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[@rebeccachambers4701]

so they are still doing this crap so glad i quite mtg. Printers been working fine too.

[@johnholemans5655]

I like the universe and beyond set. I got the set of 4 for Dr. who and fallout. And you are right Dr. Who set is way better than the fallout set.

[@seandliere4491]

I am definitely an avid fan of Magic and I personally love the Universes Beyond. I was already starting Iniverses Beyond when I commissioned custom art modded cards for my Commander decks and while some of my picks (Life is Strange, Naruto, Borderlands, Mass Effect) will likely NEVER get crossovers, I still enjoy playing them. Fallout has me on such a hype right now being a longtime fan of the game series, and WHO catapulted me into binging 9th through 12th Doctors (trying to grit my teeth and get through 13th) and I loved having the Scryfall gallery for WHO open on my phone so that when something jappened in the episodes that corresponded to a WHO card, I could reference that card and love it that much more! I could gush all day, but I think I'll leave it there.

[@Mwarrior1991]

I'm not angry, and i don't hate universes beyond. but i feel like magic is changing into something that i don't love, or at least didn't love as much.. which is fine, that happens. it just sucks for me.

[@Gaming_Antics]

Why pay $400 for 12 packs when you can buy those same packs at Target for $25 each, that’s $300?

[@JoshStrifeHayes]

Opening packs that expensive almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

[@cstaie85]

Then who would you trade with Josh? Without the oh so powerful internet, how will you know if it is worth $400 anymore?

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

I get that reference.

[@Ranumie5]

Josh would remember it and he would tell the tales of fallout packs at the campfire gathering@@cstaie85

[@rookt31893]

Was not expecting a Josh Strife Hayes in the comments.

[@nerdstrong]

You aren't going to find any Luss-Tea in this chat, Josh.

[@retro.7673]

For 400$ you can get All 4 commander decks = 200$ A prime subscription to watch fallout series = 15$ New Vegas Fallout ultimate edition = 20$ Fallout 4 gold edition = 40$ Fallout 3 GOTY edition = 20$ FALLOUT 76 = 40$ And still have 65 dollars left over.

[@as95ms98]

Don't forget the original fallout games! You'll still have $60 leftover!

[@addisonhennessy7657]

To make it even more cost efficient you can get Xbox Gamepass and get all the Fallout games(plus over 400 other games to play)

[@SnorlaxMarkish]

And yet people buy it. When you break it down its criminal.

[@zakkw788]

Did the serialized card make up for the $800+ you spent? Lol ​@@dark_raveen92

[@cax1175]

You'd have to pay me to play 76

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

Prof: "Show me $33.33!" Card: $2.00

[@matthewpletsch7523]

Fun fact, Prof. I quit magic, sold most of my cards and havent bought product since. But I still watch your content. You outlasted my hobby time in MTG

[@ReasonablyRetro]

They lost me when they butchered the phyrexians... I am still in the process of selling all my cards but I too, still watch the prof. Probably always will :)

[@drwconnor93]

You could buy all four decks, and probably get every Fallout video game ever released for less than 1 of these boxes. Insane

[@CervantesVI]

4 Fallout Commander Deck bundle on TCGPlayer: $190.75 Market Price Fallout Franchise Bundle on Steam: $163.03 Total: $353.78 Not only would you have the money for it, but you'd have enough left over to buy a lot of snacks and invite three friends over to play the Pre-Cons against each other.

[@paulszki]

I caved to FOMO and bought the deck set because I didn't want to end up not being able to play radstorm and a bunch of the energy counter cards because I REALLY want to make a janky energy counter deck work. Turns out the energy counter deck itself is the weakest of the bunch though a bunch of the individual cards, I'm sure, are awesome. But when it come to Universes Beyond, the collector boosters and displays are beyond me (ha), because they're so expensive and you can just get the decks if you're looking for a card and/or buy singles of the cards that you really enjoy. So they're EXCLUSIVELY a lottery ticket. Pull a serialized card or bust. Collector booster displays are already a very... luxury product. I sometimes can one for very cheap from a friend who can buy them at distributor prices. E.g. A collector box of Midnight Hunt for 75 bucks and even those have very iffy EV but at least you have the chance of pulling cards, that aren't in any precon. Paying 400 bucks for a kick in the nuts, when you could have just bought the fallout precons... is really just dudes with well paying IT-Jobs burning burning some cash for fun.

[@addisonhennessy7657]

See the thing about special treatments on cards and serialization is that you don’t need them to play the game. There’s nothing wrong with wanting a fancy version of a card of course. If you happen to want them, cool! Go buy it.

