Strixhaven Collector's Box - All about those Japanese Cards

[@pyrowumbo]

Rudy opens a foil Natural Order in the first box. Later in the video opens a regular one "I didn't know this card was in the set"

[@IlpalaGaming]

Literally 60 seconds apart he opens a foil w/b dual and a non-foil of the same dual and says the non-foil was the first one he pulled

[@kharnthebetrayer1575]

Hey I’ve got some pulling magic, pre-release set... pulled a demonic tutor, few days later I buy a keldhem collectors booster get and pull the Vorn with the alt text in foil.

[@jaymorzcollectibles3078]

😂😂😂

[@Zjivarra]

I was about to write the exact same comment 🤣. Taco fart went to his brain R.I.P.

[@josephstorey4695]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed this....lol

[@brycecaplan3231]

I made a comment before, but it got deleted somehow. Here are all of the Japanese cards Rudy pulled: 1:07 Regrowth 1:11 Opt 1:42 Negate 1:51 Infuriate 2:22 Thrill of Possibility 3:17 Counterspell 3:22 Strategic Planning 3:28 Tezzeret's Gambit 3:48 Village Rites 3:56 Snakeskin Veil 4:23 Gift of Estates 5:00 Adventurous Impulse 5:10 Eliminate 5:11 Mizzix's Mastery 5:39 Grapeshot 5:44 Faithless Looting 6:05 Harmonize 6:12 Revitalize 6:39 Shock 6:48 Thrill of Possibility (x2) 6:50 Brainstorm 7:06 Snakeskin Veil (x2) 7:47 Teferi's Protection 8:35 Claim the Firstborn 9:15 Duress 9:41 Faithless Looting (x2) 10:14 Strategic Planning (x2) 10:24 Negate (x2) 10:53 Natural Order 11:06 Weather the Storm 11:30 Inquisition of Kozilek 11:35 Shock (x2) 11:56 Elimiate (x2) 12:31 Compulsive Research 12:34 Infuriate (x2) 13:06 Agonizing Remorse 13:14 Agonizing Remorse (x2) 13:43 Gods Willing 14:07 Divine Gambit 14:13 Defiant Strike 14:15 Stone Rain 14:28 Duress (x2) 14:32 Village Rites (x2) 14:54 Lightning Helix

[@lotoex]

Thanks for that. 44 Japanese cards in 2 boxes. So the collector box is the only way to get these unless you get Japanese draft or set boosters, then there is a 50% chance for the alt art. So on a whole I think these are a little less rare then what a foil rare use to be back in the day, but the rare and mythic ones might be as rare as a foil rare from before War of the Spark days.

[@ADudeWhoExperiences1393]

While this list is awesome and good on you for doing it, the gods willing at the end of the list doesn't line up with the video. The timestamp shows English claim the firstborn, maybe just one or two seconds further and it would be on point.

[@jamesstone4200]

Ooof that's worse then mine I just opened

[@bocellisghost9840]

Just tosses teferis lol

[@someguy4331]

"natural order, i didnt know that card was in the set." literally pulled one in the first box lol

[@someguy4331]

@Alpha investment omg Rudy put the taco down to use both hands to respond o.o

[@grifatronic8250]

"There's gotta be 20, 30, 40 of those things" This Timmy doesnt know how many tacos hes selling

[@billygibson9393]

You just won yourself a $5 chalupa cravings box with that comment. Bravo

[@talarion]

63 cards with Japanese altered art in Mystical Archive, Rudy. 63 cards. ;)

[@andrewweems8321]

I was able to pull a Demonic Tutor JP Foil and a Demonic Tutor JP etched foil in the same box. Still riding the high of opening that box!

[@Maizan24]

Haha. Halfway through the video Rudy: Natural Order. I didn't even know this was in the set! Pulls one first pack of the video.

[@StoicDivinity]

We call him Ol Early-Onset Rudy, these days... Poor feller

[@Jon-Jon309]

I LOVE the subtle edge foiling!

[@TM-ub6js]

Me too, so many other card games go overboard on their big hitters but the Alt/Arts and subtle foiling are underappreciated.

[@splitframe]

1:20 I wonder why, the gold accents look amazing the way they are. Finally some good looking card designs in magic, makes me almost wanting to buy them again.

