The Black Lotus - The Most Counterfeited Card

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Komentáře • 214

  • @PrimalFears
    @PrimalFears Před rokem +84

    Lol always blows my mind when Rudy pulls out the binder and just casually flips open two pages of black lotus cards.

    • @poultrylord7300
      @poultrylord7300 Před rokem +8

      In a regular, non d ring binder, absolute madlad

    • @PlugWoW
      @PlugWoW Před rokem

      How much money in those lotuses you'd say? And how much in whole binder?

  • @du6ee
    @du6ee Před rokem +99

    You handling the Lotus fast and loose like that was giving me a heart attack lmao
    Holy shit there's pages of them!

    • @tartuffethespry
      @tartuffethespry Před rokem +17

      Rudy is one of those guys who is missing the part of the brain that controls anxiety. He could have been a surgeon or something lol

    • @dreamlight7634
      @dreamlight7634 Před rokem +11

      it just shows how he is kinda used to handling these kind of cards. If you handled dozens of pieces of power it probably becomes less special and less scary

    • @RohxAirsoft
      @RohxAirsoft Před rokem +12

      Still, that page is about $200,000. 😬

    • @jtmoney606
      @jtmoney606 Před rokem

      Please stop selling this prick your cards he’s hoarding up all the reserved list cards no wonder they are getting harder to find and buy Rudy has most of them 🙄 no way someone should own that many BL especially when he don’t even play or like the game anymore

    • @tree_alone
      @tree_alone Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@RohxAirsoftI could use one of those

  • @blakechagnon8837
    @blakechagnon8837 Před rokem +32

    Videos like this are very important for many collectors, with items getting so high value these days we need trust worthy ppl like you showing hard concrete what is right and wrong. Thank you taco god

  • @ryanward6796
    @ryanward6796 Před rokem +41

    Every time the god books come out on CZcams, a Timmy earns his wings.

  • @junglerumbler6917
    @junglerumbler6917 Před rokem +31

    I love it when Rudy goes in raw

  • @syjohnston6603
    @syjohnston6603 Před rokem +37

    Can we just get a 10-minute video of Rudy flipping through his god book binders?

  • @monkey39128
    @monkey39128 Před rokem +12

    That's a lot of money on that table! Fantastic video Rudy.

  • @samagosto7237
    @samagosto7237 Před rokem +12

    A few years ago he taught us how to reseal vintage boxes. Now he’s out here teaching us how to make better fakes.
    Good man

    • @MadCowMusic
      @MadCowMusic Před rokem +4

      Today I found out the betas hang to the right. I mean their mana symbol does at least.

    • @darthparallax5207
      @darthparallax5207 Před rokem +1

      Getting the mana symbol correct would be something serious counterfeiters had 30 years to learn. And anyway the Dual Lands are a thing.
      The bold artist box maybe new for some. But I imagine all of those features were known to 2nd generation counterfeiters by about 1998-2003. End of Reserved List beginning of Modern.
      After that they might have tried to improve passing the green dot test.
      I'm not saying "all counterfeiters can" I'm saying "serious ones worth stopping" would have been at that level.
      Stores and collectors are more educated what to look for.....and more educated what counterfeiters know.
      So in the first place....green dot, Black light, bend test, and blue core are tests you'll have to be thinking you'll be subjected to.
      Rudy didn't show everything.

  • @boghoss123
    @boghoss123 Před rokem +3

    Rudy - Fantastic video walking through SO MANY things to look at when comparing versions. The little differences between version is key, and something that many people aren't even aware of.

  • @Shannon_Vlogs
    @Shannon_Vlogs Před rokem +4

    Genuinely fascinating how the cards are printed in a specific way

  • @trentrevis2758
    @trentrevis2758 Před rokem +9

    Thank you for educational videos, Rudy.

  • @howgamer365
    @howgamer365 Před rokem +2

    Best video in a long time. It would be awesome to get a video about each old box from Alpha until late 2000s.

