How did we get here?

[@deinemam7115]

Phyrexia is the last soulful aspect of old school MTG that carries them now. As soon as they have milked that (beginning of next year), I see a grim future for Magic. Not for all TCGs (not CCGs my brother in christ), just for Magic.

[@chilledoutvibe]

Rudy you make the best workout videos of all time.

[@kuroshm]

I’m a traditionalist, I like watching Rachel Maddow before I lift

[@AZNCIess]

even more people to watch rudy before pumping iron? gotta love it!

[@theaeskey2502]

You know the one of one ring will rot in Rudy’s warehouse for 30 years.

[@Lawrence_Teo_YY]

@@kingriddick6989 Possible... very possible... but his kids might take 1-2 years to open the heavy bags =D

[@zacheryainsworth3825]

It's his prescious!! It's gonna corrupt him like Golem.

[@godhimself532]

Don't be so sure about that. I might just sell it when I get it to Rudy first to make an offer. Plus I know how to live a thousand years.

[@masterflamewing234]

I assure you wizards already knows who will be opening that. Will not surprise me if someone opens it in a stream but for sure will be someone with a lot of followers recording “random” packs

[@professoroaksvintagecards4315]

I’m literally half way through your ‘revenge of the card shop life’ and am loving old KZbin Rudy! Some of the information there is super useful! I’d love for you to sell patreons old singles. Appreciate you rudy!

[@bendersbrain]

What !! phylosophy, science and cardboard :) Im at home. Rudy, I want you as my commander, since you are Legendary

[@DanielRuizVideos]

“Things are bullish! … Buy my boxes at $89 shipped!

[@bigmac9439]

Id rather buy from someone reputable like Alpha Investments but Ty for offering!!!

[@Brettyg599]

"How did we get here?" I want to know how we got from Rudy saying save your money right now, dont buy every product to pumping literally every single set from the last 3 years aggressively. How did we get here Rudy?

[@TempoLOOKING]

John deer sold out. I work on the cardboard palettes.

[@7Alberto7]

That background❤ Thank you so much Rudy for teaching us everyday! God I love learning everyday so much!

[@martinmalicus3987]

Hope you didn't follow him buying Hasbro stock

[@robertpearce2244]

That was a great vid Ruby. Love your long-form rambles 😊 But hey, still waiting on your new patron offer…😉🙏

[@thearmourer]

Monarch went up when James confirmed another light and shadow set is coming after Outsiders.

[@goremall4330]

I've been saying this for years, go look at the death of superman comics in the mid 90's. This is the exact same thing magic is doing. They've created what they say are collectibles instead of creating products that the consumer decides whether or not they are collectibles. This never works. It's just like the 90's comic disaster and the death of superman comics where a prime example if that.

[@sleepyrick]

Rudy thinking Dom United's Lost Legends add ANY value to the collector boxes is ridiculous.

[@fleshandbloodbrothers]

WTR and Arcane is so hard to find! And it was there the whole time... Crazy

[@VetBodGaming]

I switched to focusing on FaB about a year ago. I occasionally buy magic stuff, mostly commander, but I'd prefer to pick up FaB boxes.

[@coreyhagen]

We didn’t know the Fed was going to make Cash King after Lord Vader invaded Ukraine and raised food and oil commodities higher.

[@pokeymonster]

We are still in an overall long term downtrend in my opinion. So no, I wasn't overly bearish. In fact, despite these uptics I'm still bearish. I was born bearish. But there are better times comming. Next year or perhaps the year after. But personally I think the worst has yet to come for the financial world globally. Stocks, Crypto, Collectibles etc etc.

[@ROMANTIKILLER2]

All emotions aside, personally I have a couple of issues with holding a lot of sealed product that makes it not a very desierable asset as a pure investment: - extremely low liquidity - the physical space it holds, which for people living in apartments in big cities with high cost per m2 is not something to underestimate - opportunity cost - generally limited returns that most of modern products grant over a relatively long span of time when inflation and shipping costs are deducted I can see the value in investing in certain premium specialty sets, but most of releases I see as skippable in favoure of alternatives such as stock shares etc. I can see it working well for some under certain conditions, but generally I'd rather avoid to keep boxes taking dust and living space for years with often dubious opportunities of decent returens.

[@gunit4379]

I stopped buying and storing sealed product and just the cards I win playing is still a pain to store and keep in sellable condition. As far as investments go it sure feels better to hold a dividend paying stock that I can sell with the push of a button.

