I SPENT $1000 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO | Magic 30th Anniversary Booster Unboxing

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[@NumotTheNummyYT]

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. Unleash the comments

[@nabazanwar6326]

No bad comments bro. At least we all enjoyed your commentary while you opened the packs. Now lets get back to some pro drafting 💪🏼

[@panko2848]

I love that we can actually hear the regret in your voice as you open the box lmao

[@DatPuz]

I think you pretty well covered all of the angry comments in your intro, so not much left for the angry commenters to add

[@GleemaxClown]

Well you deserve this.

[@paulallison3974]

consider yourself unleashed ;)

[@BusterKingSyros]

This should be mandatory viewing for anyone thinking of buying this product.

[@campbelltron]

+

[@gaminggeckos4388]

“The sale has concluded,” soooo…

[@EverythingAlways]

Was about to right something to this effect…

[@lucasmoraisyogaeemagrecime5327]

or any closed product hahahaha, the only reason that i found viable is to play drafts or pre releases (with t2 spikes seems really nice to catch one event ), but thats it. Buying booster packs or other products, its not good. Much viable is to buy singles! with 1k dol you get many tier decks (including legacy ones).

[@nathanl6598]

I think that was the intent, if no youtuber bought and showed off the product everyone might be in the dark.

[@cgibbs011]

Imagine how much fun M30th would be if you could actually draft them with friends at a table top, or at a local game store, at $5-10 dollars a pack. That would have been a real way to honor MTG's 30th anniversary, such a shame greed ruined that.

[@patmacrotch5611]

Yea, and the best part about that is it would have tanked dual land prices. That would feel even better! 😏

[@erenjaegerbomb8653]

damn, this hadn't crossed my mind, but this is so true. Somewhere in a parallel universe where the ethos of the world is not capitalism, they are celebrating Magic's anniversary by all the millions of players worldwide getting to experience what the first ever games of Magic were like, what those first few players saw. I'm sure that would have made Garfield happy too. P.S holy shit power creep is real xD

[@dennisvogel5982]

that was what i actually thought when they said - we want to give you all the chance of opening a black lotus..... this would have been THE draft set. Accessible, fun by itself and also giving good proxies to everyone who wants to play a little bit of legacy or vintage or even cedh - I would have gladly paid wizards for my proxies instead of a random manufacturer or my printer ink producer.... Now its just a mess

[@dico3557]

@@patmacrotch5611 it already tanked dual lands lmao

[@funnymcfunfuns1455]

@@dico3557 they aren't even close to tanked

[@blightyfrogs]

I like how the expectations are so low Kenji seems surprised that there really are 4 packs inside.

[@gabe9045]

He should have destroyed the cards on camera after opening them. Keeping them or selling them contributes to the problem.

[@bunnface9511]

there will be sales, and there are. but no 1 is really buying it. xD@@gabe9045

[@moriyamakyon1067]

@@gabe9045 imagine how funny it would be if ripping card there would be whine inside

[@PrinzParadox_]

"You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!"

[@matteo1761]

This made me LOL

[@MagicSvenMTG]

It's hard to believe WotC had the hubris to create and sell this product. I can be a whale at times and had this been $1000 for a complete set of these cards I might have gone for it. To sell it in 4 randomized booster packs like this with no guarantee of power or at least duals is a total slap in the face. Thanks for the video Kenji, at the very least you've confirmed all my worst assumptions of what this product is🙃

[@cardakeys]

This

[@Fyrefrye]

They're packs. Complete with (as far as we know) the original rarity weightings. If what I've heard is true, there were only a few hundred Black lotuses printed in the original alpha. I can totally imagine Wizards printing the same number (or even fewer) lotuses or pieces of power just to stoke artificial scarcity even more. 1. This should have been a full set of cards. 2. Even as a set it shouldn't have been priced any higher than the previous commemorative sets in the past. 3. If they wanted to do something SPECIAL for the 30th, why not track down as many of the original pieces of art as possible and do full high resolution scans with modern tech. Give us higher quality versions of the original artwork. Most of them were paintings, and I bet a lot are still in the possession of either wizards, the original artists, or in some private collections. Heck, a short article or documentary of their efforts to track down the paintings and request permission to do high-res scans would have been great for PR. Give the public at least a HINT that they're still willing to reach out and communicate with their fan base to make something for them.

