Nice Orbs You Got There 👀

Quick mail day video -- always thrilled to update a few cards in my master binder!
#MagicTheGathering #LimitedEditionAlpha #ChaosOrb
I'm Mike, the Alpha Hoarder, and I'm sharing/documenting my wild collection here on YT. Join me while I ramble about old cards and MTG finance, and look at cool stuff.
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Mike the AlphaHoarder @ 375 Carlls Path #73, Deer Park NY 11729

[@JeffBoski]

The old binders without the top loaders looked much better but I understand the risk vs reward. More collection and opening vids! This is one of my favorite KZbin channels.

[@AlphaHoarder]

Thanks, that means a lot 🤜🤛

[@Prefesuersheen]

Best vintage magic channel on youtube by far. The audio is relaxing on its own, but your set and display of the beautiful cards draws the eyes. Plus, your self-proclaimed rambling is worth listening to

[@AlphaHoarder]

Thanks for that 🤜🤛

[@monkey39128]

100% agree.

[@cousinjimmy2638]

That is for sure an Alpha Starter Box.

[@ivanfuchs2820]

your original badlands has nicer colors in my eyes but the B version pops to the eye more. both gorgeous and clean

[@atunga5]

collection videos are great.. looking forward to the next one

[@wuschelbeutel]

these new arrivals are amazing - both the cards themselves and their condition. chaos orb alpha is next on my list of big mtg purchases. staple in alpha 40

[@AlphaHoarder]

Nice, it'll be a great addition to your collection when you find one!

[@shamanrock6750]

Love your channel make more videos more often please! The hobby is not dead!

[@mattstrott753]

I'll be playing Oldschool and building my collection for as long as I'm alive. Webcam play rekindled my love of the format.

[@AlphaHoarder]

The hobby is definitely not dead!

[@AlphaHoarder]

I tried playing on WebCam, but I had a hard time with it. Still in person for me.

[@mattstrott753]

@@AlphaHoarder In person is definitely better but there's just not enough local layers in my area. I still need paper cards though. Can't get into MTGO or Arena 🤮Paper or nothing!

[@Dibiase206]

I came across a video of a collection that is stored in Card Saver 1s put into binder using post card pages. Looked pretty slick and less bulky. Probably like a 3rd the size of your top loader binder.

[@AlphaHoarder]

Oh, that's interesting. I'm gonna search around for that 🧐 ty

[@TavisKingsChannel]

Always great to see another video from you Mike. Yep, no barcode on the starter deck means Alpha. Beta is where the barcode started.

[@AlphaHoarder]

Thanks 👍 wasn't sure how beta's looked

[@lechasseurdemothman]

Very nice conditions... Chaos orb ❤ with beautiful little box Mark signed.

[@Nabraham1]

The amount of capital in your hands, hahaha. Glad you are back and love these videos too! Show off the horde! Thanks again bud.

[@AlphaHoarder]

Thanks for watching!

[@snowcakedworld1]

Thanks for the videos! Definitely keep the collection videos coming, they are such cool documentation alongside your awesome insights. I’d keep the dragon protected even though it’s not a binder upgrade. I reached out a bit ago and I wanted to let you know I did win the bid on my first alpha rare… CGC 8.0 Cockatrice! My daughter wonders why people have cardboard is in slabs!!! Have a great day and thanks again, by far my favorite MTG channel.

[@AlphaHoarder]

Ah yeah I remember, you ran an elf deck back in the day right? Nice grab!! Your daughter might be on to something 😂

[@tomusbolenderus1156]

Awesome vid ❤

[@MerpDerp-hz9tt]

I vote to crack that Dragon open. Though, disclaimer, I would say that about any slabbed card (except maybe a BGS black label 10). I like copy A of Badlands more (no good reason other than I prefer its shade of brown). Great to see you upload! It’s been a while.

[@issacharlane4003]

Glad to see your video! Also beautiful on both upgrades.

