It could also possibly have been done to throw people off the scent. If you open loose packs and find a delver you are far less likely to assume the packs are repacks, even if the rest of the cards are worthless.
Unfortunately there's not :( You can never know if you're pulling actual Diablo sauce or a very convincing knock off. For this reason, i've stopped going to Taco Bell. Truly a sad era to be alive.
Rudy, Can I send you some of the most obvious repacks ever. These things are being sold in a regional chain store at more then one location and I haven't had a clue where I should be reporting it.
I may be wrong, but aren't the packs made of metallic BOPP? and are thermosealed? If so, there never is supposed to be any glue in any factory packed booster...
thx for the info, now it makes sens because it would be too easy to figure it out even tho the temperer are scummy , there will always be a trace somewhere , but it sucks that it has come down to this /smh
yeah these are thermosealed the reason why they use glue is to keep the original thermo seal marks there and get the seal to hold better. but here is the thing you dont even need glue just use an iron to reseal thats how easy it is now
Correct, that is why they have that texture, it is a little like heat-shrink. They don't use glue because there is too great a chance there might be a misalignment with a glue-dispenser and then you get a whole batch of glued cards.
I bought an entire lot of 40 booster packs from an online vendor and every pack was super glued at the bottom. When I called them they acted like they didn't know but I told them either I dispute the charges or they make it right. They ended up telling me I could keep the packs. What's funny is some of the packs had pokemon cards in them. I suspect they bought packs at wal-mart, took the hits out and resealed them with other commons, uncommons and pokemon cards. Is there any legit honest people out there anymore?
They put Pokemon cards in Magic packs? Why would anyone do that? It's a dead giveaway and saves you no money vs just putting another common Magic card there...
Rudy I think it would be cool if you or someone within the MTG community made a black list for Ebay sellers that are known scammers and they should also get reported. Maybe a forum dedicated to MTG. There is one for Pokemon run by Smpratte.
Erick Maynard yeah they do but they can't change their real names or their emails that easily. Once you figure it out they could be blacklisted again. It seems to be working on EFour.
It's trivial to change an email and not much harder to open a paypal under a fake name. I don't doubt that it works to a degree because people that do that sort of thing tend to be fairly stupid and/or careless, but if you made it a point to cover your tracks it would be fairly easy to do.
"Buy sealed booster boxes" is still the worst advice you can give to the general MTG community. Most players simply don't have the money to drop on whole boxes. Especially when it comes to older sets where you might find a couple packs at an LGS but not a whole box. If anything I'd say buy singles, but now those are being faked more too, right? Oh, and sometimes even boxes are resealed. Honestly, let people spend money how they want, because there is no magical perfect answer at this point.
Just realized that It makes sense that scammers would reseal at the bottom because most of the time when you open booster packs you open them from the top. This is probably common knowledge I just realized it mysekf
It seems weird MTG hasn't developed some type of tamperproofing for their packs, like sealed ends that rip open un-evenly or leave traces behind that can't but stuck back together
Johnny S. well I guess the insides of the cards won't really matter then because most people buying a PSA graded booster pack aren't looking to crack them open, even if they were Alpha
From my experience of collecting sports cards its often not the case, people buy expensive PSA or GAI graded packs to be sure they were not tampered with and they have a chance for big hits (still big chance of losing money, but hey its for fun), wax packs are so easy to reseal, its ridiculous. Given that MTG vintage packs are easily searchable, I think almost all graded packs have no hits in them.
Rudy, I have fakes I bought online (Chinese fakes. $20 for 50 different cards. I got them Just for fun I'd never sell them I don't even use them in EDH) however when you rip the ones I have there's blue in the middle just as you showed. The funny thing is, is that the print and card stock quality it terrible but it does have he blue. If you want me to send pics or make a video or even send them to you let me know. I have no use for them other than I leave the power nine on he first page of my trade binder to give people heart attacks!
Just a note on this; I have left things in my car for a long time and the heat has done odd things to them. Considering they were in his glovebox for 2 years with summer/winter temps, I am not surprised that the glue looks and feels weird.
They left the delver in because these were resealed years ago, back when delver wasnt that expensive. if these were resealed when INN was still in standard delvers were much more common and were under around 50 Cents i think.
Also notice how in one of the packs, the basic land was in the back, but in the other 3, the tips/tricks card was before the DFC. And one of them even had a DFC *AND* a tips/tricks card. Fishier than a Long John Silver's.
