95% of all OLD Magic cards are STILL WORTHLESS 

Back in the 90s, sleeves weren't a thing. The more wear a card had, the more wins it had under its belt. And when sleeves did come on to the scene, it was seen as dumb and difficult to shuffle - and we ridiculed them endlessly. Now I double sleeve my cedh decks

City of Brass misprints!! Those are crazy valuable because the art, name and text is different..like a unicorn of misprints I would say 🤔

We used to play Magic everywhere. On the benches. On the floor. On the driveway. At the beach. At the lake. In the car. Playing in the quad in college outside at 2am with the marine layer settling in? Good memories. Damaged cards. lol

It's like the comic bubble. People were all worked up buying piles of the Jim Lee #1 4 variant cover splash thing thinking it was gonna inflate over night. Theres an interview with Stan Lee where he says that people paid that for old books was "because they were rare" and it's why I question modern speculation or new product for an old idea. These things are popular or desirable because we played with and abused them as kids. They were cheap entertainment. They didn't last and now we're adults with money and fond memories. But we want those items the way we remember them, fresh and new in our hands, not the attrition at the end where they faded from memory until now. New stuff is bought en masse and frozen in amber. Instead look to see what the kids now really love during their formative years, get those, store them in cryo stasis and hope in 30 years those kids want to relive their good ole days.

Its been 25 years since i bought a booster pack until today.. recently found my old cards from 94 97. Went to the store today to buy some sleeves for them and picked up 2 battle for zendikar booster. 1st pack had a misty rainforest expeditions foil... the guy behind the counter got real stoked and gave me a plastic casing for it. Sometimes lucky!

I checked my cards(1994-1997) .... doubled my investment. All my nickel cards are worth a dime. 🙃

Lol 95% of the old might be worthless today but 99% of today's cards are just as worthless if not more.

“Extremely damaged…” you should see my cards lol

This is how everyones cards looked back in the 90s. The only time they were pack fresh was when the pack was opened. You play tested decks with no sleeves cause you only had one set of sleeves

Rudy Last week: "even weird old common cards from these old sets will be museum quality" Rudy This week: "95% of old cards are worthless" Me Every Week: "I will buy everything 1993-2001 I can get my hands on"

bought a sealed 4th edition starter brick from you a few years back for 780ish I think. It's appreciated a lot in value, but I can't get myself to sell it. Everytime I look at it I get excited and remember opening those starter decks back in 94 and remembering how much fun I had. The thought of all those pack fresh cards does it for me. Part of me wants to open one just to get a sniff of that old school smell. I think this is another reason why the sealed versions of products from this era are so much more valuable than the cards within them. Not just the rarity of the sealed product, but the opportunity to open them and relive those moments from 25+ years ago.

This video is music to my ears lol. I've recently had a huge desire to go back and buy some of my old magic cards just to have in a display collection. I started playing during Revised, 4th and, Ice Age. It's going to be easy to get some cards.

About 10-15 years ago, I cut up between 50 & 100 cards to make a collage not knowing any value of any of the cards, even now I have no idea what I destroyed and I never did get round to making the collage. The only thing I know is that most were goblin's... 😥I often wonder what exactly I destroyed.

Once again. Love the videos man. Yesterday I was giving a box full of magic cards from my boss and asked me to go through them to see if any are valuable or not. As someone who doesn't play or know the value of old magic cards I said sure! Hours later researching through the forums, ebay sold, tcgplayer and of course your videos. Most of the cards are worthless. Which I td him but I did find a few $40 cards and a small handful of older cards worth a few bucks a piece. Told my boss that and he said okay you can just have them lol. So now I have a box full of magic cards. I'm going to keep like 5 cards and try to unload the rest local for a few dollars just to get rid of them lol

Seeing these cards takes me back to the halcyon days of Magic when I would play Swamp, 2x Dark Ritual, Hymn to Tourach and Hypnotic Specter on turn 1. There were 2 tournament formats - Type 1 and Type 2. It was Pre-internet so you would see some interesting/creative decks along with the Top Tier build outs. Black Vises, Swords to Plowshares, Factories, Strip Mines, White Knights, Black Knights, Erhnam Djinn, Serra Angel, Light Bolts, Land Tax, Birds of Paradise, Fireball, Wrath of God, original counter spell, spell blast, Armageddon, Mind Twist (you would get an ugly look if you played this restricted card!), Disenchants (main deck) and so many other cool cards would be played. Thanks for the video it took me back to a nice time!

