Very Expensive Magic The Gathering Booster Boxes ~ LET ME EXPLAIN WHY

As market conditions change, many times sealed product prices will mis-align with the single card fluctuation.
Opportunity is then presented.
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[@Ebonyks]

My taco went floppy as soon as it becomes clear in the video that you had no intention on cracking that beautiful box.

[@kyledombrowski7051]

same

[@Aaron-pv8vm]

Well, shit. you ruined it

[@Arghore]

yeah, i got to that conclusion at 8min in, with 7min left there was no way ...

[@zenev4259]

You're crazy to think he would even open it! That's not the Rudy we know!

[@robertsiemon410]

I figured it out after about 2-3m in. lol @ 8m.

[@agentdalecooper1406]

2 years later these boxes sell for $20.000. this channel is so freaking underestimated ...

[@tycardwell2991]

I believe it is $30,000 now. Unbelievable

[@mattsretros5925]

Wow and how much did he pay

[@neverrip875]

Rudy is the boss.

[@pajakus1243]

@@neverrip875 no he is a tool who is gonna sell his mother for money

[@thor800]

and 2 years later these boxes sell for $60,000 ??????? Rudy is a visionary

[@DDDhorus]

if rudy would liquidate his collection, mtg prices would drop 50 percent lol

[@Fausto_4841]

Seriously. I wonder if there’s ever been some weirdo/stalker/wotc hitsquad business Rudy’s had to deal with

[@blainherman3326]

What an angel of her to leave you a personalized thank you card.

[@DefCatofficial]

what a wholesome episode this was

[@smatteringofmagic154]

Sarah Angel

[@duane_313]

OMG!!!!

[@danielwebb2648]

my eye teared up a little

[@FamousJX]

I’m 97% sure she won that in a divorce. Lol

[@Generalizedfeelings]

Sarah made your taco stiff didn't she Rudy

[@coopertrost3816]

I dont know how i got here, i dont think ive ever even seen a MTG card in person. somehow i got addicted to your revenge of card shop life videos. well done sir haha.

[@BarHonigfeld]

I have played MtG in school ... 1999 - 2001. And here I am listening to a MtG podcast every week and watching those videos ever so often. And I don't think I'll ever get back into MtG either :D

[@dopedreamz]

Cooper Trost ruby is real, Rudy is good, but seriously, he appeals to so much more than magic fans welcome to the family.

[@arandomguy777]

@@BarHonigfeld im on the same boat

[@davereeves1967]

Sara's husband told her that she has to come up with a way to bring in money if she wants to remain unemployed, so she sold his cards.

[@TheFirstSSJ]

Imagine Rudy playing league of legends. Rudy: *sees 90% of female champions* "Wow she's beautiful. They don't make art like that anymore."

[@LiamPenfold]

Rudy please move out of my basement we've been begging for weeks. It smells like floppy tacos and wet cardboard down there.

[@bigteddybear5962]

Read name as Limp P. hahaha

[@themerpking8445]

He’ll give you an antiquities pack to let him stay

[@postyman86]

I bought a 1st Edition Gym Heroes sealed box on eBay off this lovely lady and she put a card inside the box saying thank you also! I still have the card with the box. It was the most lovely experience I have ever had buying Pokémon and thanked her so much for it! You really cherish people like this 😊

[@JoeGrzzly]

That "Thank You" card is worth more than that whole box of cards.

[@anthonylowney1395]

Is it ? Seemed a bit flakey to me. It would have been a much nicer card if it simply said thank you. Spare us the whole stay at home mom crap. That card would have actually made me a bit alarmed about the box because it makes it sound almost like a scammer who plays to certain emotions and heart strings. The internet is a weird and wonderful place. That box probably came from an old, sweaty, cross-dressing creep of a man.

