I'm Not Playing This Game: The $500 Collector Booster Box Game Is Not For Me | Lord Of The Rings
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This is so cool! I already signed up with your code but I will definitely be in that stream!
tis a shame that I'm on the east coast, and my FLGS' FNM starts at that time... uncommander this Fri...
Hell yea
Just letting know - that it shows 10$ not 15$... or maby I'am missing something ;)
wish i could participate, but i'll be out of town Friday. My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined. And today is my birthday too. 🎂
The Professor basically going “I dunno, is this even worth anything? A couple bucks maybe?” is literally every Magic player and I love it.
Dont forget the feeling of loving a card, being sure it has ton of value, looking it up and... its totally worthless cause of some random uncommon printed twenty years ago being a better combo
@@michaelsimmons8613yuuuuuup 😂🤣😂
Even worse is seeing all of the other arts if a card being pricey and then you have the one that’s like .34
I feel like I'm watching the Professor unravel at the capitalism being pumped into a fantasy card game he adores and each video it seems like he has less of an idea about what to even say.
Before I started playing Pioneer I tossed two Fables into my bulk assuming they had no value
That's so rough to know its $42 per pack and seeing the Pack: $2.62 in the corner
500 dollars for 12 packs is complete insanity. Thank you professor for being here for us and thinking about us, the consumers. You truly are a gift to the community.
actually like this format a lot better. Hearing the professor chatting along side with us. More wholesome.
Agreed. This might have been only one box, but it was as entertaining to watch like 3 opened in a row with just some background music.
I thought I might have been alone in feeling that but glad to know there are others
For winning one i have to subscribe only or i have to use to code too?
@@TheTurtleMTGneither lol, just watch the stream
I agree, I like this too. I havent' watched a prof vid in a while, but what was cool and chill. It's strange to think about the editing of the videos after, even though I've done that myself for other things. Fun to have it revealed later.
As someone who just wants cool art cards for collecting, I’m excited that most of them are going to resell under 10 cents each. And the really cool ones are even under $1
Thats the beauty of these new bling bling packs. Back in the day, if i wanted my commander in foil, i had to pay up. Nowadays i can get any legendary with cool art for literal cents.
Same. I really want the 18 card art piece, but they had to make one playable. I hope bowmasters comes down.
@@michaelbyrd8991it won't
@@michaelbyrd8991 Aragorn is also $20+
Same. I just need a few more cards to have all 280ish in the base set, all the showcase cards, and all the scene cards.
(Not gonna collect the extended art rares because they're not much different.)
It's amazing how close Prof was to guessing the value of the box
especially considering how he guessed too high on so many cards. his gut knew he was being too generous I guess
I think it should be a new bb game
But even more amazing since he was so far off on the singles lol
I think part of it was definitely that he forgot some of his previous guesses, so he didn't factor in all the value he guessed was there.
For winning one i have to subscribe only or i have to use to code too?
The fact that you were at $213 right up to the last card is genuinely impressive.
This man is a legend. A content creator who's remained very true to his morals in both word and conduct for years now. Much love to the Prof. For taking a stand for what he feels to be right
I love that commentary hasn't been edited out so we could hear the Prof's delightfully wholesome thoughts about card values and how he thought the set could be better executed
In the first 30 seconds of this video, i saw on the profs desk 12,500$ "worth" of magic products. I bet the return of that is less than 2000$. This is the state of gambling wizards has conditioned us into.
2000$???
More like fuggin 200 if you’re lucky
@@BreakTheCode115well prof did open an 11$ topper with a 50$ followup on his first pack. The intrinsic price of these singles in the 3rd party market are going to skyrocket simply due to the price of the product in the first place. Expect a crash with a lot of losers...
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Buy. Singles.
@@BreakTheCode115 Do you really think someone would only open $200 worth of cards amongst 25 boxes? That means on average they would only open $8 worth of value from a single $500 box. If that were actually the value you received from a box, no one would ever buy MtG cards. WotC gouges us enough that there's really no need for people being overly hyperbolic about it.
I want to thank the professor for doing these types of videos, because it convinces me not to buy these boxes/packs and just buy the singles I want
Lord of the Rings Collector Booster Box: A Cautionary Tale
Here in Brazil, we have a collector booster for almost R$300 and a collector booster box for R$3.500. Just to give an idea the minimum wage in this country is R$1.320 (a good part of the population receives this value per month) so some people need to work for almost 3 MONTHS to buy a single box.
The situation is similar here in Bulgaria
Work to buy the box, and another set's out lol
I am Hungarian, I could buy it, but then the kids doN't have new shoes this winter :D
I like that it looks like the Prof is more comfortable doing these off-the-cuff videos. Seems less anxious than the first few.