[@livelikeus4980]

Love these videos. Keep the shivon dragon in the case. I named my first cat shivon lol! She played with me like a mouse 🐁

[@AlphaHoarder]

Shivon Cat, that's epic 😆

[@zacharymikolaj8007]

I’d base your choice on the color saturation. Seems to be a big difference.

[@jcbeck84]

Glad I'm not the only one conflicted by the binder choices on the market. I've considered contracting someone to make something of my own design and fix the problem, but I also can't decide if I'm just being over the top about the whole thing.

[@AlphaHoarder]

No you're not, the discontent is real. There has to be a solution...

[@weeblewom9513]

Always a great treat to see one of your new videos pop up! Please do NOT crack the Shivan. Shes well-protected and looks amazing. Why jeopardize that? And i vote A for the binder.

[@AlphaHoarder]

True!

[@Kensiky]

A, also crack S.Dragon if its an upgrade. I also notices the endless stream from Kid Icarus. He auctioned a Blue Hurricane Summer Magic (Edgar) a few weeks ago and so did Vintage Magic, and another seller on eBay. That's 3 sold Blue Hurricane within the last 30 days.

[@AlphaHoarder]

Yeah I saw that too. Lots of Summer moving 🤔

[@tomcadden8054]

Srtill hoarding Wall of woods. Alphas have fallen through the floor and loads on the market, so easy to pick up for cheap. But ICE have ramped up in price and very few to be had. The quest continues

[@AlphaHoarder]

Ever onward! More walls!

[@lloydcarlstrom9860]

back to back seems like slight color variation between the two badlands.

[@AlphaHoarder]

Yeah I've seen that before, not sure if it's a print variation thing, or a poor storage thing.

[@scootletawny3886]

Your collection is ridiculous! Hahaha. Love it.

[@shaynekemp6512]

I would def leave the Shivan slabbed

[@chazzanschutz6096]

Sounds like the book is in the starter pack. If so, the story on the 1st page will tell you if it's Alpha or Beta. Any post by you has been worth my time, collection, ranting, etc. So post away!

[@AlphaHoarder]

I didn't even think to open it, but you're right you can hear it in there. I'll check 👍

[@energetek661]

Cool cards. Really great conditions! Been collecting antiquities right now, but alpha is next! Prices are really decent rn. Also bought 9 sets of antiquities commons from mick and was super pleased. Great seller. On the cards, I would say B on the badlands and the 8.5 id keep the dragon. Still a premium imo.

[@Izawwlgood]

Jelly.

[@AlphaHoarder]

Antiquities is a great set. My favorite after Alpha

[@nathanmccolloch452]

I vote yes crack, and I like your original copy of the badlands (a), the bottom left edge still looks clean on b but in slightly worse shape

[@AlphaHoarder]

Ty

[@briandiadem]

Bro, you could make videos of you reading the phone book. As long as there are Alpha cards in the video, we'll watch it.

[@AlphaHoarder]

😆

[@jonyweismuler6584]

I follow you from Sevilla, Spain. Great videos! 🎉

[@AlphaHoarder]

Welcome from across the Atlantic 🤜🤛

[@drunkmtg2264]

Hunter that Shivan.

[@LibHen1998]

Dude. If I had $787,000,112.00 my collection would look like yours ;) hahah. I sold my ABU collection for about $1500 in 1999 shortly before I got married. Hindsight, but also - I made good money from it for the time and no regrets. Super impressive collection.

[@Thatcher-ds7fx]

Ouch

[@AlphaHoarder]

😂 for $700m you could trounce my collection in impressive fashion. What cards did you have in your abu collection back in the day? Must have been some hitters to get that much way back then

[@LibHen1998]

@@AlphaHoarder I had a loved Unlimited 9 set, played with it with just basic penny sleeves. An almost full Arabian set (my all-time love) and the keys from most of the earlier expansions that I needed for lgs tourneys, etc. At one point I had a playset of dual lands. I remember at one of my local tourneys, I won a $225 beta starter deck and the two rares were Alpha - a Jet and a Copy Artifact (I think - I was just stoked about the Jet. But I couldn't play with it back then (not tourney legal for the corners) so I traded it for a bunch of Urza's rares hahah. I was opening cases of Urza's block at that point before I sold everything. $72 a box. Crazy.