The guy literally said it was double sided tape they used to reseal those, which is why you get that yellowing and why it was still sticky after all that time.
I don't know why wizards wouldn't add a tear line so when you pull on the rear tab it tears open so it can never be resealed. I mean if they can do it with pricing labels (people used to try and switch pricing labels so they added score lines so labels come off in pieces instead of one piece) there's no reason they can't do it on card packaging. That's pretty scary for someone who rarely ever buys Magic Cards but still enjoys getting some every now and again. I don't think this obviously effects box purchasers unless they can tamper with the box seal... jeez. There must be a lot of profit in counterfeiting these damn things. Wizards needs to do something, and fast.
These type of reseals have been done for years, and the places where you can return unwanted/incorrect packs are the places you would see this more. The store owners wouldn't even know. Most chains now have the individually packed in cardboard versions these days, that eliminate these repacks. But hobby stores still have separate boosters
I've heard board game manufacturers on podcasts talk About how they produce their cards and blue core is what's commonly used for TCGs. There's grey core, blue core and black core; and that's in least to most expensive order.
Most super glue is made up of Ethyl cyanoacrylate They used something more like Butyl cyanoacrylate the more commercial version less likely to discolor from absorbing moisture from the air. Wizards uses a off the shelf Multipurpose ContactAdhesive from 3M for the original glue
I bought 5 lapis cluster starter decks (force of will) from coolstuffinc and the booster packs were searched. the starter deck packaging is just a plastic case that can be opened and closed. the packs were like partially opened on the top corner, not sure if it was just looked in, or only partly resealed. all the packs had complete junk, mostly repeats of the same terrible rare. usually you get 1 textured foil in each starter deck, but i got none out of all 5. i emailed coolstuff but not no reply, so either they didn't believe me, or knew about it. i tried telling other people on facebook, but they didn't believe they were searched/repacked. this video helps confirm my claim, and hopefully others will be aware of this issue as well.
how works this scam? They remove the rare and uncommon cards from original booster packs, and re-seal the booster packs with less valuable and rare cards?
It is very impressive. It would have been nice to show one of the fully opened wrappers with the factory seal on one side and the reseal on the other. As for the Delver, it could be the scammer was just interested in the mapped rares/mythics and taking out foils.
You have to remember the guy said the packs were sitting in his car for 2 years. 2 years before this video was uploaded, Delver didn't really have any value yet. Gotta think back in the appropriate timeframe.
Thank you Rudy for showing the public the importance of checking your packs. With all of the counterfeit cards and resealed packs running around, could you devote a video to explaining the differences between fake/real cards, packs and boxes. I know that you drop hints in the middle of videos every now and again, but devoting a video to this subject would be greatly appreciated. If you have already done a video on counterfeit Magic, Pokemon, etc cards and I just haven't seen the video, could you be ever so kind, yes creepy Rudy, that means you, to put a link in the replies of this comment. Thank you once again and: #FloppyTaco #Hashtag #AlphaEmEffinInvestments #MayYourTacosAlwaysRemainFloppy #RudyGotTheFloppiestTaco #NoMoreFakePackaging #ThatsWhatSheSaid #ThankYouRudy
I think they used a very thin glue tape / doublesided tape to reseal the packs. You can clearly see the difference in the top and bottom, and clearly see the tape at 9:21 in the video. If you touch the part where there is the crimp seal but not the yellow tape, i bet its not sticky. You can also hear the difference when opening the top seal and the bottom seal. So those are repacked.
Multiple Reasons. One of which we all know by now is to sell it to TH-camrs that open MtG products on their channel. The Hey look I opened lottery cards equals a lot of views, likes and ups potential of new subscribers while messing with the reality of re-packs.
NOT glue it is double sided tape sir 3M 4462 Double Sided Foam Tape 1" x 5 Yds 1/32" Thick White 3M 4462 Double Sided Foam Tape 1" x 5 Yds 1/32" Thick White... you can get it in clear...
