have just received my - The Academic 133 + XL, both the regular and red & gray. Can't wait to put my 2 best deck in a case they deserve. Merci beaucoup Professor.

[@bcfblack]

I totally agree with your feeling about why the 01/01 ring is not that exciting for most people, that it's basically just an ad. But that said! I do think it's very cool from a pure flavor perspective. There's no chance of me or a friend of mine ever seeing it, and you're right that it's just gonna end up in the hands of whoever is rich enough to drop 4, 5, maybe even 6 figures on it, which is disappointing. But also thematically on brand! People tripping over themselves to outbid one another for the 01/01 ring where WotC doesn't even profit on that hoarding instinct? Feels right for the one ring haha.

[@PhazonOmega]

I must have missed the video on foiling! I love hearing there's a foiling technique that works!

[@shocknawe]

“At least is not Chris Pratt” Took the words out of my heart.

[@autobotstarscream765]

It's a-me, the guy with the movie where Bowser stole-a-the show!

[@KederektundUnx]

What You are feeling with this products is what i am feeling with all mtg since Dominaria.

[@sushimidget840]

It's impossible to respect wizards for anything anymore. They don't even respect their own game.

[@froschkenig]

I need more grumpy old man vibe from you Prof. xD That's part of the reason I come here hahaha

[@froschkenig]

I am so glad to see this intro more often again. ... Was my request anymore haha

[@MasterQuestMaster]

Honestly, the serialized The One Ring is one of the biggest flavor wins ever and I love it.

[@JC-xw4cp]

This is why I love the Professor and this channel will always be my fav for Magic content. Don’t ever let anyone steal your spark Prof!!

[@The1AndOnlyGoldenboy]

Anybody getting excited about the one-off printing for The One Ring doesn't know how lotteries work. The odds of pulling it are ASTRONOMICAL.

[@Shade7x]

I think it’s exciting in a “what’s going to happen?” way. Will it even be found? How much will it sell for or will the finder keep it?

[@KingOfDepravity]

That’s the fun? 😂

[@Shade7x]

I mean, I’m not buying a single pack of this set, so instead of a near-zero chance, I have an actual zero chance of ever seeing this, so yeah, it’s just an interesting experiment to observe for me.

[@Anon08061945]

Prof nails it again. Feel the exact same way. Love his videos.

[@tomdonoghue777]

My only problem with magic right now is the price, why does it cost so much? being left out of a lot of products they make is quite sad I just wish I had enough money to buy some packs of the commander set coming up.

[@unsuspiciousdweller8967]

Especially since they're just slips of cardboard. I could print a whole deck for less than 5 bucks off pictures online, why should i pay $35 for 10 RANDOM cards i probably won't even like?

[@justinwhitaker2143]

Thank you!!! That’s exactly what I’m saying!!! The odds of someone pulling it are highly unlikely.

[@shaylic3795]

The one ring would of been neat for a tournament prize. But when it goes unclaimed due to someone not knowing what it is will be disappointing.

[@Canahedo]

Excellent points Prof, but I do also love the snark!

[@BrawndoTheThirstMutilator]

also if a card is worth more than like 50 bucks you should always always ship with signature verification instead of just tracking. it cost just a few bucks more but you have a signature which is unrefutable proof someone received that package at that address

[@addisonhennessy7657]

registered mail with usps does require a signature actually

[@hoolahooop]

I think you overestimate Ebay's ability to think logically.

[@sarahbuck2506]

Had a PC shipped through Fedex with signature required. Fedex dude dropped it at the door, forged a signature and left. Luckily family members were home and noticed it shortly, but they never even heard a knock.

[@nanoglitch6693]

At this point, I won't be surprised when wotc starts selling the flavor-text area on cards as adspace.

[@refard5]

they should hand out the different singles of these as promos at the movies IMO

[@wolfchamp308]

As time progressed I noticed a huge change in magic to where I joined a finance page about this and watch as cards go from $1 to $30 in about a week or so. I don’t partake in it but what I do, do is instead of buying boxes lately i’ve been pushing for singles mostly now. Proxies are even starting to become ok to me because of the prices are getting far too high to buy several boxes just to have the cards and the fun of opening packs anymore. We had a friend who wanted a $3 card and was gonna buy packs until she got it and I outright said “just buy it on tcgplayer at this point, you’re not gonna hit any of the high dollar cards in this set while trying to get the $3 card.” Proxies are seen in competitive edh at my lgs and I was a huge stickler of “dont play the card if you dont own it” but as more and more do proxies i’m starting to become ok with it. Love magic but really starting to hate the financial strain its becoming on people who play it.

