Magic 30th Anniversary Sucked. Opening This 4th Edition Starter Deck Didn't.

I cracked some true "vintage" Magic in the wake of the 30th Anniversary debacle. Some great pulls in this 4th edition starter deck--and genuine feels, too. #magicthegathering #packopening #mtg #vintagemtg
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[@BrakkoJanus]

Seeing you so excited about opening your favourite cards is heartwarming! Screw the whale-milking special editions, this is passion right there.

[@nerdcrypt]

It really hit me harder than I expected. Thanks for watching!

[@MinstrelSauce]

I love cosmic horror! I also pulled a 4th ed one as a kid. Great memories

[@Izelor]

THIS is what Magic is. Not what Hasbro wants to shove down our throats.

[@santiagomedina8458]

Really miss that magic times

[@mickmcguire492]

This, 1000 percent this.

[@dcal12]

I finally got into Magic last year at 57. Watching you go through this deck was very rewarding. Thanks for sharing.

[@nerdcrypt]

Thank you for watching!

[@PercDirector]

And that’s exactly what the 30th anniversary should’ve been about! Thanks for sharing, I’m so glad you got the cards that meant so much to you.

[@nerdcrypt]

Thanks for watching!

[@andersolin3084]

I still remember when I bought as a teenager a FULL box of sweet 4th bliss! What a time to be alive

[@nerdcrypt]

Amazing. I loved cracking those packs, hoping to boost my black/blue deck.

[@mythyc9604]

Guy does more honor to 30 years of mtg in 10 minutes than Hasbroid has done in a decade

[@nerdcrypt]

😁Thanks for watching

[@cuckoophendula8211]

Oh man, this takes me back. 4th edition and Ice Age was when I first started!

[@nerdcrypt]

I can still feel the hype leading up to Ice Age. Thanks for watching!

[@JohnnyTrash87]

@@nerdcrypt I entered my first hobby store because my friends wanted to push me into Ice Age. I got some cards but to their great dismay, I also got hooked on Warhammer and METW in the process. In hindsight, this was the most expensive day in my life...

[@MartinvanZ]

Yeah, I have not played magic in a long long time. But the 4th edition and ice age were my first cards. I Remember walking in a store looking at the starter decks and wondering what this strange game was. Got back with a friend and we bought our first starter decks. Fun to see those cards again. I Have no idea how much a box like that cost now a day, but I assume it's not cheap to relive your childhood.

[@zauberisc]

Good memories. My first deck of Magic was a 4th starter deck, we didnt have a lot of money and my mom gave my this deck as a christmas gift, best gift ever.

[@nerdcrypt]

Awesome--thanks for sharing!

[@reimannsum9077]

What a beautiful experience that takes me right back to my own childhood. Early Magic art, while technically less impressive, of course, than that which we see on modern cards, has such a distinct aesthetic style.

[@nerdcrypt]

I miss it, to tell the truth. Especially on horror-themed cards (my personal favorite). Sometimes the new cards are so dark you can't really see/enjoy the art.

[@KalvinStrange]

​@@nerdcrypt artwork from The Dark had some truly spooky cards. Exorcist always gave me the willies

[@MichaelPfaff]

Love your joy at opening this pack. I started right around the release of 4th Edition MTG too, so this is awesome to see. Uncle Istvan was one of my favs too! :)

[@nerdcrypt]

It really hit home for me. Thanks for watching!

[@antonmiller3981]

Awesome to see dude love the passion and love of the game. We did our 30th right as well. Had a tournament with 50 precon decks from all the era's of Magic. Lots of prizes and a raffle for a premium Sliver deck. Was blast. There is a theme to the event as well as a D20 roll that adds an event like instance to all games at once. A natural 20 was rolled during the final table allowing all creatures from the top 20 cards on your library to come into play. Pure carnage. Was insane.

[@nerdcrypt]

That sounds amazing!

[@llanowar_prole]

holy hell, the nostalgia. if i opened a pack with a force of nature or an enchantress, I'd probably tear up too.

[@nerdcrypt]

Those would be great pulls!

