Buying a Magic: The Gathering 2018 Gift Pack VS a Pokémon Island Guardians Premium Collection
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Many Magic the Gathering Players ask the question: "Why is it that Pokemon has alt-art full foil ultra rares in regular packs... and available to buy in collector sets... and WHAAAAAAAT, textured cards!?"
Pokemon TCG full art Ultra Rares are just amazing to look at and to hold. They have a lovely tactile texture and seem to have a weight to them. I still have some of my old cards from before I left the game. Goundon is boss.
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I honestly dislike how pokémon does that. It makes the game look too flashy and I feel like every card looks the same. It also ruins the exclusivity of having full art.
The best part of the hyper rare textured cards is that the card stock isn't shit
@@ty_sylicus a weight? Thats a problem
@Henry Tang all foils do but alot less then magic foils alot less
man, that Pokemon collection makes me wish I played Pokemon. I wish Magic had awesome products like that, I wish they tried harder.
Trust me if you knew all the deeper workings of Pokémon you’d be happy you play magic. They knock it our of the park with stuff like this but compared to magic everything else is pretty abysmal.
@@RobbieEctor like what
@The Dark One Lately the starter decks from pokemon have been getting better though.
Give Pokemon shot it isn't too expensive to start and you can sell back your cards if you don't enjoy it
argenismartinezpally Has used to sway back and fourth between the 2. Though I love mtg, Pokémon clearly cares more
Prof: Wizards messed up on the gift pack again... BUT LOOK AT THIS POKEMON STUFF!
Man if only Wizards was as generous with it's products as the pokemon people.
I'm pretty sure its handled by The Pokémon Company, like most merchandising is. I think at one point, Upper Deck was in charge after WOTC was no longer at the helm.
I really wish that was the case as well. The Fat Pack equivalent in Pokemon comes with a similar number of packs and Energy, but also comes with dice for counters, status markers, and premium sleeves. SLEEVES!
VGJustice Just too bad that the sleeves are terrible and risks actually bending the cards.
To be fair, the packs of pokemon the rest of the year are tremendously costive, for 10 cards you're paying double the price of a 15 cards magic booster pack, and a booster box is not 90$ but more like 120$ for 24 and not 36 packs
@@VGJustice Also their elite trainers boxes have perfected and doesn't have that annoying lip that bends cards. I have the one from Celestial Storm and it is better than all MTG fat pack boxes combined.
Make the 5 cards in the MTG Gift pack 5 different coloured, alt-art legendarys from the most recent set, newbies love character cards and it's a doorway into Commander. There, easy, I fixed it Wizards!
As a commander myself, I approve.
docterfantazmo the problem with wotc printing high value cards is that they may be sold out or raised in msrp as a result, making it unfair
Yeah awesome idea, and they don't have to be super expensive standard chase cards, they could be just cool not too expensive decent commander options like the new Lazav or Niv Mizzet
They don't have to be high-value though. Someone like Etrata or even Tajic from Guilds aren't super-expensive but decent cards you could run as commanders for EDH or Brawl.
That's my point, they don't have to be the financial big bads of the set. The guild second in commands are perfect for something like this, or if ya wanna live the dream, the elder dragons from C19.
This channel is so great and the community is very friendly and helpful. I'm so glad I took up Mtg 3 years ago. And thank you, Prof, for all the advice and tips in your videos.
Ah, victory
wow, the Senate plays MTG o.o
@@iandegiovani4703 I do...and my deck is black/red.
DEW IT!!
I play MTG and my son is getting into Pokémon now, and when I go to my LGS looking at the similar products like the fatpacks/bundles I can’t believe Pokémon offers stuff like card sleeves, dice, token markers and playmats already inside the box usually at the same cost! When on a budget all the Pokémon stuff seems like such a better deal than MTG stuff. Not always but more so than not to be fair.
When I decided to start playing a TGG, it was between Magic and Pokémon. Aesthetically speaking, I leant toward Magic. But Pokémon just seemed better in so many other ways. The community is better/friendlier, it's a hell of a lot cheaper, and the Pokémon Company make moves to support their players - like in this box.
I liked this comparison video. It showed how different companies are handling special product, and that's something neat to see.
