Ice Age Booster Box Opening and Discussion about a world without MTG Finance

Lets go back to a time of Nostalgia where MTG Finance did not matter
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[@alexisfiligree9116]

That Hyalopterous Lemure card has a unique history. The reason the art depicts a lemur is because the artist had never heard of a lemure (a restless spirit of the recently deceased...of Latin origin). Said card, in conjunction with Alchor's Tomb (which the artist misheard tomb instead of tome) is what led to the Bronze Calendar card from Unglued (which features a colander as the artwork).

[@justcametomind69]

wonderful bit of info

[@BrettsProstate]

I've never played Magic in my entire life, but for some reason, I am drawn to these videos. Can't stop watching. What's wrong with me? Should I start playing? I don't understand.

[@Sinnohfreak387]

Nothing, yes, what?

[@leolombardi]

Nothing is wrong. Enjoy yourself. See if playing magic will make you enjoy even more. Probably not... but you never know until you try.

[@Alittlefruitgoesalongway]

Magic is one of the greatest games ever made. You should give it a try. There are many different formats and many ways to play now!

[@brandonr.2807]

wow approaching 100k subs. I remember your first video and being one of the first subscribers. So glad to be a part of Rudy's run on youtube.

[@Rb-hm5ml]

Brandon Raines me too , I'm subscribed Since literally the second movie he has put out

[@joeysimmons9667]

Brandon Raines Similar with me. I found his channel around the release of his second video.

[@Rb-hm5ml]

Absurd Lies for me it was also clear the channel was going to be big ! :)

[@joeysimmons9667]

Rutger Buiteveld definitely, just with his energy, and his unique form of entertainment.

[@TheMCGamer2012]

I'm proud to have been in his 1k Q&A video and made a quick channel trailer out of the experience! :) (username changed slightly)

[@milestuff24]

I know this is an older video but I actually love this side of rudy, hearing you talk about your memories, and just seeing this amazing old artwork. I don't even play magic but I appreciate everything about this video

[@sk8toker]

Keep up the great work man, its Popyus. watching you open those packs brings back some serious nostagia from great times! keep the videos coming, subd for life

[@austinladd4357]

I don't collect or play magic.. never even opened a pack but I seem to always find myself watching ur video's just to listen. Your know ledged is enjoyable to listen to. :) Love it!!! Keep um coming :) and open more box's. fun to watch you open any sets.

[@satakedynasty316]

The card that makes them broken is Solemnity from Hours of Devastation. The cumulative upkeep makes you place an age counter on it and then pay the cost for each age counter. Solemnity makes it so the cards can't gain counters and therefore no longer have an upkeep cost.

[@snap-off5383]

You can also get around cumulative upkeep/fading/vanishing etc w/ sundial of the infinite, although not helpful if you need the remainder of the turn. . . .

[@ink_stain525]

You, prof, and MagicManSam! The best! Rudy! Really appreciate how slow you go through all the classics man. People always tripping on how/if you use to play magic, but you truly appreciate the experience and nostalgia! I wouldnt be on youtube if it wasnt for people like you, Prof, and magicmansam! You guys really inspire and keep the good vibes flowing for some of us who has trouble staying involved in MTG. And that should be worth SO MUCH to WotC. And you!

[@Kayzizzle]

The best part of these old box videos is somewhere around the 3-5 min mark when you get around to opening, you have a super serious discussion of how we need to "look" at how these packs "feel". Keep that irony game strong Rudy...

[@Mythrell]

I've been going through a lot of your videos this week Rudy, and I have to say I love it. Your videos are very inspirational, and even though I'm a huge Timmy with a floppy tacos for rest of my life, your videos made me think about trying out something new. I do hope that eventually you hire some college dropout nerd and make your magic shop a real shop, I feel like it deserves to be one.

[@mitchellterry4961]

Cant wait for you to hit 100k I've never played magic in my life but i enjoy watching your vids and unboxings and the drama surrounding magic

[@openboosters]

Takes me back! I remember hating the dual lands in this set and the comic store told me we couldn't use dual lands from the original set for tournament's. I was like well that's it for this game. Glad it still here! Even looking at Ice Age makes me smile!

[@alexking7148]

One of my favorite content creators on KZbin even when it's as easy as "dude bought something so let's film the opening" Just the time spent layin all the boxes on the floor is appreciated. Excited for 100k!

[@lll9107]

5:18 The next 10 seconds are the best 10 seconds of Rudy's short-lived youtube career.

[@KevinLopez-jf5ys]

Yes!

[@devorakman112]

The card you're thinking about that breaks cumulative upkeep is Solemnity. Solemnity prevents everything from getting counters. The actual mechanic of cumulative upkeep is "This card get's an age counter each upkeep.....blagblah", so it never gets to tick up.