[@AndJDrake]

The best part was that there was a third Natural Order (the Japanese card with the deer)

[@hosersupreme]

Oh man, Japanese Teferi's Protection, Japanese Natural Order, Regular Natural Order, Foil Natural Order, Full Art Foil Professor Onyx? Pretty good pulls

[@jasonmartin6877]

@Alpha investment Fake Rudy, like seriously?

[@TealGaming-fb8bs]

Japanese Rudy - it’s all about these alternate English art cards.

[@hosersupreme]

@@jasonmartin6877 Report them whenever you see them, I've done it multiple times and they're still around

[@drewom9404]

My box was Tefs Pro, Natural Order, foil Tainted Pact. Wasn't mad at all. Flipped them all for profit.

[@hosersupreme]

@@drewom9404 That's a pretty good haul

[@jonathantillian6528]

I like the mimimal card etching. It reminds me of the early foils where just the border was foiled. Much more appealing.

[@AoiKaze2000]

7:55 You are correct, that is Teferi's Protection.

[@ryszardkrukowski4184]

Haven't had this much fun cracking packs since BFZ expeditions. The JP Mystical Archive cards are absolutely stunning. The art styles, everything. Debating how to frame the full foil set I'm working on of them...

[@colekrantzteacheseverythin5543]

Yeah I HATE the etched foils.

[@JodouTR]

Not as spicy as my two Time Warp JP alt art pulls, but pretty good boxes. For the record, you only buy these boxes for the MA pulls; Strixhaven as a set is straight trash. That Lilly pull was the best from the set at $40 in foil lol. Literally sold one this morning for that much.

[@CardboardEmpires]

Pokemon looks different than I remember.

[@CardboardEmpires]

@Alpha investment Jokes on you, I texted it and now this nice young man is teaching me about the Bitcoin mininings; he's about to cut me in on a pretty sweet deal.

[@didntsayplease602]

Hey Rudy! It’s u likely you ever see this but if you do, please fix my incompetence cus I have an ashnods alter printed with the antiquities set symbol but it has a white border which does seem right. I can’t find anything saying it’s suppose to so I assume it’s fake. Sooo..... is it fake?

[@cloudyskiesnow]

Is that an uncut sheet of mystery booster convention test cards?!?

[@bigedude]

SHEEEEEEEEESSSHHH

[@rogertruong5751]

10:17 But Rudy. You've pulled it from your first pack 1:14

[@claygillman9351]

Yes, that was Teferi's Protection. One of the best pulls in the box.

[@shannonhayward7264]

The last time rudy was blown away, he had a kid!!!

[@mintandlimited]

Best looking magic cards I have ever seen...

[@MSUHitman]

So since I started in 2013, my introduction to Teferi was Teferi’s Protection from C17, which BTW Rudy was what you opened at the end of box 1. And yes it’s a white card as he’s either UW or U. :)

[@maddstaxx]

Opens foil Natural order in pack 1. Pack 14 opens Natural order: "I didnt know this was in the set". Lolol 😂😂😂

[@jonathantillian6528]

Then the opens the weeaboo variant and still doesn't realize it.

[@billygibson9393]

@Alpha investment is this spam or did you buckle rudy and are using a social media app to contact you instead of your hotmail email or on twitch or your website..? Seems a bot may have casted mindslaver on rudy

[@theodoreburt7638]

I think the subtlety of the etching is appropriate. The traditional Japanese ways are about subtlety and opposed to gaudiness . I really like the nuance that everyone else seems to be missing.

[@hi.3_spacetaker]

Rudy does read the comments!! Learned to flip the cards lmao.

[@Just_Pele]

Well, SOME of them.

[@xXinsaneboyXx]

14:07 Careful Rudy, your inner Timmy is showing.

[@mtgdragons7515]

I have to agree that faithless looting and the other card by the same artists are a little too abstract to fit with the rest of the cards in that set. Love the dragon pulls. stay safe everyone and keep spreading the magic.

[@rngesus6472]

Hey somebody in Rudy's chat?? I was wondering if I were to start buying magic cards for my son where would be a great place to start? He plays yugioh and pokemon and I never really got into magic as a kid but seeing as hes into the cards I thought it would be a neat idea if we both shared something new together. Anything helps

[@Mrfeezy98]

Could get a couple of the challenge decks to have to play right out of the box

[@zeroenth7743]

Commander is always a good place to start, because the format is very popular and doesn't restrict players in terms of what era or sets of magic they can choose cards from. The starter preconstructed commander decks that are sold in stores are balanced to compete with the other preconstructed decks, so while they are not overly powerful right out of the gate, they are a good entry point into the format and can be upgraded over time as a person's collection grows. Hopefully that helps. Some of the recent preconstructed decks have quite a bit to offer in terms of overall value, but I would suggest reading more if you're interested in all that. Good luck, and have fun.