[@WoeBringer1195]

I once had an Uncle Istvan block a Polar Kraken in a match a long time ago. It was probably one of the best moments ever lol. Even though I believe I still lost the match to air elementals or some other flying creatures it was just so satisfying. miss those days of being really bad at mtg playing with my friends who were also extremely bad lol..

[@nerdcrypt]

That was a fine use of Uncle Istvan!

[@eric360elite]

Hard casting polar kraken itself is already legendary...😂

[@Ocramman86]

They actually fixed the rules for lords and made them the creature type they where representing. Zombie Master is indeed a zombie and does indeed regenerate himself and get swampwalk. He is also the most expensive card you opened im pretty sure. Awesome video man!

[@nerdcrypt]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[@MKH90]

In the case of Zombie Master, the errata'd version gives 'other Zombies' the abilities. Zombie Master itself doesn't get them (edit: despite indeed having the Zombie creature type nowadays). But yeah, a LOT of old cards have had something about them changed or clarified later down the line. The changes can be looked up via WotC's card database or any other database that uses that info.

[@fogeltje]

All "Lord" type creatures generally boost other creatures of the type. Same with Lord of Atlantis or Goblin King who became their respective creature type but boost other Merfolk / Goblins. Now, having two Zombie Masters in play means they give each other swampnwalk and regeneration.

[@Ocramman86]

@MKH90 you are correct. I knew they changed the Lord creature type. I didn't know they errated the actual ability on Zombie Master as well. Good on wizards.

[@christopherfernandez8153]

Great video man. I started playing in early 96. Fourth Ed was still the base set at the time. I bought my first 4th Ed starter deck from a buddy of mine who introduced me to the game. The rares I pulled were Power Surge, Wrath of God and Mind Twist. I was by myself when I opened it. I told my buddy what I pulled. When I mentioned the Wrath, he got quiet. I was new to the game and had no idea how powerful the card was. People who weren't around back then have no idea that we often had never seen or heard of the cards before. There was no internet to research anything. The first 4th Ed booster pack I opened was in front of my friends. The rare I pulled was a Force of Nature. My friend had never seen or heard of the card either. The words out of his mouth were "whoa, that dude's out of control". I felt the same. What made the game so great back then was the emotions that would be triggered by the artwork and the basic structure of the game. Magic became part of the fabric of my existence back then and will always be a part of who I am. The MTG of old is just that special. It gave me a place to go to in my own mind and heart to accept myself in a real world that is generally unaccepting. To love old magic is love oneself and the memories you make with your closest friends or family. The emotion I saw in this video is something I totally get. The world sucks now, but back then it was Magic.

[@nerdcrypt]

Thanks for this--you really nailed it. One of the beauties of magic back then was the simplicity and wonder.

[@rctankgo]

Dude! I also started playing MTG with fourth edition and Ice Age. Your video made me remember the ritual of opening and enjoying every detail of a new deck, the smell, the drawings... incredible unboxing. Thanks mate!

[@nerdcrypt]

Thanks for watching! I loved to do the same thing. Each artist had a style, and the narrative text always told little clues to a bigger story.

[@JamesDeanIsAlive]

"There is 0% chance I will make my money back from this. I don't care" based, you get my like for sure. glad you got to do this!

[@NerdAndProudOfIt]

great opening with a lot of passion! love it! the 4 black cards at the end were so cool! 😁👊🏻

[@nerdcrypt]

Black has always been my favorite color. 😁

[@NerdAndProudOfIt]

@@nerdcrypt that was pretty obvious 😁👊🏻! awesome!

[@drunkmtg2264]

How fun was that!? 4th was the best box art IMO. The box art looked so wicked buying them at my local Halloween store when I was a kid. I didn't know how to read well at the time but I still bought the decks and they were not cheep! I still bought the decks/packs because I loved the artwork but I did not know how to play the game. Later in my life an older friend told me how to play and now I'm an old drunk with very expensive old card$. At the age of ten my local LGS said there is no difference between Unlimited and Revised. I saw a HUGE difference. I was a smart ten year old.