[@michaelnasti1603]

5:15 Only Rudy can make his own soundtrack on the fly and make you laugh while he does it

[@wiartalexandre9349]

First set I've played...talking about nostalgia. Thanks Rudy!

[@ZENTCG]

I reserve time-off at work for this. You got me at "Loose and floppy". Worth it

[@vmcampos]

Rudy, I LOVED this video! Ice Age was my JAM. I stared with Fallen Empires (don't laugh), Chronicles (don't laugh), and 4th Edition. When Ice Age came, I came. I mean went. To the store. To buy Ice Age. Anyway: my vote is when you open old packs, please lovingly look at every common card, too. These youngsters won't know the joy of seeing a Rime Dryad or Armor of Faith in real life. 👍👍👍

[@geekmp3]

Thank you for that trip down memory lane, Rudy!

[@caseygw]

Good times. This was prime time when I played as a kid. You also have the same luck I do opening. I probably opened 3 boxes worth of ice age with no jesters cap or mask. Other rares I remember that were cool: jokulhaups, crown of the ages, pox; necropotence

[@clow0123]

caseygw man... i just remembered that I pulled necropotence and played with it at that time.

[@marklummis712]

One needed quite a few boxes to rake in sufficient playsets of good cards. Stormbind deck was made viable as a creatureless deck with Alliances lands, bacm in the day of Unlimited, Arabian,

[@rom65536]

Back in the day, a first turn of forest-tinder wall-kird ape-kird ape was a really strong first turn. Back in the day, a local pizza restaurant had a saturday night magic tournament, and the prize was pizza and beer (if you were at least 21). The double monkey start got me more than one large pepperoni and pitcher of MGD.

[@CaptKush42069]

nice to see this! ice age is when i started playing magic good memories thank u for that moooore of it pls

[@stuartminister9755]

Orcish lumberjack, tinder wall. Second turn Shivan Dragon. One of my all time favorite magic plays

[@ryangreenwald3755]

Love this pack opening, another solid box opening by the beauty, Rudy!

[@awsomness62]

Depletion lands are now dual lands with solemnity

[@TheLeolova]

When magic was magic....

[@blazenjestergames4025]

Ty for the trip down memory lane brother !

[@JoeCamarillo]

People (who me?) loved the gold creatures back in the day, so true! Love these old box openings.

[@nexviper]

My first mtg purchase was an ice age deck. Had no idea what I was doing but the art was so great and varied.

[@michaelblatherwick5324]

Just went back to this after Rudy's update today about Ice Age singles popping. Wow. Just wow.

[@brianhall4182]

I feel old. I distinctly remember getting Ice Age booster packs for Christmas as a kid.

[@redeyesblackninja]

were you talking about solemnity from hour of devastation that combos with the communicative upkeep cards?

[@redlion145]

No lie Rudy, earlier this year I fell asleep to Bob Ross painting videos for like a month strait.

[@mindful_minipods]

Bob is still #1.. sleeping to that energy..

[@STANDIEMCSTILLE]

Dude this set brings me back. My first series to get into on MTG.

[@MTGUnpacked]

They don't make card artwork like that these days. Still nice to see it!

[@DurfMTG]

MTG Unpacked, they sure don't!

[@lokone303]

The Floppy Fish at commander, is a second copy (just for a while, because cumulative) of Rystic study (yeah that "hated" card) for a few turns, you get enough cards on multiplayer if you pay the upkeep just 2 times.

[@gepeto86]

cool video but where did you get this poe atlas map ?

[@statctwothree609]

the remora is a 1 mana rhystic study with solemnity combo, and it makes opponents tap 4 mana to keep you from drawing instead of 1, like rhystic study

[@thomasf.1014]

I remember opening sooo many of those packs too 😊 memorys memorys!

[@LAUDANADANADUNUM]

Where did you get the Path of Exile playmat???

[@SpatacusOfThrace]

I'm as high as Mount Kilimandjaro right now and this video at x1.5 speed is one of the best things to have ever happened to mankind. My lustrous taco is well rolled, solid and ready to go.

[@drunkenjorge]

Love the old artworks. Love the channel Greetings from Costa Rica ... please do 7th edition jaja please

[@don8535]

"Look at the cost! You gotta tap 4 just to get to your ex" words to live by

[@wilyhobbit6550]

Icy sweet, Twiddles, and Royal Assassins... my fave combos.

[@MidgarMerc]

Elemental Augury is actually a really powerful ability. You get to control your opponent's draw steps

[@jaredt2590]

Adarkar wastes is great. It gives you two different types of Mana and doesn't come in tapped as well as a colorless with no penalty. If you're playing white you can easily heal the damage from the colored mana.

