It All Begins Here!! Fourth Edition Starter Deck Pack Opening

#unboxing #packing #magicthegathering #mtgboxopening
Welcome to my Island Sanctuary! I'm reaching back in time to 1995 and cracking open my first of many Fourth Edition sealed products. Boosters, Starter Decks & Booster Boxes WILL BE OPENED! And I'm not stopping until I have em all! Subscribe, like and follow as I attempt to recreate a precious collectible from my youth. Come check it out!
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[@durnshawn]

3rd edition was the first set. Loved the excel sheet metrics at the end.

[@packingthegathering1260]

Revised is definitely the set most dear to my heart

[@leesadleridge]

Just stumbled across your video, I absolutely loved it! I started playing Magic around the time Amonkhet came out. But I have to tell you something that to this day bugs the hell out of me. I’m 52 years old, and I only found out about Magic the Gathering with Amonkhet!!! How I let this amazing game slide passed my radar for over 30 years is beyond me!!!! I was even a collector of all kinds of eclectic things throughout the nineties, but somehow I missed Magic! Anyway, I loved the video and look forward to seeing you open more treasures in the future.

[@packingthegathering1260]

I never in a million years would have thought MTG would grow as it did. I really regret not holding on to them, and even the years I stepped away temporarily, I wish I could get those years back to enjoy more first set pack openings and drafts. Happy to hear you are enjoying the vids.

[@meganlee2118]

Good video! I liked the spreadsheet at the end. Very detailed 🤑

[@packingthegathering1260]

Glad it was valuable!

[@mysecondlifeca]

Love the idea of that complete set hunting! :) Started to play Magic at Revised time so it's so nice to see this!

[@packingthegathering1260]

Revised was such a cool set. Outside of dual lands, I think my favorite/most used card was Copy Artifact.

[@jcbeck84]

I came in around the early summer of 95 as well. Fallen Empires, Fourth Edition, and Ice Age are very nostalgic for me. Sold out in the early 2000's (college) and just came back last year with literally no involvement in the middle. I think I’d like to start playing again with modern sets eventually, but wanted to get some of my old set collections back into my library before I figure out how modern magic works. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to seeing it progress.

[@packingthegathering1260]

Thanks for stopping by! My third return was in 2016 or 2017. I had previously sold off my cards about 5 years earlier. It's crazy how this game has a grip on me and how it keeps me coming back!

[@bellmattwebb]

Super fun, buddy. I'll have to join you for the next part. As someone who started during 4th edition, this was enjoyable to watch along.

[@packingthegathering1260]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it

[@BenjaminBooth-m5c]

I started in Revised and played for a couple of years. I got back into it this January and wish I had never stopped. I still have my old cards and built a Cube for my play group of cards Fifth Edition or earlier.

[@packingthegathering1260]

I have yet to try a Cube but I hear it's great fun

[@bradloy25]

So I purchased a Revised Starter off ebay back in 2010ish for 60 dollars and gave it to my best friend a few years ago to open. He pulled 2 dual lands from the starter, I could not believe it. I got into magic too back in the summer of 1995 when I was 15/16 years old. I remember seeing revised and unlimited sitting on the shelf in my local magic shop and thinking I just can't afford to pay the few extra dollars per pack or starter when I can get 4th for normal retail prices. I only bought revised boosters a few times. Wish I would of purchased some unlimited back then bought had no idea what big cards were in those sets back in the day. A friend of mine that had gotten into the card game in 93 had a binder with the whole power 9 set on black borders. I remember seeing this in 96 or 97. I thought he was a god for having those cards

[@packingthegathering1260]

I had the same situation going on. In 1995, I would be spending my meager allowance on Fallen Empire and Fourth, then later Chronicles b/c I really couldn't afford much else. Wasn't until I was post highschool and had my first job that I started to buy more and at that point my attention turned to Revised.

[@Dreams_Rx]

Looking forward to seeing this set come together. I was introduced to Magic around revised, when it was still in stores. Though didn't start playing until Avacyn Restored. At one time I was almost gifted the Power Nine from a collection my moms friends son had. Don't know if it was Alpha, Beta or Revised. Who knew they would be worth so much today.

[@packingthegathering1260]

Welcome back to the game! I've been fortunate enough to own two power nine cards during my MTG career. Although I don't have any now as I sold them sometime around 2012 and very much regret it. Glad to hear you are enjoying the vids!

[@ep1phany62]

I picked up one of these recently. Will be opening it sometime soon.

[@packingthegathering1260]

Exciting, let me know what you pull!

[@ep1phany62]

I’m doing the same at the moment, auditing my collection on excel. There are so many rares for fourth edition that I don’t think I’m going to push for a full set, but I’m not too far off a Planeshift set.

[@packingthegathering1260]

If you are going to plunge in the deep end of inventorying your collect, I'd suggest better apps than Excel. Look into Deckbox.org or EchoMTG.com as great inventory tools. I am old school so I like Deckbox better, but EchoMTG definitely has a newer modern look and feel. I'm only using one in my vids for this one series b/c I needed more manual control. But I have tens of thousands of cards so Deckbox/EchoMTG made more sense for the whole collection.

[@TheBearNecessiTCG]

This brings back memories, I was first introduced to magic with revised. I wanted to collect the entire set but those dual lands are expensive.

[@packingthegathering1260]

After 4ED being my introduction, I instantly fell in love with Revised. I think I liked the retro (considering 4th a more updated product at the time) look with the white border adding a more clean look. I think I was in the minority at the time where most people liked black bordered cards.

[@SAHPR0]

Let it be known that i was here when it started

[@packingthegathering1260]

Thanks for stopping by, should be great fun

[@tfriggink314]

man, 4th edition is how I learned to play. Just me, a couple friends, and a rule book. Good times.

[@packingthegathering1260]

Good friends and learning a new game is priceless.

[@pISSUMTREE]

I miss these lol

[@packingthegathering1260]

I loved Starter Decks, adding in Lands to the boosters really removed the need for them but they were fun.

[@digiprez77]

I started during Revised. I just can't help but look back at 4th Edition without pain... Revised duals were still $5 a pop and I bought soooooo many 4E boosters. Only comfort is that I was not alone lol. I did buy a crapload of beta lands for almost nothing that I have been sitting on.

[@packingthegathering1260]

Oh the memories. I once walking in to an LGS on a family vaca two states over. I wanted to buy a Tundra and the store owner wanted to trade me straight up for a Serra Angel, I wouldn't do it. LOL

[@digiprez77]

@@packingthegathering1260 I used to go to shops when on vacation too. That is how I got a playset of Forks over the course of a year. Not the worst choice... At least they are still viable in some formats.

[@MrBulletturtle]

looks like I'm the newbiest here, started when portal was a set

[@packingthegathering1260]

I remember when Portal hit the shelves. I shrugged it off as a junior product and didn't pay attention to what cards were in the set. Years later I realized my mistake. I don't think I ever opened any of the Portal sets.