  • @ZERO_42069
    @ZERO_42069 Před rokem +3

    Rudy basically whipped out his 10 incher and said feast your eyes

  • @dannydubs
    @dannydubs Před rokem +10

    Rudy just casually showing his 2 millions dollars of his 100 million dollars in carboard

  • @cepopeye
    @cepopeye Před rokem +5

    I used to print Black Lotus off the internet and get in trouble for wasting the printer ink and the glossy photo paper
    But my little brother and I realized we only played each other and we could just agree to not care if cards were fake as long as the backs were real and the deck could shuffle

  • @moemerhi3734
    @moemerhi3734 Před rokem +2

    guy's handling the lotus collectors addition like it's a code card from chilling reign!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @VPB1218
      @VPB1218 Před rokem

      Dude 😂 I love Rudy but I treat my sleeves better than he treats those lotuses. This guy just fucks what can I say?

  • @7Alberto7
    @7Alberto7 Před rokem +4

    That hopes and dreams box is better then the Godbook,so awesome so much history and stories❤

  • @Verlisify
    @Verlisify Před rokem +5

    I'm really glad Rudy has cleaned up his pronunciation and doesn't incorrectly call them "Lotuses" anymore. He really cares about accuracy and quality for his videos!

  • @davidc.parkins1680
    @davidc.parkins1680 Před rokem +3

    "Rudy's Raw" 😂😂😂
    Keep them videos coming!
    I love all the particulars in identifying the fake b.s. ones good work!
    Also always good to see such a grand collection! 😊

  • @NamathCB
    @NamathCB Před rokem +3

    Just picked up an Alpha Regenerate today. Minty, wanted an Earthbind as well but it's too much. Just fun for me to have my 3rd or 4th Alpha card. LOVE seeing these amazing cards thinking back on some of the older vids deciding the broken dreams were indeed

    • @DirkVomEck
      @DirkVomEck Před 10 měsíci

      Alpha cards are beautiful. I am up to 36 after a recent purchase. Still looking for an affordable Alpha Rare xD

  • @mr_drewskii7057
    @mr_drewskii7057 Před rokem +3

    The hopes and dreams box is back

  • @austinwilburn1772
    @austinwilburn1772 Před rokem +3

    I always figured the duel lands would be the most counterfeit but I wouldn’t be shocked if Black lotus actually was the most counterfeited card though.

  • @tomransdell7881
    @tomransdell7881 Před rokem +8

    Hey Rudy. What do you do to insure a high end collection? How do you store those amazing power 9 cards?

    • @6Sisu9
      @6Sisu9 Před rokem

      Under his bed. Doesn't even lose sleep over this😂😂😂

  • @WaffleDragon
    @WaffleDragon Před rokem +3

    Interesting how the Betas can be identified by a printing error on the cost. I guess Wizards was always sloppy on their initial releases. It's just like 1st Edition and Shadowless Pokemon Base Set with the completely off-center attack costs, incorrect Pokemon stats, reversed HP text and innumerable printing inconsistencies.

  • @TheDarkElder
    @TheDarkElder Před rokem +3

    As always, best advise: Compare the item to other items of the same printing, same set, same era. So don't start with the highest value cards but first get comparable cards from the same set to learn what to look for.

    • @djdrack4681
      @djdrack4681 Před rokem +1

      This is why I keep a few common/uncommon/(cheap) rares from each of the old school magic sets in a binder.
      I rarely buy reserve list stuff cuz I'm mostly draft play, but if i do...bring the binder and compare.

  • @demonwareltd
    @demonwareltd Před rokem +1

    Casually opens the sealed collector box by mistake 😆. I didn’t know I swear 😬

  • @reecepruis6322
    @reecepruis6322 Před rokem +1

    Hey legend, aren't you worried about binder ring creasing :O
    Jimmy wants to know...

  • @MadCowMusic
    @MadCowMusic Před rokem +2

    Plot Twits: Even the real ones are fake...