[@SiegfriedDrachentoeter]

@nosoyallowed828 Lmao, shilling for WotC is not necessary.

[@johnc6497]

I would have paid $1000 for a complete set of Beta in this 30th Anniversary style. If nothing else, could have left it sealed and seen if it moved in value come 5-10 years. But $1000 for four random packs!? Da fuq outta here with that.

[@jamesheyworth4370]

And when you think of 10 duels and the power 9 sheeesh, at least one should be guaranteed.

[@sethchapman1425]

Sir I wish you didn't. We as a community need to start standing up and not keep buying what they are shoving at us. Just my thoughts.

[@cardakeys]

I mean, he said in the intro that he was doing it for science, that he doesn't support it in any way and that it wasn't absolutely worth 1k dollars

[@vegetin01]

@@cardakeys that’s $1,000 of support. That’s a lot of support.

[@subvertedhope]

@@vegetin01 If him buying the product and opening it on camera stops a few people from buying it, then it was a success IMO.

[@sethchapman1425]

It was $1000 for 4 packs of proxies. If you didn't think it was a waste and not worth it you were hoping to have it as an investment. I understand what he wanted to do but not buying it is much more of a powerful statement.

[@derpsiroop1884]

@@subvertedhope but nobody was gonna buy a 1000 dollar booster anyway

[@sckanis]

HOLD UP! These card are not even "real" magic cards?! They are selling fake cards for 250 dollars per booster? My mind literally just imploded

[@johnny_crash]

They're not legal in sanctioned play, so yes, WotC selling randomized proxies only allowed for kitchen table games for 1k. At least they have a blue core.

[@YanuHFS]

@@johnny_crash if you stick a proxy to a random crap card, it will have a blue core too.

[@Jarkheld]

as fake as CE and IE

[@nicholasmays4257]

Heads up: there’s nothing stopping you from just printing the card art and gluing it to a playing card

[@NumotTheNummyYT]

*whispers* quietly, they'll hear you

[@jtyree0226]

Yes, but then you wouldn’t of gave 1000 dollars away and gotten fecal matter straight from wotc

[@vario6492]

I suggested to my friend we can play any MTG ever, we just need 120 sleeves and lots of hard paper and pen. Best money ever spent, let's build decks!

[@fixo5132]

@@vario6492 that's technically copyright infringement, and not cool for the artist. But i'm not blaming you for doing so. It's the same as pirating game online, which in imo is a good thing.

[@alexisXcore93]

​@@fixo5132it is not. You are not selling the proxies you made

[@imantsholmquist8193]

Opened my first "Starter Box" in the fall of 1993. Rares included an alpha Mox Pearl and an alpha Nightmare. In those days, you had decks with both alpha and beta cards, and nobody used sleaves. Ended up with multiples of all power nine and full sets of duals, etc. Sold all of it by 1998. Hard to believe we were sitting around the table at 14 years old, playing with what would someday be hundreds of thousands of dollars of cards. Thanks for keeping MTG fun Numot, even if Wizards has a wonky approach!

[@nickmatthewsmusicstudio]

"this is effectively gambling" Except when gambling, you might win your money back. This is just setting $1k on fire

[@monsterclashofficial]

Not him. He gets his money back monetising the video.

[@nickmatthewsmusicstudio]

@@monsterclashofficial True, but that's ROI, not gambling

[@jtmotley8848]

Why!?! Kenji you DEFINITELY didn’t have to. 😢

[@matthewgray2789]

Lol he obviously wanted to …

[@aidanking3320]

It’s crazy that they don’t even guarantee you at least a dual land in a $1000 box

[@YanuHFS]

Whats the difference? A proxy black lotus is worth the same as proxy grizzly bear. Send me a 1000$ and I will mail you a whole power9 back ;)

[@keep7smiling]

I will mail you a playset of proxies of every single alpha card for 1000$

[@Rene.diazlomeli]

I like your honest and realistic introduction before opening the packs.

