How could all this happen?

[@dough4prez]

Rudy is a great case study over 9 years of how a diet of Taco Bell will affect someone.

[@EastToWestTCG]

You're fortunate to gaze upon the specimen that Baja Blast built

[@Gaming_Antics]

As the price of Taco Bell shoot up like crazy, so does Rudy’s insanity.

[@OneAngryVeteran]

Those Beefy 5 layers no longer under a dollar anymore...

[@peteryankowsky]

Loosely controlled, subject stated he was been in the Chick-fil-a drive through with my wife's boyfriend.

[@magusofthebargain]

Hot take: Rudy only eats Taco Bell about once a month. Can you confirm?

[@crashthestash]

The problem with investing in collectibles is the liquidity and the 15-20% fees/shipping you pay when selling. I love sealed but try to sell any of it and it definitely makes stocks more attractive 🤣

[@PokemonHolo]

Disagree when it comes to stocks you got large company's influencing prices, analist, earnings reports, micro / marco events hurting the stock. Collectibles are more straight forward.
Selling stock isn't free either in many country's you get screwed over with all sort of fees and you have plenty of illiquid stocks or stocks that only go down.
Easily sold tons of high end sealed items, its hardly any effort

[@crashthestash]

​@@PokemonHoloindex funds are the way to go to alleviate most of those issues though

[@theboringchannel2027]

@@PokemonHolo lol, proving you are a timmy with that response.
Can you show me a symbol of an illiquid stock, thanks.

[@dough4prez]

​@PokemonHolo illiquid stock? What are you talking about, stocks are extremely liquid. When I want money, a guaranteed amount of cash--I make a sell on any number of shares and the money is in my account in less than 24hrs.. tops. Collectibles are not liquid.

[@PokemonHolo]

Sure, but buying the SPY or QQQ isn't really investing. @@crashthestash

[@mikepelli]

The fact that Rudy has placed a Sorcery card above the piece of art tells you where his priorities are.

[@brianmattei7134]

Always looking for the next thing to pump and dump lol.

[@MrRayRockstar]

The Timmy's need to remember. One set a year, it's easy to forget

[@sleepyhead9352]

Sorcery cards ARE pieces of art.

[@cortlandlaidlaw3888]

Ive always appreciated this guy, he's honest.

[@1upization]

Rudy paint me like one of your French merfolk girls.

[@ThisHandleIsNotAvailable.]

Tf lol

[@jarrybryant718]

Yes please

[@MadCowMusic]

Remember there's room for both of you on a floating door! Don't just let Rudy die when the Titanic sinks.

[@logansmall5148]

​@@MadCowMusicThe merfolk girl doesn't need the door, she's an amphibian!

[@larosa823]

Buy some packs of Divorced Dads

[@porkchopsammies79]

I just got 2 booster boxes of Court of Chaos expansion. I’ll be crackin those. Pulled a foil Broken Doorbell from my promo pack!!

[@jimbo103189]

@@porkchopsammies79but did you pull the house 🏠 ???

[@Luckduckten]

The PCG slabs are actually gorgeous. Hope you guys hang around long term

[@b0lkan]

Love having Rudy drone on about his latest sealed product grift in the background while playing games.

[@therealtimmy13]

And that’s why Rudy is buying new magic and selling vintage!
Oh. Wait. No, he’s not.
He won’t touch your new magic. But he’ll buy your vintage for 65% of eBay low sold!
Liquidity is entirely dependent on your ability to find a buyer for the quantity you have. If you have a single box and sell it to a single buyer, it doesn’t mean the market is liquid even though you sold 100% of your inventory.
Market saturation. I wonder why someone only pushing new stuff never mentions it 🤷‍♂️
A real mystery…

[@morgoth2425]

welcome to the channel. have a taco!🌮

[@jonathancassidy3095]

Because print runs are a fraction of 2021 and 2022

[@Lukeor]

Never buy cards you don't want to have and use yourself. If you think you're going to get rich, you're not. The ship has sailed. Think about every box as something you are ok with having and opening one day when the market is so flooded and convoluted, no one has any emotional attachment to any cards anymore. I'm 41, my generation is emotionally attached to the power 9 and the original sets. Those things just won't mean as much as Gen z starts to get money and becomes the new market. Nothing they grew up playing is super rare anymore. I saw guys with a mox, a black lotus, an ali from cairo, it was like seeing unicorns, I wanted them so badly when I was 12 or 13 years old. The next generation doesn't have that.