[@MannyCoon]

Could we get a BOX counter next time, Please and Thank You!! If not, no Biggie,!,!!,!,

[@Mr_Emoticon]

and those decks come with collector sample packs witch makes it even more ridiculous

[@WolfyRagnarok]

14:33 "This is currently the cheapest Wasteland" 😂

[@kobisjeruk]

Not surprising in the least. It looks horrible.

[@whyamievenhere1334]

I like it. Maybe because I like the fallout shelter type art

[@Lismakingmovie]

"my attitude towards universes beyond has shifted, but my feelings have not" describes exactly how i feel about it at this point. I feel like the decks have been really good, in a vacuum, but when you inevitably swap out a few of the cards, and end up with regular old magic cards next to fallout, next to doctor who, next to warhammer, it can definitely feel a bit uncanny. It's unfortunate because there have been some excellent mechanics in them, and it's clear a lot of love went into designing them.

[@MrVariant]

Lol at least you didn't get ravnica clue edition, which I dodged a duplicate bullet and got clue on switch, grinch who, and dice versions for less than even the discounted $50. Way better. I preferred the brother's war with transformers to be a bit more subtle, let alone it's the cheapest gift bundle at about $45, with ixalan/jurassic park being $10 more. I've also noticed the collector's boosters are polished turds. You generally get fancy card art for less than $1, which is terrible when it costs $25+, though sales for under $20 are nice. Prof did luck out but not by that much (profit but less than $200).

[@AlluMan96]

I think what compounds this feeling is how Universes Beyond so often picks things that are so wildly incongruous with the aesthetic of the rest of the game. Like, Warhammer is so immediately recognizable as itself, that it's impossible to hide it while more contemporary ones like Walking Dead, Evil Dead, Stranger Things, etc will just never belong in Magic in my eyes. Part of the reason why LoTR really worked for me was honestly that it just about fits into Magic. Aside from some really key characters and elements, I can quite comfortably slot those cards into just about anything, helped by how much of a cornerstone to fantasy at large LoTR is. Entish Restoration, Troll of Khazad Dhum, Mirkwood Bats, Orcish Bowmasters, while you can tell by their names and art that these are Universes Beyond, they also don't clash with Magic's vibe too harshly. But on the whole though, I do feel that. I bought one of the Dr Who precons and I don't really have any intentions of taking it apart or adding to it, just sitting as almost like a time-capsule of it's release window. Of course, there is something to be said about how garish some of these cards are, that they kinda have their own unique appeal when all lumped together into one, immersion shattering package. Alot of the robots and artifacts of these decks will fit beautifully alongside Warhammer Necrons and Dr Who Cybermen into a Megatron-deck I'm planning to build, because with all these wildly disperate art styles and vibes clashing with Magic's own aesthetic more-so than with anything else, it's like a child's box of robot-toys stomping on their parents' hobby project. Something so tacky that it loops back around to just being hilarious in it's blasphemy.

[@XoIoRouge]

Yeah, one of my decks has this weird as fuck Megatron Tyrant card in there. Really powerful for the deck. Totally not in theme.

[@foderis8777]

@@AlluMan96 kinda incorrect for Warhammer being 'immediately recognizable' cuz I played Be'lakor as my commander for a year when I got into the gaqme and thought it was just some demon from an older New Capenna set.

[@Yahik0]

I spent $250 by pre ordering on Amazon the day they went live and they honored the pricing thankfully.

[@TheJakubsonEXP]

I got mine on Amazon when they were $180 the second they went live and they honored all 5 of my boxes.

[@user-oj7uc8tw9r]

Stop enabling this BS.

[@omgitstj211]

😂

[@iinsomniaaaaa]

It's hilarious how prof overestimated the price on almost every card and then somehow before the final pack guessed he had opened 200 dollars lower than the actual value.

[@Xynic.7391]

English major

[@Bramblebush518]

when he says a card is $20, more often than not he's just doing a bit lol

[@iinsomniaaaaa]

@Bramblebush518 I get that it's a bit lol, I find it funny. I'm curious how honest he is on his final guess though.

[@XoIoRouge]

Math is hard.

[@hihi9434]

​@@Bramblebush518 it really don't think he is bro😂 he is over and under on a lot of cards. I think this is a true estimate

[@AnimeFluxYT]

When the professor said, "Gotta be $100, show me $100!" with such confidence, and then the actual price appeared, I burst out laughing. The hubris-to-downfall timing is perfect. 🤣

[@jgostylo]

I loved that by pack 2 he was thinking $150, almost every card he was guessing 2 or 3 times over the real price, and then on pack 11 he did a memory add and said "maybe $375." I mean, I know it's all funny because we have the hindsight information.

