Ready! Set! Go! Let's Play The Set Booster Box Game For Zendikar Rising! A Magic The Gathering Thing
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He said "Crack packing" instead of "Pack cracking." Lol. Now we know what The Professor's side hustle is.
How else is he supposed to afford the booster box game?
Maybe he's in league with the Demon. Cardboard crack is a hell of a drug.
Got to reuse the plastic
This took a while to get but I love it
28:50 For those that missed it ;)
*opens pack 1 wayfarer bauble*
*mitch has join the chat*
i remember when that card was a dollar or less
@@wadewilson5712 me too I had a couple back then I wish I kept atleast 1 it's actually good my young not so bright days
*Mitch then proceeds to leave chat unmoderated and then deletes it 20 hours later*
@@wadewilson5712 Couldn't believe when I saw this estimate (3 dollars-something?). Most overrated mana rock in EDH? :P
I like how when this series started it was "will I open one or ten?". Now we know it's "will I open one, or get super lucky and maybe get to a second box?".
The box toppers have a similar effect as masterpieces: They completely demolish the value of what's actually in the packs.
Depends... look at the Mystery Booster Box Game, he opened a lot of boxes!
New set announced for 2021: Miss-cut Masters.
Featuring Presidential Planeswalker boosters! $600 for 30 cards! 20 of them are reprinted lands, the rest are foil, and one card is a slice of ham!
alternative title, 2018 and onward masters
They found away around the reserved list
The new split cards! Abilities and art of one, name and cost from another completely different card below
Double miscut masters, collectors boosters with misfoiled foils and extended art that extends onto the back from the sides
My mom plays magic and has always gotten joy out of just cracking packs. It started when my grandfather (her dad) was dying in the hospital. She would visit him every day and come home so sad. She started swinging by the store and buying packs on her way home and she said the distraction and little dopamine rush helped, even if just in a small way. I think cracking packs is fine if you know what you are getting yourself into. I agree with the A- rating.
what
love watching these at 2x because the music becomes 50% of the fun.
This is now the only way to watch these. Also, at 2x speed, the music has a pretty big Tetris vibe.
Same
Omg! You're a genius! That is even more fun
I watched the second half on 2x after reading this. When he talks he sounds like ben Shapiro
Your booster box: "First off, we have Wayfarer's Bauble"
It's "First up...", not "First off...".
i got one in my very last pack of the box. 1 for mitch.
*claps* I scrolled down to comments because I wanted to IMMEDIATELY post this as a comment but wanted to see if anyone else had thought of it first. Well done sir. You have my upvote.
@@jasonjustis3098 You must be fun at parties
@@darknova000 As someone who has a hearing loss and must resort to reading lips to correctly deduce what words people are saying when they don't enunciate words properly, I'm surprised more people haven't figured out what Mitch is actually saying when he lists Wayfarer's Bauble first. I'm guessing that people just read the comments and see one "First off..." comment and assume that it's what he says, and the misinterpretation spreads like wildfire. As a judge who has to get very particular at times when teaching new players the intricacies of Magic and all its complicated interactions, me correcting someone on a word that people think is being spoken is simply me paying attention to details.
I think set boosters can be used by LGSes to be handed out to players as a tournament prize, which is better than using boosters made to be drafted.
Great idea
Oh absolutely. If WotC could get these to stores for a good price, they could easily use them to promote other purchases somehow.
Ty Sylicus And if we could get Arena pack codes at least....
Yeah my LGS used set boosters for prize support for ZDR pre release and it was a lot of fun opening them for that tbh.
The transition from $100 to $150 was smooth
But why did it transition?
My general incompetence.
Also, the save when the price went from $138.62 to $138.62 after the $2 foil land, the jumped $7 and some change to correct the value with the next hit that was $5 and some change. Very slick correction lmao. 9.5/10 😉
@@TolarianCommunityCollege what can we expect your an English professor not a video editing professor
I only watch these Booster Box Games videos for the professor's ramble pad at the end. I love the Professor.
I like watching these for the discussion at the end. Keep padding out those timers :)
I'm certain a certain C.Q. Mitch would have loved that first booster.
Also, anyone else notice that the required value counter is set at $100 instead of $150 at the start of the opening?