[@darthparallax5207]

Jace the Mind Sculptor
Tarmogoyf
Dark Confidant
Sword of Fire and Ice
Original sets.
Foils.
Foreign.

[@darthparallax5207]

Fetch Lands
Onslaught or Judge

[@nicholashutzel9202]

Sorcery sellout was because of TENDIES not because of interest. secondary market interest is because of speculation not because of legitimate collecting or playing interest. Source: I’m a patron.

[@Bob-df9fn]

TLDR: Upticks after a dip are quicker due to the shallowness of the downticks. Rudy hot take: Play boxs won't have significant traction until draft boxes either rise in price or go oos within 6 - 9 months..

[@michaelburt8890]

I bought my 3 cases of chilling and fusion. 3 of battle styles too but that’ll come along eventually. Still remember that time vividly. “JUST BUY SOMETHING!”

[@Hayes611]

The new serialized Sound Smell cards in Outlaws of Thunder Junction are amazing, super uber rare and valuable. When you pull one you hear a gun shot (or other weapon firing) and you smell gunsmoke (or other smell). There are serialized cards with the numbers either in Silver, Black, or Gold ink. Gold is the most valuable. And of these they are in 18, 20, 24 carat gold. Be sure to buy thousands of dollars of this product.

[@gendo1kar1]

Pass

[@robstuk1]

Dumb. Pass

[@whywhywhy9659]

😂

[@JJEMTT]

In this video, Rudy says the names of different Magic sets... A LOT.

[@JJEMTT]

@ArenaRat And apparently you can't comment anything without someone trying to make a problem out of it.

[@custum18]

The people that were in collectables for a decade or more before the boom definitely made out the best. Bought for a small fraction and sold for a ton. They're still ahead even if they didn't sell.

[@hoila4718]

ooh yes mate, specially if they locked a 1% fixed rata mortgage with the cardboard money.
Thanks Lagarde, you are the here everybody needs, but nobody deserve it.

[@questjelinek]

The people that played magic in the 1990s and 2000s are getting older. There's going to be a natural attrition of collectors for the older stuff.

[@mindful_minipods]

People realize they will never get those old cards. So, they stop caring.

[@7Alberto7]

Happy work for these kit Rudy and happy Easter to you Rudy and family and all the people watching!!!!!!

[@MadCowMusic]

LOL! Did Rudy say he's pumping himself? Evil Investor-Greed Monster-Timmy Hybrids are the best!

[@chitzkoi]

When the generation of middle school magic players ages and dies, the trove of nostalgia cards below the power 9 will dwindle to worthlessness. You better have a plan to sell them before that happens.

[@joshg218]

Lol

[@Nick-gl9hr]

We will all be dead when that happens anyway

[@gregorp.2065]

Started MTG in 2017 but only collect vintage card. They are just beautiful art pieces, which feels good to collect.

[@iNCoMpeTeNtplAyS]

Lol if I can scoop up wheel of fortunes at rock bottom below hundred prices, I will. Most of us would want a collapse or a reset simply to get black border decks

[@jamiesangster9350]

Pretty sure I can name you 10 expensive lands with spirally patterns in their text box which are below power 9 but definitely not going anywhere near nothingness dwindling anytime soon 🤔

[@alexgaspar2525]

This is a Rudy clone no loud intro and he is talking at a slow rate of speed.

[@TheDarkElder]

It does make sense, sure. A few sellers undercutting each other does not actually mean the item is worth "less" - it just means some sellers really want to sell and even take a loss to write off the inventory. Once these items have been flushed the "true" value appears again. That is, unless instead of "a few" half the owners of these products choose to sell around the same time. Then downward pressure on price does stabilize and the value is suppressed for a long time. Prime examples: Fallen Empires. Dragon's Maze.

[@GrandDungeonDad]

A better way to
Look at this is value is never static. Value is based on what someone, a consumer is willing to pay. That number changes within different market conditions and based on supply and demand. To attach a fixed value to anything is pure emotion and a recipe for disaster.