[@DickCheneyXX]

They weren't sold for 400$, idiots made the price go up.

[@omarortiz9660]

And then proceeds to ignore the $60+ card for that Arcane Signet

[@cseiter3669]

I think it’s up there now though.

[@hakanbrakankrakan]

@@cseiter3669 Are they increasing in value? Wouldn't they be decreasing in value short term since boxes are being shipped out and packs cracked?

[@TheCrustiCroc]

Prof, please do more videos where you talk about stuff. We love seeing you unbox and just ramble. It is so relaxing

[@ashvora73]

The discussion at the end was really good Prof. I love your opinion on this stuff

[@christophera2534]

Shout out to the editor

[@lilithhenderson]

Definitely. Profs editor is alwars on point.

[@AlternativelyBananas]

OK, but what’s their name?

[@Goober7089]

A booster box that’s 400 caps?!??? I’d have to blow up megaton to buy 1.

[@garrisontd]

You all are getting paid to blow up Megaton? I’ve just been doing it for free.

[@brendans1983]

Savages. I own a house there.

[@BittermannMusic]

​@@garrisontd we are not the same

[@darthweeaboo8761]

So excited to see you open this. I managed to my snag my Collector Box from Amazon for 270 since I pre-ordered it back in October last year! Excited to open my box this weekend with my buddy!

[@ZargX76]

As someone who has never played MTG before, the Universes Beyond stuff has pulled me into the hobby. I know it's maybe not the same for veteran players, but stuff like Fallout, LotR, and 40k is acting as an incredible entry point and making me excited for upcoming decks that are more of the "regular" Magic flavor.

[@Xalyn937]

Glad it got you in, I got into magic from the dungeons and dragons cross-over sets and been really into it since.

[@the5starman926]

Same. I get they aren't for everyone, but when they introduced Transformers in Brothers War I bought my first Magic boosters in over a decade. Now I have a group of friends that plays Commander once a week!

[@jesperwinther518]

"I get UB isn't for everyone". So is selling drugs to kids or killing other people. That doesn't mean they should be welcome... But as long as prof. pays 400$ for a box for views, regardless of his personal view and/or ethics. How can we complain 😉. Sorry, gotta go. Another UB-supporter just killed my dog in my backyard. Can't complain - gotta make space for everyone ♥️

[@Xalyn937]

@@jesperwinther518wow dude. That some comparison. Don’t engage with content you don’t like. Sorry that UB worked to bring other people to the game and now they engage with regular magic up content. What hurt you?

[@the5starman926]

@@jesperwinther518 lol very normal response. Not weirdo behavior at all.

[@xthexpunisherx]

Please someone at TCC give prof a hug it looks like he needs it

[@ash3839]

Oh my goodness he liked it! 🥺 My fiance would give him a hug in a heartbeat I swear

[@korylemon8911]

I think the editor deserves that extra booster box

[@gamersrevenge6528]

why? this is the easiest thing in the world to edit

[@ChrisTian-mf8wu]

Are you an editor?

[@gamersrevenge6528]

@@ChrisTian-mf8wu if being an editor is putting up a price to match the card then call me papa editor

[@LilyhardtGames]

​@@gamersrevenge6528if only it was that easy, some recordings could be over 3 hours long and then you have to cut 3 hours down to 40 or so minutes

[@TheManaForge]

Loved the guessing of the prices, made me laugh so much when it was crazy overestimated. Bless you Prof!

[@admstoker]

Professor, I've been loving your content more and more recently. Thank you for what you do. Also you on Game Knights Live made me very happy to see.

[@Deftkou]

I really enjoy this “guess the price” format compared to skimming through them all! Also love the “per pack value” tracker compared to highest card being tracked. Definitely makes me want to watch it all the way through vs skim/skip/2x the video.

[@zirngibel3596]

true, same

[@DMofPuppets]

I love the IDEA of Universes Beyond. I hate how expensive it is. I hate how expensive Magic is all around.

[@Phished123]

i think this is the key, Universes Beyond is great, but using it as a further reason to make magic increasingly more and more expensive is decidedly sucky.

