Is It Worth It To Spend $40.00 on $0.36 Worth Of Magic: The Gathering Cards? A New Secret Lair Fail

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Tolarian Community College

Tolarian Community College

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@TolarianCommunityCollege
@TolarianCommunityCollege Жыл бұрын
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@williamjosephwebster7860
@williamjosephwebster7860 Жыл бұрын
Thanks bro, I needed it. I have a feeling u needed something 2
@williamjosephwebster7860
@williamjosephwebster7860 Жыл бұрын
I’m sorry 2 if that does anything?j
@Herbicide420
@Herbicide420 Жыл бұрын
I clicked on the link, and the second question was asking for my email. I was thinking about looking into buying one if the price is right but I don't want to sign up just to see the price. Oh well.
@williamjosephwebster7860
@williamjosephwebster7860 Жыл бұрын
Yarr… she blows! I think one of the drs at least found something + 9 thinks we should all at least change things at least a little once in a while. Like the PILLARS and the JiMi HenDrix and anything in a bubble. I only know the day is 3. And I’m only concerned about 1 of our professors at the moment because we believe at least a few of them need some catching up to help the ones who haven’t learned enough yet thank you 😊 thank you professor. I’m only concerned because I found at least something in the KZbin and I know I’ve been putting off a professional phonetic call 📱 and ✌️✅?jw
@williamjosephwebster7860
@williamjosephwebster7860 Жыл бұрын
You need to move some things around 2 so I at least delete something’s everyday just incase. We can stop doing that soon. Just don’t attach the symbols to the beds and the helix’s 2 much for now
@Mrtfarrugia
@Mrtfarrugia Жыл бұрын
You know it's serious when the prof turns the chair around.
@wickidgames
@wickidgames Жыл бұрын
He's just like us kids
@arglebargle5531
@arglebargle5531 Жыл бұрын
So relatable!
@BobNinjaCat
@BobNinjaCat Жыл бұрын
Commander Riker would be proud.
@stevepeter6619
@stevepeter6619 Жыл бұрын
Real talk, kids!
@badbadgr5498
@badbadgr5498 Жыл бұрын
“In my 15 years of teaching I have NEVER…”
@ruairip7722
@ruairip7722 Жыл бұрын
That's not just the worst Secret Lair ever, it's probably the second worst magic product ever after those thousand-dollar proxies
@enricomassignani
@enricomassignani Жыл бұрын
It's the worst secret lair *so far*
@HelloWorld-cq1sq
@HelloWorld-cq1sq Жыл бұрын
It's pretty wild that this isn't even the worst magic product ever. And just like the thousand dollar proxy product, this too is a good argument for MtG players to start proxying.
@spookytanooky
@spookytanooky Жыл бұрын
@@HelloWorld-cq1sq Y'all are acting like these are cards that everyone uses. I literally just built a functional budget commander deck for under $40. No proxies needed.
@BobNinjaCat
@BobNinjaCat Жыл бұрын
WotC saw the failure of the thousand-dollar proxies and thought it only failed because it wasn't a SL. You can't convince me that that wasn't the thought process in the room.
@ScottieScottie-uw4xs
@ScottieScottie-uw4xs Жыл бұрын
@@HelloWorld-cq1sqlol, so true. $40 for $0.30 worth of legal cards. That’s $959 dollars less in cost and $.030 more in legal cards than the 30th Anniversary 😂
@JoshStrifeHayes
@JoshStrifeHayes Жыл бұрын
This is relatable because he's sitting backwards on a chair.
@TolarianCommunityCollege
@TolarianCommunityCollege Жыл бұрын
If I wore a ballcap I would turn it around backwards so that you know I am hip.
@dawidshakestheworld
@dawidshakestheworld Жыл бұрын
Love your yt videos !
@jevonp
@jevonp Жыл бұрын
Shoulda known I'd find JSH here, so many good yters like the prof
@jeffe2267
@jeffe2267 Жыл бұрын
it's like he's talking directly to me and only me
@joshprice4855
@joshprice4855 Жыл бұрын
You know, I see enough crossovers like this that you'd think I would be used to it, and yet here I am, surprised that two youtubers I like interact.
