Is It Worth It To Buy A Secret Lair? A Magic: The Gathering Product Review

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@TolarianCommunityCollege 4 года назад

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@patrickgallogly8092 4 года назад

While I don't mind the 24 hours window for the single boxes, I do feel like they should have the bundle available for the entire week. So move them all back one week and sell the bundle for the whole week. It would be great for those you want them all but don't get paid till let's say Friday and can't afford to buy the bundle on Monday.

@MarkAvo 4 года назад

Tolarian Community College why didn't they offer the snow lands in non-foil? It would've been nice to buy a playset of those gorgeous snow lands but foiling them out makes them more of a display product than a play product.

@felixmortem1177 4 года назад

Remove Sliver Queen from the Reserved List and reprint her in a Secret Lair, she currently has the asking price of $113.20 for an average price from TCGPlayer, and she's not an amazing, game breaking card

@xCheeseHead95x 4 года назад

I absolutely love that shirts with a joke involving the word tuck are supporting LGBTQ+ youth. Priceless 😂

@Vesperalsage 4 года назад

@@MarkAvo I agree, or maybe one of each in foil and then four of each in non-foil.

@XxReZz001xX 4 года назад

Unrelated, but seeing your hair grow video after video is somehow amusing to me.

@robertcraft1030 4 года назад

You can also notice this on your own head when you brush your teeth every morning.

@fixdelythings 4 года назад

I hope there will be a time lapse later when it's fully grown .

@danielnguyen1601 4 года назад

How long has it been since he cut it

@Test-me4yi 4 года назад

I seriously love his hair being messy even at this length :D And also big respect and love to him for selling parts of his body to help those kids. The world would be a better place if it had more people like him in it.

@viniciusgrossmann8796 4 года назад

it has grown quite a lot

@LordEpoa 4 года назад

“These art form a panorama.” *puts them in the opposite order of the panorama*

@israeldelarosa5461 4 года назад

Which one? They all seem to be in the proper order.

@hammerred2000 4 года назад

@@israeldelarosa5461 11:45

@Mrtfarrugia 4 года назад

The Professor made a puzzle.

@SovereignwindVODs 4 года назад

@@hammerred2000 it's a bit hard to tell without being able to rearrange them, but I think they actually are in the right order. the coloring is weird, but the vegetation seems to match up.

@DinobotTM2 4 года назад

@@SovereignwindVODs Nope... The vegetation matches because its the same enviroment, but they are in the exact opposite order.

@nicholas8739 4 года назад

"Uh, sorry about that ENTIRE CONTINENTS OF CUSTOMERS"

@gonzaloolivera1954 4 года назад

We do have stores but they are limited and some of them just put ant prices they want so if those cheap ones run out of stock you are screwed. At least we do have commander products, draft, prereleases and such. Also the mtg community stablished very detailed rules to sell and buy cards inside the country so things wouldnt become a mess and so far they worked very nicely Also, single booster packs cost about 1.5$ more here

@dreamsmadeflesh1 4 года назад

Hopefully there's mail forwarding services they can use, the only ones I know of are services from Japan to the US, but I imagine there's others for different countries.

@renatobarreira6505 4 года назад

Our entire community loved that professor brought this up. It was a major let down for us latin americans, excluding us like we are not worthy of the products was really fucked up.

@bluesight_ 4 года назад

@Jojoforpres My lgs told me there's too many problems shipping to those countries due to customs often ripping open anything sealed looking for drugs. :/

@caifas_uc 4 года назад

@@dreamsmadeflesh1 I thought that you couldn´t send sealed wotc products to another country (from the US to Chile for example).

@DanteInformal 4 года назад

I'd make a Treasures Lair: Mana Vault, Sol Ring, Chromatic Lantern, Fellwar Stone, and Arcane Signet. All alternate art and foil.

@asteros6387 4 года назад

Mana crypt in there too

@noahrogers2156 3 года назад

eh, they did that! but with arcane signet, darksteel ingot, chromatic lantern, gilded lotus, and commander sphere

@multiekstravardistan4480 3 года назад

@André Ricardo and mana vault would not increase? XD

@ShenCobra 4 года назад

They should do an everything secret liar. All in foil. Oko, thief of crowns Elk token Elk token Elk token Elk token

@hansgruber3352 4 года назад

And the box gets delivered to your house by a real elk!

@RayDai_thecpum_bacon 4 года назад

*throws up*

@Caliban_80 4 года назад

LGS: laying on the ground bleeding out... WoTC: kicks repeatedly until the moaning stops

@tleam88 4 года назад

WoTC is rumored to be pulling Adventurer's League support from everything that isn't a convention. Which sucks.

