New Secret Lair Alert! Is it worth it to buy Magic The Gathering's Summer Superdrop 2024?
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With each Secret lair prof delves father into madness
Not that far a trip if I am being honest.
@@TolarianCommunityCollege Does your personal hell come with Sticker Cards so you can relabel your inner demons, Prof?
@@TolarianCommunityCollege i bet it took every bone in your body to not correct his spelling haha
If there are any more, he will just become madness.
@@TolarianCommunityCollege just wait until they approach you about a NEW SECRET LAIR! based on the Madness mechanic and all featuring The Professor. I would buy, day 1 😂
Of all the things I expected to see today, Prof doing a parody of 2001 with secret lairs was not one of them. Got a good laughter out of me
I was worried everyone would be too young to get my old reference.
Absolutely got it, absolutely loved it! But then again, I'm 42 😂
yes
5 secs into you pointing I said out loud ... Is that a 2001 reference? .. and then you appeared in orbit as a ghost/ egg like head... Yes yes it is.... And it was inspired! Oh and 52 reporting in ...
Props to the production team for pulling that off so well in such short notice.
We're at a point where I'm more excited about Prof's video about the new Secret Lair than the Secret Lairs themselves
Good. You’re not brain dead
same
Always have been
How can I be excited for Secret Lairs when they're sold out before I ever get a chance to purchase it?
@@CanadianBaconPwnage because you get more designs for your proxys :D
I never considered what Prof's pajamas would be, but a suit makes the most sense
We're reaching Lynch movie levels with these SL intros
I've got good news! That Secret Lair you like is coming back in style!
David Lynch Secret Lair is in the fall.
Let's rock!!
This intro was both wonderful and strange
See you in 25 Lairs 😉
The opening skit has more value than the secret lair sets themselves!
For the 15 minutes of time would have to give it a solid B+ grade
Prof reinventing the same bit about the abundance and deluge of secret lairs makes me love these videos so much
Prof, I would love to see a video of Magic's "perfect customer", who buys literally every Magic product as it comes out over the course of 2024 and then put up a grand total at the end of the calendar year. The "perfect customer" would buy every secret lair, all Commander decks, a pre-release kit, a bundle, a play booster box, and a collector booster box for every set in Magic over the course of one year. Then, don't forget to add a box of each set for Arena for 2024 as well. Starter decks, Game Night 3? kits, + any other Magic product I'm forgetting, like another random reboot of another set. It'd be hilarious to see what Magic profits pushed to the absolute max would be.
I think it would be telling to check the AVERAGE customer who purchases product and what/how much they purchase
Purchasing every damn thing is just the lower echelon of Whale (and by that I mean lowe range of still BEING a whale, but not a super whale)
I'm fairly certain WotC intentionally moved away from the idea of people keeping up with their release schedule. They probably know their average customers well enough to know how to milk us best. I know that I will splash out without remorse if a product hits my sweet spot, but I have long since given up on being a completionist.
It’s well more than a grand. If you bought everything in horizons 3 ONLY it’s over $1000
Special 4 commander pre con decks: $600
Regular 4 pre con decks if you can find them $260
Collector booster boxes: $400
Play booster box: $250
Regular GIFT box: $76 (ouch! The other ones have been closer to $35-$50)
Collector booster GIFT box : $110
And I’m sure I missed something.
@@wedgearyxsaberI bought everything for lord of rings except the collector boosters so yeah I suck. Never again.
10:07 In AC Leonardo Da Vinci is the best friend of the main character Ezio and he invents stuff for him to use in combat like a wrist mounted gun before gunpowder pistols were widely available
Think Lucius Fox to Batman
Yep, and he doesn't get white in his cost because he helped the Templars build tanks and whatnot in Brotherhood I guess? Just wish it was blue-white flyers.
He's Q.
@ChromeTeck, do you mean Q from Star Trek or James Bond? Lmao, jk jk :)
"I'll do a Standard episode of shuffle up and play to punish you"
Prof, I'm pretty sure that's punishing yourself. 😂
The print to demand style from before is in every way better than the limited supply run version we have now. I did cave and buy both Hatsune Miku Secret Lairs as she's a top 3 character for me personally and vocaloid was a major part of my childhood growing up.
