Rudy Shares a $40,000.00 Ungraded Alpha Magic the Gathering Collection

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[@EXultimate]

I literally love just letting your videos play while I do chores and stuff.

[@lilgtheswagtheif]

lol sounds superb

[@CiecoCattivo]

I love hearing Rudy talk about the cards he loves. Gives a real feel of when he played and just enjoyed the game beyond investment.

[@DKaelynd]

This is exactly what I love about Magic The Gathering. It's not all about the money it's about the game, the nostalgia and the artwork. I enjoyed this video. Bring back memories and why I love this game so much

[@zacc866]

Love the video rudy! I'd love to see more deep dives into old sets like this. I started watching your channel because I really enjoy seeing some of the history of magic and things that I missed out on from the past.

[@zerokidd21]

A year later and I still reference how to handle binders/pages of sleeves. Thanks daddy Rudy.

[@zooMZooMlikeATyphOOn]

I watched til 29 minutes in, to the end anyway. I really like the vintage alpha stuff more than anything in MTG. I started playing in 1994. So seeing all of these cards makes me feel like a kid again.

[@ChrisLee-on3ro]

I'm still drooling 3 years later...:)......Great collection Rudy!

[@yoavgro3]

Wow. Just wow. Stunning collection and absolutely beautiful artwork on the cards. They don't make them like they used too. Please, MORE like this!

[@BatteryExhausted]

Rudy, you could do a video (or series) on the chronology / history / evolution of these Magic Cards.

[@openboosters]

Hey White Red works!! Keldon is awesome!! Island Sanctuary was great!! Fantastic vid Rudy! Wow Just Wow!!!

[@michaelhoule2134]

18:00 "nobody is going to watch this long ass video" ..... yup watched all the way to the end. Keep it up Rudy this brought me down memory lane. It was a good stroll.

[@oriondx72]

23:35 is probably my favorite mtg artwork doppleganger.

[@fredgasburger7200]

Amazing video. I’m the same every time I go through my brothers binder and just reminisce of collecting as young kid. Just seeing them in the binder is just breath taking to me. Thanks for the video. It made my day.

[@olivergreenwald2083]

Everytime I think about quitting I see something like this that brings me right back. Beautiful cards, man.

[@SutMacG]

I used to love playing Vesuvan Doppelganger and Clone back in High school. Seeing that card again still brings back great memories! Thanks for the flashback Rudy!

[@dominoautonomy4750]

Sutton MacGregor Vesuvan Doppleganger is hands down, one of the most beautiful and fun to play cards. It's nice to see other people feel the same way.

[@SoaD89er]

Dope video. I started playing magic about 20+ years ago now? Awesome to see so many familiar cards. I've got a big old box of played cards that I keep meaning to dig out one of these days. Keep up the good stuff.

[@nyastclair8174]

Thanks Rudy. I literally just commented asking for this on one of your last 2 videos. Saying to show your crazy collection after seeing the 18 Libraries of Alexandra. Then you come out with this. I appreciate it!! Glad I subbed long ago

[@Urzard]

I enjoyed hearing your stories a lot and would like to hear more of what certain cards remind you of and mean to you, which I prefer more than the financial side for a video like this showing your collection.

[@Ahivalaostia88]

Very educative how you store this collections. I will copy that for sure.

[@chartreux1532]

+Ahivalaostia88 I agree, like most of his videos. I came across Rudy when i was looking what my Booster Boxes (including Alpha, which is why his channel popped up first), Sets and Collection in general is worth now as i played MTG from 1994-2007 and when my local store closed in 1998 over here in Europe i bought up a lot from them (incl. Alpha, Unlimited Boxes), even i managed to learn a lot from his videos so far, especially regarding what to keep as Investment (I'll probably never sell some of these Booster Boxes) and how to take better care of my collection. Also the first time i found out about grading which i should do. Every video has great advice about what to take care of and hey, Creepy Rudy even made me lose interest in selling my booster/starter boxes, collection and so on. Can only rise in price!

[@chartreux1532]

+Alpha InvestmentsIf it wasn't for you Rudy i would have probably put up the Alpha Box and others i got in 1998 from the local store that shut down and put it all on Ebay and then ended up getting a horrible price on every box, but now i know better and keep everything. Thanks! And also thanks for the storing advice! I got my Alphas in the same kind of setup, but while i pulled it when closing i never stored it upside down as you show at 4:02

[@martinarnold4999]

Ahivalaostia88 just yesterday I tossed a binder into a drawer lying flat rather than letting gravity draw the sheets away from the rings. Smh. I’ve been collecting for 20 years and I still make mistakes. His videos are indeed informative.

