I rate today's folks an 8.6/10. That high pitch was flawless. It made me rewind it to hear its beautiful melody. I'll clip it and play it on repeat as I fall to sleep
Additional review context: although, as I mentioned, it was flawless, that does not make it worthy of the 9s. It was flawless in its own right and what it sought to do. We have seen Rudy make these high pitches before, making the overall score a reasonable and fair 8.6
congrats Rudy. Im a new viewer but ive been going through you vids from March 2020 onwards & you saw what needed to be done & you did it. STAY THE COURSE. Good luck for the future 💗💗✌🏼✌🏼
ive been loving these videos lately. man is on the mark with so many calls. tried to get cases of lotr holiday edition collector boxes. tried being the operative word, snagged 2 cases at 5k each. both scams. own zero boxes. the sales reflected on tcgplayer dont necessarily account for refunded orders .... just food for thought.
It's cheaper to buy a house and pay cash or pay it off, and own it in the end and pay less than sqft commercial or industrial space. You end up with nothing in the end paying rent. His properties gain value. Rudy is not a magic collector.. he's an investor..
Pause anywhere in the first three seconds and it looks like Rudy is hurling towards the floor falling from the ceiling (Where he usually sleeps hanging upside down)
Been a player and collector since 93, have never seen anything like this LOTR set. New story every day on it, and yesterday was a huge one. Story ain’t over, price still surging. Nobody has found the 001/100 or 100/100 One Ring serialized poster yet that I’ve head.
Serializing cards is a very nice way of putting a cap on your print runs. They only come in collector packs, so we know that the print run is limited. This is nice. Game piece army can have all the cards go to a couple of cents with the low end play boosters.
I am so glad I got my LOTR Special Holiday Collector Display for like 300 (shipped) when it came out. It would have been a glaring hole in my complete sealed collector display collection (I have at least one sealed collector box of every MTG set ever released in this format of 12 collector packs * 15 cards per pack...starting with Throne of Ealdraine).
I remember your video at the 2022 Oct lows telling people to buy ANY asset at the lower prices..... how many people acted on that advice? Thanks rudy for dropping real gems on this channel.
Lorcana Facts. 1 Billion cards sold as of September 2024. Many 2,000 player tournaments sold out across the world immediately throughout 2024. Top 8 finishers took home roughly 20k in prizing. Launching in Japan January 2025. Promo cards coming to Disney movies including Moana. First Chapter Booster Box $310, EV Around $180. MSRP 143.99. Last time Reprinted March 2024. World Championship Coming to Disney World in Florida March 2025. Pixar cards coming to Lorcana early 2026.
Interior designer: I think a tasteful hallway would need to have the piles of boxes of children's card games moved Rudy: FOLK do you realize how many waffle fries I am getting out of not buying more warehouse space?
I am 6 months into learning about cards. I have watch most if not all the vids you have put out since. You have convinced me to start investing into sealed products. Thank you your vid’s make me laugh
i hope Rudy uses discharge printing for his t-sirts someday. the quality is fantastic, and the graphics don’t split or fade. it’s a more expensive process, but it’s worth paying extra for.
Sorcery: those people are a bunch of cry babies. Simon literally said in a podcast it was a small reprint targeted at stores who run events and it was product meant to be in new players hands. He emphasized small. I am buying the dips here for sure
Sorcery needs players. Too many people are only buying product and in my area it is dead as no one plays. They need players more than keeping lower print runs. Collectors only buying off other collectors doesn’t lead to long term success.
"idk what bothers me more, this fake grifter money being worth 50,000 real dollars that you can actually spend on real stuff, or if its this shiny cardboard being worth 50,000 real dollars, either way I'm making real money"
Lots of financial terms in the corporate world ebita revenue sales gross profit net profit but cash flow is very straightforward if hairy arms negative cash flowed 3M in a rolling 12 month period that's beyond impressive it means Alpha Investments is much more liquid than the business model I presume Rudy has or there's other words like personal guarantees outside investors other type of leverage either way well done Always the King of the Nerds! ❤
Rudy, Pokémon game piece army member here. As a casual pokemon player my cap for a competitive card is $10 and I feel I can get most Pokémon cards beneath that (with a few exceptions). It feels pretty good compared to other TCGS and I don’t think the Pokémon player army has been annihilated. Love your vids! Keep it up.
