Try Shudder at www.shudder.com and use promo code tolariancommunity to get 30 days for free.

@TacticalTypos

2 жыл бұрын

Great ad, very funny! :)

@dennismarinos2129

2 жыл бұрын

*says he isn't going to buy what he advertised *Makes the add one of the most successful i have ever seen

@DuckDuckGoose13

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for supporting trans rights and the trans community, professor. You're an amazing magic professor and an even better person :)

@wetwillie

2 жыл бұрын

Best sponsor spot I've seen on KZread.

@dapeck04

2 жыл бұрын

Love Shudder!

Good news for anyone buying these in the chance they might get a commander precon: WotC sell these things called "commander precons", and they've got a 100% pull rate for having a commander precon in them. Value!

@shinytentacruel2062

2 жыл бұрын

:O

@neomegaryumk2971

2 жыл бұрын

This is basically an inverse "it could even be a boat"

@JustMonikaOk

2 жыл бұрын

@@neomegaryumk2971 100% of boats are in fact boats!

@arenkai

2 жыл бұрын

This is some 5d checkers level kind of move

@RandomCommenter955

2 жыл бұрын

nah that's just a scam. $40 for a box with 30% basic lands, PASS 😄 jk, precons are awesome value, if you're really interested in the commander. Heck even some of the many $0.25 upgrades add a lot to the deck, and if you get into a few dollar upgrades the power level is already respectable. That's coming from someone who's first and only precons so far were quantum quandrix and lorehold legacies. I was so excited for them!! I called game shops everywhere to find them, heck I think I mightve even paid 49.99 at WALMART for them, because they were in such high demand, and to get them cheaper wouldve cost me too much in gas or shipping to get both elsewhere. That being said, I turned my quantum quandrix precon into a dual commander of adrix, twincaster or esix, fractal bloom, and I bought some cheap enough cards to upgrade them and swap between versions. To me the lorehold precon commander is really weak (although even after months later just archaeomancers map is still like $20ish dollars, and just adding in thousand-year elixir, cursed mirror, laeila blade reforged, and hellkite tyrant still equal the cost of my paying $10 extra for the precon. And all the rest of the cards to buy htose together still equals another $30-$40. For someone like me just starting to build a commander collection, it's awesome!!!! And that deck I turned into a hofri-ghostforge deck with some $3 upgrade, and I think it's pretty cool!!!!

Big respect to the professor for being honest about how he won’t use the Shudder even though he’s sponsored by them.

@Liliana_the_ghost_cat

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@scottmeyer6279

2 жыл бұрын

Reverse psychology.

@DuckDuckGoose13

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly though, he did a great job making it seem like a really good service. Watching him 'shudder' really sold it to me lol

@YenSnipest

2 жыл бұрын

My coworker had that stance and it really stuck with me. Nobody we knows knows we watched IT. We spent several moments talking about work in an empty theatre while stuff got mauled.

@EducatedGuppyLive

2 жыл бұрын

He never getting sponsored from them again 😂🤣😂🤣

It's also worth pointing out that use of the term "cube" on that product is absolutely predatory for people that may have heard of a MTG Cube but not fully know what one is. It's ridiculous.

@UnderseaPumaKing

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly this. My friend heard about the cube concept and loved it. He didn't understand 100% what it was though so when he saw one of these packs at Walmart and purchased it, he was incredibly excited. He called me to tell me all about it but I was extremely skeptical. When I saw what it was, I explained that he had been pretty much scammed by WotC. His disappointment was immeasurable and his day was ruined.

@ferdithetank7535

2 жыл бұрын

And "power" as well. Who wouldn't want to instantly boost their collection?

@noesunyoutuber7680

2 жыл бұрын

@@ferdithetank7535 Not only that, a "powered cube" is a real MTG term (a vintage cube containing the infamous Power 9), so it sounds even more like a trick.

Sadly the target market for these products have always been 'kids begging their parents to get them one at Target' and I doubt any amount of debunking will prevent those purchases.