[@nerdcrypt]

That box art was great--very vivid colors the previous sets had missed.

[@87plank]

Freaking awesome! I have one sealed fourth starter too but still haven't found the right moment to crack it.

[@Lukeor]

I used to buy the 4th edition dual starter box that came with blue and light blue tokens. Such a great time.

[@neiloler]

Those were some awesome pulls at the end! I loved seeing your very human (and totally understandable, thems be dope cards!) reaction. Thanks for sharing your pack cracking with us. 🙂

[@nerdcrypt]

Thank you for watching!

[@User-pu3lc]

This was the first magic product I ever got as a kid. Thank you for the nostalgic trip down memory lane.

[@nerdcrypt]

Thanks for watching. I was happy to share.

[@nemxo0709]

I don't even play magic, but man you are entertaining to watch and MAN I love the old mtg artworks You can clearly see how passionate u are about these cards and that's absolutely awesome 😀😀

[@nerdcrypt]

Thank you. This really took me back.

[@KoilosBat]

Very happy for you ! I open boosters on my KZbin also but in french 😁 keep doing your openings they are really good !

[@nerdcrypt]

Thank you! Merci beaucoup!

[@agentofashcroft]

Started playing at the tail end of revised but opened a whole lot of 4th edition and ice age as a kid. 11 year old me would have loved to get the rares you pulled! Thanks for sharing!

[@nerdcrypt]

Great memories! Revised was very hard to come by when I started.

[@agentofashcroft]

@@nerdcrypt started with a revised starter box but from there it was nearly all 4th edition. My local store sold alternate 4th at some point; I still have a bunch of empty starter decks and cards. Also bought way too many chronicles, ugh.

[@Cthulad]

That was a box of pure nostalgia. Thank you for the share. Brings back so many memories.

[@nerdcrypt]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@Kupoinfo]

Back when 5th edition came out, I remember the favorite thing my LGS liked to do was 5 people each play a different color. The point of the game was to kill the 2 'enemy' colors, and the colors to left and right were 'allies'. Don't really see anyone playing like that anymore.

[@nerdcrypt]

That is a great idea!

[@tiobridge841]

I want to play this now! Time to find four local players methinks...

[@Kupoinfo]

@@tiobridge841 Yeah it's great fun because your allies also are enemies with each other. This might not be as viable anymore with the power creep the way it is. But back when 5th edition came out this game would last for an hour or more. Sengir Vampires, Serra Angels, Shivan Dragons, Killer Bees, Mahamoti Djinns all duking it out.

[@MrFereshteyeh]

I't called rainbow. It was really fun multiplayer game!

[@brunorocha9560]

Thanks to be sharing it with us!!! ❤️

[@nerdcrypt]

Thanks for watching!

[@drewssurplus4690]

'Double rainbow all the way' moment at the end there. lol nice

[@nerdcrypt]

😆

[@jaybyrdcybertruck1082]

the last few cards are epic!!! so awesome to pull those!

[@georgeneuman488]

I started with Revised and Fallen Empires, this totally took me back to 1994. Those were the days...thank you for sharing, and congrats on pulling some of the coolest old black cards. Uncle Istvan! Holy shit Zombie Master!!!

[@nerdcrypt]

I bought soooo much f Fallen Empires back then... it was dirt cheap.

[@ep1phany62]

I bought an opened 4th Ed starter. All the cards were there. No special rares. But it was Alt 4th, which was pretty cool:)

[@SammyV82]

Awesome vid and thanks for sharing the experience with us. I started playing eight after 4th came out so I have a big soft spot for these old white bordered cards! Thanks again!!!

[@nerdcrypt]

That's when I started playing. Good times back then! Thanks for watching!

