Why Would You Do This? The Commander Masters Collector Booster Box Game for Magic: The Gathering

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

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[@HauntedCorpseGaming]

14:45 - My favorite part, not because you got it totally wrong but just the amusement to see something like that become budget, thanks for the vid. :)

[@danclavette3055]

I wouldn't want ANY of these cards. WTF

[@rjhansen142]

Great vid. Used the code a few weeks ago and picked up some cards on what not. I like the candid technical difficulty moments in the vid. Nice to get a “less scripted” glimpse of the magic behind the vids.

[@gabrielschaffner9117]

I have a question?Do you ship to the EU or is whatnot more a US based plattform?

[@ZoneSinitive]

​@@gabrielschaffner9117most of the streams tell you if your account is European that they either dont ship or the shipping will be higher. The proff last time i was on whatnot did do international shipping, but it's quite expensive. The proff covered the shipping for contests even international.

[@Fenen24]

That azami being .34$ says everything you need to know about opening these packs.

[@ChrisThomas-xq1ft]

It also tells you everything you need to know about reprints and reprint sets in general... what is the the point of a COLLECTIBLE card game if none of the cards are collectible anymore??????

[@cjared99]

@@ChrisThomas-xq1ftI’m sorry, do you happen to actually play the game? If so, you are the only person that I have heard complaining about fairly priced reprints… sorry your “investments” haven’t held value, but it’s a game at the end of the day. If you want to make money, go actually invest it😂

[@N4chtigall]

@@cjared99 "Fairly priced reprints" - bro, it wouldn't be an issue if those would be fairly priced reprints. The issue is that 4 collector packs costs 180$. There are places in the world where people don't make that much money in a month. It's a joke. Same with precons which are overpriced like hell. I don't think anyone would have issue with those if they weren't treated as some kind of premium product. But they don't advertise it as such. It's a normal, insanely overpriced set. What's the reason for that except WotC greed? There is none. None at all.

[@CorruptionAura]

​@cjared99 right, the game pieces shouldn't be more than a dollar a piece. I don't care I'd the fancy hyper rare version of a card is 100 dollar as long as it's cheap for the poor man version.

[@superman7595]

@@ChrisThomas-xq1ft Collecting is not just about the money, did you know that if all the magic cards owners in the world died someone would probably use a black lotus as toilet paper because the card is not even that beautiful

[@Minijibbleflab]

Editor: if possible can we see a small bit at the end where the prof reacts to his guesses on the prices and then gets shown the actual prices?

[@morkroth]

I don't think he gets "shown" that as such, wouldn't make much sense. But maybe a reaction to his own video and his own guesses would be cool.

[@ColorAgent]

Totally agree!

[@danclavette3055]

@@morkroth This. Absolutely this. He could react to his guesses in about 3 of these videos for one new video.

[@johnr797]

@@danclavette3055 It's weird that he didn't do this. I mean he mentions these videos take a while to go through the editing and uploading process, so why not just wait until the pricing is added then record a clip of his reaction then just throw it in at the end before uploading? Given the way the format was explained I frankly just assumed that's what would happen.

[@maguszanin5296]

A couple minutes segment at the end would work fine for this! And I would love to watch it.

[@Oso-Gaming]

That second pack being

[@omarortiz9660]

The Prof being upset about the camera issue and the bait cuts on the unboxings tell us everything about his quality as KZbinr. Not just a Professor, a Professional

[@gaymer4rmmeletis]

I actually made an audible gasp at work when I saw the actual price for Azami when prof thought she was 10 bucks….geez 😅

[@professormanhattan7254]

I felt exactly the same, my jaw unironically dropped

[@eegles]

Going to be sad when he puts it up for auction at $1 and there are no bids.