@Starman_Dx
@Starman_Dx Жыл бұрын
You know what've been a really cool lord of rings secret lair? Cards based on The Hobbit while using the art style from the animated movie. But that'd require effort.
@anthonybalista7421
@anthonybalista7421 Жыл бұрын
You hush with your logic and rational thinking.
@randomsanctum
@randomsanctum Жыл бұрын
THIS. The 1977 Rankin/Bass animated film has some absolutely beautiful backgrounds and character designs.
@thecanadian5428
@thecanadian5428 Жыл бұрын
Actually that's a good idea
@jasonbales2913
@jasonbales2913 Жыл бұрын
​@therandomsanctum1323 who wouldn't like a, "Where there's a whip there's a way" card or flavor text!
@snarferyasmr3739
@snarferyasmr3739 Жыл бұрын
And honestly the LOTR animated movie sucked, Rankin and Bass 100% better.
@CtrlAltJon
@CtrlAltJon Жыл бұрын
I never thought I’d say that I was more excited about the basic lands than anything else but I am a Mountain Goats devotee and those lands are going straight into a binder to gaze lovingly at.
@robertwatson4840
@robertwatson4840 Жыл бұрын
Same. I have never purchased a secret lair but I am going to buy this one. I was expecting song quotes but John writing out a dark prophecy across all ten is perfect.
@ToodleDoodle
@ToodleDoodle Жыл бұрын
The one Secret Lair to sucker them all.
@rileymcphee9429
@rileymcphee9429 Жыл бұрын
Under rated comment
@Dhernaolt
@Dhernaolt Жыл бұрын
@@rileymcphee9429agreed
@PierreBrandominiBrandomini
@PierreBrandominiBrandomini Жыл бұрын
Well when you open a 4 or 5 bucks booster, you get usually not more than 0,10 $ if you try to sell them
@toastman3421
@toastman3421 Жыл бұрын
The way my jaw dropped when I saw this LOTR lair first revealed lmaooo
@bobross8585
@bobross8585 Жыл бұрын
When they revealed the Gandalf card I knew it was going to be a shit Secret Lair drop
@DuressPls
@DuressPls Жыл бұрын
I genuinely thought it was a fun fan-made one, I was like oh that’s cute
@HEYabbot
@HEYabbot Жыл бұрын
It saved me 40 bucks lol
@mikotagayuna8494
@mikotagayuna8494 Жыл бұрын
If they get around to having Jim Davis design a Secret Lair, I expect a reprint of Richard Garfield Ph.D as the orange cat, Isamaru as Odie and some lasagna food tokens.
@lauravturner
@lauravturner Жыл бұрын
... Damn, I need those as Proxies.
@raymondweiss7393
@raymondweiss7393 Жыл бұрын
Blown away by the Secret Lairs lately. Just a shame. I kept hoping for things like: Secret Lair LotR: The Fellowship (All 9 members of the fellowship with art from the animated movie) Secret Lair: The Titans (Emrakul, Ulamog, and Kozilek) Secret Lair: Land Warping (Blood Moon, Yavimaya, Urborg) But instead we get: Secret Lair: Give Us Money, Get Junk Back.
@cherrylime9540
@cherrylime9540 Жыл бұрын
Agreed, past few SLDs have been INCREDIBLY greedy and worthless
@jianhaogao7608
@jianhaogao7608 Жыл бұрын
If you want land warp probably contamination and back to basic are better
@Mirthful_Midori
@Mirthful_Midori Жыл бұрын
How's about "cash for trash" to make it a bit quicker to say?
@jojojo6937
@jojojo6937 Жыл бұрын
It's exactly my thought on this or these products. If I ask me. Its a pretty personel thing of what card looks good and what not. But for this price I rathe would go to a bar and get drunk instead of wasting my money for this shit... In Germany we say "greed eats ur brain"
@martl8615
@martl8615 Жыл бұрын
Secret Lair: the Rise of Cobra. I need a Cobra Commander Commander.
