I bought some Magic Cards.

[@michaelng7274]

When I was a kid, I would save my allowance so I could buy a pack every week. All I could afford was Homelands or Fallen Empires. Fast-forward 30 years, I still can't afford to buy a single pack of Legends. Sigh.

[@blejzin]

same here, Homelands and Unglued was the only way for me as a 7 year old kid :-P

[@madjoe8622]

I remember seeing legends boosters for sale at 35$ and saying to my self: Nah, I'm gonna buy 15 fallen empire boosters instead. Sigh..

[@fighterz7985]

well sadly, if you can't buy before the more you can't buy now.

[@steelzepplin2012]

lol how true, the oldest set i could ever purchase was the dark, unlimited was sold out and you could not find beta even then (ofc this is before the internet was widely available back in 1994, but it amazes me that people still have sealed boxes of the early cards. I wish I could afford a box of antiquities and arabian nights lol. So many great memories this game has given us.

[@ferdoggferland4207]

Learned to play MTG back in 94. I was in the Marine Corps on a flight to Port au Prince Haiti. Guy who taught me sold me a red/ green deck that he put together with dual lands, tarpans, a couple ball lightnings and a mox ruby for $50. Man those were the days. After 6 months of playing daily without sleeves, those cards were trashed. If I knew then what I know now, I would’ve sleeved the Tarpan

[@DrGonzo1388]

I love these vintage magic videos, personally I don't have the funds for much vintage, so these videos are my favorite. Modern is cool too but vintage just hits different. Especially your collection videos, those are definitely the best. Thanks Rudy

[@devoted2thaentertainment207]

I think you made the right call in buying those. Those are beautiful boxes.

[@MTGMOXMAN]

Great Video, Very cool seeing the Good Ole Legends.

[@Tyranix97]

Neat. Rudy is going to have a LEGENDS draft night.

[@jeremysmith4620]

This just made me think of how much I'd enjoy a good sniff of a box of Italian Legends. I LOVE Italian Legends. The original, beautiful Legends art, but in dark, saturated print. Just stunning. There were one or two foreign black bordered revised sets that were the same way, but I haven't heard a word about any of those in forever. The darker art and really nice quality of the cards just makes those sets stand out to me like other sets rarely do. I'd love to know what some of those sealed boxes are going for these days, especially because of scarcity. What I wouldn't give to have some of the black bordered foreign duals I used to have.

[@Habeev07]

I have a Legends Sylvan Library that I cherish. I play with my copies of 4th edition versions but love the dark green colors of the Legends sylvan.

[@NateBullock-ow6on]

Hell yeah 🔥

[@jxhook]

Can't beat the Legends Sylvan Library, it has a feeling all it's own

[@joshurbanski8310]

As someone who began playing in 94 with Revised I have no idea how a single box of this (Italian edition was different, we bought those for 7 bucks a pop when they came out later) even exists sealed. Singles were impossible to find let alone packs. But Wizards had a pallet to put into Dominaria United and here Rudy just bought four boxes. I’m happy for Rudy to find these, clearly it makes him happy. Hell if I could afford it I would buy one myself, but it really pisses off 16 year old me who couldn’t even find a pack to buy back in the day. I would be interested in a video discussion of how and why these boxes exist when supply was essentially non existent and are they being counterfeited or is it just a few boxes that are just bought and sold over and over.

[@madjoe8622]

I started late 93, the oldest box I ever seen, and that's once, was a legends box with booster at 35$. I've seen a The Dark booster box once too with 8$ boosters. These things were getting off the shelves FAST. The only way to get old cards was through auction forums on early Internet. It's amazing some of these sealed boxes are still around. If only I had money at that time...

[@hoila4718]

Me too mate

[@TheSpingeBill]

This might be Rudy's most insane video title yet. I can't believe he bought Magic cards.

[@Dngrzne91]

Mirror Universe, All Hallows Eve, Sylvan Library, what a set.....

