TCG Thief Wasn't Prepared for the MTG Community

[@iliketrains1238]

We had a similar situation with one of the regulars. His car got robbed and was deciding to drop the hobby. Everyone gathered up and bought him packs. Gave him the cards he needs. Bought him a new set of sleeves and mats and everything. He was ready to leave, but the community made him stay. He is grateful and cried in store.

[@beowolfwesley8062]

That is so sweet👌

[@brennanvilcheck9469]

Had a similar story in college. A friend met through me college's TCG club had his MTG stuff stolen from his car. Well, the two members who are sort of the the leaders of the MTG portion made a secret discord, invited everyone who played and basically said, "we need ideas, let's build a deck for him." We made a deck list, and all split up working on getting cards. Someone also donated a old commander deck, I donated a double deck box and cards and sleeves, and others donated cards. We made him cry when we gifted the stuff to him. He was very happy and thankful

[@savygamer1231]

Heartwarming

[@kishascape]

Deodorant and body wash should be included in these sets too

[@IkarusTheFallen]

Lol got’em

[@nuclearsimian3281]

That card shop worker/owner, is a hero to the community tbh. He saw what was going on, did not panic, kept his cool, and then immediately figured out a solution.

[@TheGael4ce]

Curio Cavern is my LGS and I couldn't be more proud of the Mtg community coming together for one of their own.

[@magusofthebargain]

I had my iphone stolen when I was in my LGS. Immediately, one of my friends called the police. All the Magic players in the shop got together, and stood outside while the thief and I talked in front of the police officer. At first, the thief denied stealing my phone, but eventually, he gave it back. Thanks so much to the magic community for standing together against theft!!

[@skalarhaubitze]

I'd love to see more videos like this! From time to time it's really refreshing to remember there's more to Magic than the never ending flow of new expensive cardboard pieces.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@beckeliasson8465]

wdym magic is mad cheap if you just dont give a fuck about teir 1 meta ultimate competitive ultra omega Spike 2-0 every game decks.

[@brendans1983]

​@@beckeliasson8465 I don't give a fuck about that and it still isn't cheap

[@eavyeavy2864]

If thats all you think about mtg maybe thats where your brain is

[@eavyeavy2864]

@@brendans1983 25$ commander quarter

[@beelor5777]

Morale of the story: dont leave valuables in your car. Better morale of the story: dont leave your car unlocked with valuables in your car.

[@patmacrotch5611]

Actually leaving it unlocked will probably save you the cost of a new window. If they want to get in they’re going to get in unfortunately.

[@jwoods1732]

even better morale of the story: Dont live in America That said, I used to leave my doors unlocked since my village was safe but since we had the migrant crisis you can't do that anymore because they try getting into your house. One African guy tried breaking into my house twice in the same night and I dont think he realised my door was already unlocked (during his first attempt), I keep an axe and a Cbow nearby now.

[@chknguirit6166]

Even better morale of the story: Dont steal from the Magic community cause i know people who will wreck shit if their cards get nabbed

[@Damsels2001]

Me I keep nothing at all in my car at all and leave it unlocked. If they want to look and clean it for me, let them. Better than a busted window to get in. If I have to keep something in it for some reason Lock it.

[@Duskrequim]

Im not sure I would EVER let legacy decks out of my sight. I have $500 commander decks.. and I NEVER leave them. I cant imagine doing this to decks of that high value.

[@bennyboyshs]

Videos like these need to exist. Videos that spread awareness and highlight that anyone can be a victim. More importantly, it teaches us not to give up hope. Take to the community and be proactive.

[@xEvilRaptorx]

Double edged sword tho, it also informs thieves to become more cautious with their stolen loot

[@mikeespinoza5733]

Anyone dumb enough to leave valuables in their car can be a victim. FIFY.

[@ernestgibson8792]

short sighted mtg thieves is the reason i dropped the cardboard crack. they dont realize that is a tight community and if you suddenly pop up with rare stuff that is super suspicious

[@thetexasgerman190]

I really enjoyed this documentary style video you guys should do more there are plenty of other stories out there.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

That's the plan!

[@killy4112]

I seem to remember a judge tackling someone he saw actively stealing cards at GP Chicago in 2007. I had heard they got access to the thief's room and rescued a bunch of other stolen backpacks and such.

[@merlotonthego6412]

New to the Magic community. This is just gold. Thanks for the story. Happy to be a part of this awesome community. 🙏❤️

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Thanks for watching!

