I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. Unleash the comments

@nabazanwar6326

Жыл бұрын

No bad comments bro. At least we all enjoyed your commentary while you opened the packs. Now lets get back to some pro drafting 💪🏼

@panko2848

Жыл бұрын

I love that we can actually hear the regret in your voice as you open the box lmao

@DatPuz

Жыл бұрын

I think you pretty well covered all of the angry comments in your intro, so not much left for the angry commenters to add

@GleemaxClown

Жыл бұрын

Well you deserve this.

@paulallison3974

Жыл бұрын

consider yourself unleashed ;)

This should be mandatory viewing for anyone thinking of buying this product.

@campbelltron

Жыл бұрын

+

@gaminggeckos4388

Жыл бұрын

“The sale has concluded,” soooo…

@EverythingAlways

Жыл бұрын

Was about to right something to this effect…

@lucasmoraisyogaeemagrecime5327

Жыл бұрын

or any closed product hahahaha, the only reason that i found viable is to play drafts or pre releases (with t2 spikes seems really nice to catch one event ), but thats it. Buying booster packs or other products, its not good. Much viable is to buy singles! with 1k dol you get many tier decks (including legacy ones).

@nathanl6598

Жыл бұрын

I think that was the intent, if no youtuber bought and showed off the product everyone might be in the dark.

I like how the expectations are so low Kenji seems surprised that there really are 4 packs inside.

@gabe9045

Жыл бұрын

He should have destroyed the cards on camera after opening them. Keeping them or selling them contributes to the problem.

@bunnface9511

6 ай бұрын

there will be sales, and there are. but no 1 is really buying it. xD@@gabe9045

@moriyamakyon1067

6 күн бұрын

@@gabe9045 imagine how funny it would be if ripping card there would be whine inside

Imagine how much fun M30th would be if you could actually draft them with friends at a table top, or at a local game store, at $5-10 dollars a pack. That would have been a real way to honor MTG's 30th anniversary, such a shame greed ruined that.

@patmacrotch5611

Жыл бұрын

Yea, and the best part about that is it would have tanked dual land prices. That would feel even better! 😏

@erenjaegerbomb8653

Жыл бұрын

damn, this hadn't crossed my mind, but this is so true. Somewhere in a parallel universe where the ethos of the world is not capitalism, they are celebrating Magic's anniversary by all the millions of players worldwide getting to experience what the first ever games of Magic were like, what those first few players saw. I'm sure that would have made Garfield happy too. P.S holy shit power creep is real xD

@dennisvogel5982

Жыл бұрын

that was what i actually thought when they said - we want to give you all the chance of opening a black lotus..... this would have been THE draft set. Accessible, fun by itself and also giving good proxies to everyone who wants to play a little bit of legacy or vintage or even cedh - I would have gladly paid wizards for my proxies instead of a random manufacturer or my printer ink producer.... Now its just a mess

@dico3557

Жыл бұрын

@@patmacrotch5611 it already tanked dual lands lmao

@funnymcfunfuns1455

Жыл бұрын

@@dico3557 they aren't even close to tanked

"You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!"

@matteo1761

Жыл бұрын

This made me LOL

It's hard to believe WotC had the hubris to create and sell this product. I can be a whale at times and had this been $1000 for a complete set of these cards I might have gone for it. To sell it in 4 randomized booster packs like this with no guarantee of power or at least duals is a total slap in the face. Thanks for the video Kenji, at the very least you've confirmed all my worst assumptions of what this product is🙃

@cardakeys

Жыл бұрын

This

@Fyrefrye

Жыл бұрын

They're packs. Complete with (as far as we know) the original rarity weightings. If what I've heard is true, there were only a few hundred Black lotuses printed in the original alpha. I can totally imagine Wizards printing the same number (or even fewer) lotuses or pieces of power just to stoke artificial scarcity even more. 1. This should have been a full set of cards. 2. Even as a set it shouldn't have been priced any higher than the previous commemorative sets in the past. 3. If they wanted to do something SPECIAL for the 30th, why not track down as many of the original pieces of art as possible and do full high resolution scans with modern tech. Give us higher quality versions of the original artwork. Most of them were paintings, and I bet a lot are still in the possession of either wizards, the original artists, or in some private collections. Heck, a short article or documentary of their efforts to track down the paintings and request permission to do high-res scans would have been great for PR. Give the public at least a HINT that they're still willing to reach out and communicate with their fan base to make something for them.

@SiegfriedDrachentoeter

Жыл бұрын

@nosoyallowed828 Lmao, shilling for WotC is not necessary.

