Personally, I love them for the same reason the Prof is beginning to come around on them. They are something for the Whales to play with while us Drafters get left alone.
I always regret getting them. I've never gotten anything that great out of them minus a foil Bountiful Promenade. I've gotten so much better out of set boosters
Professor this is the second time you've given a wotc product you've hated a moderately good review twice now in the last week. Give us a signal if you are trapped by wotc!
Wow. "Well, Wizards of the Coast has stopped disclosing the price of their products due to the extreme difficulty their representatives had in telling people what things cost while keeping a straight face." I need no more information than this to understand the current difficulties facing Magic: the Gathering.
@@ToliG123 Mystical Archives are so common that it is fairly meaningful, not the best, but infinitely better than being on The List. It's probably not much worse than being a normal mythic in a Standard set.
I'll fully admit. I started learning Japanese so I could read Manga without needing to wait for an English Translation... Now I get to utalize/practice my Japanese through MTG? Yes please.
It has been a while. I did get a foil full art beledros but the odds of something like that are extremely low. (We do get a few mystical archive cards in normal packs though)
@@protolight1654 nice job on the Demonic! I was lucky as well, and got the foil Demonic out of my prerelease kit last week. Yesterday during the official launch, a guy who bought a Collector's box pulled a foil Japanese Tutor.
What do you think MA cards are? And they come in packs more frequently than twice a booster case (I'm referring to Masterpiece cards which I think you're also referring to)
The mystical archive is such a good move by wotc. Great looking reprints often of cards that desperately need it that are going to be printed a lot, like, a lot a lot. Very cool
Dear Professor; Johnnie wasn't able to attend classes yesterday due to the reason that Wotc took his lunch money, again. -Please excuse him, signed; Johnnies' Mom.
Favorite combo in magic.... that's really tough. I've always liked Time Sieve + Thopter Assembly. But I think Teferi's Protection + Lethal Vapors + Grand Abolisher might be my favorite. No one expects to lose from their opponent skipping their own turn a billion times.
This is the first time I have bought a box of collector's boosters. I absolutely LOVE the full art cards and the Mystical Archive cards, and my lady and I had a blast cracking packs. It wasn't "worth it" in terms of money probably, but the joy of us opening them was worth it.
Watching him open a pack and the full art Stone Rain was in place of a Rare/Mythic. That kills me. It's a common that has been reprinted so many times. This is why I passed on Collector's boosters for the first time since they were introduced. No way I can justify the price, and get a common card in the best slot.
I bought a single pack from Walmart out of curiosity... ended up pulling around $80 worth. So while I probably won't keep buying more, it turned out alright for me.
I really wish the professor did this video a week earlier. It was actually not very clear a week ago when I was deciding to get the collector box or not. It took me nearly an hour to understand what is in there and what the different treatment would look like. It's a bit late now since my LGS sold out of these but the info is still very much appreciated :)
I absolutely love the japanese art for this set and that was the main reason I purchased the collector box. I wanted to grade and display some as I do with my Pokemon cards :)
All the jabs at secret lairs in yesterday's video had me reeling. One combo that I love that I really want to pull off eventually is Vadrok+Chance for Glory+Stifle effect to generate infinite turns. It just seems so fun to crank that out. Also, thanks for telling me about Decree of Silence + Solemnity, I love it! My number 1 favorite combo ever is in my Jodah commander deck, where I use Jodah to drop Omniscience, followed by Enter the Infinite into casting basically my whole deck, and swinging in with an army of eldrazi and giant threats. I do keep 1 titan in my hand though, so if I don't win somehow, I can shuffle my library back when I discard to hand size ;)
the only good thing about these collector boosters is that the art is sick and it made me buy a memory lapse I don't even need (okay maybe that's not a good thing but I maintain that the art is VERY good)
I can confirm after opening two of these boxes myself that the value is real for MA. I've already recouped the cost of both boxes in less than 2 days after getting them and all the extra chuff and MA cards are mine for free. Would I recommend doing this in another week or two? NOPE, because the market will have cooled by then and I'll be able to buy back any cards I'm still missing from the MA sets at a way more reasonable price. And no, I didn't pull a single Demonic Tutor, but I did get 2x Time Warps (one foil, one etched) and a Tainted Pact JP alt arts. Commander 2021 cards are ridiculously overlooked as well, because a dozen of the cards I pulled were all $10-$15 each (almost more than the highest priced Strixhaven extended art LOL). For anyone considering a box of draft or set, you're throwing your money away legitimately. The odds of just breaking even are so incredibly low, you'd almost have to pull a Demonic Tutor from every box just to be in the black. Terrible set IMO, but MA saves it.
I bought 4 of those total and it paid off incredibly well. These are SO much better than previous Collector boxes, and also draft boosters in any metric besides being able to draft. Yes, $250 in draft boxes wields 90 guaranteed mystical archives, but they will all be the global version and all nonfoil (foils are extra, maybe 1-2 per box) and most of these are worth pennies. The foil etched and japanese ones are the real deal, and Collector boxes give between 1.5 and 2.5 japanese archives per box. It is indeed amazing. If you have $200-250 to spend in Strixhaven but don't want the C21 decks for some reason, Collector Boosters are the best option, in my opinion.