[@paulpallo5513]

Take Zero Enth's advice about what to do with purchasing cards for the first time. My advice for learning the game is to play Magic Arena. While I do not like the client for actually playing the game, it is a great way to learn the game by simply completing the tutorial. It will give you enough cards to play right away, but the deck will be super weak compared to anyone spending money on the game (don't do this). You could however, do direct matches with your son if you both have a PC, so your card pools will be around the same strength and you could both learn the game a bit by playing against each other. Once you get some experience under your belt with 60 card magic, learning and understanding the Commander format (the format Zero Enth mentioned) will be much easier than jumping right in.

[@rowankeltizar5961]

I would suggest never buying sealed products ever. Teaches bad habits. And don't spend any money on arena or other online platforms. Best thing to do is to set yourself a modest budget and purchase singles for a commander deck or get a prebuilt starter deck on ebay. Commander is a multiplayer format that is fun to play. Then you can upgrade your deck over time at your leisure as you learn more about how the game works. Buying singles is almost always a good investment, especially a few months after release.

[@rngesus6472]

@@zeroenth7743 Thanks a lot man I appreciate that and anyone else who had some kind of input I'll take this information do a little research of my own and figure out a budget. I'm pretty excited to venture into something unknown and learn with my kid

[@ryangreenwald3755]

Love the test card backdrop! How did you end up with it?

[@rogertruong5751]

Rudy working with WOTC for that uncut sheet of test cards from Mystery Booster set.

[@dogdriver70]

I pulled a foil JPN demonic tutor today!

[@BUss297]

Beautiful set. I feel like you during my livestreams trying to figure out these Japanese cards...lol

[@Enlil2578]

Teferi's protection. Also the full art foil Japanese alt are worth more then the etched.

[@trashman3636]

Nice, i got a tainted pact and some others, really like dark ritual and duress.

[@zimbu_]

Lesson is a good idea to do something with the sideboard when everyone is playing best-of-1 on MtG:A. Also makes draft&sealed more interesting. I like the slight etching. Wouldn't want anything where the card gets significantly thicker to a point where it starts sticking out from a pile of Magic cards. (Although I have a feeling it's that way because otherwise it would cost more than 0.2 cents to get the card printed.)

[@someguy4331]

i forgot this channel opened magic

[@7Alberto7]

Look at Rudy flexing with that uncut sheet for "playmat",good play Rudy good play

[@daftwulli6145]

I think this set will age particularly well for the simple reason it has so many pulls that are staples in eternal formats. That has to be a bonus longterm in terms of box value, no matter how many cards of the set will make it into these formats

[@Welverin]

All the shiny cards, and what I'm really jealous of is the uncut sheet of Mystery Booster Playtest cards.

[@bernardlivingston7021]

That teferi looking card was teferis protection japanese alt art worth 60bucks

[@MSUHitman]

So Archeomancer’s Map is the Smothering Tithe of the Commander set; preorders for the standard version were $20, no clue what the extended is worth.

[@juliusm.8694]

Like the subtle foiling looks nice. Going to try to wait a little then just get a bunch of those Japanese cards!

[@alphainvestment7489]

Th/a/n/k/s f/o/r w/a/t/c/h/i/n/g W/H/A/T/S/A/P/P/ +/1/7/1/9/2/7/0/4/5/3/0/

[@MarkJones-fn7kf]

whats up with the mj holdings strixhaven collector boxes/packs at walmart? saw a boatload of them no one buying thses? too ez to hit the japanese foils?

[@kenmax8615]

Cos the set sucks from a player's perspective.

[@mishapopenuk7940]

Love thematically Rudy still pumps everything, this set is really really weak outside the "special" cards

[@AoiKaze2000]

Joke with Tome Shredder - it's the dog that ate your homework.

[@hellpuppy5512]

been updating so much for patreon spots lol

[@hi.3_spacetaker]

I truthfully don’t enjoy flip cards, I like to play clear sleeves

[@jwgreen80]

Gorgeous Cards

[@munchiesoriginal]

It would be nice if you would know what these jp-art cards are.

