The Black Lotus | The History of Magic's Most Valuable Card

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This is a story about the most desirable card in the history of Magic.
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0:00 Pretty Pennies
6:20 The Most Powerful Card in Magic
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bit.ly/3sFf5eH - $27k Alpha Lotus in 2013
n.pr/3LnJpAV - NPR segment on Magic and Lotus
bit.ly/39ZlV85 - IGN on opening Lotus at GP Chiba
bit.ly/3lj12ao - Zakeel on MTGPrice
bit.ly/3wkyymS - Klug Lotus Timelapse
bit.ly/3wj7GUy - Klug Lotus Timelapse Gif
bit.ly/3LnJLYh - Alpha Lotus sells for $87k
bit.ly/3a7uFcz - Kotaku on Alpha Lotus for $87k (9.5 grade)
bit.ly/3yDuWhz - Scrye Magazine 2002
bit.ly/3PnrnC2 - Prices of Lotus 2000-2007
bit.ly/3PuBaWT - Alpha, Beta, Unlimited by the numbers
bit.ly/3LnK6dv - All About Alpha
bit.ly/39UWG6U - Beckett posts about $87,00
bit.ly/3wj84T0 - Beckett Grading Process
bit.ly/3yEiH4k - QS on Alpha buyouts
bit.ly/3a7uLRt - PSA selling history on Unlimited Lotus
bit.ly/37QWq8k - $55k Charizard
bit.ly/3Lla5Cn - Honus Wagner Wiki
cnn.it/3PqZlFO - $9.5 million stamp
bit.ly/3wxvx1J - Seven Most Expensive Stamps
bit.ly/3LtB0Mw - The price history of the entire RL
bit.ly/3PqfafM - Promissory Estoppel and the RL
bit.ly/3wndRqK - Flu Game article
bit.ly/3LlS0Ee - Flu Game 12’s sell for $100k
bit.ly/3yEj1jp - Most Expensive Comic Book $3.2 million
bit.ly/3Mmezdp - McFarlane balls
bit.ly/3NlgRJO - Cabinet of Curiosities
bit.ly/3yHXQwP - Veblen Goods
bit.ly/39TTJU7 - Clip of Lotus being played
• Are MTG Reprints Off t... - RU-vidr Law on Reserved List
• MTG Power 9 - A Closer... - NM Power 9
• UNBOXING: Air JORDAN 1... - Unboxing Air Jordan 12 Flue Games
• Video - Flu Game footage
• Big Mac hits 70th home... - Mark McGwire 70th Homer
• Action Comics #1 - Ori... Action 1 eBay spot
• Video - Identifying Fakes and How to Authenticate Magic Cards
• Vintage Magic Reviews ... - Lotus Graded 9.5
• 2/2 Wondrous Obsession... - Cabinet of Curiosities
• The History of Magic: ... - History of MtG
• Round 8 Eternal Weeken... - Lotus at Eternal Weekend
• Investopedia Video: Ve... - Veblen Good video
• Rare “Inverted Jenny” ... - Inverted Jenny video
• Stamp Collecting & Inv... - Inverted Jenny block
• Alpha Black Lotus and ... - OpenBoosters Lotus Grading (9.5)
• Open Black Lotus GP Ch... - GP Chiba
• Leonhart's Trip to Bec... - Touring Becket Grading Headquarters
• Video - T206 Honus Wagner vs Ty Cobb
• How Bill Mastro Altere... - Bill Mastro alters Honus Wagner
• Purchasing The Rarest ... - $54,000 Shadowless Box Set
• The story behind the O... - British Guiana 1¢ sells for $9.5 million
• Video - Zakeel Lotus Project
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@mahmoudtabsh1886 5 лет назад

That bend test wasn't testing the card. It was testing my will not to scream at a computer screen.

@dingdongs5208 3 года назад

who cares, its a magic card, its a game piece, people cringing over the value that might have been lost due to a bend are the reason basic game pieces that new players need cost 100s of dollars

@montimuros2837 3 года назад

@@dingdongs5208 Look, a Magic card is just a Magic card an a $1.000.000 check is just a piece of paper. Many things have arbitrary value, fictitious value, but that doesn't mean they have a "false value". It means they are valuable *because* people attach value to them. Which can be said about pretty much everything in life.

@dingdongs5208 3 года назад

@@montimuros2837 you can deposit that 1m dollar check in a bank to put that into your savings account, you cant do that with a black lotus

@montimuros2837 3 года назад

@@dingdongs5208 Markets collapse and you lose your savings. There's no such thing as absolute guarantees in life. A Black Lotus might be worthless in a few years. Or it might be worth a million dollars. What really matters is what it means to you as a collector. Hell, a own a literal rock that has sentimental value to me and I'm dead sure that I wouldn't be able to sell it at all.