[@Kulbinator]

damn Anthony you are disgruntled person slow a bit down

[@OMGKITTENMEWMEW1]

@@anthonylowney1395 Anthony "All Women Are Men" Lowney

[@bookofbrah]

@@anthonylowney1395 hahaha, the cross-dressing, creep of man killed me :D :D :D

[@Hisdudeliness0330]

No it’s not

[@adamfreeling9063]

Rudy you haven't left ebay feedback for this seller, come on!

[@RMJ1984]

Seriously? :S thats bad karma.

[@williamcricket7931]

8000$ for a single box of boosters...... and I complain about the price of goblin guides

[@zeleren4130]

I have no idea what any of this means, but I love hearing Rudy talk about markets.

[@cyberneticthezero]

Rudy i tore my ACL and am horribly upset but watching your video gave me the first smile of the day thanks brother love you!

[@benjaminharding6386]

I tore my acl too 😕

[@tubelemming]

I totally agree with your take on sets such as antiquities; hell while watching this video I was having flashbacks from seeing so much you described as trend years ago going into card shops. I shall continue to watch, and may your taco always remain floppy.

[@legoman0077]

The first taco is always the floppiest

[@audiocancer]

Wise words, my dude.

[@MuraTechTalk]

Looks like she quartered part of a blue pool noodle float to protect the corners during shipping. Actually pretty ingenious.

[@billable1861]

Max L that's a true mom

[@Val.Kyrie.]

Billable it's true. I have teal pool noodle parts taped on the edges of a bench to keep my son from smashing his head open :D

[@knicknevin9975]

Even in 1999 finding sealed boxes of ABU or the earliest expansions was a pipe dream. An urban myth- that old mom and pop shop with a couple boxes sitting on the back shelf collecting dust for years. The fact that you can find sealed boxes even today is mind blowing.

[@blakejunot852]

Logged in KZbin just to say thank you for the sincere content. In all reality I look forward to your video's filled with the intellectually stimulating conversation. Where I am from ain't much of that around here. Keep it up. Thanks.

[@Azreality]

My favorite set, a true blast from the past. If I had only kept a quarter of this stuff from back in the day.... Thanks for sharing

[@MV-ky5ph]

Hey Rudy, long time fan been watching your videos for about 6-7 months now enough though I don't play magic and haven't since early 2000s. I was wondering if I could make a request for a possible series idea? I've read the comments and a lot of people like myself who don't play enjoy your content and like your personality on camera. Could you do a video series on magic sets? Like pick a set explain its history what cards are good in it etc? Would allow people like to me get more into your content and understand magic more.

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Antiquities , Fallen Empires , the dark , Chronicles and ICE AGE. Is when I stared playing MAGIC THE GATHERING... Mmmmm good memories. You hit that nostalgic itch..

[@nyastclair8174]

If I win the lottery the first thing i'm doing is snagging as much old Magic cards as I can possibly get my hands on. Even if I have to overpay severely. These old sets have a special place in my heart!

[@timn8348]

Nya Stclair you suck so much

[@bigteddybear5962]

Nya Stclair Looks like we fou d your first sucker Rudy! Auctioneers voice 2030, "now who's going $35,000 can I hear a 36, 37, 40, $40,000. SOLD to the punk in the grey hat. Haha.

[@shanemott6557]

Antiquities is awesome I wish I had the money for a box of that set. Lucky you. It's always cool when people send thank you letters for ebay purchases.

[@PenThoPlayer]

Thanks for this video. You literally just told me I have a ton of cards I thought were worthless but are suddenly worth a ton. I have Argivian Archaeologists, Gate to Phyrexia, and so on. All the stuff that you called low to mid range from the set.

[@thelastmotel]

I remember in early 94, in the city I lived in, all you could find for MtG for like 6 months were Antiquities packs. Virgin Megastore, Model Shop, and everywhere else in the city, just Antiquities. Antiquities cards were worthless to all of us. We couldn't even get starter decks or anything for months around there. I had stacks of every possible Antiquities card, and when I got out of MtG a year or whatever later, I sold everything I had for about 200. *sigh*

[@MegaSeanzilla]

Thank you so much for all of your videos I find them fascinating Yours is the only channel on KZbin that I watch the video as soon as it's posted keep up the good work

[@pikaninjatcg8175]

Wow! Great work Sarah! You go achieve your dreams...