  • @caseywilliams4145
    @caseywilliams4145 Před rokem +4

    The only two I have are beta black lotuses and they're definitely not counterfeit because I pull them back when I didn't know what the f*** magic was and just within collecting cards and I started playing Magic and of course I played with them because they are powerful so mine look way worse than the one Rudy showing right here

  • @meeks5576
    @meeks5576 Před rokem +3

    Good lord, man's hoarding vintage cards. What a collection

  • @dennisrobinson4274
    @dennisrobinson4274 Před rokem +1

    Good information If I ever run across a pile of Black Lotusi. But really, I appreciate the info. I've been going through a 9000 card collection for my stores. Turned out to be nothing but common and uncommon. However there was some ice age and alliances. Would have been worth some real money if they knew what they had. Unfortunately the collection is from a kid that only pulls cards with a R or M on the bottom. 😢

  • @austinarteaga8222
    @austinarteaga8222 Před rokem +3

    Flex on em, Rudy 💪

  • @ZeroInfiniti2
    @ZeroInfiniti2 Před rokem +6

    As often as you rate the cards, Rudy rates should be a series or a grading business

  • @vincentvega7464
    @vincentvega7464 Před rokem +1

    this feels like a giant flex and i‘m totally down for it

  • @jonathanmorris8362
    @jonathanmorris8362 Před rokem +6

    Ahhhh yes, I too am a gentlemen of fine cardboard jewelry.

  • @315fishing7
    @315fishing7 Před rokem +1

    Ppl forget what a serious collection you have hidden away 🤯

  • @CGoody5642
    @CGoody5642 Před rokem +3

    If you want to see the variance of the brown tones right next to each other; starting at 3:31 look at the Mox Emerald in the middle on the right side of the binder (lighter) and the ones immediately to the left and right of it (darker) especially

  • @mfdoom1898
    @mfdoom1898 Před rokem +4

    Ok but I thought, as you've said, that most counterfeit cards are not power 9, and they're usually newer $20 - $50 cards? Am I missing something here? Did you forget? Is it all just fugazi? Everything is fake, I'm selling everything....

    • @NoProHarrie
      @NoProHarrie Před rokem +2

      One card can be the most counterfitted card whilst on average newer cards can be counterfitted more often :)

    • @mfdoom1898
      @mfdoom1898 Před rokem +2

      @@NoProHarrie 👌

    • @Tylerbremner
      @Tylerbremner Před rokem +1

      It’s like money. The $20 bill is the most counterfeited bill. Not the $100. Easier to pass 🤷‍♂️

  • @MrXmoda
    @MrXmoda Před rokem +1

    always love the card comparison videos where is Rudy's tool though?!

  • @user-pw3vv8oq2w
    @user-pw3vv8oq2w Před rokem +3

    u need better binders bruh 😂 that’s like parking a la ferrari in the hood

  • @TripsAhoy
    @TripsAhoy Před rokem +3

    Mommmmmmmmm Rudy is showing off again!!! ❤❤❤

  • @PawzBrownMTG
    @PawzBrownMTG Před rokem

    Amazing Collection Rudy thanks for breaking them out. It's fun to watch how your actually supposed to keep your cards.
    KEEP STAYING PAWZITIVE BRO 👍

  • @mtgtv1384
    @mtgtv1384 Před rokem +3

    the card stock in the 2010s-2020s is so difficult for the average newbie to recognize and differentiate counterfeits from the real thing. ive seen some fetches and such that are VERY difficult to identify unless youre experienced.

    • @chim007azo
      @chim007azo Před rokem

      by very experienced you mean cursory internet search and some kind of magnification? Font/font position is almost always off and rosette and black lines always give it away

    • @DanknDerpyGamer
      @DanknDerpyGamer Před rokem

      @@chim007azo > *black lines *
      What do you mean?