[@animalchin5082]

5 bucks of value out of a 45 dollar pack... These really should be $9.99

[@cuccooverlord9812]

Azami full art looks ugly af. Would pay more for the normal one

[@theoneandonlyAeth]

@@animalchin5082 Like with every MTG set the value is concentrated in only a few cards. For this it's the Jeweled Lotus variants (and specifically the extended art textured foil one at $600+). It just feels so much fucking worse with packs that are this stupidly expensive because most of the time you're losing $100+ when you buy this "booster box" insofar as you can call 4 boosters a box anyway.

[@bluwzrdisgreedy234]

I would love to see Prof's reaction to his guesses vs actual prices. It probably wouldn't make a great video by itself but as an addendum to another, maybe?

[@carldooley9344]

only if someone gets him drunk beforehand.

[@mrtalos]

I know the professors whole thing is "buy singles" but I'm seeing a lot of affordable singles here, I'm really going to do that

[@Radiodragonofdoom]

I'm eyeing those foil old boarder Mark Poole and Rebecca Guay basics... ,👀

[@thatepicwizardguy]

yeah. sometimes the whole buy singles thing is a little crazy still with some cards just being like... WAY too expensive regardless, but commander masters kinda helped massively tank some of the prices. I'm hoping for that same situation with the reprints in the new eldraine set.

[@stompingpeak2043]

Yeah. Just collectors hoarding old cards will drive prices on rares. So don't get older things and expect to not be broke

[@MoikHorst]

so you are stupid sry

[@NewRetroGaming]

This is one of those sets where the singles are cheap for once, the issue comes from each pack being like $50.

[@MosesSuppose]

It is such a slap in the face to have Azami or Talrand in the last slot of a $45 pack.

[@marcpr3032]

Yep and 85$ in Canada 😂

[@giovannibouchard4721]

Hi Prof! I'm from a little town called Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, here we have a game community and what you said about the prices is true, in my country a Collector Booster pack cost us 95 dolars each, so the closest we had them was watching this opening 😂. Every MtG products here costs double because taxes, and the latest prices of the sealed products (which are increasing a lot) are almost a dream for us. Thank you for your content! We All love it Here. Sorry For my Bad english. Giovanni

[@AlliedAirsoft]

I think that this series is missing a short “reacts” section at the end, where the prof sees how accurate his guesses are. ;D

[@gilbertz.9884]

Bump

[@Sientir]

I was hoping for that, too.

[@Lars_Hermsen]

He just stares at the camera blankly and then falls off his chair backwards

[@prskyviews]

He would start an angry mob at these thiefs! 😂

[@FailOwlProductions]

Wilds of Eldraine is definitely affecting the prices of Commander Masters. Every day they show off another enchantment that lowers the EV of the set, and why would players buy old Magic cards over exciting new cards.

[@devinloew7681]

Great point

[@japplek]

Particularly when we're now so many years into commander being a thing, a massive number of people who want the "commander staples" have at least one copy. You know, one - the number of copies you need to play commander. This set feels at least two years too late to be charging this price.

[@bonaface]

well not any unique cards from WOE actually...that's the sad thing

[@CapoDV]

To me a real commander masters is a not-draftable set, nearly unlimited print run, containing exclusivly playable cards. I'm not saying all expensive cards but playable cards across the price spectrum from a utopia sprawl to a mana crypt. I so desperately wanted Commander Masters to be a set that I could open a couple boxes to jumpstart my commander collection after years of not playing it.

[@bricelory9534]

I think this is what everyone was looking for in a premium priced reprint set.

[@iomar90]

I like the idea of high powered draft, but in the case of commander master it's the worst of both worlds. They should've made two different product, one for draft and one specially curated to just crack open and don't end up with chaff. I guess this is what set and collector boosters are supposed to be, but we all know you still get chaff in those. Hopefully this isn't a bad omen for the upcoming remastered sets.

[@malakimphoros2164]

WotC can't do that,they would be banned in Belgium.

[@minine6508]

Same. It's marketed as a throwback, a set for new / returning players to get back into it. I started playing Magic in Brother's War for the first time and I can confidently say this product is squarely NOT for me. Too much money.