I wondered about the count too. It does get updated at 8:30 amd switch to 150 then
Yeah, I was starting to think he had some sort of secret place to get it cheap. Turns out, I got it much cheaper at my LGS after all.
I enjoyed the rambling content more than the other recent content. There was some really good info and it felt more personable. Thanks!
I love the music you play during these unboxing videos. I always put your Booster Box videos on while I play arena on the weekends haha
great sincerity and authenticity in this one, loved the lengthy ending. "we can make it that!" That's a good ending.
Thank you for doing these box openings, I really enjoy these!
God the last three minutes of these videos are solid gold. I love it when Prof. just riffs. "It's a good life, well...it can be...we can make it that." That needs to be flavor text on a card.
Set booster box was $120 at my local LGS in STL, which was a great deal as I haven't seen them that cheap from any other store.
What store in StL miniture market?
@@dragonmk123 No Bodach's Games in Arnold, MO. Very few in STL deal with Miniature Market b/c of how shady and anti-competitive they are.
@@MSUHitman I see I may have to give them a look as I'm from the other side of the river.
Profs ramblings are the best. So real, so sincere. so optimistic.
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I am about 6 minutes in, but wanted to say I love when you do this particular video. Thanks for doing one for ZR
Hello good sir, I just got back into MTG and found your channel...great content and I love the music you play :) I've subbed and look forward to seeing more!
I'm here many months later to appreciate the content, as my buddy and I are considering set boxes vs draft boxes. But I'm also here to appreciate the closing! It is, indeed, a non uncomplicated but *good* life, and you, yes *you*, are loved.
Thanks Professor. I know you have been down about things lately. We enjoy your content and appreciate your love for the game. Keep it up
omg, the ramble at the end was priceless, especially with the music in the background, lol
Fantastic box no 1! I wish I had such an excellent one myself! But your 150 Dollars were a bit high. Box 1 was wonderful! Absolutely lovely. Congrats!
Alright : Love the honesty at the end ! :) Make me wanna watch more .. I like to gamble so i was wondering if i should buy draft or set ! :D
Thanks
love this battle, i love opening my box, and to get some old cards its amazing! thanks Prof!
This music Professor really captures the risks involved with this stuff. Like the silly game noises in a show when you whiff lol
You could say the results were up-Set-ing
Stop
@@seanhunt1171 I'll be here all week :D
Do you need me to show you the door or you will walk to it by yourself?
Thanks for doing these videos, they let me experience the excitement of opening booster packs without having to spend any money.
Glad to see someone opening these up. I preordered, and my LGS still hasn't gotten them in a month after release
Hahaha so great that you opened Wayfarer’s Bauble on your first pack!! Love that!
You are loved. Life can be good. We can make it that way. Sometimes we just need a little hope. Keep being awesome Professor!
Your Steamed Hams recreation with Vince is still one of my favorite bits that you've done.
I've started watching these for the discussion at the end.
Honestly I really needed that explanation for why the set boosters got an A-. The whole time I watched the review I expected a poor grade but you gave it an extremely high one and I was so confused. This video actually helped me understand why.
Also I liked that you mentioned that TCGPlayer is your local game store. Its nice getting little business cards from local game stores around the country when ordering. It's one of the reasons I immediately go to TCGPlayer if something isn't available at any local game store, or in my case, when the only good LGS near you permanently closes down. I say only good LGS because I don't like smelling BO every time I walk into another LGS
"We can make it that" Really is a good note to end it on. Thanks Prof!
The rambling endings are the best part of these videos
My main disappointment with these was the promise of "themed" commons. Frankly, it's a stretch to find any synergies. I was hopeing for mini landless jumpstart like themes
I thought at first that the comms and uncomms would ALL be linked in one theme!
Disappointed to find each was a separate theme. What a waste of cardboard.
I'm planning to spice up my box opening by doing a variation of SEALED using these packs.
@@ty_sylicus let me know how it goes, always interested in playing sealed, especially with draft pods being too large for current lockdown restrictions
I agree. There was maybe 2-3 cards with a similar mechanic and then another 1-2 with something in common (pardon the pun) like both are rogue, or both are blue. I was really hoping for 6 cards that all run off a similar thread of thought.