Is Magic Vintage screwed? I haven't watched the market, so I don't know if it's swinging upward or not, but if boxes that are one year old are selling for 2k, but vintage stuff isn't moving, I don't know what could happen to boost it.
I am always surprised when you're talking about the 2022 and 2023 crash. I just kept buying boxes and it didn't really feel like a crash or even a bad time. I enjoyed it more than today's euphoric hype era even though it makes me more money.
Impossible. Even if the game fails completely and the cards stop being printed, every magic card, even bog imp, will be a gaming history collectors item. Zero is not zero, just an end to commonality and a push into legendary.
When it comes to Sorcery I'm of a split mind. I think that they way under shipped in the beginning (in my area I was unable to get any boxes), but by now reprinting I feel they're screwing those that bought in at the levels they were at. I've moved on and now collecting other properties but still enjoy hearing about the ongoings of Sorcery.
I know how you feel about star wars unlimited, but curious of your thoughts on their collector coosters coming out with set 4, also what you would do to fix it the long term of the game. Is the answer just peint less?
Study bitcoin bull run fall of 2020. Same time frame, Nov was the beginning of the run and we are at the same spot. 8 months post halving. BTC bullrun = cardboard bullrun. Its the new paradigm.
Rudy, any way to prove your Star Wars analysis. Singles are steadily rising and box sales are healthy. Who the hell has pallets unsold, just distributors!? The biggest store in Canada has 140 boxes left.... It just feels weirdly anecdotal, it's still very expensive and hard to buy singles from stores.
I will never hate you. 😮 2025 will turn the legacy card board will go to the 🌙. Btw rudy . Can we see how much you spend on pallets and wrap and labels. It would be cool to know.
Out of curiosity 28:26 if sorcery wants to be a game to play, how do people do that if they cant buy any cards? When does a game have to lean into investment bro's to keep boxes at 500 bucks but their player base too small?
I think the momentum is going to carry out at least for the next year or two. Man it’s been crazy the last 9 years or so. There has been some insane products gaining so much value. It’s insane seeing this not just with magic the gathering products but in other cars games as well. December is going to be a crazy month for sure. One piece is releasing its 2nd anniversary set op-09 and prices are all over the price. Pokémon has prismatic in January then two other big sets, a team rocket and a trainer set later in the year so that’s gonna cause even more pandemonium 😅. Regardless, if people aren’t careful with all this fomo and hype many will get burned. Once things stabilize or return to normal many leave the hobby. Agreed when it comes to one piece, now is the time to buy since prices are low, eventually prices will recover as more of these boxes disappear after they get opened.
currently at 74 boxes of collectors foundations packs on TCGPlayer right now below 399. I wonder if these hit 400 what happens. This is a brand new set that is supposedly lasting for 4-5 years and wont be reprinted collectors during that time. crazy bull run rn...
The fear now with attention spans and the nature of consumers now, pair with companies tactics, is that everyone only wants the new and fresh. Consumers cap out on the “new” and cant even afford to crawl back to old/vintage gems, because funds allocated backwards are FOMO risk factors on the next new.. modern pumping across the board. Yes, serialization serves a lot of purposes, but as we all know, what do box prices look like after serials are pulled? How will those sets age? Will funds roll back to them or is everyone just keeping up with the jetsons? Whats new is whats cool.. no one flexing old gems anymore.. clout is in the NOW.
The hard part is selling this stuff , even gold and silver.. you should really help by telling people when to sell what is a good % to capture. And how that slim profit gets nuked by taxes then ..
Alright, almost got Rudy's house completely mapped.
Do you? Or have we just seen bits and pieces of the North, South, East and West wings of his estate?
You first mistake was to believe this qualify as a "house".
Your first mistake was thinking he films at only one house
Jokes on you that's your stepsister's house
This looks like a green screen. Are we sure he even has a house?