[@ASunstrider]

Proxy printer goes brrrr

[@Phished123]

@@ASunstrider normally i agree with you, proxies are great. But the real problem with this idea is that the best part about a lot of these universe beyond cards are the amazing art. Obviously the good thing is that singles usually end up being low value once packs get opened. But you arent gonna proxy say the vault boy alt arts because the whole point is to have the nice art on a quality card.

[@eewweeppkk]

​@Phished123 You can almost always use any printing of a card you want when you proxy, what are you talking about? And these collector boxes are all foil. I would say of all the foil magic cards I own, less then 10% of them are ACCEPTABLE let alone quality.

[@Phished123]

@@eewweeppkk I wasnt speaking specifically about the collectors boxes, those are undefendable, we are talking about UB in general. Im speaking about quality and color of print, not the foil issues. There is a massive difference in quality of color between just printing inkjet proxies and actual cards, and at some point if you are going to a site like Printing Proxy and getting prints of actual art magic cards you arent proxying, you are just counterfeiting cards. Thats fine if you are just playing kitchen table or whatever anyway, but there is a distinction there.

[@Jermicidal]

Todd Howard never stops finding new ways to have people drop insane money on his game

[@holtonsmith2792]

My friends just recently got me into magic and my first deck was a Fallout Commander deck. I loved playing it. I now have a pre order the Modern Horizons III commander decks. 😂 Your videos have helped me understand a lot about the game. I just wish I would have gotten into MTG 10 years ago when it was offered to me.

[@Lorienhal]

This format of the booster box game is more interesting to me with the collector boosters than watching the packs get opened with the background music only. I like the guessing game

[@zirngibel3596]

same. love to hear ideas of brian and just love him talk, so soothing

[@Saltymoles]

Yeah i watch the videos because of the prof not to wwtch background noise lol

[@mikotagayuna8494]

Someday, amidst a howling wasteland of a post-apocalypse, you might chance upon these booster boxes in a landfill. It will be worth every penny of that $400 considering how useful it will become as toilet paper replacement.

[@munchmahquchi4050]

The fallout set got 4 of my friends, who used to laugh at me for liking magic, into magic and now they've built decks themselves and we play regularly just the other day i introduced them to a game of commander planeschase and its been great since my old play group all moved out of state and i sent your channel to them and now we all watch to see how we could do things differently

[@BoGWoR]

I'm super new coming back to Magic (first new sets were WoE/LCI) and can empathize how purists don't vibe with the universes beyond, but I believe UB helps Magic as a whole when the sets reach out to untapped (hah) markets and get new eyes on the game, constantly adding to the player pool just from people seeing characters, locations, objects from universes they are fond of and then, hopefully, they start their journey into building decks with in-universe cards and other UB sets. Great video as always Prof and Editor 💜

[@crocholiday]

I learned that I should definitely send my cards to the Professor to buy at his pricing lol.

[@jaywinner328]

Is he not using buylist price from his local shop?

[@allennewhausen2541]

@@jaywinner328 I could have sworn it was some form of TCG Low.

[@FurrySpatula]

I gambled and won big, serialized card. I'm now going to retire from collector boosters lest I fly too close to the sun.

[@lilithhenderson]

Sell it quick, before it inevitably crashes. Nobody bought my second doctor serialised and its like £150 now

[@Official_Koya_]

@@lilithhendersonwhile disappointing, Fallout, in my opinion, is in a different league than Doctor Who. While I am just one fan of Fallout, there are crazy Fallout fans scooping up all 7 serialized cards.

[@justinsaunders110]

@@Official_Koya_you are absolutely incorrect in that assumption. Most doctor who fans grew up with the series while fallout didn’t gain widespread appeal until the 3rd game in 2008. Fan base size may be comparable but they are a lot more doctor who mega fans.

[@shawnpanzegraf5642]

I want to join the Fallout hate-wagon, but the truth is it’s a banger set for Green. Vigor and Walking Ballista in the same set? Pipboy is a great equip for a Green Counters deck, heck it’ll even untap your Nykthos and Oran Rief Vastwood. The Rad Elk is basically a new Scurry Oak… Some great reprints like Branching Evolution and Guardian Project… Tarmagoyf….heck, there’s that 3G XC creature that wrecks enchants/artifacts, the Strong Thespian mutant isn’t bad… I can keep going. Still, doesn’t in any way justify the Collector’s nonsense.

[@elymager3977]

If you want to make decent money with the money you got from that. just buy the boxes and then forget about them for 10 years and pray that wizard doesn’t make magic unpopular

[@marcelsilva9919]

Ngl, that powerfist punching the deathclaw in the face is on fire.