I'm relieved that I'm not the only one who was having trouble linking the commons/uncommons together, thematically they do not make sense to me
Because I can't see the packs I find myself wondering which one you're on is it possible to put pack number beside Next Box. My apologies if I ask out place . I do really enjoy your music choices and how close the card was to the camera. It made a good pick me up . Stay safe!
Really love these.
Wish there was a pack counter in one of the corners.
You rock prof! Love the end ramblings
I can hear Mitch crying all the way here to Germany
Jo, wenn ich genau hinhöre, hör ich ihn auch
once again thoughts well put together, congrats on the cavern of souls
Thank you! I really enjoy your content!
I think part of the reason party decks aren't worth anything (and are generally bad) is because none of the payouts are worth it. The pieces are there, but the cards that actually reward you get for successfully going through the arduous process of constructing a party and maintaining it, truly isn't there. Over all though this set is pretty good.
Kid Buddy Son maybe with the d n d set things will be different.
Seems like a draft mechanic
that music shift right at 7:27 is just a big old chefs kiss
I can't say for certain, but it's possible the miscutting issue is isolated to the states. I'm in the UK and didn't see any miscuts.
P.S. That was a lovely note to end on, you're very much appreciated, Prof.
Maro in July announcing Set Boosters: "First up, I should tell you that Set Boosters are going to cost a little more than Draft Boosters (we estimate about $1 more per pack..."
Well, he got it wrong by half (currently about $2 difference per pack). If only there was something Wizards could do to let us know how much their products should actually cost instead of vague and inaccurate guesses.
Somehow msrp is bad and not having it isn't totally predatory at all.
Luckily I got my box at "suggested price that isn't MSRP" but I've felt the effects of the lack of MSRP numerous times myself.
The market is responsible for over pricing these, not WotC.
I hope the next set to have Set Boosters will be more reasonable. Draft Booster boxes going for about 100$ when Set Booster boxes are nearly 50$ is ABSURD when they contain SIX LESS packs.
Thank goodness for guaranteed box toppers now.
If they did that then they'd be honest. Companies can't be honest, they have to be dishonest, fake, and unreliable.
just print and proxt everything, fuck wizards
Man that Visions frame on that Man O War looks so good!
I bought every card from this set that was of even remote value to me as a single, getting playsets for anything I thought I'd use outside of commander.
I spent $75.
just the double sided land in good amount cost more than that. That set is full of cards for commander
@@user-vg6sg7kh1q They didn't have that much value for me to be honest. I might get one or two for certain decks once the cycle is finished in Kaldheim, but none of the Zendikar Rising pathway lands did much for me. Though I did get two playsets of Bala Ged Recovery.
to each their own... would be curious what you picked up and for what use. guessing you don't play lands matters much ya?
@@thetogtube2 Not too much but I did get a Nissa and Ashaya.
@@marginis definitely a good way to go most of the time. that is my plan for 2021 now that my collection is pretty plush. But with Zendikar I couldn't resist getting a set and collector box. I got 10 mythics in my set and 4 fetches (2 of which were foil) in my Collector box. Happy lucky gambling days jaja
Love this content Prof!
Wow based on this I got really lucky with my box. I've been opening a pack a day as a pick-me-up in the afternoon doldrums of work, so it's worth it to me for the fun.
This was one of the sets that there was so many cards that the wife and I needed. We bought some draft and a set. While I got 4 mythic rares (Draft) my wife was able to pull 7, not counting the box topper. With the Set we pulled 9 not counting the box topper. Overall the best pack that was pulled from the set contained 3 mythic rares (1 from the list).
How you doing prof. Love the college and your videos keep it up
Set boosters should be simplified: a pack only needs to contain 6 or so cards. Sometimes there’s 1 rare, sometimes there’s 6. As a drafter it‘s a bit gross to watch people fling past 90% of the Set booster pack and go to the rare. The Commons and Uncommons are literally wastes of paper to the gamblers.
The aim of the product is to provide a fun experience of cracking packs but the only interesting thing is the rare/mythic. So i totaly agree with you
I don't disagree with the sentiment though it needs some fleshing out. Keep the list though, that's my favourite part of them.