[@Scywalker123]

I've been playing since I was 10 years old in 95, but could never afford the original cards. This product I thought was going to be a cool way to experience opening the original cards if even by proxy form. What a slap in the face...

[@davidcobb8107]

Was nice nostalgia remembering the feel of opening up beta/unlimited packs......but not for $1K proxy cards.

[@JonsDDVlog]

For $1000, as packaging, I'd expect a leather box that you could use as a deck box for years to come.

[@jfrizzell6645]

Thanks for taking the hit for us! No power - no dual lands - couldn't have set it up better than this!

[@giraffesofluffy8070]

The howling mine that literally just got reprinted in the old border 😂

[@frozenrealm666]

It is hard to feel excited for a set that costs a ton and is worth nothing.. still thank you for sharing Kenji! you're my favourite Nummy

[@gregpeloquin6345]

Is it worth nothing? Aren't some of the premium cards worth money?

[@bombarded15]

@@gregpeloquin6345 Right from the gitgo - the back of the cards marks them as non-playable

[@J.Tarrou]

​@@bombarded15 They aren't tournament legal, but if you use sleeves and make sure whoever you're playing with is cool with proxies, you absolutely can play with them. It's a shit product, but they're not worth nothing and they're not non-playable.

[@gregpeloquin6345]

@@bombarded15 that wasn't my point. I'm not an idiot, obviously I know they are proxies. My point was, don't the premium cards still have value?

[@funnymcfunfuns1455]

@@gregpeloquin6345 they will all have value. The packs were already going for almost double price on eBay. With such a low run these will definitely have some sort of value.

[@t0nberry]

It's funny how if they sold this for $1 a pack I think anyone opening them would still be somewhat disappointed...

[@jethrotannis5673]

Thank you Kenji for the dose of reality. Nothing cures FOMO like seeing someone pay 1k and get completely hosed...

[@NijAAlba]

So if you'd get 4x black lotus proxy 1000$ then it would suddenly be worth it? Lol

[@ObsessedCollector]

I gotta say this was the BEST 30th video I've seen. Not over the top, not anti Wizards/Hasbro. Definitely NOT worth $250 a pack. As someone who has played MTG since 1993, there was so much potential in this product. Had it been $9.99 a pack/99.99 collector booster, this woulda been one of the best fun draftable proxy product out there. Hasbro dropped the ball big time. If Hasbro is smart, they should rerelease these next year with WHITE borders in a white wrapper for 9.99 a pack and 99.99 collector booster. That would save face alot! Thanks for the awesome non biased view!!

[@davidott8838]

Oh man, I remember the amazing feeling of opening these packs when I first started playing as a kid. The cards had this distinct smell to them and made me so happy. I would do have those happy feelings back about anything.

[@antoniop1017]

Keep in mind people, you can buy several revised dual lands instead of gambling on proxies.

[@tawmjawn]

Insane that there is any sort of resale market for any of these cards… I hope not at least

[@AndyMacBagels]

Heavens above, I didn't know that you could get this bad of a pool from those packes

[@tcgmetaslayer4202]

If anything, this reminds me how pure and cohesive mtg was originally. Nowadays, it’s too convoluted and the art is overdone

[@Jimmythehead]

Okay but what would you first pick??

[@seande4121]

For a 1000$ they should have made a booster trunk of 400 packs ranging in sets

[@verpast]

Maybe this product is the full retro experience and the boosters are searched by WotC employees before boxing them?

[@mikestyer3909]

When I opened those rares in 1993 it only cost me $3 a pack. Plus I was excited to have more cards.

[@ObsessedCollector]

I thought they were $1.99 a pack in 93. I remember Antiquities and Dark being $1.49 a pack. I miss the early days of MTG!

[@mikestyer3909]

@@ObsessedCollector We were able to get the first batch of the Dark for $2 or $2.50 Fallen Empires were less then $1. Regular packs were about $3 for us

[@brianl2607]

seeing Wizards try and pull something like this has convinced me to move 100% to proxies

[@XiJ0r]

Let's hope you have more luck opening packs in tommorrow's open!!

