Dear Rudy....is my Black Lotus Real? or did i just lose $8,000.00?
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Rudy, I heard you are the “most SAVAGE” MTG youtuber out there. Any truth to that?
It is speculated he is next in line to promote Channel's "Sauvage" -parfum, I heard.
@@bacchus8081 It's Christian Dior, but nice
😂😂😂
@@Danielcb23 That's how savage he is, he doesn't even give a fuck about brand copyright
He's strapped af and his wife is smokin hot with big titties. Savage in my books lol even my boss woupdnt rob him.
The secret authentication is : it's printed on the same epson inkjet Rudy has in the basement. The same printer has been out of magenta ink since 1997.
Thats cute
It's always magenta that runs out first...
Richard Smith Your right, I used to have a printer around 4 years ago and it ran out of magenta first. Refilled it again and magenta ran out again...
@@rich1051414 why do you think theres more with the white boarders lol
I REQUIRE MAGENTA
Me: staring in awe as he pulls one of the most valuable cards in the world out of an envelope
Rudy: Casually shoves 11 more of them on screen
Is was thinking the exact same thing haha
Proceeds to flip it around fast with his ungloved fingers flip flop flip flop
"Let's get some controls"
*casually whips out like 12 Black Lotuses (Loti?)*
He needed a good thumbnail.
12 Black Loti :D:D:D Its like Espresso.. Espressi :o
Lotusi
Was looking for this comment.
I thought i was the only one who was literally almost crapping his pants because there was thousands of dollars just casually put out on a table, some in just clear sleeves, and there are almost no comments about it.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!
Its funny to think there are still dozens of these cards just lying around attics and such, inside boxes of collectors that died and their family members have no idea how much those little cards are worth.
not worth it
@@Yusei255 not worth it what? lol
Yea imagine how many have been thrown away
That's why I go to yardsales and pick up cards and I don't even play this game. :) People don't know what they have and neither do i....hahahaha
The bitcoin of MTG
Rudy why u no taste test?
Only water jet channel has the tools to accurately pick up on the authenticity with that.
Because not all of them taste like Mint?
VukTheOmniscient spicy
"Mhhh papery, kind of got a cardboard flavor to it... Yeah definitely McDonalds ChickenMcNuggets"
@@Ironsvillage lol true
I'm worried how casually he throws Lotuses around...
Gives me anxiety lol
Easy explanation, him finger popping other people's lotus's allows him to keep a low population of his pristine high grades. Can't have any more high grade lotus bringing the value down to his 9,9.5,and 10 graded cards.
Well that's just because you're a weeaboo that cares about stupid things
@@genesisbustamante-durian Well this is after all like throwing around a good used car.
They're white boarder Don't worry
“Well let’s take a look at your lotus.”
> fingers touch the card
“Yeah that’s real 100% if you want to sell it-you know what I’ll just shoot you an email.”
This made me actually laugh out loud
a lotus needs friends cant have 1 lotus in your collection rudy knows
I had the worst nightmare anxiety thinking he might open it up, rip it in half to show the blue paper and say "yep, it's real!"
Why counterfeit $100 bills when Magic cards are so much easier (and a less serious crime)?
I would say it's easier to "sell" a 100 dollar bill than a black lotus?
why counterfeit 100s when u can counterfeit 20s that timmy at the register in mcdonalds is never going to actually check
@@ihatetacocasa A lot of places won't accept $50s or $100s because one bad transaction can wipe out quite a few sales. Any place that takes cash is going to take $20s though.
Counterfeiting a $100 tends to be a pain and people tend to remember the people who pay via such a large bill.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade lol i made the comment cause i saw a few fake 20s when i worked in fast food counting drawers at the end of the night
Because you can't sell a pallet full of black lotuses.
If you want petty amounts then you can reglue packs or maybe even rob a bank or some shit. But you'd be better off smelting stolen gold.
In 1993 my buddy and I went in on a Comic-Con table for a $70 table. We were 13 at the time. I immediately went to Toys-R-us and purchased a lot of clearance action figures for $5.00 each. The day of the event, I had a trunk full of figures and my buddy said he brought some cards to sell and they were in his pocket. Well I marked up my figures to $20 and sold 2/3 to 3/4 of them and walked out of the convention center thinking I was some guru with about $400-$500 on me. I never saw my friend sell anything so I assumed I crushed him in that department. Eventually I wanted to brag and I asked so how much did you make out with, me thinking zero. He told me a little over $1,500. I was like what you only brought cards… well I recently I found out those cards where magic the gathering cards and he sold his black lotus for $450-$500 and the rest of that set over the afternoon for an extra $1,000. He had informed me a few months back that if he had kept those cards he could have paid off his house today. Wow. I still have the 1/3 to 1/4 reminding actions figures in my storage unit and they are still only worth $5.00.
lol
I actually love it when I see a played lotus, ones that were loved and played before most ended up as museum pieces (rightfully so)
Definitely agree, for a card in the power 9 I'd prefer one that was generally well taken care of but still lovingly used in games than one that's almost if never used, the history carries a sort of generational value, a passing of the torch so to speak.