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

That commander draft box was fun. Other than that, Wizards screwed EDH with how hard they and how much they are printing cards aimed at EDH.

[@bradrasmussen69]

I really enjoy this type of booster box game. Professor providing commentary while opening a box = chefs kiss. Would watch this also for older sets as well.

[@thonk7611]

its heartbreaking to see the entire community's attitude drift closer and closer towards despair with literally every action wotc takes

[@kennygrenier4011]

in a way... nothing has changed. it's always been that way. With more products coming out that process has just gotten faster.

[@bearrington2024]

Im just waiting until we hit apathy as a collective

[@SeanBishop-r3f]

Poor Mark Brownwater just has to take care of the share holders! WOTC has long since given up looking at the player base as anything other than just a resource to be exploited.

[@7ItalianStallion]

​@@kennygrenier4011no as time went on people have become softer and the majority of magic powers are extremely weak willed and although very nice and loving are just too weak to temptation and keep buying everything that comes out. For Christ sakes I remember seeing people opening boxes of core set some years ago.

[@blkvicePU]

Why haven't y'all moved on to other games? The market has some genuinely fun and competitive games out there now.

[@Zeetro]

Yes. That's an upgrade to the base Starfield game.

[@michaelgriffith7033]

I love your honesty! It's clear you did not join the WotC Ambassador program. Thanks for all your effort, Prof! For some reason, I can't use my phone for the auction site. I'll try on my laptop. Be careful in that heatwave.

[@SilentLupin]

It must be frustrating to have technical difficulties, but I do always love the glimpses behind the curtain that show the care and integrity that go into this channel

[@starchaser6024]

I love these packs and everyone opening them ❤ because they give me the opportunity to buy gorgeous borderless cards for .33 cents 😆

[@devinloew7681]

For real, you're one of the real winners. I'm excited to finally pick up a fresh Avacyn, Angel of Hope for my angels tribal EDH deck.

[@gallodorogaming9964]

100%

[@emuclone154]

Baldurs gate 3 is a masterpiece. Please don't buy this people and instead enjoy the greatest rpg to exist

[@tvanddy]

For the price of a box you can get the game and two copies for your friends to join you on a silly adventure that will last dozens of hours.

[@aaronepstein9416]

Excited for it to make it to PS5

[@harfest-t5p]

Wait a year, get game half off, prosper

[@devinloew7681]

​@AlbertoDeDiego You do you, but this is probably the only game since Elden Ring (and Zelda if you are into that) I'd pay $70 for in the last couple of years. Granted I also got God of War at full price last year as well, but I was pretty excited for that one.

[@Ezullof]

@@harfest-t5p what if something horrible happens in the meantime and I cannot enjoy the game, though? Kind of a gamble.

[@lordsauron8546]

Honestly the greatest aspect of this commander "focused" set for the overall game were the downshifted cards that are now pauper legal. Can't wait for some busted tortex combo with Dread Return and Lotleth Giant to be discovered!

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

WotC needs to stay away from the side formats. They’ve already ruined every other format.

[@lordsauron8546]

@@chazzitz-wh4ly I absolutely agree. Designers in sets saying "oh, there's this cool card I made at common for pauper," or just downshifting cards in general, that's one thing; having a 'Pauper Masters' or something like that would be horrid for the format, don't get me wrong. I'm sure some WotC/Hasbro executive would find a way to say 'Well, we're reprinting Snuff Out and Expedition Map and Exhume and Lotus Petal, so the box prices will be $200 USD,' and then expect pauper players to pay those prices.