[@alexparsons3295]

The 1/1 one ring is wizards testing to see how close you can get to the literal definition of gambling, while hiding behind a game that surrounds it.

[@jjzwak]

Anyone else remembering the whole WotC saying 'buy what you like' thing? I always thought that made sense, so I'm glad to se the Prof's come round to realize it's okay to not love everything Magic. Hoping more people can get on board with this and focus on the parts that excite them rather than the things that they'd be better of ignoring.

[@gothco]

I've been struggling with this feelings for awhile.. it's nice to see someone "in the thick of it" struggling too, and coming to the conclusion that they only have to interact with what they like. What makes it frustrating for me is if I'm not wanting to deal with something, and someone else does, where is that middle ground? I don't want to yuck their yum, but I also don't want to be yucked on.

[@danacoleman4007]

Don't let the b******* going on in this world confuse you. You are allowed to have whatever feelings you want regardless of how other people feel about those feelings.

[@psuguy221]

I just love the content here. “Bite me” lmao just amazing!

[@xqt6339]

Apathy either kills a company/product, or blows it up to the point that it becomes a staple (eg, Call of Duty, Skyrim)

[@Isabelb]

Great take on the changes of a company and our reactions to them.

[@MajSpork]

Almost missed it but that "As the kids say, go eat some grass" joke was HILARIOUS. I full on snorted.

[@dragonsigner]

This movie is getting into D&D. Now I want to try the D&D set. And get the secret layer too .

[@SpellboundTutor]

So once upon a time, there was someone who wanted to stir up chaos. So they released four wild hogs into a local Wal-Mart. To make it more chaotic, they painted the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 on them beforehand. After all four were found, the store was still in a panic because they could never find hog #4. That's how I feel about the 1/1 One Ring. I have apathy for it and, as a result, will only casually watch whatever race for someone to get it when the card very likely never turn up, if it will actually exist in packs in the first place.

[@spookytanooky]

I have a sudden craving for bacon now.

[@JodouTR]

*insert citzen kane clap gif here* THANK YOU for your candor on the One Ring situation. It's refreshing to hear a voice with no punches pulled, and for exposing how the predation of people this card will have. Couldn't agree more how such a ridiculous serialized card will never surface, or if it does will just go to the highest bidder. They're toying with fire now, because this enters the territory of illegal gambling marketed to children. They should at the very least need to battle a lawsuit, even if to win it would cost them money. And that's what hurts them most: losing money.

[@ComDenox]

Imagine a child finding the one One Ring in a random pack their parent gifted to them. And then playing with it unsleeved, or throwing it in a box because maybe they think it's a bad card and that they got unlucky.

[@huskyeclair5345]

Oh god

[@catjazzhappycat7273]

Or it ends up in a landfill because nobody buys the pack ever,

[@jackhemsworth7515]

@@huskyeclair5345 What's this stupid thing? i can't read that *rips*

[@damiansilva2454]

this would be a pure a beautiful use of the card and I hope it happens this way.

[@thatepicwizardguy]

I'm fine with this, and actually hope it happens. It's a more interesting story for the card if some random kid gets it and plays with it not really realizing what they have.

[@jonathangibson9482]

I like this sort of very rambly video. Thank you.

[@jamesrauch9103]

Professor.. you are the best.. I'm feeling burnt about mtg being so dang expensive.. but I still love the game.. I like buying hundreds of 1 cent to 10 cent cards and building fun decks with my family. Thanks for doing what you do.

[@jaymaryfred]

lol, what a great video! Humor on point for The Prof! The content get's better and better all the time! Pretty rare for most channels in my experience. Ps: I don't care either :P and I saw the non click-bait video , it was also a good one :) Wishing you well in your studies Prof!

[@Skankhunt-sj7bk]

I think it's pretty fun flavour wise. I think wotc has much bigger issues.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

How is it fun flavour wise when that flavour means you don't get to play with it? It's very indicative of WOTCs bigger issues ie, constantly making products that aren't for the average player, general exclusion for newer players so they can keep prices up, etc.