Finishing up my first Legacy deck

City in a Bottle? City of Brass? Eh, all the same! Also, don't forget the Soldevi Excavations from Alliances! Next $100 card 😀

Serra Angel is still my favorite card of all time. In 1994 it was an absolute powerhouse being the only card at the time that had the "vigilance" ability.

So I've learned! Thanks again. Oh and the signed FOW was from somebody who was quitting the game, got it when FOWs were around $45

Very nice, thanks for sharing.

I really appreciate how no matter what the video is about, market is hot, cold, corporate is pulling some serious BS, Rudy will always try and finish off with a positive note and tell us to stay the course.

and that's why I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. i can play those nostalgic cards without paying as much as an house

I love how Rudy will only give you the reseller rate of 60% of value for your collection, but then he specifically doesn’t resell them. I love his videos but I would never sell him my ABU stuff

So much potential for growth, buy buy buy!!!!!

I have a thorn elemental from 7th gen. That is still sealed in a single card pack. Says it's worth $5 but is it worth more being sealed still?

MY FAVORITE KIND OF VIDEO!

It is a beautiful world😁 I remember paying $AU 65 for a pack of Antiquities back in the 90's only to open a $10 power artifact. So glad I held onto that bad boy😆

The black specks is play grit. All cards will get those when played in sleeved.

I bought like 15 packs of chronicles last year

15:02 That's not water, Rudy.

I had some cards that got a bit "sandy" idk what exactly to call it, but it was like a fine powder that was gritty and sticky, but didn't seem like it was made of rocks or whatever, it felt like something synthetic. When I say sticky, I mean that it clings to the cards, not that it's actually sticky, kind of like how flour sticks to a surface, it's like those micro-plastic balls that they put in exfoliating face scrubs, but like actually microscopic. I know exactly how they got that way, I bought a "used" (returned) commander deck on Amazon because I've actually had good luck in the past. Like 60% of the time they'll be scams where people repacked the product, but 40% of the time it isn't. If it ends up being a scam, Amazon refunds it no questions asked so it's essentially a no-lose situation. This commander deck that I bought is the ONLY instance in which I regret buying returned magic sealed product. Instead of being repacked with cards, it was repacked with a fucking bag of this sand or whatever. It had a leak and when I opened it, the sand spilled out all over. This was like 3 years ago and I STILL have cards that I can feel the grit on. The issue is that I can't see the grit, only feel it when 2 cards rub together. This stuff is like herpes, you literally cannot get rid of it. I've tried clean/dry paint brushes, microfiber cloths, t-shirts, very very slightly damp sponges, gently "scraping" with another, swiffer duster, etc. and I could not get it to go away. It gets better, but it doesn't go away. I had received one of those nice ultrapro binders with the side-loading fabric pockets and the sand got in there somehow. Now, it's unusable because it transfers the grit to the cards. Like I get if you're trying to get one over on Amazon, but why try to actively fuck over the next person?

Great collection from a real player. Those were the days!

00:28 00:35 "City in a bottle"...

I love the collection vids

You story about Alpha cant be correct there where booster boxes in the Netherlands in stores around that time. Maybe because it was printed in Belgium part of it stayed in Europe?

How do we know that, although the print run was huge, year over year there hasn't been alot of loss to the existing stock of fallen empires/ ice age etc cards? Wouldn't it be funny if it turns out there's alot less left than people think because of people throwing them away or just other random things happening?

Rudy, if you want to open King Rudy’s Tacos and Card Shop, I will run the Taco side for you.

The title is right, I have all of fourth edition and the dual lands are the only money really.

🤔 If it weren't for those HP and Damaged Alpha cards, there would be no game today. Someone had to play the shite outta the game, building 2 decks to be able to play, 'cause no one else had cards. That was my cousin, trying to recruit others like me into the game So HP ABU cards are the real heroes, sparking interest in the game

That’s where my money is at right now. Everyone, get some old Magic while you can!

95 percent worthless. 100 percent loved with original art.

I love and enjoy cards that aren't worth anything because there so ubder appreciated

I started sleeping my cards back in 94. I had collected sports and non-sports since 1980.

Fourth Edition Serra Angel on TCG Player is $0.15 for HP or $0.25 LP.

What does Rudy think about the "International Edition"? Rudy please do a video on "International edition"!