[@Tylerbremner]

This channel is amazing. You get to see such amazing pieces of magic history.

[@fredgasburger5969]

Great video. It blows my mind that I use to have a binder full of antiquities but not all of them. Not sure whatever happened to the binder. It might still be at my parents house in the attic.

[@wilyhobbit6550]

I really enjoy hanging out here learning... very interesting...

[@idea5167]

Rudy, you always talk about how you get attacked in the comment section, but all I see are floppy taco comments.

[@bigteddybear5962]

11th Commandment: Ye shall not covet Rudy's soggy taco's.

[@WilliamFrankson]

Love Joe and DACardWorld, it's my LGS and they always do a great job of hooking people up without ripping them off

[@DoctorMckay101]

1:03 I heard "Serra" instead of "Sarah" and I was thinking FAKE until I saw the box lol

[@hosersupreme]

3 years later, these are selling for 25k-30k. 3000%+ increase

[@ClampEEGEE]

Ah man, the thank you card reminds me of buying stuff from Japan. Always used to get neat little Japanese sweets and goodies from them, along with personalized little notes thanking me, even for just buying a few Super Famicom games.

[@herrschnee716]

Rudy, I do that. No matter the product I ship, I always leave a handwritten note with a joke or a memory about the card/s, maybe an anecdote or the casual "Have fun unearthing" when I sold a reanimate spell. There's room for it, people enjoy seeing the trader's a nerd as well. I sold some EMA displays a few days ago and wrote a small letter. Buyer was amazed. Sometimes it's "If we can do it, maybe we should".

[@Modifiedmortal]

Rudy keep making videos, you're my daily watch.

[@garrettshirley3823]

I 100 percent agree. A lot of these cards no one sees coming in EDH. I use a few different cards from antiquities in my decks and people don't understand the interactions of these cards and how broken some of them can be.

[@docbp87]

That Atlas map! Cool to see that Rudy is a PoE fan, since so many of PoE's team are big Magic fans.

[@yuwish6320]

Wow. Can't believe anyone even has an unopened box of Antiquities anymore. I remember buying these off the shelf. Such memories.

[@gamerzfunk]

I was more impressed with the PoE cloth! Love that game - They sent me a signed cloth and a non signed cloth. Love the box as well

[@lesliemontgomery1656]

You were spot on with this one.

[@ericcarman8345]

Rudy I noticed the POE mat you got there. Very cool. :)

[@madprofit841]

Here's a game; every time Rudy says "What": take a shot.

[@ayooo2492]

Mad Profit I wouldn't survive the first 5 minutes

[@brangardia3823]

i would be fucking my dog after the first 3 minutes my dude..

[@bigteddybear5962]

Mad Profit. Sound like money to me. Where's the Google Hangout for this. I got $20 on me to win!

[@andrewdesmarais737]

Alcohol poisoning much?

[@pilsknot]

Flash forward to August 2021, 1 box on ebay @149,900$ wish I watched this video when it was new.

[@memyopinionsche6610]

I wish I had my old school collection. but got lost in the sand of time and bad choices long story. but anyway congrats dude! your a stand up guy who is honest and I truly respect that.

[@mdaniels292]

So I am a long time player (1994-today) never looked at value of my cards I have every set from 2006 back love your vids (only seen 3 so far) now I want to start buying booster boxes and other peoples sets Today I picked up a lot of 1994-1997 cards of a old friend for really cheap plan on selling them on E-bay to get me started

[@r3almundo]

I was getting ready for bed when I saw the notification for the new video and immediately whipped out my floppy taco. was in the mood for hard shell anyways.