@johnc6497

Жыл бұрын

I would have paid $1000 for a complete set of Beta in this 30th Anniversary style. If nothing else, could have left it sealed and seen if it moved in value come 5-10 years. But $1000 for four random packs!? Da fuq outta here with that.

@jamesheyworth4370

Жыл бұрын

And when you think of 10 duels and the power 9 sheeesh, at least one should be guaranteed.

Opened my first "Starter Box" in the fall of 1993. Rares included an alpha Mox Pearl and an alpha Nightmare. In those days, you had decks with both alpha and beta cards, and nobody used sleaves. Ended up with multiples of all power nine and full sets of duals, etc. Sold all of it by 1998. Hard to believe we were sitting around the table at 14 years old, playing with what would someday be hundreds of thousands of dollars of cards. Thanks for keeping MTG fun Numot, even if Wizards has a wonky approach!

Heads up: there’s nothing stopping you from just printing the card art and gluing it to a playing card

@NumotTheNummyYT

Жыл бұрын

*whispers* quietly, they'll hear you

@jtyree0226

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but then you wouldn’t of gave 1000 dollars away and gotten fecal matter straight from wotc

@vario6492

Жыл бұрын

I suggested to my friend we can play any MTG ever, we just need 120 sleeves and lots of hard paper and pen. Best money ever spent, let's build decks!

@fixo5132

11 ай бұрын

@@vario6492 that's technically copyright infringement, and not cool for the artist. But i'm not blaming you for doing so. It's the same as pirating game online, which in imo is a good thing.

@alexisXcore93

9 ай бұрын

​@@fixo5132it is not. You are not selling the proxies you made

HOLD UP! These card are not even "real" magic cards?! They are selling fake cards for 250 dollars per booster? My mind literally just imploded

@johnny_crash

Жыл бұрын

They're not legal in sanctioned play, so yes, WotC selling randomized proxies only allowed for kitchen table games for 1k. At least they have a blue core.

@YanuHFS

Жыл бұрын

@@johnny_crash if you stick a proxy to a random crap card, it will have a blue core too.

@Jarkheld

4 ай бұрын

as fake as CE and IE

I like your honest and realistic introduction before opening the packs.

It’s crazy that they don’t even guarantee you at least a dual land in a $1000 box

@YanuHFS

Жыл бұрын

Whats the difference? A proxy black lotus is worth the same as proxy grizzly bear. Send me a 1000$ and I will mail you a whole power9 back ;)

@keep7smiling

Жыл бұрын

I will mail you a playset of proxies of every single alpha card for 1000$

Thanks for taking the hit for us! No power - no dual lands - couldn't have set it up better than this!

Why!?! Kenji you DEFINITELY didn’t have to. 😢

@matthewgray2789

Жыл бұрын

Lol he obviously wanted to …

I've been playing since I was 10 years old in 95, but could never afford the original cards. This product I thought was going to be a cool way to experience opening the original cards if even by proxy form. What a slap in the face...

Was nice nostalgia remembering the feel of opening up beta/unlimited packs......but not for $1K proxy cards.

Oh man, I remember the amazing feeling of opening these packs when I first started playing as a kid. The cards had this distinct smell to them and made me so happy. I would do have those happy feelings back about anything.

The howling mine that literally just got reprinted in the old border 😂

It is hard to feel excited for a set that costs a ton and is worth nothing.. still thank you for sharing Kenji! you're my favourite Nummy

@gregpeloquin6345

Жыл бұрын

Is it worth nothing? Aren't some of the premium cards worth money?

@bombarded15

Жыл бұрын

@@gregpeloquin6345 Right from the gitgo - the back of the cards marks them as non-playable

@J.Tarrou

Жыл бұрын

​@@bombarded15 They aren't tournament legal, but if you use sleeves and make sure whoever you're playing with is cool with proxies, you absolutely can play with them. It's a shit product, but they're not worth nothing and they're not non-playable.

@gregpeloquin6345

Жыл бұрын

@@bombarded15 that wasn't my point. I'm not an idiot, obviously I know they are proxies. My point was, don't the premium cards still have value?

@funnymcfunfuns1455

Жыл бұрын

@@gregpeloquin6345 they will all have value. The packs were already going for almost double price on eBay. With such a low run these will definitely have some sort of value.

"this is effectively gambling" Except when gambling, you might win your money back. This is just setting $1k on fire

@giovannicredidio262

Жыл бұрын

Not him. He gets his money back monetising the video.

@nickmatthewsmusicstudio

Жыл бұрын

@@giovannicredidio262 True, but that's ROI, not gambling

For $1000, as packaging, I'd expect a leather box that you could use as a deck box for years to come.

I haven't laughed this hard in a while. Thank you.

Thank you Kenji for the dose of reality. Nothing cures FOMO like seeing someone pay 1k and get completely hosed...