You never know where we’ll end up next in Rudy’s funhouse
I rate today's folks an 8.6/10. That high pitch was flawless. It made me rewind it to hear its beautiful melody. I'll clip it and play it on repeat as I fall to sleep
Additional review context: although, as I mentioned, it was flawless, that does not make it worthy of the 9s. It was flawless in its own right and what it sought to do. We have seen Rudy make these high pitches before, making the overall score a reasonable and fair 8.6
Enjoy this Folks with a side of stuffing and cranberry
The echo was nice
So quirky n silly hehehe 🙄
@@TimothyTommy-qi6vv woah woah Timothy Tommy. I take my review ratings very seriously
Rudy is my favorite tulip bulb farmer.
What did Rudy buy a museum and put a ton of unopened TCG boxes in it
"...for?"
Rudy we need a response to Elon asking how much Hasbro costs
Agreed❤
Do you think he'd change the name to Z?
He doesn't know lol
congrats Rudy. Im a new viewer but ive been going through you vids from March 2020 onwards & you saw what needed to be done & you did it. STAY THE COURSE. Good luck for the future 💗💗✌🏼✌🏼
Rudy feeling that turkey right now.
I'm waiting for Rudy to accept Goldback notes. 😊
ive been loving these videos lately. man is on the mark with so many calls. tried to get cases of lotr holiday edition collector boxes. tried being the operative word, snagged 2 cases at 5k each. both scams. own zero boxes. the sales reflected on tcgplayer dont necessarily account for refunded orders .... just food for thought.
3:27 this is a hilarious statement. Keep it up brother 🙌
Man I really love the statues and paintings thing Rudy has going on. Love that stuff
I wanted to buy the statue, but it is 4k.
Staying the course with you since mid 2018,it is awesome everyday,thank Rudy
I hope showing us your Pinball collection is next. TACO MAN !
He has shown some a few vids back already
Ok, so Rudy bought a museum and use it for storage for the card board rectangles.
Well, Magic the Gathering will become historical cardboard pieces...
@@mebinici it already is
It's cheaper to buy a house and pay cash or pay it off, and own it in the end and pay less than sqft commercial or industrial space. You end up with nothing in the end paying rent. His properties gain value.
Rudy is not a magic collector.. he's an investor..
I decorated my house in green screens. thanks for the inspiration, bruh
Pause anywhere in the first three seconds and it looks like Rudy is hurling towards the floor falling from the ceiling (Where he usually sleeps hanging upside down)
That doorway is dramatic and striking. I love it.
Bad day to have my headphones on full blast with that Folks!!
Thank you for the content Really been enjoying it, leanring a ton !
Good for the ones making money right now.
Have fun and all that, but it won't end well for the last ones holding the bag...
Been a player and collector since 93, have never seen anything like this LOTR set. New story every day on it, and yesterday was a huge one. Story ain’t over, price still surging. Nobody has found the 001/100 or 100/100 One Ring serialized poster yet that I’ve head.
Happy Thanksgiving Rudy
How good aee these video? Pure gold,incredible
That’s a nice “Folks” Rudy
Maybe you should consider broadening the spectrum of subjects you discuss. I'm a new viewer too, i relate a lot and love the way you come out.
Lady in the house, watching and keeping up with the boys
Serializing cards is a very nice way of putting a cap on your print runs. They only come in collector packs, so we know that the print run is limited. This is nice. Game piece army can have all the cards go to a couple of cents with the low end play boosters.
Rudy’s hallway looks like my grandmother decorated it.
I am so glad I got my LOTR Special Holiday Collector Display for like 300 (shipped) when it came out. It would have been a glaring hole in my complete sealed collector display collection (I have at least one sealed collector box of every MTG set ever released in this format of 12 collector packs * 15 cards per pack...starting with Throne of Ealdraine).
Rudy you're a solid PSA 9
Pretty good folks on this one.
Only 42 minutes? I could listen to this type of monologue for hours 😂❤
This is the kind of Rudy intro that I subscribe for!
Back in the laundry room again
Hey Rudy, Goldspan dragon + Titan’s revenge 🤭 or if you like nice art goldspan dragon + redeem the lost
to be fair, its because most people werent able to afford it to begin with.
I remember your video at the 2022 Oct lows telling people to buy ANY asset at the lower prices..... how many people acted on that advice?
Thanks rudy for dropping real gems on this channel.