I used to buy Yugioh/Pokemon/MtG packs, open them up, then replace the rares with shitty ones from my collection and use a Eurosealer to close the packs back up. Sold em 2/$5 at the comic book shop. I was like 12.
yeah i was thinking the same. "imma go to the store and buy some magic cards, woops i totally forgot about them for TWO YEARS when i got home". something's fishy, and i don't think it's the cards :P
You shouldn't buy loose packs online anyway due to mapping. While newer sets have gotten better at preventing mapping, it's still possible. A particularly scummy mapper wouldn't disclose their ability to do so, so a set could be already mapped and the public will never know. They could then map boxes and sell the garbage online. About the only time you should buy packs online is if they're explicitly marked as having been mapped and the person selling them sells them at a reduced rate. People sometimes do this so they can draft with friends. It's still frowned upon because a person could buy the mapped packs and then resell them as not mapped.
the packs were probably resealed after the foils were weighed for. it almost looks like an adhesive spray, but it it was done a few years ago, most likely it was superglue
I bet the packs are sealed with an ultrasonic bond, probably a blade horn. Wait until a smart machinist creates horns and anvils to match the pattern used at the factory.
this is a player repack. there are players who do this searching for specific cards. they get a couple of boxes full of packs search them for what they specifically want repack the rest then sell a fresh box. i know someone who did this with yugioh cards for a rare pack. he left rares in them, he just searched for a specific card(well 3 of a specific card)
Opening a normal pack you bought for comparison would have been helpful for people like me who do not buy often. Still get the point enough, it just would be cool to have seen what the bottom looks like normally.
I'm guessing they ("the repacker") were looking for specific cards and if the pack didn't have what they wanted they would repack the entire pack, and keep packs containing the cards they wanted and sold the remaining cards in a bargain bin. just my guess. this is sad considering i only started playing and if I have to play against crooks and cheats why bother even trying.
What these card companies need to do is seal the packages in a way if opened you can't just glue them back. Instead of just gluing them they can also use a welding tip or roller that has unique shapes/symbols that welds them shut so once opened it rips the package/foil. It could pretty much be done at no extra to very little cost. They could also do something with the glue that is one color but once fresh air hits it it changes after a few minutes so you know it's not been tampered.
I used to do the same thing when I ran my own card shop. I exclusively sold cards. I should have expanded to other products... Anyway. I used to do the same thing, but CLEARLY marked them as re-packs and would build a "lucky" booster out of a batch. Of course, it would be a few cycles behind. And mostly random, but I would purposely include a high priced card. This was well before the market got saturated and new sets weren't worth much. It drummed up a good amount of business. It was fun. But re-packs were always, clearly marked.
The problem is that at the end of the day these cards particularly the old ones are not government minted currency and thus dont have any kind of "real" counterfeiting protection so its only going to be a matter of time until they get them perfect. Thats a lot of the reason that sealed boxes went up in value so much because there lass chance of being burned.
The letter mentioned that card shop had new owners which leads me to believe that the owners were shady mofos who did more dirty crap then just repacks which lead them to have to sell the business.
If this was done right when the set came out, Delver wasn't worth much, so it makes sense that they'd have just stuck it back in a repack.
Exactly what I was thinking.
And before box mapping made it possible to avoid getting sticky fingers. NEVER buy individual packs from Innistrad!
It could also possibly have been done to throw people off the scent. If you open loose packs and find a delver you are far less likely to assume the packs are repacks, even if the rest of the cards are worthless.
Even then, it's also a common. Not seeing one in a lot of packs would be fishy.
Could be that they were only going after high value foils too.
Any tips on spotting resealed Taco Bell sauce packs?
Unfortunately there's not :( You can never know if you're pulling actual Diablo sauce or a very convincing knock off. For this reason, i've stopped going to Taco Bell. Truly a sad era to be alive.
Tacos taste like glue you might have been hosed...
megakirbyx what if I have a hole in my pelvic region instead of a penis?
means I won't trust you around knives....
nothing inside
Man is surprised by glue for 13 minutes
But I watched the whole thing tho...
🤣🤣
I'm dead bro 😂😂😂
If he bought the packs during innastrad standard, delver was a 25 cents at the time. He said it sat in his car glove compartment.
"I can't even open it..."
*Proceeds to open it*
Andrew Luttmann “I’m fingering it, look at that!” Lol
My thoughts exactly.
So, first, third and fourth packs only 14 cards. Missing the land.
You could either get a flip card or a land not both having worked at pbm from 2010-2014 I have seen this in person at work these are not repack
Rudy, Can I send you some of the most obvious repacks ever. These things are being sold in a regional chain store at more then one location and I haven't had a clue where I should be reporting it.
At least to WotC.
Wow that is so messed up. I would say at least tell WOTC.
How bad are we talking?