[@niriro5741]

Not a single pack hit $45. Wow. I'm thankful I haven't bought any of this product. I remember getting Commander Legends boxes for $99 and being excited for the chance at hitting a Jeweled Lotus or Mana Drain

[@logansmall5148]

I opened one box of it, but i didn't pay for it. Instead I traded in a bunch of fetch lands from MH2 to my lgs for it so they could actually make some money on the deal, lol

[@jry0511]

I rolled the dice when the collector boosters got down to $174 and got $236+ worth of cards (only counted the ones worth $4 or more). Although I'm sure that will drop as LGS's open their boxes and sell the singles. Prof got really unlucky with his pulls.

[@christophervennix9861]

@@jry0511 I would say the Prof got a bit unlucky true but mathematically your odds of getting the value of it are pretty slim. Of the 90 rare/mythic cards in the set, less than 20 have a value over $25. That means if you pull 12 rare/mythic cards across the box, you mathematically only have a 16% chance of getting at least 4 value cards...which may not even total up the value of the pack. Your chance of getting at least 5 plummets down to 10%. Put another way? On average ~70% of these boxes don't even break even. Only around 10% actually do what yours did and go significantly above.

[@CarefulHowYouStep]

@@jry0511 based on what ive seen, he got what many others have gotten. someone at a shop i go to spent $400 somehow and they got sub $100 in value, prob more around $50, but seeing as they were mostly super cheap prints that wont sell easily or for much, basically $0.

[@Cerviathrax]

Idea for the Shuffle up and play episode, There are 5 Omnaths ... there's 4 players in a commander game, everyone picks 1 to make a deck from?

[@Thoughtmage100]

So nobody will play the mono green Omnath as a Commander, but it will be in everyone's 99 for the funnies.

[@Suhrvivor]

Someone already did a video on that, video it's called "Oops all Omnath Battle".

[@cem_doe]

Hey Prof, I'm from Germany and I'm really enjoying all of your videos. It's really great to see a big content creator that shows his passion for the game without loosing his integrity. I really like that you critisize the extreme pricing of products and that you put their real value into perspective. Because in the end MTG could and should be a game for everyone. Keep up the good work and greetings from Germany!

[@shawnminer4355]

The yoda yell as he threw the commander deck got me good😂

[@christianmontoya4674]

Thanks for the great content Prof, I bought a signed Island from your whatnot and will be making a simic merfolk deck. I feel that would be fitting.

[@KingOfDepravity]

First commander deck built as the theme for Shuffle up, and play! I’ve always appreciated the candor you have with opening cards, have have never doubted you, you’ve never given us a reason to not trust you Prof! The profile shot variants look so cool! This definitely shouldn’t have cost what it does.

[@MrClawt]

Ever since I found this channel I spend less on Magic and enjoy it way more.

[@crouchinglibcrab9527]

Prof, you have an immense reservoir of good will. I love your content and I value your opinion and trust the facts you present. This video made me ashamed to be playing Magic. The pricing of Commander Masters is... ridiculous. I bought singles, of course, but honestly this is killing me. I was so excited to buy and test out the Enchantress and Eldrazi precons, but the prices turned me off. I could spend 200 euro and get them both when they came out, but instead I brewed my own deck, added some staples to it, some cool art and ended up with my own 200 euro fully fledged commander deck! Ridiculous what happened here and the LGSs will suffer for it.

[@mikecampbell5252]

So glad your store could afford to drop the price! I wish I was in a position to do the same, but the allotment my store got ended up costing more than the rent for the space. We didn’t even know it was going to cost as much as it did until we had essentially already bought the product from Wizards. Now I have customers calling me greedy for not allowing discounts or lowering prices, when we just can’t afford to.

[@sharktrap267]

You had to order blind to the price? I don't know well how this all works

[@joshuaepstein5874]

Do you think stores will purchase less of the next masters set because of how overpriced and bad value CMM was?

[@mikecampbell5252]

@@joshuaepstein5874 We’re looking at not ordering “premium” MTG products at all going forward, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it becomes harder to find those products in local game stores.