[@trancedarkdust90]

You ever listen to an album and thought…..”meh”. Then much later you listen to it and think hmmm. Then listen again and…”ah yeah this is good.” Then its one of your favourites? Well thats magic sets. Generally the masses don’t get it it first. I mean, wow, there is so much that comes out. We have no time to digest. We be all bunged up man, takes some tums.

[@visible_frylock]

Every morning is a Tums festival.

[@coool20]

Look up the mere exposure effect

[@pawpatrolnews]

Dr. Rudy, can you do a video on how many of the 6.9 redemption have been redeemed?

[@KrepsyK]

I have one in my stepsisters basement

[@crashthestash]

PLEASE TAKE A TACO BELL SPONSORSHIP RUDY

[@phanomen-aal6147]

Concerning WTR, Arcane and Cru Unlimited, people did not care because it was labeled as "unlimited". If they would have called it "Beta", which is more fitting people would prob had another approach for the WAC Unlimited sets. I can remember, my LGS had all 3 of the first sets on ramp all day, any day, for several years. Only around dec22, all WAC unlimited products disappeared. I opened several displays of the unlimited sets of WAC. Sometimnes I just stopped by and bought 10-20 booster of them. And now, when supply is getting scarce, people want it. Clown world.

[@wigiti]

I think unlimited was originally meant to be like History pack than could be reprinted if needed. Now history pack is new unlimited. Until there is something new that will replace it.

[@CJ_Williams]

​@@wigitiI think that was the original community misconception. It was design to fill the market as required when the original sets ran short with CRU unlim being a late entry that was not planned. It was never going to be reprinted over and over as that's an impossibility.

[@urbano999]

The first listing in tcgplayer for TOA 1st ed is a store offering 450!!! boxes for 68 usd. If I were Rudy I would swoop in and buy the whole cargo. The entry point is so low that the downside is truly reduced. Now that everybody is on to the first 3 unlimited boxes and MON (due to next release being light nad shadow again), I feel TOA 1st and EVR 1st are the real killing strategies.

[@lotoex]

I just opened a case of ToA. on my channel. (well a few packs on video, the rest off) I pulled 2 legendary cold foils.

[@Momofatts1]

How do we win a trip to Rudy World and meet Timmy Wanka for the day?

[@SpartanMining]

Those frames are awesome, I remember the video of you torching them, surprisingly hard to burn cards lol.

[@satchmosanzabar9023]

Good advice around the 28:45 mark ! Make sound financial decisions outside of cardboard before you skip haircuts, put on the pink visor, and fill the basement.

[@diversityhobbit]

The glass house is cracking

[@JoseValencia-um1ne]

Yo what's your retake on battle spirit saga

[@Executioner1171]

Need to up your mic game, only been getting audio out my right speaker as of late. 🤔

[@themanasquirrel]

Very good discussion and solid financial takes. I appreciate your insights!

[@damonhymer5960]

I love the cards, love the game. When I retire, my little LGS off the beach is going to have stacks of old stock. It might not work out, but dreams propel. That’s how I get up every morning

[@malakimphoros2164]

Hoping for your dreams to come true one day, keep the hobby alive

[@gunit4379]

if you don't own stocks already: start taking at least half of what you spend on MTG and buy stocks instead.

[@samsonlin9634]

Rudy always talk about his left but I am sure the right one is getting jealous!

[@bullrunben9855]

Rudy! Thanks for the videos! Very entertaining

[@szww]

Rudy, this was nice chat, thanks. One question from me, what do you think of upcoming Lorcana?

[@mandielyn0416]

Rudy I can tell you the “why” Monarch was worthless sixty days ago and fire today. Half of the set was unusable in gameplay sixty days ago. The announcement of the next set has that half of the set usable again when that set comes out.

[@kashmm]

Permaculture... If Cardboard doesn't work out, you can always look into that my guy.

[@Timbosliceintheflesh]

"Act greedy when others are fearful and reap enhanced returns under the right set of circumstances"

[@kushector]

@12:15 amazing concept to analyze

[@kushector]

so as I 've gotten to the end of the video i've thought that the real answer is maybe ... nothing. Some assets cycle from desirable to toxic or back the other way again because of other issues that are larger overall. If there is no direct catalyst can be mostly unrelated politics and macro socio and economic issues that drive things and sometimes you just have to ride em out.

[@olegpenna6545]

for me..is you that deserves to open the one ring!

[@kscience2]

When did we get here?

[@braindead8899]

Representing SWITZERLAND ❤

[@milotheham9678]

So much knowledge dropped in this self discussion. Had my hand on my pencil.... writing notes the entire time.

[@jeremiahchamberlain4179]

The power level of lotr looks like baldur's gate so not sure how he is missing that issue.