@NijAAlba

10 ай бұрын

So if you'd get 4x black lotus proxy 1000$ then it would suddenly be worth it? Lol

Sir I wish you didn't. We as a community need to start standing up and not keep buying what they are shoving at us. Just my thoughts.

@cardakeys

Жыл бұрын

I mean, he said in the intro that he was doing it for science, that he doesn't support it in any way and that it wasn't absolutely worth 1k dollars

@vegetin01

Жыл бұрын

@@cardakeys that’s $1,000 of support. That’s a lot of support.

@subvertedhope

Жыл бұрын

@@vegetin01 If him buying the product and opening it on camera stops a few people from buying it, then it was a success IMO.

@sethchapman1425

Жыл бұрын

It was $1000 for 4 packs of proxies. If you didn't think it was a waste and not worth it you were hoping to have it as an investment. I understand what he wanted to do but not buying it is much more of a powerful statement.

@derpsiroop1884

Жыл бұрын

@@subvertedhope but nobody was gonna buy a 1000 dollar booster anyway

I gotta say this was the BEST 30th video I've seen. Not over the top, not anti Wizards/Hasbro. Definitely NOT worth $250 a pack. As someone who has played MTG since 1993, there was so much potential in this product. Had it been $9.99 a pack/99.99 collector booster, this woulda been one of the best fun draftable proxy product out there. Hasbro dropped the ball big time. If Hasbro is smart, they should rerelease these next year with WHITE borders in a white wrapper for 9.99 a pack and 99.99 collector booster. That would save face alot! Thanks for the awesome non biased view!!

As usual, you handled this with class. Thanks for the lolz

Heavens above, I didn't know that you could get this bad of a pool from those packes

Thanks for taking that hit for the whole team!

I came here out of morbid curiosity, thank you for making this so no one ever has to even think about buying it. Here's hoping they make it up us fans in August!

Let's hope you have more luck opening packs in tommorrow's open!!

Love you bro, thanks for killing my fomo! 😂

Insane that there is any sort of resale market for any of these cards… I hope not at least

So one of you that can add, what's the total estimated dollar amount currently online for the opened 4 packs

I’m of two minds, I wish you would of had better luck for your own sake, but I’m glad you were able to fully show the risk of buying these packs and avoid any sensationalism. Sorry about your luck, and thanks for letting us all feel the disappointment together.

Maybe this product is the full retro experience and the boosters are searched by WotC employees before boxing them?

Seems normal thanks for the unboxing Nummy!

When I opened those rares in 1993 it only cost me $3 a pack. Plus I was excited to have more cards.

@ObsessedCollector

Жыл бұрын

I thought they were $1.99 a pack in 93. I remember Antiquities and Dark being $1.49 a pack. I miss the early days of MTG!

@mikestyer3909

Жыл бұрын

@@ObsessedCollector We were able to get the first batch of the Dark for $2 or $2.50 Fallen Empires were less then $1. Regular packs were about $3 for us

Thank you for confirming the cash grab by wizards. Love your content!

Keep in mind people, you can buy several revised dual lands instead of gambling on proxies.

Pack 2 -- With how sad Farmstead is, the Soul Net might as well be the rare.

Okay but what would you first pick??

This is honestly a perfect representation of how this could go wrong (opening a set of Laces with maybe the Lifelace as a retro not withstanding).

At a $1000 price tag there should be a guaranteed top 20 money card. I enjoyed seeing the sunglasses of Urza as a treasure.

@jefferyodegaard4081

Жыл бұрын

Yes and he didn't show us the treasure in the back of the 4th booster...he started laying down land and skipped the last card a treasure...😠

@jamesheyworth4370

Жыл бұрын

@@jefferyodegaard4081 I must admit I am tempted to purchase a pack , question is open or store it for value?

I bet the tokens become the actual legacy item from this product (apart from power 9 and duals in cubes).

I really don't like that you bought it. Sure, you say that it's a bad product but now you are one of the people making it so we will get more of this type of stuff.

seeing Wizards try and pull something like this has convinced me to move 100% to proxies

Are these blue core? Or are they true tokens?

Thanks for doing the work so we don't have to lol

Imagine if Wizards was like" hey, these are proxies so we're not going to give you worthless garbage."

Even though the whole endeavour is horrible, I did get all the feels seeing so many old friends.

Still love you Kenji, thanks for doing what nobody else would. Sorry for ok pulls

@darcytucker416

Жыл бұрын

No spoilers duke

Glad you do this for me 😂 Like you i have the exitement, and the disappointement but i still have my money, so thank you for this 👍

Dude really got 20,- worth of cards aside from the Gauntlet for $1100. This has to be the biggest scam in the history of trading card games lmao XD

What would the duals or pieces of power even be worth if you did open them? If you opened a tropical island could you have sold it for more than 1,000 bucks?

