Insane 1st Edition Yugioh Collection GONE WRONG? (Still EPIC)

[@stargazer4784]

"Trust me bro, these cards would all get PSA 10" The cards:

[@theubertrading]

This is definitely the most frustrating part about buying vintage! Most people don't condition correctly and the price variance is typically really big between NM to LP, so often sellers will not want to sell based on what the card is actually worth based on the condition.

[@Ruxin34]

@@theubertrading luckily, this guy has been very understanding so it should work out in the end!

[@theubertrading]

@@Ruxin34 Let's go!!

[@BroMorris0341]

Todd is why we have online trust issues

[@SloopYGO]

a lot of people are like "well its not cut in half so its near mint"

[@AshwinSelvakumar]

Putting everything in toploaders was anice touch. But the few random unlims mixed in and less than ideal conditions dragged this down a bit. Still very nostalgic

[@roccosharkey1162]

It’s a shame, but I did enjoy seeing all those 1st edition sets together though!

[@WolfBerserker13]

Ruxin, when are you going to follow your destiny and become a professional assessor of old yugioh sets? I swear you must have more practical experience on those than anyone else alive.

[@MajaStefanovic-fo5fn]

10:38 you missed the australian pot of greed🥳

[@drewr8992]

Mate did he not think you'd check condition haha, 10k is wild

[@robodinosaurs]

To say those cards are moderately played feels a stretch. Lightly maybe? but they look pretty minty to me minus the obvious ones. I think we have to get away from the mindset of always thinking about the grades as it detracts from the hobby.

[@joelwhite8634]

Thats true, but even as Ruxins going through the commons you can see edge wear on near all of them?

[@Neoyaru]

Sorry, he might be a very nice guy but asking 10K and not meticulously looking at the condition of the cards like at all, is borderline rude. Liked the videos format though!

[@SimplyXera]

If it has scratches and whitening on the edges, that's definitely not mint.

[@metroidman7592]

With the state of those cards i was expecting to see another star on a back of a card with a sharpie

[@nemesiswontdie]

The coveted starwrite rare!

[@pettzy09]

Deciding on the conditions of my cards is always the most stressful part of selling cards for me.

[@airfrishung5007]

I love all the old cards! OG Yu-Gi-Oh was something else tbh 😱

[@ChristianTommasino]

It's so frustrating every time paying and getting these cards that are supposed to be NM and ofc they just randomly range from LP to (few times) NM. You're also excited waiting for the collection to arrive but they just let you down... that time wizard hurted me

[@Alextamere]

So what is the collection actually worth? And how much money are you gonna get back?

[@andrewwierenga5586]

I feel the same way. I hate spending the extra money for graded cards but it’s just way more reliable and I know I’m getting what I want. MRL and MRD are some of my favorite cards from artwork standpoint.

[@jedijunior420]

That's a shame. Still pretty cool to hold a first ed BEWD in your hands.

[@rendle9361]

You need to do a condition video with what to look for and what rarity are prone to more defects

[@Risad]

I know it's all in preference and based on the individual, but mod/heavy played or nostalgic condition cards to me are cards I would never try to sell as "lp or near mint". If you're going to sell them and say they're better than what they are, don't try to sell them to someone who deals with cards as a living. 😂 Still, some of the cards were nice.

[@eldavo6786]

A lot of people have very different ideas on how to condition the cards, and it shows

[@Sukasaha]

Love the collection, my personal favorites were the 1st ed Gaia the Dragon Champion and Time Wizard

[@MahkzPotter]

As someone who just recently got into understanding conditions and such; I’m going to play the devils advocate. It took me a long time to realize that natural scratching on the back affects the condition that drastically. Also if someone has worse natural eye sight, that’s stuff they may not see. You can have a huge collection and not truly understand your collection. Also if people would stop worrying about grading every damn thing, it wouldn’t matter as much. Grading was special before everyone graded the penny the Pennies on the ground. Enjoy the hobby for what it is instead of worrying about the dollar values.

[@brockhoughton8005]

Finding old cards in a high grade must be near impossible. This is a real special showing getting to have this many high end sought after cards.

[@joelwhite8634]

That arent mint?

[@bread6235]

@@joelwhite8634 they arent mint, but theyre still in decent condition. usually these older cards are damaged.

[@josephhan3601]

great video showing different conditions

[@PabloPulls]

Definitely hear you on why buying graded is nice. I’m a fan of buying cards graded 6-8 and using them in time wizard decks

[@jeffschmidt1551]

The way that the product was shipped was still pretty good even if they should have been in team bags or just somehow shut up top. But the conditions were a bummer.

[@iahomesteader4691]

It's unfortunate that this didn't turn out for you. That's why I don't sell cards, I'm worried I'd list them incorrectly

[@Vaizsmartgame]

MIRROR force was a foil shift error too !

[@pequeñomoth]

The collection was dope, shame about the condition. Still great to see all those beautiful cards though. Gaia The Dragon Champion brings back memories. Remember pulling it out my very first LOB pack when I got in to Yu-Gi-Oh back in the day.