[@bornvillain8]

It’s baldurs 2.0

[@carloseduardobarbosa9887]

Hey Rude, I loved the reflection at the end of video. As a former astronomer, the large-scale perspective of the universe and our small role in it is the most important guide for actions in my life, so I am glad you are discussing that. Cheers!

[@SuperDkMode]

Where can I buy these cheap Rudy draft boxes for $89?

[@Brettyg599]

Could they be off their lows because you bought a massive amount of the supply off the market?

[@Interrobang212]

rudy is a whale but he's not that big.

[@ashylarrymp]

Universe is like 14 billion years old. But the mass couldn't gather and cool down until now. All the elements above hydrogen and helium came from a sun's supernova.

[@Walkerresell]

Rudy we miss the pink visor

[@chipserkland]

I have watched you for at 4 years or so,. Not every video of course, only when I am bored as fuck. I wonder your history with MTG. Did you play back in the day? My first game was in the spring of 1994 and immediately fell in love the game. What about you?

[@dadability]

Being in Canada, would I pay an arm and a leg for shipping or would it also be 89 shipped?

[@Brettyg599]

Is Rudy now getting these older sets directly from wizards? Is this the beginning of sets being in stock for years VIA rudy? Did he ever disclose where he got all this older product?

[@VibraFinanceCEO]

Closed stores and distro

[@lukeg2171]

He's only been collecting it for like 15 years.

[@intothenight5932]

Man these are some toxic ass comments here LOL. We love ya Rudy, stay well and thank you :)

[@Anayoth]

Toxic? Rudys over here ripping off his patrons, still “unknown” where he gets all these boxes (WPN), still ignorant about the state of Standard and the game in general, and thinks he’s a comedian making the same ex-boyfriend joke in every video. Stop watching this clown

[@lukebobb]

No one knows the print run of the unlimited WTR and ARC boxes right? I can’t tell if the price of these boxes are going up because the supply is thinning out substantially or if it’s because everyone just keeps talking about how it’s out of print and getting scared and thinking it’s more scarce than it is

[@brettly3924]

Sure except I'm done with Magic, Pokemon gets my money now, way more liquid and stable as an investment.

[@acidcarbine]

17:23 Loved it 🤣🤣

[@AntonioSilva-gs6bg]

We are taking the first steps on deleveraging the economy. That means that asset prices are going to start dropping. In the next 5 years TCG prices are going to crash. I would like to see a whiteboard about the liquidity crysis going on.

[@MidwestBoom]

When money becomes worth less, assets skyrocket

[@damiankirkwood7924]

How much is the Patreon though?

[@rocket_four]

Great video Rudy

[@gregmcewan4257]

thanks Rudy...if you ever need the right nut sponsored let us know!

[@philippabellalove1280]

I like this guy :)

[@pariahpokemonwesbragg2904]

I got here by turning on notifications for taco Rudy and clicking on this vids thumbnail.

[@feistyfan2344]

Same. :)

[@StealthNinja4577]

Any time you read a text message your state of mind will fill in the missing tone and color your perception. A guy going all out for a chick is either the best boyfriend or just a creep. Magic market says everything is crap all these sets are garbage gets to the point where it's not fun to hate on them anymore.

[@theshep]

I have a friend who runs an F&B gaming group in my state. Kinda interesting.

[@duketogo2616]

Economy is about to go in full Gigadepression meltdown mode. If the bags get gassed before then, dump them.

[@SK-ij7um]

Can we get a summer pokemon special plz hehe

[@anthonycobb4867]

Don't recognize me!!! Recognize the tribal chief!!!!

[@NicholasBerry]

When's the one piece boxes coming for patrons? 👀

[@devoted2thaentertainment207]

A nice long Rudy Video 😎

[@IndiesVSHeroes]

I don’t even play magic and I don’t understand anything but the amount of salt in this comment section is hilarious

[@J_Dubb1]

"It peaked at $350 or some crazy number". Me: Checks preorder prices for commander masters *starts sobbing*

[@jeremycarman8980]

Very wise words my man🤘

[@Brettyg599]

WAIT he confirms in this video he bought all the massive supply directly from wizards of the coast. LOLOLOL So his only problem with wizards was that he couldnt profit enough now that they cut him a sweet deal to unload their heavy bags hes ok with it

[@Brettyg599]

Also it sounds like he went direct to wizard not through the distributor. Something he was directly criticizing Wizards for. He is just a capitalist pig. Sorry. I said it.

[@GoobNoob]

6.2k views 1 hour ago. Booby Trap from Tempest did it! It's gone! Up and up! You guys should've listened and got those NM haha

[@a1pha_star]

FOLKS!!! ❤

[@Vlad-ue8vh]

Stocks only go up during Recessions and Pandemics.