[@eddiemesaros9396]

Rudy, can i.... ya know, just have that out of the kindness of your heart?

[@conlanrichichi2328]

As of now 18 cards cost more than 100$ which is awesome bc that's like 1/5th of the set so in 60 packs you get a ton of value

[@Kay_Drechsler]

"Rudy with Alpha em-effin' Investment" made me insta lol directly at the beginning ^-^

[@johndeckard6592]

Coffin, Triskelion, and few of those other mid price cards do have demand from Old school 93/94 Magic format. Which is growing in popularity.

[@DBZDokkanStats]

Love working with DAC, got my first base set pokemon box from there

[@chrisr.2410]

You still got that box?

[@blazenjestergames4025]

As we close in closer to the 25th anniversary of Magic, a lot of older cards prices are beginning to shift upwards look at freaking original duels, yes they may not come into play tapped like our newer duals and like the BFZ duals they identify as both a let's say plains and forest, so you can fetch them and also are affected in ways such as if your canopy vista is out and you opponent plays flashfires it destroys vista as well.

[@punixerz]

And three years later we see the cheapest one at Mkm for 36k ea

[@nerd4tw]

Sick Path of Exile Map

seems I've already watched this cause it's already Liked... rewatching 😊

[@rolorolo7248]

wow nice brotha poe!!!!! cant wait for the next acts!!!

[@vindixen358]

"First print cards will always retain value" That's actually a very good argument against the existence of the Reserved List. Reprinting RL cards won't nuke the value of the original print.

[@zxb995511]

It will for cards that actually see play and are very powerful, there is some price/cost that does go in favor of original prints, the price of most of these card is precisely driven by their mass market appeal, they are very powerful see play AND rare if you take one of those out of the equation you will get a massive price drop.

[@JasperJanssen]

zxb995511 we saw that in the time of Chronicles and 4th, but we haven’t been seeing it much with later reprints. I mean, sure, a fairly major drop can happen - maybe as much as half - but not like the old days when they’d lose 90% of the value. The price of these old cards isn’t really determined by players any more, because there effectively are no Type I players any more. And especially not new ones needing to acquire, say, a play set of Workshops.

I had a friend who's supposedly an expert at Pokémon TCG telling me I was dumb using regular binders and Ultra Pro 9-pocket pages for my modern MTG cards complete sets collection!! And there you are using exactly that for very old vintage cards like Antiquities!! 🤣 Guess I'm good with the regular binders and Ultra Pro 9-pocket pages! As long as I store them right and avoid binder dings on cards!

[@Billy-bd2oe]

That was really sweet, loved the card, Sarah is awesome! =)

[@Matthew-Smith]

right now as I'm watching this there's so many of those cards like 8 between $100 and $200 dollars factory is $500 candelabra of tacos is $1000 and workshop is over $2000 dollars the sealed non graded packs are $250 at least this set in a year has exceeded many expectations

[@MTGDraftSesh]

Rudy, we all know you only bought the box because she reminded you of Serra Angel

[@Monliego]

"What? like, what? 30 bucks? like... what?"

[@tcgdave2297]

$8k. Damn. That's a lotta money! :0

[@tcgdave2297]

I've spent the last year back as a student after working for the last few. I've forgot what money even looks like, so even picturing 8k right now is hard!

[@tcgdave2297]

Polar Bear Fitness Ouch :(

[@Disturbedelv121]

TCG Dave , for the meat box. Otherwise it's prostitution and illegal 😄love u Rudy. Lol

[@lukebobb]

Awesome video thank you!

[@rallyrobb943]

Imagine a sealed Antiquities box for 8k present day...Jan 12 2021 sold Antiquities box on Ebay for 30k+ recently...

[@jonnycatland1987]

Dude, you are nuts at predicting the market of these things!!!

[@maxrobespierre7165]

Watching this on the Eve of 2022. Only one AQ booster box on EBay (40 watchers) currently $120k......

