Im leveraged and Trapped in Strixhaven 

Timmy, Timmy, Timmy... There's zero hope of getting your stepsister out the dryer on this one...

Buying in bulk and paying ~$150 a box? What a crummy LGS to dump this on a customer by saying it’s OOP. Timmy prolly didn’t have a gun to his head tho…

Market price of a case of Strix draft boxes is $633. Basically the guy overpaid by 50%. Nice work, LGS!

Man Rudy finally brought up my stepsisters black skateboard she uses to get to Taco Bell on a Friday morning at 7:30 PM

Anyways hey guys I hear there's gonna be some strixhaven boxes on massive sale In the coming months

This channel is a college course to me. I call it Timmy 101

I’m a sports card guy that watches all of your content because it’s so insightful. You’re 100000% spot on about everyone’s brains being re-wired to expect outrageous returns. I find myself doing it on an eBay auction where maybe I only make 20% and feel disappointed. This era will be a fascinating case study for someone’s MBA or PhD in 20 years.

Gotta diversify the cardboard empire. No set is worth leveraging on a credit card. Ever.

I can't believe this is real, if it is how many other Timmy's out there getting nuked?

So guy got taken advantage of by his lgs. Lol his LGS offloaded their entire stock at a premium.

Short term: lucky to get out of this situation at a 50% loss Long term: lucky to make a 15% profit.

Bizambizoozled. Poor Timmy. LGS owner got himself a hell of a sale, though. Bet Timmy goes back, too.

This is one of those honest sit down videos he does, the advice is straightforward and important. I dabble in MTG finance, but mostly I love buying collections locally then seeing what I get and usually offloading the ones I don't want (I always keep more than I should) Two days ago I found a maybe 2k-3k card collection, mostly 2018 and forward, guy posted some of the myrhics etc and I saw SOME value there but was willing to dive in and roll the dice. He said make an offer, I offered $100, he took it quickly, saying two other guys offered $25 and said "that's all it's worth" when I was confident worst case scenario I could buylist most of it for at least $50-75, but expected more. Met up, bought the cards, took them home and scanned in just the rares and mythics and got just shy of $600 TCG Market. Another $75 or so in Commons/uncommons. To the victor goes the spoils. Never know what you're going to get. The Timmy who only wanted to offer $25 for that collection was greedy, and I bet the same guy will go out and spend a couple hundred a month on sealed boxes he'll rip open immediately and ends up walking away with half that in value

One lesson that was iterated to me growing up was "Never invest with money that you can't afford to loose." This felt familiar watching this. Great video, great lessons, Rudy :-) Thanks!

Thanks Rudy for the heads up!

YOU HAVE DISCOVERED THE KING OF TIMMIES!

Great video pal, as always. Such a laugh - 13:15 - Rudy quote of the day : )

Funny enough I just got my case of Strixhaven from you Rudy in the mail. Glad I waited.

He admits it's his fault! But it's great he's using this as a teachable moment.

What Rudy doesn't take into account is the fear of missing out on other investment avenues. It's not that you're not making as much as you could, but rather, you're not keeping pace with your peers. That puts you at a financial disadvantage when it comes to buying real estate, or any other endeavors. The more money you have, the easier it is to generate.

Hey hey hey

People always talk about “support your LGS”. Sometimes they do you dirty man. I would never support that LGS.

Another great video!! 🙌🏼

Thx Rudy. The last couple mins of the vid stuck out to me.

Best bet.. balance transfer for a few years making minimum payments until you get lucky and the product ages well.

i learn something everytime rudy thanks

1984 in the background. LEGEND!