Better for us customers, for sure. But from WotCs point of view it's probably more profitable to be able to fix production slots and logistics a long time ahead of release. I wouldn't be surprised if a few years down the road they'll start to repeat the highly successful ones.
Screw the new Secret Lair System. Sheldon’s spellbook was the last Secret Lair I bought and I will definitely not buy a Secret Lair that is tied to the “Sold Out” model. They are already FOMO products. I used to love Secret Lair, but they find a way to ruin just about anything.
To me, the availability is too short to even trigger FOMO. If there isn't enough time for me to come home from work, look at the product and think about if I want to buy it, then this product is really not for me. It's for the people who have the time to arrange their days so they can be ready to buy it.
Prof keeps me up2date with everything I don't want to buy :-)
The Secret Lair Alert intros are my favorite thing ever
I'm happy to see Secret Lair FOMO FINALLY get recognized by Wizards in the new next set after Bloomburrow which is coming after Assassin's Creed Universes Beyond. Fear of Missing out.
Between the artificial scarcity and the continual decline in value, I think I'm more or less done buying Secret Lairs. There's more than enough cool cards being printed in Magic's main sets, and more than enough main sets being printed to take up most of my entertainment budget on their own.
Incredibly good point. Why buy a 30 dollar set of mid cards with one 15 dollar card (that you won’t use) mixed in when you can just buy a new staple for 10 bucks
Just be done. It’s not worth it
That combined with the increased shipping cost. If you don't want to buy over $100 worth of product for free shipping then shipping is now $11. I don't have the data but that seems MUCH higher than before. So if you are ever considering a $30 secret lair, might want to think of it as $40~ which makes a big difference.
@@coolideas137for the art, which should have always been the point
@@chim007azo Even for the art buying singles is the way to go, if you don´t care about the full lair. In the 2024 drops not a single card is worth more then a whole lair, ignoring the fact, some lairs are more expensive than the others.
One thing is certain, the Prof never sells out.
Also, Miku in both her versions sold out the same day. Infact, a few hours after I bought mine, and thats when I got the email.
The skits have been fantastic! Great job Prof! 😊
Thanks! 😃
As a fan of Assassin's Creed and not owning any of the specific cards(except for the dragon & soul warden) I showed this to my wife. She purchased it as an early Birthday gift for me. I will accept that.
Loved that 2001 Space Odyssey skit
I have only ever bought 2 Secret Lair Drops: the Cats and Dogs commander deck and the yet to be received Sheldon Menery Secret Lair. I mostly bought them for the art. The charity donation on the Sheldon Secret Lair was also a factor.
I bought the cute to brute commander deck... I no longer am interested in SL commander decks...
@@TheClone37I bought it too. Tried to make the pile of garbage work and then broke it down and sold it off.
I love the evolution of the Secret Lair Alert opening sequences. You all seem to have a lot of fun with it.
The NOTAWOLF lair is the first one I've ever bought, entirely because the art and flavor text of that Howl of the Night Pack brought me so much joy at a time I needed it, and every time I see it I wind up smiling. The whole thing just hit absolutely perfect for me in particular.
Who needs Duskmourn, when the Prof is experiencing the true House of Horror in the Intro!
Prof, I legitimately come to watch these PURELY for your descent-into-madness intros :)
Props to sneaking in the product reviews for the other two secret lairs in the introduction. Great attention to detail.
Love your videos, keep staying awesome!
Prof, you're killing me. WHEN ARE WE GETTING THE NEW SECRET LAIR ALERT TSHIRTS!?!?
That intro was top tier.
The only fake scarcity Lair I got so far was Raining Cats and Dogs. I wanted the basics, Jinnie, Jetmir, and Anointed Procession. My Jinnie Fay deck is very important to me, and I wanted the specific cards.
How is it “fake” scarcity?
@@chim007azo Manufactured, then. Print on demand was better for consumers in general.
@@ALTR_no_EGO better for consumers who want to acquire the cards. Worse for stores or players who want their original cards to hold value. There’s definitely different sides to it
NEW SECRET LAIR SELLOUT ALERT 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🐿️
It's not a wolf😢
I can't wait to get the Prof to sign a copy of FOMO, now that with Duskmourn that card will be part of MTG cannon 🤯
And it even has his new secret lair alert specters in the art!