Oh god, why did this have to come up in my recommended?? ;_;
I still remember my lost Black Lotus. I bought 2 boxes of Beta MtG cards at a sports card show about 20-25 years ago when I was a kid. The guy who sold them to me was mostly a sports card collector/seller, and didn't really know much about Magic. He said he'd done a pretty big (quantity-wise) trade with another seller, who had sort of thrown them in on a whim just because none of his customers would ever buy them. They were the only non-sports items in his entire inventory. He gave them to us pretty cheap. I can't remember the exact price (I was a kid, my dad bought them for me), but it obviously wasn't too much or my dad never would have paid for it.
I was just starting to get into Magic at the time, and I was super excited because I'd heard a bunch of people at the comic store talking about how hard it was to find Alpha and Beta cards anymore and how some of the better ones were super rare. I couldn't wait to get to the comic store, and I planned on opening them at the store so I could show off to all the cool older guys. I still remember to this day that it was the 4th pack I opened that made everybody lose their minds. A Black Lotus. A motherfucking BLACK LOTUS. O_O
Immediately all the older guys started (of course) trying to scam me and offering to buy it for clearly less than it was actually worth. I had no real concept of how much it was actually worth myself, being only like 11 or 12 at the time, and I was getting a bit overwhelmed by all the attention when the shop owner jumped in and told everyone to shut up and back away. He put his hand on my shoulder, looked me in the eyes, and said "Hey kid, you don't sell that to a damn soul, you hear me? That's one of the rarest cards ever made. And it's YOURS. You keep it, no matter what these idiots offer you." Then he turned to the other guys and told them that if he heard anybody try to buy my Lotus, they'd be banned from the store for life. Dude was such a great person.
I took great care of that card. The store owner had given me the best hard case he had in stock, and I had put it in that case immediately and never once taken it out. I'd bring it up to the comic store occasionally to show it off and I used to jokingly put it in my deck when playing, so there'd be this small stack of cards with a giant massive hard case in the middle of it. I'd draw it and someone would always remark "hmm, I wonder what card he just picked up..." XD I was something of a small celebrity there for a while. Fast forward a few years and I didn't really play much anymore, but I still had my decks and my Black Lotus. I used to keep them at my dad's auto-repair shop that was just down the street from the comic store. And then, one fateful day, the phone rang and we were told that my dad's shop had caught fire. Everything was lost. Customer cars, machinery, and yes...my Black Lotus. We somehow managed to find my box of cards and toys in the rubble. Everything was burned to a crisp. Nothing left of my Lotus but a melted bit of plastic and a few ashes. I still tear up thinking about it. I loved that card. ;_;
And now it's just downright painful knowing how much it's worth today. >_
SotCRules This is really painful. i feel you bro! and thanks for the good story
the dude in the store must be a nice guy
Damn...im sorry for your loss
Awesome story. Thanks for sharing
Sounds like the magic the gathering version of when Charlie found the golden ticket
Cool story bro.
*Why didn’t you do a tear test?*
or the taste and digestion test? "I'm feeling a little bloating now. Yep that was definitely a real lotus."
Tear as in rip it apart or tear as in cry on it? xD
also waterproof test
I was expecting the acid test honestly...
Forget that I like to grab the blowtorch right away and do an immediate heat test
10 legit black lotus.......in 1video.....dude
And like 40-50% of them are literally 10/10.
C'est horrible pour des joueurs comme nous de nous infliger une tel souffrance !
as impressive as it is, there were no Alpha lotus showcased in the video.
@@TravisArk that would just be silly if he had all these plus an alpha considering the price on an alpha atm
My eyes almost fell out
Am I the only one that gets emotional when Rudy says it's real? I don't even know this guy but I'm absolutely THRILLED for him to learn this is a real Lotus.
that youtube algorithm got me watching magic the gathering videos, i do not know why, i dont even know about this game nor fund of it. but that re-sealing vid got me pissed.
when he accidently flexes thousands of dollars when he brings out the control
Over 100k more like
“Accidentally”
Cough cough 100k cough cough
That's the whole idea behind this channel obviously.