[@BanditGaming479]

So did players who bought in japan get alt are English cards? 🤔

[@KrepsyK]

RUDY! WHERE ARE THE SET BOXES? I'm checking the mail every day!

[@lovelandfrogman2136]

Rudy, what happened to that ultimate masters video?!?

[@councilofautumn]

If only there was some other way to identify the Japanese alt cards. Some kind of list to compare the artwork to....

[@WolleWip]

Every foreign card should have the English name in small print somewhere.

[@councilofautumn]

Sure for the casual player, but Rudy does MTG for a living, you think he'd do the 2 seconds of research lol Ignoring the day one prices I get, they fluctuate a lot

[@gastonwoody2444]

@Alpha investment tacos will rain from the sky

[@noloxjexting8266]

Scryfall is your friend here! Maybe not for pricing but for identification purposes.

[@charlesmaillho367]

I think the worse thing about the Faithless looting card is the oddly bent finger on the left side of the card. Has to be a memer.

[@shannongerbes]

Test card set as a casual background 🤔.

[@rayzhang7591]

The artist of faithless looting also did harmonize. Same style but nowhere near as weird as faithless looting lol.

[@austinfrazier5312]

Isn’t the Japanese teferis protection like $135?

[@jd6220]

I have one of those uncut mystery test sheets

[@WHITEKNIGHT95]

Is that teferi? I thought he was on blue cards... Super sad teferi's protection over in the corner... But...

[@thesaltyseamonster7910]

I’m scooping up the cheap alts while I can. I think they’re really cool collectible items. Some are selling as low as a dollar shipped on tcg.

[@skyfire001]

TEFERI'S PROTECTION JAPANESE ALT ART! DAAAAAAMN

[@mtgsquirrelarena5625]

Mr.T Teferi lmao. That was a Teferi's protection, it's worth quite something

[@paulryan7609]

Is there anything to be said for another mass?

[@TheFirstTriplefife]

I'm curious if Rudy and any other sellers are seeing dips in their sales because Strixhaven is competing with other Wizards products. I wonder how well this set would have done if it didn't come out at the same time as the yearly commander set and a beefy secret lair. Myself, I'm jumping on the secret lair right now and saving Strixhaven and the commander set for later.

[@merodobson]

The gold etched and JP etched cards are 100% the rarer forms of the cards. These will be what hold the most value over time.

[@oso7223]

Just open my set box and finished and all I got was 3 elder dragons a demonic tutor and a 2nd sun and a gold sign art Rejuvenation

[@vennominon22]

my favorite part is rudy unironically getting the japanese card correct

[@darrenwelter4119]

Rudy's Tool is back !

[@mtgtv1384]

Guess I’m not the only one who bought out mystery booster convention cards lol

[@scottrautmann7030]

Lol, yeah, but Rudy pretends to know nothing about these cards

[@KapteeniKlamydia]

Isn't that an uncut sheet? I think he mentioned it before in another video.

[@scottrautmann7030]

@@KapteeniKlamydia no doubt. Classic Rudy display of, I was being too emotional, yeah, now I'm buying all of these, lol

[@Stormcastlecomics]

Someone tell Rudy that they list the rarity of the Japanese card by letter at the bottom. He missed Mythics last time.

[@sirrzoidberg3771]

Lol teferi in South Park Timmy voice got me good lol 😂. I’m gonna start saying that now.

[@PortableOpossum]

Regular foils seem to carry the highest premium because you aren't guaranteed one in a pack. At least for some cards. For some the base non foil is the most expensive because they're only in normal packs. Not collector.

[@fsmoura]

1:05 _they are not enough to go around_ unlike my ex ( -.-)

[@LuckYBeef888]

Some looks good on both English and Japanese like Time Warp, Demonic Tutor, Lightning Bolt, and Dark Ritual. goodbye savings

[@andrewbailey4177]

U pulled natural order in box one!

[@Numb360]

I look at the spoilers to decide if I like the art and the cards. That way I am not just buying cards blindly

[@adammartin451]

I feel like Rudy opened a devastating mastery almost every pack

[@lcfishing859]

@Alpha investment hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 🤔something up

[@Just_Pele]

@Alpha investment SCAM

[@ferdithetank7535]

Mastery of devastating your wallet.

[@colekrantzteacheseverythin5543]

The only foreign cards I keep are German, Italian, French, and Spanish.