[@TheDarkElder]

Of course it is not static - there is no "authority" that sets the value, there is no catalog that assigns any value to a box or single card like for other collectables.
However, an item climbing in value as demand remains high does not mean its lost 50% of its value just because some sellers sell at half the last selling price. Only if that trend then resets to the lower point I would really say that the "value has declined by 50%", otherwise it's just sellers removing their inventory. It really gets to perspective and quantities. A few sales: meaningless, bargain for the buyer. A whole lot of sales: reset.

[@Volkbrecht]

Collectibles don't have a "true" value, that should be kept in mind. Which means there is no default value to which they can return. A few dozen sellers throwing out their inventory can completely change the perception of the asset. As can external events like economic crises. Or demographical ones, like long time collectors aging/dying out of the hobby. So while there are general trends, you can never be certain that formerly established patterns will repeat.
Aside from that, one should also keep in mind that Magic cards are not just collectibles. They are also game pieces. Sets like Dragons Maze perform so bad because they are worthless as game pieces, so they have to rely on collectibility alone. Which is not a lot in a modern era print to demand product.

[@energy-turtle]

Rudy you should open Divorced Dads Court of Chaos ! That is a CCG !!

[@KyleBaran90]

Also, why would you ever put a TV above a framed artwork if it's museum quality (and not just a reprint in a nice frame)? If something ever happens (eg the mount breaks), there is a good chance that it could fall and damage it

[@nicholass9567]

Anything over $150 for a box of new cards, collectors boosters, play boosters, timmy boosters, etc. is insane in this new era.

[@Root_Pi]

dude imagine being mentored by Rudy for nearly a decade

[@MadCowMusic]

That's a ton of tacos!

[@catholiccowboy]

There is still literally zero proof that any recent print run has been reduced.

[@toddzilla13]

Pikachu never crashes. He might have a bad year or two but he always bounces back

[@malvarado9912]

only until the inevitable day that he doesn't, that's the ugly truth

[@josephcapps3612]

People are buying temporal forces and the new stuff I think is absurd. I have faith in it. Problem with magic, outside the plainswalkers, they don't have iconic characters people love.

[@jakepennella9514]

very true and real@@josephcapps3612

[@malvarado9912]

@ArenaRat then you know nothing of the history of collectibles. The size of an IP doesn't dictate its investability. Every collectible undergoes the same path over different time spans unless it successfully crosses into the realm of history

[@malvarado9912]

@ArenaRat Read books about collectibles, learn the whole scope of collectible finance, and explore beyond your narrow view. you'll see the truth about how they end up given a long enough time frame. Doesn't mean investing in them is dumb, just means you should be educated when you do invest

[@broccolol12]

I'm 26 years old working in quantitative finance and I cannot express how thrilled I am to learn not only that there even exists a financial market for Pokemon cards beyond vintage, but also to witness how alive and liquid it is to the point where it exhibits similar movements and patterns as equities or crypto.
Pokemon was my childhood passion and financial markets are now my adult passion and as someone just realizing all of this about the Pokemon market, I can't wait to apply everything I've studied and learned over the past few years of my life toward something completely new (as a hobby of course).
I appreciate that you're seemingly an investor first and a card fanatic second, contrary to the many channels out there that seem to be opposite, and I also appreciate the long-form discussion videos and digesting what someone as experienced as yourself has to say. Looking forward to being a viewer.

[@Bryan45552]

I'll never forget buying a deal from an online LGS for an Evolving Skies and Fusion Strike booster box combo for $180 in the December 2021 Fusion Strike panic sales.

[@mtgtradingpost7374]

DEAR RUDY could you please make a video about YOUR opinion on why (the F) someone would pay 400/800quids for a useless nowadays card/box when he could afford a huge Old School amazingly printed 30yrs of history magic card??!!!
Pleaseeeeeeee

[@Grinningfartking6969]

the end of days are upon us rudy! metazoo is dead truely the darkest time line

[@tromatizer]

Is that... is that the new Sorcery Rudy promo sitting on the picture frame?!?! Rudy, are you teasing us?!

[@tromatizer]

OK, well, at the end of the video now. My keen eye was correct!