This is why I wouldn't bother buying these packs in stores. I think we can trust Amazon...
Say the name of the chain and locations
I may be wrong, but aren't the packs made of metallic BOPP? and are thermosealed?
If so, there never is supposed to be any glue in any factory packed booster...
thx for the info, now it makes sens because it would be too easy to figure it out even tho the temperer are scummy , there will always be a trace somewhere , but it sucks that it has come down to this /smh
yeah these are thermosealed the reason why they use glue is to keep the original thermo seal marks there and get the seal to hold better. but here is the thing you dont even need glue just use an iron to reseal thats how easy it is now
Correct, that is why they have that texture, it is a little like heat-shrink. They don't use glue because there is too great a chance there might be a misalignment with a glue-dispenser and then you get a whole batch of glued cards.
This is not true pbm does use glue
I bought an entire lot of 40 booster packs from an online vendor and every pack was super glued at the bottom. When I called them they acted like they didn't know but I told them either I dispute the charges or they make it right. They ended up telling me I could keep the packs. What's funny is some of the packs had pokemon cards in them. I suspect they bought packs at wal-mart, took the hits out and resealed them with other commons, uncommons and pokemon cards. Is there any legit honest people out there anymore?
Magic The Krakening only Donald trump
They put Pokemon cards in Magic packs? Why would anyone do that? It's a dead giveaway and saves you no money vs just putting another common Magic card there...
probably an accident. Maybe a pokemon card was stuck to the bottom of a magic card.
Just gotta find people who shoplift they'll sell mtg and pokeman cheap lol
@@baflange6477 lolololol
Rudy I think it would be cool if you or someone within the MTG community made a black list for Ebay sellers that are known scammers and they should also get reported. Maybe a forum dedicated to MTG. There is one for Pokemon run by Smpratte.
Erick Maynard yeah they do but they can't change their real names or their emails that easily. Once you figure it out they could be blacklisted again. It seems to be working on EFour.
It's trivial to change an email and not much harder to open a paypal under a fake name. I don't doubt that it works to a degree because people that do that sort of thing tend to be fairly stupid and/or careless, but if you made it a point to cover your tracks it would be fairly easy to do.
Don't buy single packs. Buy sealed booster boxes.
"Buy sealed booster boxes" is still the worst advice you can give to the general MTG community. Most players simply don't have the money to drop on whole boxes. Especially when it comes to older sets where you might find a couple packs at an LGS but not a whole box. If anything I'd say buy singles, but now those are being faked more too, right? Oh, and sometimes even boxes are resealed. Honestly, let people spend money how they want, because there is no magical perfect answer at this point.
Thing that scared me most was the guy's spelling. Yeesh.
bottum
he came buttom of the class at spelling.
I'm glad I'm not the only one.
I thought it was written by a ten year old but he apparently has a car.
who are you?
some language teacher or spelling mafia ?
i just tore all my cards in half, good news everybody!! there all real
4:08 The sender said he got these packs years ago and forgot about them. So it's normal for a Delver to be in there back when they were pennies.
"Bottums"
That's the first thing I noticed and I can't un-see it!
Well their you go!
'Murica
butt 'uhm!
Could be from over-seas. ( I hope)
Just realized that It makes sense that scammers would reseal at the bottom because most of the time when you open booster packs you open them from the top.
This is probably common knowledge I just realized it mysekf
Think of when the packs were resealed, Delver was probably junk pricing.
Dark core is fake core. Light core is right core.
You know you have watched too many of these videos when you start checking to see if your 2 minute noodles have been resealed
It seems weird MTG hasn't developed some type of tamperproofing for their packs, like sealed ends that rip open un-evenly or leave traces behind that can't but stuck back together
This set had a public map released. You don't even have to OPEN the packs to scam people.
isambo400 well at least an honest person can check by the map to see if they bought a resealed product because its in the wrong order right?
@@DankAudioStash24 The packs are mapped, so you know where good cards are and where bad card are.
@@kiler24681 Like which stores held the best cards?
Igglybuff is the baby evolution of JIgglypuff
Igglybuff legit.
Wigglytuff is teh legend !
It's sad that gen 4 has better quality control than wizards right now
I wonder if PSA would grade these packs as legit. They would have to try to open them, which they obviously cant.
Johnny S. well I guess the insides of the cards won't really matter then because most people buying a PSA graded booster pack aren't looking to crack them open, even if they were Alpha
There is a couple of ways you would be able to see the glue without having to open the pack.