[@mikecampbell5252]

@@sharktrap267 Exactly. We go off of what the last similar product cost, and compare it with any hype we see in our community for the upcoming product. So we were completely blindsided when a case of four commander decks cost us nearly $300 dollars. Similar for the collector booster boxes. They cost the stores over $200, so they are taking a hit by selling them at $180.

[@kevinwestermann1001]

Eventually, you WILL be able to afford giving discount. Because there is no loss hurting as much as total loss.

[@packer7915]

I think the boxes are dropping is partly due to the fact that we just came from Lord of the Rings where a lot of people spent a lot of money chasing the 1/1 or just the Rings. This is the first set that I will probably not open any packs but strictly just do singles. I'll see how I feel when WoE comes out. I am already resigned to spending a lot on Dr Who, so I'm not buying too much between here and there.

[@Unphaz3d13]

I absolutely love that Prof worries so much about authenticity. To pushbthrough like that after the camera dies. I dont think a majority of us would have questioned him if he cut there but you've gotta respect the authenticity...keep it up prof!

[@danalinchristania5163]

Prof's laugh for 4 booster packs says it all 😂

[@internetskeleton8969]

I usually don’t comment on videos but I REALLY enjoyed this video, felt super natural and unscripted with the prof just telling stories. These videos are a lot of fun to have on in the background!

[@digitalstatictv]

Professor consistently predicting twice the price of the card is more impressive than actually guessing the price

[@matthewlittle2212]

@ the top-down camera cutting off: I appreciated he candid reasoning on why you had to stop and wait. You have integrity when it doesn't matter and thus we can trust you'll have it when it does matter. Thanks for everything, Proff :)

[@bc6292]

The prof was UNHINGED during the Whatnot giveaway

[@Ramen4Days]

Hypocrites unite

[@NeoSamurai13]

He seemed genuinely unhappy, which was a bit hard to watch.

[@Voyajer.]

What happened?

[@Ramen4Days]

I don’t know about genuinely unhappy, but he definitely seemed frustrated with what not breaking, and with haters hating

[@janmelantu7490]

“Ghostly flicker, of all the cards that is one” come on prof, it’s a pauper staple. Now all-foil pauper decks can be the same price as non-foil ones!

[@sethrose9534]

Being able to have the same deck for years was how I convinced my girlfriend to play magic. That was when MH2 just dropped. She now believes I lied to her

[@DraconisMarchVII]

You said that after MH1? Damn dude.

[@sethrose9534]

@DraconisMarchVII in my defense, I was getting back into it after I flipped the table and walked away during all the standard banning in aether revolt.

[@stoicpainter]

This gave me memories of the Price is Right game, but regardless of any form of entertainment I mainly follow you and watch your videos because you are 100% honest and transparent. Thanks for the great video!

[@xelordragon4507]

I really want the editors for these types of videos to take the professors guesses and add them all together so we can see how out of touch he really is 😂. I joke but it would show why players did to look up card prices before trading

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

We talked about doing that

[@xelordragon4507]

@@TolarianCommunityCollege will I be the catalyst to get it added 😯

[@zakhudson740]

​@@TolarianCommunityCollegeI agree, that would be neato!

[@lorddiablo7659]

@@TolarianCommunityCollege you should do that format for every box opening Your guesses Then actual total Makes it even more interesting

[@pirateninjacyborg]

I appreciate anyone willing to emphasize integrity over something that didn't need it. Thank you, Prof!

[@austinturgoose]

I think another problem with opening packs nowadays is that there are so many different arts of cards that the chances of you not pulling the art you want are relatively high as well, further disincentivizing opening packs

[@VultureXV]

Thank you, prof, for pointing out that each one of those packs is apparently equivalent to 20+ hours of entertainment on a new AAA video game. I personally measure boxes by the Kayak. Your average small boat is $700. This means that a box of commander masters set booster is about a "Half Kayak". Most boxes are sitting about a "Fifth Kayak" but are getting close to a "Fourth Kayak." The 30th anniversary was very special at "One and a Half Kayaks."