[@loganedwards4317]

If people move from old magic, the waters will flow for collectors with love for it and it will only make it better for us!

[@Silverlightlive]

I watched my Singing Trees go to $1000 and sink back down. Fortunately I bought it at $15.

[@madjoe8622]

I would take a Legends box before any crappy serialized cards.

[@Vivinski7]

All these people buying serialized cards when at some point even those will be reprinted with just different art, if you got one and kept it or managed to sell it great but in what world does someone spend 1/5k for some dumbo non-reserved list card when you can get entire 25+y old boxes for that price.

[@Gaming_Antics]

You didn’t miss anything. Magic only eats your money and time. The boom in prices are all artificial, scam by sellers. It started when Star City games pulled an insurance scam to get seed money and started to buyout dual lands in 2006 and resell at 10 times the prices and everyone was doing it for all the other cards.

[@madjoe8622]

@@Vivinski7 Exactly. You have serialized cards that still exist as the non-serialized. If these cards were unique, it would be something else, but they don't.

[@IEgOImkAwx]

Nostalgic. Definitely miss trading cards in the 90s. Felt substantially different.

[@Ruxin34]

Hey Rudy, I have a Fallen Empires sealed box. Will I be seeing massive profits any time soon? I hear it is a very poggers set

[@hoila4718]

It's literally the Steam Siege of Magic, printed like Base Set Unlimited... But still a great ornament for the house (i also have a couples FE sealed boxes)

[@earthpond8043]

Doubt it, there’s not really much good pulls in em. Packs are around $15. The only way for them to go up is if tons more come off the market through being opened and then they become more rare as sealed.

[@antoniumsolutions1791]

Back in the day I ordered 2 boxes of legends and the store was shorted by the distributor. I only got 25 packs. I did get a tabernacle and a Mana Drain though.

[@lillislavadour4935]

I remember when Richard G’s brother came to Lokie’s card shop in Portland and sold a Legends box for $600. Loki sold packs for $30. People then thought that was too much. I bought the hell out of em :) 2007-2010 era.

[@Jon-Jon309]

The lesson here is human jealousy is a sin. Always has been.

[@michaelhoule2134]

man I miss old magic. loved the mirage, visions, weatherlight blocks so much.

[@bryanhuber3554]

Buy a box now while they're still $1-2K before they hit five grand and they're further out of reach! I kept buying my favorite sets so I can draft them for years with the OG magic squad.

[@louleone3447]

Onslaught was a very nostalgic set for me

[@TheBlueCollarConservative]

I remember buying 3 or 4 sealed Unlimited and an Arabian Nights booster boxes aboard our cutter for a tour in the Bering Sea. I should have kept one or two sealed back then but those damn cards were like crack when I was off duty.😅

[@knights_of_old]

I went to 10-15 shops in my area before I found one that had Legends. I watched the employee open a case and promptly paid full pack retail price. It was really fun opening.

[@MrMechinik]

man i sold my Legends box about 20 years ago for $2200 .. just from that sale i think ive made Money .. $$$

[@braindead8899]

YAAAY podcast type video!

[@screwthenet]

Keep buyin' em if you can, Rudy Dudey. Most of the people that watch this channel would if they had the money to do so. I wish I had an unopened box of everything right up to Before MErcadian . BE WELL! ^

[@stevenwinslow6477]

I'm really curious what your storage facilities look like.

[@encampedsoldier]

Since I'm old, I have a bunch of legends cards I bought back in the day. It never gets old seeing sealed boxes like this, it just instantly takes me back to when i was younger opening these packs man I would crack all 4 to hell with the money life is for living!!!!

[@DoakersHD]

Rudy, any idea who bought the $3M CGC 10 Pristine Alpha Lotus?

[@odoacredacalcutta5085]

no one did dude. It's a fake sale aimed to inflate the market. There's simply no way someone dumps 3 million dollars for a card graded 10 by such a minor grading company, eactly at the moment when vintage mtg is at its lowest in the last 3 years. The timing is just off and it completely gives it away.