Yeah. And today? LOL
This came up in my suggestions, i dont play magic the gathering. But I watched the whole thing. I wanted to know if this guys $8000 card was fake.
same, what is wrong with us
@@chad2687 me too oh good lord pls send help
Same i feel like these ppl are a diffrent spechise of human like 36 yo in mom bastment type
And the answer is, nope! The card isn't fake, this dude just got a freakin $8000 mtg unlimited black Lotus!
@@salvadorrivera1517 If they have enough money to purchase 10k cards they probably aren't living in their moms basement.
Gotta say, it's a good sign that your content is awesome when I have never played, or even touched a MTG card in real life except at a card shop, and still have been binging your content. Now I'm really tempted to get into this hobby!
I got a pristine Beta Lotus from the Prince of Nigeria on eBay, that’s definitely authentic right?
Yes, you just need to send him 700 USD via Western Union to facilitate the extraction of the card from his country.
fsmoura They accept Google Play cards now too.
Did he have good reviews
Its about time.
Of course, a prince wouldn’t need to lie about that.
The cat's out the bag now Rudy, all of us counterfeiters have to do is just to add the finger crease to our latest models now
God bless you and the work you do
The moment where Rudy brings in the 'controls' and puts so many black lotus cards on the table ... Just ... wow.
Omg the lotus in the middle on the back at 4:30 looks like the lotus I used to own way back as a kid! The wear looks exactly the same! I wonder if it is.....
_warming up hosetown engines_
_prepare for departure_
Rudy's tool will always be the star of the video.
Rudy: I dont want all the tiny details I look at to be public
*goes over a million specific details*
Me: *wondering what the "tiny" details are*
The stuff he talks about is super general and applies to authenticating any card, i think he means unique characteristics of lotuses specifically that he doesnt want to give away to help people make better fake lotuses.
things that it's better for everyone that the Chinese counterfeiters don't find out about.
In my mind, there must be verrrrrry specific dots or colors in the gradients that he's learned to spot like an expert jeweler.
Jesus Christ the way he man-handles that thing gave me sever anxiety lmao
phew... happy for the guy, his most prized piece is authentic after all
yyy:)
If this is true, I appreciate this. I’m not in a place where I can actually listen lol
This is just a commercial.
@@andrewlaverghetta715 it’s authentic it’s not an alpha lotus tho... it’s from unlimited
@@andrewlaverghetta715 it’s worth some solid $ but not one hunna K
Inquiring minds want to know... is there a *taste* test?😜 But seriously, this guy sent his Lotus to the right place. Don’t think there’d be too many people with a bunch of other Black Lotuses to compare against!
Vintage mtg knows about taste test....
the fire test is the most foolproof one; a real magic card will burn like no other piece of cardboard
yea, especially someone that has 10 others of them :)))
fsmoura i like your way of thinking! Also the rip and acid test are very valid
Why tf am I here I don’t even know what he’s unboxing and why he is unboxing it
Same
He's unboxing a card that a viewer sent for him to evaluate. Said card in good condition is worth five digit amounts of dollars as it was printed in early 90s and has a cult status.
Same
@BinkTinks the card is extremely good in the game and a collectors item, if he revealed all of the things to check if its real or nkt it could lead to scammers reprinting the card and selling it for a major profit
I remember seeing one of these in a shop all packed up and sealed nicely (behind a glass display which had something inside it so if it was smashed nobody could grab it) but I still think that card was fake and the owner just had extreme buyers remorse.
I've never even heard of these but the video was still interesting lol, is that card worth 8k?
A real black lotus card is worth at least $100,000.
Not this version, it's not in great condition and it's from Unlimited, the least valuable version, I don't know much about these but I'd say $5-6,000
@@joshkirkfield 12k in good condition
One sold last year for 166K
@@richieryan4998 That was an Alpha Black Lotus
Ya know what would be really funny? If the first grade 10 Black Lotus was a fake, and we've been using it as our standard. So all "real" cards are actually fakes, and all "fakes" are the prints by Wizards. Wouldn't that be something?
I want that to be true so bad.
You convinced me. Now where do I buy verified counterfeit lotuses??
unfortunately that can't happen because of the collector editions lotuses which are much more common
@@khhnator didn't tgey change their printing somewhat before they printed those?
khhnator The collector’s edition is rarer than Unlimited.
the printing looks so unique on these older designs of mtg cards. they don't look printed, they look like they were individually painted using plastic and printer ink. so hard to describe. i feel like the printing job itself would be so hard to copy well.