@starnik

2 жыл бұрын

I think the target market is for people who have gambling addictions, because as the Professor mentioned at the beginning of the video, there are frequently posts talking about how "oh I think these are worth it again, I got a commander deck in one!"

@ajones0916

2 жыл бұрын

@@starnik True but most adult cardboard gamblers would recognize the official form of gambling (booster packs) is the best bet. These products are more geared to roping in those who have little understanding of the gamble they are taking.

@nova_steric1749

2 жыл бұрын

@@ajones0916 nah, even booster packs are a waste of money. Not worth the risk, if you want to gamble.

@noesunyoutuber7680

2 жыл бұрын

@@nova_steric1749 I mean, I think the whole point of gambling addiction is that it makes you a very bad judge of the risks...

@nova_steric1749

2 жыл бұрын

@@noesunyoutuber7680 you have a point

Respect Prof for acknowledging his sponsor doesn't fit him, and that he called out these products.

@brandonedwards1181

2 жыл бұрын

Get sponsor block addon, its pretty dank

That second "power cube" land pack was just straight up pulled from an war of the spark bundle. Unbelievable

@huckasex

2 жыл бұрын

the one with chandras regulator is a landpack from a bundle as well.

@Tannhauser42

2 жыл бұрын

I suspect most of the stuff is from damaged or unsold bundles or deck builders toolkits.

@Weaug

2 жыл бұрын

The Chandra regulator pack with lands is from the m20 bundle. I bought it for the spindown life thingy.

I am ashamed to say I purchased one of those cube things from walmart recently. Just a whim. Gave it a shot just to see. 2 packs, a foil promo, and a "deck"... Which turned out to be - yup, you guessed it... ALL LANDS. I was furious. The face card was whatever - but everything beyond that in the pack was lands. Not all basic, but most were. To say I was angry at myself for wasting (29.99 CAD) is an understatement. Salty doesn't come close to it. I did attempt to return them (I didn't open the packs themselves) but of course no more returning TCG to any retailer these days. I tried to explain that the contents were no accurate, but the service drone just stood, pointing at small faded text, made more difficult to read due to yellow highlighter, saying they couldn't help me. Lesson learned. I ended up opening the packs after of course... pulled an Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice (mythic bulk yay!) Feels bad man.

@DerpityDerpz1

2 жыл бұрын

I remember when a foil Aurelia was $25. Good times

@SasorisPuppet

2 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing. The cubes are not a good price for what you get at all. I always follow the rule that if there's a three pack product, and it costs more than three packs of cards, it's not worth it. The bonuses aren't typically worth much.

@JM64

Жыл бұрын

I know I'm a year late but I just have to say: Your frustration is understandable, that said don't call folks working in retail "drones". They're just doing their jobs and have no real say in the matter even if they agree you should be able to return it.

For me as a European its really easy to not buy things. We dont have target or walmart.

@UnderseaPumaKing

2 жыл бұрын

Would you say Mom and Pop shops do well? If so that's amazing!

@justsomekirbowithoutamusta1852

Жыл бұрын

@@UnderseaPumaKing Depends, but generally, no

Prof: "I recognize that Shudder is a great product, but given it's FUCKING SCARY, I've elected to only endorse it." And that's okay! As long as it's vetted to not be a scam there's no reason one needs to partake of everything they advertise.

@brianchadwick9430

2 жыл бұрын

Some years ago I didn't know better and bought a booster box of Dragon's Maze when other such boxes were about $100. Absolutely terrible purchase. Most expensive card pulled was $5.

The worst thing I have run into recently is that one of the LGS here decided to sell boxes of boosters as just 36 booster packs without a buy a box discount. $173 for draft booster box.

@stevenfraielli9869

2 жыл бұрын

My LGS has been doing similar stuff with a nearly 100% markup on everything in the store. I guess that covid hit LGS's hard despite magic being bigger than ever. I want to support my LGS but paying literally double for anything I want to buy seems rediculous.

@crackcorn0404

2 жыл бұрын

Is this for draft boosters? Even at full (what used to be) MSRP, $173 is over priced. MSRP was $140 for a draft box and the cost to the store hasn't gone up but a $1-$3 per box depending on the supplier. Weird.