[@oxiclean4x]

The power going out and the video becoming dark was a sign to come at the end with all the black cards you pulled

[@nerdcrypt]

It was pretty weird. 😅

[@stretchlimo7275]

This definitely brought back memories. I statutes playing Magic at the tail end of Revised, I got out of it around Tempest, it just got overly complicated, lost its simplicity and the artwork just didn’t have the feel of the original sets anymore. Great video my dude👍🏼😁

[@nerdcrypt]

It's so complex now, I wouldn't know where/how to start playing again! 🤣

[@griffenb]

My first mtg cards ever were from a 4th edition starter. I opened a lord of the pit. I don't think I ever cast it, considering we just shuffled up the 5 colour starter decks and tried to play

[@nerdcrypt]

Lord of the Pit is one of my all time favorite cards! Great memories!

[@mikotagayuna8494]

I opened one as my very first MtG product, cracked a Raise Dead, a Lightning Bolt and a Craw Wurm and thought damn I'm going to wreck everybody with this deck. Then I faced a Necro pile and got my heart ripped off my chest. Good times.

[@nerdcrypt]

Those were the days!

[@eqseep]

4th edition was it for so many of us. attainable and nostalgic. I still have a sealed brick of 4th edition starters and I love looking at it so much, and always have to talk myself about breaking it. Someday maybe. Watching you open one was good enough for now. Thanks :)

[@nerdcrypt]

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@trave5779]

As someone who also started at around this time, I genuinely don't think a more recent player (read as, started in the last 20 years) could really appreciate the sensations you've captured in this video. The tactile sensations of the cards. The excitement of opening cards that would get slotted right into your favorite deck (maybe or maybe not removing another card to make room for the new one). I feel like the competition of the game and the hyper-analytics of deck construction have completely robbed us of these simple joys that actually celebrate the game being both a game and fun.

[@nerdcrypt]

Very true words. It was a different time. I would love to recapture and share that feeling with my kids.

[@trevorsebastian1341]

Love this, old art is sooo good. I just ordered some Mirrodin and fifth dawn decks so excited haha

[@nerdcrypt]

Enjoy them!

[@janas19]

Such a wonderful video, brings back the memories. Boy, I sure do miss the time when MTG was more authentic and less commercialized. Now it just feels like a constant churn for profit. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@nerdcrypt]

I feel the same. Seemed like a simpler time that could be about the game and not just profit margin. Thanks for watching!

[@syndieouellet2763]

Very nice opening and video, congrats on your pulls

[@nerdcrypt]

Thanks--and thanks for watching!

[@jwp_cards]

Man, I went looking for my sports cards from when I was a kid at my dad's and found my 4th ed, Ice Age, and Chronicles cards instead of my sports cards. The memories from all those cards just flooded back. :D

[@ExtremeMedium]

It's like seeing your best friend from elementary school again and picking up right where you left off

[@nerdcrypt]

Yes!

[@ChuggaChoo]

Even though the cards aren't worth anything, it was a real treat to watch you geek out over this!

[@nerdcrypt]

Not much monetary value, but priceless on the nostalgia front. 😁

[@imjonkatz]

Bro this video is so wholesome. Thanks for relieving our mtg-is-dead-blues

[@nerdcrypt]

This was fun! Thanks for watching!

[@impawsiblegames]

This was incredibly wholesome. Thanks for sharing this nostalgia.

[@nerdcrypt]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@DogmeatDied989]

Power to you. I have a box of sealed 4th. I was going to open it, but ultimately decided against it. It actually inspired me to buy a sealed starter box of each set I played. I now have one for Ice Age, and Kamigawa, Im saving up for Mirage, and Revised.

[@nerdcrypt]

I still have another sealed 4th starter. I'll probably keep it that way... we'll see.

[@sombertone395]

There’s some memories. There’s something about the smell of the sealed product that I can still smell just watching this.

[@sombertone395]

And the rule book! I can still remember reading the sample game and getting so into it.

[@nerdcrypt]

I loved having that little rule book! It would be a novel by now.

[@vurtne]

this was so great man, loved your reaction to those rares. keep up the good work!

[@nerdcrypt]

Thanks! I didn't expect the feels... but that's the joy of opening packs.

[@MichaelSuperbacker]

New Subscriber! Just got into Magic this year… Why aren’t prices $8.95 anymore?

[@nerdcrypt]

Inflation? That was 1995.