@calebcluff9904
@calebcluff9904 Жыл бұрын
“Gather round everyone, gather round” *all of the secret lair profs are summoned* Love it
@ConManAU
@ConManAU Жыл бұрын
Not only that, but they sit there for several minutes just staring dumbstruck.
@zachallen6350
@zachallen6350 Жыл бұрын
It actuallly hurts my heart at how little effort they seemingly put into this LOTR secret lair.. other local players and I have all been eagering guessing and discussing the miriad of options they could and should do, and we got this.. 😢
@codymcdaniel1773
@codymcdaniel1773 Жыл бұрын
These look like the fan art cards you could make on a sketchy app back in 2012 lmao
@siritachi31
@siritachi31 Жыл бұрын
That's the idea behind Secret Lairs. Art made by fans and artists outside of the usual. The point is selling cards that are unique and look super different from anything else in the game
@codymcdaniel1773
@codymcdaniel1773 Жыл бұрын
@@siritachi31 I get that, but these are just screen shots. It’s not even recreations like he was saying for the dnd ones, just screen shots
@cteal2018
@cteal2018 Жыл бұрын
Except it is from a beloved movie from the 1970's... still looks better than the cgi crap from Arcane
@drpibisback7680
@drpibisback7680 Жыл бұрын
​​@@codymcdaniel1773Given that Transformers got flack for looking like G1 screengrabs despite being original art in the style of the 80's cartoon, the team probably thought "hey, if no one can tell the difference, maybe we should just do exactly what we were accused of and save the money..."
@notapplicable6985
@notapplicable6985 Жыл бұрын
​@@cteal2018No, it looks worse when the images are still and sometimes still looks worse in motion
@HeroSpiderman
@HeroSpiderman Жыл бұрын
The mtg card as a pacifier killed me. Well done, prof.
@osvaldoramirez805
@osvaldoramirez805 Жыл бұрын
Me too 🤣🤣🤣
@TimidFool
@TimidFool Жыл бұрын
The mountain goats one is actually really great when you consider the love for lorwyn that went into it
@dylanspiderman2517
@dylanspiderman2517 Жыл бұрын
The Twitch stream he did on the MTG channel showed just how much care and thought went into it, eh.
@rafaelcamargossantos
@rafaelcamargossantos Жыл бұрын
They are trying to dissociate card price from playability. That justifies magic just as a collectable product, as we see with the push to serialized cards as well. This allows them to profit more without the need to go deep into gameplay considerations, just print artificially scarce cards for whatever price they want.
@jonathanneel4266
@jonathanneel4266 Жыл бұрын
I'm just glad to see Mark Riddick getting to do more magic art, too bad the value isn't really there this time, but suckers like me will buy these every single time. Mark Riddick is a legend in the underground death metal world and so many band t-shirts have been made with his iconic ink graphics
@lordmatz3435
@lordmatz3435 Жыл бұрын
is this sarcasm?
@jonathanneel4266
@jonathanneel4266 Жыл бұрын
@@lordmatz3435 no it’s not sarcasm, I love the art!
@nilesraeadams
@nilesraeadams Жыл бұрын
I also love the Riddick art. I'll just buy em as singles and save 20 bones.
@darksora763
@darksora763 Жыл бұрын
Dang. I was hoping for a new rating of not fail fail, but of expelled.
@gewurzgurke4964
@gewurzgurke4964 Жыл бұрын
Love how much value Prof gets out of his floating heads Genuinely inspiring creativity
@xfactoruwd
@xfactoruwd Жыл бұрын
I don’t have any clue of how to play magic nor is it my thing but I must say I do find your videos very entertaining and interesting… keep it up
@KykyJyky
@KykyJyky Жыл бұрын
I know the Goblins drop is technically not an "artist series" in name, but it's worth pointing out that the art is all done by the incredibly talented Wizard Of Barge, and he should be named for it
@The_Dying_Rose
@The_Dying_Rose Жыл бұрын
I would love a lovecraftian secret lair with ulamog, koziliek and Emrakul re-skinned as Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep and azathoth respectively. The only secret lair I'm buying from this one will be Mark Riddick's, i have been thinking of making a nekusar deck for a while and I love his art
@perfectman3077
@perfectman3077 Жыл бұрын
Yaaas!