From my experience of collecting sports cards its often not the case, people buy expensive PSA or GAI graded packs to be sure they were not tampered with and they have a chance for big hits (still big chance of losing money, but hey its for fun), wax packs are so easy to reseal, its ridiculous. Given that MTG vintage packs are easily searchable, I think almost all graded packs have no hits in them.
That would be scary.
RAMSES i am
The first pack was a repack 2 years ago, delver was not really a thing back then
10:51 - thanks! will check if my black lotus is real.
Rudy, I have fakes I bought online (Chinese fakes. $20 for 50 different cards. I got them
Just for fun I'd never sell them I don't even use them in EDH) however when you rip the ones I have there's blue in the middle just as you showed. The funny thing is, is that the print and card stock quality it terrible but it does have he blue. If you want me to send pics or make a video or even send them to you let me know.
I have no use for them other than I leave the power nine on he first page of my trade binder to give people heart attacks!
Just a note on this; I have left things in my car for a long time and the heat has done odd things to them. Considering they were in his glovebox for 2 years with summer/winter temps, I am not surprised that the glue looks and feels weird.
They left the delver in because these were resealed years ago, back when delver wasnt that expensive. if these were resealed when INN was still in standard delvers were much more common and were under around 50 Cents i think.
Rudy fingers a Booster Pack NSFW
The LGS and the old owner should be named: This is a crime.
He said the LGS is owned buy different people now so that won't help.
Also notice how in one of the packs, the basic land was in the back, but in the other 3, the tips/tricks card was before the DFC. And one of them even had a DFC *AND* a tips/tricks card. Fishier than a Long John Silver's.
The guy literally said it was double sided tape they used to reseal those, which is why you get that yellowing and why it was still sticky after all that time.
Igglybuff
Gigglypuff
Wigglytuff
There is the evolution.
this hurts on so many levels
U forgot jigglymuff.
@@PRS-qh5jf
To be honest, i don't know a lot about them. I just like that one's names. xD
Was worried this was gonna be another parody video. Thank you for not doing that Rudy
Thanks to Rudy, I'm gonna try MTG again when hour of devastation comes out.
I used to be an avid MTG player during 3rd edition back in highschool.
Delver was a common and took a while before it started to climb.
The second pack was missing the checklist card for the flip card. Every innastrad pack came with the checklist card
I don't know why wizards wouldn't add a tear line so when you pull on the rear tab it tears open so it can never be resealed. I mean if they can do it with pricing labels (people used to try and switch pricing labels so they added score lines so labels come off in pieces instead of one piece) there's no reason they can't do it on card packaging.
That's pretty scary for someone who rarely ever buys Magic Cards but still enjoys getting some every now and again. I don't think this obviously effects box purchasers unless they can tamper with the box seal... jeez. There must be a lot of profit in counterfeiting these damn things. Wizards needs to do something, and fast.
In response to the Delver, the guy did say he bought these like 2 years ago.Delver might not have been worth anything when they did it?
These type of reseals have been done for years, and the places where you can return unwanted/incorrect packs are the places you would see this more. The store owners wouldn't even know. Most chains now have the individually packed in cardboard versions these days, that eliminate these repacks. But hobby stores still have separate boosters
I've heard board game manufacturers on podcasts talk About how they produce their cards and blue core is what's commonly used for TCGs. There's grey core, blue core and black core; and that's in least to most expensive order.
Most super glue is made up of Ethyl cyanoacrylate They used something more like Butyl cyanoacrylate the more commercial version less likely to discolor from absorbing moisture from the air. Wizards uses a off the shelf Multipurpose ContactAdhesive from 3M for the original glue
they were in a car glove compartment, the heat probably did that to the glue
I dont even play magic anymore, I just got recommended the game of rudy vs tcc and now i just watch rudy talk
You've inspired me to send "repacks" that are just unopened to MTG TH-camrs.
That letter had so many grammar and spelling errors it made me furious
I like the ripping trick at the end, but I don’t want to go around my collection, ripping apart my store bought swords of fire and ice XD
You know it is a quality letter when every third word is misspelled.