As a mostly casual player who does keep up on what's powerful and what's "not great" I actually like when they make product for ppl like myself. I like all 5 of the promo cards, and have decks already built most of them would fit in as fun cards to play in 3 and 4 person casual planechase games (my favorite format). I will def be looking to get a copy of the mtg gift pack.
That said, I do think it could be better in the ways you've pointed out. I think the pokemon set is really neat and comes with lots of cool stuff. A bit too pricey for myself if I were more into the game (currently I only play with pre-constructed decks occasionally with my girlfriend.)
I like that both come with the codes, tho I wish the magic packs also started coming with codes the way the pokemon packs do. I also appreciate that you give away the codes when you review these products. I have never tried to use one myself, as I'm slow and not likely to get on before someone else has, but it's a nice touch on your part and I like that.
Over all, while I understand when you're discussing the need for magic to be made more affordable for the major formats, and I totally agree, I do like sometimes these products are made for casual players like myself. I have got almost every planeswalker deck that's been made and they're super fun for a simple, causal time to just bust out and not have to think about being super strong against each other. That's just my take. I like these products, and think they should keep making them, in addition to making better products to help get needed reprints out there (cause the masters sets aren't good enough, especially at their costs.)
The foil code has already been redeemed. For anyone curious that wants to save their time.
You could be lying =)
@@lucasferes3519 Can confirm, it's been redeemed :T
I assume those codes are gone within 2 or 3 seconds of the video being posted. I've tried a couple times when I see them pop up, but they were gone within a minute.
@@lucasferes3519 I mean even if he's typed this so he could have it, he has already taken it. So why would he bother to type this out?
@@lucasferes3519 This would be the strangest thing to lie about lol.
I think I'm in a tiny minority that comes to your channel almost exclusively for pokemon stuff and the odd gear review of binders and boxes/sleeves
I play both
He rarely post anything related to Pokémon TCG, and that's how I came across his channel. :/
@@ObviouslyDiego that's why we have our MASSIVE LEGEND posting every two days!!!(tm)
I, too, am in that group. Though I do watch some of his MTG content anyway just out of curiosity... But it rarely makes complete sense to me as I only somewhat know the rules to that game.
same
I actually left Pokémon for mtg lol
Wait Prof actually saw my comment?! Best day EVER! Thank you!!
Same
Good choice , mtg da best
me 2
i still have my pokemon cards and i still play the games
honestly same, commander too lit
I think its unfair to the mtg product to compare it to such a glorious, amazing product as the pokemon one. Objectively speaking, the Pokemon product is just amazing, but the mtg one does fall flat. It's as if WoTC doesnt really listen to feedback, and while its better than last year's, it'd be nice to maybe see a gift box thats guilds of ravnica themed with one foil rare from each guild, like assassin's trophy, swiftblade vindicator, niv mizzet parun, connive//concoct, and camaraderie alongside the packs and the basics (each themed like the guild kits).
actually no they could just replace the gift box with the guild kits.
That's the point
Oh boy, i have bought all the guild kits, and have been playing them with my friends when we get tired of commander. They are a great buy.
The only important omission of the Pokemon gift is that a full half of the boosters are not standard legal...
So only some of them are actually a value outside the house.
Yes... there is an expanded format, but bringing an ok standard deck into expanded is a good way to never want to play the game again... and none of those sets are useful in expanded either.
@@anthonyschroeder521 They also have an unlimited fornat where you can use any card in the game for the most part. The only one I think that you cant have 4 of is Lysandre's Trump Card. It is limited to 1 per deck across all formats i believe. However, I am not certain if even small, meager tournaments are held for that format.
Honestly im glad I found this channel. I've been playing magic for nearly 5 years now and ever since coming across this my simple hobby has turned into a true addiction and way of relaxing. The enjoyment I get from watching videos and reviews like these keep the game alive for me and inform me greatly on what to look out for when buying my mtg products. Keep up the amazing work Prof and I hope you prosper in the new year to come.