Or better yet - no set boosters at all. I love them, but I'm worried that they'll kill drafting.
What did you expect when they filled most of the pack with chaff and want you to get excited by it? They wanted streamers and TH-camrs to open these and promote them to their audience by acting like an uncommon halfway through the pack is exciting.
Packs should have:
Art card
Land card (sometimes fullart)
Showcase frame (any rarity)
Wildcard slots x2
Rare / Mythic
Foil
THE LIST (every pack)
Guaranteed Token!
Ad card / mini game
Arena code for an ICR
11 "cards" total. Maybe fit one more on for an even dozen?
Came for the booster box game, stayed for the incredibly wholesome rambly professor.
The miscuts that show another card (like the one showing the artist name for the card above) usually fetch a premium. Your card is basically bulk aside from the error, so i would guess it might catch $1-$2 from someone who is collecting it for the error alone. Common misprints for newer sets are pretty cheap, can occasionally get a few more bucks in auction but generally id only pay like $1 for that miscut.
Yeah but a "common" worth 1-2$ is pretty good.
@Ninja Named Bob i mean compaired to other commons. At $1 its worth 3 times most other commons. I'm just saying Its worth keeping set aside from other commons so you can sell it later to a miscut/error collector especially if you have several to sell at once it makes mailing them worth it.
You know, it's weird how much difference there is between booster box and set booster box in the USA. In Canada, the prices are actually very close: $10 more for the set booster box ($155 vs $165 CAD). Of course, a part of that is that we over-pay for the regular booster boxes...
The music choices during the second opening. Much better!
Thanks for clarifying your grade for the set boosters. I was left pretty confused at how high the grade was after watching the review.
I got a scroll rack from my Set Booster box too. Didn't realise how good/expensive it was, now I'm building a yuriko deck :D
Thanks for doing these! :)
I wish there were stat reports of each box opened, how many rares, list cards etc there were.
I guess I could do them myself, but I'm lazy :/.
Well, a good reminder to buy singles. Thank you Professor for these each new set.
Prof: ...Or possibly more than one.
I think that summarizes the set pretty well.
I bought a set booster box to play a number of sealed games with my play group. We all got one each and pretty much agreed that we're not going back to draft boosters, unless we for some reason want to draft a standard set again. Set boosters were more fun to crack, we all got a decent amount of value, nice looking alt arts, and we liked the quality of games we got out of the product. And now we all have a good amount of playables for Highlander and Commander, so I'm very pleased with my purchase.
I focus more on which commons and uncommons are gonna be valuable in the long term now. Marauding Blight-Preist, Demon's Disciple, Vastwood Surge, Roiling Regrowth, Cleansing Wildfire, Feed the Swarm, Kor Blademaster, Rockslide Sorcerer, Tuktuk Rubblefort, and Broken Wings are on my list as potential EDH cards. Rubblefort in particular is an oddly powerful common.
loved that ending
Oh, hey, seeing you opening that signed Jace art card made me realize it would be a very fancy kicker token for the real card.
This music was great for exercising, thanks.
For every card I see on "The List" I can't help but squint and wonder... why? Did cards like Yavimaya Scion really need a reprint? Big in Pauper?
Also Prof, just curious, do you actually sell the cards to pay for the next box? Or do you just use it as a gauge, keep the ones you want, and just spend the difference for the sake of the video?
It’s just an arbitrary list that they have all kinds of crap on, just so that way it isn’t going to tank the valuable stuff, I guess. And apparently it’s going to be a different list for each new set? All the more reason to buy singles for now, I guess.
I do wonder if he does actually sell them. If I were him I'd at least keep anything I was personally looking for.
@@nosrin1988 I imagine TCC Inc "sells" it to Prof. (Call it a staff purchase.)
I reckon he keeps the stuff he sleeves, since we don't see it happen very often and it isn't always for the cards of highest value.
He 100% doesn't actually sell it. The booster box game goes by market value, so if he has cards worth 100 dollars market price, he gets another box. Seems like he could do this just by selling the cards, but no store is going to pay 100%, let alone even 70%, especially on 2-3 dollar cards. Unless he has a deal with his store worked out or they're somehow able to run on 0% profit margins, then there's no possibility he's paying for these boxes just by selling the cards except if he manages to sell them all individually to players himself, which just isn't feasible.