@nickoliekeyov746
@nickoliekeyov746 Жыл бұрын
Too much value in one SLD. You’d have to split them into three separate ones, ulamog + ulamogs crusher, kozilek + kozilek's pathfinder, emrakul + hand of emrakul. That'll be 49.99 each, please! /s
@revenantproxy9100
@revenantproxy9100 Жыл бұрын
There's no way they're just selling screenshots right?
@UnfoundHopes
@UnfoundHopes Жыл бұрын
But they're pretty nostalgia giving screenshots....
@user-tb6sr6wn2v
@user-tb6sr6wn2v Жыл бұрын
They already did it in arcane secret lair
@catoblepasomega
@catoblepasomega Жыл бұрын
Would be something if it was original art done in the style, like with the D&D cartoon show mtg cards Prof mentioned. Screenshots though? No way.
@daimonion13
@daimonion13 Жыл бұрын
So NFT's?
@theainanimate1661
@theainanimate1661 Жыл бұрын
@@user-tb6sr6wn2v Yeah but the Arcane Secret Lair had gorgeous screenshots and at least cards that see play even if the value wasn't the best.
@andrewhennelly4782
@andrewhennelly4782 Жыл бұрын
They had a chance to make some key reprints that work in the commander decks. Reskin Parrell lives, thalias lieutenant, dark confidant as grima wormtoung
@hoodiegal
@hoodiegal Жыл бұрын
Parallel Lives with art of (young) Bilbo standing back to back with Frodo, each one holding the ring in front of them. It could have been so good.
@andrewhennelly4782
@andrewhennelly4782 Жыл бұрын
@@hoodiegal I was even thinking the scene with Sméagol talking to his reflection in the lake. Sméagol vs golum
@hoodiegal
@hoodiegal Жыл бұрын
@@andrewhennelly4782 also a really good idea!
@thatoneginger
@thatoneginger Жыл бұрын
Man, this video took me back to when I was in high school and our English teacher took us to the gym to lay some truth on us while his disembodied heads floated around him. Very nostalgic. 💗💗💗 love you prof!!
@chaosxombie
@chaosxombie Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure how common it is, but I know Johannes Voss wrote the poem across the 4 cards he did in his Artist Series Secret Lair
@MrMariaTTVArchive
@MrMariaTTVArchive Жыл бұрын
Plagiarizing is a Expulsionable action in some schools. and thats what happened with the LOTR Secret Lair
@ruttokyrpa3472
@ruttokyrpa3472 Жыл бұрын
Finally, a Strictly worse secret lair
@Gureiseion
@Gureiseion Жыл бұрын
As a Wurm Horde (Horde Magic) owner, it's nice to finally see a Secret Lair I didn't have to think about wanting. An easy yes among a sea of nahs.
@k9commander
@k9commander Жыл бұрын
While the financial value of each Secret Lair here sucked, I like that each of the non-artist seies lairs were on theme. Hopefully next time, they can make them all on theme while giving us good financial value.
@reinoutvangeel
@reinoutvangeel Жыл бұрын
They do think we are a bunch of suckers. Imagine everyone around the world opening product thinking The One Ring 001/001 wouldn’t ultimately be opened in the US.
@anthonybalista7421
@anthonybalista7421 Жыл бұрын
It was actually just pulled and only graded at a 9 lol.
@malakimphoros2164
@malakimphoros2164 Жыл бұрын
@@anthonybalista7421 It was bending in the video showcasing it
@starmanda88
@starmanda88 Жыл бұрын
It was pulled in Canada apparently
@reinoutvangeel
@reinoutvangeel Жыл бұрын
@@starmanda88 Yes, I should have said North America. Product for other markets is printed in different countries (e.g. product for Europe is printed in Belgium). With only one of the card printed, it was pretty obvious in advance where it would end up.
@xwolfionx
@xwolfionx Жыл бұрын
I think I'll pick up the Goblin set. I run a deck that has 3 of 5 included that I'll swap out because I love the art as well.