[@paulboulanger00]

The comparisons Rudy often makes with old stuff vs new stuff in price is quite the conundrum. I mean as the example stated would I rather have an old box of Legends or a cases of Fallout Collectors? I mean it seems like a VERY easy choice to me.

[@kennymorelandiii9406]

I wasn't into Magic back in the old MtG days but man I absolutely love the look of those booster boxes. Just perfect in my opinion

[@mtgtradingpost7374]

WHAT A GREAT MOVE YOU JUST MADE! BEST MOMENT TO BUY......price will skyrocket

[@riddleTCG]

Love the product from when I was a kid

[@Sadistic14]

I believe!

[@nkling02]

For some reason I stayed in stuck around. So the end listened to your ramble. Keep it real alpha rudy

[@MrWesleyDP]

Man, magic is weird. Sure the price of Detective Comics #27 or a Mickey Mantel rookie card might move around but...baring say societal collapse they will always be worth something...well a lot of something really...no one would even think that they could really loose massive amounts of value. Hell both have been reprinted numerous times in numerous ways...and that's probably helped their value.

[@Robfenix]

I was around when 4th edition came out and then Ice Ages. Stores would have common boxes for like 10 for a dollar. You would regularly find alpha and beta commons in their, especially lands. I wish I bought even more up.

[@TheCaptainCruise]

If i wouldn't know better, i would say Rudy is flexing !!! 😀

[@Caliban_80]

New magic is a flash in the pan. Doubtful there will be a market for the 8th special variant of mana crypt in 20 years. There will certainly still be a market for old sealed magic.

[@Szn0bot]

Buying old foils for this reason, people want rare over flashy (but ideally both), not gonna change

[@MikeJones-nf4ke]

Crying myself to sleep tonight,please save some for the rest of us 😢

[@mcanderson2793]

We used to ante cards and I lost my black lotus and didn't think anything of it, I didn't realize the advantage you'd have by drawing that card and getting ahead early. Back in the day we didn't really get Magic. We all wanted to play the Shivan, Sengir, or Serra. After this adolescent part of life, now we geek out on the combos that you can really nail with the old vintage cards or modern. I really like your point about the cerebral part of magic. If Legends got exposed to people then the creativity of vintage combos would be amazing. I really think this is a conundrum for Wizards right now. New players can't get ahold of these cards in Legends because of the price, ($2.45 lol) so we don't know the cerebral part of the awesome history of the game. The market for these old sealed products is going to be for old players that have invested/made money and want to relive the game. I have a unlimited time walk and I use a proxy for it when I play and when I play it's almost like an unfair advantage, but younger people that allow it are fascinated by it. I'd love for you to discuss vintage decks and vintage combos that a really amazing, beyond the channel fireball combo . That's why this game is amazing because you can read a card and think, this would be good with that card or that card and then play it out and watch it to happen. Magic is probably one of the best games ever made and people that love it see how it is so cerebral beyond playing poker/eucre/hearts/etc. I'd love for you to do a weekly deck building video on vintage cards or cards in general. The science of deck building. Good work Rudy, always entertaining.

[@BradomAT]

i would like to get an old box one day, but they are way out of my pricing. From my point of view its better to stay on the current boxes, buy them now experience them now and move on with each set, and dont get back^^ and dont miss the current ones, instead of having to buy them later more expensive.

[@alexparrish6604]

Homelands was my favorite set. That was my last draft.

[@EdwintheMagicEngineer]

Good buys Rudy!

[@7Alberto7]

Not 1 not 2 not 3 but 4! 4! You are a Legend! Amazing!!!!❤

[@WolleWip]

To buy or not to buy... It's all about the price point. If Rudy bought these at 50-60% of the current market price, it's going to take a while for the value to erode. And for something as rare as sealed Legends boxes, there will be a floor. And it's going to be a bit higher than $2.45 per pack.

