Let's Play The Ultimate Masters Booster Box Game for Magic: The Gathering 

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I can only imagine the thoughts going through profs head during that last box... "I sold my goddamn Karn for this horse shit."

50+ minutes? Grabbing the 🍿

Wizards: Liliana, Karn, and Emrakul all need reprints. Also Wizards: There aren't enough Reya Dawnbringers to go around.

I'm a simple man, I like simple things. Like someone opening packs of a product I refuse to buy.

Petition for professor to make a poetry narration channel.

For the curious: The Exposed Nest You were forever finding some new play. So when I saw you down on hands and knees In the meadow, busy with the new-cut hay, Trying, I thought, to set it up on end, I went to show you how to make it stay, If that was your idea, against the breeze, And, if you asked me, even help pretend To make it root again and grow afresh. But 'twas no make-believe with you to-day, Nor was the grass itself your real concern, Though I found your hand full of wilted fern, Steel-bright June-grass, and blackening heads of clover. 'Twas a nest full of young birds on the ground The cutter-bar had just gone champing over (Miraculously without tasting flesh) And left defenseless to the heat and light. You wanted to restore them to their right Of something interposed between their sight And too much world at once-could means be found. The way the nest-full every time we stirred Stood up to us as to a mother-bird Whose coming home has been too long deferred, Made me ask would the mother-bird return And care for them in such a change of scene And might our meddling make her more afraid. That was a thing we could not wait to learn. We saw the risk we took in doing good, But dared not spare to do the best we could Though harm should come of it; so built the screen You had begun, and gave them back their shade. All this to prove we cared. Why is there then No more to tell? We turned to other things. I haven't any memory-have you?- Of ever coming to the place again To see if the birds lived the first night through, And so at last to learn to use their wings.

42:25 for the most accurate Mark Rosewater impression of all time

Interesting footnote on Frost's "The Road Not Taken": This poem is popularly believed to mean "Don't do what everyone else is doing; take your own path"--and that's what I believed too. But then I read a fantastic analysis that actually proves the poem has a completely different meaning. Frost isn't praising individuality. He's wondering how his life might have turned out if he had made different choices. You can see this in the first three lines of the poem: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood

I can’t be the only one who is wondering how many times he had to re-record those box flips.

"Hard to go wrong with getting 6 boxes, ranging from good or decent to really nice, and finally bust on the 7th, considering I know that my 1st would've resembled your last". - Robert Frost

That last box topper was exactly the card I hoped it would be.

Thanks for the video and for your time professor. You are always appreciated my good sir.

I was super floored when I picked up a booster pack of Ultimate Masters for myself to open, only one though because the pricetag for them is SUPER expensive in Canada ($15 ea.). I opened a foil Phyrexian Altar, a $100 card (perhaps more even in Canada) which made it all the more special that I only bought the one pack.

Very difficult to pull the value without the box topper. Time to buy the singles we need.

TOPPER - 1:31 #1 - 14:55 #2 - 22:16 #3 - 28:45 #4 - 35:22 #5 - 41:33 #6 - 47:50 #7 (give a like, i command you lol :)

Lol it was nice seeing my 2 entries out 4 total entries on the giveaway. Wont be such good odds in a few min

I LOVE this set. Wish the price wasn't so high, but this was great. Thank you, Professor!

Looking back, I think this was my personally favorite set ever. Such good memories

Oh boy... 50 minutes! Now the only question is: does it beat Modern Masters 2017?

I'm loving all these nice reprints!👍 And tarmogoyf and kozilek sure do love you!

So without the box toppers, these booster boxes aren't worth buying.

I’ve been waiting all week for this video!

Does anyone else avoid scrolling over the main picture part so they can't see how long the video is? Adds to the excitement for me!

It was amazing when you drew Karn Liberated with one pack.

Prof the road not taken is my favorite poem. Really enjoyed hearing you read it

Thank you from France prof to let the whole world participate to your event :)

I'm still in the middle of the vid, and prof already has a complete deck os bogos

Videos like these make my days so much better!

Box #2: you missed a lava spike. But it didn’t made a difference. Onto 3!

Just got back into mtg not too long ago and your videos are just awesome, I learn something new every vid. Super informational and totally funny! Tolarian Community College Rocks!

I want profit to do this where he only goes through one box and then just has it on loop for 50 minutes

At first i was reluctant to watch this channel, i thought the prof. was kinda wierd, but now, i understand that he is honest and jokes about how people waste their money, giving me a respect for him and the channel. I now watch all his videos to see what cards i should get for my decks. Keep up the great work prof.