[@monsoon1234567890]

I haven't laughed this hard in a while. Thank you.

[@menderbug1]

I really don't like that you bought it. Sure, you say that it's a bad product but now you are one of the people making it so we will get more of this type of stuff.

[@HCUK677]

I came here out of morbid curiosity, thank you for making this so no one ever has to even think about buying it. Here's hoping they make it up us fans in August!

[@MarsCarf]

The 30th Anniversary Booster box should have a QR code that leads to this video so people see it before they open their four packs

[@robertdascoli949]

Imagine if Wizards was like" hey, these are proxies so we're not going to give you worthless garbage."

[@matteo1761]

This isn’t gambling. With gambling, you have a chance to win; this was always going to be $1000 worth of proxies

[@tbd3058]

Dude really got 20,- worth of cards aside from the Gauntlet for $1100. This has to be the biggest scam in the history of trading card games lmao XD

[@johntodd7495]

So one of you that can add, what's the total estimated dollar amount currently online for the opened 4 packs

[@jamesheyworth4370]

At a $1000 price tag there should be a guaranteed top 20 money card. I enjoyed seeing the sunglasses of Urza as a treasure.

[@jefferyodegaard4081]

Yes and he didn't show us the treasure in the back of the 4th booster...he started laying down land and skipped the last card a treasure...😠

[@jamesheyworth4370]

@@jefferyodegaard4081 I must admit I am tempted to purchase a pack , question is open or store it for value?

[@MrRobsta666]

Thanks for taking that hit for the whole team!

[@arendneyhouse8950]

I’m of two minds, I wish you would of had better luck for your own sake, but I’m glad you were able to fully show the risk of buying these packs and avoid any sensationalism. Sorry about your luck, and thanks for letting us all feel the disappointment together.

[@powerplay1939]

Our Streaming Multi Millionaire immediately reinvested his Arena Price Money. Genious Kenji. hope you open a blue mauritius.

[@maxwellharris1434]

As usual, you handled this with class. Thanks for the lolz

[@altern4795]

I had been desensitized by all the nonsense surrounding this product and WotC and Hasbro, but seeing Nummy open a pack, lay out all the cards, and ask whether it was worth $250 really drove home how shit this product is, even if it hadn’t been designed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of MTG. That it was just makes it so much worse. This is absolutely miserable

[@manthos300]

This is prove that wizards really think we are stupid.

[@jamisondowd4675]

I know this isn’t normally what you do but I appreciate you doing it man. People need to see how bad and unethical this product is.

[@jrussellanderson]

We have been seeing that for the last month and a half now. He didn’t need to do it. He’s part of the problem for supporting this shit.

[@benfrias2555]

I’m yelling at you for buying this in the first place…

[@scottbrewer474]

I bet the tokens become the actual legacy item from this product (apart from power 9 and duals in cubes).

[@J.Tarrou]

Man who makes mtg content for a living: *makes mtg content* Some people in the comments: I can't believe you've done this.

[@stephenblevins3829]

The next time you want to burn $1,000, give me a call.

[@KaldarisX]

Everyone in the comments is being extremely nice to you. I'm a fan of yours too Kenji, but all I feel is a hollow emptiness inside. A disappointment that you gave Wizards $1000 dollars and helped contribute to the perpetuation of this terrible Wizard's product. This disappointment consumes me. Gnawing at me within like an entropic beast, withering away my feeling until I am naught but a husk of a creature only capable of playing mono-green decks and flunging with zero tactical insight. Soon, my mythic rank will crumble and I will be back down in bronze, cluelessly tapping lands for more mana than I need and allowing it to fade between stages to mana burn. Cramming cards into decks with 5 colour piles of "good stuff" and being unable to cast any of it before my opponent's turn one, turn two, and turn three plays all grind me down while I rope out my time drooling at the pretty pictures on the screen. When the last figments of my ego and mental cohesion have eroded, I will open my mouth and sing a song that ends the world, all because of your decision. The retro land art was pretty cool though, that's always a nice get.

[@chrisbjergholt8413]

I'm just here to support Kenji for his wild fiscal irresponsibility. I feel like he smoked the entire pack of cigars so we won't have to.