I don’t think so. The secondary market was buying them up at $300 and now they are over $400. Especially considering how shitty the English arts are we could be looking at a war of the spark alt art situation where English version was less desirable than the base set but Japanese was 5x the price
Demonic, grape, channel, time Warp will skyrocket. Teferi eventually. Other playables will fluctuate with some having dropped since pre-orders but go up over time.
I just recently got back into Magic (about the time Kaldheim hit the market) and with strixhaven, for the first time in my life, a friend of mine and me bought an entire booster box together and I really got to say, i love the main set as much as the archive one. Really fun new cards aswell as cool reprints of cards I remember from back then, when i even was to young to understand the game. Love your videos keep up the great work!
@@lsingerkira some of the packs were pretty cool. A couple had 3 Japanese alt art cards. The box had 3 Divine Gambits, which are just garbo. And like the Prof said, there are so many on the market already that aside from a few chase cards, most of the MA cards are worth pennies.
I actually spent an afternoon scratching my head at the contents in a booster, but I can now confidently say that I sort of have an idea of what might not be in it.
I bought one Strixhaven collector booster out of curiosity before watching this and got a japanese foil Counterspell. I was really tempted to buy more, but thanks to your video I am not anymore! Thanks for explaining, prof!
I really like the experience of it, I brought a couple packs, and did decently well, but it was about the artwork, not the money-making. I got them for £18 each.
As a yugioh player trying to get into magic, I love your videos. I've been watching them for years now and always go to them for info on supplies and new magic stuff I know nothing about. After you talked about the strixhaven precons I figured it was a good time to jump into commander and get one. I had no idea about all the japanese alt art in this collectors set (I think that's what this set is?Mtg sets are still a bit confusing to understand for me), so I'll definitely be looking into buying some to bling out my lorehold deck. Thank you very much professor. Also, do a video about yugioh. I loved the video you did with Paul from Team APS, and a lot of us in the yugioh community would love to see you bring your comedic style to our dopamine fueled game. "Many yugioh players ask the question, "What the hell does Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic do?"" A big creator, Cimoooooooo, did a video a while back looking at magic cards in comparison to how they would be in yugioh and I would love to see you do a similar vice versa video on your channel. Thanks for taking the time to read this if you did.
Me: What does Pot of Greed do? YGO Player: You draw two cards? Me: Ooh, CMC? YGO Player: 0 Me: Instant speed?!? YGO Player: Sorcery Me: Damn, it's unplayable.
Hello Professor! :) I'd say my favorite combo is Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Peregrine Drake + Minamo, School at Water's Edge since it was the 1st infinite mana combo I got to know, plus I like Kiki-Jiki's versatility! I also want to thank you for this series! I really rely on your judgment when it comes to buying certain MTG-products. Even though I haven't spend money on a single Collector's Booster Box in my entire life, I was about to buy one from STX due to the prospect of more Japanese alternate art Mystical Archive cards. But when I heard they will be available in regular boosters as well I reconsidered and your judgment confirmed my opinion. Greetings from Austria, Philipp #StrixhavenCollectorBox #IsItWorth #WretchedCombos #Strixhaven #MagicTheGathering
My favorite color in Magic Is black, I play it on almost every commander that I have. The Bolas Citadel + sensei divining top + aetherflux is my favorite combo! You dont just feel great by playing any of the pieces even if you dont have the combo, but when citadel hits de Battlefield, if you dont win the game right away, you end up with a big advangate.
Instead of giving us Japanese exclusive art. They should have just made the same alternate art in all languages. The Japanese art is amazing I just wish it were English text
@@thePrinceofFrogs It wouldnt work with the art style, as I said above. In the Japanese alt arts the text is going down as used in traditional writings where as in the west most writings were done sidewards
I appreciate the levelheaded-ness Professor. I was really excited watching my friends open some of the Collector's Boosters, but I really only want the Mystic Archive cards. Hoping my LGS will sell me a set soon!
Prof really went in on this video. There are more solid jokes in this video than in most half hour comedy shows. That being said I had to watch it three or four times to make sense of the boosters, so I guess wotc's incompetence is good for your metrics. You deserve it!
Professor, Your videos have been very helpful to me for the last few years. You’ve helped me to understand the game better in a variety of ways and on what to purchase. Specifically card combos and products to avoid and to purchase. What has always been the biggest appeal to me is your sense of professionalism. I think you do an excellent job, keep up the good work and let’s see you make it to a million subscribers!
Bought 1 English and 1 Japanese set booster this go-around, had pretty good results of it. My favorite combo is Ghostly Flicker > Archaeomancer (etc) + Peregrine Drake for infinite mana and infinite storm/magecraft/Ral/Guttersnipe etc triggers in commander. Very flexible core combo that can be easily assembled with many duplicates that can achieve a victory through multiple outlets; or in other words, great in any Izzet+ commander deck!
As always, thank you for your reasoned evaluation. I was getting all sweaty with FOMO and considering shelling out for collector's boosters. No longer. You've talked me off the ledge.
I almost posted asking for you to blink "Shave and a haircut" in the opening of your next video to let us know if a Hasbro assassin had a gun trained on you behind the camera.