    • @chim007azo
      @chim007azo Před rokem

      @@DanknDerpyGamer the black lines on the cards borders should be solid. If the black is made with the rosette pattern it’s a fake

    • @DanknDerpyGamer
      @DanknDerpyGamer Před rokem

      @@chim007azo I thought the black-being-printed-separately thing was solved years ago, for better or worse - guess it depends on who makes the fake.
      (Also not sure how true the black-being-always-black thing is as an absolute, seeing I recall that there were some high res images of Force Of Will on MTGSalvation, and could distinctly see dots of turquoise in the black border, dots that couldn't come from jpeg artifacting.)

    • @chim007azo
      @chim007azo Před rokem

      @@DanknDerpyGamer it’s not something that needs to be solved. It’s easily replicated at professional printing factories all over the word. The problem is the cost of setting up a factory that can do it. The cost makes it not worth it for making fakes and hoping to not get caught. Printing errors of color in the black is still not going to look like a rosette pattern. Solid black printing does not require a pattern, it has nothing to do with source .jpg
      Anyway like I said that’s just one easy spot. There are many easy giveaways they have to pass before you even get to worrying about light test and weight

  • @LordQuintix
    @LordQuintix Před rokem +2

    All of us wish for that binder, but we, the Timmy's, never learned properly... How many Black Lotus cards do you need???

  • @thesnare100
    @thesnare100 Před měsícem

    What about people getting counterfeits and/or proxies just so they can play in santioned tourney's with them, do all of them get checked and their cards tests at the tourney's?

  • @africanveteran7728
    @africanveteran7728 Před rokem +1

    How the hell did that bgs lotus get a 7.5? Its a 5 at best

  • @Jeremy1998999
    @Jeremy1998999 Před rokem

    Thanks Rudy!

  • @Matt-kt9nm
    @Matt-kt9nm Před rokem

    0:51 Sharpie

  • @smey02
    @smey02 Před rokem +1

    Its always crazy when he pulls out all his stuff and its stored like its 2002 and thats all worth nothing haha

  • @willthethrill8661
    @willthethrill8661 Před 5 měsíci

    In the Rudy vault we trust

  • @pmaztah
    @pmaztah Před rokem +3

    Man who cares about a cheap 25k lotus when you can pull new cards that's worth more AM I RIGHT ?

  • @link2893
    @link2893 Před rokem +1

    What a flex.

  • @gokuswanson2037
    @gokuswanson2037 Před rokem

    Bro those God binders gotta be worth at least 3 tacos

  • @no_alternative9071
    @no_alternative9071 Před rokem

    Oooppss accidently grabbed the sealed collector set

  • @NerdAndProudOfIt
    @NerdAndProudOfIt Před rokem +5

    always good to see a bunch of lotusses (yes, lotusses 😜!) on screen! 😁👊🏻

    • @mtgtv1384
      @mtgtv1384 Před rokem +1

      is it “lotuses” or “loti?” jk lol

    • @NerdAndProudOfIt
      @NerdAndProudOfIt Před rokem +1

      @@mtgtv1384 lotusses i say!! 😂😜 (also kidding, of course, buddy 😁👊🏻!)

  • @FreneticZetetic
    @FreneticZetetic Před rokem

    Where's Rudy's tool?! I'm a casual Rudy viewer, but when he makes videos like this, I start binging all his new stuff!

  • @Rsfarmerbob
    @Rsfarmerbob Před rokem

    You welcome back I was waiting ….. lol good content sir ❤

  • @AntonioSilva-gs6bg
    @AntonioSilva-gs6bg Před rokem +3

    The plural of "Lotus" is Loti...

  • @karbalababy
    @karbalababy Před rokem

    Best video in a while rudy

  • @a1pha_star
    @a1pha_star Před rokem

    Thank you Rudy, very cool.

  • @scottspears6028
    @scottspears6028 Před rokem

    He didn't even get into the green dot test. I'm surprised.