I think that designing cards to be underwhelming on purpose is straight silly. They keep evaluating cards by power level or target audience and because of that they are facing the "problem" with the wrong mindset. If they would aim for flavor and play style on each of their cards..we would not need for all of them to be good in the competitive arena, we would just enjoy the cards that match our fantasy....for example if i liked strategies centered in graveyard recursion...there are still tons of unexplored ways to do that, i would hunt for each and every common or uncommon i need of that type to include it in a recursion EDH or casual deck, and i would never ever complain that they are not rares, or spiky, or even foil....
Simply put: i don't need more cards, i need more cards to fall in love with.
Thank you Professor for these critiques. We know Wizards is listening to you. 👍
Edit: I play both TCGs and I will be buying the Pokémon product. I don’t have enough money for both.
I play both too. .but ill go the 20$ route and buy lele GX by itself off tube secondary market when it MIGHT go down to 7.99.
Very interesting comparison, and a good reflexion on what Wizards could do better on their Gift Packs
Again an incredible video!! Here in Brazil, the Island Guardians Box came in a different model without the Playmat and only with six 6-cards booster pack, but it is still a good product, and it surprisin gly lowered the Lele-GX price in brazilian secondary market
As someone who enjoys Pokemon casually and is trying to get into Magic competitively, I really enjoy these kinds of videos! I love how you not only showed the failings of one product and the successes of another, but you elaborated on *why* they had their respective fails and successes.
I'm new to magic and your channel, but your videos really make me feel at home in the fan group - I love how detailed and accessible your reviews are
Please do a video on keyforge, I want to hear your opinion on it.
This please!
This is a video that I’ve wanted for a while, and you nailed it!
this is a very interesting comparative analysis. Thank you for performing it.
This is exactly the type of review I was hoping you would start doing when you began to look at Pokemon TCG a year or two ago. I think this kind of comparison is important to understanding why certain corporate decisions ultimately work or fail. As consumers it helps us understand what kind of standard we should be holding the creators and manufacturers of our own games to.
The more we know as a community, the more pressure it actually puts on the companies to actually try to compete which is always good for the consumer. Keep it up Prof.
I love it that you have a VHS Twin Peaks collection and The Maxx on your shelf. Great taste.
For the Promos I feel like we should have gotten these: (W) - Cleansing Nova / (U) - Sai, Master Thopterist / (B) - Graveyard Marshal / (R) - Banefire / (G) - Thorn Lieutenant. All of these are from Core Set 19, like the packs, so it is on theme there, they are not the most chase rares to be hoarded, but they still provide some more value to players than any of the others!
I play magic but I do hope to see more pokemon content. Its interesting to learn about and from the comments you have a good audience for it. Keep up the great work prof!
Rampaging brontadon seems like a playable card in mono green stompy. You could be swinging with 14 damage if you cast it normally. Even if some control deck splashes in green it would be a HUGE threat
Love “The Maxx” in the background, Prof!
im glad your expanding your channel to help pokemon tcg players too! keep up the gud work
Just print alt-art legendary (R)s from the latest standard set. For example, Isareth the Awakener, Lathliss, Dragon Queen, Lena, Selfless Champion, Sai, Master Thopterist, Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma... all under a dollar, and see some commander or possible standard play (eh... whatever...); or even just the CCC dominaria (R) cycle (4/5ths see play, right. but the most expensive's maybe $5?) and then full art lands (w/ recycled non-full art art for all I care).
Thank you for doing a wonderful job comparing these two products!
Brilliant! I love revising both simultaneously through comparison
I literally just bought TWO of these Magic: The Gathering 2018 Gift Packs about 30 minutes before I saw that you made this video, Professor! :-| LOL! :-D Although, I must admit that I was buying them mainly for the Angel card and the Booster Packs, and also for its collector's value. Had I seen your video BEFORE buying them, I probably would've gotten 1 and not 2. You make a lot of good points in this video, as you always do. You are very fair to both WotC and us players/fans, which I always greatly appreciate! And although I do enjoy buying products like this for their collector's value, it would be nice if their value was higher, and more tradable or transferrable. Happy gaming, Sir!
Always love your videos, professor. I recently started to play Pokémon TCG, and really want more Pokémon TCG videos!