My favorite combo is one you told me about! Using that white enchantment that has "0: destroy target reflection" in conjunction with the blue enchantment that has "1: change target creature type". It's just... *Mhua*! 👌🏽
My favorite combo in Commander are the turn 1 wins, like this one with "Iname, Death Aspect" as Commander: 1: Put a swamp onto the battlefield 2:Tap it to play "dark ritual" 3: Play "Jeweled Lotus" for 0 4: Use a black mana to play "sol ring" 5: Tap "sol ring" and "Jeweled Lotus" and sacrifice it to add 2 colorless and 3 Black mana 6: Use the 2 colorless mana and 4 black mana to play the commander, witch is "Iname, Death Aspect" and with him you put 42 spirits from you Library to your graveyard 7: Play "Songs of the Damned" for 1 black mana: add 42 black mana to your mana pool 8: Play "Exsanguinate" for 42 black mana to take all opponents life to 0 9: Appreciate the win! I got this from Mitch and I thank him for this crazy Idea: check his video: th-cam.com/video/IGa-fD7nfQs/w-d-xo.html
*Me an Internet Intellectual* - "Awwwkkkchalllyyyyyy professor, the (stimulus) as its name suggests is meant to be just spent on anything you want and not hold it."
No, the stimulus is meant to stimulate the economy. The velocity of the stimulus is greatest at the lower rungs of society because they have to spend it (rent, repairs, food, etc while not having a savings) so it moistens more beaks. But saving the money still provides the bank with capital they can then leverage up to 125x and stimulate the economy by buying up stocks and keeping pensions in tact. I think the second theory is a crock of shit devised to justify our crooked economy and banking system, but “saving,” it does still provide stimulus to the economy just with much less velocity
Yesterday we learned about Wretched Card Combos- as per requested homework- this may not be my favorite combo, but it it one I pulled off in Commander “Storm Herd and Warhorn Blast” - 20 Pegasus tokens with +2/+1 counters- nice !
Thanks for the info and perspective as always proff. Definatly going to pick up some of the singles of the alters considering how cheap they are, want to make a callage of them and frame it (unless I find a sheet for sale), the art is gorgeous.
Congrats on 600k! My favorite infinite combo is my first commander deck, Teysa Karlov -- her plus Ashnod's Alter, Pitiless Plunderer, and Reassembling skeleton. I know it's not super unique but it was the first one for me!
Yeah, I definitely agree with this C, I really do like the art though, and that is definitely the redeeming quality here. But my fav combo is an old 90s one. Rebel Informer and Lin Sivvi self-tutor.
Bought some Japanese packs at my LGS to hunt for alternate DT and help the store: DT was a miss, but I did get an alternate Opt, and some other goodies. Glad to help my LGS!
I totally forgot about the Solemnity plus Decree of Silence combo! Once you have the board locked down, just play Nine Lives and watch the table groan. Keep up the good work Professor, your advice helps shape some of my decisions on what to purchase to sell inside my store.
My favorite combo is with Hellkite Charger and either Bear Umbra/Sword of Feast and Famine. Two card infinite combo that is balanced enough to be stopped. And when you pull it off: *chef's kiss*
Shout out to TBS comics in Pensacola, my home away from home and the only place that ever gets a cent of my money when it comes to buying packs and singles.
For all of the issues I have with it, there's something really special about Strixhaven, and a lot of "little" things that just make it feel good. I was really worried about some things, like the focus on set boosters. Then I had a BLAST opening some, fell in love with some many cards, and it's just been a joy of a set. Plus, the Mystical Archive is just SO cool. What a flavorful way of doing some reprints - something I'd love to see done more in the future. Happy/Dismayed to hear that Collector's Boosters are riding that same line.
I read the Wizards "Where To Find" article, and opened a Collector box of my own, and it's only after watching this video that I understand what's even in a pack. Thanks, Prof!
I haven't played MTG since I was knee high to a small giraffe - I think you guys know it as "Alpha" edition. I just fondly remember it as a card game I used to collect and play. I can't even remember what I did with my collection, but it had a lot of very [now] valuable cards (full set of moxes, split lands etc.)! Anyway... I don't play, I don't collect, and I have no interest in taking it back up - but for some reason I just really like watching your videos about the different products, their value etc. Thanks, keep 'em coming :)
with the archive possibilities the value is there. a buddy of mine and his brother split the cost and pulled alt japanese teferi's protection and alt japanese demonic tutor and cover the cost with just those cards. if you're buying to play this is a terrible option unless you are someone who has to have foils in your deck. i personally buy to play so i have switched to buy set boosters if i wanna crack packs, and singles since my main format is commander.
Everyone talks about the art being so good on these it warrants rent, but am I the only one that just loves how great almost every magic card looks? Even most plains look like they belong on the wall of a museum. Personally I don't need to spend 300$ to have some cards I like to look at for a couple minutes
Since Strixhaven release I only have witherbloom on my mind: my favorite EDH combo/interaction atm is Dina, Soul steeper + roots of life + Urborg tomb of yawgmoth! Gain 1 life every time an opponents taps a swamp + Dina draining the opponents every single trigger? *Insert maniacal mandrake screeching*
Professor, This video actually made me excited ... To buy singles!!! With all of the cool treatments collectors can have, there's gonna be TONS of regular quality versions of cards in the marketplace and at my local Gamestore!