[@mistax2k]

This is the most fascinating look at alternative investments I have found on youtube. I have been an avid student of value investing since high school (over 18 years ago), have read Warren Buffet's biography, and have listened to both Charlie Munger and Buffet discuss how their model is impossible to replicate in today's stock market. Investments like these appear to be an overlooked category and an enticing one if, of course, you have the knowledge of the market that Rudy has. It makes me wonder about other alternative investment spaces that I may have an advantage in. Thanks for the videos RudeBoy Rudy!

[@calbaking]

I love to see plays making money with Rudynomics. Good hussle taco warrior

[@kimbach1824]

I read the letter first as "thanks for making my dream come true having a stay at home man". I was thinking, this lady has got some balls. ;)

[@mtgcentral4638]

You know someone watches Rudy when the race comes up

[@MtendoTheSkunk]

The 93/94 format is also driving those prices along with EDH/Commander.

[@Hoopr32]

Great video as always.

[@Bearded11]

more of these videos please!

[@commandinglead9019]

in terms of singles, a lot of those cards do have higher demand due to play value over the last 12 months. There has been a really large spike in EDH/Commander play, where a lot of these cards shine. People actually need these cards for competitive commander builds.

[@fact4989]

Winter Factory, literally triple the price a year later. Rudy is a beast.

[@WesternCommie]

right now, in canada, ebay has 3 booster packs for sale. all of them are graded and they are about 322 for a psa 7.

[@themonadnomad]

Old school is moving this set my brother

[@richardoaks8333]

I only eat GRADED tacos with a 9.8 or better rating.

[@jettjedi73]

I just checked Ebay and there is an Antiquities sealed booster box on there right now for $30k. Rudy is some sort of prophet of profit :P

[@kski90]

And on 2/7/21 one booster pack sold for $711.00. Remarkable.

[@ColorAgent]

Ya Path of Exile, Atlas of Worlds background map! U just went up +2 cool points in my book Taco God

[@oKingsWild]

2:38 is the exact moment everyone's taco became floppy again.

[@a.gentleman5441]

Gate to Phyrexia is the only (mono) black card that can repeatedly destroy artifacts. It has value due to it being the only card in that color to do that thing.

[@samual8299]

Watching this in 2019, damn were you right Rudy.

[@LordMegatherium]

Watching this at the end of 2021: you have no idea

[@samual8299]

@@LordMegatherium I'll be back in 2 years

[@screwthenet]

I had a lot of isngles, and now have a decent amount of older cards like antiquities, arabian nights, the dark, legends. Oh for the glory days when I coulda bought a black lotus for 15 dollars in the comic store roflol. C'est la vie, non?

[@MrTommux]

Nice Path of Exile atlas cloth :D

[@ForceOfLight]

My taco went floppy when I had the Idea that you will open the box.

[@hunterdyer7807]

Can we see a video detailing your thoughts on MTGO redemption and other MTGO effects on prices?

[@FlourescentPotato]

$8k, wow that is cheap.

[@dayspoiler4608]

i love how he explains how their must be a collectable card in here mathematically, and on another video on this channel we see a guy open a whole box and get basically nothing

[@Frankje01]

Very good deal you get RUdy, I recently sold mine for 9K in Euros

[@oldfireworkcollectors]

3 years later i remember you its 32k Euro now. lol

[@Frankje01]

@@oldfireworkcollectors I sold 2 boxes ANtiquities for 23 and 28K last year :)

[@MyYewTubeAccount]

I saw Sara posting on a "Flippers" forum when she first snapped up this box from good will for $16.00 - Nice profit :P

[@SuperNorstShow]

Hey Rudy, what do you think about complete sets for The Dark, same with booster boxes. I have always liked the set, it has some strange cards. I personally own about 60 Sorrow's Paths.

[@ShinPG]

i've been waiting for an antiquities booster box to show up on ebay, can't believe you snagged that :'(