[@fire_run_205]

Curio is my local store. I am glad you could bring light to this.

[@mikeashe7270]

This hits extra for me. Back on October my whole car was stolen and the thief ended up running me over next day had my dominate hand just destroyed and still the part that sucks the most was losing like 12k worth of edh decks and the police did nothing. Finally talked myself into restarting my collection again here finally

[@Chickensea10]

Good luck with your life dude! Hope your hand recovers as best as it can!

[@letswatchification]

Having shopped on this store numerous times, the fact that this happened is wild lol glad he got his stuff back

[@kotapainting]

14:42 A similar thing, on a much smaller scale, happened to me as well. Thief stole several of my cards out of an edh when I stepped away to use the bathroom. He sold them to an acquaintance of mine still in the same sleeves matching the deck. I had high resolution photos of my deck with those same cards, same wear pattern, from before the theft. The thief still decided to fight it out in court saying he bought them from an online store but "lost the receipts"...

[@mrvulcanman1452]

story time from an LGS worker: Someone reported their CEDH deck as stolen a month ago, gave a description of the deck box, sleeves, cards. Overall, we are looking at almost $6k in cards stolen. Last week, a homeless lady came in with the deck asking to sell for cash. I knew right away it was the deck. I convinced her to drop it off with us for us to "process". When she left, I went through and confirmed all contents of the deck. We called the police and the owner and he came for his deck. He didnt want to press charges and when the homeless lady came back we said it was stolen property and was returned, she left in a hurry lol. This case was lucky but I have heard so many stories of peoples cards being stolen from their vehicles. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE STUFF IN YOUR CAR EVEN IF ITS HIDDEN. Just bring it inside with you or carry it in a bag on your persons!

[@Aigis31]

The solidarity that can arise from hobby communities is heartwarming, it's so great to see people help out their fellow hobbyist!

[@whiskeyfur]

Where was this community when my full set of alpha cards were stolen? No where. He was only lucky, nothing more.

[@brennanvilcheck9469]

Had a similar story in college. A friend met through my college's TCG club had his MTG stuff stolen from his car. Well, the two members who are sort of the the leaders of the MTG portion made a secret discord, invited everyone who played and basically said, "we need ideas, let's build a deck for him." We made a deck list, and all split up working on getting cards and such. Someone donated a old commander deck, I donated a double deck box and cards and sleeves, and others donated cards. We made him cry when we gifted the stuff to him. He was very happy and thankful

[@brianwagner8291]

Nerdom has always been a brotherhood of strange. Also had the same thing happen with my parents SCUBA shop, dude stole like $20k worth of dive gear and tried pawning it at local shops when pawnshops wouldn't take it. Much like any hobby community, they networked and let shops know what was up and eventually they set up a similar police sting. I will say however, that when the thief pulled up it wasn't just cops but at least 5 armed individuals. The SCUBA community has a lot of police and military among it so they didn't wait for the cops, the cops hurried up to avoid real trouble

[@valerieanneenglish2308]

That's my brother's store! What a wild time that was there.

[@crosshroomhead]

Honestly love content that shows more sides of magic. While yes, it is a collectable and a game, its also a community. I find myself paying more attention to community discussions over card discussions. Content like this is right up my alley, and very well done to boot.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

thank you for that, we couldn't agree more about the community. and thank you for the positive vibes!

[@daveautzen9089]

Back in the early days of Magic, a friend had his car broken into and his cards were stolen. None of the local shops had the cards brought in. We were all on the lookout, and few enough of us played at the time so all the local players mostly knew each other. His insurance paid and he bought new cards. Our theory is the thief, not seeing baseball cards in the boxes, just tossed them. This was in 1995 if I recall correctly.

[@larrytherustyboii7442]

then later on joe Biden finds them at a dump and played it with his fellow president pals.

[@SilverquillDropout]

Crime & Magic, my two favorite types of content all rolled together. Great video!

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Thank you for taking the time to watch!

[@Krackorn]

This is a awesome investigative journalism. You should do more of these. I shred this to 15 people man. I love this stuff.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Wow, thank you! More to come!

[@kennethmarkwith4678]

I find it ironic that he has that poster right over his shoulder lol. However, I'm glad that they got the perps, they should be made an example of. Theft of that amount of value of anything else would have been a felony

[@IcemilkIllusion]

4:38 “Stoneforge Mystic with top hat and cane.” I love that.