I remember a friend tried to give me a black lotus before they were insanely expensive to start playing magic. I'm kinda glad i never took it because I'd be obsessed
Rudy has been working on his magic sleight of hand. Notice how quickly he swaps the card at 5:17 when the card leaves the camera frame.
Nothing stops him from sending back a fake one LOL
I reviewed this closely and disagree that he made a switch there, but agree with John that he could make it off camera anyway. So why would he?
I've never owned or played MTG in my life (always been more into pokemon) yet i've been subbed to you for like over a year. You're a genuinely amazing youtuber, and I just wanted to tell you that. Usually i reserve my comments for telling kiddies to kiss a moving train but you are the exception.
How professional you were about not letting his privacy out that made me like and subscribe
Yay!! Really happy it was authentic! Also it’s very impressive how you can tell almost right away! Very nice 😊👍🏼
New business plan: Get one real BL, send it in for confirmation, use video confirmation as proof to sell a counterfeit.
"And I'm not gonna even explain why it's authentic".....spends the next 10 min of the video explaining why it's authentic
no, he didn't discuss any of the specific details he knows to look for, because he doesn't want counterfeiters to easily learn how to make better fakes. He only discussed the condition of the card and basic observations that showed authenticity.
was thinkin that same thing, he maybe left out 1 small thing to check like the 15 things he mentioned were easy to fake but that 1 thing will let all the counterfeiters know the perfect card lol
He doesn't want it getting out to the public
I love this channel because I started playing MTG when it first came out and we actually had most of these cards not the power nine but I had a Timetwister for sure and an Ancestral Recall. Lost our house and everything with it. Just fun to see these cards. Brings back the love of the game like it was yesterday and playing with my brothers.
Had up through ice age, approx 85% complete. X wife threw them away while i was at work one day.
Rudy! You twist my mind with your inspirational and influential SAVAGE ways. Keep it up.
You've got to be kidding me, my brother and I played the original magic series, and I remember we both had this card. I don't even know where they are now, somewhere in my parent's basement maybe. The thing is worth 8 flipping grand!
closer to 15 but yea... i wish you luck...
I don't know shit about MTG but I know that Rudy is the man when it comes to TCG/MTG, been randomly watching his videos for years.
good for that dude! I called it too right out the gate, sometimes getting a slightly played card off someone is a better bet for authenticity, glad he lucked out.
I don't really know about high value cards like this but is it okay to handle with your hands? Don't you get finger oils on it which wear it?
*sniiiiiiiiffffffffssss*
“Yeah, that smells good”
Hey Rudy can you look at my black lotus magic trophy card?
Rudy: yeh kid let me pull out 11 of mine just for reference 😂
So how does one get a black lotus graded? I got a friend with a black lotus, time walk, and a few moxes and a few other alpha goodies and I’m sure he has no idea how much these things are worth. I actually rescued his binder from a eviction situation held it for a couple years and when I ran into him again I returned them. Half way wishing I kept it but it wasn’t mine to keep and I was raised wayyy to well. I’d like to offer to help him sell them and try to guilt him into cutting me in because without me they would be looooong gone into a dumpster. any info is welcome. Thanks
i collect sports cards but I tend to be glued to your channel.
The only person I would send a card to for validation is Rudy for sure. I mean who wouldn’t trust that hairdo 💁♀️
@@argiodsilvertongue3589 You shouldn't send something like this via the post office unless you pay for insurance. This is also a situation where paying to have it carried under lock and key makes sense. IIRC that's certified mail. Normally, it's overkill, but this sort of thing is exactly the kind of thing you'd use the service for.
2:57 gotta get me some power 9
bishes luv power 9
Wow honesty! God loves people like you!!!
is this a playmat you unboxed on? where can i get one
Im a professional card identifier too, hold on Yup thats a card alright, nothing wrong here.
The smell test, got to pass the smell test.
remember when that one guy lined up magic cards around a car rim to spray paint his rims and had a black lotus and spray painted over it, good times
Doesn't tracking number provide both addresses (shipper and receiver)?
I don't play magic, and have never watched this channel, my name is just Rudy and I felt threatened by the title.
I have a feeling Rudy didn't have to send the card back after that e-mail
what company makes the card case at 3:54
4:35 looking at all those lotuses just makes me feel like my colection means nothing lol.
“A lot shorter than what I thought it was going to be”
Checks video length- 10:00. “Shorter”
I expected 10:01
6:46 His card and that worn card - the pattern inbetween Black Lotus and 0 on that border totally match. 6:51 I see a few differances in that pattern with the "minty" one snd his card. You sure your mint card isn't a fake?
edit: 7:31 Gem mint one matches quite good too that "minty" card is questionable imo.
