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I get the sense wizards wants the game to fail.
i did this with a draft box and got 200 ( box cost me 300) at best but i like cracking packs and spent another 160 buying the singles i want and i think the next set will be singles and a few pre-release kits. the cards i get and like will go into one of many EDH ( 50 plus and counting) decks or go to the binder for future decks.
Hello, pity they don't ship worldwide. I wanted to order. Greeting from Slovakia
Stupid question whats teh point of buying something for 250 to collect just to turn around and sell all of it worth anythign for 250 and have nothing but junk left over? as well isnt the point of collecting to have things that you like and enjoy, not to have a value to make money off of? that just sounds like work or profitering or scalping
would you take a weight loss sponsor?
its actually terrifying how many of these $20+ (loose) packs contained nothing to add to your scoreboard.
Honestly prof is the most relatable mtg content creator. He understands us poor folk.
Amen, quality content, no BS, the hero we need
I think this video helps illustrate the issue players have with CM. It wasn't that there isn't "value" within the set. The price to buy into the set is/was way too high. Commander, being casual and looking mostly for singles, is not a good place to put a product at double the price (or more) of a normal set.
You don't like all these videos where people's whole career and livelihood depend on magic doing well and people not getting sick of it so they release an unbiased video with merchandise provided by Wizards? Whatever man!
Participating in events at an LGS is the best way to collect cards from a new set, plus its fun to play Magic.
@@timlozoya1573exactly the value of the cards being so high isnt the problem. Having a collector item priced so high makes sense but having the price be out of reach defeats the purpose of people buying boxes in the first place. People buy packs to have fun either as draft or lottery. Pricing the "ticket" so high is exactly the reason why opening this set probably isn't doing well it feels bad to spend so much and get so little id rather spend a little and get less. Again boosters appeal to drafters and gamblers nobody wants to pay for a 50$ "ticket"
Commander Masters: "Now I have become death, the destroyer of wallets"
*debt
My spending on MTG lately has gone nuclear.. If I atom up it's a lot of money.. I guess I try to keep fission for special new cards.. I'll see myself out.
The true triple feature
@@TheBirdGroves Barbenheimer Masters
Considering the addictive quality and price point, I was expecting "Now I have become meth."
Imagine if this set was $200. It would be a home run. I don't even play Commander but I would buy a few boxes.
People would still complain. This set and all masters sets should be $150 max with standard sets being $100 max. Modern sets like mh2 should fit right in the middle.
@@squishyflapp9510ehh. I think $200 for 36 packs is fair. Good reprints for double the price. Like the first modern masters was $8 per pack
If this was $200 every single box in the country would sell out and the stores would be raising their prices to $300 due to demand.
@RCMAM but it doesn't have to be that way. Wizards could just print more. Pokemon did that with their celebration set.
All these boxes have a value of at least $200 what are you even talking about
Thank you for your sacrifice. I think it would be interesting to have a counter number of packs that pay for themselves. It would give an idea how much the box is being carried by the chase cards. A Lotus or bust quotient.
Lotus or bust quotient. I love it.
Id love that id also love he would open single boosters vs a box I've always had the indication that boosters secretly have worse odds.
Oh, great counter idea!
I wouldn't say sacrifice is appropriate here. The prof had 3 incredible boxes of CMM totalling over $1200 in value. Set boosters are down below $250 now. These boxes were the exception, not the rule.
@@squishyflapp9510They are between $450 and $500 a box in my area. So these would be duds if they were bought here.
I love how I requested the "Gonna make you dance dance dance" song and you not only put it in the video, but gave me the title and artist too. I feel seen and valued, unlike from Wizards. Thanks, teach.
One of the best reasons to watch!
Is Ashnod's altar less than 2 dollars? What a time to be alive
No, it's not. Still around $6
Prof: "jeweled lotus or bust"
Box 2: "hold my beer"
Box 3: "Jeweled Lotus AND bust?"