[@GhostlyGhost333]

I wouldn’t mind seeing more of these videos from time to time. Their entertaining.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

more on the way!

[@ShadowPheonix77]

What an amazing story and video. As someone who works around the corner from the mentioned Curio Cavern and plays at their other locations for Commander nights. I had no idea this had happened.

[@PawzBrownMTG]

This was a crazy story but this is amazing turn out. Thanks Joel for doing an overview of this happening

[@thescribe509]

The only magic-related item I've ever had stolen from me was a Kumena EDH deck. It was a commander night and I started off with a deck I, and the table, was more familiar with. When it was time to switch decks to the only other deck I had brought that evening, it was gone. Never got it back, lost it before I even got to play the deck. That was it's maiden outing. In honor of the lost deck, I made a Thada Adel, Acquisitor deck, because thievery.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Super sorry to hear this :/

[@Gatekeeper5289]

Christmas Eve 2017, my collection along with several hundreds of dollars or board games was stolen out of my car. This left me feeling so violated and crushed that I never played magic again. Good to see some justice for assholes that do this to people!

[@NateBullock-ow6on]

That's why you don't leave stuff like that in your car 💩

[@ETPopensPacks]

This was a great video - absolutely love this and it was a great showing for the magic community. Other people have had collections stolen and the community came together to donate and/or raise funds to rebuy a deck - some really amazing compassion for people they don’t know personally but share a love of a hobby with. More positive stories like this should be boosted!

[@shannonwatson8023]

That’s sooo cool!! Sucks when people steal stuff, but it’s more so amazing when people come together to help the one that was stolen from!! Love the mtg community

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Thank you for watching.

[@absolute0rez]

I've seen the community stand together irl a few times. Especially back in high-school. It was the final years of the original frame, changing to the new frame. We played in the cafeteria in the am and and lunch... this one guy started trying to pick on one of our buddies and all of us got the guy to leave the kid alone. It was pretty cool

[@salito97]

Nicely edited, love to have more story time videos like these

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Thanks! Will do!

[@alecallen625]

i used to play here back when they first opened this store has a great community people always look out for eachother

[@TripsAhoy]

This is a great story and love the way you guys did it. Great job.

[@ryanbowen4526]

I love the stories from the community. With such a large fanbase, you would expect more stories to be circulated but we just talk in terms of decklists and banlists and relative power of cards. More of these would be awesome

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Couldn't agree more!more to come, glad you enjoyed

[@noodlebanana7512]

So sweet the shops calling ahead and looking out for each other 💖 Love this kind of content!!

[@TheSushiandme]

When my car was broken into and my stuff was stolen, over a few grand. The cop told me tough luck

[@Dilldough.]

Curio Cavern should become a MTG card.

[@Insacreed]

Whoever keeps a backpack with thousands of dollars worth of cards in there car over night shouldn't be surprised when its broken into

[@StanfieldJustin]

My local Magic community are the kindest, and some of the nicest people I've ever met in my life!

[@TheAngriestReptileAlive]

I already like it in fiction when heroes and villains team up to take down a greater evil but when it happens in real life, it’s just so much more potent

[@oliviauzquiano7392]

Fascinating! Great video. I work in a comic shop/game store and we do get calls of stolen cards. Usually we don’t see them come in but it’s awesome that all the shops could come together and help!

[@MTGUnpacked]

Awesome video! Too often you hear of collections being stolen and the cards are gone for good. Glad the guy got his cards back and justice was served👍

[@BR-jo1lf]

Ya I wish this kind of community and online resource existed back in the day when my collection was stolen.

[@TheLizeard]

You just took me back to my starters days when I’d leave 1 or 2 in my glove compartment. Some broke in and stole them, my local game store handed them over the next time I went in. $20 of marked cards and boxes so no real loss but cool to know your community has your back.

[@grantharriman284]

This sounds to me like the perpetrator was already on parole or something like that, and even taking that small plea deal would trigger a much larger prison term from a different case.

[@DXSTRYR]

But Kemper has a Che poster on his wall. Doesn't he know he doesn't own those cards. The people own the products and means of production. How can a comrad steal, when everything is provided by the state?

[@Schiedog]

A truly wonderful video to show how the magic community came together to help out a fellow member.

[@jakoblernhage2867]

A well known store in Sweden just got there foil collection back after some people robbed it and tried to sell it in like Switzerland. Sometimes there is hope.

[@cpoundage]

Dude, loved this new type of video. A+ music, script, everything. More please! 🎉

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Stoked to hear it, thanks for the feedback.