[@colecarmichael5724]

I haven’t check in on you in awhile and you sound like a god damn madman😂 wizards have drove this man to insanity ahaha

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

It wasn’t a long drive.

[@colecarmichael5724]

@@TolarianCommunityCollege stay strong 💪 I believe in you

[@jboveda]

Thumbs up for integrity on recording. I actually loved the digression about it.

[@joshofthewilds7265]

I audibly gasped multiple times at the low value some of these cards. Fantastic video as always, but damn... 😬

[@jessevillarreal9849]

I wish more youtubers were like you. Honest and sincere without the absurd cuts and "youtube energy" everyone does. Keep at it dude. You are pretty neat

[@Flynnicus]

The Professor has some big "It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost, 10 dollars?" energy on some of these price guesses, but boy am I right there with him. It's disturbing how worthless the cards we once treasured have become in favor of the new hotness of the post Horizons era. It feels a bit of like the canary in the coal mine. If it happened to the cards we valued 10 years ago, it's going to happen to the cards we value now in 5 more years... and that's if it even takes 5. It's never been a wiser time to fully accept playing the game without investing money into it any longer. Any card with a sharpie taken to it can be any *other* card you want it to be. Don't waste the money you increasingly need to conserve for bills and food anymore. Just play the game for free, and buy only the singles and products that you intend to keep forever- because they'll have no inherent value in the future. After all, the "whales" seem content to support Wizards of the Coast financially ad infinitum. Doesn't seem like it'll hurt their bottom line in the least if the more enfranchised players like us that enjoy the game stop compensating the designers for their time and work in creating sets for this wonderful game. So why bother? It doesn't hurt them, it only hurts us when we keep paying for overpriced products with an expiration date attached to them. They should have to put "Warning: Perishable items. Good until Modern Horizons 5" on the back of their boosters.

[@japhettheprophet4619]

What they could’ve done for the premium decks, since they want to give out special lands, is reprint pain lands and the commander lands, and give a chance to give out the ORIGINAL dual lands like Badlands, because it’s insane that lands can cost up to 1k

[@VultureXV]

Just what I wanted to see. Draft chaff in a collector pack.

[@coltsfan354]

I have a bunch of people I know who are shocked when I don't know the price of every card I open. It's very reassuring that even the person who deals with this stuff for a living doesn't know the value immediately of every new card. Honestly, thank you for having the honesty and self confidence to post that.

[@fsaavedrap]

One correction: Starfiled is 70USd for the standard edition and 90 for the Premium Edition. Prof's point still stands though.

[@johnhammond6225]

$50 a fricken pack? I stopped buying sealed product a few years back, and its mind blowing what boxes go for now. A pack used to mean losing like 3-5 bucks. Now it means losing hundreds.

[@maxiom7476]

Personally, When I saw that Wilds of Eldraine is to have all the reprints I wanted from Commander Masters, I decided to wait until then to buy the singles I wanted.

[@geoffreygarfein9169]

I am usually super critical of The Prof, HOWEVER this is the BEST video he has ever done. I love how candid I he is about this set and the overinflated prices. Great job dude.

[@redditfan1376]

I think a episode of shuffle up and play that's oops all omnath where everyone builds a omnath deck with a different versions as the commander would be awesome

[@alhuzzah2814]

Thanks for the Collector Booster Box from the last Whatnot stream! It arrived yesterday, very fun opening it, a couple of good cards, but definitely reinforcing the “buy singles” mantra.

[@_DavidLeBlanc]

Dang, those retro frame foil lands are pretty cheap. I love that style!

[@kevinwestermann1001]

Pretty much the only thing really good looking in the set. ):

[@killbotgamma]

I actually do love watching these boosterbox opening videos and watching the prof guess card values.

[@travispotthoff6131]

Love that scream as you tossed the commander deck!

[@spl1c3]

I love this format for the booster box openings. Hope to see it become the standard!