Just now noticing that Generous Gift is both a common in the set AND on The List for this set. Fantastic List pull, Prof.
As someone new to magic, can you explain the difference?
@@ernieels355the list is a selection of thousands of cards across Magic’s history that are reprinted, in the back of set boosters… with only a chance to get them. They have the planeswalker symbol in the bottom left, and they tend to be the most unique version of the card
I really like when you comment your findings like in the lotr booster box episode. If you could do it again it would be wonderful
Seconded, laidback format really enjoyed it
I will comment bc I didn’t he did this before but would be awesome to see
I wish I lived in a world where my commander master set booster box cost 350, in Quebec they are sold for 600$ CA even when doing the conversion, it's still 446$ us. They say it's the markup for exportation but it's bullcrap if you ask me.
I’m in Ontario and I assure that’s bullcrap. I just checked 401games which operates out of Toronto, it’s one of their many LGS’ and they got a set booster box for $560, but it’s over $600 with tax. I’m literally in a position because the border is a short drive I might make a nice day trip out of it with my doggo to the US and grab a box at an LGS there
Yeah... Je vie le même problème 😅
At that point just order from a U.S. store and use one of those services where you ship to a temporary U.S. address then to you; even with the extra shipping and taxes it should be cheaper than $600 CAD. I'm not even going to get in to how garbage the conversion rate is.
indeed, the eldrazi unbound commander deck is priced at 180 CAD at my LGS, so 200 CAD with sales taxes :) not a premium product at all
Cheapest I can see for a set box here in the UK is £370, which works out to USD 472 or CAD 634... as our cards are printed in Belgium it's definitely not to do with over-inflated import charges, it's total bullshit that they just charge us the same number of pounds as they do dollars in the US and think that's fine.
I remember a saying that when Magic boxes get to a certain price, think about how that compares with the prices of the latest consoles as a bit of a deterrent.
In Australia I could buy a new Xbox Series S for less money than one of these booster boxes. A new ps5 with Baldur's Gate 3 and another new game would cost less than two of these boosters. Even Todd Howard's dumb Starfield watch feels like a better deal than this.
I genuinely watch this instead of getting a box and cracking, feels better too imo
This is the set that officially has me on the just buying singles from here on out😅 I’m keeping my preorders because LGS but this set has proven so that singles is the only logical way to play this game
@@insainraven9875 Without Pack-Crackers...no singles could be sold!
The price of each box is insane, but good lord did you hit the jackpot with that second one.
"If your LGS is having a draft of Commander Masters, why not sign up for it?"
SIXTY FLIPPING DOLLARS per draft. That's why.
Prof, I love the positive, assuring, self-image-affirming way you address body image in your Keeps promos. Keeps it up, good sir!
I feel this set should have included fetch and shocklands. Since majority commander decks could really use those boosts.
Probably holding out on the shocks for a future Ravnica set, because those always get printed there
@@TheMaestrosoyeah, they already revealed hallowed fountain for ravinica remastered
They are reprinting Shocks in Ravinica Remastered coming out next year. And MH3 will probably have the allied fetches.
They did the battle lands at least which have seen fewer printings overall and are arguably better for commander
@@Chaosuser32 I think thats only true for dual colored decks
More than that and being searchable is a major upside
Prof, you've inspired me to pursue my doctorate and now I too am an Adjunct. Totally understand why you do CZcams, the pay is crap! Great work, Love your stuff!
Best Magic content creator in the community. Always a pleasure watching your videos Professor!
LOVE the post-prod/edit humour of box number 2
That first box was like best case scenario, one of the best set boxes I’ve seen. Most aren’t even that close.
The best part of the booster box game is, "GONNA MAKE YOU DANCE DANCE DANCE"
So happy I know the music playing for these. Idk if I never noticed it before but I've always loved the music.