Not every print run is exactly the same, but they all have the same rosette pattern (the L sign). He checked the green dot and it has the same pattern and that's good enough to be legit.
hi Rudy! I opened 2 boosters of Revised last week... I bought them at the first GP Las Vegas years ago... And I make a video to my youtube store channel... but something "wrong" happened... I searched for all the web and I didn't find anything similar... I openned 3 old dual in 2 boosters!!... have you know or seem that thing happen?
Registered just has to be signed from person to person who handles it. It sits in the post office during casing, in the truck for delivery and if not delivered a notice is left and it is left in the back of the truck until the carrier finishes his/her route for the day. The only time it’s “lock and key” is at the end of the day when post office is closed.
Wtf.. this is the first time I've seen that many black lotus' on one table. Damn man!
I am going to use this video as a teaching lesson for my dad. This video highlights most of the details in expensive trading card collectibles. Great to see all the variants in the background and the concern about fake cards. In reality, fake cards will never be a concern for serious collectors, since the intimate details are so hard to replicate.
High value low priority is the words I believe you're looking for good sir!
I dont know anything about magic, can some give me a good comparison with a pokemon? So is the black lotus like charizard in pokemon?
I don't play MTG but I feel like I've been flexed on with these Black Lotuses.
You my friend were just graced with the presence of 160k(give or take) in mere cardboard cutouts from the early 90s.
People are drastically underestimating the value of these cards. If that is truly a mint condition Alpha Black Lotus, it's worth $500,000USD. There's most likely over $1,000,000USD on that table and the value's only going up.
Imagine Rudy coming into Pawn Stars, “Yup, it’s legit. I don’t wanna say why though to give anything away.”
Awesome glad to find out it was a real card!!! I would have hated to find out it was fake as well. I saw a video you did with Daniel where one of his high end cards were fake and it actually was a rebacked card!!!
does putting grubby hands on it not lower the value? also thought i heard somewhere putting in a sleeve lowers card values too. i know jack shit about cards though but it makes sense to me
Rudy's tool comes out: jees how did this even got released on youtube!
I was convinced of its authenticity until he smell tested it.
does anyone know what these cases are called? ( the hard plastic single card ones )
So much power in authenticating black lotuses. Thank you for not going rogue and using your powers for evil Rudy
How does this guy have 10+ Black Lotuses... holy hell
"First of all, because of the TH-cam algorhythm."
Smells good, feels great. All the evidence I need xD But seriously, always fun to see your "control" samples and power from the chat.
4:37 Dear Goddess; I've not seen that much value on my computer screen on a long time!
Rudy remind me to never play magic against the dude with 11 black lotus's
@Jerry Dandridge If he's got 11 black lotus's WTF else does he have?!
Nothing like the smell of fresh Black Lotus in the morning.
when he was talking about the font, and the thickness of it i just pictured the american psycho business card scene.
Can you mint them or certify them as Beckett does
Fan: Hey, can you tell me if my Black Lotus is real
Rudy: Sure, just lemme check it against the eleven that I have on hand right now.
Amazing that someone would pay $20,000 for a Beanie Baby.
Is my black lotus fake if the sides are pointy because I have noticed that all the ones I see you authenticate have curved edges?
I have like 200ish mg originals (1st edition) just sitting in my closet including the starter box set of for decks. I really should go through them some time and see just what I have and what they are worth now?
Are you not supposed to handle these type of cards with gloves, so you don't "damage" them or something like that? Honest question
I guess if you're handline one that is in pristine condition you should, because any tiny thing you might add to the card would lower the value considerably. But with one that's in this condition you're not going to affect the value just by holding it.
That's for Timmys
I'm not gonna lie, I fall for the videos every time and end up watching them. But I always get this sketchy feeling from Rudy.
100% Rudy looks like the kind of guy who will give you a smile, shake your hand, pat you on the shoulder, then knife you in the back for your playing cards LOL I just get that vibe. The gentleman criminal.
I don’t even play magic, I’m just fascinated by these vids 😂
I don't even play Magic but i have been watching this box opening like it is my favorite novela's finale.
Lets play the Rudy Game: DID HE BUY IT!
He wants it. Given that the owner has real offers in hand already Rudy probably wont be able to get this one without paying a premium. I doubt he's willing to do that for anything not Gem-Mint 10 in this market.
When he trew all of those lotuses on the table right before opening the case I felt really poor
It's like a forest of black lotuses. It's beautiful 🥲
Holy ravioli! So many black Lotuses in one place!!😱