The artwork and the fact that I didn't already have most of the cards sold it for me this time but only other one I've purchased has been the junji ito secret lair. Love the art and the cards in that lair!
i really like secret lairs, most aren't for me but the ones that are have really brightened my collection. i don't mind the quantity, because that way there is more chance that one of them is for me, or for someone else. i usually don't buy entire lairs, just individual cards that i like. thank you for helping me in my enjoyment by regularly posting a clear visual representation of every new release, you usually help me find some that i missed in spoiler reveals in other places online.
That was a fantastic opening! I love it!
Glad you liked it!
Now I want to see a storyline of the secret lairs and the decent to madness.
I'm so checked out of contemporary magic products, but you make it easy to at least get an idea of what's going on. Thank you!
You know, it's a trading card game after all. It's nice to have some different levels of scarcity within a single card. So I think this fixed supply thing is fine.
The fact that it has half the value right from the start is nice great of course
F all FOMO
I buy secret lairs often mainly because I do love alternate arts for cards but I 100% preferred the print to demand system they had it gave me time to think
i hope that standard video threat is a promise, i would love to see standard
I did buy the Assassin's Creed version because I wanted the Ramses to head my Assassin deck, and liked the designs. I do wish they'd go back to the print on demand versions, to be sure.
Thanks for all you do prof! I finally managed to pick up a set of your dry-erase & merfolk tokens on whatnot with my credit and I'm hyped to use them.
The DaVinci secret lairs are artistically amazing (for my personal tastes), and I would want them on a playmat or my wall, but I agree for game purposes that I have trouble reading them and quickly distinguishing between them, which is not great.
I'm confused why they are all equipment though. Da Vinci's is known for inventing mechanical devices, not swords and cloaks. Surely it should be stuff like ornithopters, unwinding clock, chromatic orrery, maybe even walking ballista?
Do they reference specific items that Da Vinci made in Assassin's Creed?
@@Yammenkow I don't know anything about assassin's creed, so no clue. However, it seemed like there was a big equipment theme with the epilogue boosters, so maybe it's to fit with that?
Nice cameo by the Helix mattress
As someone who draws a lot and someone with a Cadric Soul kindler/godo combo deck I LOVE the Da Vinci designs. These cards will swap out the ones I currently have in that deck. And maybe I’ll put the plate in my wyll blade of frontiers deck. I love them in their design and the actual cards are ones I own already and enjoy playing. First secret lair I’ve bought. And I got the foil. I don’t mind I’m breaking even because they’re gorgeous to me.
I purchased both Assassin's Creed sets in foil and no-foil. The foil for my collection binder and the non for a deck in the future. Having never purchase magic before this was just a fun entry point in advance of the release next week.
That intro is a piece of art
As an assassin's creed fan, the art of the secret lair already got me hooked to buy it. So I'd say its worth it.
Same here. It may not be monetarily worth it, but the artwork and characters are so nostalgic, it's completely worth it. I already have plans to make an Eivor (Najeela) and Altair (Kelsien) deck with them.
Nice
I plan to make a assassin's Historic deck with ezio (five colored commander) as the main and a pirate deck with either of the two Edwards in it.
Man, I love the art And style. But none of those cards are good enought for my decks :(
I’m a little late; just a casual viewer. I just noticed you hit 1 million subscribers. Huge congratulations Prof.
Great job professor, I can tell how much you love secret lairs
You forgot about Admiral Becket Brass first foil reprint during the Secret Lair release around the time of Caverns of Ixalan.
never before have I opened youtube to see a video uploaded "12 seconds ago"
new secret lair alert indeed
Bought all of the Assassins Creed secret lairs as my first ever secret rare purchase. I love the games and hope to fill a binder with all of the cards from the set, figured this would be a good start :)
I loved the treatment that MSCHF SL achieved. The market seems to enjoy this product. And maybe I framed one printing of it yet anyone could play with this cards. We know some of these iconic cards. Shame that WotC doesn’t see or use this careful treatment more frequently (where the artist gets to design as they want to; and hopefully has knowledge of magic).
Foiled Elves of Deep Shadow. That art is STUNNING.
It's a nightmare getting these secrets lair videos finished. Thank you for doing your due diligence. It is always appreciated.
As always… I love Prov’s video; that 2001 iconic intro is AWESOME!!!! Also….
I can’t wait for Monday to watch Shuffle and Play and see Prof getting very Sultai-ed during the episode 😂 I’ll temur on Monday!