Our Streaming Multi Millionaire immediately reinvested his Arena Price Money. Genious Kenji. hope you open a blue mauritius.

Had you continued playing Yugioh they might have sent you an unboxing Kappa Thanks for the content Kenji!

Love the dedication ! The true golden god 🙏🏻👍✌️👌

This video made me laugh so hard lol

You just now as soon as the first print of this came in at WOTC, the board rooms must have gone bananas over the profit margins

That’s weird they added the tokens, im pretty sure those were added in packs way later right?

The next time you want to burn $1,000, give me a call.

Thanks for taking one for the team on this!

@jrussellanderson

Жыл бұрын

Do not support this. Him buying this product only gives Hasbro more affirmation that they can do this again. Warnings against this product have been out for 2 months or more now.

@stevenhuth276

Жыл бұрын

Or it gives Hasbro the idea that they need to do better for the community with the things that they offer. Kenji does a hell of a lot for the community and him showing what he personally got in the box will send waves. That’s what I support.

@jrussellanderson

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenhuth276 the fact that there are countless videos already out of KZreadrs getting rocked by free and bought product pushed a community of true fans to reject the product in solidarity. Anyone who buys packs of this after the release of the product isn’t showing us anything new. Infact, they aren’t listening to the fan base and should be called out on it.

For a 1000$ they should have made a booster trunk of 400 packs ranging in sets

I’m yelling at you for buying this in the first place…

Wow what are the odds that he would open 30 black lotuses? That was incredible!!!

Now you gotta draft a deck with that pool

if those top dollar cards were playable how much would the value of what he opened be?

Nummys money: “WEEEEEEEEEEEE” hate this product, love you.

I have an actual mana barbs I got signed by Christopher rush at a con back in the day. I used to keep my cards unsleeved wrapped in elastic bands so it’s not the best shape though 😂

Og art black bordered Howling Mine is a pretty cool retro card pull since the last english black bordered version was printed in beta, until it was reprinted in Brothers War going under $1 a piece and also tournament legal LOL.

This isn’t gambling. With gambling, you have a chance to win; this was always going to be $1000 worth of proxies

Man who makes mtg content for a living: *makes mtg content* Some people in the comments: I can't believe you've done this.

I love the ~2 mins of self-flagellation

Any of the cards for sale?

Are those legal to proxy?

Thanks for the sad pulls!

so nice seeing the cards i used to play with when i started playing mtg

thanks for spitting truths while doing an opening it’s actually the perfect video on this…

Thanks for doing what I can't and yeah it was stupid but educational

The 30th Anniversary Booster box should have a QR code that leads to this video so people see it before they open their four packs

This is prove that wizards really think we are stupid.

Year later looking at about $450-$500 in value tops. Packs unopened still holding same value around $250. Retro cards going for good money pulling their weight here along withthe gauntlet. I always enjoy these regardless of what's opened.

Opening is always priceless

You have the start to a nice mono black deck

Did you buy that at Card Kingdom?

lmao if i didnt know wizards id assume this was a prank set. but somehow i know deep down this is real lmao

Can you do a follow up video where you put all the cards in a blender?

What a brisk whipping with a hose. Wow!

Wow! Just wow! I figured buying this would be a waste of money, but this video gave me all the feeling of disappointment without having to pay the 1000 bucks myself. I hadn't thought about the disappointment I would experience if I bought some of these. Thanks for doing this video. The saddest thing is that even if you got one or two of the power 9, dual lands, etc., what good would they be? They are unusable in play, and are they really going to be collectible and be worth something in the future. Maybe, but, I doubt it.

Thank you for your sacrifice. Get my sub bro💪

Ooof, what a gut punch! Though you did have the right expectations going into it. This could've been a homerun product if only the price had been low enough to allow everyone to draft it for fun. I sincerely hope this is the last of their extreme cash grabs, but I doubt it😢

Kenji, you are and always will be a legend of the game.

So how much did they paid you for it?

I'm just here to support Kenji for his wild fiscal irresponsibility. I feel like he smoked the entire pack of cigars so we won't have to.

You are a fool. Love your videos.

Still, Mahamoti Djinn it's quite of a bomb! 😂😂😂

I could go and dig around in my old boxes of cards and have most of those cards. Happy to sell them in packs of 15 for$250 each I will even throw in some lands and tokens. And the cards would be tournament legal!

that black lotus pull was insane

Watched just to try and help you get some money back 😂

And that, my dear Nummy, is all she wrote...

THAT'S MAGIC BABY!!!!!!