[@colbert4win]

RUDY how are prices on sealed Divorced Dads doing?

[@zachhinkle7705]

Is that my boy Weakstone hiding back there? 👀

[@Blazenjester]

Well we’ve been through a lot is an understatement brother I’ve been here with my old account since idk 80 to 100 or so subs…. But one thing brother I have to say no matter how much has changed, the world the smell of the cardboard crazy people stealing your Channel and ad revenue oh I remember that and most of all the many many dumpster fires we’ve seen just about every 2 days or so we could all be greeted with a “Folks Rudy here with Alpha Investments…” and that right there was the opening statement that kept me tuning in and through some of my most uncertain and difficult times of my life it was like having a friend there to keep my mind from wandering Rudy I know years ago you said you would just burn this Channel all down one day and it will all be over but I have one question did you ever anticipate all the subs or controversy that has came about in the last 9 years ? Either way brother like I said during those early days let’s see where this is going. I haven’t always been able to apply what you’ve talked about over the years Rudy but know I’ve followed a lot of your advice definitely when you were telling us to throw caution to the wind of doing mass box openings and thankfully I listened but cause today I would have bet and lost the whole farm if I kept opening and trying to resell, Dragons Maze was a kick in the teeth too me and took a while to recover I couldn’t imagine having that repeat every few months for at least the last year.

[@Nick-Nasti]

Hasbro made a single change only when absolutely forced to. They will continue to fight every positive change until leadership changes.

[@bdc3141]

I think you're right about Ixalan collectors. Don't forget about Kamigawa going to 270 before they found more supply.

[@trainingpartnerdre3949]

Do you have any end goal or will you just keep going until the end of time? Do you have any major plans?

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

As a 93/94 player, I love old and slow price fluctuations. It means I can actually safe up for cards and do some nice steady trades.

[@-vv3rv]

I know nothing about trading /investment and I'm keen on getting started. What are some strategies to get started with?

[@SC-4rqub]

As a beginner, it's essential for you to have a mentor to keep you accountable.
I'm guided by a widely known crypto consultant

[@SC-4rqub]

Mrs Nancy Williams Laplace

[@Jamiewhite663]

Yeah that's right I think it's right to invest with professional at least it saves the trauma of too much loses

[@MatthewRobinson3]

The first step to successful investment is figuring your goals and risk tolerance either on your own or with the help of a financial professional but it's very advisable you make use of professional

[@beachlife-f7z]

Isn't she the same Mrs Nancy Williams Laplace that my neighbors are talking about, she has to be a perfect expect for people to talk about her so well.

[@technetin]

I'm really glad that there's someone like you collecting this stuff and keeping it safe/appreciated

[@bored_zombie6675]

And the Baldurs gate 3 pc game was a huge successes, after playing BG3 i wanted to draft BG MTG... Because i didn't have any relationship to BG when it was released

[@EasilySuede]

Oil Paintings, Folding Chairs and Cardboard Rectangles: the Rudy Story.

[@fsmoura]

*luxury cardboard rectangles

[@smoakland321]

Another pokemon set that will likely follow fusion strike, is lost origin. Has a more expensive chase rare, boxes are currently 180ish on tcgplayer and you can buy them for 143.64 direct from pokemon center.(3/28/24)
Bet both sets will be over 300 in a couple years

[@GameMageVideos]

Im new to magic, Commander is alright and other formats are out of reach. But the most fun format has been limited. I've been buying cheap draft boxes, playing them with my roommates, then selling the hits back to buy another box. Super fun. Not buying $140 "play box" of schlock and variants. No one cares about that

[@TheCaptainCruise]

And now just rewind some 40-50 videos where Rudy said the upswing will come, but that we will all miss it. And when we realise it is too late to jump on the bandwaggon. Perfect advise to everyone to just do their thing and what they like and believe without being influenced by anyone talking abour product one way or another, including Rudy. Enjoy the game!

[@traconsulting158]

Rudy is a Hasbro psyop. But still really enjoyable for me

[@bryanhuber3554]

I love Throne of Eldraine, War of the Spark, Kamigawa 4 and Phirexia awbo- I can buy all these boxes for $100-130 and I LOVE IT! Stocking up to draft for the next 40 years.

