Dear Rudy: Sealed Product investing is DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Rudy:"It's just not true, there are not pallets of product stored away" Reality: Cut to Rudy's basement

The "back room" has become a mythical place where things come from for a lot of people who have never worked in retail.

The guy who said that is probably looking at his 1000 virus cards he bought for 150 a piece still thinking that they are going to go up in value

My sideline "investing" in MTG is: keep 1 or 2 sealed booster boxes of each set + 1 box of each special release. If it all goes belly-up then I'll open the product I have and be happy. Rudy is the 1 in a Million case of MTG investing, don't try to compete on his level, but do listen to what he says.

The reason they are called Distributors is because the whole business model is to get product in and distribute ASAP so they have the room and money for the next thing. Churn and burn.

you can have my sealed boxes when you pry them from my cold, dead hands

Moral of the story; Timmy’s Emporium will never compare to Rudy, the Warren Buffet of MTG

There is no sealed product that has lost value over time. Even if it takes 25 years for a product like Fallen Empires.

This is a joke right? Sealed product investing is the way of the future. If anyone thinks Throne or Ikoria will be $80-$100 in 5-10 years they’re insane.

I started investing heavily into Pioneer back in November just after it was announced as a format. So far in 8 months Im up about 30% overall in sealed Pioneer boxes. Sealed product investing is far from dead.

Good stuff as usual. If only I would have heard this advice back in '94-'95 during the Ice Age/Homelands mass booster box dump (I quit buying sealed) to market, I would have a sealed collection worth 6figures+. But that is how emotion clouds one's judgement.

I'm blessed with my lgs. They're part of that 1% of stores that gets a pallet each set

I wish I had a Rudy-approved booster pack for every time he said "nobody is watching this far"

About 16:00 on the video, my personal take: I buy a few boxes to keep sealed on the long term. I think that I want to draft them and have fun in the future, when they're too expensive and harder to get, but the truth to it is simple: I eventually give up and move on from magic, and don't actually want to draft those boxes on the future, at least I can sell them for more than I bought them in the future. I have a friend that does the same thing with loose booster packs. He buys a few (10 or less) and throw them in a box. Once per year he hosts a chaos draft and keeps all the cards. He has sealed product for his own enjoyment.

"I should really do that, that sounds really cool" Stops the entire tangent hahaha

Yep! I knew how LGSes worked when I was 17 and wanted to buy a box of revised starter decks. Simply a matter of them not having enough of the product on-hand and having to buy what was on-display.

8:08: don't worry Rudy; you don't look a day over 45

Rudy explains again the concept of just in time inventory Timmy: "YEAH BUT HERE'S WHAT I THINK" Every single manager and expert on supply chain and inventory management "that's nice dear"

Behind that bookcase at the video store is the good version of Godfather 3 and videos of a man releasing a radioactive ape in his neighbor's house

People probably think that stores have pallets of product because of the amount of product they see in your videos and they forget that your an invester not just an lgs. Timmy's unite!

Rudy has made his life understanding investing. He knows more than us, and we should trust his judgement.

Excellent analysis grounded in reality, which sadly is a rare thing now a days.

Hard floppy taco in a phyrexian basement.

“I could say hard floppy taco phyrexian tower in Rudy’s bassement” NOBODY WILL NOTICE!!

its all because people are mad or jealous they missed out on the opportunity to make money . . .

Hi from Spain Rudy. Know what you are going through re:the bug, we are a couple of months ahead on the curve. Things get back to normal real quick. :)

Magic distributors are a volume business. Buy $20 million a year from wizards, collect $22 million from sales, pay employees, expenses, taxes, and if run properly you are left with $400k/yr for the owners. Speculating incorrectly on just one set could wipe out your profits for a year. You don't need any proof they don't do it, because you KNOW they don't. Smart business people remember what game they are playing, and while you can make money speculating/investing in magic boxes, that is not what a distributor does.

People are trying to gaslight the competition for sealed products and hold buy in cost down.

Fun old story; A game shop in my home town bought 4 cases of original Zendikar when it launched. Within two weeks; they were already reordering for two more cases. They pretty much had only open boxes for the Alara and Lorrwyn set. The only unopened boxes they had were for the core set. It was just straight turn and burn on sets.

This is why I collect only sealed products from Innistrad block or earlier.

Hard floppy taco, Phyrexian tower in Rudy's basement!

Rudy is right.. my LGS has been around since the late 90’s, it’s a very successful store and they never have more than 1 or 2 booster boxes of each standard set on hand. When a set rotates they will rarely have not sold through whatever they had brought in. I’m pretty sure they don’t hoard cases of every set in some secret underground bunker.

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Here in Moscow the Magic scene has already started up again with no problem...