Loved the combo video, I believe I posted on that video a combo I like.. Personally my favorite is Terror of the Peaks and Helm of the Host, but that's only because I've been able to pull it off on Arena for a few wins :)
I always look forward to your videos prof. It makes me feel better that my fomo for this packs is just that fomo. To be honest, I do love this game and I'm slightly concerned of where it's going. Much love prof
My fave combo from last video was the clone legion warstorm surge combo and I definitely would pick the 3x draft booster boxes while it would be nice to crack maybe a foil japanese set the etched cards are enough for me to be happy cause the art on them is already amazing enough and foil is extra!
Hi there! I just wanted to thank You for your videos, i'm pretty new to Magic, but i've enjoyed it and your videos had helped me from the start, learning to play, improving my abilities and knowing how to spend my money more efficiently. Congrats for the followers, i'm sure your channel will grow even more! Saludos desde México :)
My favorite combo in MTG is Yawgmoth's Will with Rooftop Storm in a blue/black Gisa and Geralf Commander Deck. Get as many zombies in that graveyard and play this combo to swarm the field with the undead
This video help a lot for me as a newbie. Thx Not sure will try to purchase it or not, but at least I have basic referrence to talk with my buddy at LGS
Professor !!! The best combo in the last video is Warstorm surge/Clone legion, imagine that with an eldrazi displacer and the one that brings spawn scions when is casted, in Golos commander deck!!! That Sir is pure evil!!!! blacker that the new ink put in the new set of booster packs!!!
I would never buy a collector’s booster but I do like that they exist. They greatly reduce the price of alternate border cards as well as cards like mystical archives making it easier to buy singles
Revenge Of The Booster Box Game: th-cam.com/video/Pfmr1LhY25I/w-d-xo.html
0:20 I'm starting to think that the Prof may not like collector's boosters. Not sure since it's kinda subtle tho
Idk man, it could be either or
Personally, I love them for the same reason the Prof is beginning to come around on them. They are something for the Whales to play with while us Drafters get left alone.
I mean you can’t be too sure here
We truly will never know. Wish he'd quit dancing around it.
I read it between the lines
I would never buy Collector boosters even if I have the money, but I thank everyone who did to reduce the price of singles.
And that's ok, just like it's ok for people to spend their own money on a collection of hobby card.
I bought one collector box, but I intend to resell it in 36 months. I bought a strixhaven bundle for draft and I couldnt get a draft box in time :(
Singles? More like pringles lmao
@@zzconmanzz1 Yep! I'm luckily in a good place to buy the collector booster for more of the Japanese alt arts, because they're GORGEOUS
I always regret getting them. I've never gotten anything that great out of them minus a foil Bountiful Promenade. I've gotten so much better out of set boosters
Professor this is the second time you've given a wotc product you've hated a moderately good review twice now in the last week. Give us a signal if you are trapped by wotc!
he wants to get his 2021 Christmas card
C is a moderately good grade? Who raised you? 😂
You've got to take into account the average, for wotc C is sadly a superior grade when you look at these products
@@clon1122 The American Education System (TM)
@@delphivinn833 American "education" system...
Wow. "Well, Wizards of the Coast has stopped disclosing the price of their products due to the extreme difficulty their representatives had in telling people what things cost while keeping a straight face." I need no more information than this to understand the current difficulties facing Magic: the Gathering.
honestly, just happy they found a good place to reprint teferi's protection
Is it an actual reprint or is it one of THOSE reprints?
It ain’t a reprint
In a standard set, no less. Seeing it at $25 makes me so happy.
@@ToliG123 I mean, this one with awesome art and frame is almost 1/2 the price of the other printings, so I'd count it as a reprint
@@ToliG123 Mystical Archives are so common that it is fairly meaningful, not the best, but infinitely better than being on The List.
It's probably not much worse than being a normal mythic in a Standard set.
I'll fully admit. I started learning Japanese so I could read Manga without needing to wait for an English Translation... Now I get to utalize/practice my Japanese through MTG? Yes please.
This video has been of some help to me, I hope this comment is of some help to you, appeasing the algorithm and all.
remember when we used to get really really cool cards in regular booster packs? for regular booster pack prices?
It has been a while. I did get a foil full art beledros but the odds of something like that are extremely low. (We do get a few mystical archive cards in normal packs though)
Idk, pulled demonic outta a normal booster so im vibing
Pepperidge Farm remembers
@@protolight1654 nice job on the Demonic! I was lucky as well, and got the foil Demonic out of my prerelease kit last week. Yesterday during the official launch, a guy who bought a Collector's box pulled a foil Japanese Tutor.
What do you think MA cards are? And they come in packs more frequently than twice a booster case (I'm referring to Masterpiece cards which I think you're also referring to)
The mystical archive is such a good move by wotc. Great looking reprints often of cards that desperately need it that are going to be printed a lot, like, a lot a lot. Very cool
Dear Professor;
Johnnie wasn't able to attend classes yesterday due to the reason that Wotc took his lunch money, again.