@ulrickts 4 года назад

I dunno: I feel that in my city, the four major LGS are doing quite healthy on sealed products and drafting/sealed and the one that specializes in singles goes WAY above market value on prices and way below on buylist prices, not to mention adds massive markup on sealed product. The local LGS doing the healthiest seems to be the one that sticks close to the MSRP (or approximation now that MSRP is "gone"). I think because of this they have a higher volume of sales at a lower-to-average profit margin. They don't even deal in singles, but they do create a very nice family-oriented setting with lots of games beyond Magic.

@Rabid_Wombat 4 года назад

Our two biggest stores got zero Brawl decks and a small store in the North of the State got dozens...the butthurt was hilarious

@soarel325 4 года назад

Hasbro doesn’t care about the LGS because the plan is to move the game entirely to digital.

@handlesareobnoxious 4 года назад

@@Muffins888 Incorrect. Is is almost definitely the most profitable in terms of margin.

@MTGUnpacked 4 года назад

Excellent assessment! I would've picked up the goblins at least, but not a fan of the artwork or the premium price. This initial wave seems to be WotC testing the waters to see how much they can get away with. Let's hope future installments contain more value!

@thomascollins5622 4 года назад

I'd rather have an actually good product

@MedeivalWarfare 4 года назад

Thomas Collins swag

@Welverin 4 года назад

Whaaaa? The goblin set is my favorite art out of all of them!

@kereminde 4 года назад

@@Welverin Art's a subjective thing... :)

@Welverin 4 года назад

@@kereminde Indeed it is.

@abouc 3 года назад

Came here for some nostalgia after watching today's Secret Pringles episode. Who knew OMG Kitties would be such a valuable product a year later?

@gawdly1 4 года назад

This could have been the perfect opportunity to make fetch lands with snow art.

@shanekhiu9884 4 года назад

Shawn Troxel snow shocklands, snow scrylands, snow painlands, snow dual lands,

@gawdly1 4 года назад

That could have worked as well. Something better than 5 snow basics. Even 5 of each snow basic would have been fine at that price point.

@vincent-antoinesoucy1872 4 года назад

Snow foil basic are worth a ton they won't sell em a dollar each

@joe.5103 4 года назад

@Vincent-Antoine Soucy That’s the point, WOTC can’t legally acknowledge that they use the secondary market to price things, yet that’s exactly what they did here.

@vincent-antoinesoucy1872 4 года назад

@@joe.5103 ya nobody discusses that point, I just think it would be stupid to print foil snow basic at a dollar.

@RoxasMatheson 4 года назад

I could hear your soul being drained when you said "OMG! Kitties!"

@soarel325 4 года назад

Hasbro suits going all Fellow Kids is just salt in the wound on how awful this product is

@leesadleridge 4 года назад

Ikr! I knew it was going to be bad as soon as I heard the tone of his voice change😅

@andyik9009 4 года назад

I just love the OMG Kitties art!!! It melts my bitter heart

@tbone6704 4 года назад

Eventually they'll just put in a tube so they can siphon the money directly from your wallet.

@thrash208 4 года назад

As a commander player sounds like that's what's happening come 2020

@sandwichboy1268 4 года назад

@@thrash208 I'm still on break from mtg because I can't afford to both play it and go to college

@groddbondrow8789 4 года назад

@@sandwichboy1268 Don't give it up! If you like constructed formats, you might wanna save for a cheap deck in a non-rotating format like pauper. Or, if you're into limited, I've found Cube to be my favorite way to play magic, period. If none of that seems viable, this may sound scummy, but I think playing with proxies is perfectly acceptable when the financial aspect of the game is unreasonable or impossible. This definitely works best if you have close-knit playgroup that understands your situation. There are a multitude of resources online for buying or printing ones of reasonable quality.

@Yous0147 4 года назад

@@sandwichboy1268 I suggest either buying cheap decks packages online, usually costs around 15 - 20 bucks or so if I remember right, or just use proxy cards with friends who don't mind, if that doesn't bother you either. I've found that unless if you have a great income, mtg can be an all-out or no deal hobby, especially economically.

@Rizon1985 4 года назад

@@groddbondrow8789 Aside from official tournaments, do you even want to play with the kind of people that are bothered if their opponent is using proxies?

@cmlogan7094 4 года назад

I'd make an Affinity Lair: Arcbound Ravager, Cranial Plating, Ornithopter, and a Darksteel Citadel. All foil, of course.

@goldcreeper7376 4 года назад

After ravager dropped in price due to the judge promo ? That's a bad deal if I ever saw one (assuming it's priced at 30$)

@cmlogan7094 4 года назад

@@goldcreeper7376 Fairpoint, but in all foil, it should still be a decent value. But hey throw in a Steel Overseer or something if you really want to up the value.