They left in a delver because it probably wasn't valuable at the time the resealed
I bought 5 lapis cluster starter decks (force of will) from coolstuffinc and the booster packs were searched. the starter deck packaging is just a plastic case that can be opened and closed. the packs were like partially opened on the top corner, not sure if it was just looked in, or only partly resealed. all the packs had complete junk, mostly repeats of the same terrible rare. usually you get 1 textured foil in each starter deck, but i got none out of all 5. i emailed coolstuff but not no reply, so either they didn't believe me, or knew about it. i tried telling other people on facebook, but they didn't believe they were searched/repacked. this video helps confirm my claim, and hopefully others will be aware of this issue as well.
how works this scam? They remove the rare and uncommon cards from original booster packs, and re-seal the booster packs with less valuable and rare cards?
Damnit Rudy, don't make me paranoid right before I go to an LGS.
It is very impressive. It would have been nice to show one of the fully opened wrappers with the factory seal on one side and the reseal on the other.
As for the Delver, it could be the scammer was just interested in the mapped rares/mythics and taking out foils.
You have to remember the guy said the packs were sitting in his car for 2 years. 2 years before this video was uploaded, Delver didn't really have any value yet. Gotta think back in the appropriate timeframe.
Last time I was this early, Rudy was a sane and sensible man.
you should have a real pack for comparison when you do a video like this
I tore up a old common to see the blue line. That blew my mind had no idea people could do all this is
It probably wasn't even as noticeable until it got left in his car for so long and the glue dried out
Bottom is spelled "B-O-T-T-O-M" since the guy repeatedly misspelled it in his letter.
Pretty soon, the fakes well have better card quality than the real ones at the rate WOTC is going.
dont you have some innistrat packs for comparison?
Yeah this would be a much better way to conduct the test.
Thank you Rudy for showing the public the importance of checking your packs. With all of the counterfeit cards and resealed packs running around, could you devote a video to explaining the differences between fake/real cards, packs and boxes. I know that you drop hints in the middle of videos every now and again, but devoting a video to this subject would be greatly appreciated. If you have already done a video on counterfeit Magic, Pokemon, etc cards and I just haven't seen the video, could you be ever so kind, yes creepy Rudy, that means you, to put a link in the replies of this comment.
Thank you once again and:
#FloppyTaco
#Hashtag
#AlphaEmEffinInvestments
#MayYourTacosAlwaysRemainFloppy
#RudyGotTheFloppiestTaco
#NoMoreFakePackaging
#ThatsWhatSheSaid
#ThankYouRudy
Rudy is an expert in taco glue.
I think they used a very thin glue tape / doublesided tape to reseal the packs. You can clearly see the difference in the top and bottom, and clearly see the tape at 9:21 in the video. If you touch the part where there is the crimp seal but not the yellow tape, i bet its not sticky. You can also hear the difference when opening the top seal and the bottom seal. So those are repacked.
Multiple Reasons. One of which we all know by now is to sell it to TH-camrs that open MtG products on their channel.
The Hey look I opened lottery cards equals a lot of views, likes and ups potential of new subscribers while messing with the reality of re-packs.
Hell, If judges can't tell a gen 5 fake, I'd try to make a whole constructed deck of those.
That opening on the bottom is the importance of not globbing the glue when you reseal
Jk :)
This is why I won't buy packs at a shop that won't sell you a whole sealed booster box of anything.
My taco just went super floppy... in a bad way...
NOT glue it is double sided tape sir 3M 4462 Double Sided Foam Tape 1" x 5 Yds 1/32" Thick White
3M 4462 Double Sided Foam Tape 1" x 5 Yds 1/32" Thick White... you can get it in clear...
I used to buy Yugioh/Pokemon/MtG packs, open them up, then replace the rares with shitty ones from my collection and use a Eurosealer to close the packs back up. Sold em 2/$5 at the comic book shop. I was like 12.
My question is who doesn't open packs of innistrad right when you get them?
yeah i was thinking the same. "imma go to the store and buy some magic cards, woops i totally forgot about them for TWO YEARS when i got home". something's fishy, and i don't think it's the cards :P
Why would you open them? You just lose value.
I got about 100 boosters from about 25 sets. I'd either grab-bag draft them or sell them.
I can't trust buying packs online ever again!!!!
You shouldn't buy loose packs online anyway due to mapping.
While newer sets have gotten better at preventing mapping, it's still possible. A particularly scummy mapper wouldn't disclose their ability to do so, so a set could be already mapped and the public will never know. They could then map boxes and sell the garbage online.