Remembering in 2016 when from the vaults and anthologies would release quality reprints for less than or around $100
Watching you do these box opens makes me want to buy a box every time lol
I miss opening boxes! Been decades since I've done it. I didn't have smooth jazz playing in the background, either. Usually classic rock or oldies radio. ;-)
I played TOOL when opening mine, when I wasn't with friends 😢
This man really said he feels like it’s “Jeweled Lotus or bust” and then got proven wrong twice, both ways lol
hahaha
Gotta keep shilling them singles.
I love the series, keep it up prof
I really like the retro lands, Mark Poole, Rebecca Guay, so many memories.
And Alayna Danner!
For a while there I was worried he wasn't going to play Future Cha Cha, but then bam! Pack 20!
Wow! Insane Pulls! I've had only one box in my life where I came out ahead.
Thanks for marking the sponsoring, I don't see that very often. 👍👍👍
3 boxes till bust its always awesome to watch the packs get cracked waiting to see that very pretty jeweled lotus. Thanks !
Had my son watch you open boxes for the first time and told him you would bust on the first and second box. You should've seen him jumping around making fun of me for being wrong 😂 awesome job as always. Thanks as always for showing us the way. 😊
single prices right now are absolutely wonderful! I love the 10, 20, even 30 dollars cards that are now almost bulk (for the time being)! Even bond lands are down there at 3 dollars
As someone that just got into mtg I honestly thank you sir for your worth in this space
Just clocked on the video and already feel bad Prof. My man why why why lol. Great to have someone from the players perspective.
I know Prof means for these to serve as a caution against buying boxes, but sometimes it feels like the opposite. Love you Prof!
Man I wish I could get playmats of some of the artist showcase cards. They look so dope.
Yuriko is under a dollar now!? I remember she used to be $10.
That's how I feel about Mystic Remora right now. When I got back into the game about a year ago, it was ~$10. Now it's $2.50 - $3.50. Good stuff.
I think she spiked hard around Neo Kamigawa, probably because of all the new ninja support, and slowly drifted back down until this set's reprints.
It's interesting to see a copy of Maelstrom Wanderer for so cheap as well.
Never made a commander deck for him because I never wanted to pay the $20
@@DeathEatsCurrynah the reprint tanked her hard
The reprint also hurt the promo price but hopefully it'll climb back
Idea-after each box show a pick of all of the pulls you will be selling. Like a 7x5 or so grid
I just like to look at the nice pictures, thanks for this cool montage of pretty pictures
hey Prof, i miss the other format for these box game videos, with the most valuable card in the corner. I'm sure its a lot of editing, but I'm not gonna watch a full hour of booster opening but like skipping through and then watching the end. thanks for all you do!
Something to note about the price is that you were comparing set booster box pricing to draft booster box pricing. It's still higher for draft booster boxes than it used to be, but it's not as high as was presented.
There was no such thing as set booster when those sets were in print.
@@johnbunceiii2668
Right, but there are still draft boosters in the current set. He's comparing products that aren't equivalent.
Again, thank you for putting the names and artists for the songs you use on screen.
I really loved the accidental middle finger joke!
well Prof. I hope that I pull half as well as you do on my near mandatory box of this set. Heck even your last box pulled plenty of cards I am looking for.
Ngl, I really like the retro look of those land cards
I have been waiting! I hope the video is nice!
Seeing the generous gift as the list card as uncommon when it is literally a common IN THIS SET is hilarious
God, the anticipation with which I’ve been waiting for this…
I would love to open up a Full Art Deflecting Swat or Fierce Guardianship, such beautiful cards.
This is cathartic watching this. Not opening booster boxes anymore is the correct financial descission.
This video had the most wholesome ad read of all time.
I'm not a big magic the gathering fan but I occasionally open collector boosters to see the nice artwork from MTG. But even though I don't play the card game and rarely open packs, Brian Lewis's personality and content creation style keep me watching for more. This man is an artist on the camera.
Thanks for this.