[@NamathCB]

Very cool brother! And yeah, same here, started with these, fallen, Homelands, chronicles and ice age. Just a little late. Did trade and purchase Duels when I could get them for under $20 each, unfortunately went to play once *a disgusting story, but long and short of it is a kid stole all my decks so I lost most of my good money cards. Thankfully I still have 13 FOW and a few Duels. But otherwise and finally to the point I started this comment for is I just watched 2 magic 30 openings, so good job on your tags. But yeah in 2 packs EVERY card he opened pretty much are contained in this starter deck. As far as the smell, Mirage I'm pretty sure, could have been Alliances but 96%sure it was Mirage were the first to have a specific scent that I liked. Thank you for this, I have some of these opened that I just put back in the box. Great memories, Tool and magic at the card shop/greenhouse. I was renting half of the space and when I got interested in the magic the woman started just having me cover her register and I got a little compensation in packs . So I spent many afternoons playing magic "at work" 💚 Man your reaction to Uncle, I rarely ever played black or red, they were the enemy in my mind, but yeah not as much rag man, as Uncle, the art on Istvan for me was just so cool, in a similar way as Stasis, WOG, etc. I collected him for his looks. ;) But yeah, had a 100+ card deck back then that I used for round table with whoever was in the shop that wanted to play. Deck was White/Blue/Art and an absolute BLAST! Howling Mines, glasses, stuff you'll rarely ever see today in most cases. For me the internet really hurt/ changed the game. With it came the ability to aquire any card and the WORST, NETDECKS! I was never the stereotypical (we were allowed to stereotype back then;) magic player but man the game got me hard and fast! Laid in bed at night thinking up combos etc. The brewing for me is the most fun of all and the fact I was in the store all day everyday I had first shot at trading for any desirable card and could kinda read when a box was due and would then pick up a handful of packs. Good ole days for sure. Though I'm sure my wife would love for me to just keep the few I have that maintained a lil value and get rid of the piles of 90s dups. Many 4th, ice age, Mirage and Alliances I have Tall stacks of EACH common and for example, I have at least 13 FOW, so that many uncommons from those sets. Unfortunately I'd left for the Urza block because I played primarily white, blue but loved the green cards most, just that stretch, no matter if I had all the best green I couldn't compete, but damnit had I known about Cradle at the time I know I'd traded all my red and black cards for a many of those bad boys as possible. Thankfully my dad, like every one else then was into sports cards so he got me 3 Urza starter decks for the next Christmas or 2. But unfortunately any good cards I had in them were swiped by a lgs owner here in Vermont including a Sliver Queen. He'd attempted to also swipe one of my Tropical Islands but I noticed that on my way home and went back. Took a long time but after mentioning calling the popo a couple times it was miraculously found on the floor behind the counter. 😡 I'd spent an hour or 2 going through his older stuff at a table while he went through mine at the desk so really no idea what else I may have lost. You'd think I'd have learned my lesson. Ok WOW, was JUST laid off from Global Foundries, was a senior Facilities tech and not used to having time on my hands. 🤣🤣🤣 anyway thanks again. Love my 4th Ed to spite the fact there's too much of it out there already and wotc is now printing dark boarded copies of them even though no one needs them. Could just buy them from folks like me. First pack of that I saw opened, paid $250 and didn't get $2.50 worth of rares and uncommons. Really 4th Ed/ white bordered versions of all of the cards wouldn't equal much more than that. It's rediculous

[@bostonwiles4701]

Loved seeing this. I remember 5th Edition, and Inquest Magazine joking about 6th Edition like it would never happen. Cigarettes do fit in those boxes, we used to hide ours in them in middle school lol. (Smoking is bad, this was years ago)

[@nerdcrypt]

The boxes were just the right size...

[@clint1666]

bro..just found this you're rad. thanks I needed this.

[@jussdank]

4th Edition is when I started playing MTG. Thanks for the nostalgic opening.

[@nerdcrypt]

Thanks for watching.

[@estebanvasquezr1]

Thanks for your video, it reminded me the time when almost everyone in the LGS had a Card name as nickname. I had Uncle Istvan, because of my name. And there was a guy who wanted to win always in the trades and he ended up being called the Rag Man.