@buckeyemanboy
@buckeyemanboy Жыл бұрын
They also hired a cool artist for that one
@foxokon94
@foxokon94 Жыл бұрын
Something I really like about all of these drops, even though they have bad value, is that at least most of the cards in a secret lair goes in the same deck. Do you want to bling out your nekusar deck? There is a secret lair you can pick up! Some earlier secret lairs have been kinda the case of pick it up for 1 card, and the rest lives in your binder.
@johnr797
@johnr797 Жыл бұрын
These are pieces of cardboard that cost next to nothing to print, I'm sure when they got the rights to LotR originally that included the Bakshi film too. They know people will buy them, it's literally the closest a company can get to free money.
@JohnDoe662002
@JohnDoe662002 Жыл бұрын
At first I was like, "This guy doesn't understand me, who is he to try an educate me?". Then he sat down on a chair backwards. Now he is relatable as per the covenant of 1990s Urban High School movies.
@MTGBlockConstructed
@MTGBlockConstructed Жыл бұрын
I could not agree more! This Secret Lair is a real low point.
@TheWorstWurst
@TheWorstWurst Жыл бұрын
Not even half a minute in and the prof is pulling the dandân and oathbreaker phrase while i am sleeving my new dandân deck. 😂
@Dexztr0
@Dexztr0 Жыл бұрын
I would give it the grade of "Scam" myself
@caesarsalsa8150
@caesarsalsa8150 Жыл бұрын
I am sure we have all already heard but the one ring has been found can't wait to hear your opinion
@bricelory9534
@bricelory9534 Жыл бұрын
As much as the elemental bundle isnt hugely valuable, their distinctive art is striking and for me a stand out here because elementals can be very abstract.
@kingweb11
@kingweb11 Жыл бұрын
I already did my own anlaysis on this recent drop and immediately said "Can't wait for the Professor's video on this one".
@Caliban_80
@Caliban_80 Жыл бұрын
Dear WotC: Please give us a secret lair of Prof's disembodied floating heads.
@cteal2018
@cteal2018 Жыл бұрын
Demilich
@felipeguidolin1055
@felipeguidolin1055 Жыл бұрын
Demilich Defeaning Silence Hushbringer Karazikar (a big head for the main body and small heads for tentacles) Head Games Bonus card is a Urza, Academy Headmaster
@Saint_Nuts
@Saint_Nuts Жыл бұрын
Re: flavor text, I believe Randy Vargas’ Grand Abolisher from the last drop had flavor text that he got to pick as a reference to something else. He had mentioned it on Twitter but the exact quote is escaping me.
@shuffinginoblivion
@shuffinginoblivion Жыл бұрын
This is especially wild because the alter/proxy community have already created really sick-looking cards just by selecting better art from the Bakshi LotR movie.
@UninvitedGhost
@UninvitedGhost Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed not watching an almost 6 minute ad for What Not at the beginning of this video! I like giving out As more than Fs too, Prof!
@Boyzby
@Boyzby 2 ай бұрын
There's something really funny about the juxtaposition of a very frank discussion Professor is having, while sitting on the chair backwards, in a gym, while there are floating heads around him.
@eatit8262
@eatit8262 Жыл бұрын
Reading the card also denotes that the card is called WorldSPINE Wurm, not WorldSPIRE Wurm, but all the rest of what you were saying was legit.
@lordhosk
@lordhosk Жыл бұрын
We got a Helix bed(two in fact) we took their quiz and bought the one they suggested. It was painful to sleep on. After two days we contacted them and said "we can't sleep on this" they said "sorry you have to keep it for the full 30 day trial period for a refund" so we kept it, tried a second more expensive one and it was also uncomfortable. When we put the second one on the "Box spring" base we bought it broke one of the slats. We reported it and they mailed up a replacement slat and a free mattress topper to try out, it helped but not enough. We ended up getting a bed from a local store were we could try it out before buying. Advantage: Customer support was very responsive. They arranged for pick up for free, they said it would go to a charity, but both were picked up by the same guy who said he is paid to haul stuff to the dump. They fully refunded our money the same day we sent the receipt from the guy who hauled them away. Disadvantage: The first mattress (helix plus) wasn't just uncomfortable it was PAINFUL to sleep on it was both too firm and too soft, we would sink in spots between springs but the springs would dig into you with no give at all, and when we contacted them they said "you have to adjust to it and sleep on it for 30 days. The Second Mattress (MIDNIGHT LUXE) we didn't like but didn't hurt to sleep on however the edges just collapsed down over half the depth when you tried to sit on the mattress to put on socks or whatever. Im glad the Professor has had great luck (or is just reading the ad read) but be prepared and don't throw away your old mattress as soon as the Helix one arrives you may still need it.