I actually bought a box as a present for my friends in the LGS...I mean I kept all the cards, but as a gift we enjoyed a greed free draft. As I was keeping all the cards we could simply build without looking at monetary value. I also got very lucky in the rare department with 2 Noble Hierachs, 1 Engineered Explosives and some other neat stuff in the higher price categories, while my Mythics were Lord of Extinction, Leovold and Vengevine...and my box topper was Vengevine too, which isn't that high in price, but a beauty to look at and with some trading around I got the Topper-Bitterblossom for my girlfriend as a christmas present too.

We just had an 8 player inhouse draft of this box! Suuuper fun draft! Mythics: Liliana and Snapcaster. Topper: Gaddock Teeg

Only took 5 boxes before a planeswalker showed up

Congrats on all of your awesome box-topper finds. Thanks for doing this and thanks for the entries for the drawing. Good luck to everyone!

50min wew lad. I already feel bad about my sub $150 box, this just makes me salty.

I loved this one! It really get me excited to open a few boosters of this set for myself. Also, I would like to thank the editor for putting this video together in a way that lets me skip 10 secs after each rare to see the next foil and rare! Great editing!

By my personal life experience, my first box would be like your box number 7 hahaha

I know people will see this here so I must say that I can personally confirm that you CAN look at the box topper contents with the right light and angle. I saw my cavern topper before cracking it open. Buyer of loose toppers beware! oh, and great opening Prof. you lucky bastid

Low key I would have been ok with 35+ minutes of poetry.

Jesus, such value! Can't believe The first two boxes had insane toppers

I’ve bought two boxes and got over 400 USD in value in both boxes. Can’t complain one bit :D.

You sell yourself short; that Mark Rosewater impression was SPOT ON!

Prof.: Wondering how much he's going to lose on this video 220$ box topper: bonjour

I don't think the prof actually sells them anymore he just keeps all the cards like a boss.

What I want to know is how he sells so many cards overnight when he breaks his boxes.

Without the toppers it would've been a 10 minute video, pretty much ending at box 1... justsaying

Thanks for the chance to win a BOX! What a late Christmas present that will be for someone!

"Why don't you give it a try?" I know that was a segue to your box promo, but you've told us in every single one of these videos to NOT play the booster box game. C'mon prof, english teachers aren't supposed to teach nonsensical and contradictory rules... wait... It's unfortunate that you couldn't get a price on that foil misprint. It's not a very impressive misprint but from what I've seen any sort of misprint at all increases the value of the card in general. I bet you could get more for it, but of course it would require more work than just shipping it off to the same old buyer. Try selling it on facebook if you want value from it, there are tons of very active misprint groups 23:10 is that water tribe music?

You don’t know how upset I was when he pulled that second Tarmagoyf. I really wanted to hear the sweet, sweet words of Robert Frost. :(

been waiting for this! Prof you look tired. You good m8?

The one time when buying sealed product trumped buying the singles you need for the decks you want to play :P Congratulations on all the great pulls Prof

I did not check the video length before starting it. What a ride.

ain't the marit lage token worth soemthin?

Always a big fan of these videos, especially the longer ones. Let's see what you open Prof!

Couple ideas you should pad the time, add like 1-2 hours of nothing to the video so people won't know if you did 1 or 2, 50 minutes we immediately knew you would go past 1. It gives us more suspense. Also, glad you changed up the box topper for the end as that adds even more suspense. You can go from a $150-200 box to a $400+ box with those.

Almost expected a part 2 of this video. There is so much value in this set!!

I completely love the game but I totally agree

An advisor once asked Wizards how much gold would be enough. "I have no need of fools who can imagine enough" they told the advisors corpse

I might be the only one who liked that Mistvale Plains with the scratch through it. I would keep it and play it. A lot of my damaged cards end up being my favorites as they tend to get associated faster with memories.

These are my favorite videos between all of the MTG RU-vid videos. I always look forward to this. I used to really like Rudy's bingo vids too but this will always be my fav. (Yes I know I'm a year late.. I missed this one)

SINGLES NOT PACKS!!

love that he literally shakes with excitement

box topper or GTFO game

When I saw him go to open the box topper first, "you f'ing maverick!" lol Good on you Prof!