Absolutely tragically superb
I just really love this guy.
I like the set boosters... I feel like the "gambling" aspect of it is valid but most people ignore the "BOOSTER" portion of it. Don't buy tons of booster packs hoping to get the cards you want. Buy some of the cards you want from your LGS and maybe if you have an extra 10-15 bucks buy a few booster packs for the fun aspect of it. Maybe you get lucky maybe you don't but it's a randomized product you can't possibly hope to get what you want reliably out of that type of thing. Keep spreading the love Prof you got good advise!
Never bought a 9.99$ booster. The only times I've bought boosters was to collect fat packs back in the days when I collected them (stopped at BFZ for obvious reasons) and when I want to host a draft. I just love seeing you doing this booster game so that I can see how bad/decent/good value there seems to be in a set. I loved it when shocklands were in the rare slots. This meant that winning an FNM almost always made you leave the evening by going plus/equal on what you paid to be able to play that night.
Dude that miscut is cool. Put it on major misprints facebook group. People love that stuff.
What a gamble. This is why I love your content prof. Really show the importance of why it's better to get singles.
Thanks for the video and hope everything is going well. It’s disappointing seeing what’s happening to Magic and I feel you.
GJ wizard on your product quality control.
7:26 Love the NES music. Sounds like Zelda II.
We CAN make it that. Thanks, Prof.
Oh this looks fun I kind of want to try the now
The VERY FIRST set booster I opened had 3 rares, twas a great feeling!!
Can you do a video on penny dreadful? Its an amazing format with a lot of cool interaction as well as huge card rotations after each season. You can buy entire amazing decks for 1 single dollar
as someone who also pulled a scroll rack, i love this product
The music was great in this one
I imagined there's just a massive basket of cards brought for the booster box game at the side of the desk here
I think the 1st box may have had a full art foil land for every type!😂🤘Very cool!
Can’t wait for the buy a box video for collectors boosters. Perhaps we shall see the Instructor again.
Great video. I am wandering though, why does the goal jump from 100 to 150 at the 8:29 mark when you pull Lithoform Engine?
We can make it that! I love when you ramble on unscripted. Should do that more often!
I got really lucky with my list pulls for my box. I got an Platinum Angel and Emerkurl (which i just traded in for cards I wanted). I was pleased with my box
generally speaking miscuts are valued more if there is text of another card visible on the card, and a whole lot more if it's foil. They don't have a set price but collectors will generally bid on a few. I like to grab the tokens and rares if possible. Sold what few cards I had though.
I would love to see a draft or sealed event trying to use these.
Though, as it stands, I'm putting myself on a hiatus from buying cards, with the exception of singles at my LGS. WotC, the "I've got mine" members of the community, and the collapse of the lore have put me off really hard. Maybe one day I'll get past my personal issues, or maybe this was the breaking point for me... time will tell
Magic story is back tho? Everything else though I agree
@@halfpintrr The lore articles are back. How much between Ixalan and Zendikar Rising do we disregard? Is this another case like Origins where we throw entire character arcs away and move on? Did Nahiri and Nissa actually speak with each other before now? There's so much gummed up in that period. I am glad the Lore articles are back, and I may read them or listen to them over at Gendoukeshi's channel... but currently I'm fairly disconnected from being interested.
@@Teifling Not really. The best part is that those changes are acknowledged. The characters have changed for the better I think. If you decide to read them, by all means do, they are actually really good. I especially love how they handled Jace and Nissa. Even Nahiri isn’t a complete monster.
I am one that collects miscues and yeah the ones you have arent worth anything really. But still would be interested in them
The professor looking on fire today!
Whats that song playing starting at the 10:24 time and ending at 13:27. Ooh and the song starting at the start of opening box #2. Good music
wait it's the 4th of october? yes plenty of time to learn for my next exam!
Free-associating Professor is often my favorite Professor.
Hey Prof. Long time commenter, first time watcher. I had a question for you.
Would you consider doing like a "13/30" packs near the dollar amount so we can track it a bit easier? It would be a bit easier for us to keep track at home :)