@elwindil8566

2 жыл бұрын

This. This is why I won't buy anything at the LGS here because forget that noise, I can buy from TCGPlayer or Card Kingdom for cheaper.

@TRZ99

2 жыл бұрын

@@elwindil8566 I don't blame you. Support the LGS's that are worth supporting., but not all lg's are.

@elwindil8566

2 жыл бұрын

@@TRZ99 Completely agree. Used to be you could get a discount going into an LGS and doing preorders or just ordering stuff, but the one here is fairly new ish, and they don't do that. And sadly it's the only one that's less than an hour drive away. The others that were around went under due to either bad business practices or tax evasion, and then this opened up and while by all accounts the people that run it are fellow hobbyists, I'm not going to support a place that is charging more than I would pay anywhere else. I'm glad places like card kingdom and tcgplayer exist, because otherwise I wouldn't be able to participate in a hobby I enjoy.

I have friends who continue to buy those boxes since they lucked out once or twice and got a good commander deck. They seem to forget all the ones they've gotten that hasn't been worth it.

@lirazel6414

2 жыл бұрын

This is how gambling works. The pleasure ping from a win feels like it wipes clean all the losses.

@joehertel8846

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I buy them simply cause I like to open them for what they are if I actually pull something amazing from them then awesome but I always expect get junk out of them of course a 50cent card to someone else is just 50cents but if it's something works in my rand jenk brews then it's priceless to me that being said 100 percent think that people should just buy the singles or the sealed licensed products if they want to get what they pay for if you enjoy gambling stick with these

@MrSir-uf8qb

2 жыл бұрын

See these are a good deal! /s

@brianneudahl3507

2 жыл бұрын

If you don’t open the packs in the cube it’s almost worth it but it depends what’s the middle pack

@leonard9624

2 жыл бұрын

Lol no, even if you want gambling, having the excitement of opening then just buy a booster box or toolkits

Professor: I don't like to get spooked. *Proceeds to review Magic "mystery boxes" and an endless onslaught of Secret Lair Drops* Ah, the paradoxes of life.

My worst purchase was every collectors booster I’ve ever bought. I hate foils, but my wife loves opening them, so… 🤷‍♂️

@MeatMonsterMan

2 жыл бұрын

After buying a Midnight Hunt collector's box, I feel pretty much the same, they didn't have any set booster boxes in stock unfortunately, I feel like the collector's packs go to the extent of having foil/alt art that it becomes the norm and not rare or special. I miss the old days when a pack was a pack, but down the road all I see is new extreme ultra foil borderless promo extended alternate full art signed card boosters, oof :/

@kennethbartels4274

2 жыл бұрын

@@MeatMonsterMan yea, I bought a few of the collector booster boxes in the last year, but I won't do it again. I have a whole bunch of useless Pringle cards and a bunch of bulk rares.

"My friend got a commander deck in one." -A Target marketing bot

@nickhughes8179

2 жыл бұрын

Or a corporate douche from M.J. Holdings.

The reason people still buy these is because, once upon a time, you could get commander pre-cons in them. 7+ years ago, you could find Kaalia and other older commander decks in them, but it's been a long time since they've included those.

@richardmarple2695

2 жыл бұрын

I got my $112 izzet Magnus commander out of one...... and I've gotten my fair share of land packs haha

@cedarxric329

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, used to be able to weigh them at the grocery to tell the difference too, good times.

@David-gj9qr

2 жыл бұрын

Now I think people are just joking about getting pre-cons in new ones

@Kazz1187

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yea, can’t forget the folks that brought their own mini scales to differentiate between the weights of these decks

@Wolfgar-jx5kl

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah .. those days are long gone .. not sure why people still think u can pull a precon out of one .. I’ve have not see that in years

"But the Power Cube can contain anything! Even a Commander deck!"

@Mr_Woof_Panini

2 жыл бұрын

The power cube can contain anything! Even a power cube!

The Commander Deck ones are clearly marked and usually are snapped up the moment it's obvious they're back in play. Anything less than that isn't worth the time.