[@kyanite2193]

I cherish my Johan from legends. My favorite card.

[@davidrobillard2153]

Good old Legends

[@TheBreadlord]

I have to think the Classic Magic market is topped out and it's a gradual slide to the bottom now. Simply put, the people who want the product either have it or they can't afford it. The investors have pushed the prices to the point the vast majority of the market doesn't care and now we're in the slow collapse.

[@shadetree1175]

Old Frame magic is still my favorite!

[@GiantSquid2001]

Do you put these immediatley up for sale or do you hold on to them and allow to marainate? If so, how do you price? Its nice to see the vintage stuff for sure regardless.

[@danielgraves13]

i dont know. i think there may be another bubble. just look at how the price of foils in general have tanked. they have kind of messed up with all of the alternate art/ treatments of each card. i think people may get tired of it

[@A.I.Friends]

That picture shows exactly where Brass Man needs to be.

[@mebinici]

Nice! Was waiting for everything to finally hot $0! Just like Hasbro stocks, Bitcoin and collectibles!

[@WakeUpUniverse66]

Oh no he's doin it again

[@Just_Pele]

Here's the issue. Gen Z doesn't care as much about physical possessions as older generations. I think that will affect all collectibles, it's *already* affecting pre-1970 comics, and there's no sign that Gen Alpha will be different, given the terrible economy. So while I believe there will be a market for premium collectibles, it's going to shrink.

[@runderwo]

Their faith in a financial virtual reality as a substitute for real things is going to be increasingly tested.

[@peterUSA-m7v]

Why have something physical if everything, everywhere and everyone is online…. Its changed already. We are just trying to revive something thats gone

[@madjoe8622]

@@peterUSA-m7v Digital: You will own nothing and be happy

[@LegendaryRips]

Legends to the 🌙

[@vangelisgru7271]

Finally with the old cards

[@janesleny728]

"I bought some Magic Cards." relatable content

[@dendostar5436]

😂

[@a1pha_star]

😂👌

[@darrenengland6269]

Things are only ever worth what someone is prepared to pay for them. It isn't a dumb move to buy stuff while it's depreciating, you never know when or if there will be an upswing. Just don't get yourself into unmanagable debt.

[@tywill31]

Only question to ask regarding future value, is will there be another fanatically popular new format like commander (which is THE reason for the price explosion)? The answer is no.

[@dendostar5436]

Legends got Darkness. Black Fog. This and Time Spiral.

[@daftwulli6145]

well one reason the legends boxes are so low is liquidity. I can sell 10 mini cases from fall out pretty quickly, so this is very liquid, but try finding someone who has the funds and is willing to buy a legends box. You said it yourself you sometimes feel like you are the only one still buying them. Yes the legends bnoxes should be more, but if i actually want to sell them I need to do it cheap enough that people go wow at that low price i am willing to buy.

[@PvC-MTG]

Love those acrylic boxes

[@lechasseurdemothman]

Nice point of view...

[@TripsAhoy]

Loce those acrylic cases. Too bad i dont own an expensive sealed box to keep one in! Lol

[@TheDude673]

Why are those "silly" boxes bad :P It stop being crushed by other packages and even in the sun the colouring stays the same. love those boxes for expansive cards boxes.

[@Phive57]

the best thing you can do it's to open this f****** boxes !

[@whiskerbiscuit6674]

He's almost there folks. He recognized the exorbitant prices of the pointless newer cards as compared to the older sets. He was almost there. The word he's looking for starts with a B and ends with ubble.

[@juddhaven]

Rudy hiding his real plan, 100 sets of legends coming up

[@wakeupitsmagic]

FOOOLKSSSS!!!

[@clafey]

That's one beautiful playmat - where can I get one?

[@joebravetti3023]

I got one 6 months ago for 30K, looks to be same condition as your case one. Hopefully I didn't over pay, you seem to be able to get the good deals.