I pen his anxiousness more on having a complete lack of any idea what to say at this point at the absurdity of these products
Meanwhile, Yugioh! is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a MASSIVE all-foil reprint that is nothing but staples in 3 different base rarities for all 79 cards in the set (super, ultra, and secret rare) with ultra and secret rares having special rarities (collector's and platinum secret rares, ultimate ultra rares), so the basic cards are going to be mega cheap in super rare while letting the nerds have our super shiny foils! The biggest win Konami has ever done.
It seems like WOTC dropping Ls all over the place.
Hey, I got into that and made a blue eyes and Egyptian god deck. I don't really want to get into it beyond that, but it was fun to make.
that's amazing, if only it wasn't yugioh lmao
Ls for us consumers, but I’m sure we’ll find out during Hasbro’s next shareholder meeting that LOTR was the most profitable product ever.
Don't be fooled. Yugioh has been a dumpster fire of greed for decades. No one should bat an eye if they do a nice deed once.
Also, atleast magic is recognizable. Yugioh has power crept itself into looking like a different game entirely. It's a joke.
@@yourfaceversion1 Decks from 4-5 years ago are still topping major events (Sky Striker came out in 2018 and its core cards from DASA are still the focus of the deck, rather than getting legacy support that replaces the entire deck, and plenty of 2019 decks are still taking tops). At least it's actually possible to interact with someone who's going first rather than helplessly watch them make an unbreakable board or set up an FTK.
I don't really play Magic, but I really like the Professor's videos. He combines his love of the game as well as a professional eye towards the game that is refreshing over other creators who seem to only be able to bank on negative news. And even when "negative", the Professor usually has well thought out fixes/suggestions. As someone who has worked in TTG industry, it is nice to see someone who understands a lot of how products are made.
I love the transparency, honesty, and integrity the Professor shows in the opening
Anyone else just enjoying this longform box opening and unwashed commentary on the set?
Need to do this more in the future.
Yeah this is the good stuff
Seeing the price on the first pack really helps put things into perspective, unless you're hitting a lottery card, you need a good box topper mythic in pretty much every pack to have a box be worth it, which just isn't gonna happen
I made 440 on my first box from my rares and mythics. No surge foils or rings.
@@shanealvarado7191 lol check all the prices again, rings and bowmasters have gone up but everything else will slowly drop
@@catman08724correction, quickly drop. This frenzy over the one ring is going to tank so much value
@@shanealvarado7191 For what i have seen you were sooo lucky. But it's still a loss... :/
@@mateumitjans5281 yeah man crap ton of BOWMASTERS and good boxtoppers. As well as 5 Nazgul and playset of halflings
I love this format, it's so much more personable and it feels like im opening up a box with a friend. Please do this more often.
Yes I love him talking about the cards joking on the art I want this more then him putting music in the back getting his feeling on a new set
Man this format is great, feels like a chill time hangin with the prof
Good decision to skip the booster box game on this set! Enjoyed the commentary and price guesses. You were surprisingly close with the total!🤯
12 packs for $500 ? That is crazy
The 1 of 1 The One Ring is inflating the price of the collector boosters and boxes.
That said, 12 packs per box is still a bad idea.
600/700 in some online store
@@k9commander not just the 1/1, the surge foils and the elven/dwarven/men ring are also in play here.
I can't wait for this set to be over. 😢
It's even worse in australia. 600-800 for set booster boxes, 1200 for collector booster boxes
I absolutely love the 'Ungoliant's Lineage' side-panel that appears during the discussion of Shelob's card. Bravo, editor!
I think I like this banter format better for the booster box game in general. It's always fun listening to you :D
Remember when you could crack a collectors box of MH2 and sometimes double your money without hitting a lottery ticket?
to be fair that set was format defining for a older competive format, hopefully we dont get too many of those i dont mind reprints that drive up prices but a ton of new cards that chnage old formats are bad for thr game longevity
The nice part about this set is that, while the boxes are all overpriced by a mile, so many people are chasing the one ring that singles will be bottomed out eventually.
I imagine the boxes will go from $500/box to nothing the moment the one ring is confirmed to have been found.
That was my initial thought as well, but it's wrong. Bundles and Collector Booster boxes aren't printed to demand, so the amount of product opened by the ring chasers isn't going to go up.
There are still the elven, dwarf and human rings that get charged the same. And you never will know if all are found.
I'm French and all the collector Boxes with others languages than English drop in prices.
That's why it won't be found for a long time. Wizards obviously knows this.