What a great PSA for those thinking along the same lines. Rudy, you have a way of putting things in perspective and presenting your point succinctly and in layman's terms for all of the "dreaming Timmy's" out there. Listen to what your big brother is saying, do your due diligence.

strixhaven is such a good set tho will age well in 5 years

When the sales start dipping there's always "supplies problems". Same thing at release.

hello Mr. Taco. This video is most definitely what's up

Thumbs Up! Thank you for this. Its about time you START to talk about this. We need more videos about failure. When to back out. How to learn that YOU got it wrong. Your own advice paints everything as a massive win. The market got it wrong. The market is still wrong. You're a Timmy if you ever listen to anyone's advice. Stick to your guns. That all sounds nice because it worked for Rudy but common sense says that mentality will not work for everyone on anything. We need more videos to teach us how to follow your advice but still understand when we screwed up. Example: I was convinced these Bazooka Joe comics would become nostalgic collectables. I've been accumulating them for 10 years and no real change yet. Do I push forward or stop? I can't listen to anyone's advice because that firmly goes against the Rudy model of success but how do I know if this is something to abandon or if I'm 100% right and just need to stay the course.

Yikes, he overpaid huge... yet he watches Rudy? How is that even possible?

Should've gotten collector boxes

This sounds like someone who tried to make the quick and easy turnaround, not realizing it wasn't a guarantee, and not having a backup for the longterm.

Completely aside from the ripoff price, unless you're paying that credit card off in like 2 months max, or had 0% for 12 months or something, the interest completely offsets any gains you might make on the physical product. I know Rudy is saying it now in the video, but people really need to invest in this stuff with liquid capital. Start small, throw 1k-2k at it, and build, then use time to your advantage. That's the game.

I learned something today, seriously

Got a Tacobell ad and all seems right in the world

This is a fair warning to everyone!! That fast money is not always good money and you have to be careful of hype

It cracks me up how anxious Rudy got telling this story. There were legit moments he was just blown away by this guys decision and how deep in the trenches he is.

Fucking Legend. Great advice and insight, thank you Rudy

he should have spent the $10k on Secret Lair Praetors instead. Would be close to $30k then right now. Rudy, you should talk about that ;)

Dear Timmy, If your LGS owner's name is Nicol Bolas and he offers you a contract to pay it off, don't take it.

In the words of Chris Farley, that's gonna leave a mark

As an alternate option... sit on it for 20 or 30 years.

I’m all about supporting LGSs but the two closest to me are currently charging $140-180 for a set booster box from AFR...

My lesson was 'War room' I bought a bunch at $6 or 7 bucks only to see it drop to $2 or $3 for almost 2 years! Sure now it's $9 or $10, but I leant the lesson anyway. Sweet card regardless.

Nice advice there from that person's store...

I bought a few strixhaven Japanese set boxes. I really like the alt cards. At worst, I keep them. Bummer deal for that other dude.

My #1 rule in investing: Don't invest money you can't afford to lose. Wanna invest more? Move up the income chain some other way first.

Rudy just become a part time crypto channel as well. Most of the content lines up lol.

Tragic but we all get caught swinging our big black skateboards sometimes

His lgs seen him coming from a mile away lmao

I’m gonna leverage my house and control the market of evolving wilds the OG fetch land

TCGMarket on Strixhaven is $73, not $90 according to Dawnglare. Even if that doesn't include Mystical Archives, when you account for market already being higher than what you will actually sell cards for by around 5-15%, then account for the 15-20% loss in TCGPlayer fees, shipping, and scammers, he would be lucky to make back $60 a box in his pocket opening these. He'll be spending 3-4 hours a day packing orders for a month all for the privilege of losing 5 grand. Go take a part-time job in a labor tight market with wages going up instead of doing that and just sit on the boxes for 5 years.

another video yay

That Timmy thought he was a Timothy.

So Rudy just said his favorite Lamborghini is a an early 90's style Countach or Diablo.🤘😎🤘

Alpha Investments should go public.

How can you expect fast money on this stuff? You gotta let it age like some funky cheese 🧀

Diamond pretzel sticks to the moon.

Rudy being the voice of reason, I don't even play MTG but I like investing in stock and crypto and Rudy always gives nice advice for any kind of investor. Careful out there :)

Stay the course.

During preview season, investing a ton into Dickshaven sounded like a good idea because of the mystic archive. Too bad they hand out archive cards with each Taco Bell receipt

I’m sure you’ll make up for it in all the modern horizons 2 collector boxes you didn’t crack for patreons. ❤️

Pound town I love going there and hate being taken there

Rudy: Go Buy A Floppy Taco!! 🌮 🌮 🌮

GGs .. F in the chat for this Timmy

Floppiest day old taco you will ever see. Classic.