[@charlesrosenberg8233]

Rudy, you pulled Marton Stromgold. Combined with Thallids from Fallen Empires it was a key to my first competitive deck.

[@angryscar09]

Dont even know how to play magic but love your channel Rudy, keep em coming

[@WoeBringer1195]

Ahhh Ice Age. So many memories. I still think the set has the best "Disenchant" artwork ever imo.

[@eonchao]

Solemnity from Hour of Devastation prevents counters going onto permanents which prevents culmative upkeep from adding age counters and allows you to get all the upside and none of the downside of these cards.

[@Chosen1_of.the.NONexistent_God]

The new card you talking about is Solemnity. 2W, Enchantment, Players can't get counters. Counters can't be put on artifacts, creatures, enchantments, or lands.

[@bobbob4654]

I liked the warning sound he gave for the card

[@D0wnshift]

You're growing so fast. I sub'd at 93K, seems just like yesterday.

[@AurediumRiptide]

Remember opening Ice Age back in the day. Recently played with Elemental Augury in EDH. Its pretty depressing for opponents when you alter their top 3 liberary cards. "You will draw lands for the next ten turns". Also, eon hub stops upkeep since it exists a long...long time ago.

[@michaelgleason4791]

Cumulative upkeep can be nullified by Solemnity.

[@sirrexos1596]

"Look at the feel of the cards." Thank you Rudy.

[@KoRnJester]

I would love to crack an Ice Age box again. It was the first set I got hyped about when I first started playing. Such great stuff in there.

[@pj2yyy2]

Buy one from Alpha Investments on eBay! I'm sure he has them for sale!

[@KoRnJester]

Not sure I could afford it lol. Maybe one day.

[@killafrog124]

Xelophant there probably 300 for a box not due to the cards value inside it, but how many sellers have a box listing on ebay.

[@seeweda]

Mystic Remora is played in most blue EDH decks as a draw engine for a few turns(prior to Solemnity coming out) and as a cheaper alternative to Rhystic Study.

[@cuzinevil1]

Rudy, the card you're looking for to suspend upkeep is eon hub from 5 dawn I think. I used it to avoid echo costs and tore up the battlefield.

[@dunz8260]

I really appreciate the PoE Atlas print you got going there

[@matthewmoss7601]

The art on Ice Age is gorgeous.

[@stefanobadodi2085]

This was one of the most funny openings ever! Second pack cracked me up!

[@KevinLopez-jf5ys]

5:18 best 10 seconds of Rudy sound effects.

[@leelanger1231]

Great set, lots of memories

[@apex84fairuz27]

rudy how to buy card that u sell.and can it send to malaysia

[@NuMBERNYC]

Norrit was a promo card for Wizard Magazines back in 95

[@alexking358]

I played that wall in my first deck, and yes I would attack with it, and yes it was awesome.

[@dnc1769]

I started playing roughly around the time Ice Age came out, so I have a TON of those cards.. :)

[@thrillmill6525]

My very first booster pack was an Ice Age. Thanks Rudy.

[@bewbunyon1]

Around when this set came out I bought a box and traded it to a guy for a Juzam Djinn. The guys thought I was dumb since the Juzam was only worth $50-75 at the time. This guy had 3 copies with one having unusually dark vibrant color. This made my playset! ...... wish I still had them :-p

[@McMachal]

"Chub toad, chub toad at the door, run away quick, or you'll run no more."

[@GabagoolGang]

ack ack ack

[@strawhataddison]

I was around for the days of ice age. Only now do I see that these commons are better than most of the rares. If you let me keep one of those 3 piles for myself I'd def take the commons.

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

LOL Hyalopterous Lemure was the hot sauce on my floppy taco now I look at that card now and LOVE THE ART but wonder why I thought it was so hot!?!

[@screwthenet]

Its refreshing to see an ice age card I have never seen, even online buy stores. I am thankful I still have a nm beta Unholy Strength with the pent in the backgorund ^,;,^

[@pme1967]

Gotta remember that the print runs today are higher than IA but so many started playing during this time that 99% of 'pack free' cards have been played meaning the NM+-M cards are quite scarce to rare meaning undervalued. 10-20yrs from now (2020)...these cards will have appreciated nicely. MO

[@Diotialate]

6:00 Wow nice pack opening (below.) The reason behind this is, Wizards' sorter wasn't that good back in the day. For that reason, people called the Legends booster boxes Legends(A) and Legends(B), because the set was so large that the cards were shuffled semi-randomly, instead of randomly. Meaning - if you got cards from the Legends(A) box, you wouldn't be getting many cards from Legends(B.) In that same token, Ice Age was so large that you could buy 3 boxes and not get the rare you wanted. commons: Goblin Ski Patrol mistfolk AURA baluvian bears circle of protetion juniper order druid hoar SHADE SNOW DEVIL IMPOSING VISAGE suran enchater warning goblin ski patrol mistfolk aura balduvian bears circle of protection juniper order druid hoar shade snow devil imposing visage suran enchanter warning

[@simonhirstein770]

Hey Rudy, I'm waiting for a Video about the latest Buyouts!! If a foil grim monolith is worth 2 mishra's Workshops or 2 Shahrazad are worth an unlimited mox , then something's wrong about these valuations.Will Prices of Monolith and shahrazad have to go down or will P9, Workshop etc. have to go up ?? What's your prediction??