I've bought a couple of the commander repacks (but they were clearly marked as a commander deck, and you didn't get the oversized card), but I haven't seen those in ages. Only other repacks that are worth buying were the Dollarama 100-card Beejlander packs - and they don't seem to have them anymore either!

@danbeck1593

2 жыл бұрын

I got an oversized Osgir with that precon a couple months back. Pretty neat.

@foxi1694

2 жыл бұрын

@@danbeck1593 didnt the new commanders came without oversized cards? So there is no oversized osgir

@danbeck1593

2 жыл бұрын

@@foxi1694 I just checked and it’s not oversized, it’s just overly thick lol. Sorry, I assumed that’s what he was taking about. Just got back into mtg after 12 or so years away and am easily confused.

@SuperPlayer987

2 жыл бұрын

Cool. But it is interesting as a new player to MTG that you guys have older commander decks at a discount. This is great for new players because we do not necessarily need to play the newest cards. We can have fun with whatever. I like that piece of advice from the professor.

@mattbrown4745

2 жыл бұрын

The dollarama 100 repacks are back. My wife cleared the shelves as soon as she noticed them. I don’t really get lucky with the pulls from them but as a magic “netter” I love em.

It is so great that you take the time to make these vids. Someone has to do it, thanks! Keep the hard work!!

the "mystery packet" seems to just be the land packs from Bundles, hence why one had the alternate art Chandra's Regulator.

Professor always looking out for us !!!

Yes! This is why I come to your channel. These videos are my favorite.

As a new player, it's really overwhelming and intimidating stepping into the game. Especially with all these different booster packs and bundles... I had literally no idea how to get started. I'm really glad i found your channel and have great friends!

Hey prof, the mystery pack is actually the promo and foil lands for the core set 2020 bundle.

Nostalgic as I am for those first games with it, I will fully admit that the magic origins intro pack I bought (the Pia and Kiran Nalaar one, if you're curious) as a first way to humor a friend that wanted to teach me magic (and look at me now, Dan XD) was probably the worst value I have ever gotten from a magic product. But, hey, at least it wasn't this garbage. I almost bought one of those cubes once right after I started because they made sure to display a promo Angelic Skirmisher on it and I to this day love angels. Mike, if you're reading this, thank you once again for talking me out of that.

Wow! You actually did good with this sponcer professor!

The Shudder sponsorship was my favourite advertisement in a youtube video in a long time. The Prof looked terrified just talking about it!

When they sold the Commander decks from older sets for good prices,and one of the older cubes I got, had a full starter deck with a collected company in it. Me and my friends have only really bought those, and the plastic cubes are really nice for storing commander decks in!

I've only gotten a rare pack from these once. It was a Japanese Strixhaven set booster that I could see due to it being badly packaged. They recently put the English set boosters in there to trick people

MJ Holding, LLC. makes the power cubes. It's good to keep up with the names of the companies who dump their warehouses like this. Just flip the package and don't even read what's "in" it.

@dustinburns4550

2 жыл бұрын

Same great MJ stock lady at my Walmart.....takes her 2 hours and dies it once a Friday every other week......reminds me I need to go get in the Line they make everyone wait in while she restocks.......to bad there's already 20 ppl in line half being spirtscard scalpers who rush in and grab everything off the shelf........last few times they were working together wich was nice.......4 of them split all the Sports Card box's up between them in first 5 secs......all happy and smiling while the real people wanting product behind them are screwed .....I don't know why they don't put a limit on the box's, one guy shouldn't be able to buy 500$-1,500 of product at one time.......and Walmart do some different things like where u keep them and limits on just even the Sports Cards.........my Walmart has tons of the magic product sitting unsold, all the good MTG products put out are gone in first few hours...........wish me luck guy's as I go into the Fray of Battle , wish nothing but a glinter of Hope that I come home Successful.

Back when I first got into MTG when Tarkir came out, my store used to sell some of these that were one pack each of the Theros block sets with a bonus card, then moved on to one of each of the Tarkir block when Origins came out. That felt a lot more worth it back in the day (hell, they were actually cost as much as three boosters too, not more than. Even got Athreos from one!)