It's crazy because there have been a couple of secret lairs I would have liked to buy but IMAGINE if they were SOLD OUT. It's honestly ridiculous that they aren't giving people the chance to actually buy the product - wouldn't that be a wild idea.
(Edit: I wait for your videos to see what secret lairs are being offered in a particular drop and judge if I would like them, but I can't get excited for it anymore because I'll find out they were sold out last week)
I cannot express how much I loved this intro Prof. Master work by the Editors.
To answer your question - never bought a secret lair. There was one I was excited about, but it sold out before I got off work that day. It was themed well, had great art, and was perfect for my wifes commander deck as it featured her commander in a really nice art style. Despite the value being low and it not being worth it money wise, it was going to be a nice gift with some unique cards, but didn't even get to be that because it was shortly after they changed from the print to order format.
I love watching these. I buy a lot of secret lairs just because I love the art, Its not always for the value. But I often end up getting some of those ones that sold out early. And often feel left out when you do these videos and don't cover the ones that sold out. I would love it if you could go over the ones that sold out but understand if thats a lot of work. Congrats on the 1 million!
I've only recently gotten into magic so I only know the limited supply version of secret lair drops, but I mostly buy for the neat art. Having valuable cards is fun, but it doesn't really matter if I don't plan on selling them.
Prof please keep going with these intros! they are awesome
Nice 2001 homage! Love that you are wearing the 3-piece while doing it.
Proff your uploads make my day thank you for the effort XD
Just started taking advantage of the discord looking for games and I love it! Super easy to find games.
This new trend to go below or barley above reprint value has been a blessing to me, I feel less pressured to buy a reprint of a card unless I really enjoy the art. The "it's a great deal, how can a I pass this up" aspect of some previous lairs used to be a big temptation that just isn't there anymore. I do think moving away from the on demand model is a mistake though, especially since it doesn't feel like I'm getting my cards any sooner then in the past. I also knew what to expect, so the wait time wasn't as frustrating to me.
I bought the foil prints of darkness as my first secret lair because I love jund, I like the white border and the art, and I just wanted something that felt special. They’re all going into a new prossh deck. Hope they’re worth it😅
Some of those look kinda cool. I'll buy a bunch of proxies of each!
I've only ever bought one secret lair, The Princess Bride. I got it because I love that movie and now I'm setting aside cards for some decks. A friend of mine even grabbed the battle of wits off me for his party box.
Leonardo Da'Vincis a side carachter in Assassins Creed 2 and Brotherhood, hes a family friend of Ezio,he also gives you gadgets that open up diffrent aspects of the game world.
WotC doesn't want you to know you can proxy any and all secret lairs for
They actually don’t care what you do in your home. Enjoy
I did buy one one of each of the assassins creed sets. I’m just a huge fan of the the game and series. I’m probably the only person I know excited about the ac set. I can’t wait to build an Edward kenway commander deck!!
Prof's Secret Lair alert videos are incredible!
I only have bought like 4 seceret lairs, mostly due to the factor on me loving either the theme of the lair that catches my interest. or if it featured a artist I follow on twitter that I enjoyed. Like i bought the godzilla secret lair, the bob ross lair since I grew up loving his show, forgot the other two i bought. But i have loved them all so far equally. I am highly impressed that I haven't gone for after every set yet and only ones that catch my eye if I love the art style or artist. Other than those two factor I haven't gone crazy spending on them which I'm proud of.
2001 and Altered States references in the cold open? Nicely done!
The production value on these... INCREDIBLE.
The opening to this was so good lol.
I bought the not a wolf cards for the art and because I love werewolf cards (even though day/night is a nightmare in paper). I don't buy SLs frequently, but when I do the "value" isn't usually a big factor. I mainly care about the art and whether I'm interested in those particular cards.
I think Secret Lair is awesome! I look at it only from an art perspective. Being reminded of the renaissance with Assassins Creed has me contemplating modern art. This is real modern art. It's something the average person can obtain while still holding value in many ways like collectability and playability. The artwork of TCGs and videogames have captivated me since I was a little kid in the 90s. Trading cards are masterworks of art that you can bring with you everywhere.
I love how Wizards of the Coast keeps giving players who buy boxes half the value back for the amount of money they spend and the players keeps coming back for more seal products at even higher prices, it’s an insane comedy.