[@jamesfilyawDigginGabe]

Let's go, another Professor collector commentary, I love this format of video

[@CheeseProds]

This is a bit random but I just love seeing a candid prof. You know, with the character off.

[@EnordAreven]

I'm very glad to see such formerly expensive cards at such a low price

[@ondrejprochazka8486]

very shortsighted view

[@Voyajer.]

@@ondrejprochazka8486 elaborate

[@EnordAreven]

@@ondrejprochazka8486 guess I shoulda gone to Specsavers.

[@lornemiller3489]

​@@ondrejprochazka8486 why?

[@ondrejprochazka8486]

@@lornemiller3489 because after everyone has all the cards, we’re stuck with a collectible card game no one wants to collect. The only thing that wizard can do after that is to do gimmicks like halo/surge foils etc, which is not working out, or power creep the game into oblivion to create new chase cards if all old cards are viewed as trash

[@gamesdisk]

considering these where off the top of his head, prof did pretty well

[@sephyrias883]

15:30 this $45 pack only added $5. That's insane.

[@jeverly]

My lgs is selling individual packs for $80 lmaooo

[@nothing-kf4uc]

@@jeverly wtfff

[@BookOfVampires]

I really like the down time. The honest office hours are great. No worries about the content.

[@TransformersBoss]

Sadly, a bunch of the high-priced reprints didn’t go down all that much because the product is sold for such a high price. Maybe someday Avacyn can be $20 or less…

[@callumpowell4693]

I'd love to see a Profs Guesses Price for the box alongside the actual price for the box.

[@ericaschner3283]

Gavony Silversmith is in 572 decks on EDHREC. Carrion Grub is in 4,248. Such Masters of the Commander format.

[@Ekke-MarkusMuttika]

I appreciate the Carrion Grub roast but it was actually one of the few of my opened cards that made it into a commander deck 😅

[@TheCariston]

One of the biggest mistakes they did is in my opinion are Collectors booster with way too much Junk inside , I forgot all the different Artworks for Cards.

[@Chocolate83Bunny]

The little technical difficulty but made it feel like I was back in class and the bulb blew out on the projector. A great little break segment regardless, way to go with the flow. Edit: oh man. I just built up a nekuzhar commander and it's my favorite deck by far even though I have like 5 decks now. Probably made it a month ago and my lgs had the original print of $8. The value of that print hasn't changed, strangely. It's not even a foil.

[@naejin]

Did Professor ever do a video on draft booster packs increasing to $6.50 & set boosters going up to $8.50? Saw these prices for Lord of the Rings boosters.

[@gigawarman12]

Those prices is specifically for lord of the rings because of licensing (though I'd argue it's still overpriced). The standard legal sets still go for their normal price for each box, cheaper depending on your distributor and how few chase cards are in the set.

[@jessArcade]

​@@gigawarman12yeah I asked a friend about that and they basically gave me the same answer. I also think it's because it's technically a "modern" set, like Modern Masters.

[@eegles]

@@gigawarman12 "Licensing" is a convenient excuse for WotC, but it seems they are also aggressively trying ways to raise prices. For example, reducing the number of boosters in boxes.

[@JohnSmith-ul2ce]

My LGS had set boosters for $10. I didn’t realize until after swiping

[@DivineSoupCan]

That 2$ Puresteel Paladin was listed for presale for 30$. I wanted it for that sweet flavor text but couldn’t justify the price. Now I can, through the power of buying (delayed) singles!

[@Spock149]

i just happened to check my sub box 17 seconds after this was uploaded wow!

[@MxPinky]

Love the vocalized card price guess I ask that you continue to do this as this is always a good time for me

[@peanutbutterswelly5529]

While I don’t need all three I think aesthetically they did a great job on them. The artwork is pretty solid. Prices are still unjustified

[@itbeharry]

I'm right there with you, TCC. I don't want to keep up with power level this often. However with the right pod...