Tinfoil hat time, but I doubt Wizards will allow it to be "found" for a while to keep collector booster prices up.
That joke about the landfill got WoC so mad they nuked the site lmao.
I really enjoy hearing your real-time commentary as you open the packs! Definitely more reminiscent of my own experience, where you remark on things like artwork and admiring the various treatments rather than price alone.
Love how Prof overshoots the estimated value of individual cards throughout the box opening but his guess for the total was extremely close.
Prof is very price-optimist, bless him xD. I think the prices he gave added up to over 500, but in the end he did say "200 bucks" xD
I like this almost more than the booster box game just because I enjoy your commentary so much! It's refreshing to hear from someone who cares more about the joy of the art and card mechanics than the "value" of the cards. Such a fun video as usual!
I just personally love when you can see the editor's personality come out in little bits too
Surprised how close he was to the total value
Same!
It's fun how he keeps guessing way too high for individual cards, but gets the total about right
THAT was much more fun than the regular game 🙂
I agree, I like the "idk, this card is crap format" too =D
I liked having actually commentary instead of it just being music played over sped up footage of him flipping through cards.
I really like listen to the Prof talk over the pack openings. It’s nice to hear his insights on the game and what he thinks of MTG as a whole.
I love the Professor's integrity. Please never lose it.
Imagine how much the facilities at Tolarian Community College could be renovated with that huge pile of cash the Professor is sitting on right now
21 times 500 is $10,000, sheesh that's an adjunct professor salary
@@PsychoEditor $12K. 24 boxes he said. Either way yeah a good amount of money right there.
$12k in renovating gets you a new table and some curtains
@@user-oo1rz6es3z yeah maybe if you're using high end silk and a huge marble top which I would not use in office much less private office space.
What is the most disturbing is that a Company got ahold of that many Boxes and gave them away... heard stories about financial sector guys sending interns out to buy up all boxes in one city, MtG is shaping up to be a Investment MORE than a game soon and it feels like WoTC is cheering it on.
I find it absolutely unnecessary too, especially coming from the normally sensible guy who advises to buy singles. Another pile of money in wizards direction
Our entire stock in town (aside from 4 pre orders) was bought by a single person the minute the store opened and put into a storage unit. From a WPN store.
I don't blame the shop owner it's just very frustrating to know that I can't crack packs because I was at work on a Friday and some rich assholes kid bought every collector box in town and doesn't even play.
@@Beowulfgang_Amadeus very much do blame the store. They could just offer these rich boys to order some extra, but decided to f over every other customer interested in this (lacking) product. Why would you and other customers continue to buy there if they make it so glaringly clear, that they want you to order online, somewhere else. Quick buck now, less money later, bad business
What do you mean "soon"? It's been like that for a while now.
Collector boosters and serialized cards are acting like the craze and financial machinations of NFTs.
Wow! I am new to magic and had no idea that you donated to that charity. That is so very nice of you.
I'll definitely be at your stream, which will also be my first.
Thank you for being so kind hearted
I dabbled in Magic years ago and ended up falling out of it but seeing all the hype of this set lately has brought me back in. I’m not going card chasing, but think the LoTR collab is nice so wanted to figure out what I should buy vs steer clear of. Stumbled on your channel and instantly subscribed, lots of great info for me being less than clueless coming back into MTG. Looking forward to the Whatnot live!
Ok I love this premise. It really gives the feeling of every player opening packs. Essentially "Did I get THE bomb? No? Oh...well" Only thing I wanted to see though was Profs reaction to whether he was right or wrong.
The announcement of this set got my partner obsessed with MTG. She's a huge LOTR fan and wanted to learn to play before Prerelease. After years or zero interest, she's now deeply in love with pauper, commander, and limited. This set brought us closer together. The game has taught us so many new things about each other. For being so calm and peaceful, I would have never guessed her to embrace chaos and agro decks! So to celebrate how special to set is to us, we built a 6-3-1 set cube!
I found bulk core booster boxes (without mythic and rates) for 20 bucks each on eBay. A couple of those, two fresh collector booster boxes (did not spend even close to 500 on them), and we were 95% there. Thanks to the hype, and everyone ripping through these boxes, I was able to build this set cube on the cheap! We'll be spending the long holiday weekend playing 2 person draft formats! Despite all of the hype... this set is perfect!
Aggro requires a very analytic mindset, ESPECIALLY burn
@@malakimphoros2164is this sarcasm
@@ArcanoSilverwindThe gap between a good burn player and a _really_ good burn player is small but extremely deep. The first 95% is easy, but the last 5% takes a lot of skill and practice.