[@hermodnitter3902]

...or seen from another angle: lots of people do terrible deals by selling to Rudy, I've got no idea why they throw away their money 😂

[@pokedadsam9041]

Did wotc find some boxes in another warehouse? Thank goodness you are not opening these; my sensitive heart could not handle the banned cards! Nice purchase! Beautiful boxes and seals.

[@matthewjoslin6777]

I can't believe that unopened boxes this old still even exist, nevermind that there's do many of them

[@madjoe8622]

They still made 65k of these boxes. Still, it's like 20-30 less than what they make today.

[@hermodnitter3902]

​@@madjoe8622lol what are you even talking about? You have no clue if you think the difference between old and new print runs is that small... Legends is like extremely scarce compared to any new set.

[@madjoe8622]

@@hermodnitter3902You say that I have no clue but asking me what am I talking about? Sounds logic. You understand that I put a range because we don't know the the print run of everything after 1999? You can put "30 to 50" in your brain if It makes feel you better.

[@pizzashaman]

Rudy the Magic Gigachad

[@TheColts714]

Rudy do you have a 2020 double master case for Sale Iam interested.

[@jacobnordquist3448]

Id love some old magic, just not at the prices the boxes are listed at. Ill just buy singles of cards i love instead.

[@harrisonhinton4859]

Can’t wait for Rudy to talk about the 3 million dollar alpha lotus.

[@Rob-cf8pe]

Nice!

[@willyagamii]

Wow from italy

[@magusofthebargain]

not financial advice, but I would guess that what we need in order for a massive move into old collectibles is a bull market with low interest rates, CDs at less than 2%, loans at less than 4%, and strong leadership at WotC.

[@chaozboy9482]

Still blows my mind, anybody buys the new stuff

[@a1pha_star]

Love ya Rudy! 🌮 ❤

[@PWaugh1]

You should open one!

[@bavarianwolf3806]

i would love to do a legends draft, but i cant find 8 people willing to pay 3k for 3 hours of fun :D

[@chazzanschutz6096]

If you ever do, please record it!

[@Yidris627]

Remove soul is one of my favorites from legends

[@mfdoom1898]

Yeah you did 😮

[@Enchurito]

Ok now open it

[@irowisp5787]

Stay the coarse!!!! Only water is worth more than gold!!!

[@ColMcWillis]

Why buy Legends boxes when you can buy Dominaria United collector boxes that have a minuscule chance of having a Legends card from the "socially acceptable" list of cards 😆

[@Gummytrains]

Oof old man Rudy got some mad cope. The pope of cope… All the old stuff is getting reprinted and hey I love the old dusty stuff. It’s cool. I don’t want to buy any myself but I love that you are still so into the hobby man you are living my childhood dream and I love watching but I think it’s all going to print to play in the next 10 years. I do think there will always be a market for the vintage. I still have my old deck it’s all ABU mostly alpha but I’d never sell it and I’d never add to it. Even though there are a few cards that could be an upgrade…

[@GoobNoob]

1.1k views 28 minutes ago. You bought the BOOBY TRAP from Tempest Magic Cards.

[@tcsmagicbox]

Rudy doesn't simply buy "some" Magic cards.

[@MarkFillmore]

Neat! Open one

[@danw3735]

Casual 100k in 4 boxes.... wish i could get even 1 box.

[@NateBullock-ow6on]

A lot of people are going to have hurt feelings about these serialized cards😢

[@gigifas]

whats the float on some of these cards. Why not sell a box and buy up a specific card?

[@chazzanschutz6096]

Dont need a float, Legends is waay down overall atm. Its a buyers market.

[@madquest8]

I bought some Magic Tacos

[@TrumpetBlastMTG]

Rudy with 4 boxes of cardboard worth more than 4 average cars

[@greataldini9168]

Short and sweet video... Continues to talk for 7 more minutes.

[@BENDEL420]

What about metazoo Rudy?!? 😊

[@rorywest4937]

😢