So It Has Come To This: The Collector Booster Box Game For Magic: The Gathering | Why? Why?
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Did you miss the regular booster box game for Phyrexia All Will Be One? Watch it here: czcams.com/video/pLwW_ZSmdS4/video.html
What do you think about the price increases for the next 3 sets that just dropped on Amazon $300 set box's 🤔
You really sped up the ad too much xD
dude we need more flesh and blood content😮💨
The gap between value and price continues to get worse with sealed. The solution? Apparently, WotC believes its increasing the price on sealed some more. I really enjoyed opening sealed products but for the last 16 months I just can't justify the cost and now it looks like it's another year of singles only. It's depressing and I just don't understand why they think this is good for the game.
@@MH-pe8wj Had to check to make sure...
The only one that's outrageous is Commander Masters.
Lord of the Rings is high, but less than $200 for set boosters (collector's are out of line high, though,) and MotM are at a regular price (nowadays...) but draft boosters are high compared to set ones.
Either they're gonna raise set prices for MotM, or they lower the draft (we know they won't do that...)
The fact that all these foil, borderless, alternate art cards are so cheap is actually good. Affordable cards are good. The problem is the price of the box.
Solid agree. The collectors boosters would make excellent prize packs if the boosters were distributed to game stores in limited runs at the same price as draft boosters.
Sadly, due to Influencers and larger game stores, a false demand has made them so over printed, that as soon as release hits, the Big game stores and Influencers rip everything, presell, and then flood market to the point that a small lgs has and will literally go under, solely from Magic sales. The game needs more players and alot less greedy people trying to make a buck.
That’s the point of the video
For a second there I didn’t think he’d defeat the shrink wrap boss.
he needs to grab Rudy's Tool
Hahaha
Given his open disdain for collector boosters, I'd imagine there was a temptation to throw down the box in frustration right there and end the video.
I was fully prepared for a 35min shrink wrap fight set to lofi music
Bought a Collector Booster box myself, and can confirm. That is some tough plastic, probably to keep the oil in.
When I watched these to live vicariously through you I didn't expect to also feel the pain
I just love the fact that the most valuable card in your collectors box of All Will be One is a card thats not technically in All Will Be One XD
It's got the ONE logo, and you can get them in every kind of pack from the set, so curious as to why you consider it not in the set?
@@syndieouellet2763 You ought to look very closely at that Sheoldred, especially the set symbol. In fact, look the other Praetors with the Richard Whitters concept art and see what their set symbols are...
@@exclamation744 ah I see now, thanks, I only saw Elesh Norn and assumed the others were the same.
@@syndieouellet2763 in the packs yeah but not standard.
@@exclamation744 you can't get that version of sheoldred outside phyrexia ONE though. So this is a moot point.
Part of me wanted this to just be 30 min of The Prof "struggling" with the packaging and then rolling to credits.
underrated comment
Make it a HowToBasic type video where it's him trying his damnedest to get through the shrinkwrap, be it with fire, a jackhammer, cooking it in a sauté pan and sitting down for dinner only to break his fork on it, etc. Every time something doesn't work, it shows a quick cut-in to his face and a frustrated scream as his sanity deteriorates for half an hour!
Omg, thank you so much for adding the "Now Playing" element to these videos! I've always enjoyed the music for the booster box games, so this is great.
All the card treatments are a good reminder that when everything is special, nothing is special.
I miss the excitement of opening a foil and that being something to enjoy and know you got a price boost. Now there's too many arts which is fine for just playing but makes opening packs less enjoyable at times.
100%
@@ttray1744 and the fact that a lot of foils lower price now
@@SpindlyTree86 My favorite pack I opened back in the day was a Non-foil Cavern of Souls and a Foil Gisela, Blade of Goldnight. Makes me sad that people don't get to enjoy that feeling anymore. New arts are cool but there are so many it feels not special anymore.
@@ttray1744 I have a golgari insect deck and I'm trying to foil it out with all the oldest foils possible and man it's expensive. Looking up in the $500 range for all the cards in their oldest foils
Ever since my disappointing box of Baldur's Gate, I always take the advice "Buy Singles from your LGS." So much so, that I've met a few great friends at the LGS, and even started hosting large Magic nights locally. Not buying things like collector boosters has made me appreciate The Gathering so much more.
Yeah, baldur's gate was a really odd set to open. Infinite amount of the same legends and none of the good cards...
Buy singles! From locals in the store or the store itself!
it's still fun to get a pack here an there because I find stuff I didn't know about, but putting the time in to look at the sets and know what I want and don't want, and to buy the stuff I want feels so much better in the long run. I ended up buying the phyrexian showcase lands for my vampire orzov deck and it kind of hurt to spend $25 bucks on lands but not as much as buying a set booster box and just *hoping* I got them.