[@Brettyg599]

lol rudy pumping a bunch of comments about everyone wanting to buy just as he takes his largest sealed position ever up for grabs

[@fsmoura]

_As the World Collapses, Florida Man Gets Existential_

[@gladbandanna]

Dude framed the proof that he doesn't know how to light a fire.

[@Chris-qj8ms]

Rudy where are you streaming diablo 4????

[@andysingh86]

No idea

[@fsmoura]

_Florida Man Hangs Memorabilia of His Cardboard Scams as Trophies on the Walls of His Underground Study_

[@EngineerfifeninerO]

I’d like to see a blurred list of sponsors…

[@FaBledHunters]

WHEN did we get here 😳😳😳???

[@ogdeathdog7913]

so i started play magic when ... dragon maze was released and i have got in to set over the year and i have some collations of sets what i like.. my point is , .. all set what i like or broet in too have crash and at a lose ... oh i do love cardboard crack ...

[@pyredynasty]

More than it ever was

[@SSDsmiley]

You say that WTR isn't for sale, but I have 69cents in my pocket that says otherwise.

[@TollHammer]

We waz Kangz in Lawd of da Rangz

[@RE-sc9bz]

Ohhh lawd, dem rings!

[@supremo555]

damm... you got patreons from Venezuela?

[@peggle09]

WotC should make all std boxes 89, Modern and Commander boxes 139. CE 179.

[@Nooneaskedforthis]

You know you are down bad when you start speaking in geological time :)

[@rovidelarosa]

Hey Rudy. What do you think of One Piece TCG and the upcoming Disney Lorcana?

[@barrettgonda8857]

Sounds like Rudy is ready to pump and dump some 3.0 and 6.9.............here it comes......value =TP........you worry about mtg.......I worry about if I have enough tp for the future

[@JusZard]

Easy Rudy pumped and dumped up lmfao 🤣

[@nolimitbanks7318]

Rudy. Im watching at midnight hunt and crimson vow low part. My take why its off low. Was just thinking that last night and was looking. Supply running out. I noticed this month my game store versus games took off there sale of zendikar rising, Kalhiam. Set boxes and collector boxes . then looked at tcg player kaldhm and afr collector box set and draft off low. Now few more months like 5/6 months might be seeing spike in crim and mid and so on. As age for every set in past in line. Was thinking why are the art cards worth more in midnight hunt and crimson vow as well. .. well. Rudy and Nolimit was buying the f out of set boxes at that time :) think you even gave a lil shout out to set boxes at that time :) i love thise set boxes.

[@jamesjoseph1297]

Pogs 2.0

[@MarkFillmore]

We still have to see how the current MTG FIRE products age for several more years I think. I think it's also a big mistake to compare booster boxes and their performance prior to Eldraine, with anything post Eldraine, because of the massive product expansion and variants. Booster Boxes now are nothing like pre-Eldraine boxes.

[@cclarke_tx]

I'd say post War of the Spark.

[@arcdevil]

for the newcomers out there, when rudy says buy, you sell. when rudy says something is performing great, you drop it like it has the black plague. you can fully trust rudy on one and just one thing: that he'll do whats best for him. and whats best for him 99,999999% of the time is bad for whoever believed what he said. other than that, never, never forget the golden rule: that WotC doesnt have magic ink, and chinese fakes have gotten so incredibly good over the years that, when doublesleeved and across a table, they are virtually undistinguisable from the real deal. They might not be good enough to scam someone in a sale, but they definetly are near perfect for just playing with them without ever rising any suspicion even from the most veterans out there. getting for $2 something that other morons think costs several hundreds and see its the exact same is the best thing in the world, you'll feel your IQ skyrocket and laugh at the morons until your sides hurt

[@JJEMTT]

Rudy gonna buy Hasbro soon lol.

[@Joe-cp5ud]

MTG is worth.... Nothing?

[@aterriblesliceoftoast]

Blackagorn, Brother of Gondor is not something I would call ‘exciting’ 😂 Like, you can implement black characters and characters of different ethnicity into IP and stories, but do it in a way that feels genuine, don’t do shit like this 😂

[@GreenSnale]

I genuinely can't imagine being bothered by the skin color of a character on a piece of cardboard. Some TCG players are very fragile I guess.

[@Anayoth]

@@GreenSnale TCG Players? First of all, MANY Tolkien fans already blasted that Kangz of Powah show to high heaven. Aragorn isn’t black in the LOTR books. He’s described as having straight, jet-black hair with pale skin. Frankly, I think you’re too stupid to know what the term “tokenized” even means.