[@anthonyaddario4653]

What’s devastating to me is the fact that when I was 12-16 before I made any real money opening packs of magic cards was so much fun If you wiff on a few packs you only spent like $12 no big deal Now you wiff and your out $180 that’s a big feel bad like gambling a casino bad Terrible direction for our hobby to have gone

[@saturnianlotus8343]

The best formula was when you could open masterpieces in standard packs. The alt arts felt truly special and valuable, it made opening draft packs exciting, and it adds value to sealed booster boxes over time which is healthy for a game that prints so much product year after year. Now that nothing has any value, all it's doing is killing the LGS and the enthusiasm of many enfranchised players.

[@wadewilkerson5858]

You are one of the most trusted sources of mtg news and info out there Prof, don't worry about us doubting your integrity.

[@kodiakidk]

I wish FromSoftware would collaborate with MtG - Sekiro or Elden Ring Magic cards would be amazing

[@julien4327]

Don't tarnished FS good name by associating them with WoTC ! (pun intended).

[@kodiakidk]

@@julien4327 that’s a great pun lmao

[@morgunkorn_]

I didn't need all the cards that remained at the end, no. That's also the reason I'm never buying secret lairs, I NEVER want all the cards of a drop. Loved the video, super chill discussion, you're so good at this.

[@johnfeeley6982]

love the prof commentary, idk if he would be up to it, but maybe seeing him get a reaction to the prices at the end would be pretty neat.

[@kosmos2740]

Your commentary on each pack was great. Excellent video!

[@simeonsmith785]

I love these unscripted videos, prof! I know you don't always feel comfortable doing this, but we appreciate that you do it anyway. I love just watching you open cards and being yourself. :D

[@jacobdalling6938]

I felt that moment with the ondu dancer lol. I like to have a deck that I can have sit on the shelf and pull out to play at my game store after missing a set or two. all it takes is like a set or 2 and I feel like all my decks just don't fit the new power thats out there. I find there is alot less Flavourful unique decks out there anymore. Makes it quite the odd breath of fresh air when I get into a Pod with a casual player running winter orb in my Pod.

[@thomasfriebe8790]

Prof is voicing what we are all thinking. Thank you prof for being awesome!

[@SingleLupus]

After seeing him overThrun the competition on that episode with SmallAnt, I have no doubts the Professor could make an equally terrifying mono-green Omnath deck, and I look forward to seeing it in action on a future episode of Shuffle Up 'n Play.

[@julien4327]

Great video as always ! On a related note, a FaB blitz precon is only 12€... Def. worth checking out !

[@chrishusted9296]

And the world's winning deck in pokemon can be bought as singles for $50 or less.

[@pj-wille]

Videos feels like a story without an ending when I don't get to see Professor react to how close or far away his guesses were.

[@Link71386]

20:00 Thank you for the integrity. 😁 28:57 I felt like throwing up (overall box value; figuratively speaking).

[@broomguy7]

At most stores, draft buy-in is three packs plus one for prizing - a total of four. A collector "box" of Commander Masters is the same number of packs as a single draft buy-in.

[@thedukeofdoom]

I really liked that one, very entertaining! Also liked the free part inbetween. However, who would ever accuse you of something like faking booster openings? Honestly, I assume that can only be trolls (goblins, possibly).

[@haroldemondjr.6790]

I do this because I have a lot of disposable income, like cracking packs, and love stumbling onto high-value cards. When I absolutely want something from a set, I go buy it. Plain and simple.

[@AddSerious]

Every video you make shows that me getting out last year was the best choice

[@pacoval4577]

Prof. opening these packs and railing against the nonsense is all of us. Thank you for exposing Hasbruh's and Wot$ corporate evil greed.

[@siu8399]

Just getting into magic, and I wanted to say that you’re not just a great magic creator, but a great content creator in general! Thanks for the vids 💖 23:37

[@ZeepDr]

I like this format. Thanks Prof!