[@benjackson8511]

It’s nice to finally see a video about the positive influence of the Mtg community

[@eeflos]

Cool content! I like the diverse stories like this one. Looking forward to seeing more!

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@PushMongo35]

I had a few decks stolen in high school about 98-99... the hurt never goes away 😢 I still have some cards from then, but not the best ones.

[@zabrinapenguin]

There was this guy that left his bag to be watched by some acquaintances in the cafeteria of a college campus and when he came back no one knew where his bag of decks went. With in that same group cards went missing out of decks. Presumably when people would look through them. I was surprised to hear that behavior was going on with a local casual MTG group on campus. I stopped playing with them. Since then I don't leave cards unattended and if someone looks at my deck I watch them. I also count my cards before putting them back in the deck box. That is so great that the community came together and helped get his cards back! I myself would never leave valuables in the car. But I'm glad he got his back.

[@hippiedude2232]

As a magic player myself I'm glad to see that good, honest, people are representing the community in media and the narrative wasn't "eww, old people playing games."

[@lmrbeerbellyl]

Man with che guevara flag sad his $21,000 magic card collection was stolen, lol.

[@MattCorrales]

My friend got his Magda deck stolen in a smash and grab last weekend, but we already recovered it, since the thief tried to sell the whole deck in-tact to another LGS. Stoked that the community does look out for eachother at the end of the day. Couldn’t arrest the asshole because he passed it off to a homeless person, but glad it was recovered so quickly.

[@EasilySuede]

Excellent feature here, great organization and flow.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Thanks!

[@EvanHobson]

This was really cool! Thanks for covering the story.

[@mikevalentine2741]

Please do more! Please. You guys are really cool dudes and this was so fun to watch

[@MtendoTheSkunk]

My favorite part of this story is that after the sting operation happened the magic players basically said " Yeah! That's what you get for stealing magic cards from a player, ya dumbasses!" and then went right back to their games LOL I'd probably have done the same exact thing.

[@chayadol]

I'm really glad that stores there really help the guy out. I had a same situation on Jan last year, but too bad most of stuff that stolen are sealed, so its harder to find it. One of those stolen are my little pony one, so I still keep my eyes on it even today.

[@johneicher7914]

Nice to hear a win for the good guys. Corporate in the Ivory tower might not know about community but Magic players do.

[@brentmayfield501]

This is wholesome (tragic for sure), I’m just glad people are willing to help him out. I couldn’t even imagine 😮

[@stt5v2002]

Back in 1999, I was big into Star Wars CCG. I had a large desk in my room with my collection sitting open and clearly visible. I had thousands of dollars worth of cards in several open boxes. My house was burglarized, probably by accomplices of a guy my roommate was dating. They stole my CRT tv that weighed 40 lbs and was worth about $40. And a small locked safe that had my college transcripts and a few documents in it. They probably couldn’t get it open and if they did, it wasn’t worth anything. And my clock. $5 from target. They left the cards, presumably not realizing that they had value.

[@Mat-tg4fk]

Would love to see more community stories like this!

[@ElizabethSuomy]

I love a good story time like deep dive essay type video! Thank you so much!

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Thanks for watching!

[@conceptslegends]

Excellent work! Top-shelf journalism!

[@thatguycam1989]

Well done. I'd love to see more of these. Excellent narration as well. Keep it uo!

[@johnmack6218]

This was a great story! Thanks for posting!😊

[@vivianmartinez8618]

Joel's joke at the end 😅😅 Great Story - Better Ending. Keep it Going Guys !!

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

Tyty!!

[@sirsquiggles1584]

3:18 I loved the "dramatization" 🤣

[@Fox_Moulder]

Getting your collection stolen is such a horrific violation, I would never wish it upon my worst enemy. ngl that guy deserved more time in jail for stealing.

[@monomanamaniac]

I really did like your take on this story, and I haven't heard it before. This is certainly a segment that you should do more of

[@ericboldan8254]

It is one of my favorite days when someone comes to the shop and attempts to sell a stolen collection. Especially fun to explain to police that the collection in front of us is one of our customers' and I recognize the deck because Ive played against it!

[@mikeespinoza5733]

Its like theyre too dumb to just sell them online.

[@kayle1223]

I have played at a lot of magic shops, but Curio Cavern is undoubtedly my favorite. This just reinforces that!

[@holache2000]

Great video! Loved the story. The presentation was excellent!