@Cer000s 4 года назад

Id buy 4 instantly.

@czzy9468 4 года назад

No Mox Opal? Smh

@DraconisMarchVII 4 года назад

@@czzy9468 Yeah bro, they're really putting a $120+ card in a box that costs $30-40.

@cryomancer20x68 4 года назад

Thank you for getting this video out just in time. It's much appreciated!

@MrDtothed 4 года назад

This was a very good video, thank you for the look. I look forward to seeing the larger implications towards the single market in another video.

@KC_Enthusiast 4 года назад

It deeply bothers me that the Restless in Peace cards arent in the panorama order

@paternohd 4 года назад

This was a great video to watch. I had been doing some research but as always the Prof gave a great class. Now I know which lair to get for me. Ty Prof

@seancooney4238 4 года назад

You Covered all the basics and i liked the way you layed it all out thanks man

@astrosaur13 4 года назад

Great analysis. This informs my purchase plans tremendously. Thank you!

@sasak369 4 года назад

I really appreciate the prof's apparent dislike of having to say "omg! Kitties!"

@jorgem.8140 4 года назад

Right? What a stupid name they went for.

@notme222 4 года назад

@@jorgem.8140 Eh, it's cutesy art so they gave it a cutesy name. They knew what they were doing. And despite the Prof's "F" grade I bet WotC sells a ton of them.

@TriangleChloros 4 года назад

@@notme222 Cats are nice, but honestly I think they may have banked on that a little *too* hard. If people were willing to buy anything with kitties, Arahboh wouldn't be so cheap in the first place. *Good* cats would sell like hot cakes, don't get me wrong. As would a cheap cat tribal deck for new players. But meh cats you'll never actually use? At that price? I'm not sure there's too much overlap between 'people who don't care what the card does as long as it's a kitty' and 'people who will pay $40 for five cards'.

@BCWasbrough 4 года назад

I could tell by the change in tone of voice that he didn't like that one.

@Vernas_R 4 года назад

@@TriangleChloros So about the "But meh cats you'll never actually use" comment. In my lgs at least, I tend to play well with all of the cats being in my Arahbo deck, especially due to their abilities that pair up well with Arahbo to create an annoying force.

@budgetmagic7356 4 года назад

that sliver overlord is beautiful, can’t wait to get my hands on it

@naturalselection802 4 года назад

Not evil enough for a sliver! I like the original art, has the starship troopers vibe of ripping people apart.

@jeremiahbachmann3901 4 года назад

You better fucking steal one.

@artist91fb 4 года назад

Now they’ll sell on secondary market for $100

@Jackie_3 4 года назад

This has been very informative towards my holiday season and I thank you for the info

@jonathananonymouse7685 4 года назад

Excellent stuff. Thank you for the analysis, Professor!

@benhiller4 4 года назад

A buddy of mine pointed this out. Wizards: we dont acknowledge the secondary market Also Wizards: let's sell bitterblossom singles at it's secondary market rate

@elijahdavila3684 4 года назад

A part of me really can't wait until WOTC gets investigated for things like this. Their claim that they don't look at the secondary market is so paper thin.

@Kurogetsu1 4 года назад

Wizards has always been looking at the secondary market. You can tell because each non-standard set drop feeds chase reprints a couple cards at a time. Just enough to make people excited and buying in, but not so heavily that future sets have nothing. They just can't admit it because that's basically saying that there are ways to get these items without supporting wotc directly, which is obviously bad for any business

@aidanquiett668 4 года назад

@@Kurogetsu1 Not to mention they are literally selling gambling to kids

@Yous0147 4 года назад

Yeah, I think it's a shame. When WotC said that they didn't look at the secondary market when determining cards I respected that decision because it gave them the flexibility and integrity to be value keepers of their own cards, and present bundles like this the way they wish, but with this it sort of feels to me like that it only holds true when the secondary market isn't something to be used to heighten the price. Generally, you'll know where people's priorities lie by their actions and choices, and sometimes those priorities can make you sad.

@joe.5103 4 года назад

@Ben Hiller Prof’s analysis of the foil vs non foil lands is what sticks out to me as obvious secondary market acknowledgement.

@brockmckelvey7327 4 года назад

Too expensive to be coming straight from the supplier. Too limited a timeframe to seriously consider whether or not to make the buying decision.

@SovereignwindVODs 4 года назад

that's exactly it though. While it seems scummy from the perspective of reasonable people, WotC is gonna make a killing on this. Due to the timing, you're gonna have those gift sales on top of the people who would have bought it anyway. They're cashing in on the secondary market with *some* of their pricing, and the limited time frame is going to force impulse buys.