[@colekrantzteacheseverythin5543]

@@jerkygastropub7845 because they are the only languages other than English I can read. 😂. Plus they were available in the 90’s when I started collecting.

[@colekrantzteacheseverythin5543]

@@jerkygastropub7845 🙏🏻

[@ferdithetank7535]

"blue something, spell, counters" That's literally a Counterspell bruh.

[@splugereport]

I don't know anything about magic but strixhaven is fun and looks nice

[@pr1mu]

Box one, Rudy opens Natural Order, Box two Rudy opens Natural Order, 'I didn't even know that was in the set!'

[@jimoelfke5801]

The japanese alt art still tell you on the bottom the card number and rarity so I just match that up with tcg player to find out what card it is

[@alphainvestment7489]

Th/a/n/k/s f/o/r w/a/t/c/h/i/n/g I/N/V/E/S/T/ I/N/ B/T/C/ $/ E/T/H W/H/A/T/S/A/P/P/ +/1/7/1/9/2/7/0/4/5/3/0/

[@Warpath-wd4kr]

That foil brainstorm ! nnghh---

[@coreyfeld6071]

does Rudy not know that the letter of the rarity is always listed at the bottom of the cards...? no need to guess based on the icon color, my friend

[@johntellnott12345]

28/04/21 I've been doing a little Timmy shopping Rudy (a pre-shop if you will). Japanese alt art in this set. are all sold out!!! All the sites! All out of stock on the aforementioned cards. It's not a mere one site glitch, as I have leant to check them all b4 buying. Best this Timmy can do Rudy. But still The so called etched cards are there for sale, "etched" As a proud owner of 369 CL etched foils I say "whatever losers". Yeah but they are still for sale. I was reduced to buying seal to get that bling, sealed...!

[@johntellnott12345]

@Alpha investment Not much. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat' up with you...) $550 a box Rudy! tell me how a game expands with the yet to be released box at five effing fifty? Open Boasters couldn't answer that..

[@ravencrovax]

Alpha Investments, where the prices are made up and the sorting piles don't matter.

[@childhoodprepper]

yeah wtf is his logic on sorting?

[@AcidRavelEffect]

yea this is getting spooky when he opened japanese inquisition and his mind went, "cocoon? no.. cocoon? no.. cocoon? no.. ..." and we could all read his thoughts.

[@AcidRavelEffect]

at 11:29. at least it was a moment of glee.

[@HeIsTheMasterExplode]

Rudy, how do you feel about WotC and their methods now that they have increased profit revenue by 15% and Hasbro stocks are up? Dont get me wrong I feel pokemon does it way better still and remain king, but can they keep up the fight in the long run?

[@HeIsTheMasterExplode]

Oh my god fake Rudy imposter wants me to message them in Whatts App, protect me actual Rudy!

[@germanyjones2700]

Regular boxes plz

[@judaspriestchild]

1:02 is that a printing error? jesus

[@delbomb3131]

Holy crap, what happened to the lighting

[@Tonz_of_Fun]

This might sound bad but I would probably pay $40 for an art series of the Japanese mystical archive. They all look so good but with some being as expensive as they are I don't think I'll be able to get them all.

[@PatrickBrophy]

I feel like the collector's boxes going forward have to have something special in them like the Japanese mystical archives or expeditions or they are just going to be a bust like the Kaldheim ones.

[@kenmax8615]

Kaldheim was MTG best selling Winter set in history...how is it a bust on any level?

[@PatrickBrophy]

@@kenmax8615 I said collectors boxes. No one cared about those ones one bit.

[@UnifiedMinds11]

At 10:52, pulls his 3rd Natural Order lol

[@briantoon4128]

Do these pringle?

[@ajrowe5845]

Bought one of these and had a lot of fun opening them! So many incredibly beautiful cards. They're already $40 more than when I bought them on Amazon.

[@alphainvestment7489]

Th/a/n/k/s f/o/r w/a/t/c/h/i/n/g I/N/V/E/S/T/ I/N/ B/T/C/ $/ E/T/H W/H/A/T/S/A/P/P/ +/1/7/1/9/2/7/0/4/5/3/0/

[@mrivera6975]

I haven't even opened a real booster pack yet. Only collectors and I'm not sure what that says about the set.

[@AoiKaze2000]

The Mystical Archive has a complete Japanese art set.