The secret lair alert videos are my favorite.
these unhinged secret layer alerts get me every time. great work prof and team
I agree with you. The main reason i bought any of the was art style or I was already needing to buy one or 2 of the cards in them for decks.
Prof im not gonna lie, last night i snuck in Shivan to my kaalia deck and won with him XD had to do it 1 time for the old school!!!! Much love and thanks for the shows!
I really enjoy the new version of Secret Lair.
It's still a shameless cash grab with art of varying quality (objective and subjective), but since they're gone almost immediately, now I don't have the temptation to even try if an artist would hit my eye.
It's a great way to save money, thank you WotC !
I only bought the two Assassin's Creed ones (Foil) because for the Alt-Art ones I already own the In Universe/Regular cards but I'm building an Assassin deck which will have a good chunk of the new AC cards and some of the old Assassins were already going in it (Like Ramses) so I figured "Eh why not" on having some more AC flavored versions.
The second AC set was just another way for me to get another Darksteel Plate, Whispersilk Cloak and Blade of Selves which look cool (to me) as well as the Flail and Deathrender.
I've never bought a Secret Lair based on a hypothetical resale value, I've only bought a few and it is strictly based on cards I will use and if I like the art (As well as overall price). Though I bought Sheldon's Spellbook to support a good cause.
Love ya prof. I appreciate all the hard work you do for us in the MTG community 1:28
This opening is very fitting given the Duskmourn previews today.
I got the Magic Con Amsterdam Secret Lair ! That is kinda sweet and a fond memory of a fine day ! 🤘🦁🤘
Got myself the miku jp foils and en non foils, and the ac davinci foils cause of how pretty the arts were
I have only watched the first 50 seconds and this is already one of my favorite new videos
That intro was worth the wait alone 🤩
I bought the darksteel blightsteel doubling cube transformers secret lair after watching your video on it when they came out, not sold out I might add, because I wanted an affordable blightsteel. the only secret lair I have paid for since then was Sheldon's Spellbook because he was a credit to magic the gathering and the stories told by your partner videos were extremely touching. According to my secret lair order tracking it will be shipping soon, and I am honestly excited to be able to use those cards in new decks I plan to make, or my old favorites. Secret lairs now seem like such cash grabs over nothingburger cards, and now that they are limited time, even when the cards are worth anything they're gone and price gouged to where it wouldn't matter anyway
I've bought a few Secret Lairs, now. I picked up the Creepshow lair from 2023 (It's my favorite movie, ever) for the nostalgic value. My favorite movie tends to get overlooked in the realm of horror, and I want to support any form of Creepshow that I can.
I also ended up grabbing both (so far) Miku lairs for my Girlfriend. Last drop and this drop. Miku is one of her favorite things ever, so it was a no-brainer for me to grab them.
I adore Secret Lairs. They have a unique artstyle and quirky graphics that make me smile when I see them. This new FOMO method is pathetic, though. I 100% agree with everything you said about it being anti-consumer, and especially with the reprint values being so low, it's not like WotC is going to hemorrhage money if they let these be print-to-demand.
Thanks prof. I'll still wait to get them after your review. If I get them cool. If I don't too bad.
I bought the non-foil version of Not a Wolf and I understood long before it was not a great deal. However, I have a friend whose getting into magic more and wolves werewolves. This was a great gift for him which, in some ways, I think makes it worth the loss in cost.
It's best to compare this product to what Pokemon does. Pokemon also has "illustration cards", cards with beautiful full-art treatment. They are in regular boosters at a 1/13 rate, meaning they are THE MOST COMMON "special drop" you can get from a booster.
I only bought davincis inventions in foil because i really like the art and the looks of the foil version.
As always great work prof. Already exited for monday cause i run a Tomb Raider Commander Deck myself.
Lmao prof! These intros just keep getting better!! Anytime I see a new secret lair, I hear your voice "New secret lair alert!"
I actually really love the da Vinci secret lair. One of the few "hard-to-read" ones I even bothered to pick up myself.
New Secret Lair Alert stuff is actually just peak Magic the Gathering content. I’m as excited for a New Secret Lair Alert as I am for Lorwyn (as a colossal Lorwyn Faeries lover)
I bought the Not A Wolf one in both Foil and non foil as a memorial to a lost friend. My best friend, nicknamed Wolf, died from heart disease three years ago.