None Of These Magic: The Gathering Products Are Worth It

many magic the gathering players asked the question is it worth it to bond no no no no no no it isn't we've been over this why do you still keep buying this garbage from three draft booster mystery packs to theme booster mystery packs to the most overpriced rip-off garbage i have ever seen many magic gathering players won't stop buying this garbage now while i'm going to talk about how and why none of these magic the gathering products are worth it there is another product i need to talk about that i absolutely positively will not be getting and that's a subscription to shutter sponsor of this video you see shutter is an online streaming service that has the best horror thriller and supernatural content a unique collection of exclusive and original films and series horror classics and blockbuster hits so under no circumstances whatsoever will i be getting shutter because i am terrified of scary movies i'm unsettled by horror movies i do not enjoy being frightened spooked startled 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someone else replied yeah my friend got a commander deck in one so i had to go out and buy two new ones and spend my own money on them let's start with the obvious there are a lot of great magic the gathering products that you can buy for 20 bucks or so or just singles did you know many fetchlands are now 20 bucks or so scalding tarn isn't quite there but it's very close there's others where you could buy a fetchland and have money left over and while brand new commander decks unfortunately cost twice this a lot of the old ones are marked down to again being near to this price and you know what you're getting if you go check out my card kingdom landing page i've placed a huge assortment of commander decks that are in the 25 to 30 range for you to consider and you don't even have to buy them from them why you could even check that link out and then just go see if your local game store has commander dex at a discount so what exactly is in one of these 20 dollar power cubes garbage but let's see all right so we got uh three booster packs here three from old non-standard sets curator of mysteries promo that's worth 17 cents gargarose promo hey nice 59 cents and this appears to be a packet of mystery with a foil chandra's regulator on it which looking that up the foil chandra's regulator promo is 23 cents so far we have three old booster packs which is 9 to 12 bucks depending on how you add it up and then about a dollar in promos question how much would you pay me for the contents of that mystery pack in there because at this point we are up to about ten dollars of value all right let's see what cool cards or promos i guess are in here or wait wait wait it's just land it's just full of foil basic lands okay all right maybe that was a fluke let's open up another one okay seriously that must have just been a fluke right you are seriously saying at this moment for some reason [Music] all right so we got a primal storm but it's worth only 43 cents so it's less a primal storm and more a light breeze whoa beast whisperer that's a whopping two bucks all right now we're cooking oh and three more packs no longer in standard and so what do we have is that wait no this can't be it's not it's just lands they're not even f it's just basic are you just sticking lands in these do not post oh but my friend got a commander precon and one do not post oh but maybe there's a good mythic in that booster pack i'm not even opening those booster packs for you because if i pull something good someone will say see these are a good deal no no they're not and neither are these [Music] three booster packs for 12.99 included is a one dollar promo seemingly always stone coil serpent the booster packs within are supposedly random but here we have aquaria in all three in the same spot followed by zendikar rising in all three and caldheim in all three random and again that is 9 to 12 bucks worth of product depending on how you add it up so i guess with the promo it means that at best at best you are breaking even on these old crumpled up packs and useless promo many magic the gathering players will say breaking even isn't bad but yes yes it is bad breaking even is extremely very bad these products are slurry old loose garbage packs from damaged or merchandise repackaged so as to salvage them if you're going to do that then you charge less than it's worth not the same and certainly not more yet look here at the same store that sells four theme packs for 29.99 in the mystery thing the exact same store they sell brand new theme packs for 7.49 so that's 29.96 to buy these not in a mystery box or 29.99 to buy them in one what an absolute rip-off and these are the old ones which usually go for a lot less because well they're old and theme packs are pretty bad value to begin with 7.49 each and there's only a slim chance at a second rare sure it's a fun selection of on theme cards from the set in an almost playable but not really 30 card collection of commons and uncommons but the idea of paying 29.99 for four old ones is absurd they're liquidating leftover products so this should be at best 14.99 cut us a deal in fact all of these should be half price except that power cube one that one's outrageous that one is greed incarnate you know we've talked about how these aren't official wizards of the coast products but others have pointed out how those cheapo promos are specifically printed by wizards of the coast to give to these companies to aid them in ripping off your grandmother or someone else's parents who are just trying to buy a nice gift for the magic player and their family we're someone new to the game who thinks hey this is a great way to get started what a great introduction to magic the gathering products getting ripped off from the start it has always been my evaluation that these harm the game i think wizards of the coast should exercise whatever power they have to either try and get these off the shelves or at least distance this product from their legit products have it in another section or even heavens for bid if they do have some kind of relationship with these companies forced them to offer more value than they are offering so that these are indeed sweet swag bags because in the end these really are repackaged damaged goods i wish i could have better shown you how loose the wrapping on those booster packs were how folded and pulled up and bent up they were the promos are scratched and scuffed this is stuff from the master in pile put in a box to liquidate and that is fine so long as you price it accordingly but this is not priced accordingly these are ripoffs flim flams garbage slurry and in my evaluation absolutely never ever worth it no no no and no do not buy these rip-offs ever but now i want to hear from you what's the worst product you ever spent money on and what did you end up with and why was it disappointing let me know in the comments below and special thanks once again to shutter sponsor of 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Channel: Tolarian Community College

