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It would be hilarious if the girl at the end was a random passenger and just had to listen to this shit the entire train ride 😂😂

@postmalone 😂 wish i could get the complete final set…. $60k each isnt bad

I play commander, and all my decks are completely different, but when I play my big dinos is when I'm having the most fun 😅

I just found 2 crimped cards from 1994 fallen empires. Some of my old cards from when I was a kid. They are very clean cards. I'm curious what something like this is worth.

Dont use the same art and never give it a retro border and get rid of the restricted list so we can all enjoy the feeling of playing magic like it was 93

Who cares mtg is dead money

Good info my man. If you had to pick one service at this time which one would you go with? As a buyer I think BGS gives the grades that most accurately reflect the cards condition. Like you, I've seen so many cards in CGC slabs that were not deserving of it's grade. Which defeats the white purpose of grading the card in the first place

Love the OG cards,Watching from Philippines,started playing in 93 - 97...still reliving playing with friends and family these days...

can you give me an internet site to buy one as the one you just saw on the video? who can i ask?

Good video Dan

dude, you have more dings on the card and it says NM-MT, that is just bad. nobody wanna buy that in a slab.

If there is one thing I know about TCG's, the people making content always have some sorted of vested/financial interest in the alternatives lol

European Grading is the best choice for people not based in America

I won't argue about BGS, but I don't know why people get so triggered when comparing CGC with PSA. You can see a lot of PSA 10's are very off centered, because PSA allows 10's to be off centered up to a 60/40 proportion. CGC GM 10's are allowed to be 55/45 and Pristine 10's must be 50/50 (ideally, however). I also don't believe in the 'true 10' thing. All PSA 10's are 10's by their standards. All CGC 10's are 10's by their standards, and for every company is the same. Each company has different grading standards and that's something most people don't seem to understand. For what I've seen, at least with modern cards, PSA is more lenient in centering and corners while they're stricter in surface, CGC on the other hand seems to be the other way around. Of course all companies have flaws, so I think it's only a matter of preference. You want a perfect card, go for BGS black labels. You want a near perfect card, go for CGC Pristine. You want a 10 that could be anywhere between GM and perfect, go PSA.

Bgs management fumbled at the 1 yard line. They were ready to change to the CGC scale and got scared. The lack of vision, proper introspective analysis of their business and acceptance of status quo has them becoming Mr Irrelevant. That is sad because 90% of my collection is BGS.

Very informative video. Rebecca Guay's art has been taking my breath away (literally) since 1996's Alliances & Mirage stellar pieces: Kaysa, Sustaining Spirit, Asmira, etc. Regarding grading, I still like the look of the Beckett metallic/foil labels...Looks like they're serious about what they're doing. CGC still looks low-budget to me. But the market is what the market is. Can't change that. Thanks again, Daniel!

I think you make a great point about the changing of the guard at Beckett. The knowledge transfer may have not been well preserved and they’ve been through several management changes in the last several years. Seeing CGC climb to 5x TCG grading (and maybe the Pristine 10 Lotus sale @ $3M) could have made them see the light. Their new pricing and marketing efforts might help, but they have a ways to go to earn back community trust. That being said, newer TCGs like OP and Lorcana are using BGS (still less than PSA/CGC) so maybe there is hope.

CGC is the only one that didn't go full woke and still grades the 7 cultural sensitivity cards, so to be consistent my graded cultural sensitivity cards, I now grade my remaining sets with them.

I love MTG art and will eventually get into collecting it. I have a couple sketches but I really like the actual paintings and finished product. My buddy that owns a pawn shop has some old art and sketches I think from around Alpha/Beta and Arabian Knights and I know it's worth a lot.

PSA All the Way

To be honest I kinda like the PGC slabs better than the others.

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What do you guys expect? Proxies and counterfeits have risen due to the insane prices of cards. More and more players use them I see them all the time and frankly the newer generation of players care less about authentic vintage cards. Elitist spoiled “collectors” horde these cards and corner the market and make it impossible for new players and most players to be able to try and enjoy them in their decks. I have some Power 9 yet I don’t feel the need to treat this game as an investment everyone has the right to play Beta or Unlimited cards and if exact replicas are their only way then so be it.

Just pulled a crimp in my first ever MH3 pack. So I guess they are still very much a thing.

There's no way people are playing with legit Alpha cards right? Are they using standins/remakes?.

I was so ready for a Lotus appearing at the end and everybody screaming and runing around...

This should have 1 million views! One of the best things I’ve seen in magic as a 30 year collector on and off. I hope he has more videos so we can take closer looks. Stunning!

i actually own a small collection from end of 90 up to mid 2000s. there is a twiddle in there thats also a misprint. dont want any money, but id love to give it to this man.

Very honest and sobering video. As someone who began playing in 1993, MTG was exciting and fun. We sat around tables during lunch or recess, or each other's homes on the weekend and played the game. We had Inquest, Scrye, and Duelist magazines. We created our 60 card decks and 15 card side boards based on our ingenuity and imagination. There was a lot of trial and error. I left Magic after the Urza's block for several reasons which all seem to have escalated: 1) Power Creep - too powerful of a card could upset the color balance and gameplay. 2) Too Many Expansions produced in too short of time. It became hard to keep up. 3) The lore and story of the lands and characters started to become diluted and diminished. Final Thoughts: MTG's value is almost completely reliant on the game staying around. If the game implodes, nobody will care about collecting in the future because the 40-year olds who played this great game as children will eventually pass away as Daniel stated. Sports cards aren't going anywhere because there is too much history and money involved. I hope MTG continues on, but Hasbro/Wizards must Make Magic Great Again! And as Daniel has mentioned, father's need to teach their sons the game. That is the way.

Lower / promotional pricing for specific sets is a good idea. Also, agree with you that the best way for PSA to gain TCG marketshare is lower their pricing and get more graded slabs out there in the marketplace.

8:34 Shivan Angel? Must be fake 😀

BGS HAS to stop it with the authentic altered as well. These grading companies need to step it up BIG TIME.

Wtf man that came right out of a money printer whith the prices these things fetch

Let's see the fakes under a magnifying glass or something? Please.

Thanks for helping the community learn about how to spot fakes.

I cannot tell much with insufficient magnification. At first glance i always look with 20x. First glance should always be 20x.

Show us the old "pro" way to fake shuffle and palm your combos.

Collector’s edition cards with erased back.

I would somebody hoard magic cards? What's wrong with people

This is a scary video

Nice to see but on the other hand extremely boring. The one who starts wins, always.....

Pealed collectors edition cards?

Ok so are they carddesigns printed over the actual signature, that was put on a blank piece of cardboard? Or did i miss something

I'd love to see a comparison of the rosette 🏵️ under a jewelers loupe btw

PSA are crooks.

At least they're not grading and schilling a fake Sega Genesis or something.

This is PSA's fault for grading these types of cards. They do this for sports cards that aren't real Topps, etc cards - Custom Cards or some such. Baseball Card Collector Investor Dealer went through this with Auto Sports cards a bit ago.

Not looking good

Oh my god. I NEEEEEEEED those shades in my life! Sir, would you do me the kindness of pointing me in the right direction? Many thanks! x