I run rampaging brontosaurus (or whatever it's called) in my land matter decks like my lord win grace commander, because if I can ramp like it normally does I have found this card very helpful. All the other cards I never even played
Tapu Lele had already gone down in price quite a bit before this product was announced, and was no longer as expensive as you said here... That said, the promo *did* indeed still bring down the price further... though not as much as it would have if the box itself wasn't $50. Many Pokémon players (couldn't help myself) think that the box is priced too high and that the fact that half the booster packs in it are no longer in standard (with Ancient Origins not having *been* in standard for nearly a year and a half now) makes the whole thing a lot less appealing than it otherwise would...
But I still think it's a good thing that they made this. Tapu Lele *needed* to be made more easily available. Just a shame that they released it around the same time that the Lost Thunder Alolan Ninetales popped up, and might just be even *more* powerful and is sure to rise to similarly ridiculous prices due to how hard it is to get *anything* from that particular set...
I've watched a couple of the pokemon videos, I always like the throw-ins that are included in the boxes, even though I don't play the card game. That playmat is pretty neat and I liked the pikachu & eevee figure from the last video. If MTG did something other than spindowns (which, lets be honest, everyone probably has a billion of at this point) then I could see myself being more interested just because of that.
Never noticed that copy of The Maxx on your shelf before. Nice choice Professor!
Really like this video, think it's my favourite review you've done, really like the comparison of products.
I would love to see what you think of the Pokemon TCG Championship Decks 2018
So are you saying that pokemon is a little more expensive but offers better viability and accessible cards for their meta?
Loved the compare and contrast. Thanx Prof.
Great video Professor.
As a Pokémon player, one thing I think you missed that will reduce your grade on the Pokémon product is that a few of the packs offered in the set have already rotated out of standard.
Thanks Professor, I saw this advertised in Arena and wondered if it was worth it. It doesn't appear so, but wouldn't know without your review!
Prof. I just started teaching my 6 & 10 year old duaghters magic. i went into the store and asked if i could by some simple red and white cards possibly some without any keywords for like 10 bucks. No products exist. i have created at home with my own chaf, two 17 card decks that we have great swingy games with. we play with 10 life to keep games short. i left using key words out of the games. then as they come to grips with the basics i slowly tell them about the text on one card. as they get used to that card, i then elaborate on the next. We need a product like this to get that +13 years note on the product down!
Jean Marais local game stores carry free small decks of cards mono color just to give to new players
@@omegablast2002 good tip. thanks.
I picked up a Magic Gift Pack to add the Brontodon to a Lord Windgrace Lands Matter commander deck I'm tinkering with. Pulled a foil Reliquary Tower, a foil Omniscience, and a Nicol Bolas, the Ravager from the packs. So, it was pretty worth it for me! xD; Good luck on your own pulls!
I think it would be better if we got the Collection style Gift box again, the only reason i got lastyear's box was the Foil Kari Zev was there on top of the Foil basics with promo art. The legendary made it to my Pirate EDH deck. These flash in the pan looking gift boxes make using Deckbuilder's toolkits and bundle boxes as storage rather the only option for something that is larger than a single deck box from Ultra Pro that has magic banding on it.
Just found your channel, you have extremely informative content! It is also engaging and interesting, new subscriber here!
Roast MTG. Wizards needs a good roasting.
I agree that the holiday gift box turned into a great product and it's sad they stopped doing them. The box was really nice, the dividers were good, and it was one pack short of being a perfect product (one more pack would have allowed sealed play).
My favorite part of seeing pokemon being added into the videos is seeing all the pokemon players leaving positive comments. Think it really shows some of the best parts of card games as a whole. Even though I dont play the Pokemon tcg (love the games though) I enjoy seeing them in comparison to MTG products.
More of these! Would loved comparisons of Magic versus yugioh or more pokemon or other card games! I think this really helps put things into perspective by comparing other companies!!
Prof, if WOTC were to label their packaged products that are appropriate for beginners/casual/kitchen tables as such ON THE BOX (Planeswalker decks, Gift Packs, Deckbuilder kits) and likewise label products for tournament play and collectors (Masters sets, theoretical booster packs of just uncommons and rares) and products that have overlap between both audiences (Bundles, regular boosters), would that change your grading criteria for these packaged items?