-Please excuse him, signed;
Johnnies' Mom.
I like that prof doesn't toe the line he just says how it is and definitely makes this content so much easier to watch.
"It's like Timeshifted except you can actually buy it!"-- Cue Skyrim Constellation Sarcasm advancement to 100
The set excited me so much. Hopefully wizards was just testing the waters on great reprint sets.
The opening line of “I don’t like collectors boosters” made my day. 😂
Favorite combo in magic.... that's really tough. I've always liked Time Sieve + Thopter Assembly. But I think Teferi's Protection + Lethal Vapors + Grand Abolisher might be my favorite. No one expects to lose from their opponent skipping their own turn a billion times.
‘Most expensive of Wizards product even masters product.’
Wotc - “Hold my beer”
*Announcing Modern Horizons 2 Collectors Boosters* $40-$60
I'm not sure if you edited this for the announcement of 2X2, but it happened
Time for another edit lol
I still have no idea what's in a Collector Booster.
As intended by design. Just fork over the cash!
foils in a language you can't likely read
@@leovaeg to be fair...I still have trouble understanding the cards I CAN read
Shiny stuff!
IT LOOKS COOL! GIVE WOTC $$$$$!!!
Mystical Archive really is super cool. And Strixhaven itself seems really fun.
It's an awesome set. Silly art, fun mechanics, big game breakers...
This is the first time I have bought a box of collector's boosters. I absolutely LOVE the full art cards and the Mystical Archive cards, and my lady and I had a blast cracking packs. It wasn't "worth it" in terms of money probably, but the joy of us opening them was worth it.
I miss the Proff being happy :(
Back when Hasbro wasn't assbro
@@don8535 😂
It feels like we are tonally in the "empire strikes back" phase of magic.... things look grim for our heroes
@@don8535 lmao
I miss MTG being good.
Thanks for the generosity to the community, I’ll check the video out and give it a shot. I agree with you about LGS
Watching him open a pack and the full art Stone Rain was in place of a Rare/Mythic. That kills me. It's a common that has been reprinted so many times. This is why I passed on Collector's boosters for the first time since they were introduced. No way I can justify the price, and get a common card in the best slot.
Prof: This product isn’t that good.
Me, who has already bought one: I’ve made a terrible mistake.
@@zenny724 It won't be in till Tuesday so we will find out.
@@jacobcook6921 best of luck
WOTC shorted my LGS’s preorder order so I’ll be waiting till Wednesday as well....
I bought a single pack from Walmart out of curiosity... ended up pulling around $80 worth. So while I probably won't keep buying more, it turned out alright for me.
@@zenny724 I got a Japanese alternate art Demonic Tutor out of it which pretty much paid for the rest of the box so I got lucky.
I really wish the professor did this video a week earlier. It was actually not very clear a week ago when I was deciding to get the collector box or not. It took me nearly an hour to understand what is in there and what the different treatment would look like. It's a bit late now since my LGS sold out of these but the info is still very much appreciated :)
When opening packs, all I cared about was the mystical archives
Strixhaven had some RAD stuff though
I absolutely love the japanese art for this set and that was the main reason I purchased the collector box. I wanted to grade and display some as I do with my Pokemon cards :)
Got one pack from walmart and got foil japanese swords to plowshares and etched foil tainted pact, among other gas!
All the jabs at secret lairs in yesterday's video had me reeling.
One combo that I love that I really want to pull off eventually is Vadrok+Chance for Glory+Stifle effect to generate infinite turns. It just seems so fun to crank that out. Also, thanks for telling me about Decree of Silence + Solemnity, I love it!
My number 1 favorite combo ever is in my Jodah commander deck, where I use Jodah to drop Omniscience, followed by Enter the Infinite into casting basically my whole deck, and swinging in with an army of eldrazi and giant threats. I do keep 1 titan in my hand though, so if I don't win somehow, I can shuffle my library back when I discard to hand size ;)
the only good thing about these collector boosters is that the art is sick and it made me buy a memory lapse I don't even need (okay maybe that's not a good thing but I maintain that the art is VERY good)
I can confirm after opening two of these boxes myself that the value is real for MA. I've already recouped the cost of both boxes in less than 2 days after getting them and all the extra chuff and MA cards are mine for free. Would I recommend doing this in another week or two? NOPE, because the market will have cooled by then and I'll be able to buy back any cards I'm still missing from the MA sets at a way more reasonable price. And no, I didn't pull a single Demonic Tutor, but I did get 2x Time Warps (one foil, one etched) and a Tainted Pact JP alt arts. Commander 2021 cards are ridiculously overlooked as well, because a dozen of the cards I pulled were all $10-$15 each (almost more than the highest priced Strixhaven extended art LOL).
For anyone considering a box of draft or set, you're throwing your money away legitimately. The odds of just breaking even are so incredibly low, you'd almost have to pull a Demonic Tutor from every box just to be in the black. Terrible set IMO, but MA saves it.
You remember in alara block when $21 got you 3 packs of all foil cards? Pepridge farms remembers.