In my opinion... The reason MM17 had more combined value was because they had actual dual-lands that had value and werent filler junk. And they were $100.00 cheaper to begin with. If this is the future of Magic products then I am not going to waste time , energy, and money on their products. Ive already seen a decrease in my play group and the turn-out at local Gs's by about 40%. Ive had a EDH group consisting of 30ppl for years. Now only 10-15 actually play. Wizards is becoming the Grimey, Greedy, evil step-mother of Hasboro. And people arent as dumb as they think. Thats my *$.02$* .

This is the happiest box opening I’ve ever seen 🎼 🎸

"So remember: even though I had a ton of fun opening these boxes AND scored some jackpots, I still advise you not to share in that fun by opening your own booster boxes. I refuse to acknowledge the fact that the lottery component is a large reason why people crack packs"

Why is this so interesting to watch... i just spent 50min on the toilet... just couldnt stop watching... cant feel my legs anymore tho

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The biggest challenge with any of these that I see is an actually being able to direct resale them yourself if you're not an established reseller for anything close to the price that's being listed.

mil disculpas pero debo decir el siguiente Chilenismo... Oh el Conchesumare con Cuea wueon. gracias

I know that I'm really late to this video, but is no one going to comment about how smooth that box-flip at 0:41 was??

I want to know where you are selling your cards at to get $100 % of their value? lol

Professor, I have a friend who owns an LGS in Houma, LA and he would definitely take that damaged Mistveil plains foils and offer you something for it. He has a collection of damaged and mis-cut foils.

This should have been your ultimate booster box game video.

Love you prof. But really? ‘Le sigh’? You’re better than that

Ty for sharing the opening plus the beautiful poetry !

40 views 106 likes ??? OYFUM

Imagine forgetting for a moment that this video is over three years old, and seeing a Phyrexian Altar priced at under $16

I also did an UMA Booster Box game, I did it at my LGS. I ended up chaining TWELVE boxes. I did not keep most of the cards, but I did get to keep a topper Cavern, Ulamog, Kozilek, and Stirring Wildwood- also got to keep a Foil Karn and a Snapcaster Mage. There weren't very many cards from the set I wanted, honestly it was mostly for a chance at the two box toppers I actually want- Ancient Tomb and Temporal Manipulation.

Great video! It's always interesting watching these when they get to go on for a few boxes to see what holds it's value and what ends up in bulk. This set, I am actually surprised that Sublime Archangel has dropped to sub $2 so fast. It seems like it would go into all kinds of white weenie decks etc, guess I never thought it only held it's value due to only being in M13. I entered your give away- my one box I picked up from my LGS(I paid 289 but I don't mind supporting my store the owner is a great guy) had the same topper as your last box here, and roughly the same value in the end too.

Awesome video as always. You should add a counter in that says the number of boosters opened so far. Knowing how far you are from the end is good to know, and adds some more suspense as the last packs come up :)

Two box-topper Goyfs in a row? You're killing me, Prof! ... and congrats on the new Booster Box Game record, too.

that price of 300 dollars is what kills me, dont have those dollars to throw around.....:C

I was going to buy a box online because of the price chatter, but was glad I bought from my LGS. Only $249.99 :). Well worth the price!

Just because he didn't mention, remember: The Professor plays the booster box game so you don't have to. Buy the singles you need for the decks you want to play, and you'll never go wrong. Oh, and whenever possible, whenever reasonable, buy those singles and Magic products where you play Magic - your local game store.

Man your LGS must love your business when you are red hot with the pulls!

You know it’s a good set when the vid for the booster box game is 50 mins

That was a beautiful poem at the end

Awesome! Well done Tolarian! Just what I like to see. I've been waiting a long time for this video! My wife and I have been waiting patiently for you to release it. Hope to grab the box from the giveaway! That would be great. Anyway, take care, hope to see you at your shop in SF in the future, we stopped by once a while back and you weren't there, you replied to my wife on RU-vid and apologized, even though it wasn't your fault haha. Take care, happy holidays. - Jon

15:10 Awww, I was hoping for the last 35 minutes to be poetry.

This video was posted on my birthday. Thank you.

I'd actually be delighted by the professor reading some more poetry. It's nice to listen to a english professor talk so yea, could you maybe do that? I won't forget to do my home asignment I swear!

I love this series!!!!!!!! Just LOVE it! So good!!! Thanks Prof!

I actually recognized the first poem because we sang it in choir

I need a channel dedicated to prof.'s poetry

Also....damn that Box topper on the first box....that paid for the box