@@wildhearses If you add up the money you would spend on sealed, you quickly have enough to buy some ridiculous singles. Rasputin Dreamweaver is a Legends Rare, reserved list, with only two printings in 1994: English and italian Legends. In Europe you can get it for 210 USD in nice condition, and that is the english version, italian is much cheaper.
He is a bomb in commander, he ramps colorless mana, gives you 7 colorless when you manage to flicker him, you can build a mean eldrazi tron.
Yeah I only ever buy draft booster boxes if I actually want to draft. Otherwise singles are the way
I learned this lesson the hard way…. Twice…
4:00 I laughed hard at the first Showcase foil having an amazing value of just $0.05!
Can't wait to see the Commander Masters Collector's Box with 4 packs!!!!
Wait a minute
Paying extra for extra chance, only guarantees that you'll be paying extra.
Thanks for the reminder Prof.
3:00 I thought this video might be a joke where professor tries to open the box for 30 minutes and after that be like: well, it doesn't open. Thanks for watching!
I imagine the conversation with his sponsors go something like this:
Prof: I need $240 to do this episode.
Sponsor: Why?
Prof: I like to burn other people's money. It makes me feel compleat.
I see what you did there😁
@theflamingpandai no, but I think it worked for the joke.
I cracked a phyrexia collector booster display myself today and let's just say - I didn't even get to 150$.
I deserve it.
to add to this: just cracked a Dominaria Remastered draft too and well, it would've actually made the booster box game and contained more value than the Phyrexia collector box I opened yesterday.
If not for the alt art Force of Will I pulled on my second to last pack, that box would've been very comparable to the Profs though. Until then the highest value I pulled was Yawgmoth, alt art No Mercy, foil Entomb and two Mystical Tutors.
So yeah, gonna end on that high note. Hopefully got pack-cracking out of my system for at least a couple of months now lol
@@TheLastDaysOfSorrow Dominaria Remastered was Awesome for me! I easily doubled my money, but I seemed unusually lucking hitting a $10-30 card in almost every pack. Honestly, I kept expecting someone to jump out and say that I was pranked.
I just finished opening mine. I didn't even reach 120$. My woes are many, and my days will now be few. I didn't think I could possibly get under HALF the sale price, but I did.
I will now always stare at this box with shame, thinking I could've got something over 25 dollars.
It's insane how good the cards look but my disappointment is that some look almost the same. Also, I really love that manga art.
Idk, I don't really like how so many cards don't really look like Magic cards anymore. B&W art also makes it harder to tell what's actually depicted, and being absolutely coated with foil Phyrexian symbols looks kind if gaudy IMO, and doesn't help with the art being hard to identify.
@@TheBizzerker I can see why would think that way but personally I like it when they deviate from their usual design every now and then and try something else. Gotta experiment with new things sometimes
I love the art but hate the oil slick treatment. Makes them look and feel like cheap plastic knock offs and reminds me of fake yugioh
@@PieMan061 The oil slick is only in the compleat edition box. None of these cards are the oil slick cards. I think you mean the step and compleat foils which are the ones with all the logos on them.
@@kylesmith987 ….gosh danggit why do they need so many alternate treatment names. Regardless, I hate them
Your "Buy Singles" playmat is my go-to. Has a remarkably dapper dragon on it too.
I love that one!
I love how enthusiastic Prof is. He clearly loves Collector Boosters.
Also: The box appears to pass the stretch test.
"Purchase only the individual cards that you wish to acquire instead of buying packs of cards in pursuit of acquiring these desired cards through random chance."
There that's a good slogan. You can put that on a t-shirt if you want, Prof.
Yeah, Elesh Norn single price is much more palatable after watching this.
But sometimes I don't know what I want next until chance gives me some new cards to build around. So there's that.
I just like watching you play these games, because I would be furious just buying it.
The fact that full art foil phyrexian text lands are less than $2 really says something….I’m not even sure what it says….but it’s something
I get it, not everyone can read Phyrexian text...yet😏
@@ferdithetank7535 and nobody will ever read it
@@MrCenturion13 I recently did a little buying and got 70 Beta basic lands from different people. All artworks, some dark Beta, none in pristine condition but all look really nice in sleeves. I used to play foil basics from Mirrodin and Unhinged, now its all Beta in all my decks. All the new fancy versions made me do it. Putting Beta basics from 1993 into all my decks now, if i run out i will buy more.
Some go for unglued nonfoil basics, this set pre-dates foil cards and these are the first fullart basic lands ever released to my knowledge, and there is only one version for each.
Some go for unlimited basics as the only white-bordered cards in the deck (apart from dual lands) for easier fetchland use. Or revised basic lands to go with revised dual lands, again for fetchland use.