[@anthonyaquariusmontoya1157]

How much would a fallen empires booster box be?

[@josephwood255]

I just purchased a case of mm13, 15 & 17. As well as 3 boxes of New Phyrexia and original print zendikar. What should I do with em

[@christiandfeliodfelio3055]

Joseph Wood rejoice in the fact you spent your money on painted cardboard

[@james-hb5tu]

anything but start a pack opening channel

[@legoman9479]

The thing with cumulative upkeep is that the cu counts as counters and there's something in the new set that prevents people from putting counters on so u end up not having to pay anything if u play the new card first

[@leress]

It's the white card "Solemnity" from Hour of Devastation, that prevents counters from being placed.

[@legoman9479]

ye that i forgot wat it was called '3 '

[@Maverick21491]

Ice Age, where random packing still could go wrong :) I once hit a box where the uncommon slot was all rares . Still worthless mind you :P

[@johnthompson8580]

I remember playing pyroblasts in burn decks back in the day 😁 Remember saying that when ice age came out, was like most of the cards are good but the mana costs are too high. Was like what were they thinking when they made the set... lets increase the cost of everything, and then to add insult to injury we'll make some non basic lands deplete over time making the mana situation worse, it'll be the best set ever

[@julian1000]

I know you were sort of intentionally hamming it up but really this brought me back. Even though you were acting, you really captured that feeling of being a kid and ripping through packs and being excited even at the shitty cards just because they were cool. *sigh* memories Also, audio is a little weird with headphones. It's really directional so when you head sways left and right I hear you more in one ear which sounds bizarre.

[@Mistrblank]

"Look how that feels" ... I don't think you know how this works...

[@DOLDY12]

Did it still have the new card smell?

[@Th3budtender]

using my limited data to watch box openings love it...Then rudys like "look at that art!" and I'm like yeah look at that!

[@Th3budtender]

lol love watching rudys videos even if he's opening ice

[@martinzivalich3326]

The flavor text you read at 18:13 "lies dreaming not dead" is a HP Lovecraft reference for Cthulhu which is what merit lage was based on. 1926,Call of Cthulhu "What, in substance, both the Esquimaux wizards and the Louisiana swamp-priests had chanted to their kindred idols was something very like this: the word-divisions being guessed at from traditional breaks in the phrase as chanted aloud: "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." This text, as given, ran something like this: "In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."

[@JasperJanssen]

In The Dark they were worried about Power Creep. In Fallen Empires, Homelands, and Ice Age they reset the power level to “very low” and started power creeping upward again afterwards.

[@couster8694]

"Look how that feels" -Rudy2017

[@stevenburton7725]

All of those Hydroblasts, Pyroblasts, Mystic Remora, and Counterspells. They are likely worth more than all of the rares you pulled.

[@JasperJanssen]

The two painlands are presumably the best ones in there.

[@waddledaway6157]

xD lol that trumpet noise xD killed me

[@mikechurchill1071]

No jesters cap or jesters mask I was really hoping to see that. Least you got an icy. They were worth 15-20$ in that age. Jesters cap was number one in the scrye top 10 worth 30$. Zuran orb with crucible of worlds gave you 2 life per turn and was a good extended deck. Also demonic consultation was in possibly the best deck ever called "trix". You would name necropotence and exile 10 cards the flip to a necro, play the necro draw like 15 cards the next turn and play illusion of grandeur and gain 20 life then draws 15-20 more cards and donate the illusion to the opponent and then hoodwink it and they loose 20 life in the spot with 4 force of wills as back up in your 25 card hand lol. Unbeatable!!!!

[@powmanr44]

Every box opening video "What happened to this box??" Every other video - crashes into stacks of boxes, grows them in gardens, etc

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

13:25 I forgot all about the Jeweled Amulet. It’s such a hilarious ice age version of a Mox 😂

[@wademiller2376]

Wow only one swords and one dance of the dead!? Craziness! Love the opening though

[@wizzywig8217]

"Look how that feels" - Rudy 2017

[@chrishamilton1247]

How much is the kraken worth.