This style of video was very fun (and oddly relaxing) to watch! Maybe you could do it again for any future (non-collector) booster box games? Your commentary and general thoughts added that extra “prof style” to the video!
That is really awesome you are giving back to the community more than wotc ever did. You are one of the most respected opinions in the magic community for a reason and we, the fans, appreciate you.
I really like the concept of this game more than the normal booster. Box game. More of this game please.
Gotta say prof, been watching for years. Every time i watch a vid of yours i find myself proud of the direction you've continued to take with your content, your views on the game and the charities you support. brilliant stuff, keep it up.
These cards have beautiful art on them, it's such a shame that almost no one will ever see it apart from screenshots, or in a video like this.
What are you talking about? This set gets opened like crazy because of the ring-gimmick, these cards are everywhere
the ring was already pulled before you posted this comment, nobodys buying this crap @@ich3730
I really love that you took your time with this one. Its more like we are opening the packs with you and can take a proper look at the cards. And nice tie ;)
I just want the next set to some out so i can forget about the financial discomfort this one gives
I’m avoiding this one so hard. Wilds of Eldraine, please?
Unfortunately the very next set is Commander Masters in August, which is probably going to be much the same price-wise.
This is the new Norm, WoTC is going to do it again.
@@MissingFishew
@@MissingFish thankfully there won't likely be a 1 of 1 aminatou or something 😂
I like this informal pack opening/discussion format you did this time around, Prof.
The intro was the amount of chaos that I have come to truly love from The Professor.
Such a joy to watch your videos…you are the best mtg streamer on CZcams…and I can’t wait to check out your whatnot…your positive vibes are cosmic….thank you so much for everything you do prof
Thank you for all you do for the mtg community Prof. It really means so much to all of us to see people who care so much about their community.
I want a CZcams channel where The Prof just cracks packs and guesses prices. I need more videos like this!!!
and you get the experience of opening packs in a casual way without buying them and realising how not worth the money they are and keep your cash!
Signed up and used your code. Great stuff! And love your thoughts, info, and care with Magic stuff. Thanks to CZcams for the algorithm powers bringing me here.
Excited about these cards…but the market is wilding.
Love this format, so relaxed and really enjoy the commentary on the art
I love this casual style, and the blind pricing adds a layer of GLORIOUS irony!
You’re a gentleman and a scholar sir, the Magic community can only be better with your videos and have gotten me through some rough times so thanks! It’s sad that magic has become a stockholder money grab instead of love for the game.
I really enjoy how casual you are with this opening. Its just exciting to open up packs of set I've been wanting for soooo long..
You know, one of the reasons MTG attracted me in the first place, was the beautiful art on the cards. It's nice to see someone talking about how beautiful these are. They're all beautiful little paintings we use to play our game. Very cool when you stop to think about it.
I agree, I love the art. I got back into mtg because of Kamigawa set art and love just looking at the great work the artists have done. I wonder how they feel about the resell value or whatever being more important than their work?
@lorettamorandin yes, I collected multiple copies of all the Kamigawa lands! They look so nice. If I had to guess, I think the artists probably are just happy to get a commission. 🙂
I'm 8months late and still, this has to be the coolest video on CZcams. I can't believe MrProff gave out this insane pile of the coolest cards printed in a while. One can only hope the people who got them weren't regular box openers and new players. A box like this can really get a collection going. Amazing Sir. Well done. **doffs cap**
I really enjoyed this format of video. I don't normally watch the booster box games as I prefer to listen to videos on CZcams. Having your commentary on the price of cards (with corrections on screen), the art of cards and the playability was a very good listen for me. Is this what the whatnot streams are like?
I can't imagine what a home run box of this looks like without a serialized card.
Probably a Foil The One Ring regular art and A Foil Orcish Bowmaster?
@@timothymimeslayeryeah that would be about 215 for the pair.
@@shanealvarado7191 Closer to 152
Honestly don't think its actually possible.
@@malakimphoros2164 ahh so you get the point
You should do this every now and again for new sets. The commentary and edits were great!
I love hearing you talk more than just music, you're hilarious. I hope all future box openings are like this!
the way you did this video is absolutely perfect - thank you so much! :)
I'm building some casual LOTR only magic decks to play with my friends. This is also my first time getting into magic so i was really excited to hear about this set. It seems super fun to me 😁
Prof guessing card values has the same energy as the quote "How much could a carton of eggs cost, ten dollars?" 😂😂😂🥚🥚🥚
love the commentary with this, hope you do more openings like this in the future
That's so cool that you gave these away
Love this format of the profs just guessing One Dollar multiple times and random number of dollars for the rest.