  • @Traumerei112
    @Traumerei112 Před rokem

    rudy i hope you know those binders will dent your cards .. the ones nearest to the middle at least. I learned the hard way, I hope you know that and don’t let your expensive cards all get dinged… because we all know you have like 100,000 binders of power and reserved list cards

  • @JesterBeats
    @JesterBeats Před rokem +2

    I dont give 2 hoots and a holler about any tcg besides pokemon. But i like listening to you rudy just to hear whats going on.

  • @bigskygemsmontana9464
    @bigskygemsmontana9464 Před 9 měsíci

    I own a mox Emerald. Its my best card, I started collecting when inwas 10. Im 39 now, i own so many reprints, they are awesome, we have fun playing old school death hand decks. Collecting isn't a 401k, its just for fun.

  • @NamathCB
    @NamathCB Před rokem

    Love these vids!

  • @agoogleuser1085
    @agoogleuser1085 Před rokem +1

    Hey Rudy thanks a lot for this education. I was curious if you could make a all in video on all the detailed checks you do. I know the green dot, lgith, black light and scale test but was wondering if there is more. The Centering of the mana value was interesting! How would you go about checking 50 to 100 dollar modern cards as there is lots of variation?

    • @bortbreadface6259
      @bortbreadface6259 Před rokem +2

      Texture and general card feel is your best friend for a quicky- compare to other cards from the same set and print run if possible. The green dot + rosette pattern test is will already catch 99.9% of fakes.

    • @maltefischer1830
      @maltefischer1830 Před rokem

      @@bortbreadface6259 is it confirmed that its just 99.9 percent ? Did anyone ever find a fake that passed both green dot and rosette pattern ?

    • @agoogleuser1085
      @agoogleuser1085 Před rokem

      @@bortbreadface6259 i prefer more stable or call it analytical approaches than "feel" or "smell". For example japanese print runs can feel, smell and look like fakes if you never handled them. And can you specify what you mean with texture and how its quantified or and measurable?

    • @bortbreadface6259
      @bortbreadface6259 Před rokem

      @@agoogleuser1085 Not really, you've just gotta tone down the tism and trust your years of experience.

    • @bortbreadface6259
      @bortbreadface6259 Před rokem

      @@maltefischer1830 I haven't seen or heard one, if one did exist though - and it did pass those tests then the makers of it wouldn't fuck up the simpler stuff like bend test, weight ect - so we would never know, right?

  • @kevind5230
    @kevind5230 Před rokem

    Good video, thank you!

  • @FlowLikeWater429
    @FlowLikeWater429 Před 10 měsíci

    Not gonna lie that is a beautiful card

  • @grecalmagro
    @grecalmagro Před rokem +1

    I Bought Cheap $10 Black Lotus cards, just to play with my daughter. Definitely a Proxy/Counterfeit… not a professional player, neither expect to play tournament, just For Fun… 🤷🏻‍♂️…

  • @IndiesVSHeroes
    @IndiesVSHeroes Před rokem

    What about the binder dings from the 3 rings? I’m shocked he’s keeping power cards in a ringed binder. Apparently he’s not worried about it so I don’t know why I am

  • @pccleric
    @pccleric Před rokem +1

    Would Rudy volunteer to be the special guest referee when Zuckerberg and Musk have their cage match?

  • @user-io1mj9ex8l
    @user-io1mj9ex8l Před rokem

    @rudy Any Chance you could make a video about summer magic?

  • @willthethrill8661
    @willthethrill8661 Před 5 měsíci

    “The god book” my fing god

  • @trolling0001
    @trolling0001 Před rokem

    Lotus Eye see all that power.

  • @MassiveSwordAndCards
    @MassiveSwordAndCards Před rokem

    I see people actively buying $80 black lotus proxy.... they are usually made by MPC and cost the buyer at most $2 per card assuming they have them manufactured in even a low quantity. No idea why people buy these. Print your own or have it made. It's cheap.

  • @UncleJamie
    @UncleJamie Před rokem

    Phoenix by Charlotte Cardin.
    It is what it is Chat. It is what it is.

  • @eggplantcomics8336
    @eggplantcomics8336 Před rokem +2

    Until the one of one ring came out...