Pinas represent! MTG Tambayan where you at? lol!

I love Phyrexian dreadnaught

Rudy has pulled so many City of Asses in the last few weeks he can’t tell the difference anymore between city in a bottle

Rudy can't fool me with his tricks. I'm still borrowing as much as I can to carry out my 4th ed. commons buyouts. ( -.-)

I wish it had been otherwise, but MTG Alpha wasnt given out on the west coast. According to Wikipedia In mid July 1993 "Adkison took a single box of cards with a handful of complete decks to the Wizards booth at Origins Game Fair" which was held in Forth Worth, Dallas, Texas. We can all agree Texas is part of the south lets be honest. In August at Gen Con Milwaikee, Richard Garfield met up with Adkison and his wife and by the end of the convention sold out their 2.5 million cards were sold out. Now some of those were of course shipped to the few stores that got word of them, some of which were on the west coast because I remember the few alpha packs, bu my mom would not buy them because they were the most costly of any cards in the comic and card stores, being roughly 5-10 dollars. I was still into MArvel MAsterpieces at the time, and whatever odd other franchises like Vampire the Eternal Struggle( then called Jyhad ), and having left sports cards behind a handful of years before, I didnt immediately go for the Alpha packs, thoguh I was curious. Nope, it wasnt until a few packs were left next to near empty boxes of BEta and Unlimited, with a couple packs of Arabian nights that December... I was somehow hooked, maybe since I liked those legendary tales from the 1001 NIghts. By the summer of 1994 I had opened packs of Antiquities, LEgends, The Dark, but only so many as they too sold like hot cakes. My whole perspective had changed on cards at this point. It was almost exclusively about MTG. Fallen Empires were 50 cents after no time by early 1996, since they failed unbeknownst to my childhood self. I got tons of them like most people and was happy as a clam :P. SOmehow the local store got Ice Age BEFORE 4th edition, and Ice Age had the first pack art. And that frosted blue color was amazing truly. Got a dozen of those or more, some starter decks of 4th edition once it came out and packs cause it had the Brass Man on the front, whom was one of my all time fav cards too. Chronicles gave me the chance to get tons of cards for cheap once again that I could not get in the 4 Horsemen sets, though some cards were omitted due to their rarities. Homelands was kinda neat, but has a weird feel to them like Fallen Empires did; just a step up in quality, but thats about it with the exception of Baron Sengir or Apocalypse chime which was massively overpowered and broken roflol. MIrage was odd but cool with its African themes and bright artwork, plus more emphasis on Urborg was sooo badass. I startedto take breaks from buying because mtg seemed to have lost its luster. Thus had the golden age of mtg already passed and the silver ge was nearing its middle years as well tbh. 5th edition was ok, but Portal brought me bac into the fray thus leading to Weatherlight ad the "Rath" cycle of Tempest, Stronghold and Exodus which brought true narrative and loveable characters to the franchise. This not only reinvigorated much lost and before nonexistent interest in the games, but was massivly profitable for Garfield and WotC. Yet sadly, all these cards began to give me and others fatigue. Was becoming too costly to keep buying, and at this point video games like PS1 and N64 were more important ( and took all the xmas gift purchasing interest :P). It would be many years before I learned that the late 1990s saw the end of the true "Silver Age/era" of MTG as Hasbro bought out WOtC. Sometimes I would buy a pack here or there, but it asnt until the early to mid 2010s that I really gave the franchise much attention. Sadly the last handful of years have been as hit or miss for MTG as for most franchises elsewhere such as film, tv, comics, video games etc. More misses than hits tbh. C'est la vie, non, mon ami? :P PE@CE mwhaha RANT ENDED!!!

I remember when 4th edition came out..everybody was buying them..😁..and ice age packs and starter packs. Yeah can't believe thats been a long time ago..what 95 or 96?

Yes, but all these 95 cards look beautiful to me 😍

City of brass? Where?

I just love the Arabian Nights 👌👌👌

That is why I use them to help light my fireplace in winter and insulate my walls. hehe

Regarding Chronicles. One interesting exception...Chronicles and 4th Edition (Japanese version) are all with BLACK borders, being the first MTG sets sold there. Checking the market prices there compared to English white border edition, cards go for 3x 4x , some over 10x the price. Pretty insane (relatively speaking lol) Black border City of Brass chronicles Japanese is currently at over 200$. English white border version : 15$. Birds of paradise black border 4th edition Japanese : 180$. White bordered English 4th edition version : 10$. Not only are these cards black bordered, In my opinion they look amazing; you have the classic art with the clean 4th edition layout/colors which I love. Anyways, super underrated set for sure, and the ONLY set apart from Alpha/Beta which has the classic art with Black borders.