What i feel is that all the variants make people desire a permanent solution across all decks. One recognizable version across all decks and be done with it. So a newer, fancier version comes along and noone cares. Fetchlands play a role, failing to quickly find your fetchland target feels bad.
With these new ones, and i agree they look nice, the sensible options are: Ignore them, or buy 100 and use them consistently for ALL your decks.
@@MrCenturion13 I still do not like alpha, it makes weird wear patterns on the sleeves which make your deck marked. This matters for tournaments, not for EDH, in tournaments Alpha comes with the burden of having to re-sleeve the entire deck often.
I like the consistency. I think Alpha/Beta and Unglued basics are most recognizable across the table, 1993 due to nostalgia and Unglued due to the very good, unique design. Its like these are most friendly for people with impaired vision.
Beta is a bit of a flex, as these are pricy. The reason why i do not go for unlimited to match my white-bordered dual lands is a bit sick, i play no white-bordered duals. I play foreign limited black-bordered french/italian/german duals. These raise eyebrows, they look even better than Beta. Frame looks like 4th edition black-bordered, color saturation and print quality are really high, and many people do not even know these exist. Low print run. So its always a bit of a moment when you play a black-bordered french Underground Sea.
I'm so happy that the listing for the music shows up..
Thank you so much. It was hard trying to find some of those.
Something I want is "Tolaria community college beats to grade papers to" which is just a playlist of the music used for the booster box game
I listen to the lofi channel on Spotify - same type of music.
A significant amount of the music is Kevin MacLeod, who is copyright free and has all of his music on CZcams
DMR truly should have been the MtG 30th anniversary release with the M30 proxies inserted randomly for nostalgia.
Ah the booster box game, where the card is either worth all the money in your wallet or worth less than the gum under your shoe
I played my first game on your discord. It was so fun. . . This community is amazing and welcoming. Loved it!
This video was hilarious! I've never seen videos like this but it was great. Please do more of these!
Finally you added a bar that shows what music is playing! Thank you prof!
That Sheoldred was pretty sweet
The music shout-outs are really appreciated! Keep up the great work Prof!!
Hey! I just noticed the music box that pops up between tracks. Thanks a lot for that! I'm sure many others appreciate it too!
Really appreciate you posting the song info in your vids!
Thanks for adding the music info. I’d always been curious
These are some of my favorite videos! Thanks Prof!!
I’m so glad you choose to play the collector boosters game!
I was really waiting for this to be a 30 minute video watching Prof trying to open the box.
I got a box from my Husband and pulled every variation of Kaito in foil but hey I also pulled some actually good cards.
Never thought I'd a see a game i've been playing for almost 4 years sponsor your video prof.
Thanks prof. Love your work
Many magic the gathering players ask the question: why and who put you up to this?
Lol for real
The magic is how fast they empty your pockets
Just wanted to say hey. Thanks for what you do. You're top notch my guy
Before I even watch I want to say I fully enjoy the box game with the professor. More box game all day long.
Thanks for showing the songe title and artist! :) Really appreciate it!
Not sure if I'm noticing the "Now Playing" for the first time or if it's a new addition. Either way, love it.
I've never been lucky enough to open a collector pack, and I love this set, so this was a blast to watch!
@@justinthomas4731 you serious? Haha. Even if it's not the card I'm after, I would be very thankful!
thanks for the playlist box, also thanks for the fun,
I like the feeling of opening packs. It’s fun. I get to keep bulk and build out a bunch of commander decks
Love your content! Do you have a list of what you use to not have too bright a light and keep the cards in focus?
Thank you for being so brave
I don't know how recent it is but, thank you for the now playing .
Like the little tag to the song on the bottom left corner...other then Kevin Mclouds music I wondered about the other tunes you used. (like having them play when I open packs)
Wow, I love the message of this video! It can all be summed up with just 2 words at 32:37!!! 😊
Hey, I’m at least glad to see you enthusiastic about the Star Trek game in this video!
love the now playing box!
Cracking packs is so much fun though. I often think about how much fun it would be just to sit down with one of these creators and talk about the game while opening packs.
Dunno whether it's the alcohol or mah brain but ''after the laughter from them resides'' tickled me to the next plane over. That was a throw away sentence but it hit me with the big funny haha's. you win todays funny.
The first 3 songs sound nice on 2x speed. This should be a factor worth considering for these types of videos where fast-forwarding is so useful
there's something so funny about the loud cash register sound effect playing when you open a $2 card out of a $20 booster
Really like what you did with the music
My shop once held a
Collector Booster Draft
and it was awesome.