@curts7801 4 года назад

I personally have been looking to buy bitterblossom, the full play set at that. It’s also my favorite art. Paying a reduced price for my favorite art, done full art at that, is an excellent purchase in my eyes. I will also be grabbing the Kaleidoscope. Foil Reaper King alone is worth the price. While he may not sell as high, depending on how many are printed, for my own collection, I can enjoy a foil.

@aidanquiett668 4 года назад

@@curts7801 Not to mention overlord. Slivers always sell

@Yous0147 4 года назад

@@curts7801 I know how you feel about the Bitterblossom, it's my favourite art of the lot too. But I still feel that given it's from the supplier they have a lot of leverage on the price that they could've utilized to a much better effect towards the players and people that care immensely about their game and cards. People are interested, I am interested, but honestly, It's far beyond my price point no matter how tempting it might be. When WotC said that they didn't look at the secondary market when determining cards I respected that decision because it gave them the flexibility and integrity to be value keepers of their own cards, and present bundles like this the way they wish, but with this it sort of feels to me like that it only holds true when the secondary market isn't something to be used to heighten the price.

@AscendtionArc 4 года назад

@@curts7801 It is excellent value, *until* you realise their profit on each sale is $29.97. Then it certainly feels kind of scummy.

@supplanter_j5946 4 года назад

Thankyou so much for getting this video out quickly

@benjaminboyle7329 4 года назад

Every time i look at your book shelf im hit by a huge wave of nostalgia after seeing the death gate cycle and mtg arena in your collection. You have great taste in books :)

@buggster 4 года назад

man, i’m glad i watched this. i thought i might be missing out on something cool, and was sort of bummed out, but now i’m glad i’m missing out.

@user-po6kl5sz8r 4 года назад

(No one is buying “OMG! Kitties!” for financial value)

@adamhartman3799 4 года назад

I have a cat deck, so I feel obligated to get it

@Thebarbariantruckershow 4 года назад

I just bought it because I wanted it lol.

@eightbitblitz5868 4 года назад

I got the lair, and it's SO CUTE!

@lorcanbrodsky5274 3 года назад

prof sounded like comic book guy when he said that

@7Bosko 3 года назад

Funnily enough all of those cards are very expensive now.

@kyle7447 4 года назад

Thank you for making videos like these. Help so much!

@UltimateHogFanatic 4 года назад

Thanks for making this video. Was seriously about to pull the trigger on two bundles. Had the confirmation page up when I thought "let's see what the Professor has to say about it."

@nathanwright1102 4 года назад

I was really excited when these were first spoiled. When I saw the lands I wanted to get them, but when I found out that I'm paying $30 for five basic lands I could not believe they would actually be that stingy with BASIC LANDS!!! Also liked the kittens and loved the art for Miri but again, I don't know if I can justify paying $40 for an alt art of Miri.

@KPX01 4 года назад

@@lordkarnage5561 regardless i would expect them to at least give 4 copies of those land, i mean by going 5 color you still only have 1 of those if you want to use all of them not to mention the odds of drawing it. For the price should have give 4, its freaking land, you usually need more than 1

@nickkowalski5209 4 года назад

I was going to buy the cats at first, but after considering a bit I'm not. The cats offered are garbage really, only Mirri is worth something, so not enough for a tribal. Tokens are cute, but there are only two of them, so not enough for a token deck. And then the price... For $20 I'd get those, just for fun, but 40 is way too much. So I'll probably try to find Mirri later on a secondary market and that's that

@k10forgotten 4 года назад

I'd like to buy a playset of that Bitterblossom. I love the art, even though it's non-foil. But apparently I live in the wrong America.

@dreadredbaron 4 года назад

There is only one America, but there is a bunch of jerks who insist on noting detections.

@dustinasche 4 года назад

@@dreadredbaron if there's only one America, why do the call it "the Americas?"

@Asiis 4 года назад

@@dustinasche The ones using the term are the aforementioned jerks.

@dreadredbaron 4 года назад

@@dustinasche they refer to the Pacific and Atlantic in the singular, despite the fact they brake both of them into north and south when counting seas.

@adavidavis2762 4 года назад

@@dreadredbaron So there is north and south america making up the Americas in the same way. Failing to see your point.

@aphexfollower 4 года назад

Thank you for another thoughtful review, Professor!

@hansmalcolmringger2294 4 года назад

Great work on this video. Really enjoyed this

@adamloomos 4 года назад

I’m currently only planning to pick up the Bitterblossom, but I’d love to see an Enchantress focused Lair in the future. Argothian Enchantress, Enlightened Tutor, Idyllic Tutor, and Greater Auramancy all need a reprint.

@truecrios 4 года назад

No shipping to Africa either, as with most of everything else. Though it's almost fitting that it was forgotten here as well.