[@KrepsyK]

Nice paintings Rudy. I listened.

[@7Alberto7]

Fantastic background,love that the promo on top of the painting was cleaverly ignored when describing the background😂thank you Rudy for these video you are awesome! This channel is amazing!

[@joebravetti3023]

I went on a buying rampage those months like 250K worth of sealed product.

[@posisteve]

fair point sir. I was mad you weren't stocking play boxes for next set, but likely they'll be around to get cheap at some point figure it out later. I'll stock up on older $89 boxes, edh sets 4 packs for now. I can't personally resist opening collector boxes. I've open my 2 manor and 1 fallout bundle. Serialized hype got me.

[@snethss]

This pump promotion video was a little to obvious.

[@Lukeor]

Rudy is a real estate agent in 2009 talking about how the prices weren't all that high because after 10 more years of inflation the value will come back. They get rich on the bubbles. He's really just talking to all the other house flippers out there who bought in with him to the sealed package boom.

[@asgads]

vintage magic is so far removed from the modern player and no one can actually afford it or is afraid to play the cards. and the collector boxes basically did the death blow to vintage. the new cards are pricey, look great, have insane power levels and you sometimes only need one for commander. and there is a collector value to them as well. even oko who is basically unplayable is worth much

[@NateBullock-ow6on]

OKO is not unplayable OKO is awesome

[@asgads]

i thought he´s banned. good to know@@NateBullock-ow6on

[@alanwhite-zv5ii]

I love your paintings. Where is the best place to get

[@jean-pierrejoubert2438]

Thanks Rudy. You rock my cardboard world. Respect. ✊

[@prexxuss6435]

Wait, what the hell is he talking about. I zoned out.

[@rookiegplays]

He wants you to keep buying modern crap so he can continue to make money. Stay the course!

[@user-johndep]

9 years - Torches and Pitchforks baby!

[@TheSushiandme]

Funny how moxman, hometown tcg, etc were wrong about Ravnica remastered 😂😂😂. Never listen to youtubers. They are just nonsense

[@nerdobject5351]

My issue with old product is there is no where to play it. If I buy up Duals I’d also want to be able to play with them. Legacy prior to 201x was heavily pushed by SCG. Now there is zero places to play legacy.

[@johnschroeder9129]

We ain't ready for that convo

[@tormmac]

lmao vintage seller DO NOT want you going around talking about that

[@syndicate5357]

Welllllll they dropped legacy as main formats, card prices crashed then they bought cards for 9 months at lows and then said "syke!" Brought it back and a bunch of their pros got caught cheating and they slowly phased it out again and the prices didn't crash again so it's forever just a small event at the SCG cons rather than a main event

[@KyleBaran90]

If there is an excess of supply, prices go down, and an excess of demand makes prices go up. All buying and selling does is add or remove liquidity to the market.
But this makes me think that a decline in liquidity makes it a easier to swing/trend trade, since price is likely to move violently. As long as risk management is in place, it could be basis of a valid strategy.

[@PepeCoinMania]

This man is the master of the most brutal market I ever seen
I have a lot of respect for him and his career

[@davidq344]

Sick painting. Have you ever bought MTG original art

[@Costen2muchh]

Great question!

[@katielowen]

Hot take: MTG original art is really the only modern collectible worth great long term value.

[@Iamwillz]

Fusion strike had the alt art hits stolen straight from printing facility tho. Did people forget already 😂

[@tomasmendesmartini]

I love these 42-minute videos with Rudy repeating the same thing every minute

[@Birdums]

$600CAD for a box of MH3? I could buy a brand new 88, mount a p10i on it, slimline sidesaddle, sight rail, reflex optic, any grip I want, 100 count 00 buckshot and still have enough left over to buy a pair of nikes and a medium pizza on the way home. Keep in mind I'm Canadian and we cant do any of the REAL fun gun stuff but still. $600? I could buy a 97 emerald green Buick LeSabre for $600. $600? I'm fuckin pissed. Fuck Hasbro man.

[@lillislavadour4935]

MKM play boxes at $99 are a steal…many singles are worth money

[@JoeCamarillo]

That was a pretty good video. Yeah, it had been awhile.