[@blemski]

​@@NeutralGuyDoubleZero because they are still printing the non serialized version at regular rates. People will still get to play this card, just the 1 of 1 serialized card will end in someone's collection on a shelf somewhere. As far as issues with wizards this one is at the bottom for me too.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

@@blemski In that case it's just incredibly lame. Its not any kind of flavor if there are in fact many others ones you can play. A petty gimmick to try and encourage collectors to flock in and buy up more packs and drive prices up. *Also* one of WOTCs bigger issues.

[@Skankhunt-sj7bk]

@@NeutralGuyDoubleZero lmao you can just play one of the other versions

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

@Skankhunt 42 Explain how its a flavour win then if everyone can actually have it. It's just a lame gimmick to try and get collectors to shell out for packs.

[@shadowedknight66]

If I found the One Ring I would have a proxy made, announce to the world I would "cast it into the fire", and throw the proxy. Then as I get old let the world know it stills exists and "I was there when the strength of men failed"

[@0urher0nik0]

I think it’s important to be critical of things you love. There’s always room for improvement. The Pokémon community is also REALLY bad about cherishing the scraps the Pokémon Company gives them. Let’s not be the Pokémon community

[@registereduser]

My mother lives by the philosophy of your first sentence.

[@terrykingpin1452]

​@@registereduser lol damn

[@ForeverLaxx]

@@registereduser Don't be silly. She never loved you.

[@criddell86]

You are amazing, sir. Never change

[@tuxxle8830]

Whoever gets the one copy of the one ring should tear it in half, and make it a big public statement to show that we won’t be held hostage to the foolish marketing ploys of WotC.

[@keldone3186]

not tear it. Burn it for flavour

[@tuxxle8830]

@@keldone3186 haha yes, cast it into the fire, to the horror of the all-seeing dark lord WotC.

[@thatepicwizardguy]

I mean... if I got it I'd put it up for bidding amongst the high end collectors. IDK about you but the money would help my family out a lot. No "message to WotC" is worth saving my family from drowning in medical bills and such.

[@keldone3186]

@@thatepicwizardguy ach dude... we can not help you xD. Make better life decissions and leave america i guess

[@JasonOshinko]

You could set $100,000 on fire right now to make the same statement. Do it, cowards.

[@Pufffball]

As a fairly new player of MTG I love watching your videos and hearing your thoughts on different topics. Definitely makes things less daunting and more enjoyable. Playing and learning Magic is the most fun I’ve had in years! Would love to see an ama or event vlog video in the future :)

[@hanktank45]

For the longest time, I would've been excited about this. I think a lotr fits in the game better than other crossovers. However, I'm finding it hard to really care. I think it's mostly just bad taste that's been building from wizards.

[@Purtle28]

Hey Hank :)

[@dsyphoria]

"go eat some grass" followed by "bite me" makes this my favourite video of yours

[@elizaeve7922]

This video is how I found out about the Street Fighter cards... I honestly could NEVER tell the difference between "real" and fake mtg cards anymore! If someone made a Wednesday Adams mtg card, I would totally believe them if they acted like it was a real card...

[@autobotstarscream765]

I want an Addams Family Deck in one of the big TCGs so bad!

[@darkbrothr3717]

“As the kids say, go eat some grass.” Easily the funniest quote I’ve heard.

[@flicker1395]

I didn’t know this was happening until literally right now.

[@matwhang]

Love the Prof’s inputs 😅

[@grnteabug]

My greatest wish for the one ring is that a child with little knowledge of magic opens it, cant read it and destroys it.

[@JasonOshinko]

Yes, because children with no knowledge of Magic often drop $35 on a collector booster.

[@xelic1996]

I can't even recognize this game. I miss when all we got was standard sets, commander precons, and the occasional master's set.

[@scottspencer5242]

Years of that "I don't care" feeling is what caused me to walk away from Magic last month after having played since Weatherlight. So much of the game I loved has fallen away over time to the point I just didn't care about or enjoy what it has become.

[@theaeskey2502]

You can always count on Prof for the 🔥 takes and holistic view of the game we all love.

[@MaxShovel]

You shall not care!

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

A+

[@cliffjam]

We love your opinions when you speak from the heart professor.