@frederikaltmann9051 4 года назад

That's understandable though.

@kallumlamb3922 4 года назад

Focus on buying food and water instead

@billyshakespeare488 4 года назад

The ignorance of the comments above that there are no people well off in Africa, smh. Ever heard of South Africa or Morocco guys.

@kallumlamb3922 4 года назад

@@billyshakespeare488 You mean cape town and donkey kong country?

@mad_max21 4 года назад

"Excuse you, can't understand you. Can you stop using Shitholese and use MURICA language instead?" -WotC

@GuardianSoldier 4 года назад

I really like the monetary break down and honesty here, Prof. Saves us a lot of time researching. Keep up the good work buddy!

@philiprobbins8089 4 года назад

this video has been of great help to me. thank you.

@Nivulus 4 года назад

Why can't they all be available for the the entire sale period? FOMO.

@harrison1735 4 года назад

FOMO explains the short sales window but it doesn't explain why WotC thought it would be a good idea to announce these things a week before they go on sale when people are already cash strapped from starting their Christmas shopping. If they gave people even a couple weeks more heads-up and time to save up their cash the'd probably sell twice as many or more.

@soarel325 4 года назад

It’s such a disgusting cash grab.

@xzysyndrome 4 года назад

Because the illusion of exclusivity and rarity is what gets the Timmys wet. You could question the tactic, or you could stop sleeping and buy them all before it is too late....TIMMEH!

@misterogers 4 года назад

I think this is intentional to limit impact to the secondary market or pressure people to buy in a single day or as you more hiply said to capitalize on the fear of missing out. On another topic, how long has FOMO been used? I'm in my 30s and outside of buzzfeed I have never seen this used in my circle of professionals.

@ujai5271 4 года назад

Looking forward to the "dies to removal" on WotC selling singles.

@AlaskaDog907 4 года назад

Sweet! I was hoping for this video!

@MrThegreatwhitepork 4 года назад

Thank you for this great video. I had previously seen the reveal of kaleidoscope killers and had become excited to order all seven lairs as they were finally within a price point I could afford. Then I watched your video and decided that kaleidoscope killers is the only one even worth getting. Thanks to you I will wait til Dec. 7 to get 2 of those.

@BigDumbMeRC 4 года назад

Is it bad that I really want the cat one? My cat tribal is one of my favorite edh decks, and I run each of the cards included. And alternate art for Arahbo and Mirri is pretty exciting

@MadManwithaSpoon 4 года назад

Value is defined as what people are willing to pay for. If you think the alternate art is worth the price, then feel free to buy it! These are just the prof.'s recommendations and opinions.

@Kcet_Team_ZS 4 года назад

To be fair he rated it badly in terms of financial value. If they hold any significance to you, as you mention they do, then it comes down to do you want to pay to get em. I knew going into this video the value wasnt gonna be there for the cat lair, but like yourself I use all those cards in my cat deck so I'm planning on getting it.

@sandwichboy1268 4 года назад

I feel the same way about the 5 color set, specifically for the alt art sliver overlord. Might make a scarecrow deck afterwards just because

@JavierOrtizBultron 4 года назад

If it appeals to you go for it.

@paraax 4 года назад

I feel the professor was a bit unfair here. From a pure financial aspect it makes no sense to buy "kitties" but these products don't seem to be purely about reprints. No one needs these. It's more about the effort going out and commissioning art that you are paying for. If that are speaks to you then you are the audience this was intended for.

@vankampwn674 4 года назад

I'm extremely excited for Kaleidoscope Killers because of my Sliver Overlord deck, and I might one day build Ur-Dragon. But the rest of the Lairs confuse me greatly

@Twineandribbon 4 года назад

After thinking about it for a while, I don't think all the Secret lairs are for the same group of people. Serum visions is very clearly for modern while Kitties is obviously aimed for EDH Cat tribal players... very specific niche. It really depends on what you play as to what would appeal to you. Originally I was like, WHY Serum visions! Why not Preordain or Ponder. But upon reflection, if I was a modern player, I'd be super excited about the Serum Visions set so it makes a lot of sense from that perspective.

@chiefster 4 года назад

I-I just love you, man. Your breakdowns are so, so good. If ever you are looking for an assistant of some kind, drop a link to the application-- I'd drop everything.

@TheRudeisland401 4 года назад

You Sir... Are winning! The people need this, I need this! You do the Magic community a great service my man, and we appreciate you!

@Goose0014 4 года назад

"Think back to the mythic editions." Do I have to? "Imagine if instead of having to pay $250 for those..." I wish I could have paid $250 for those.