[@MrShockwave2007]

Really cool to see all these alpha cards at once. Being a collecter myself I really appreciate it when I look at someones binder even if there is nothing for trade I like to see what people have and think that's really cool like this binder. Alpha cards are really cool. Also I recently traded for a revised wheel of fortune and I agree it definitely has some of the best artwork is the game :)

[@startyde]

Beautiful collection as always Rudy. My friends and I got into MTG in 94 with Revised. We were just 1 year late from getting to enjoy ABU and the P9s we would only hear about for years to come. Such is life, but it's great to see such preservation from folks such as yourself so 25 years later we can see them in their splendor.

[@rohanlomas4323]

Awesome vid Rudy, you should definitely do more of these! Thanks for sharing 😀

[@mjacobs711]

Thx for taking me back! Loved the stroll

[@willm991]

Love this type of video Rudy. I'm a collector at heart since the mid 90s so I totally get you on the feeling the old cards give you.

[@Cartridge8]

"This is what Magic is to me, this is what it always will be and its never gonna change." - Me too, thank you for showing these off, I've been around since revised and they have just NEVER gotten back to the feeling and flavour of the original art where a thing just is what it is, even if its just a lance laying on a rock. There's no need for over the top neon dinosaurs flying through jungles with 40 different types of flowers and birds everywhere and 7 people screaming in the background while a pirate zip-lines down from a zeppelin on one card and then somehow its a Creature - Beetle card or something that should be absurdly stupid simple.

[@DVS57REBEL]

Thanx for sharing some of your collection, the memories they bring back

[@daubinks]

Thank you for sharing this, I had a rough day that has lasted a week, this is the best thing to watch to relax, I am greatly appreciative.

[@RafaelLJR-mz9ym]

I wish I had some of those beauties for my commander decks! Keep those videos from memory lane coming rudy! Cheers from Brazil!

[@PixelatedPunk]

Rudy, I have been watching your videos since you started youtube, and am really glad you still get so excited over just the most simple things. This is how Magic/life should be, find something that brings you joy and share that joy. Thanks for sharing your joy...just don't share your tacos.... ;)

[@hayleywittridge5506]

Loved watching this, especially after all the junk happening. Looking at the pleasure of the old stuff and the enjoyment it brings, maybe some hope for us. Love the Art

[@ExodineMusic]

watched this during work, love it rudy keep it up.

[@barath4545]

Rudy you could make this video 2 hours long and I would watch it with my feet up. Love these old cards. I just wished you would film any pre-Dark cards with a 4k camera so we could enjoy these rarities in super high quality. Thanks again though!

[@chaosmonkey6896]

Cool collection, you put in so much care and effort into it.

[@mattstagner]

i was watching this video and it tokes me back to me when i was 6-7 in 1995 and i had some friend with these cards. it really takes me back

[@nyastclair8174]

Now having watched the video I gotta say. That was beautiful Rudy. Thanks again

[@Enny_Gima]

"I'm not going to discuss anything to do with pricing" Video title.

[@80dcampton]

and he didnt discuss it...

[@natethetoe386]

I watched to the end. Please make more like this. I loved it!

[@codelicious6590]

Beautiful collection Rudy- I think many of your viewers believe you've only ever been into mtg for the financial aspects, but I've remained a sub since near the start due mainly to the fact that your passion for the game and these beautiful cards has been apparent since the beginning. Thanks for sharing.

[@humblehoward]

I loved the Living Wall too. I collected beta lands back when I started playing when I was 16. I remember trading jank rares for a mox sapphire, like northern palidin and howling mine.

[@TheMrSlyxx]

Super cool collection. I hope one day I win that big lotto so I can buy up all the binders like this!

[@ozmond]

Just started my ABU collection after learning so much from you. Thanks Rudy.

[@jaybyrdcybertruck1082]

maybe once a month you could show us the next set? like Beta for the next one then arabian and and so on! would love to see your Urzas collection!

[@karawapo]

I loved the video showing your Antiquities collections, and I loved this one. Show us more of your beautiful cards! I agree, the uncomfortable and raw artwork makes the old cards special. They don't have the guts to do that again. They like putting too much detail in a tiny illustration, and it all gets watered down.

[@cadebrowning]

Great video Rudy. Thanks for sharing.