I have known and kept up with magic on and off since 1994. Sadly I've only bought 3 packs of magic in my life time. Regardless, I've watched Rudy's videos for a few years now and he has made this statement a few times per year. I honestly think it's the collectors that tell the newbies to give up so there is less competition for them. Stay the course, and believe in Rudy. History is in his favor.

Rudy. You are the platform. _Hard floppy taco Phyrexian tower in Rudy's basement and no one's even going to notice._

Card floppy taco phyrexian tower Rudy basement. Loved the video, thanks for all the insights

Hard Floppy Taco Phyrexian Tower in Rudy's Basement.

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Rudy this is so true. My lcs only keeps just enough product to sale and when they run out. Depending how long it took they might not even order more because they think it's just not worth it. I just want it to succeed so I have a play to play tcg with others and league play. Looks like I am going to have to register my basement to overcome if the lcs fails.

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That Rule of Rose on the shelf tho...

Covid19 is destroying almost every way of life, not just paper Magic etc. All the LGS where I live are closing for good because of covid19. I don't want to live in Covid-world. I'm very depressed. MTG was a social thing for me, and now that's gone. I truly hope to see the day, where I can walk into an LGS again, and sit down with friends to play EDH. Stay safe all. Keep the hope alive. Long live MTG.

....and this is why we need to support our local game stores!!. Im lucky to have 2 local game stores and i love them both.

Jimmy Wang’s Discount Hair Emporium is now selling Rudy’s nose hairs in packs of 10! Sealed! Straight from the source! Only $19.99 a hair and you enter into the exclusive collector’s world of the TimmyVerse! Look down on other Timmys as you ride the GOLDEN MAGIC that is Rudy’s nose hair!

Off to find Francis Drake's secret stash of Alpha Lotuses.

So WOTC has secret warehouses FULL of Alpha Boxes! Thanks for letting me know

My wife works for a distributor and the goal is to not have anything in the warehouse for any longer than it takes to repackage it onto smaller orders and get it out. Product that sits is lost revenue, you can not run a distributor as an investment speculator.

Hard floppy taco at 16 minutes lol

What he really wanted to say is show me a shortcut on how to gain wealth... I’ve been studying and taking notes from your channel; I’ve started doing the same thing but in a different hobby. It’s possible for something to create profit and also be fun. Btw you look healthy; that’s a good sign. I don’t listen to anyone that can’t take care of themselves.

There are some sealed collectible cards and toys that have never appreciated in value. Early 90's sports cards are a great example. Newer sets though are fire.

I'm only here for the "Hard floppy taco phyrexian tower Rudy's basement" quotes while I eat my Taco Bell and waffle fries.

Rudy, if you make that hidden room with the adult bookshelf, I *demand* an (online) tour! I understand it won't exactly be a secret, but dammit I wanna see it!

Those stores will be okay. They all have back rooms with millions in sealed product.

"Hard floppy taco, Phyrexian Tower and Rudy's basement."

NPC international which is the oldest Pizza Hut franchise operator that owns 1600 Pizza Huts and 600 Wendy's filed bankruptcy. That's pretty scary considering the game stores are much weaker than NPC.

Rudy feels comfortable because he doesn't really hold on to the product/'s that aren't on the Reserved list etc (period).....and the other product/'s you think he hoards....we'll that's the stuff you folks get to see opened with regards to patrons or sells (moving the LOAD, say it with me, LOAD).....I would say he's mighty cozy in his position, keep up the great work Rudy!!! Edit: He's right about the shops, I know a dude who runs one and lives on Ramen in that back room.....and he thought his 18k initial would be enough (rigggghhhhhtttt)....he's broke according to the rumor mill....and that was before Corona and Lime showed up, live the dream.

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4:00 my lgs which has like 3 different locations, hardly has any sealed product inventory aside from maybe a box or two, unless its sold out. They really only keep an inventory of 20 boxes of the newest (or several most recent) sets. The store inventory mainly consists of singles.

Timmy's make their decisions base on short term views and in the moment emotions. As time passes, all seal products will increase in vaule, as everything in all markets are base on supply and demand. Supply goes down, demand stays consistent or goes up, prices raise, simple concept that most Timmy's fail to understand.

I was on my way to do something usefull today, but hey Rudy uploaded a video minute ago

That guy in the note doesn’t know just to keep buying if you wanna make money. Especially in a recession. I’d gladly buy everything cheap for it to only go up in the next couple years. “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.”

F it, stop buying people!!!! Magic is dead!!! I wanna see them prices drop baby!