Lorcana Facts. 1 Billion cards sold as of September 2024. Many 2,000 player tournaments sold out across the world immediately throughout 2024. Top 8 finishers took home roughly 20k in prizing. Launching in Japan January 2025. Promo cards coming to Disney movies including Moana. First Chapter Booster Box $310, EV Around $180. MSRP 143.99. Last time Reprinted March 2024. World Championship Coming to Disney World in Florida March 2025. Pixar cards coming to Lorcana early 2026.
Interior designer: I think a tasteful hallway would need to have the piles of boxes of children's card games moved
Rudy: FOLK do you realize how many waffle fries I am getting out of not buying more warehouse space?
Technically magic is 13+. We're talking young adults card games.
5’ By 5’??? That’s gunna be so cool to see!
I’m back to watch intelligent person. 💗I’m going up to my local magic shop 25 mins away. Should be pretty fun…
I am 6 months into learning about cards. I have watch most if not all the vids you have put out since. You have convinced me to start investing into sealed products. Thank you your vid’s make me laugh
i hope Rudy uses discharge printing for his t-sirts someday. the quality is fantastic, and the graphics don’t split or fade. it’s a more expensive process, but it’s worth paying extra for.
HERE WE GO
Happy Thanksgiving, Rudy!
Rudy is soo rich that Chick-fil-A opens on Sundays just for him 18:53
Sorcery: those people are a bunch of cry babies. Simon literally said in a podcast it was a small reprint targeted at stores who run events and it was product meant to be in new players hands. He emphasized small.
I am buying the dips here for sure
Sorcery needs players. Too many people are only buying product and in my area it is dead as no one plays. They need players more than keeping lower print runs. Collectors only buying off other collectors doesn’t lead to long term success.
Final Fantasy boxes are going to POP OFF. FF has never been more popular with all the new games and the wild success of FFXIV over the past few years.
27:54 there was facebook comments supposedly from the creator saying “1000 extra boxes per like” or something.
Rudy called serialization as the future of Magic back in 2018 or even earlier.
what part of markets only go up do you not understand?
"idk what bothers me more, this fake grifter money being worth 50,000 real dollars that you can actually spend on real stuff, or if its this shiny cardboard being worth 50,000 real dollars, either way I'm making real money"
Make a force of will video please!!!
Where do you stand on the current FF TCG with a magic set coming out?
Lots of financial terms in the corporate world ebita revenue sales gross profit net profit but cash flow is very straightforward if hairy arms negative cash flowed 3M in a rolling 12 month period that's beyond impressive it means Alpha Investments is much more liquid than the business model I presume Rudy has or there's other words like personal guarantees outside investors other type of leverage either way well done Always the King of the Nerds! ❤
Staying the course of avoiding Collector Boxes since the Throne of Eldraine launch.
Rudy, Pokémon game piece army member here. As a casual pokemon player my cap for a competitive card is $10 and I feel I can get most Pokémon cards beneath that (with a few exceptions). It feels pretty good compared to other TCGS and I don’t think the Pokémon player army has been annihilated.
Love your vids! Keep it up.
Is Magic Vintage screwed? I haven't watched the market, so I don't know if it's swinging upward or not, but if boxes that are one year old are selling for 2k, but vintage stuff isn't moving, I don't know what could happen to boost it.
What is your website for your store?
I am always surprised when you're talking about the 2022 and 2023 crash. I just kept buying boxes and it didn't really feel like a crash or even a bad time. I enjoyed it more than today's euphoric hype era even though it makes me more money.
Man ,what a great perspective.
That's a lot of awesome boxes🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩thank Taco King you are the best!!
Happy Thanksgiving Rudy, have a taco!
You are Awesome!!!
We’re headed for 0
Impossible. Even if the game fails completely and the cards stop being printed, every magic card, even bog imp, will be a gaming history collectors item.
Zero is not zero, just an end to commonality and a push into legendary.
This dude been posting like crazy recently. Probably about to crack.
When it comes to Sorcery I'm of a split mind. I think that they way under shipped in the beginning (in my area I was unable to get any boxes), but by now reprinting I feel they're screwing those that bought in at the levels they were at. I've moved on and now collecting other properties but still enjoy hearing about the ongoings of Sorcery.