[@Poor_Greedo]

Gents, this is top-notch content! A prime example of trying something new and having it pay off. I predict this will be one of your most-viewed videos - well done!

[@XiloTheOdd]

a special edition card with him as a planeswalker or other creature would be amazing.

[@rteishe]

This was awesome. Definitely throw videos like this (or whatever creative content you'd like) into the standard rotation. 👏👏👏

[@colonelblars9126]

lol that judge must have been so annoyed with the perp for taking his case to trial.

[@endersblade]

I wish my theft story turned out this well. I had an $11,000 EDH deck stolen several years ago. Once I noticed it missing, I started calling all of the stores in the area, gave great detail on the cards, and moreover mentioned that several of them had distinct alters on them. Most of the stores gave me a tepid response, and even some of them said "we can't keep an eye out on all the cards that come through our doors". Two weeks later, I roll up into a popular game store, and every. single. one. of my cards was sitting in their cabinet for sale. I was livid. I complained to the store owner but in the end never got my cards back. They even denied I ever made a call to them, even though I recorded them all.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

That’s insane. You saw your alters in there?

[@procrastianArt]

What a great story, glad it all got resolved safely

[@CraigStevenLikesStuff]

This is wild. I just started going to Curio Cavern for Saturday night Commander league a few months ago.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

when you go next, tell them you saw our video!! Tom is great

[@dougiedoug7543]

What an excellent video! Although this was a terrible turn of events, this video did such an excellent job showing the beauty of this story! This was above and beyond any other magic content! You have earned my sub!

[@zzt0p16]

Hey guys! Seriously enjoyed this! I always tune in for good content and are never disappointed with you guys. Thanks J&J!

[@Refu83]

Awesome story and nicely told. Please do more of those videos :)

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

We will!

[@deth2munkies]

I had a modern merfolk deck stolen at a GP shortly after I finished building it. Really killed my motivation to play Magic for a while since I was so proud of finally trading for and buying all the cards I needed for it, then never got to use it in a tournament. Magic community not always great :(. That said, I'm a prosecutor now and I still see Magic card thefts come through from time to time, though it's normally sealed product from a store. Glad to know this guy got caught.

[@willtactix]

Lock your doors. Don’t leave valuables or bags in plain sight. I’ve had my car broken into twice in college but left nothing in there for them to steal.

[@jackdeth2004]

Makes me wonder where that signed Black Lotus that was stolen is sitting right now.

[@ThatHappaHaole]

That parking lot's kinda tight too... getting in and out of there without committing a crime can be a challenge lol

[@Ranca666]

I really enjoyed the video, a super cool story, fantastically narrated, excellent production, i'd watch more for sure!

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

much thanks!

[@swahilimaster]

Fortunately your average thief doesn't understand the value of Magic cards. My uncle had his apartment broken into once and they took his TV and DVD player, they had clearly found the cards and moved them, but left them behind. The TV and DVD player were barely 400 dollars, the small binder of cards was upwards of 100k, the large binder about 50k, and there was about 30k+ among various deck boxes and storage containers.

[@Stopinvadingmyhardware]

I remember this. I wasn’t aware they caught the thieves.Good on them.

[@joem3009]

What an awesome story of community coming together to stop evil…

[@rahminh]

Simple Solution do not leave valuables in your cars.

[@salfontana5712]

Loved the video! Reminds me a bit of the history of RDW video they did over at CardMarket. There’s was a history, yours more of an interesting story. Great style of video that I’d like to see more of for sure. It’s important for those in the community who haven’t been around as long, or aren’t from the area / don’t keep up with the news that often.

[@Bushwacker1089]

Awesome story definitely would like to see more of this

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

More to come!

[@stephensteele2844]

I had my decks stolen from my car once and my LGS owner gave me a box of MM1 as a “I’m sorry” the cards never showed up

[@bmx_helisman8252]

I had a number of cards stolen at a tournament at a local shop years ago. I had just finished playing someone and somebody came up to me and asked to look at my deck. While he was looking his friend was distracting me I didn't realize what they were doing until he handed it back and both men quickly left. I instantly got nervous and started shuffling through my deck - all my dual lands as well as a number of other valuable cards were gone. I was livid. The card shop did nothing to help the situation, the pair was never caught and my cards were gone. I never went back to that shop and they went out of business probably a year later.

[@JakeandJoelareMagic]

in this situation, I'm happy to hear they went out of business. Finding an LGS that is safe is important. Sorry you lost your cards :/