[@IneptCardCollector]

Gotta see that Sorcery promo!

[@JimmyEscajeda]

The prices of MTG are being driven by NEW players. MTG IS OFFICIALLY “the most complex game in existence” more people than ever are starting to play it. This will over time drive the older collectible stuff to skyrocket sooner than you think.

[@mr.nakamura9088]

Part of the reason we are seeing faster recoveries on newer product is because a lot less of it is being opened/hoarded compared to the madness that was 2019-2021. Phyrexia All will be one took a little longer to hit the highs because so much of it was opened despite being a great set.

[@captcraig777]

Sorcery Betas are now sold out. This should be interesting to see how this is covered.

[@D0012D13]

Rudy coping hard

[@sakiracadman5673]

In 2024, the magnificent 7 stocks went to the magnificent 5, with Apple and Tesla feeling the change of time.

[@mendelian8768]

Well I am gobbling up as many Unlimited cards as I can. See you in 7 years.

[@arthurfleck4320]

I disagree. I don't think Play Boxes will be able to sell at these prices. Especially considering that Karlov Manor flopped.

[@flashandbumpcollectibles5926]

Hows those Stronghold boxes Rudy? I sold mine at 10k+ what are they now?

[@randomsanctum]

Modern Magic is hot trash. "Brothers War" was the last new product I got suckered into.
I'll take a NM Su-Chi over any new box of reprinted reprints that'll be reprinted.

[@juicetalk]

Rudy I did buy those ~$100 Baldur's Gate Collector Boxes!... Unfortunately I also bought $240 Collector Boxes from you 😥

[@tison7208]

when you have 100boxes for $100 and they all sell out, then the next price is $150, then 175... eventually those will be the cheapest prices unless more product is put on the market

[@RedRavenNine]

My unintelligent take for some of this may be summed up with a question like this... "You can buy this vintage MTG Card, or a pallet of Fallout, or LotR, or Assassin's Creed for the same price... what you want?"

[@KelScythe]

Got that sorcery promo sitting there in the top right. Bet it's one of the first new ones he got in

[@alexdoran527]

Rudy sold me a draft booster box for a two-for-one Taco Tuesday and free haircut coupon THE MAN IS INSANE

[@guybrushthreepwood8174]

wait. 6.9 was TWO YEARS AGO?!?!? jeeeezuz

[@G0ATMANJAR0]

Let’s see how many people listen to the last 10 seconds of what you said in this video

[@jasonjacobus5594]

well balders gate turned around barbecue of the video game.

[@odman7945]

I'm wondering if the branded sets like, LOTR, Baldurs Gate and Fallout are actually the only ones doing slightly well.
I think in between right no there has also been some.. anime things that have been doing well.
What about the normal MTG sets that dont have anything like that??

[@jbarlak]

Rudy and his theories. Never actually shows us the data. Always the gospel according to Rudy

[@Badmamasama55]

It’s because of power creep. It’s still a game and the new pieces are better

[@fsmoura]

_Florida Man Opens Up With Viewers-"How Could All This Happen? I Thought I Was King of the World, and Now My Heavy Bags Are Dragging Me Down to Financial Hell"_

[@danflarida6639]

Still holding all my Baldur's Gate boxes. Great set!

[@robothing50]

Mtg following the housing market. Demand for new issue no demand for old builds 😋

[@urbano999]

Sorcery is a new game, the delays are frustrating but I think it will all turn out well.

[@corinelliott3596]

Funny 'cause I'm pretty much only buying old magic. Premodern is where it's at. Cardkingdom is often sold out of the cards I want so I can't be the only one. Looking at you tempest propaganda and portal armageddon.

[@shanehinkley6265]

Rudy, I've been lurking in your videos since the start. Keep on keeping on.

[@sueellenbrown7646]

I spy with my little eye ... can hardly wait.

[@aaronhenderson2459]

The problem with old Magic is that its pretty much Alpha Rudy, Edwin, Open Dan Booster, Dan Rat Chang types czircle jerking the market. Theyre getting old and dropping off. Young folk dont give two tacos about whatever they harp on about.

[@devnakz]

Rudy could I have one of your PSA 10 Unlimited Mox Ruby?