Yeah ... honestly, anyone who understands a business models of capital gains cannot fathom the intricacies of P&L. These people and companies do not give a shit about hoarding. Most of them that are so high in their ivory towers are so disconnected about the process of "investing" and just have others run it. We call them four to five vacations a year with over six figures, and they want someone to make "results." I think that point on private portfolio business models is true, and it would be absurdly low. The energy sector and transportation are giants, and literally dwarfs "collectibles," for people with money would not bend over a dollar to pick up a dime...

Government money printer go Brrrrrrrrrr, And what do you mean not every card store doesn't have back stock inventory like Walmart.

the green greed monster needs a mask Rudy

@3:08 to @3:35 How did I miss this before... 'Et tu, Rudy?'

Woah did you just say "hard floppy taco phyrexian tower in rudys basement" ?

Hey dude hope you staying safe during this whole corona virus epidemic, especially how horrible Florida is looking.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Rudy say in a past video that distributors DO in fact "invest" in some sealed product by way of saving some pallets aside (whether intentional or because stores didn't buy as much so they have them left over) then increase the price later when product is older?

This aged well \''

Sealed Product is good on various levels. I turned a stack of sealed product into two pieces of power last week (Product including Innistrad, Conflux, Fifth Dawn, Morningtide, Kaladesh, Mystery, Ikoria Collectors, etc...). Could I have held onto the sealed and made money eventually? Maybe. My choice the last two years has been to play standard, sell out early enough to still get value out of rotating cards, turn those into sealed product or first year or reserve list cards, then turn those cards into power 9. I have picked up 4 pieces in the last two years by doing that.

Prices are stable on most other collectibles because they are collectibles not flxuated based on playability.

both my wife and me make sure to watch your videos all the way. :D thanks for what you do

Rudy walking around distributor warehouses contemplating buying the buildings

The reboot of DuckTales will be cartoon Rudy, Scrooge McDucking into a pool of 93-95 Magic Cards.

Amen Rudy!

Rudys right ... stores that are closing are minor ones that just make enough to get it through. My LGS literally does as he says: they have mostly boxes of a new set. They run tournaments but they didnt order mystery boxes at all (i expect due to many not sold producted they had from earlier). So i agree with rudy.

You the man Rudy !!! Fellow investor in Lakeland, FL.

We think card stores have millions in sealed product in the back room because we see what's in the background in your videos.

yes sealed product investing is dead, just go ahead and sell it all to me for 30 cents on the dollar while someone is still paying anything at all for it

Rudy, I see you adding more and more Pokémon booster boxes in the background every video!

Hard floppy taco Phyrexian tower and nobody is listening... Love it...

Only warehouse with old boxes I've seen is yours in your videos

Shoot! Just looked at the Egyptian style sets, they were at like 65 a box for months; now I can’t find them for under 100! Well, there you go! Core 19 I am seeing for 82ish! Well it goes to show that magic is a fluctuating economy!

Been playing off and on since Khans Rudy, the collector's boxes actually brought me back to the game recently. I buy the regular boxes for draft, but it is nice to know that I can buy a collector's box (no good for drafting at all) and I get a bunch of the sets best cards.

4:15 exactly RUDY! all my local shops have a couple boxes of all the modern sets and that’s it.

February of 2022 via TCGPlayer Iconic Masters: 25 listings, 238.58 shipped Amonkhet: 23 listings, 252.49 shipped Ultimate Masters: 435.99 shipped

I can confirm Rudy's answer on card, collectables etc....shops mostly order a case or two of the product and when it is sold out we I mean they order another case or two depending on how fast the first ones sold ....but if they have a large amount of customers then u get the 10 cases or more or have away to sell them without person to person sales....you got your live breaks twitch breaks they have a way to sell product than the average 1 to 2 cases an order......if u are looking are older stuff u are most likely will find them at a card shop cause usually one or two booster boxes of the last order don't sell and sit on the shelf ....most shops profit is having tcg events like magic tournaments Pokemon tournaments 2-4 times a week and that's what is killing the shops is not being able to hold tournaments.....what Rudy's says about distributors is true unless u are rich they cannot sit on product it's like any other store if u are not selling or moving product you can't pay anyone u can't pay the bills

Hard floppy taco Phyrexian tower Rudy's basement..

I was talking to my distributors and they said the next few sets from jumpstart and up will be super underprinted (at least for the release of sets) and won't get back to normal till late next year. All card games are having this problem because they all use the same printing presses.

JUICE at the END of the video! Floppy Taco phyrexian tower me up! Nice Video!

At least sealed product will hold more value long term than my fireworks money this year....

Awe lonely rudy. Have a virtual hug

Things are heating up in the bankruptcy fandom

Rudy mulligans down to 5 when playing strip magic.

The day this man decides he is to old for this shit and sales all stuff he has, is the day the magic economy crashes. Respect.

That taco though.