The fact that you called those City in a Bottles 'city of brass' means you need to send them to me.....🤪

Do you think wizards will ever go back to the white bordered sets?

Rudy's plans of becoming the literal power nine is almost complete.

95% of my old cards are reserved list and pre 2000 sealed product….whatcha talkin about Willis?

These aren’t worthless, id rather have lots of cards like this vs one cars worth a lot of money

Im from the ph and my old cards i think feels like that maybe because of mold and dust buildup

Eater Of The Dead. Not foreign The Dark. First foreign cards came out after The Dark. It’s probably Italian Renaissance.

Park it! We're gonna' talk about the market! What I want to know is... Is when is Alpha Investments LLC gonna' sell out to EBay for $275 million? Huh? How 'bout them apples 'eh?

Ok, am I missing yhe meta or did you mispeak.. those are city in a bottle!

10:28 yes, it's in italian :) Source: I'm italian too.

What part of Philippines?? Husband's girlfriend stole 100k in my old magic, comics

I’ve never played against a sleeveless deck before. My whole play group had their cards sleeved up. Wish I still had them. 🤷🏻

Don’t worry Rudy, we see your value.

Taniwha is like $6 and under 90 listings somehow

Who says they are worthless and why? Who decides worth?

Yaaa I have a ton of worthless rares from prophecy, invasion era. Good thing that Bb of portal I got and those packs of portal 3k did well lol.

These kinds of videos are what got me into magic.

Sure but it didn't print 3 billion in the past 3 years

Those are City in a Bottle - not City of Brass…

Rudy my man I have to disagree I think the real money maker is paying attention to the current meta and doing the ol' pump n' dump to the penny cards that skyrocket in price

City in a Bottle and City of Brass are worth about $450 each at the time of this video, so it's easy to see why you got confused

Hate me or love me, I started playing in ‘94, I remember getting together with 3 others to play a night of “Ironman” magic, we played outside on a most likely dusty table (pre sleeve era) with a burning citronella candle, small container of water and just an empty container all in the center of the table, for those that don’t know what “Ironman” magic is anytime a card would go to graveyard or otherwise get destroyed, the player who took the aggressive action would actually destroy the card by whichever means they choose Fire/Water/Tear in half. I even remember one of the guys ripping a Chaos Orb in a bunch of pieces to maximize the effect of dropping onto the playfield, back then it was a little disheartening to lose a card from your deck to a terminal demise it’s much more depressing to think about now. However you’re welcome to all the owners of 4 horsemen sets by thinning out the overall card pool. I wasn’t completely insane I kept most rares out of my decks and can safely say no duels or P9 were harmed in any of these shenanigans sessions.

when Premodern gains more popularity, these cards are gonna be worth a lot more.

Hey rudy

Wizzy have PALLETS of english Legends,not of Italian Leggende,think about that

If they aren't for sale and they are not worth much what are you doing with them?

…… city in a bottle not brass??

Drop some money, all this bread so yummy, yeah

i like the game

The wear/grit from the cards is probably from non acid free storage, sorry 'bout that

back as kids we even knew homelands, ice age, fallen empires were trash sets. I bought the hell out of alliances even while buying tons of tempest and exodus. 10 year olds could tell which sets had better value in terms of play.

Yeeeer

I don't have time to watch 2 Videos a day, and read a Mid-Month update post...Please chill Dad

Lol that’s city in a bottle not city of brass

I'm sorry a bottle of what? Lol

I don't have time to watch your whole video right now. I appologize for that. I just wanted to say I have a bunch of old cards that aint probably worth crap. They are well used.

I love Rudy, he's so Greek.

Stop saying they’re city of brass!!

Everything is worthless - unless someone has the money to prove otherwise - try paying the food bill with magic cards - get some crypto and NFT's too -

Was this a pity buy…

6.9 lol

Damned lies and statistics. 95% of those old cards aren’t worth a lot. 99.9% of new cards aren’t worth anything. 5% >>> 0.1%.

Those cards look like they have been stored in a hot, humid environment, not a climate controlled location.

City of 🍑