[@trevorbergman5077]

Love your unboxing videos! I am one of those people who played magic back in the mid-nineties as a kid and was brought back into the game because of the LOR universes beyond release. I like the IP splashes and I was super pumped about the Fallout release. I have also jumped into MTG Arena and have a much better appreciation for standard and am going back and building out my collection from the last couple of years!

[@masterrbg]

"Premium" magic product, "premium" magic product never changes.

[@orangegalen]

It’s like “premium” gas.

[@deadpool1092]

At least premium gas makes high performance engines run better.

[@seanjones1378]

2:04 you can’t hit me with that “10 years” remark so casually!! I swear that time went by so quick.

[@liquidstile9125]

You are by far one of the funniest MTG critic/promoter I have had the pleasure view. no matter the content you can see your passion and commitment to the craft. thank you for your brutal honesty and cynical take on my favorite childhood game that I now share with my son (and other family members when they can handle it). Please keep on creating content reaches the masses.

[@BigBiscuit43]

Great vid. I love fallout and bought all the pre cons and 4 booster boxes. Can’t wait for the stream!

[@elijahc5331]

$400 for 12 packs. Insane.

[@Nemissis4265]

For the il informed. Got both of mine for around 230$ eatch. Shoulda graded them before they went up and

[@MrMartinSchou]

That's a BARGAIN! I remember when Wizards sold three packs of proxies for $1,000.

[@Steven-fi4gf]

​@@Nemissis4265 you said 244 in a previous comment. Quit lying!

[@SoulHydron]

@@Steven-fi4gf the prices have been fluctuating

[@PreppinShootinLivin]

For $560 worth of cards? Doesn't really seem insane to me.

[@zazzpzazz]

To answer the proffessors question. Ive personally purchased 3 collextors booster boxes and ive never even SEEN a price listing at 400 or higher. I pre ordered 2 boxes at 250 plus tax from a local LGS (Their price has since jumped to around 350) Then, i ordered an extra box from amazon at the pre-order price garuntee or 324. I pulled well over the value of my boxes in cards (though im no magic investor just a fan of fallout and mtg who wanted to crack some packs) I actually completed my collection with just those 3 boxes as well so ive been quite happy with my experience. I probably wouldnt pay 400 a box for these cards if i saw it listed at this price. My LGS is also sellint single packs for 40 as of this week which i also don't think is reasonable

[@TheeRandyC]

So, I opened two collector booster boxes and had about the same experience as you did opening one. Except my preorder price was $324 each. The current value of all the cards I pulled is about $1150. I didn't really even get a lot of high value cards, except I got the actual $100 Sol Ring. There are a lot of variants in the $2-$5 range,and a handful in the $10-$30 range that makes it likely you will break even, *if you plan to break even*. However, I bought these just for the fun of opening and exploring all these cards. You got a bit giddy at one point, and I had to laugh. The joy of opening a new set is still an experience that has intrinsic value. As long as I don;t lose a lot of money, I'll enjoy opening a reasonable amount of packs for a set that I have an affinity for. LotR and Fallout just happened to be that for me. I might not do this again for several years, but then again, I have a huge collection of Marvel comics so I may go crazy one more time.

[@KingOfDepravity]

I really love fallout, and magic is so cool, I haven’t had the chance to play in a long time, but when I can afford to I’m totally getting one of the precons! This was a rad:3 video, and I’m really glad you were actually able to make back the insane $400, with room to spare!

[@joba62x83]

Thank you for talking and not just playing music over the cards, love your insight and thoughts please keep doing this

[@thefantawarrior3174]

I can imagine these are more work to produce but I prefer this talking format of the booster box game as opposed to the sped up version with the music, keep it up prof

[@matthewbusch6525]

Not a huge fan of universes beyond stuff, but I love the innovation associated with them and I'm glad people like them. I did buy the science precon because I love energy counters and how weird they are.

[@THAGR33NBAST3RD]

Bought all 4 commander deaks love the fallout art! It also helped to get some friends who weren't interested in playing mtg before to play!

[@electrumcomics]

Universes Beyond Dr. Who brought me back to Magic after dropping out at Alliances. Digging the Fallout set as well.