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Keywords: magic the gathering, mtg, wizards of the coast, tolarian community college

Id: nRLup3h-sl4

Length: 11min 17sec (677 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 29 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/Eric_The_Human_]

Finally saw one of the Stone Coil “bundles” in stores. It was a $18 bundle with what appeared to be ONE modern horizon 2 pack in it

[u/Vegetable_Ad3750]

Not to get all Andy Rooney on everyone, but yes, the repacks use to have Commander decks in them circa 2013 - 2014. For $20 - $30.

[u/Tuss36]

Man I wish I could buy out of print boosters for half price. I don't think that'd ever really happen though 'cause the sealed pack itself is often worth more than the cards inside, partially because it's not made any more. Each pack opened is one less in the world, and while there's plenty to start, over time it'll become more and more difficult to find unopened ones to either collect or use for drafting. Plus there's always those 20 dollar mythics that might be in it, and while it's probably not in it, the possibility of a payday drives up the price.

I'm definitely in favour of cardboard not costing so much, but I'm not hopeful.

[u/MandrewTheMan]

Wow wow wow, so much respect for the honesty with the sponsorship.

[u/hreiedv]

Wait... are these repackaged by 3rd party? How is WOTC fine with that?

[u/Luxordus]

Like I commented on the video, these are only worth it if you directly see what is in them and the value is equal or higher than the cost.

Around the Rav Allegiance, War of the Spark release they used to have 4-pack ones for $20. They usually seemed to have at least one pack that was either a masters pack or something older like Torment or Onslaught. They likely wised up a little while ago, and you'd be lucky to find a collector's booster by itself once in a blue moon.

[u/Meta-011]

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't encourage buying these "value packs." The odds of coming out ahead are so slim that you might as well be buying lottery tickets...

That said, I feel that if a Commander deck was pulled from one of the packs, it should have been noted - intentionally omitting the information comes off as deceptive to me, even though I'm aware of the reasoning.

Still, I wouldn't recommend buying them. That's still good advice.

[u/[deleted]]

Confession time: I've bought a few of these in the last couple of months, but I only do so on a couple of conditions. Firstly: I can tell what packs are inside, and secondly, at least two of those packs are from a set at least a year old.

Sometimes, with the power cubes, they pack them improperly so that you can see the packs inside; I got a [[Smothering Tithe]] from one of these, and a [[Goldspan Dragon]] from another.

With the blister packs that have a promo in the front, it's a lot easier to determine what the pack is by looking in the side; that's how I got an MH2 Collector Booster, a Kaldheim booster, and a Throne of Eldraine booster for $12.

These are very much outliers, but if I have some cash burning a hole in my pocket and I can tell what's in one of these repacks, I'll sometimes pick one up.

[u/LuminousUmbra]

It's unfortunate that this is the way it is. Used to be that these kind of things at least occasionally had worthwhile stuff in them, but not anymore. I remember some of these (plastic cubes with multiple sets of cards) which had stuff like duel decks, planechase decks, or sometimes even commander decks in them.