@TherapyForNarhwals 4 года назад

As an EDH player, I take Profs words of “buy singles!” as gospel. Seeing this product made me happy in that same idea, that I’m only purchasing the cards I want with almost guaranteed value . I’ll definitely be purchasing the bitterblossom since I love the art and have wanted a copy since i started playing Magic. Great review, Prof! Which ones are you planning to purchase?

@iPhailepically 4 года назад

I only play singleton formats these days so the only ones that appeal to me are the Bitterblossom/Kaleidoscope(already own a sliver edh deck) and the Life from the Loam one. Don't care much about cats or goblins but I like the cat art more than the goblins not enough to spend 40 on though.

@JesusGarcia-jh8zd 4 года назад

I bought the whole set. I almost exclusively play Commander, but I know people who wanted various cards from these sets, so I picked them up and promised to sell them the singles at a premium (yet reasonable) price Ex: Goblins, Snow Lands, and Serum Visions

@hansherrera5321 4 года назад

Looking good professor, thanks for the nice content!

@marvinaapielekkeropperman8740 4 года назад

Loving the new look prof.

@Simpin4Mal 4 года назад

I would make something like this cost maybe around $60 and include: 1 Shockland 1 Fetchland 1 Pain Land 1 Fast Land 1 Filter Land Etcetera and have one set for each Guild.

@nedcurfman3486 4 года назад

Nacholas Loves You not gonna happen, solely because of the fetch part.

@obesememeproductions9073 4 года назад

This

@andresabastante9539 4 года назад

@@nedcurfman3486 meh, just throw a dual then

@RequiemAeterman 4 года назад

Suffers from the same problems as the video. Need to buy four for a playset.

@Simpin4Mal 4 года назад

@@nedcurfman3486 Something like this NEEDS to exist though. A very large percentage of players can't play modern competitively simply because they can't afford the stupid lands 🤔

@thaddeuspaulbrillantes2482 4 года назад

For 39.99, I would've put a set of good blues for Commander, most likely involving Cyclonic Rift and other staples.

@Twineandribbon 4 года назад

They just announced that for Green in next year. Presumably Blue will follow at some point.

@TheTunaSaladin 4 года назад

Bounce cards- Cyclonic Rift, Eye of Nowhere, Power Vacuum, and Retract? Edit: and Whelming Wave

@samdalfthegray4495 4 года назад

I didn't notice that the bitterblossom makes a panorama! I'll definitely be getting that for my mono black commander deck!

@leehunt4930 4 года назад

Thanks for putting this out there. If I get any which is a big if I'll only be getting 2 of the bundles

@camaloncrack9737 4 года назад

Imagine if they had enemy fetch and allied fetch reprints in this.

@adavidavis2762 4 года назад

Secret Lair (Modern): Elks Contains 1 alt art Emrakul, the promised elk, 1 alt art primeval elk, 1 alt art supreme elk, 1 alt art elkcoil engine, 1 alt art urza, lord high elk and 1 alt art elk of atlantis. Leaves room for a follow-up product featuring oblivion elk, elk of the parish, eidolon of the elk revel and elkogoyf.

@kawstik 4 года назад

Great advice again Prof

@hatoradexpress9870 4 года назад

I appreciate this deep, analytical look Prof. Possibly a horrible financial decision, but I can’t get enough of the serum visions artwork featured. Hell I may get them framed.. they’re just so creative and well, trippy

@insomniackitty9397 4 года назад

the cat one actually makes me sick... I can /feel/ them trying to exploit me and steal my money with it.

@MrSaranm 4 года назад

The bulk savings is 29.92! You missed a whole penny! Time to re-evaluate the whole set.

@nelsonwetmore 4 года назад

.....$29.94, right?

@MrSaranm 4 года назад

Shit you right fam I can't do math

@kirakreep 4 года назад

@@MrSaranm math is for blockers *laughs in aggro player*

@N8Maple01 4 года назад

@@MrSaranm plus, he did SAY 29.94, in the vid. Only the overlay was off.

@jurai1990 4 года назад

Thankyou so much Prof! Im a big sufferer of FOMO, the sight of new products has always been exciting but a big drain on my wallet, especially for cards I dont need but want for my collection. This review really reassures my thoughts on passing on this to save my spending on more important things like bills.

@forechunkukee 4 года назад

thanks for your analysis!

@MajinMaster97 4 года назад

Oh god, singles sold by Wizards? I hope everyone is ready for the "no msrp" but valued at $100 fullart land set

@DimT670 4 года назад

And the problem with that would be?