[@TheLiverpoolOwen]

as a person who likes to build anime decks and cant afford to get super mint cards im normally fine with a little wear since i plan on playing with them, be it a small bend on the corner, light scratches on the foil, minor edge wear and i honestly dont care about the back too much as long as its not bend in half, but this collection looks like the type of cards i typically buy, fine for playing with but not for grading or a mint, nice collection, but no where close to M/NM.

[@pole8183]

That blade edge is stunning, one of my first elemental heroes back in the day so I might be biased

[@_Hot-n-Spicy_]

This collection is very nostalgic although not in the best stage in terms of quality, still very nice to see these cards.

[@Nickyjetskii]

Rux, for the love of god, please include the prices of these cards. Thats what the people want!!!

[@Tylerrzz]

Very beautiful set :) definitely used but the completionism is so satisfying…

[@brianb900]

Isn’t it better to do the fist hit thing to get cards to start coming out of toploaders better?

[@Connor_adm]

I had Elemental Hero Bladedge growing up. Love that card!

[@nickarathuzik26]

The collection is sick! its a ton of Nostolgia and sometimes that alone is worth it

[@DarkVoidTG]

I have a collection of LP-PL nostalgic cards that i'd love to sell you for NM prices...

[@Smawllz]

Nostalgia isn’t worth what these should be worth. lmao

[@nickarathuzik26]

@@Smawllzyeah agree 1000% made the comment before he said 10k 😭

[@Smawllz]

@@nickarathuzik26 haha

[@williamramos5636]

Still pretty amazing cards, nostalgic condition for sure but still amazing.

[@braydenl2566]

Was thinking about getting back into collecting, any recent sets worth buying?

[@satchelpatberg8924]

It’s still a crazy collection(way better than mine) and super great to see them all together. But it does suck that they weren’t a NM

[@robleavold84]

I would love this collection just to keep, as they won’t grade well so I would just keep them in top loaders as a collection to show friends.

[@niccololovato2342]

I think you could still buy at a correct price and list everything imo, there are a lot of low budget collectors who would like some of those cards for their binders!

[@HitThatJiveOG]

Classic cards ! Elemental hero blade edge such a classic card for me got it in a starter deck

[@kyleblackwell9958]

Top loader cards can be very cool depending on the condition. I hope all the cards are in good condition

[@mgreco1988]

I love spear dragon. I had that in my deck as a kid.

[@9eris]

Old school yugioh cards forever!!! My last buy was Cursed Dragon Lob super rare

[@thinkflowmachines]

Love the content. You’re one of the creators that inspired me and my childhood friend to get back into yugioh.

[@keithmoores6828]

Great to see this collection shame the conditions are not what you expected.

[@dannytfp2156]

Magic ruler set is so dope!

[@lukewebber5531]

Yeah some don't know how to truly grade NM LP in till you sell a bunch then you learn fast I'm over strict about it so they are always happy

[@Tadick994]

Regardless of condition that collection was impressive not many people can say they have near complete sets of all 1st ed of Yu-Gi-Oh cards lol I'd love that 1st ed copy of b skull dragon I'd be happy with that alone

[@thegenialdecepticon5244]

If nothing else, it was cool to see complete sets.

[@aleksandarbondzulic2632]

Too bad... Still, it was great to see all of those OG cards!

[@paultanguay3408]

Is it just me or did that mirror force have a slight foil shift

[@jazzer2514]

Love the giveaways today! Awesome!

[@aleehomedition8165]

Unfortunate situation. Very nostalgic cards for sure though

[@thatepicwizardguy]

I mean... it's a really nice mostly mod played collection IMO. Wouldn't be upset buying it for that price but it ain't near mint for sure. Hell even LP would have been most honest lol Again, still really cool. I just would have sold it at mod play price personally maybe siting some of the nicer and less nice cards if we were communicating about it directly.

[@npiccolo96]

Still a very cool and nostalgic collection. For a potential 10k buy I totally understand where you're coming from for the conditions. Im sure a few of those could be used for a Whatnot card party stream maybe?

[@rickespanish1945]

I used buy these boxes of packs for like 50 or 60 bucks now the packs are like 100 bucks or more for packs . Crazy

[@FireIronArm]

Still a nice set of 1st ed cards. Better than 25th anniversay but it sucks about the condition.

[@goodcamp1]

You're the best collector Ruxin! Love you!

[@spinni5767]

I dont understand the american condition stuff. In europe we use completly different grades. Lightly played is one of the worst grades here. We got Mint, Near Mint, Excellent, Good, Lightly Played, Poor. So i really dont know how good light played is in the US

[@rickespanish1945]

I was Yu-Gi-Oh champion in my state nc . I win bunch of tournaments had tournament Konami cards only from winning tournaments. Morphing Jar etc. and had millennium puzzle trophy life size. I ran a gravity bind jinzo deck with catapult turtle hyabusa knights and man eater bugs and crap load of traps and magic. Nobody could deal with it. I wonder how much that stuff be worth now. Shame I don't have any clue what happened to my stuff.