[@nerdcrypt]

Good memories!

[@estebanvasquezr1]

Yeah, best memories

[@natebullock6555]

awesome video 😃

[@nerdcrypt]

Thanks!

[@trevorp875]

Dude, uncle Isty... he was good against lifelink back in the day. 20/20 with lifelink, doesn't matter, does zero, heals zero. Good stuff.

[@revolverrambles]

This was the first deck I bought back in grade 7. Then I got an ice age starter deck the next week

[@nerdcrypt]

Awesome! That was my heyday... I was a few years older though 🙄

[@the40inchtaco]

A 4th edition starter box was my entry into Magic. I bought a sealed one a few years ago just to check out and keep all together for the nostalgia.

[@nerdcrypt]

😁

[@polanskyf]

0:48 when finally your crush gives in

[@nerdcrypt]

😅

[@hakeador4000]

8:34 no lie, i had the same reaction as yours when I saw the killer bees

[@nerdcrypt]

Nice!

[@dannymarkos2219]

its weird how much this game can bring back memories. i started playing just a little after this came out, but remember a lot of these cards from my friends decks etc. nothing will ever beat when we were all bad at the game, arguing over the rules and trying to figure things out. im pretty sure we can all relate to the part where he was tearing up about a card. watching this mans legitimate nostalgia was 100000000x more satisfying than watching some rich asshole open a bunch of proxies and "feel the nostalgia"

[@greeneking77]

6:57 Yeah that art has always bugged me too. outrageously huge horns, anatomy a bit off. She was great on certain things without a doubt. If I cast it on a hurloon minotaur then it would make sense in my mind.

[@thomascouch4864]

Reminds me of my first 4th edition starter. Giant Spider, yeah one of my first cards. Killer Bees and Whirling Dervish both in first one as well. My rares were similar but white. I think my first major pull rare in that starter was Personal Avatar. I remember I was going to trade it for Autumn Willow. Before I got to friends house, bought a pack of Homelands and pulled Autumn Willow.

[@nerdcrypt]

Awesome memories!

[@BigDrew49]

I started right after 4th edition and this brings back so many memories. There's seriously nothing like that new old card smell.

[@nerdcrypt]

"new old card smell"

[@nycstreetpoet]

I remember 4th Edition. The first set to not have original duals. Still got a few Strip Mines in my time and a Mana Vault. It was my first core set. Reading the words “Summon Uncle Istvan” never gets old. ❤

[@nerdcrypt]

Best summon line IMHO.

[@McHotDog77]

Hey! thats was so emotional so see! Thank you for all these true emotions! Thats whats Magic the Gathering and its 30th anniversary could be and should be...!

[@nerdcrypt]

😁Thanks for watching! You are right about MTG 30th!

[@jamesgreenshade6065]

OMG The box looks amazing. Wish they still did that

[@nerdcrypt]

Me too.

[@polkgaiimahn]

Instead you can get theme boosters, probably just as useless as the 60 card decks, but they were a great source of lands.

[@Flint_Ironstagg]

Uncle Istvan is great, and his creature type is 'Summon Uncle Istvan' haha

[@nerdcrypt]

...and he's not legendary, so I suppose you could play multiples?

[@mattiasbystedt1332]

>That's the dream pack for me as a kid. All black rares. WOW!

[@nerdcrypt]

💯

[@Agamum]

It is crazy to think I can remember these decks being $10, fior several years.

[@nerdcrypt]

Yeah... and I used to think that was expensive.

[@DreamDaddie]

I miss the Tournament Packs, they were awesome! Got my first Sensei's Divining Top in a tournament pack

[@nerdcrypt]

Nice! Now we get weak Jumpstart with each release 🙄

[@eileenhittnerbean5755]

Love the emotion at the end great video

[@nerdcrypt]

😁

[@TheMagicHistorian]

Getting all the rares as the same colour feels like such a freak occurrence.

[@nerdcrypt]

I was sure surprised.

[@danielhutchison6349]

This brought back memories thanks for sharing!