@Zelos5771
@Zelos5771 Жыл бұрын
Shocking they would make this, or, should we have expected it?
@counsellour
@counsellour Жыл бұрын
I think the most remarkable thing about this video is that you'd made such an array of expressions in your prep that those floating faces from your past were able to emote as they did at the start here.
@shadowedknight66
@shadowedknight66 Жыл бұрын
You broke Whatnot. Lol
@T-SamFromDTB
@T-SamFromDTB Жыл бұрын
Like nothing at all is working 😂😂
@randomusername1735
@randomusername1735 Жыл бұрын
I really love that terrifying edit of yourself that you've put in the thumbnail a couple of times now, looking forward to it appearing again in the future
@justahumblelittleoshawott7972
@justahumblelittleoshawott7972 Жыл бұрын
Calling it. These arts are gonna get semi-expensive bc nobody bought them and they were only available for a limited time.
@jeffe2267
@jeffe2267 Жыл бұрын
I really love the art and flavor text on Reassembling Skeleton.
@George-uo2sz
@George-uo2sz Жыл бұрын
The solution is simple: do not purchase any "Universes Beyond", or "Secret Layer" boxes or cards. If you purchase these sets you are part of the problem this video addresses. Easy.
@spookytanooky
@spookytanooky Жыл бұрын
Nah, I'll purchase what I want. Thanks. I bought the Street Fighter secret lair. I don't want this LOTR secret Lair. Just because I purchase 1 doesn't mean I purchase all. Quit passing judgement on others just to make yourself feel better.
@George-uo2sz
@George-uo2sz Жыл бұрын
@@spookytanooky You're projecting that I'm expressing my opinion to make myself feel better. In the simplest terms: you vote with your money. I'm voting for "Wilds of Eldraine" this September. Also: Street Fighter 6 is lots of fun.
@registereduser
@registereduser Жыл бұрын
@@spookytanookyI wish I’d been paying attention when that was available, I’d probably bought it.
@tison7208
@tison7208 Жыл бұрын
this intro made me LOL i had to pause the video to comment how hilarious this was and how this brought me back to my middleschool days of peer pressure commercials
@craigchilman3649
@craigchilman3649 Жыл бұрын
That’s all well and good, but none of it matters as in Australia. They are over AU$80 which is about to $53 US. So none of the professors review matters because of the price. Love to see the professor doing a price comparison for overseas customers.
@blaisecorvin9047
@blaisecorvin9047 Жыл бұрын
I've seen a million Helix ads now in various videos. This was the best. I watched the entire thing. You're super creative and funny, Prof. Whatever they're paying you, you should probably get more.
@weggles
@weggles Жыл бұрын
"Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge" was the headline commander for the deck that Nekusar first appeared in :) Not that it's super important.
@pcpanda2442
@pcpanda2442 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely Love my Tinybones Deck and i'll buy his Secret lair since all cards of it are in the Deck and i Love it
@jakelarntz
@jakelarntz Жыл бұрын
The Death is Temporary Metal is Forever is so tight. Reminds me of all the classic metal/hardcore art. So rad.
@blakec1924
@blakec1924 Жыл бұрын
Loved this honest review and thank you for keeping the truth out there for the masses.
@AC3handle
@AC3handle Жыл бұрын
The front part of this video works best when viewed on a CRT tv being played on a VCR
@DaWaffleMan69
@DaWaffleMan69 Жыл бұрын
‘WOTC did you read the card’ says Prof as he calls Worldspine Wurm ‘Worldspire Wurm’😂
@MoshiSquared
@MoshiSquared Жыл бұрын
You know what the best part for me is? One of those other 'Gandalf, Friend of the Shire' printings (the one in the top right) was the cover art for that weird but amazing animated movie.