Mad man.
Prof, you hit some bangers in that box.
Prof, some of the music tracks for your Booster Box Games slap so hard. Any chance these are available somewhere?
Edit: I'm dumb. For anyone else who may have this questions Music is a dedicated section in the expanded video details. Reading the website explains the website.
Edit 2: Some of tracks aren't in that list (I assume they aren't in an open library). Anyone know where I could buy or access any tracks that may be made for the Prof?
That second box was so hype!!
Thank you Keeps for giving Prof a haircut. He presents himself the way he wants to present himself, and he does, because he could, so he did, he does the presenting that he does.
Love the thoughtful ad read for keeps
I’ve always enjoyed buying a box of each set for purposes of expanded my general collection, usually not looking for particular cards, but I like to have a wide assortment at my disposable should I decide to build a deck.
Generally I hope to crack equal value. This set knocked the wind out of me, preordered at $380 for my set box, opened it to find only $230 in cards. I think I’ll be taking a break from sealed product for awhile, as price points keep climbing and returns seemingly diminish.
RIP to your wallet good sir. I fear the same thing would happen to me. I cannot bring myself to buy a box that costs half my paycheck and I don't even have a car OR house payment to pay.
And that 230$ in cards is based on LGS selling or buying list? And keep in ming that this 230$ you calculated is based on release price. Do the calculation in 3 months. And then do the calculation in 2 years when WotC will have reprinted again and again each cards in this set. Even if you had opened 450$ in value on release based on LGS selling prices, in reality, in the long term, you would get ripped off if you would proceed to sell these cards to an LGS.
I was thinking the same when I was into MTG. I justified buying into sealed because I liked the fact that when I wanted to build a deck I had enough cards to do so and most of the time I would only need to purchase a couple singles that i was missing and could go well in the deck. But, doing that, I was still using probably less than 5% of the cards I owned even if i had 15 Commander decks. 95% of cards sitting in my closet, having no purpose, just hope that I will come grab them one of these days. Looking back I think it would have been smarter to just buy singles and stick to a budget. I have probably spent more than 10 000$ on sealed for it to sit in a closet! And would I sell those cards today that I would be far far from recouping that money. WotC as tanked so much of the cards I have (no reserved list) that my collection is now worthless. MTG is too expensive and a waste of money is now my opinion. Looking back I should have stayed away from this game and put that money into something more useful or into some investment portfolio.
A few years back I saved up and bought a box of Master's 25. I got 3 mythics out of it with a combined total of like $20 and I already had a copy of one of those cards. The gambling really isn't worth it, especially at these new insane prices.
Does your LGS have an online shop? My LGS is priced at $500 for a set box.
Lovely tie professor
Seems like the Prof always makes his money back on the first box. Makes it look like buying boxes is better then singles.
I do kind of miss seeing the top card at any time and how it compares with the previous? Any way we can get maybe a spreadsheet of the hits, or maybe a recap? Idk, it's always nice to see but I get it for the people who skip to the end of the video
I like to hit the 10-second skip until I see the price change, then rewind to see which card(s) did it, then fast forward again. ...At 2x speed.
This is the set that broke my heart as I LOVE commander but I can't afford what may be the best commander set.
I'm sorry for your wallet, Prof.
the money from youtube/sponsorship will cover it lol
Plus he can write it off on his taxes
So many smart people in this thread so far
I really like your soundtrack!
Vibing to the tunes and cooking just listening to “cha-ching”…
Love the tie!
For folks who want to buy sealed, Set booster boxes seem like the best bet if you can get them for around 300 or just below, which I am already seeing on some sites
dang was good value! im very glad they exceeded the purchase price (2/3)!
I'm tempted to buy a set box just for the art sliver cards, they're gorgeous
350 for art cards is wild af
Me: Oh cool, a new booster box game video!
Also Me: Oh no, its almost an hour long :(
I made the mistake of buying 2 set booster cus I got caught up in the hype.