  • @aquickchatwith...245
    @aquickchatwith...245 Před rokem

    I believe it’s Lotususes..

  • @AlphaHoarder
    @AlphaHoarder Před rokem

    Awesome video!

  • @ryangraveson6677
    @ryangraveson6677 Před rokem

    I believe it would be Lotii, because you wouldn't say octopusi (no giggity), you would say octopi

  • @tomcadden8054
    @tomcadden8054 Před rokem

    It only took us 7 years to get Raw Rudy

  • @Diog0_0moreira
    @Diog0_0moreira Před rokem

    and the 30TH black lotus V1 and V2?

  • @medium9738
    @medium9738 Před rokem

    rudy flexed so hard on this one

  • @Mtg_duk
    @Mtg_duk Před rokem +13

    It hurts my mtg soul every time he pulls out the 3 ring binders since they tend to cause binder dings, regardless of how they are stored. 😬

    • @TKKCollector
      @TKKCollector Před rokem +3

      Seen so many Pokémon card dings. Triggered as well

    • @Pers0n97
      @Pers0n97 Před rokem +5

      He stores them on the side so the pages hang from the rings, thus negating all possible damages.

    • @persuasivebarrier2419
      @persuasivebarrier2419 Před rokem

      @@Pers0n97he only puts it on the side to sandwich his dong

    • @mtgtv1384
      @mtgtv1384 Před rokem +4

      this isnt true. stored on the side like a book, binder dings arent a concern. most binder dings occur from carelessly turning binder pages.

    • @TKKCollector
      @TKKCollector Před rokem

      @@mtgtv1384 I know he has good quality pages (not the Walmart kind) but why risk it? Side loading binders for me all the way

  • @brandoncarr1469
    @brandoncarr1469 Před rokem

    god book comes out, MY EYES

  • @XLR8Yeti24
    @XLR8Yeti24 Před rokem

    Hey Rudy,
    Nice hair cut! I want to ask you a favor. I’m currently playing a Garth, One Eye EDH deck. I need a proxy Black Lotus! Would you consider sending me a bogus one to use in this deck? I’d hate to have to buy one,& think it would be cool to say,” Rudy sent me this!”
    You can sign it too, so you’ll know I’m not going to try to sell it!
    Thanks Bro!

  • @EthanBonardel
    @EthanBonardel Před rokem

    Serialize the infamous "Rudy's Raw"! :$

  • @RobbieNero
    @RobbieNero Před rokem

    Was that a 1/1 rudy red nail polish in the hopes and dreams box

  • @firecrest3325
    @firecrest3325 Před rokem

    Now they have the super secure holofoil stamps

  • @Meskarts
    @Meskarts Před rokem

    *correct plural would be Black Loti

  • @McBillyBoy
    @McBillyBoy Před rokem

    World of warcaft also has a Black lotus problem 😂

  • @bryanedds8922
    @bryanedds8922 Před rokem

    Just waiting for Rudy to frisbee the Black Lotus into a closet somewhere...

  • @Satimy
    @Satimy Před rokem +1

    Green Dot Test

  • @VPB1218
    @VPB1218 Před rokem

    MY LOSS IS YOUR GAINNN 😂 over a table worth my life and my ancestors collectively

  • @boltywolty123
    @boltywolty123 Před rokem

    Will Rudy get the one ring?

  • @stehlik
    @stehlik Před rokem

    Nice FaB playmat there!

  • @Bacon574
    @Bacon574 Před rokem +1

    I bought a lotus from Batman too…..

  • @sewaseem
    @sewaseem Před rokem

    2:19 sleeve worth more than the card 🤣

  • @comandoLadilla
    @comandoLadilla Před rokem

    Rudy: tried to educate showing different versions of the same card, colors, fonts, etc.
    Me: Sees same card and no difference, I guess better to not mess with this

  • @madquest8
    @madquest8 Před rokem

    My god... LOTR heads to $31,000