Hey Professor, can you do a review of the KMC black inner sleeves? They are fully opaque, matte backed inner sleeves that are suppose to be better for double sleeving.
I stopped playing pokemon tcg to get into MTG earlier this year, but I've been wanting to get back into pokemon and I think this tapu lele gx box sold me on coming back. Still love magic and I'm gonna continue playing but even without playing standard pokemon ik tapu lele gx lol and seeing it get a reprint like this is awesome, it shows that pokemon understands it's player base. I love both games and I hope Wizards sees not only how well pokemon premium boxes are selling but also this video, and they start making better choices and products for the players who love the game and are the very reason they get to keep making it. Here's to hoping lol
Can we talk about how absolutely gorgeous that playmat is? Look how bright and colorful it is!
I still think Abrupt Decay rather than Assassin's Trophy being in the Golgari guild kit was a kick in the teeth. Oh, you'll reprint Privileged Position, and that's cool... But screw good standard value?
Very insightful video comparing the two game company approaches. Thank you. Also, what is the issue with the video camera? It seems to refocus every few seconds.
I really enjoy these Pokémon reviews. I don’t know much about arena but hopefully they add redemptions codes in each pack like Pokémon does
I have all the past MTG Holiday Gift boxes, love them, and use them. I also really miss them and with they would be brought back!
love this concept for videos please do more
Hey Prof! Loved the review as always.
If I could make a suggestion for these product comparisons, would it be possible to add an extra line on the summary shots (e.g. at 10:38 of the video) that shows how much net value one could get from a product? Maybe something like: Total Value - MSRP = Net Value. Or have: (Total Value)/MSRP = Net Value %.
Cheers!
I may have just never noticed this, but can we talk about how the thing on Profs shelf next to the Twin Peaks (DVDs?) says "Poopie" on it?
I'd be interested to see a cross-game review like this with the Final Fantasy TCG. I know they recently released a preconstructed Heroes and Villains deck, and it sounds like really good value with full playsets of the games' mythic equivalent cards. It sounds like it is about equivalent to a mtg dual deck.
I think the Brontodon might do well in my Goreclaw edh deck... and that's pretty much it.
Yay for single purchasing!
I could see Rampaging Brontodon seeing some play in commander. We're looking at a 14/14 with trample at LEAST while it's attacking. I mean shit, you could run a fuck ton of ramp and give him hexproof and use him as your commander if you wanted and probably do ok.
Is there any store with an online shop that produces and sells entry level pre-constructed Pokemon decks, similar to the decks Card Kingdom has on offer for Magic the Gathering? I've tried looking but I'm unable to find anything of the sort. Card Kingdom doesn't even seem to support Pokemon in general, at least not online.
Imagine if the Magic Gift box had a playmat featuring original artwork with the current standard planeswalkers.
Varaska and Jace vs Nicol Bolas or something like that.
3:55 YA MAKING JANK, MURRY!
Honestly WOTC easily COULD make a product that is meant to target everyone and have a great product that ends up always being sold out. Will they...no...hell will freeze over first. Cause honestly they're idiots.
Tbf the guild kits are probably the closest thing to that. And they are actually sold out at all the places I shop. Just goes to show when WOTC actually tries they can make decent product that sells on its merits alone :p
@@EVO1148 honestly I think they're always sold out cause people are buying them and hoarding them to resell later for a massive profit. But I agree it is a decent product that attempts to be for everyone. Not just beginners, or veterans of magic.
MTG had these in the form of Duel decks. They were a mixed bag after a few batches and that was designed that way on purpose sadly. Some were amazing (like Jace vs Chandra) while some were pure garbage fire (like most of non PW ones). I think they should scale up the PW decks a bit more. They can add more boosters to "boost" value if they refuse to reprint obviously expensive cards there (sometimes they miss it and print value like Pia and Kiran, but they really aim for no value allowed). I think they should forget the whole Standard legal deal with those PW decks. They should print whatever. It's hard to add Carnage Tyrants and kill the EV of standard boxes (which is bad for stores as well, they are the biggest box openers after all), so they should be able to reprint older cards with some value but bad fit for master sets or Core sets. This would be the best instead of just randomly creating line of products and see which one sticks. They could legitimately make new PW decks every once 3 months (well they are doing it with those piss poor ones we have now). So if they need to make a Battlebond or Planeschase, they actually give more time to develop them instead of making them annual or semestral products.