Peoples decks were great, and it was chais style do we could play with any sets collector boosters
Meanwhile there's also the excitement of receiving in the mail those specific proxies you ordered
Thanks for putting music credits in the video.
27:23 What an apt description of this box.
You can definitely draft collector packs, I’ve done this quite a bit now, it’s pretty fun, specially for not great draft formats like all will be one
Oh wow this hurt. So nice to get this dose of reality without having dropped that much money for it.
That Sheoldred looks so good though! I want to get one in perfect condition, get it graded and then put it on display
I did a sealed thing with friends early this week with my box of Dominaria Remastered. My box, though, was pretty fantastic in terms of value. 2 FoWs (one old border, one full art), Mystical and Enlightened tutors (old border Mystical), foil full art Entomb, full art Urza's Incubator, BoP, regular and full art Mystic Remora, Gauntlet of Power. So in the end it was really good. But still - we played so that was the big important part.
I like the “question life choices”
I buy sealed product for non-draft reasons all the time! (only bundles because they're great storage boxes)
The "Now Playing" feature is awesome
Fun to watch a collector box game!
Closer then I expected you to get honestly
What a small sample size to try to dunk on collector boxes? Rudy from the 3rd Floor Basement opened some slammers
I just opened my collectors yesterday, compleat vorinclex, four Nissa with two being compleat, 4 wanderer, foil norn, and well over $560 in value.
I was absolutely floored, and had a total of 12 planeswalkers in the box, new kaya, two Kaitos, it was amazing.
I was expecting to get burnt, but sometimes the luck pulls through
I got a collector box of All Will Be One on release day for 225$ from my LGS and even had the guy behind the counter pick my box from a case that one box taken out. The box ended up being pure fire as I pulled an Elesh Norn regular art foil, the Step and Compleat foil Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant and also a foil Borderless Concept Praetor Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider. Three cards almost got me as much value as the cost of the box!!!!! I was VERY happy to say the least. Cheers and good luck to the rest of you.
I cracked my Magicfest Philly VIP packs which were 60$ market value, got
I got the message Professor! Obviously you wanted to tell us that collector boosters are much better value then draft boosters. It is rigorously proven in this video!
My recent purchases: Unlimited Tropical Island, english Legends Rasputin Dreamweaver, a Time Spiral from Urzas Saga, and 1998 Urzas Saga prerelease foil Lightning Dragon. All 4 are reserved list, one is for fun/collecting and the first ever official release of a foil card, 3 are great for commander. Apart from the unlimited Dual, what you paid for the boxes gives you enough budget to buy the others. These are truly iconic cards. Price for both boxes also gets you in range for a real Dual land.
When I first saw the showcase Malcator at 6:42 , my mind immediately gave me the "Jar Jar Binx" interpretation of the artwork.
14:26 the price in my binder just took a big hit and i couldn't be happier for it
the music is dope in this episode
You definitely can draft set boosters! for friends it feels like a better experience, competitive wise it probably isn't as good!
The real value of Dominaria Remastered comes from being able to draft one of the most well loved draft formats of 2022
me and 3 friends actually DID draft a collector box once, we did a 4 player draft of Strixhaven, and it was one of the most fun drafts i've ever done, it was such a weird and fun environment, tho i suspect that it was in part because of the archive cards.
JUST BUT SINGLES DAMN THAT WAS ROUGH. GLAD YOUR DRAFTING WITH THIS BOX
I was starting to think it was going to be a half hour of just getting the wrapping off the box haha.
Love your video's by the way.
I got myself a pack 2 weeks ago for my birthday. The most value I got, no kidding is a foil basic land. Overall less than 5$ value😅😅 I was quite mad at myself for falling in the trap!
Finally I know what is being said in the Cha Cha song “Dance!” I thought possibly it was saying “Dab!”
I love the black and white art
Wow, Brian... That was a blow out.
Wow...I never thought Scopely would get the professor...lol
NGL... those phyrexian lands with the cool line art are goddamn beautiful...
Nice to see the music autor.
In my dominaria remastered I got urza, high lord artificer, urza incubator, Jin alt full art, 2 enlighten tutor, worldly tutor, gamble, 1 entomb 1 foil old border entomb, some other stuff
Had lots of fun as usual with this. I would once again like to request considering a softer, less intrusive sound alert when you pull a money card. That "Cha Ching" is very loud and imo ruins the chill vibe your great music Playlist brings to the table.
Watching that Dom. Remasters opening was painful.. Im so sorry for your loss.. ^_^
How do you sell your cards? do you just give it to the LGS or online
Almost did this. Glad I decided to get a set box instead. 9 mythics including elesh Norn. Wouldn't risk it a second time though. Just going to save up for lotr release🤤
prof was playin some fire beats this booster box game, we were spittin freestyles the whole time xD