Recently returned. Bought out all the packs of jumpstart 22. Trying to get a rhystic study. Following your advice from now on. Only buying singles. Love the videos.

Thanks Prof! Great info as always.

I actually just bought one of those a few weeks ago. The foils in the cube were Vito and Scute Swarm. But in it was a Japanese Strixhaven pack. I ended up pulling the alternate art Demonic Tutor from the pack. I was so elated. But I know that it was almost a one in a million chance.

Thx for keeping up the good work! it's important!

Thanks for looking out, prof. Always enjoy your content. :)

I will always appreciate your unique sponsorships but this is by far the most unique.

I've been watching your channel now for over 6 years and I can comfortably and confidently tell you , I love you.

I actually love your ad read. Only one I've listened to all the way through.

I've been watching your videos for years at this point Prof, so naturally I've never had to take a risk buying a crappy product. Thanks for that good sir! :)

I agree about those cubes, but. .. the cubes that had commander decks, Litterally Told You that on the the inslip that you can see when you buy it.!

When I first started magic, my local retail store (a Kmart, of all things) had the triple packs, but this was back when they occasionally had old packs, and were priced lower than the price of 3 packs at the same store. Now I see them, and they are just standard chaff, and I actually miss the old versions.

LOVE the sudder ad, so much honesty lol

As someone who gets stuff like this from family as gifts occasionally I felt this one in my soul. I’ve started asking for just packs of jumpstart if they can find them but guess what they can’t haha. Jumpstart not being in stores is so disappointing. I’ve gotten many an old booster pack in my life. Luckily cracking packs is fun.

Sadly i have only bought 2 decks one 60 card deck and a Commander deck most my cards came from my brother but i am going to be starting to get my own so watching your videos help to know what to get and what not to get thank you Professor

the foil "mystery pack" thing you said is just the bundle of land + promo cards that comes in bundles

Great ad. Awesome advice on these products. We bought some of these years ago when they first hit shelves and immediately realized the rip off they are.

I am so glad my family asks me what items they could buy me for my trading card games. They get suckered by the "chance" for vintage cards jank. I am happy to tell them to as well avoid products displaying "mystery" "repack" "chance at ..." Makes me 'shudder' 🤣 I show them a singles list and give them the addresses of my favorite LGS's. Then there's always online shopping. I have become a firm believer in knowing what you're buying and why you're buying it. Many thanks and praise to you Professor Magic with your consistent and valuable advice. 🔔 'Till next time.

Your Shudder advertising was just the best, most excellent.

I thought for a moment that you began looping the video when opening that blue themed booster xD

Best ad drop ever, Prof. Well done!

the start was great ... awesome :)

Prof is the best he admits to not wanting to get it but makes it more appealing if it’s your thing

The power cubes you have to shake up and see how thick the stack of cards are inside. I pulled a windswept heath out of one and a polluted delta out of another once.

Haha. I like your style, professor. Can even make ads entertaining.

Also the ones with commander decks are a very specific line of the power cubes

This video was worth it if only to hear The Professor say "sweet swag bags"

I like those 3 pack draft kits. Very convenient if you set up an impromptu draft .

"What a great introduction to magic the gathering products, getting ripped off from the start" How I felt a couple months after buying planeswalker decks when I first started magic

@HomeCookinMTG

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly most precons other than the Commander precons are a rip off IMO, Unless it’s like an event deck or something (I don’t even know if they still do those anymore). Most standard precons cost $10-$15 and the cards that come in them are worth pennies.