👌🏿🖤
And also great example why you should just buy singles
I've donated when you've done streams on its behalf but thank you for shouting out such a wonderful charity, it breaks my heart to think how many young people feel like they don't belong. You are loved. You have value and couldn't be more beautiful, each and every one of you. We all stumble and make mistakes.
Thanks Professor! I enjoyed that video quite a bit. You should do more guessing the prices
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Returning MTG player here. You have no idea how shocked/surprised I was to learn that I could not Effectively play my entering set, the new set, and my FAVORITE set (other than Brother's War), because it was NOT playable in Standard. You hit the nail on the head here. There are so many uniquely cool cards and synergies in this set, especially for red/blue/black. (Edit: at least WOE is standard and will have some at-least-minorly inherent synergies with LOTR cards moving foward :)
It would have been INFINITELY better as a Standard Set. No contest.
That was very impressive. He almost got the total box worth dead on!
Oh please let this be the once in a decade time I get lucky!!!! Alarm set!
I have to say Professor, while watching you price the cards individually was hilarious..."six dollars and sixty nine cents" as the graphic showed .99 cents. Your overall assessment of the value of the cards you opened was nearly spot on. Very impressive!!!
Love the commentary, hopefully we can get more box openings w/ commentary like this in the future!
I was so excited for this set. It's such a shame how now it's not friendly for regular consumers.
100% agree with you!
Most of the singles are actually VERY favorable to those on a budget. I already got most of the cards I wanted. The only real ripoff are the collector's boosters.
They don’t want their regular customers. They want to get inclusiveness points and make a killing from the set so they can prop it up as the reason it did well.
What? This set is one of the cheapest of all time. The ring-gimmick dropped prices into the ground, theres like, 2 cards in the set above 20 bucks.
I still have no idea what cards come in what product lol
I don't even know what products there are lmao
Just watched the video. Love your guesses and the fact of how close you were on the day of. Your what not show is on my mother's bday. I just lost her in march, but she raised me as a gamer and a lover of fantasy. She started me off with lotr back in the early 80s. Thank you for the chance man
This was such a pleasure to enjoy with you. Sorry it has to be like this..
@the prof, did you crash Whatnot with your give away stream?
Brings me sooooo much joy finally seeing a streamer trying to help the mtg and LOTR community instead of just jumping in on the hype. Thank you! ❤
honestly I do enjoy this time of "booster box game" where we get Prof just opening and discussing the contents of the packs and I hope we get more of it!
This is my first comment on any pack opening video. The style of this kept me watching the entire time, not skipping anything. Do more of these imo. Great job Professor keep it up!
Prof I think you crashed the WhatNot site. I’m trying to check out the stream and the site is being very unresponsive
Same
As a LOTR fan, I love this set. I just wish they wouldn’t have made shiny cardboard so expensive 🥲
As a LotR fan, I hate this set, and wish they did better by the books.
Glad to have signed up for the College!! I LOVE green black blue, is there a deck you like in commander that uses just those three? and if so could we get some kind of show case for that? Either way thank you for the content! and I love to see this kind of generosity! Keep up the good work professor!
Indominus Rex, alpha:voltron
Mimioplasm:ooze tribal
Muldrotha: aristocratics
Xavier Sal, Infested Captain:
Populate and proliferate
All great options
Prof, you got me into magic at 42 years old, I love your energy, your channel, and your guests. Thank you for existing.
Nazgul seem artificially too hard to find for an uncommon. Either a mistake with curation or artificially on purpose. I'm leaning towards the curation part with the 9 versions of them.
Your avid support for trans and gay communities as well as your honesty about WOTC is one of the reasons this will always my favorite Magic YT Channel. Love you Prof
I prefer these chill videos of listening to you ramble while you open stuff. They are nice.
This was a great video format! Really enjoyed 😁 more of this would be great
Why can't you give to an actual charity like children's cancer society?
Yeah seriously 😅
Probably because if he does the alphabet mafia will go after him. So because he's very afraid of them he has to give them money.
I'm sure he used to donate to BLM too, you know, before it was revealed to be a scam organization who stole millions to buy houses, drugs, jewelry and hookers.
I actually really like the showcase (ring frame) art styles. I understand his point, but I personally love how the showcases for the past year or so have been really artistically stylized. They are great art pieces. Shout out Dom Mayer!
Prof is such a cool dude. Very kind and generous.
Thank you for pouring your heart and soul into this content for us! it means allot to us and allot to you too I can see that!
Great video. Very helpful in understanding what a collector pack looks like.