[@jaybyrdcybertruck1082]

You need to make longer videos and do more showing of your favorite parts of your collection! this is fantastic stuff!

[@jsk23198]

love it! Hope you did the 30 videos you mentioned at the end

[@TheUnic0rn]

One thing I don't think you touched on, was just how vibrant these cards are compared to later printings. Showing a side to side comparison with these Alpha cards, and the same card from Revised and Fourth would be an excellent way to show this. The vibrancy of a Revised Vesuvan Doppelganger has nothing on the Alpha version. Same holds true for an Alpha Air Elemental, just incredibly vibrant art. Also, while Psionic Blast is the only blue direct damage spell of note, but there is Psychic Purge. It's really best to combat discard strategies, and I always loved discarding it to a Hymn back in the day. Finally, I too have an affinity for Island Sanctuary. Years ago, I made a similar deck to the one you talked about were it turned multiple Howling Mine effects into a disadvantage.

[@NamathCB]

Please do more and repeats of these videos? ! These are why a small percentage of us are here. LOVE IT! LOVE the Icy, Birds etc etc etc etc etc etc OK does that cover ALL of them. I wouldn't pull out if I were with the Enchantress

[@MrJynxi]

I started in 1994. Being from Australia i never got a chance to open Alpha/Beta packs. First pack i opened was a Unlimited booster and had a thoughtlace in it :(. But i really enjoyed this video cos it was a great walk down memory lane. Thanks for making it

[@monabaker]

Great video bud, loved the personal stories about the cards. Arabian, Legends, Antiquities videos in this style next please!

[@chrissketch5002]

Really like watching. ^_^ looking at older collections is indeed relaxing. Kinda curious to see your most prized collection.

[@Dead-Dog-Rising]

Thanks man. You make me want to pull my MTG from the mid 90's and play again. I've seen the new stuff. I'll always go old school.

[@MrJuma1978]

Island sanctuary is fucking awesome It's funny... a lot of the cards you pulled out to look at was artwork from Quinton hoover... man he had awesome art. No wonder i can't find any alpha wrath of gods... you have them all in the book! Awesome stuff!

[@kcsnipes]

same about Quinton

[@tomjames1285]

Haven't ever looked at alpha cards too much, maybe an 8 rack, but this was pretty neat. Thanks for the share Rudy, really different compared to now a days! Crazy stuff old man Rudster.

[@zomb1622]

Duuuuddee, binder of beauty there Rudy, thanks for sharing that brings back memories and that Keldon Warlord is nice, I used to play them in a giant deck, still have 1 beta

[@biggum384]

I would love to see more of these Rudy and Financial information would be greatly appreciated.

[@Rebornhell]

Quinton Hoover had that special art style, that new magic lack. That hand drawn feel of those cards made them stand out. Not like today, where everything is digital and looks the same.

[@MMKMoore1]

I like seeing what you're personally interested in, what you like or dislike. For my cards in regular binders, I use page lifters to keep the pages from getting pinched in the rings. They work really well. I also use report covers to store my complete sets (I'm one of those from back in the day), so no risk of ring ding at all. 2.4% represent!

[@Slangingnoodles]

That was amazing, definitely brought back the memories asking my parents when going to the mall to buy alpha boosters from the game stores. When I got introduced to magic it was during unlimited and revised was starting. My first game I played was a tournament at buddies house. Also the first time I found out about ante. Lost my force of nature. 1 st place won Ring of Immortals. I’m 37 now and own entire sheets of every ring. Nothing beats the old artwork. Favorite definitely the Ring of immortals and ring of Maruf

[@Ethan.s..]

Nice video, brings back lots of good memories. Only Alpha cards I have currently are a few hundred low demand C & UC. I bought a couple of alpha starter decks in late 2004. I got 2 for $1K, from the infamous Rob D. I use to sell a lot of Alpha cards on eBay back in 2003-2008, some graded, some not ( my ID was Strictly-Magic). Anyways, I opened them one night after having a few to many beers. I remember one of my rares was a Island lol. I have a lot of stories I bet you would have a unique understanding of.

[@AnomalyVoid]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I've never held an Alpha card but Beta onward...I remember every card even today.

[@The-skate-collector]

I’m recently starting to collect vintage magic just because the beautiful artwork alone❤️

[@SASHAHAG]

You may be very successful and famous but when you crack open the binder and talk about your collection you bring me back to my good old days when I had my binders (although my collection is not as nice as yours). It is humbling to know someone as successful as you sound like me when looking at the humble binder.