[@joeycrosby167]

I'm in a halfway opinion on universes beyond. I wish they would slow down the releases so we weren't so saturated with them, but I do like the idea of them and bringing these other stories into the world of magic

[@sylassindle5310]

honestly my exact feelings. I totally understand frustrations and just wanted magic lore, but some of them are so cool and honestly work well with magic. they need to find a better balance

[@shinysparce3708]

It’s crazy because some of the fallout cards have awesome flavor in their mechanics, and I feel the same way about all four of the Doctor Who decks which I’m a huge fan of. Genuinely, it feels like so much passion was put into these sets, which is why I wish they slowed them down and made the prices more reasonable so more people can enjoy them

[@GilFavor101]

I just started getting interested again in MTG, and this video was so good, thank you :)

[@rmg222]

I really loved playing Fallout 4, I played on my vacation with my then girlfriend and now soon to be wife. We played the heck out of it, we amassed something like 13 days of playing hours, it was a blast. When wotc announced fallout set, i was thrilled!!! and the memories of that time came back, we are planning on replaying the games. She have the dogmeat deck, i bought the dogmeat sleeves, playmat, deckbox, the whole thing. The love and emotions and everything cant be explained. That is what I think about the universes beyond, its not a reasonable thing, its something different. We got all 4 commander decks. ;D

[@spongmongler6760]

enjoying something that doesn't hurt anyone? how is that anything but reasonable.

[@themoops4006]

Reserved List 2.0 will continue growing until morale improves.

[@CptnClapBack]

So I’m in a similar mindset to you prof, I don’t like universes beyond, but I love magic. I still play with my friends, but I don’t really buy cards anymore. The few times I have, I’ve followed your long standing advice of just buying singles 🤷🏼‍♂️ it’s saved me a lot of money in the long run

[@johnwhite3215]

I have mixed feelings on UB. They’ve done a great job with some of them, but some are kind of duds for me like Fallout, Stranger Things, Transformers, and Street Fighter. I don’t want Marvel, though. That’s just gross

[@irishrunner27]

i'm ready for some of the IPs that i am more personally invested in (marvel and final fantasy in particular) to see either alternate versions of cards i like, or new friends :) so far these are fun but, they havent hit the franchises i'm particularly devoted to (if we get a legend of zelda, for example, i will die of excitement)

[@crazydreams24]

I got my collector booster box form my LGS for $220, luckily those guys do well with online sales that for the locals they always have great in store deals, since they really set out to try and create a hang out spot for all TCG players, and it’s always a good time going in to buy something and the owners are such cool guys that they will always be up to just talk about anything, really good environment

[@liltatertot9719]

36:54 This is me. I absolutely LOVE Fallout and played Magic back when I was like 12/13. I'm currently 26, and my hubby has played Magic since he was young as well. I played MTG Arena for a while to try to shake the cobwebs off. It did help a little but can't stand how it basically does everything for you like count your mana and yada yada ya. It felt boring overall because it wasn't like how I remembered it. I still have my old deck but it's REALLY outdated. With a promise to help me when I needed it and reassurance my hubby convinced me to buy Hail Caesar! Sure he destroyed me multiple times the first day we played but getting the chance to just hang out and play cards again was really nice. Definitely something I missed. (Don't worry I won two out of three games the second day we played LOL)

[@BodysmasherMTG]

Never stop being you professor, love your content and criticism of these products

[@FenderTele71]

I came to this video with this thought about how Prof doesn't understand that for some people, like myself, there is joy in opening packs and hunting for the cards you want vs. buying singles. Then I learned from The video that the commander decks contain every card in the "set" which completely nullifies that whole though. Genuinely didn't know that, so thanks Prof!

[@dantemcwilliams4054]

Literally the only reason to get the collector's packs is for cards that can look special, not really too worth it imo

[@PennSullivan]

This is false. There are a cpuple cards that are only available in the collector boosters. But none of them are worth the cost.

[@UnexpectedDanger]

Well, not 'only' since they're just reprints like Sol Ring and such. @@PennSullivan

[@SugarsMcnuts]

My understanding is that you will open these collector packs chasing after alternate arts, showcase treatments, surge foils, extended arts, etc. There aren’t cards exclusively to the collector boosters, but there ARE treatments & foils exclusive to these packs. So yeah, if you just want the cards, and not the swag, buy the decks.

[@tylerchristian2370]

Even the joy of opening packs can’t compete with the buyers remorse of buying a $400 box.

[@EastToWestTCG]

Prof talking while opening a collector box vs Rudy talking whole opening a collector box is SO different 😆

[@extrag8587]

Honestly, the universes beyond is what has really gotten me into magic. Since a game like pokemon has always had well known imagery through tv and things I never bothered with magic and trying to learn. But with the lotr and fallout releases they've really drawn me in to learn the whole of magic:) maybe that's just a personal experience

[@mrvirtualis]

Gotta love how Prof does math: "20$ plus 50$ plus... that pack is about 35$" xD I don't mind Universes Beyond, what I do mind though is that there is no Universes Within versions. Nuka Cola Vending Machine is a busted card, but still I won't put it into my decks.