I know how you feel about star wars unlimited, but curious of your thoughts on their collector coosters coming out with set 4, also what you would do to fix it the long term of the game. Is the answer just peint less?
That definitely is very rough love these type of videos
Happy Thanksgiving sir
Study bitcoin bull run fall of 2020.
Same time frame, Nov was the beginning of the run and we are at the same spot. 8 months post halving.
BTC bullrun = cardboard bullrun.
Its the new paradigm.
I'm in ABA and I love data, but there's just not enough data regarding crypto. Maybe in another 10 years we can start seeing solid trends.
@@Deimel17there’s enough data to start seeing patterns and parallels.
Keep telling yourself that. Keep the fud to yourself.
He looks like that dude from stranger things once you see it
All the new sets are extremely popular because they have electrolytes in them
Really cool sale idea
Rudy, any way to prove your Star Wars analysis. Singles are steadily rising and box sales are healthy. Who the hell has pallets unsold, just distributors!? The biggest store in Canada has 140 boxes left.... It just feels weirdly anecdotal, it's still very expensive and hard to buy singles from stores.
Do you have sealed boxes in every room of your home? :)
I will never hate you. 😮 2025 will turn the legacy card board will go to the 🌙.
Btw rudy . Can we see how much you spend on pallets and wrap and labels. It would be cool to know.
Rudy is a time traveler who hides the boxes in the ancient roman house to artificially make their amount seem lower
>tabernacle
>good
Come on, rudy. That's too on the nose.
We all missed out on 400 a box at that time I thought it was crazy
Make a credit card video!! Especially the best ones without annual fees!!!
Out of curiosity 28:26 if sorcery wants to be a game to play, how do people do that if they cant buy any cards? When does a game have to lean into investment bro's to keep boxes at 500 bucks but their player base too small?
Happy Thanksgiving
Amazon added 0 (ZERO) new MtG for Black Friday sale. That should tell you the state of the market rn.
I need an alpha tshirt!✌🏼🚀
Jesus, did you inherit Liberace’s estate when he died? Your house resembles a rococo boudoir
Rudy we do need a CC video
Thanks Rudy!
Roc, what's the rating?
It was an 8.6 🫡
I think the momentum is going to carry out at least for the next year or two. Man it’s been crazy the last 9 years or so. There has been some insane products gaining so much value. It’s insane seeing this not just with magic the gathering products but in other cars games as well. December is going to be a crazy month for sure. One piece is releasing its 2nd anniversary set op-09 and prices are all over the price. Pokémon has prismatic in January then two other big sets, a team rocket and a trainer set later in the year so that’s gonna cause even more pandemonium 😅. Regardless, if people aren’t careful with all this fomo and hype many will get burned. Once things stabilize or return to normal many leave the hobby. Agreed when it comes to one piece, now is the time to buy since prices are low, eventually prices will recover as more of these boxes disappear after they get opened.
I have no clue what to do in bit past the 50. 00 I invested in DogeCoin. Also I was paying for coin base. For no reason as a monthly subscription… 💗
currently at 74 boxes of collectors foundations packs on TCGPlayer right now below 399. I wonder if these hit 400 what happens. This is a brand new set that is supposedly lasting for 4-5 years and wont be reprinted collectors during that time. crazy bull run rn...
Any predictions on Gundam?
Thats the post-thanksgiving meal "folks". Hes going to sleep at least 12 hours
The fear now with attention spans and the nature of consumers now, pair with companies tactics, is that everyone only wants the new and fresh. Consumers cap out on the “new” and cant even afford to crawl back to old/vintage gems, because funds allocated backwards are FOMO risk factors on the next new.. modern pumping across the board.
Yes, serialization serves a lot of purposes, but as we all know, what do box prices look like after serials are pulled? How will those sets age? Will funds roll back to them or is everyone just keeping up with the jetsons? Whats new is whats cool.. no one flexing old gems anymore.. clout is in the NOW.
The hard part is selling this stuff , even gold and silver.. you should really help by telling people when to sell what is a good % to capture. And how that slim profit gets nuked by taxes then ..
Another credit card video? Yes please
Bring back the cashback card utility belt.
Floor I duh 😂 takes over the world ❤
The cruel summer of me buying boxes to crack as per usual.