I bought 4 of those total and it paid off incredibly well. These are SO much better than previous Collector boxes, and also draft boosters in any metric besides being able to draft. Yes, $250 in draft boxes wields 90 guaranteed mystical archives, but they will all be the global version and all nonfoil (foils are extra, maybe 1-2 per box) and most of these are worth pennies. The foil etched and japanese ones are the real deal, and Collector boxes give between 1.5 and 2.5 japanese archives per box. It is indeed amazing. If you have $200-250 to spend in Strixhaven but don't want the C21 decks for some reason, Collector Boosters are the best option, in my opinion.
Im so confused I know its all terrible, but his sarcasm is so strong Im starting to believe its a good deal
I 100% agree with you on point 2. The mystical archive cards are absolutely breathtaking!
I hope the price of japanese Mystical Archives drops. I wanna collect them all
I don’t think so. The secondary market was buying them up at $300 and now they are over $400. Especially considering how shitty the English arts are we could be looking at a war of the spark alt art situation where English version was less desirable than the base set but Japanese was 5x the price
Agreed, so pretty
Demonic, grape, channel, time Warp will skyrocket. Teferi eventually. Other playables will fluctuate with some having dropped since pre-orders but go up over time.
I just recently got back into Magic (about the time Kaldheim hit the market) and with strixhaven, for the first time in my life, a friend of mine and me bought an entire booster box together and I really got to say, i love the main set as much as the archive one. Really fun new cards aswell as cool reprints of cards I remember from back then, when i even was to young to understand the game.
Love your videos keep up the great work!
I opened a box of these last night and the moment I saw the notification for this video and read the title I said "nope, not at all."
Damn... tell more about your experience man...
@@lsingerkira some of the packs were pretty cool. A couple had 3 Japanese alt art cards. The box had 3 Divine Gambits, which are just garbo. And like the Prof said, there are so many on the market already that aside from a few chase cards, most of the MA cards are worth pennies.
@@eicha41624 Sorry
@@jude7365 bad feels but it was fun to open
@@eicha41624 yea for sure
I just love that every single video comes back around to supporting local game stores! It just makes me so happy!
I actually spent an afternoon scratching my head at the contents in a booster, but I can now confidently say that I sort of have an idea of what might not be in it.
Shiny cards I think.
I bought one Strixhaven collector booster out of curiosity before watching this and got a japanese foil Counterspell.
I was really tempted to buy more, but thanks to your video I am not anymore! Thanks for explaining, prof!
I really like the experience of it, I brought a couple packs, and did decently well, but it was about the artwork, not the money-making. I got them for £18 each.
Whew. Thanks for the intervention. I was going to buy 1, but your video brought me back to my senses. I'll just wait and buy the singles.
As a yugioh player trying to get into magic, I love your videos. I've been watching them for years now and always go to them for info on supplies and new magic stuff I know nothing about. After you talked about the strixhaven precons I figured it was a good time to jump into commander and get one. I had no idea about all the japanese alt art in this collectors set (I think that's what this set is?Mtg sets are still a bit confusing to understand for me), so I'll definitely be looking into buying some to bling out my lorehold deck. Thank you very much professor.
Also, do a video about yugioh. I loved the video you did with Paul from Team APS, and a lot of us in the yugioh community would love to see you bring your comedic style to our dopamine fueled game. "Many yugioh players ask the question, "What the hell does Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic do?"" A big creator, Cimoooooooo, did a video a while back looking at magic cards in comparison to how they would be in yugioh and I would love to see you do a similar vice versa video on your channel.
Thanks for taking the time to read this if you did.
Me: What does Pot of Greed do?
YGO Player: You draw two cards?
Me: Ooh, CMC?
YGO Player: 0
Me: Instant speed?!?
YGO Player: Sorcery
Me: Damn, it's unplayable.
Hello Professor! :)
I'd say my favorite combo is Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Peregrine Drake + Minamo, School at Water's Edge since it was the 1st infinite mana combo I got to know, plus I like Kiki-Jiki's versatility!
I also want to thank you for this series! I really rely on your judgment when it comes to buying certain MTG-products.
Even though I haven't spend money on a single Collector's Booster Box in my entire life, I was about to buy one from STX due to the prospect of more Japanese alternate art Mystical Archive cards. But when I heard they will be available in regular boosters as well I reconsidered and your judgment confirmed my opinion.
Greetings from Austria, Philipp
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I just gotta say: THE ART IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
My favorite color in Magic Is black, I play it on almost every commander that I have.
The Bolas Citadel + sensei divining top + aetherflux is my favorite combo!
You dont just feel great by playing any of the pieces even if you dont have the combo, but when citadel hits de Battlefield, if you dont win the game right away, you end up with a big advangate.
Instead of giving us Japanese exclusive art. They should have just made the same alternate art in all languages. The Japanese art is amazing I just wish it were English text
That just wouldn't work given how the art style is with the text going down instead of sidewards
@@dandok3996 they translate cards all the time. They sell mtg in most countries in the world.
@@thePrinceofFrogs It wouldnt work with the art style, as I said above. In the Japanese alt arts the text is going down as used in traditional writings where as in the west most writings were done sidewards
@@dandok3996 check out how arena does it
I appreciate the levelheaded-ness Professor. I was really excited watching my friends open some of the Collector's Boosters, but I really only want the Mystic Archive cards. Hoping my LGS will sell me a set soon!