@CorpCoCEO
@CorpCoCEO Жыл бұрын
True comedy is the prof circling card text saying “reading the card explains the card” while calling Worldspine Wurm “Worldspire Wurm”
@derekkontny5879
@derekkontny5879 Жыл бұрын
Currently on the whatnot stream and we can still hear you!
@CyberBuster93
@CyberBuster93 Жыл бұрын
The intro is freaking comedy gold, Prof LMAO xD
@FraterOphionoi
@FraterOphionoi Жыл бұрын
The black and white stuff is interesting because I *love* the black and white ink style. That's what I grew up on, particularly with RPG manuals like Dungeons and Dragons or Vampire the Masquerade that featured heavily stylized, sometimes even expressionistic, artwork that was super evocative. Same with Battletech manuals with mech sketches. But you're 100% spot on about them as play pieces. I did a full set of the Innestrad black and white lands for my Zombie EDH deck, and with that and some of the black and white art permanents my boardstate became something of a blur. It's even worse when the card is monocolor black or white. The colored borders actually can create enough pop to at least some standout distinction. But when everything is black and white AND the text is white on a semi-transparent black border AND the semi-transparent black background sits in front of black and white artwork, it's almost Yu-Gi-Oh esque levels of readability. So for now at least I think I'm gonna replace everything except MAYBE my commanders that I have in black and white with some sort of color-laden alternatives.
@NerdAndProudOfIt
@NerdAndProudOfIt Жыл бұрын
great point of view, as always! ‘overwhelmingly underwhelming’ is my favourite quote! 😁👊🏻
@gigantomastiaCuddler
@gigantomastiaCuddler Жыл бұрын
Goblin Matron is even played in Vintage Goblins :3
@InRealTime769
@InRealTime769 Жыл бұрын
Thanks prof. Your floating heads will keep me company in my fever dream nightmares.
@bahamut5935
@bahamut5935 Жыл бұрын
Everyone take a second to pause the video when it shows professor in his office look at the shelf and realize that the craterhoof behemoth plush on the shelf is one that looks exactly like the one from loading ready runs video's (the past Friday night magic ones ) just something I noticed little Easter egg that I noticed
@flamedragon07
@flamedragon07 Жыл бұрын
I just loved the way told the Secret Lair Alert to stop. "We're not doing that..."
@EvilJohnCena
@EvilJohnCena Жыл бұрын
I like the Stars Gaze Back art. It reminds me of the Nazca lines.
@themagicofmtg
@themagicofmtg 11 ай бұрын
Oh wow. That's crazy! That is absolutely the worst Secret Lair of all time. Thank you for sharing this video with us.
@pyredynasty
@pyredynasty Жыл бұрын
You know I would love a Jim Davis secret lair, and I mean the Garfield cartoonist.
@camowarrior4230
@camowarrior4230 Жыл бұрын
Man I was really excited when I saw this secret lair was announced cause I loved the animated lord of the rings. but as soon as I saw the cards I was baffled. Good to know I’m not crazy thank you prof
@vulcanh254
@vulcanh254 Жыл бұрын
Jim Davis Secret Lair would feature the same art and same frame as the original and just have a shooting star. :) He hates all alternate frames and so do I.
@henrymapleton
@henrymapleton Жыл бұрын
Even as a fan of Ralph Bakshi's LOTR, the screencaps are very lackluster. Only Secret Lairs set I ever bought was the dwarf one. Wish they would do one of Seven Dwarves, with seven different artworks.
@pauljackson5068
@pauljackson5068 Жыл бұрын
I was so excited when I saw in the last video that the whatnot stream was going to be at 3, they usually happen when I'm at work. I downloaded the app to get ready, and saw it starts at 6 local time, and hour after I start work. Guess it just isn't meant to be
@lucem80808
@lucem80808 Жыл бұрын
I think 'suckers' was the key point. As you've said before, the personal, intrinsic value of the cards is important; not a lot of people are talking about true LOTR fans and collectors; those 'suckers' are the target demographic. What do they love about the crossover? Are they collecting the entire base set of cards just to display on their shelves? We've seen super-fans with rooms full of LOTR collectibles. This Secret Lair is perfect for them, limited-edition, regardless of price (to those collectors, $40 is cheap). Many of these people are only here for the merch, and they won't come back unless WotcBro has another collectible LOTR drop.