[@magicpesto]

Wow, those badlands are wildly different color saturations. Do you see this all the time? Which is more common?

[@AlphaHoarder]

I've seen both for sure, but good question about which is more common. I'll have to pull a few out and see 🧐

[@ryanfreeborn]

A is better. Colors are far more saturated. B almost looks washed out from sunbleaching. Otherwise corners and centering seemed mostly equal.

[@AlphaHoarder]

Good point about the color, ty

[@seanjelle]

Don't crack the Shivan unless you plan on playing it. The new Badlands is nicer. The old had a minor surface ding and very minor scratch on one of the left side corners I believe

[@AlphaHoarder]

Ah yeah good observation

[@seanjelle]

And of course, great video as always. Despite the fatigue, I hope you manage to keep doing videos. Your channel is one of my favourites.

[@teamcosmicseeds]

Crack the dragon 🐲 from its cage!😮B barely on the badlands

[@hamacWay]

Hello there.

[@AlphaHoarder]

Greetings!

[@teamcosmicseeds]

I live for orbs! I need 1! Got a spare? 😮🎉😂 no u don't...

[@AlphaHoarder]

Nothing like getting ahold of one!

[@tonytran6428]

Have you stopped your purchases and collecting on NM commons/uncommons and shifted to solely rares?

[@AlphaHoarder]

Yeah, that's right

[@penguinlust6749]

No bar code is Alpha. Beta had bar code. Unlimited had the bar code on a white background. As to the votes: Crack the Shivan. A. But they are close. Liked the video. Who says I'm in front of an LCD panel?

[@AlphaHoarder]

Don't tell me it's a cathode ray tube? Surely we don't like our TVs as old as our cardboard??

[@penguinlust6749]

@@AlphaHoarder Actually was on an LED display -- laptop. (Ok, splitting hairs here -- there are those that consider them the same thing, and I've seen it said all LEDs are LCDs but not vice versa). Now my desktop is LCD, but I wasn't on that when replying. I still have some vintage CRT displays, but I hardly ever use them these days.

[@jonyweismuler6584]

“A” Badlands is better. More colour

[@rachao10]

Gemloader binder do you know about them?

[@AlphaHoarder]

No but I'll check it out!

[@rachao10]

@@AlphaHoarder its exacly what you want and need. Attention! Its bigger than a normal binder!

[@rachao10]

@@AlphaHoarder so? Was anything you think buying?

[@AlphaHoarder]

I checked it out, I do have something similar that I put my duplicate rares in, but these are nicer. I'm also fascinated by the slab pages… What a cool idea! I'm probably going to grab some and see how they look in person.

[@rachao10]

@@AlphaHoarder great mate.I hope I helped. I just do a simple binder and a good dragon shield sleeve so I dont have feedback to give to you about that binders. Please keep vids coming! I realy like them. Best regards from Portugal 😉

[@TwiddlersPlaceMTG]

Your such a hoarder. Lol

[@patrick-ros]

A

[@ricardojnobre]

b :)

[@monkey39128]

It's going to be funny if all this modern Assassin's Creed, Doctor Who, Fallout rubbish ends up leading people to the old cards. 😅 Not sure if that would make Wizard's geniuses or if it's more like the blind chicken finding the corn. I'd keep the Shivan slabbed at that grade but I know you prefer raw so whatever suits you. No idea on the two cards at the end, they both look the same to me. 😂

[@AlphaHoarder]

Blind chicken sounds a lot like wizards of late. So maybe 😂

[@bugbee84]

a and no dont crack it open

[@Synthtec80]

A is better