@AsianDaveIam 4 года назад

@Ceygar not an issue for everyone else tho lol

@testsieger2000 4 года назад

@@AsianDaveIam yes it is. Magic is already too expensive as it is. Reprinting staple cards only in premium foil for big bucks does not help in making magic affordable. I am a student, and I know that I might not be the consumer they want (I spend probably 20 bucks at best per month), but I can literally not afford playing archetypes like control in paper. Sure, not an issue for others, but participating in tournaments doesn't make sense for me, as I just get crushed by better decks, unless I play some cheap aggro cancer

@argumentumadhominem3977 4 года назад

@@DimT670 stupid Timmies

@jacoblloyd2573 4 года назад

We should be using proxies for casual play. I have a printer too, ya know.... Too bad I don't try and make it print money like WotC. I understand business, but I don't want to see the game become lost and unobtainable.

@rileykass1563 4 года назад

Honestly, OMG kitties is exactly what I what in a layer, except for the price of course

@danielzitnik4247 4 года назад

Good video. Minor error at 9:42 you said the snow lands were full art in Ultimate Masters. But they were in Modern Horizons. Easy to mix up with the overload of products we get! Thanks for the content.

@openboosters 4 года назад

Thanks!!I need this!!

@gmikecstein 4 года назад

My eyes rolled so hard when I first heard about the Secret Lairs concept, I think I ripped a tendon somewhere in my skull.

@EdBurke37 4 года назад

Secret Lair: Fetching Makes Me Feel Good Alternate Full Are Zendikar Fetch Lands $39.99

@sandwichboy1268 4 года назад

I wish

@xChikyx 4 года назад

hopefully wizards keep doing this in the future until they fully sell singles at standard prices. imagine all commons at $0.15 all uncommons at $0.5 all rares at $2 and all mythics at $5 Foils would have the price multiplied by 2 unlimited reprints, accessibility all the time, you could buy entire decks from wizards directly... it would be amazing...

@metalgauntlet3731 4 года назад

I found the Sliver Foil deck at Target for $25 years ago. One of my favorite purchases!

@stevenoneil8563 4 года назад

Glad to have my thoughts confirmed on the value of these, but I'm still totally buying the goblin one. I LOVE that art!

@biggymiggy6408 4 года назад

Although the value isn’t that good I really love the art on the goblins

@mmik9683 4 года назад

If I didn't have more than enough goblin support already this would have been an easy buy for me.

@mr.mobboss1190 4 года назад

I need the goblins

@TimmytheSorcerer 4 года назад

Great vid, I would make a Lair based on the early days of magic of course. The boon cycle would be epic!

@crovax1375 4 года назад

The artworks on the Serum Visions are very cool!

@donovan007007 4 года назад

I’m going to buy the whole set, only one, throw them into my set binder and leave them alone.... might buy a couple sets of the slivers for resale

@Murrdurrurr 4 года назад

Consider the possibility of the 5 color sets plummeting in price after everyone and their mom buys max allocation.

@donovan007007 4 года назад

MrDRer you sir, are correct... just saved me $80. I am only, and I mean only a full set collector. Throne of Eldraine was 417 cards total after everything was said and done, it’s in its own binder. I have a bunch of binders that have small sets (in dates order of release) and this Secret Lair set will almost fill up the remaining binder for this year actually.... the new sets next year will start off with Theros and Unsanctioned, it’s never ending and I love putting the whole sets together. I have 137 full MTG sets after Throne of Eldraine, only a few left to have every card that WOTC has ever released to the public.

@hviring7441 4 года назад

I haven't looked it up yet, but buying several of these I'd have to pay additional costs (as shipping, etc.) multiple times? Or do they bundle your orders, since you can't buy 2 of them at the same time if you don't want all 7? It makes quite the difference for me because of international shipping...

@AscendtionArc 4 года назад

A very good question.

@TheWuTangClanForever 4 года назад

Great video Prof :)

@MTGQChannel 4 года назад

Great review as always! The thing I don't like about those lairs is that they don't feel balance between each other..

@eddiegaytan236 4 года назад

The thing is, they have to base their prices on the secondary market for singles. This is a subtle attack on your local gaming stores.

@AscendtionArc 4 года назад

From what I understand, they said they wouldn't: which, as it cost them ~$0.01-2 to print a foil and~ $0.004 to print a regular, could have been amazing for players; but obviously that statement was BC and they are going off resale prices, to some extent. Massively undercutting the secondary market would still be an attack, even if unintentional, but it would be a more honest one that at least benefited one other party.

@mattsims2483 4 года назад

I’d make an urza’s tron lands lair. Give them new, foil, full arts and Wizards could easily make that a $39.99 set

@Germynator31 4 года назад

Just black border mtg online art would make me happy already

@dogdriver70 4 года назад

each drop would be 4 random Urza lands.....

@atomicphilosopher6143 4 года назад

Definitely getting two of them - the Serum Visions set and the one right after just for the Reaper King.