That LGS owner is a true salesman

Rudy says his goal is 7% but we all know he’s looking for a 6.9420% yearly return

Rudy didn't have the balls to show up at Flesh and Blood Nationals.

I feel like if this was set booster it might be better to crack them and sell. The list gives you a hell of better chance on money back.

Rudy, how do you see high inflation affecting the collectible market?

I suddenly don't feel so bad about getting FOMO and buying 2 boxes of Jumpstart at $140 each when the price kept spiking before they came back down.

Time to put it all in a spare bathroom!

I stress out when i have 500.00 in credit debt i couldn't imagine 10,000 holy shizzle

Hey ladies and gents!!! I decided im going to do some diversifing on my magic card investing...I decided to start buying newer SEALED booster boxes....my theory is as follows... I noticed over the past 5-7 years that after certain expansions or sets go out of print their prices either creep up slowely or they spike and then plateau... For example...the urza block i used to have about 20 sealed boxes of these 3 sets (saga/legacy/destiny) i sold them all back in the day for around 100.00 each... Im just saying i notice that booster box prices seem to shoot up and level out and then creep up...this seems to be the pattern i notice... nesxt question is how do you identify and pick out which sets will do this next...i feel its to late to buy an urza's saga box (350.00 range) and expect it to gain value over the next 3 years... Any thoughts??? Im currently considering buying... 20 boxes of Unhinged 20 boxes of 8th edition (maybe....?) 20 boxes of each of the Kamigawa set (champions/betrayers/saviors) and some other ones i can find good prices on... whats everyone think?

There is no way this is a real story that is insane

We found the emperor Timmy

Me: hey, what u in for? - Dude: strixhaven, you? Me: monarch. Welcome to poundtown.

But Rudy, Strixhaven was a cool set, sure EV is in the shitter, but OMG loved that set.

I dunno, there are some mechanics in SH that I don't think are in other sets. If he's able to sit on them for a while (likely 10+yrs) they will likely be worth a tonne especially given that most people aren't picking up the set from what I've seen/heard.

Time in the market > Timing the market

Rudy, I am super excited me and my brother didn't want to wait for the set boosters to be available in store so we did the unthinkable we bought a draft booster box. We didn't truly expect a whole lot but oooh boy were we wrong we pulled 230 dollars based on market price with Mythic's, Rare's, Showcase, and Lands. Now we are gonna reinvest those in a collecters for a chance to increase our profits. Or should we go for 2 collectors boxes, double our cards instead of letting it ride on 1 collectors?

B..b..but senpai Rudy, he should surely recoupe from the loss by cracking the packs. There are precious Mystical Archives inside and sky is limit for the anon. Muh value inside.

I know you don't read these but I'd love to see the pink visor come out to discuss the state of the market and our "transient" inflation if you're into it.

$10,000 / 60 boxes? = $166 per box. took it in the pooper on that

There are few instances I would be willing to pack on a CC knowing I couldn't pay it off within the grace period, and MTG cards are NOT one of them.

Rudy being real

Dollar Menu Dan Strikes Again

Rudy, The Scam Master. Cost 3 tacos and 1 soggy taco. Pay 2 tacos: Rudy taps your step mom and goes to the moon.

Hare Krishna

BUT: WuDy :WaT AboT :tHE gUmMI TaCos:

I think this guy forgot one of the most basic rules: Never invest/leverage so much that you can’t take it all as a loss. But yeah, nothing that time can’t fix.

Yup like I said on the last video between $90 and $110 per box. Glad I didnt spend that much with money I didnt have. At least the kids will have something to sell cause like Rudy said its gonna be a long road.

Basically just grab your ankles and hold on tight….it’ll all be over soon!

Leveraged... so S&M of him

Your videos give me hope that I won't need to work this 9-5 until I'm 65 lol

thanks rude boy and shout to my fellow finger sniffers