@daagonthebefeler7960

2 жыл бұрын

@@HomeCookinMTG i remember starting with a red black precon from the return to ravnica era, god that deck was so bad.... i only play comander these days but looking back at my old collection and seeing that mostly disassembled pile reminded me how i thought it was decent when all my local school budies were equally bad at the game

@HomeCookinMTG

2 жыл бұрын

@@daagonthebefeler7960 Nothing like going to your local FNM, and finding out your unbeatable deck that none of your friends can beat is actually trash lol

@daagonthebefeler7960

2 жыл бұрын

@@HomeCookinMTG ik the feeling my golgari deck has gotten better over time, was pretty bad to begin with needed to learn about a few cards to make it better mainly sol ring... (wasnt aware that was a card bc i only played modern back when theros was recent :/ and hadnt seen one) started replaying like a month ago, beledros saved the deck if im being honest

I purchased one of the clear box things once and like you, received a 40 pack of basic lands. But the kicker. the REAL kicker, was that one of the booster packs was, I kid you not, a special 6-card booster pack. So I got 2 trash packs and 1 ULTRA trash pack. Always good to continue warning people about these kinds of products!

Respect for the reviews here and worthy of a few chuckles. The 3 pack could be good for a chaos-lite draft night, without having to break the bank

Prof, last year I personally pulled 6 commander 2018 decks and 1 commander 2019 deck out of the older mystery cubes. There was a weight difference noticed in the cubes when comparing them on the shelf at my local Walmart here in Canada. I only purchased the heavier ones and was able to get the following. 2 x Exquisite Invention Decks 2 x Adaptive Enchantment decks 1 x Subjective Reality deck 1 x Merciless Rage deck I have not purchased any additional cubes as they definitely are being used to sell off excess product from deck builders toolkits, bundles, planeswalker decks, Welcome decks and other junk as if it is a premium product. Definitely gambling at its finest and the house is always winning.

I fell for that “my friend got a time spiral booster” or whatever from those dumb sets. Never again and I’m glad prof is pointing it out.

Oh....oh my god that hook at the start killed me. I think that's the funniest thing you've ever done xD

I bought a mystery cube from target once for $20. You could tilt the cube a bit and see that a commander precon was inside.

This is the first time I heard a sponsor spot where the KZreadr wouldn’t use it, but still made it sound good

I once bought a pack of these "mystery" packs from Target because I could see that it had two Kaladesh boosters in it. Technically I saved a couple of bucks by buying them that way as opposed to buying them from a game store. But, all I got was some draft chaff from three out of standard boosters that I otherwise wouldn't have bought. So, it was indeed a bad purchase, I should have saved my money and bought singles instead. Thanks for making these videos, Professor; I hope that one day products like these will no longer be on the shelves, but in the mean time, I am glad that you do your due diligence to inform new players about the pitfalls of these rip-offs.

I love the professor watching out for the magic community!

Prof has the best ad reads.

I was just getting started into magic 3 years ago, and I bought one of these power cubes and I kid you not, I opened the exact same pack you just opened.

I do occasionally buy the cubes. I like the gamble of random older packs I missed out on when they we in circulation. The commander cubes earlier this year were definitely a better buy though.

Almost 7 or 8 years ago I got the izzet half of an Izzet v Golgari Duel Deck, which was pretty good, but there were some differences in the way repacks were sold then. For one you could actually see what the repack was; if you were getting 3 boosters you could see the fronts of the boosters, and you could see expansion symbols on the precons too. Even then there was a lot of chaff. My wife got a clear card box of repacked cards for me that was just RtR rakdos cards that were all bulk ( there were two of these put together so there wasn't even any variety).

Professor, I bought the 3 booster packs back in the SoM days back in 2010 and hung on to them for 11 years sealed then listed on TCG

I get the 3 booster packs ones from my local right aid sometimes when I just want to grab some random packs to open for fun. They let me look at them so I can see from the side which set they are and they usually have 2 crimson vow in the ones at my store which are still going for more at my local game shop then they are in this bundle so it is very slightly a better deal to me in this one specific instance but if your not sure that you want the packs in it or cant tell from the sides which is an unintentional feature anyway then they are still just not a good deal. But in certain fringe cases they are worth looking at if you can tell the packs from their sides.

The prof is an icon of integrity standing fast for the accessibility and value for players, and I will die on this hill.

I remember buying these bundles when I was trying to get back into magic and Innistrad had just cycled out. I got them to obtain what I could from previous sets. At the time, I was not aware of online card stores like card kingdom, TCG player, etc.