[@GladiatorCollectibles]

To me any real crease or dent it’s automatically damaged condition

[@rockysaraceno4514]

So many questions come to mind like does he just not know how to condition? Or was he hoping you wouldn't check yourself? And the list goes on

[@Laphingman]

That poor time wizard is straight up damaged oof

[@nahuelmorales3796]

Its a little disapointed by the confition of the cards

[@SaberkiddASMR]

Assessing cards is pretty simple. Pack fresh very rarely has scuffing but more times than scuffing there might be a little ding or a couple chips on the edges or even freying on the cards. That, I would still consider near mint. But if there is PLAY, it is PLAYED. It’s very easy to tell if a card is played. And unfortunately some times you will get a pack fresh card or container fresh card with scuffing that looks like play on the back and you’ll have to deem as it being played. But it’s pretty simply lol. Near mint is exactly what it is, “near mint” then VLP and LP and so on is played. To me near mint can have a ding or two but not play. Idk. I just wish a lot of sellers would be more tentative to the hobby 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@damiano_barbato]

Overall is a pretty nice collection but 10k for an ungradable collection is a little bit high

[@jeep7956]

Really cool collection. Pretty sad about the condition though

[@Boneswiss95]

Upsetting damage if you sell something you gotta be on point on condition hands down sellers responsibility 😢

[@Camelotsmoon]

I don't even know the difference between the "played" category and "mint" category... Also, the difference between mint and near mint is just the card being not mint... What does that even mean? The entire scale of assessing a card is subjective; what some dealer would deem near mint, someone would say it's mod play. I've always just said "Ok, if this thing looks like it was pulled out of a pack, it's mint... If it maybe has a small scratch on the back that is barely noticable but it's pack fresh besides that, near mint. This one has a corner ding and some scratches, lightly played.. then this one has a corner ding, edges worn and some scratches, probably mod played... Then this last one is well loved, heavily played.". It's why it's best to just buy cards people took pictures of, then you know what you're getting.

[@israelosorio1795]

i still have my cards and i didnt evn grade none of my cards. my cards are staying with me even after death.

[@kmarschalek56]

Poor Ruxin:( But still cool to see all these cards together, awsome collection.

[@jameshillier7177]

These are near mint-nostalgia condition

[@Gen0sins]

Nostalgic condition for sure 🤣

[@danamitchell8512]

Yikes I mean it’s still a great collection but definitely disappointing with the condition of some of those top tier cards

[@Pro-Gioh]

There's always risk in this kinds of things

[@Alex-jq4rq]

Love vintage cards!

[@cameronwall1842]

FYI the pot of greed is australia print lol

[@fabiown689]

Ouch yeah the guy probably really didn't know what he was selling it

[@Δημήτρης-π4λ4φ]

I like to collect whole sets too but buying everything individually is a hassle and expensive. Great video🎉

[@SuperSkateToLive]

So whats the difference between euro and north american version? is euro cheaper or?

[@cjones547]

Lmao I love when Ruxin dunks on people for doing stuff like this 😭 he talks like a disappointed boss 😂

[@tatecoughlin3367]

Really nice collection minus the condition

[@AnthonyMinty]

I honestly would just return them and get your money back, dont waste your time, seller is just a joke... tbh.. i wish people were consistent with their conditions and was honest.

[@vwilson92]

Shame that the cards were not in the best condition

[@faridgarcia8558]

Is amazing the bounch of nice cards in their toploaders, look so cool!!. But in the other hand, so bad the condition of most or them ir you are going to do a heavy or serious colection. Anyway, beautiful cards 😊

[@Sneedmeister]

This is why its always a GREAT idea to avoid any purchase where you cannot see the condition of every card. Its why I stopped using TCGplayer

[@kyleklecak7099]

I remember I bought a dark magician from LOB on tcg player. It was only the 25th anniversary one but it was like 30 bucks I want to say and it had a massive dent through the entire card. I was pissed lol

[@kyleklecak7099]

Supposed to be near mint

[@ryanpower9244]

I try to buy old cards when I can condition or not I feel they are still cool To have!

[@ahmadhadwan]

Most of these cards would still look good in a binder, the damage is mostly done on the back. It's a shame but I've seen much worse ones lol

[@B-radPT]

Ruxin maybe do a video on how to send/pack cards or send me a link cheers

[@kyoy4]

Yugi himself use that dark magician ? Thats explain the condition haha

[@mikki6944]

I love old school cards ❤

[@ripmeemaw2119]

so many of these cards i would love to buy

[@Undici]

A really nice collection of cards, shame about their condition though! Still nice to have, for the right price of course ;)

[@jackgoodman27]

Amazing collection, bummer about the conditions tho :(

[@ernestodeanda5251]

Epic collection for sure not in the best condition but brings back the memories