Also, they could spice up it with crazy foil styles like Pokemon or every other collectable. Dunno if the card stock won't allow for special holo effects (hey they had some cool ones in the past in the form of test prints and Japanese promos), but those cards aren't meant for tournament staples anyway, so at least make them extra shiny and textured. I know they wanna cut the cost of production (like the assured very bad quality in precons since 2015 and the disaster with Amonkhet and Ixalan paper stock), so improving the quality isn't on their list of priorities. However, this is a collectable item, so they should improve the quality. They could increase the price in this case. They aren't smash hit sellers anyway, so at least increase the quality while increasing the price. It is meant to attract more casual players and collectors which quality products would matter more.
If I have a sale in my local store that sells the gift pack for 14 dollars, is it worth it? Or is it still shit
Thanks for your videos, Professor. I've been wondering, how many players actually wonder these things?
Here's a key difference between the two markets: I can pretty easily buy the Pokemon set at a random target (I've seen it more than once recently). If the MTG set has Trophy and Phoenix it I can guarantee I'd never see it at retail ever. The mark up would be instant and huge. MTG, at least in my area, has a much more significant singles market than Pokemon. While WOTC says they don't monitor the secondary market, they know better at some point. Demand for MTG will always be bigger than Pokemon and that impacts what can be reasonably reprinted. The selesnya deck in my area is gone at retail as an example.
David Martin I don’t think people are demanding wotc give us the most recently released, high demand standard/modern playable cards in gift packs. But there are other usable cards that are not among the current foremost chase cards such as those you mentioned that can be put into a gift box. I’d imagine it would sell at least as well as a gift box filled with unusable cards.
I believe the dilemma of the exclusive standard playable cards there should be a middle ground. Nothing super breaking but maybe like a "copy" of a standard deck building staple. I won't lie the Johnny in me wants to build around it but I really would like Timmy cards too like just big beefy bombs that are highly inefficient to pull off in a high competitive format but flashy and exciting to see nonetheless. I believe like playing Child of Alara as an example or Progenitous. They were big bombs when they hit the field but the trick was trying to find a way and that I would like.
Please, keep doing pokemon stuff.
I'm a veteran player, and started mtg a couple of weeks ago, lots of fun
That angel is insane in a standard angel or boros angel deck AND that green brontosaur is STUPID good in standard dinos AND for commander Gishath/Zacama.
Because the only other way to get them is the rivals half booster box gift box OR that standard showdown pack for rivals booster boxes. . . I'm kicking myself for not getting last years gift box times 4
I feel like the green Dino is actually not bad. It's a big beater for sure when it swings. This can see play in casual decks and CMDR
While the MtG 2018 Gift Pack is a definite step up from last year’s sad offering, I still wish they’d go back to the nice storage boxes they had previously. Feels bad throwing away the packaging, even if it is recyclable.
The one thing I think Pokemon does better with supplementary packages is that they're almost always worth the money. Most of them include booster packs (sometimes even exclusive packs like Generations of 2016 or Shining Legends of 2018) as well as coins, pins, jumbo cards, exclusive special printings of cards... they just add a lot of value to their fancy packages. They command a higher price tag, sure, but I think WotC has something to learn from TPCI here.
Brilliant video as always, Professor. I have to say that while I share your dislike of the unplayable, I think the reasoning is that should a planeswalker deck or other non-random sealed product contain a card that sees top tier play, that product will be next to unavailable for the casual crowd as the tournament level players will scoop them up with people only looking to see that chase cards on eBay and such grabbing the rest.
I remember back in the olden days of Kamigawa that the precon decks for betrayers of Kamigawa, one of the decks were always out of stock at game-stores, the other ones were in great supply- The one that was out of stock without exception was always the "rat's nest" deck. Why? Well it came with a copy of Umezawa's Jitte. I recall one of my back then three local games stores made the decision to limit purchases of that deck to one per customer.