[@RibbedCorn]

I played mtg with my brother in like 2004 then didn’t play for 20 years. But when commander masters came out I went and bought the new Sliver deck because he used to beat me so bad with it. Helped me reconnect with him. Thanks MTG :)

[@Stacethegreat112]

It’s crazy all the big cards you were off by like 40-60 bucks and you still guessed almost 200 bucks low going towards the last pack😂 dope video

[@natashataylor2011]

I have never been into Magic. However, I am a huge Fallout fan. This release got me into magic, and now I actively play commander. And have been inspired to build my own commander decks. I love all of these cards, and it was a perfect gateway for me to get into the game.

[@retroprogamer7009]

So happy i preordered my Box 2 Month ago for 215€. Pulled about 400€ of Cards + a Serialized Perception Bobblehead

[@ThjyuGaming]

God damn that's wild. I got mine for $265 and the day after, the cards that showed up as already having a price totalled $620 but it's prob closer to $500 now after a week. No serialized tho good hit!

[@acuteaura]

this product is the one thing that would be worth reusing the VIP boosters intro for, unless you got a box of 30th anniversary of course, then it's that.

[@jacklallem7805]

Cool format! You are like me with card prices. Make more like this!

[@TheAutumnLeavesPodcast]

Love the intro Prof 🤣🤣🤣 What's even crazier is here in Montreal, Quebec the USD to CAD is crazy so its like 540$-600$ depending on the LGS... we're better off buying singles

[@toastertubbo]

3:07 the editor did u dirty prof

[@Eggmojii]

After collecting, playing and even owning my own LGS, Universes Beyond has gotten me so excited for magic again. I'm playing more than ever lately and it's such a nice, refreshing feeling.

[@reddening]

I love that Magic has found its Andy Rooney. Keep up the good work!

[@MrTastee_plays]

The Lotro commander deck food and fellowship brought me back to the game and has me hooked.

[@griffingately4561]

I am genuinely shocked that the surge foils effected the price that much despite it being a relatively tame foiling treatment.

[@zerorequiem42]

They do look cool.

[@UltimateDrDoom]

WDYM. Surge foils look gorgeous.

[@FurrySpatula]

I think that price will crash hard in a bit. The premium on it cannot last.

[@TopMostFlavor]

Im pretty sure I got a promo Jaya Ballard in a 3 booster repack in like 2006 with a very simialr foiling

[@ajallen212]

@@UltimateDrDoom Surge's look okay, Im still waiting for the day that magic releases Embossed Foil cards, similar to the dragon ball super card game, some of their rarest cards look so sick. (In videos, in pictures they look ass tbh.) I'd say the most likely cards to get that kind of treatment would be a new run of masterpieces, however.

[@xantose_]

Mine was 322 and change after tax. The collab got me back into magic after not playing since a kid back in the early 00s

[@jean-pierrejoubert2438]

I love your honest off script stuff proff. Great guesses. Great editing. So cool to do the giveaway. Super classy proff. Respect ✊

[@BeatupMckillyoustein]

Professor: Guesses cards are worth more than they are in pack 1 Also Professor: Guesses that the total worth is less than it is in pack 1 huh

[@BiasedOpinon]

Of course I bought a box for 400 without even thinking about it like a good hasbro goblin

[@Baconrama]

On the topic of universes beyond, my first introduction to My first introduction to Magic was the Lord of the Rings set. I fell in love with the game through the catalyst of the Lord of the Rings flavor. Now that I've drafted and played with other sets such as WoE and LCI, I do think Magic's original sets are really fun and should 100% be prioritized over sets like a Fallout or Doctor Who. That being said, having a universes beyond set bi-annually or annually would be an effective compromise. In general, it's felt like there are too many sets coming out too quickly, at least for me. It's hard for me to say as a newer player since I don't have the years or decades of attachment to this game, but I think overall, they're good for introducing new player to the game of Magic.

[@Brightwing_]

A potentially interesting perspective: I got into magic last year because I heard this set was coming. After having played now for around 6 months, I understand the problems with prices and universes beyond in general, but I will always acknowledge that it got me into the game. Magic is awesome, and I am happy to be a part of it. I bought the commander decks and love them.