Collectors boosters are a massive rip off and I wanna deck one of my friends for buying them.
Why do you care what your friend spends their money on lol
Let em buy it, and make singles cheaper!
Prof really went in on this video. There are more solid jokes in this video than in most half hour comedy shows. That being said I had to watch it three or four times to make sense of the boosters, so I guess wotc's incompetence is good for your metrics. You deserve it!
They scanned to see if your brain was there and it was "inconclusive?" Hope you pull through, Professor!
Professor,
Your videos have been very helpful to me for the last few years. You’ve helped me to understand the game better in a variety of ways and on what to purchase.
Specifically card combos and products to avoid and to purchase. What has always been the biggest appeal to me is your sense of professionalism. I think you do an excellent job, keep up the good work and let’s see you make it to a million subscribers!
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OMG LMAO
SERIOUSLY we miss MSRP
Thanks again for running the numbers on these products.
"...Needed reprint, nostalgic cards..."
Divine Gamble
I opened 2 at my pre-release!
Divine gamble is awesome in commander. It’s a white hunted wumpus but removal instead of a creature
Ive opened 8 packs from buying my prerelease pack and 2 set boosters. Pulled 3 Divine Gambits...
Bought 1 English and 1 Japanese set booster this go-around, had pretty good results of it. My favorite combo is Ghostly Flicker > Archaeomancer (etc) + Peregrine Drake for infinite mana and infinite storm/magecraft/Ral/Guttersnipe etc triggers in commander. Very flexible core combo that can be easily assembled with many duplicates that can achieve a victory through multiple outlets; or in other words, great in any Izzet+ commander deck!
Cloudying is my new favorite word.
As always, thank you for your reasoned evaluation. I was getting all sweaty with FOMO and considering shelling out for collector's boosters. No longer. You've talked me off the ledge.
I almost posted asking for you to blink "Shave and a haircut" in the opening of your next video to let us know if a Hasbro assassin had a gun trained on you behind the camera.
My favorite combo is one you told me about! Using that white enchantment that has "0: destroy target reflection" in conjunction with the blue enchantment that has "1: change target creature type". It's just... *Mhua*! 👌🏽
I broke even on my box. My roommate, however, opened his first pack and pulled a foil japanese mystical archive demonic tutor.
Damn thats a mouthful haha
My favorite combo in Commander are the turn 1 wins, like this one with "Iname, Death Aspect" as Commander:
1: Put a swamp onto the battlefield
2:Tap it to play "dark ritual"
3: Play "Jeweled Lotus" for 0
4: Use a black mana to play "sol ring"
5: Tap "sol ring" and "Jeweled Lotus" and sacrifice it to add 2 colorless and 3 Black mana
6: Use the 2 colorless mana and 4 black mana to play the commander, witch is "Iname, Death Aspect" and with him you put 42 spirits from you Library to your graveyard
7: Play "Songs of the Damned" for 1 black mana: add 42 black mana to your mana pool
8: Play "Exsanguinate" for 42 black mana to take all opponents life to 0
9: Appreciate the win!
I got this from Mitch and I thank him for this crazy Idea: check his video: th-cam.com/video/IGa-fD7nfQs/w-d-xo.html
*Me an Internet Intellectual* - "Awwwkkkchalllyyyyyy professor, the (stimulus) as its name suggests is meant to be just spent on anything you want and not hold it."
No, the stimulus is meant to stimulate the economy. The velocity of the stimulus is greatest at the lower rungs of society because they have to spend it (rent, repairs, food, etc while not having a savings) so it moistens more beaks.
But saving the money still provides the bank with capital they can then leverage up to 125x and stimulate the economy by buying up stocks and keeping pensions in tact.
I think the second theory is a crock of shit devised to justify our crooked economy and banking system, but “saving,” it does still provide stimulus to the economy just with much less velocity
That is actually true, while there are upsides to saving, stimulus checks are meant to jumpstart spending
I love your little reassurances at the end of your videos. It really makes me happy.
You know things have gotten out of hand when there are financing options for your box of pretty cardboard.
Yesterday we learned about Wretched Card Combos- as per requested homework- this may not be my favorite combo, but it it one I pulled off in Commander “Storm Herd and Warhorn Blast” - 20 Pegasus tokens with +2/+1 counters- nice !
Prof: "I was reluctantly discharged."
We feel you Prof. Reluctant discharges can be a bummer.
Thanks for the info and perspective as always proff. Definatly going to pick up some of the singles of the alters considering how cheap they are, want to make a callage of them and frame it (unless I find a sheet for sale), the art is gorgeous.
*me laughing at MTG player complaining about price of hobby as I paint my small Adeptus Custodes army*
Congrats on 600k! My favorite infinite combo is my first commander deck, Teysa Karlov -- her plus Ashnod's Alter, Pitiless Plunderer, and Reassembling skeleton. I know it's not super unique but it was the first one for me!
I just wanted my Japanese alternate art
Yeah, I definitely agree with this C, I really do like the art though, and that is definitely the redeeming quality here. But my fav combo is an old 90s one. Rebel Informer and Lin Sivvi self-tutor.