[@nerdcrypt]

Happy to share!

[@Taylorbaby831]

I would just stare at the art for these cards. Force of nature being a favorite of mine, I thought he looked like The Predator

[@nerdcrypt]

Oh man... I almost forgot about that. Great memories!

[@dementedp]

Thank YOU for sharing this! Subbed

[@nerdcrypt]

Thank you for watchin!

[@jdj-sapphire]

I love 4th edition cards, they are my favorite. I still have a 4th edition sealed starter deck that I will also open one day.

[@nerdcrypt]

😁

[@blackfistdeath1]

What a trip down a memory lane indeed. 😀

[@robertsweeney7040]

Great Opening - reminds me of days of old!

[@greenwave819]

4th was a big drop off! and it was still fun to open and you could get tham at book stores!

[@nerdcrypt]

It was, but it put Magic in a lot of players' hands.

[@greenwave819]

@@nerdcrypt players back in this age were tapping lands so fast with no heed to future land untap rates!

[@greenwave819]

@@nerdcrypt players back in this age were tapping lands so fast with no heed to future land untap rates!

[@Djehuti-85]

Yeah, 4th ED and the Ice Age block are the last sets giving you that vintage feeling :) And those are the only ones for a rather low price for sealed packs. What I dont like about 4th is that you can get most of the four horseman singles as originals for not much money except sylvan library.

[@nerdcrypt]

Very true on all counts.

[@unclerobbieslug]

I always played mostly black. I love cosmic horror! Nice pulls!

[@ErnestCaballeroLloris]

10:29 Actually, it IS a zombie.

[@countOfHenneberg]

I bought a box of 10 a few years ago, about £18 each (so let's say $20). I've opened 2 since and I might have got my money's worth but not the same as the price they have now.

[@nerdcrypt]

That's a great price!

[@thechestrockfield]

It's sad you only got like $10 worth of value, but I'm really glad you had fun opening it. I actually have a sealed case of 4th Ed. Starter decks. Not sure what to do with them.

[@nerdcrypt]

I'm not sad about the $ value at all. It was 100% memory/nostalgia value. I'm glad I could share.

[@thiloschreiner6943]

Now you got an empty box. Print out some nice proxies, put it back in the box and celebrate again. Happy Anniversary, yeah 🤣

[@nerdcrypt]

🤣

[@kensey007]

I love the look of fourth edition cards.

[@jakecondis7269]

Good for you man. loved it.

[@Mortismors]

Cosmic Horror has some of my favorite art.

[@nerdcrypt]

I love it too. All the monster art was so cool to me.

[@jwp_cards]

Did anyone else notice how nice and centered all those cards were? Quality control has gone down the toilet hasn't it

[@nerdcrypt]

The quality difference is huge. I could just feel it. Thicker cards, better print quality.

[@drewwalters6330]

I started with D&D Adventures in Forgotten Realms and many people say that set sucks but its how I got into it so I can only imagine how you feel doing this. Well done. Were cards made thinner on purpose by Wizards of the Coast because people sleeve and double sleeve so much?

[@nerdcrypt]

I loved AFR, but I also play D&D. I imagine they are thinner to save them $$$.

[@drewwalters6330]

@@nerdcrypt Haha yes I agree. After I clicked the comment into the comments section, I thought exactly that 🤣 They'll probably say it's for sleeving though.

[@thomaslewis5817]

The zombie master oracle text has changed so he's now a zombie as well just letting you know

[@nerdcrypt]

Nice!

[@MTGBros]

enjoyed it! thanks for sharing

[@nerdcrypt]

👍

[@sentientmeatcomputer8097]

If I had a time machine I’d slap my young self for giving away his Magic collection

[@nerdcrypt]

I sold mine cheap... and regret it. I miss my Lake of the Dead, pulled from an Alliances booster pack.

[@MLNeagle]

What a pack! Thanks for this!

[@nerdcrypt]

Thanks for watching!

[@whiskeygamesnerdstuff789]

Definitely remember opening these boxes

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Good times!

[@arc-sd8sk]

those chris rush forests are nice