@AlexSilver9
@AlexSilver9 Жыл бұрын
Oh that Nemesis of Reason is absolutely going in my Phenax deck. Love that art.
@HOLYSHITABEAR1
@HOLYSHITABEAR1 Жыл бұрын
It's crazy that the artwork chosen for Slip on the Ring was obviously a better choice for Call of the Ring or The One Ring
@filoche4853
@filoche4853 Жыл бұрын
That's some certified, top of the shelf, bangin', Lizards of the Coast stuff.
@TheRezignator
@TheRezignator Жыл бұрын
Total financial value of the cheapest printing is a fine metric but one thing that keeps me from buying most secret lairs is knowing that I'll only use maybe 1 of the 4-5 cards in it. Barring the LotR and artist series this time I'm actually happy to see that the rest have solid theming and each lair fits together nicely in a single deck.
@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor
@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor Жыл бұрын
I actually really like The Stars Gaze Back art, so I might buy it in foil. Maybe. Or I won't. IDK.
@km425c
@km425c Жыл бұрын
So much shade about those world spire tokens. Would have loved the panorama!
@zonimi
@zonimi Жыл бұрын
A few points on this lair: the Wurm Token will raise the value of that lair into a range that will make it worth the purchase. I would guess the "secret" card will be sketch Wurm - we will see. Also there is NO discount for the packages, which is awful, but if you buy $200 you get 2 collector packs. But even with the $45 dollars (or so) in packs it is still not worth it to buy that much of this. Another factor? With over 60 days you can see what people open before the lair time runs out so you can decide if any bonuses will make it worth it.
@SpicyPlay
@SpicyPlay Жыл бұрын
As a nekusar player. Who loves vintage metal art. The metal is forever was a must. Don’t care about monetary value. I needed.
@nasaboy87
@nasaboy87 Жыл бұрын
The best way to do the fancy art basic lands would be a booster pack. 10 lands of the same kind with 5 random tokens in a $10 booster pack. The packs could even say which land is in it. 30 pack booster style boxes with 6 of each could even be sent to lgss.
@simopen
@simopen Жыл бұрын
I love your floating heads so much
@Cjbuddy09
@Cjbuddy09 Жыл бұрын
I haven't been paying super close attention, but my gut tells me they might be changing the offerings of basic land SLs based on how well they're selling, the classic money-grubbing way to maximize sales. "Okay, secret lairs are new, let's make it seem like a good deal" "Okay now that people are buying all our SLs, we can cut back on the value and people will still buy them" "Okay now people are buying them less, let's make them better value" etc and so forth.
@goodcreeper653mincraft2
@goodcreeper653mincraft2 Жыл бұрын
Omg, I’m surprised that this secret lair is not $1000 😂
@GrinningFeline
@GrinningFeline Жыл бұрын
The Squabblin and Goblin feels like an artist series for Wizard of Barge!
@MagicManCM
@MagicManCM Жыл бұрын
Really wanna get the Death is Temporary, Metal is Forever for a Sauron, the Dark Lord deck as well as the Artist Series but *mostly* for Twilight Prophet and Worldspine Wurm for a Henzie "Toolbox" Torre deck
@prestonpowell9222
@prestonpowell9222 Жыл бұрын
NEW SECRET LA- No, we're not doing that today. FINALLY PROF GETS IT, THANK YOU FOR NOT VIOLATING MY EARDRUMS WITH YOUR SCREECHING
@BM-rd4ms
@BM-rd4ms Жыл бұрын
I made proxies with this art a few weeks ago lol.
@jaydub5515
@jaydub5515 Жыл бұрын
It looks like the artists that did the art on the goblin secret lair we're involved in "Adventure Time with Finn and Jake
@Link71386
@Link71386 Жыл бұрын
2:59 YES!!!! And I might actually buy my first Secret Lair.
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