Bought some Japanese packs at my LGS to hunt for alternate DT and help the store: DT was a miss, but I did get an alternate Opt, and some other goodies. Glad to help my LGS!
I totally forgot about the Solemnity plus Decree of Silence combo! Once you have the board locked down, just play Nine Lives and watch the table groan. Keep up the good work Professor, your advice helps shape some of my decisions on what to purchase to sell inside my store.
Gotta love the honesty, Professor. I'll probably get a couple of these anyway, but it's nice knowing what I'm getting into. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for your transparency prof, keep it up. Will also comment on the previous video :p
My favorite combo is with Hellkite Charger and either Bear Umbra/Sword of Feast and Famine. Two card infinite combo that is balanced enough to be stopped. And when you pull it off: *chef's kiss*
I loved your last video. My favorite degenerate combo is omniscience - enter the infinite - any win con combo.
:)
This channel is probably the single greatest resource for a budget-minded Magic player (Sorry Mitch, you're a close second). Thank you Prof.
Shout out to TBS comics in Pensacola, my home away from home and the only place that ever gets a cent of my money when it comes to buying packs and singles.
For all of the issues I have with it, there's something really special about Strixhaven, and a lot of "little" things that just make it feel good. I was really worried about some things, like the focus on set boosters. Then I had a BLAST opening some, fell in love with some many cards, and it's just been a joy of a set. Plus, the Mystical Archive is just SO cool. What a flavorful way of doing some reprints - something I'd love to see done more in the future. Happy/Dismayed to hear that Collector's Boosters are riding that same line.
I read the Wizards "Where To Find" article, and opened a Collector box of my own, and it's only after watching this video that I understand what's even in a pack. Thanks, Prof!
I love and wait for your analysis everytime, to make sense of collector booster boxes!
I haven't played MTG since I was knee high to a small giraffe - I think you guys know it as "Alpha" edition. I just fondly remember it as a card game I used to collect and play. I can't even remember what I did with my collection, but it had a lot of very [now] valuable cards (full set of moxes, split lands etc.)!
Anyway... I don't play, I don't collect, and I have no interest in taking it back up - but for some reason I just really like watching your videos about the different products, their value etc. Thanks, keep 'em coming :)
Excellent analysis and I loved the way it was done!!! Good stuff!
with the archive possibilities the value is there. a buddy of mine and his brother split the cost and pulled alt japanese teferi's protection and alt japanese demonic tutor and cover the cost with just those cards.
if you're buying to play this is a terrible option unless you are someone who has to have foils in your deck. i personally buy to play so i have switched to buy set boosters if i wanna crack packs, and singles since my main format is commander.
Everyone talks about the art being so good on these it warrants rent, but am I the only one that just loves how great almost every magic card looks? Even most plains look like they belong on the wall of a museum. Personally I don't need to spend 300$ to have some cards I like to look at for a couple minutes
Since Strixhaven release I only have witherbloom on my mind: my favorite EDH combo/interaction atm is Dina, Soul steeper + roots of life + Urborg tomb of yawgmoth! Gain 1 life every time an opponents taps a swamp + Dina draining the opponents every single trigger? *Insert maniacal mandrake screeching*
I'm glad you always push for visiting an LGS. I really miss them, as there are none near me...
600k!!! Nice prof, keep up the great work as the best and biggest mtg channel 👌
Professor,
This video actually made me excited ...
To buy singles!!! With all of the cool treatments collectors can have, there's gonna be TONS of regular quality versions of cards in the marketplace and at my local Gamestore!
Thanks; congrats on 600,000 subs!
Loved the combo video, I believe I posted on that video a combo I like..
Personally my favorite is Terror of the Peaks and Helm of the Host, but that's only because I've been able to pull it off on Arena for a few wins :)
I always look forward to your videos prof. It makes me feel better that my fomo for this packs is just that fomo. To be honest, I do love this game and I'm slightly concerned of where it's going. Much love prof
My fave combo from last video was the clone legion warstorm surge combo and I definitely would pick the 3x draft booster boxes while it would be nice to crack maybe a foil japanese set the etched cards are enough for me to be happy cause the art on them is already amazing enough and foil is extra!
Hi there! I just wanted to thank You for your videos, i'm pretty new to Magic, but i've enjoyed it and your videos had helped me from the start, learning to play, improving my abilities and knowing how to spend my money more efficiently. Congrats for the followers, i'm sure your channel will grow even more! Saludos desde México :)
My favorite combo in MTG is Yawgmoth's Will with Rooftop Storm in a blue/black Gisa and Geralf Commander Deck. Get as many zombies in that graveyard and play this combo to swarm the field with the undead
This video help a lot for me as a newbie. Thx
Not sure will try to purchase it or not, but at least I have basic referrence to talk with my buddy at LGS
Professor !!! The best combo in the last video is Warstorm surge/Clone legion, imagine that with an eldrazi displacer and the one that brings spawn scions when is casted, in Golos commander deck!!! That Sir is pure evil!!!! blacker that the new ink put in the new set of booster packs!!!
I would never buy a collector’s booster but I do like that they exist. They greatly reduce the price of alternate border cards as well as cards like mystical archives making it easier to buy singles
a win to everybody, if you choose to see it that way.