In the two boosters I got.
Cyclonic Rift and The Ur-Dragon. (The regular one. Which is the one I wanted!)
That was in the first pack.
The second pack had a full art arachnogenesis and a full art kindred dominance!
Needless to say there's no reason for me to buy the packs ever again. 😅
Yeah after I high roll once I never try and recreate it
Congrats. I got a total of one medallion and 3 cards between 2 and 4 dollars in 5 packs. Rest was bulk.
@behemoth9543 I still need the medallions avacyn and Doubling season and great henge. But since many of those cards are for a deck that I'm trying to build over time ( few months to years depending on how long it takes for me to finalize the list and grab the cards for it) I'm willing to wait a bit for singles.
That and doubling season will also be in wilds of eldrain so might as well wait then for the singlet when that gets yet another re-release.
This style you're rocking I dub it the "Tolarian Winds"
Keep up great work, stay safe and healthy
Remember the days when video game consoles costed more than cardboard😂. I do love the videos would love to see a video on best mtg products to buy on a budget for 2023. I love playing but product can be suoer expensive
Look up the cheapest jumpstart box and play some jumpstart maybe?
@factsandstuff2832 it's also more for gifts for friends as well.
@@factsandstuff2832That's not even a good idea when the garbage set jumpstart boxes exist.
@austinrearick8946 I think he meant the good nonset Jumpstarts
@@wvanhuss4190 I would hope that's what they actually meant, but when someone says the cheapest jumpstart box, it's good to at least try and help clarify it further when someone could read that, see that the set ones are cheapest without knowing what they are, and getting one for someone with the thought that it was what was being recommended.
I feel like many things were missed that were over 2.00. Exsanguinate? Ashnods Altar? Where do I get these cards for less than that?!
That third box was an absolute steamer, even with the Lotus
I would be curious to know if the boxes would still break even if you only counted cards over a dollar. I find that anyting under a dollar, at least for my area, is really hard to move. So it ends up taking up space in a binder
Can anyone tell me what card the mat artwork is from while he is opening the first box?
We had 23 players at my LGS in STL on Friday for CM draft. The owner made way more money holding a draft than selling 4 draft boxes (1 of which was just for prize packs) by themselves. ($50/head)
At 7:10 you pull an Ashnod's Altar, you didn't mention the price of it. But its listed on Card Kingdom for $7.99
Saw that too and thought wow it's worthless now?
Noticed that too as I'm probably picking one up soon, hoping it drops in the next month or so
@justin2039 hey, if it drops the price of the Antiquities version enough, I would just buy that version.
I think he just missed it, but to be fair you can get identical prints from other sets for $2 or $3 each.
In Booster No 7 of the first box you missed an "Ashnods Altar" ... or is that also under 2 $ now in USA?
So what I'm getting from this is that this is the perfect set to buy if I want to fill up an entire card binder with borderless Faithless Looting?
Was gonna say just this. So much Faithless Looting! Every time I glance at the screen… Faithless Looting! I think Wizards is trying to tell us something…
I feel kinda weird, I was legit thinking about how much I'd like to see someone pull the new full art demonic tutor, as prof opened pack no# 13.
I'm so jealous of you pulling that scarab God when I have to wait a few weeks for it to ship from tcgplayer
Love how he just casually drops the Eternal Masters box and then has an ‘oh shit’ expression after
which site are you using to pull the prices?
Where do you get your peaceful background music?
Oh man running hot today!
I really love the basic lands in this premium product (!)
At my local game stores, I've noticed that I can't even get singles from this set, because they (understandably) aren't opening any sealed product. Isnt that nuts? The booster packs are so expensive that its not worth it to sell singles
Does someone know the name of the card whose art is in the playmat of Box #1? Thanks in advance! 🥺
HAHAHAHA "I am become death" That killed me😂
Nice tie
Wonder how long you would go if each box carries over to the next.