[@michaelrowland6336]

Year later looking at about $450-$500 in value tops. Packs unopened still holding same value around $250. Retro cards going for good money pulling their weight here along withthe gauntlet. I always enjoy these regardless of what's opened.

[@bastiengiroux7762]

Still love you Kenji, thanks for doing what nobody else would. Sorry for ok pulls

[@darcytucker416]

No spoilers duke

[@adNauseam6798]

Love you bro, thanks for killing my fomo! 😂

[@gm81381]

Can you do a follow up video where you put all the cards in a blender?

[@mathewdebol923]

I’m torn… I hate everything that this product stands for, but I love seeing the art of the old days. Warms my heart

[@NumotTheNummyYT]

if you want old art card, printers go brrrrr

[@mathewdebol923]

@@NumotTheNummyYT ah I would, but I’m in the “anti-proxy” camp. I just try to save up for the OG cards when I can

[@ericpeltola5171]

@@mathewdebol923 that’s what these cards are tho. . . . ?

[@mathewdebol923]

@@ericpeltola5171 oh I don’t support this product. It was just nice seeing a CoP:Blue for the first time in a long while… I love the old art, but I’d never buy this set

[@James-StJames]

And that, my dear Nummy, is all she wrote...

[@thesheq5023]

Im gonna just second hand buy this set in a year and make it the baseline of a cube for $20 because people won’t want this set

[@laurencebrown3822]

Pack 2 -- With how sad Farmstead is, the Soul Net might as well be the rare.

[@shooter0404]

This would’ve been a fantastic product if only the pricing were reasonable. Also all the cards should’ve been retro frame.

[@Arankchess112]

Imagine how much praise and money would have been printed if this was 5$ a pack like a normal standard set.

[@rmida9122]

Thanks for doing the work so we don't have to lol

[@Slimtastic]

People are also too used to being catered too these days and times in Magic. You do t AlWAYS NEED value out of your pack/box….. this is why we got 2-3 rares, mythic, extended art, 23,000 foils, like wtf… that is the ACTUAL madness. Also it’s hilarious that if you don’t pull power out of this its trash, but if you do/did you’re “in love” with it.

[@davidgatten1033]

Wonder how much you would have to spend to open the full set. Probably like $200,000. Wotc's a joke

[@2rare2die26]

"So you don't have to" Bruh, none of us fucking wanted to.

[@eatsunknown]

Nummys money: “WEEEEEEEEEEEE” hate this product, love you.

[@Roachers]

I think a lot of people don't realize how much this hurt the game. I started playing MTG from scratch at Dominaria United and was totally all in the game. Since this release along with the fact WoTC basically said they have no regrets and plan to just keep with the same formula I've already lost interest in the game. I know a few others who feel the same. If this was actually a good product for the players and not the 1% I would have been all in. It's sad because your draft videos, the Professor videos, CGB videos were all what got me into the game but WoTC is not a company I'd support. I don't blame you for buying it, I would find it incredibly hard to NOT buy this if MTG was a huge part of life.

[@jaredmulcare2659]

Now, for science, you should find the most inventive way(s) to destroy them, post that, and see which recoups more of your loss.

[@XBomyX]

You just now as soon as the first print of this came in at WOTC, the board rooms must have gone bananas over the profit margins

[@qldarkabysslp]

one minute in and im pogging my head off saying "PREACH KENJI PREACH" edit: well you deserve this

[@collegeisdabomb]

What would the duals or pieces of power even be worth if you did open them? If you opened a tropical island could you have sold it for more than 1,000 bucks?

[@davidsmall9547]

Thanks for taking the dive! 🤣🤦‍♂️👍 it was cool seeing black videos and mana barbs. I used to love those cards! I went to magic 30. And my two friends bought vip passes, and got given 4 packs each. They both sold them to vendors for $800 as soon as they got there. 🤣🤷‍♂️.

[@melvinanndy]

I've never understood the idea of the reserve list....they've already limited most of the cards in Alpha Beta and Unlimited to a single format that not many ppls even play. To me it looks like theres legit no harm in reprinting older cards other than the price of them droping due to saturation

[@masterbonesly3640]

Thank you for confirming the cash grab by wizards. Love your content!