Sadly in order to keep product available for the casual crowd, precons have to be kept fairly mediocre or the people they were intended for won't be able to get hold of them as tournament level players or "shit-heel" scalpers will go to great lengths to get cards for their decks or just to sell on at inflated prices.
The way I see it, WotC has a hard time winning with precon product no matter what they do.
Well at least they are somewhat useful in Commander. To have a Dakkon Blackblade while attacking is quite nice. :)
Especially since it's in the right color now. ^^
I have a budget of 50$ this christmas and i know i want a classy wood deck box but, i was wondering what mtg products for cards i should get
Hey Prof I was wondering can u do a video on a black-blue control or black-red Aggro deck for modern just asking?
While it's true the exclusive MTG cards are unlikely to break the meta, some are fairly decent options for budget/mid-power decks. The Vampire is decent lifegain on a removal, even if the timing is weird. Brontodon is imo the most playable, because it is very good at closing games. If you land ramp into it, this is a 14/14 Trample for 7 manas. Even with dorks, this is likely a 2 shot at worst.
Hey Prof, any chance we can get a Pokemon Tcg beginner video? Like maybe a nice budget entry into Pokemon? I love the games and I know the card game is similar to magic but idk where to begin
Play the online game. Seriously, it's got a tutorial, it's got a theme deck format to play in to get to know the game, and you can acquire cards without spending any real money.
Rampaging Brontodon is going right into my Gishath EDH deck
How hard would it be to choose 5 heavily played standard cards, one for each colour, namely cards that are overly expensive but will be worth literally nothing post-rotation; so Steel-leaf, Chain-whirler, Vraska's contempt, Tempest Djinn and Settle the wreckage with all/some alt art? (None of those even encroach on Ravnica cards.)
Add in a *unique* spindown (because I know we all love the clear and gold/silver spindowns) + 4 packs.
Maybe a slight markup to $25. Done.
Professor...is it to say I love...the content of your videos? Play the booster box game? Lost Thunder? Love that your adding Pokémon!!! (However, watching until the end of the video, I noticed you didn’t open all the packs for Island Guardians Collection? Why not?)
Could you make an episode about school friendly products. E.g compact but quick to use deck box or a small but sturdy binder to use.
The five exclusive cards are decent in commander, you just have to have an alike deck. The angel would go good in a Mentor deck, the turtle would go good in a "butt swinger" Arcades decks, the vampire would go in the Whisper deck, the phoenix would go good in a Naya Revolt deck and the brontodon would be good in a Windgrace deck. There is potential in any card as long as you're open minded.
I wish we got pins and coins out of boxes for MTG product. I like collecting the little fun things, even if the cards wind up being lackluster.
I think the main difference is longevity. A lot of times, the promos and reprints available in the Pokémon premium sets go on to see some play in Standard and/or Expanded. The cards that have been available in the recent MtG holiday sets have had like no value.
Hey professor would you be willing to donreviews on small sized (japanese size) cards sleeves.
Your reviews on magic sized ones help immensely i was hoping as a yugioh player i could learn about the quality of our games sleeves?
Not that it makes is much better, but I did have decks that would make good use of three of the 5 Magic rares. They are Commander decks, sure, and not 'competitive' in the traditional sense, but they are fun decks that will enjoy these new cards. Even then, though, I think that might barely push it to a C-, given that I have two cards with no home and no idea what to do with them. Just my two cents, at least, for anyone wondering if its worth it for the cards if you have use for them. Also, some of them might find a home in my Singleton decks on Arena... but I'm not holding my breath.
Alolan Ninetales gx(Lost Thunder) actually topped Tapu lele gx upon release, but Im not aure about now.
It's kind of expensive considering half of the booster packs aren't even legal in standard. But that Alternate art Tapu Lele looks nice as well as the coins and the playmat
Just now I notice the Twin Peaks collection behind you. I wonder, what-s your take on the third season, The Return, if I may ask you :D
Well honestly i will give a solid A+ for Pokemon product because these promo cards are not RE PRINTS but alternative artworks. So yea as a collector i have 2 different Tapu Lele cards. Too bad you didn't do little bit more research but hey you are an awesome Magic gathering guy.