About the only time you should buy packs online is if they're explicitly marked as having been mapped and the person selling them sells them at a reduced rate. People sometimes do this so they can draft with friends. It's still frowned upon because a person could buy the mapped packs and then resell them as not mapped.
The person that sent them to Rudy said he bought them at an LGS not online. Even more Shady??!
What is mapping?
Mapping is when you know which pack has a good rare or something worthy of it. It is often caused by factories that make the packs.
James Willis so true
Regular sealing doesnt have glue, its heated foil and stamped. Sticky glue is easy to see/feel. Before opening is hard to tell though.
lmao the grammar on that letter.. that's what happens when you choose mtg over school
"on that letter", be careful of your own grammar before picking at someone else's. Ok, champ?
9:02
"I'm fingering the--" then stops. hahaha
I'll just tear any of the cards I get in half now to make sure they aren't fake, just to be safe. Thanks for the tip! :)
There's an eye-opener!
Rips card
Oh wait, that one was real.
I've opened so many Manor Gargoyles...I think that nauseated me more than the actual repacks.
They left the delver in because it was a 10c common that was 'unplayable' back when innistrad packs were on shelves
"..end of Magic as we now* it". Get nowed, Magic. Get nowed.
the packs were probably resealed after the foils were weighed for. it almost looks like an adhesive spray, but it it was done a few years ago, most likely it was superglue
Looking back on this, it probably wouldn't have been too hard to get some non-resealed packs to compare and then you would have known a lot sooner
This video is insane and unnerving. Im about to buy some cards off of someone. Ill definatly be checkin their authenticity now.
I bet the packs are sealed with an ultrasonic bond, probably a blade horn. Wait until a smart machinist creates horns and anvils to match the pattern used at the factory.
Damn, I thought there was going to be at least 1 repackaged Sturmgeist in those packs.
2 years ago delver was worth nothing.
I invest in a jewelers loop. With a good magnification, you can look at the edge straight on and see the sandwich.
this is a player repack. there are players who do this searching for specific cards. they get a couple of boxes full of packs search them for what they specifically want repack the rest then sell a fresh box.
i know someone who did this with yugioh cards for a rare pack. he left rares in them, he just searched for a specific card(well 3 of a specific card)
I wanted you to do a strong bad email bit on this guy over the spelling and grammar in the letter. xD #triggered
I hope the writer of that letter doesn't end up like Trevor.
lol, I had to look that one up. Protect your heart anon! The stakes are coming!
Crapfully yours, Gemstar.
These repack videos are the best ones.
Opening a normal pack you bought for comparison would have been helpful for people like me who do not buy often. Still get the point enough, it just would be cool to have seen what the bottom looks like normally.
I'm guessing they ("the repacker") were looking for specific cards and if the pack didn't have what they wanted they would repack the entire pack, and keep packs containing the cards they wanted and sold the remaining cards in a bargain bin. just my guess. this is sad considering i only started playing and if I have to play against crooks and cheats why bother even trying.
What these card companies need to do is seal the packages in a way if opened you can't just glue them back. Instead of just gluing them they can also use a welding tip or roller that has unique shapes/symbols that welds them shut so once opened it rips the package/foil. It could pretty much be done at no extra to very little cost. They could also do something with the glue that is one color but once fresh air hits it it changes after a few minutes so you know it's not been tampered.
THOSE FAKE POKEMON CARDS ARE ACTUALLY STICKERS! i am not kidding, i had the same ones! try it!
Fake pack ASMR.... falling asleep already!
I used to do the same thing when I ran my own card shop. I exclusively sold cards. I should have expanded to other products... Anyway. I used to do the same thing, but CLEARLY marked them as re-packs and would build a "lucky" booster out of a batch. Of course, it would be a few cycles behind. And mostly random, but I would purposely include a high priced card. This was well before the market got saturated and new sets weren't worth much. It drummed up a good amount of business. It was fun. But re-packs were always, clearly marked.
Rudy's floppy tacos plays with crazy glue #greenscreen
The problem is that at the end of the day these cards particularly the old ones are not government minted currency and thus dont have any kind of "real" counterfeiting protection so its only going to be a matter of time until they get them perfect. Thats a lot of the reason that sealed boxes went up in value so much because there lass chance of being burned.
The letter mentioned that card shop had new owners which leads me to believe that the owners were shady mofos who did more dirty crap then just repacks which lead them to have to sell the business.
This is smart. People don't normally open packs from the bottom, so it will generally go un-noticed.
Un-Glued