[@dizziestelk7771]

There should be a “prof’s guess total” so we can see how far off he was. He mentioned double digits many times and the card would be around a few dollars 😂. What a wonderful man and channel. Always a pleasure to watch his videos and see his personality shine through whether it be through passion, frustration, confusion, or any other human emotion.

[@jesuschrist9677]

yall think they make so many boxes so they can watch more episodes of the booster box game?

[@Gershelf]

I look forward to seeing your Mr. House deck, Prof. I'm trying to build one myself, but it's hard getting it together proper.

[@Niviuz]

me and 3 friends started playing magic the gathering this year BECAUSE of the beyond cards. im very into LOTR, and so is a friend, the other 2 are very into Warhammer and other one love doctor who. so he just got a new fallout precon after playing a something else for a whle before. we love this, this brought us into the world of magic honestly. we are all 30+ nerdy guys with familys and jobs, its a way for us to get together and play. and we are all looking beyond the LOTR cards for me personally now, we are honest real magic players now, even if we stick to commander :)

[@abyss9316]

Fallout Commander surge foil Magic the Gathering universes Beyond cards well spoken my kind sir

[@dowsingelf77]

8:02 "You. Are. Not. Alone.

[@timokohler6631]

I only recently got into Magic the Gathering and I'm not gonna lie the fact that there are Fallout and Lord of the Rings themes decks was a huge selling point for me. I haven't gotteen into the "magic lore" yet but I feel like these Universe beyond sets definitely help pulling people from other tcgs, and in the end, in my opinion this is much more important then "staying pure". A lot of my friends ultimately where convinced to try it out because they could get Jurrassic Park, Fallout and Warhammer 40k cards.

[@misterhorse8327]

A friend introduced us to Commander MTG, and now I have my own deck themed at Fallout... these cards are making me want to get the booster (but not because it's dang expensive lol).

[@CyberBuster93]

I think the burnout is taking a toll on us all, Prof. I'd hug ya if I could. Appreciate all you do for this community! I hope you're taking of yourself and that you and your family are doing well!

[@rustylong3673]

Regarding Universes Beyond, my D&D group had convinced me to occasionally play Magic with them after sessions and just use some of their decks, but I wasn't buying anything myself. LOTR and now Fallout have changed that. I am excited to see characters I know and love in Magic. It also got me to buy other things as well, I really liked WoE and am excited about Thunder Junction. Universes Beyond may not be for everyone, but it's really fun for some of us

[@deltablaze77]

Really love your intro tune. Just feels nice.

[@omgitstj211]

Outro is better

[@user-cl3iq9ys5d]

I love fallout and this set is the sole reason I have started playing Magic.

[@lordnicenstein5105]

Evening prof! I fear one day the booster box game will be the only game related aspect of MTG in lieu of The CCG aspect

[@RollforLore]

Universes beyond is a cool concept its unique to see different types of art styles for cards but I can see it getting out of hand soon

[@SnuggyDabbins]

Fallout being my favorite video game I was super hyped and still am. I’m collecting the whole set in every variant.😅👌

[@the_occult_philosopher]

I just got back into Magic, but not because of universes beyond, or any set in particular. Mainly because of your content tbh. Been playing arena and now am going to buy a commander deck.

[@melancholysixtynine420]

Bruh even Komoney would never do this 💀💀💀

[@Nemissis4265]

😂😂 what? mark up a collectible item that is scarce? Never herd of Ash blossom have you they had to downgrade the prin so it was available to everyone becuse they got mad it was limited

[@Cold_Shadows]

Getting a "Watch Fallout on Prime" advertisement during this video is kind of a surreal representation of the times we live in.

[@jayc7860]

I am just here to listen to someone who loves magic talk about magic. Thanks for bein you Professor

[@MrFairbanksak1]

The alternate art Wasteland and Sol Ring cards were awesome.

[@pdorn1]

Well, not all the Fallout cards. There are 14 or so reskin reprints that get either Vaultboy or Pipboy display art treatment (Including Ravages of War, Tarmogoyf, Vandalblast et.c) that aren't in the decks themselves. Still though, I'm not biting on a collector box at current pricing myself, that's insane. Just going to get the special singles I want

[@Beesechurger_73]

Personally I love the Fallout stuff. I was worried, but they did a decent job.

[@the5starman926]

I'm not a big Fallout fan, but i oicked up the Hail Ceasar and Wise Mothman decks because they looked interesting to play. They ended up being a lot of fun!

[@All_that_is_Magic]

Was in awe on the fallout collector box. Missed it for my channel