Out here grinding brother 💪 looking forward to your Dracula thoughts

I love the condition the blister pack thing was in lol

I bought a couple mystery cubes when I started because it was a way to get some packs of older sets I couldn't find, and I didn't have a debit card to buy singles online, or even know about local game stores nearby. I have since changed to buying from only my 2 LGS's.

These are my favorite of your videos.

I bought a power cube from Wal-Mart before I found the professor. It had a War of the Spark booster and a Nyx Lotus promo so I was vibing. Cringing now thinking about all the sweet singles I could have purchased at my LGS...

When I was younger and new to Magic the Gathering I bought one of those cubes and I ended up pulling one of those products that they give to new players at card shops not that I knew that at the time and some land the shop that I bought them from thankfully went out of business but considering they were the local Magic the Gathering retailer and that's what they were selling I can see it happening very easily

With so many of these videos prof makes about the third party packages, it feels like he is the one producing them, hahaha.

I know you said you wanted to hear about the worst, but I have a local store that used to sell a pack of 30 random cards, mostly commons and uncommons for like $6. I liked it because I ended up getting lots of cards from sets I didn't buy a lot off. It was a fun way to do random drafts with too

I have purchased five of these power cubes in the last year. The most recent one had all the lands in it, basically identical to the one Prof opened in this episode. It is the only regret I have though. I pulled all commander pre-cons in the other ones. Two were the Forged in Stone 2014 deck, one was the Mind Seize 2013 deck, and the last was the Eternal Bargain 2013 deck. The older four were a different style power cube, but still only $20/each. They were not the $30 commander cubes. It is definitely a gamble though.

That Chandra+lands pack is from the m20 gift box or bundle thingy

I bought a power cube hoping to get old boosters and a freebie deck, like the last time I bought one, and the pack of "mystery goodness" turned out to be all tokens! From Amonkhet! One of the boosters was a Japanese Strixhaven Set booster, also a Core 20 and an Eldritch Moon

Hey prof, some advice I wholeheartedly agree with. I'm too addicted to opening my booster boxes when I have the funds to give that up though. My worst purchase ever was an ebay repacker where for either $50 or $100 I purchased a long box that didn't have rares and averaged about 20 copies a card if not more. When I reached out to the seller he said the kid he hired to make the repacks made a mistake but no refund, just a discount on a 2nd purchase. This was the bad old days of ebay when purchasers had little recourse in the late 90s early aughts.

Nice Video! 👍

We love Shudder at my house. The drive in will never die!

Hi professor, your content is brilliant as always 🤘. Love the effort and the enthusiasm you have for MTG. May I ask. What is your normal day to day life duties when not creating. We content for your MTG family and viewers?

I bought one of those magic mystery cubes from walmart, though, funny enough I got it only for the ACTUAL cube so I could try my hand at cube building and have a nice cube shape storage thing 😆 Since then I've learned of much better products & cube shaped storage containers 🤣

Opening these mystery boxes was enough horror indeed ! Poor professor , but he was brave and heroic to face his worst nightmares for us.

*I* got a commander precon (the Naya populate deck, to be exact), BUT the packaging *specifically mentioned a commander deck*.

Hey Prof, whats that in you back? HAH, made you look!

I miss the older cubes that often had commander precons in them... but you can SEE the precon in the package.

I remember getting hosed on these over 10 years ago. Some things never change.

I will never forget the time I opened the ONE Mystery Power Cube I have ever opened. Just like The Professor's luck, my bonus pack was filled with all basic lands! The reason I bought the Cube that I did was because I could see, just out of the corner through the packaging, a single booster pack of Japanese Strixhaven. The rare that I pulled, a foil alternate art Japanese Teferi's Protection. It's still retailing for around $74. I never get that lucky!

I am right there with you Prof. I say no to scary stuff. Nothing is worth the years it will torment my mind, in and out of reality. But yea about a month ago one of my friends called me up asking if they should get a power cube. I was like "let me look it up and do some quick research" Glad I did, I found your last video on them along with a few other peoples and was like 'STOP, don't get it' Lol