[@veronicamorrow4386]

Enchantress/Ancestral Mask/Exploration/Enchantment green is my all time favorite deck. Soooo much fun.

[@groovemedium]

It's awesome to look at these old cards. I started with Revised, and never had more than some basics and commons from Alpha. I would love to see more. More old cards please. I wish I could go back in time and tell myself, "Groovemedium, invest in Apple Computer!" But if possible, I'd also drop a note reminding me to hoard all of the A,B,U, Arabian, Antiquities, and Legends possible. Starting with sealed product.

[@KoRnJester]

My favorite cards as a kid were Shivan Dragon and Jester's Cap. Nice walk down memory lane.

[@78chrisdavid]

this brought me back to when i was a little kid watching my brothers and their friends play! please talk about how much they cost next time and please make more of these. maybe wizards will watch and remember what this game started as and what it was all about and go back to making things with originality and pride in their work.

[@devoted2thaentertainment207]

Man I miss, and love these videos! So awesome

[@kazekage_gaara_-8027]

Thanks for sharing, it was a nice stroll down memory lane.

[@americanfreedom1016]

I think the sunglasses are under appreciated too ....I remember using them tons specially white-red decks with the red being lightning bolts,fireballs, ect and your opponent would keep your mountains taped or whatever the glasses help get the red Mana you needed and I'm sure theres other ways the glasses could help get white or red mana you needed for other cards besides direct damage or instants

[@videogameaddicts1797]

Rudy, I hope you come back to these more grounded videos more often. I know the value videos are great and all however these will always be my favorite.

[@dragnel272]

loved the video hope to see more of em'.

[@MTBuber]

more videos like this! love the arts and stories! cheers from brazil

[@michelspode423]

really nice one Rudy! a dream to have that kind of a collection^^ and not for the money just for the beauty. absulutly love it

[@tmhsalina6711]

Sweet Binder Man! Thank you for sharing.

[@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz736]

more please, and more of rudy's old decks.

[@b.a.badattitude6253]

Thank you for sharing, I enjoy your passion. They sure don't make things the same any more.

[@dominoautonomy4750]

I loved watching this! I even made it to the end :p More please.

[@laytonhersh6225]

Brother I don't even play magic or collect but your videos are so informative and you make magic so interesting , you should be magic spokesperson no bullshit

[@MoxBox84]

These are my favorite kind of videos. Yes, more please!

[@BradGansberg1]

I really enjoyed the deep dive into your raw alpha collection. I have always wanted to know more about Arabian knights. How bout doing that set next? :-)

[@zapsta9774]

I love the discription of the video Rudy xD it's freakin hillarious :D

[@robc6318]

Absolutely love it keep more videos like this coming

[@ErroneousClique]

I use D-ring binders to prevent card indentation from the rings. I find those work best for me.

[@jdizzcards]

Cool collection dude! Let's see some more raw sets!

[@murrax7639]

This video made me anxious every time you touched the cards. Keep up the good content, Rudy.

[@docbp87]

More videos of this kind please, Admiral Rudolph!

[@matthewgoodman9366]

Show more of your collections! So cool man.

[@chrispellbois6498]

ty for making me feel old -.- but that was nostalgic to watch

[@Fireslingerpirate]

Those wrath of gods damn! Loved the video - watched instead of studying for my finals

[@EdwintheMagicEngineer]

Absolutely YES I love this kind of video. Like you, I just love old cards.

[@StarcoreLabs]

Great video. Please make more like this one!

[@daveraghanti8149]

The white knight!!! Great vid bro you are my favorite magic KZbinr need to hit you on that patreon

[@stefanhonerlage4183]

You are so right. These cards are legendary! This is why I love mine so much.

[@purplefyrus5370]

Rudy, all money aside, its great to see you gush over cards. Awesome Collection

[@xxSTEWARTNY1xx]

love seeing old collections cant wait to see the batas

[@fitnerd8957]

This is what collecting is all about. Collecting cards that mean something to you.

[@6LordMortus9]

I love the Library! :) And I always played Lure with Basilisk when I played green :)

[@Genome69420]

so cool looking at the old cool cards yeah would be interested in the prices never read look at alpha stuff. thanks rudy

[@ryanzuvic7068]

Wow, this is def a trip down memory lane. I started playing during mirage n visions. My cuz n I had tons of vintage cards. This is def the MTG flavor I fell in love with. Stopped playing shortly after weatherlight til about theros lol. Only started playing again cuz I found out how much my guru lands we're worth