[@AllenandLorie7733]

I'll support all your content man. These packs were miserable! The old art is fun. But yeah.... Lol RIP 1k.

[@Sanelora1]

Wow what are the odds that he would open 30 black lotuses? That was incredible!!!

[@johnbts9216]

Sorry Kenji. You are a gentleman as always. Sorry that you had to prove to Hasbro that turning our favorite card game into a 1000$ slot machine was trite and insulting to our sensibilities.

[@N0rth0M-1]

no way they actually only put 4 packs in there lol i already felt kinda scammed when i bought my 4090 gpu but at least that thing brings something to the table, after seeing rudy rambling on about this product and not being familiar with magic i just had to check it out and in my wildest dreams i could not have imagined how bad the value really is..

[@Arghore]

A box of 30th Anniversary Booster $1000,- ... The disappointment after opening PRICELESS ... but hey, at least you got a video out of it, just think of all those people that can't and still get an opening like this. Still though, tnx for spending your last winning on something that you could share with the rest of us and with it add a valuable lesson... Some products from Wizards are just not for us, and we should prolly be glad they warn us by asking ridiculous prices for the product.

[@pierfedericovirzi2476]

Still, Mahamoti Djinn it's quite of a bomb! 😂😂😂

[@madianantar7842]

I still can’t believe they came in a cardboard box, for a thousand dollars you get get a much bigger gold plated box

[@ullrich]

1:45 Interesting, I didn't know blowing $1000 dollars would sound like ripping ass, but guess it's fitting. It's like Wizards farting in your face.

[@nyghtrunner]

This is honestly a perfect representation of how this could go wrong (opening a set of Laces with maybe the Lifelace as a retro not withstanding).

[@PatrickStahlitrm]

MtG creates very weird questions surrounding “what is the value of art prints.”

[@darcytucker416]

You got marked up 980$ to purchase 4 packs of 4th edition and get jank artifacts and a Djinn. I started when The Dark packs were $7.

[@stevenhuth276]

Thanks for taking one for the team on this!

[@jrussellanderson]

Do not support this. Him buying this product only gives Hasbro more affirmation that they can do this again. Warnings against this product have been out for 2 months or more now.

[@stevenhuth276]

Or it gives Hasbro the idea that they need to do better for the community with the things that they offer. Kenji does a hell of a lot for the community and him showing what he personally got in the box will send waves. That’s what I support.

[@jrussellanderson]

@@stevenhuth276 the fact that there are countless videos already out of KZbinrs getting rocked by free and bought product pushed a community of true fans to reject the product in solidarity. Anyone who buys packs of this after the release of the product isn’t showing us anything new. Infact, they aren’t listening to the fan base and should be called out on it.

[@loganmoody5806]

Honestly astounding they didn't even try to make the packs have a "wow" factor. Literally selling you 5 cent PROXY cards banking on your nostalgia to make you not want to run out and punch out your rage for not pulling a fake power 9 or dual land. Absolute insanity.

[@inkarnator7717]

Had they sold this for 25$, everyone would be drafting alpha right now. That I would have called a celebration of Magic.

[@MrBunt]

Beta, as they added the Tropical and COP Red :P (Or more like Gamma, as they removed Earthbind, Crusade, ... )

[@bradglenvoices]

Even though the whole endeavour is horrible, I did get all the feels seeing so many old friends.

[@Matti_Mattsen]

i am still amazed someone at wizards thought this was a good idea

[@nornicle2]

thanks for spitting truths while doing an opening it’s actually the perfect video on this…

[@MarkMyWordsXx]

You have the start to a nice mono black deck

[@jonthoresen3958]

Missed opportunity to not really lean into it and wear latex gloves - or even funnier winter gloves. Sorry/not sorry for your expectedly shitty packs Kenji, but thank you for taking one for the team and giving us plebs this content!

[@mephisto40]

"I'm not opening this for the views, it's all for entertainment, honest"

[@Ddamien-th8nh]

To be honest I bought a box because everyone else was condemning any one who even thought about buying one. Free market, supply and demand.