@georgehumphrey1826 4 года назад

Hey Prof, excellent video! If I could make a Secret Lair box, I would like to see either reprints of Moxes or 2-color Swords.

@avizueta 4 года назад

I feel like I am only really interested in 2 out of the 7

@thatonescarecrow4692 4 года назад

Incredibly sad to know that I wouldn't be able to bling up my scarecrow boys now because Hasbro and WotC just somewhy won't ship their products in my country. Russian magic players are sad now. :(

@d.c.7944 4 года назад

The haircut looks really fresh, Prof! I feel so sad. I did not realise there would be a 24 hour period to purchase, and I only realised a day late that I wanted that Bitterblossom deal :(

@Pl4ntman 4 года назад

ty prof, you've convinced me more than usual that I should just save my money for something useful in the future. Though I can't help but expect that any of these that make it to the secondary market are still going be over inflated forever

@xeoknight845 4 года назад

12:02 "The three cards form a panorama" But not in the order they were shown

@KingBobXVI 4 года назад

SaffronOlive did this too in his video - "Look, it's a panorama!" _shows cards in wrong order_

@xeoknight845 4 года назад

KingBobXIV And PleasantKenobi did this with the goblins he got sent. Didn't have a single focused camera shot of all 5 in the whole video

@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece 4 года назад

It's an experiment on selling absurdly overpriced alternate art cards as singles. And since they want to risk absolutely nothing, it's additionally limited to 24 hours and 1 continent.

@millibillionth 4 года назад

And, while they have a limited stock already made for immediate shipping, they also have an on-demand system in place to help make sure they only manufacture the needed amount to fulfill all orders. This is another cautious move that allows them to keep from having any leftover stock on a product that, as advertised, can and never will be sold again, and it also circumvents the problem (egregious fiasco, really) they had with not being able to fulfill orders on the Mythic Edition. This logistical decision is probably an important factor weighing on their choice to make the shopping window for this product be only one day for the full set and one for the individual collections, with the whole promotion running on a single week. They need it to end quickly in order to settle the quantities they will need to produce.

@rickyavalos4319 4 года назад

One thing I appreciate is his context of as a consumer is this worth purchasing.. that's nice . Good understanding of this system

@shatteredlightningmusic6087 4 года назад

I started watching you recently and I have to say, as someone that prefers other games over Magic, your videos sure are interesting. I like how you talk about interesting things, and give such in-depth product reviews, including price breakdowns and grading. I also like that you talk slowly so that things don’t go over people’s heads. And hey, if they don’t need it, RU-vid even has a fix for them! tl;dr: Good content m8 👀

@marmics96 4 года назад

"CON: No shipping to latin/south america" *laughs painfully in german*

@wavingatfat9650 4 года назад

They are shipping to Germany. Though not to Switzerland. Or Norway, or Russia, for that matter

@darthmikda 4 года назад

@@wavingatfat9650 Yeah, but its cost the twice, because of the taxes + shipping cost.

@TheTrueLeafless 4 года назад

@@darthmikda Have they revealed how much it costs for DDP countries?

@sportyeight7769 4 года назад

@@wavingatfat9650 urrg, no Switzerland...

@Gobeman 4 года назад

@@TheTrueLeafless Nope. I remember Mythic edition having the shipping import being 100+€.. with just 15€ for the shipping

@CostaColares 4 года назад

I'd love to get one of those, shame Wizards seemingly doesn't want the product anywhere near the continent I live in.

@mattgarcia1201 4 года назад

Amazing video thankyou

@k8tinator1 4 года назад

If I saw a Rhystic Study in one of these, I would have been interested alittle more.

@lessthanevil 4 года назад

I really thought about buying one of them. Sadly, I live in Norway, so I would have to go on the secondary market, so I probably won’t buy any of them.

@NJKoopmeiners 4 года назад

Should I ship it you from the Netherlands, if there is one you really want very badly?

@Cer000s 4 года назад

Wait they dont ship to Norway? I'd also gladly ship them to you.

@Twineandribbon 4 года назад

T_T Sorry bro

@greenbull92 4 года назад

Instant Best Seller: 4 Copies of Alternate Full Art Pack Rat with 4 ACTUAL Full Art Pack Rat Tokens!

@Senbei01 4 года назад

A large set of alternative art relentless rats could work too.

@redpillow7221 4 года назад

Thanks Prof! I love these kind of videos. They help me out a lot. I was really tempted to buy the cat one for my gf. I'd rather buy the cheap ones, and pay an artist I know for custom art.

@Kidynamo123 4 года назад

Bitterblossom's one of my favorite Magic cards so that one's a definite win for me. And I will definitely be getting the Kaleidoscope one to add some new bling to my commander decks