@aryasuri9421 3 года назад

@@dingdongs5208 That makes 0 sense as an argument. Currency is also arbitrary if considered in a vaccuum.

@annejellah 5 лет назад

I thought that bend test was gonna be a small bend but I screamed when he bent it all the way

@gwalden 5 лет назад

I know I almost got a heart attack

@sauceaddict9569 5 лет назад

Lol

@jeesusmeesuss5247 4 года назад

Yeah, I've seen quite a few p9 bent in RL in my day. Was one of the first well known tests that works.

@sharkbaitshaun9581 4 года назад

I felt like I was gonna dis

@Celestial.frogboy 4 года назад

I dont even play this specific card game but that bent even hurt me

@JessGrinneiser Год назад

(For the record) A 9.5 Black Lotus was sold in January 2021 for $500k (roughly 6 times over what was said at the end of this video)

@jamesoncurry5224 8 месяцев назад

One was sold 1.5y ago for 1.3m fyi.

@mtl10 8 месяцев назад

And two years later Post Malone bought "The" One Ring for $2Million

@thewaxingmoonlotus 8 месяцев назад

so what if it was of this year? i got mine for 0.50 from a grandpa selling his sons cards in a mall the son was lazy is what he said and my grandma burned all my cards because its the devils work just because the word magic and then she lost it even more over the word gathering

@RevanReborn3950BBY 8 месяцев назад

@@thewaxingmoonlotusmy friend has a grandma who tried to burn my whole collection. Not MY grandma, MY FRIEND’S grandma. Somehow no one has tried to call cos on her yet. (She’s my friend’s primary caregiver)

@BigDaddy-yp4mi 8 месяцев назад

@@thewaxingmoonlotus It's scary what humans do when they don't understand something and are afraid of it.

@PhillipUranus 3 года назад

In 2013 my brother sold his entire collection for like $16,000 cash… He had the best collection I’ve ever personally seen… We’ve been playing since the summer of 94… A few weeks ago we decided to look up how much it’d be worth today and it’s like $90,000… He almost cried lmfao

@Lh0000 2 года назад

Feels bad man… feels bad…

@yudistiraliem135 2 года назад

If he invested the 16k in famous stocks it would likely to worth around that ballpark I believe. Or crypto. So the decision to sell at that price wasn’t bad at all.

@son_guhun 2 года назад

@@yudistiraliem135 If he'd bought bitcoin in 2013 with that money, he'd have (a LOT) more than 90k. As for stocks, yeah, as long as he picked one of the many winners, he'd have around that much

@ljanmi187 2 года назад

Been there

@jennyxie5382 2 года назад

You.gonna.cash it out someday. You can cash it out 50 years later for immense inflation but how many days you.have left in this world to spend all the money

@TheActMan 5 лет назад

I saw this in my recommended, I don't even play Magic or understand the rules but goddamn this was a good video.

@OldAccount-sm2iq 5 лет назад

Hey acting male

@calmexit6483 5 лет назад

Always happy to see King Halo himself. Thank you for maintaining such an undying passion for the Bungie of old's beloved story.

@Jfreak1996 5 лет назад

What are you doing here, this is my corner of the internet.

@slothsage7838 5 лет назад

Hey, Act Man. I recommend giving it a shot. Fun game to play with friends.

@brandonb1881 5 лет назад

Dude, the production and information on this video was incredible. I went through his channel hoping there was literally anything other than magic being covered - I would have watched it. But in the end I understand that this can only be so amazing coming from someone making a video about something they absolutely love. I subscribed and I plan to watch some of his other videos. That was comparable to a documentary. Disclaimer: never owned or played magic in my life.

@Garl_Vinland 4 года назад

Imagine if something dumb looking like Wood Elemental was the power 9 centrepiece. The word “Black Lotus” even sounds rare. Spiritual even.

@lancepotter7424 4 года назад

Something like "blue rose" not goblin pheasant haha lol

@daveinthegrave2703 4 года назад

The way I see it's a term that can be used in anything, and you know that's how legendary something is. Imagine being the kid on the block that was good at kickball and when you enter the scene you can hear other kids saying, "woah the black lotus,I thought he was an urban legend?"

@Garl_Vinland 4 года назад

@@daveinthegrave2703 If your nickname is unironically "The Black Lotus", thenyou are officially the edgiest kid on the block.

@daveinthegrave2703 4 года назад

@@Garl_Vinland Your the one that went through the mist of Avalon and came out unscarf,if that's what you mean.

@bulldozer8950 3 года назад

Clearly they reserved the coolest names for the most powerful cards.

@TheKrensada Год назад

sure would be a shame if 30 years later they reprinted these cards in a 1000 dollar set.

@TheFremontTroll07 Год назад

and say make it represent the 30th anniversary of the game

@TheKrensada Год назад

@@TheFremontTroll07 yeah. It would be a damn shame.

@hummer_1041 Год назад

12:58 aged like a fine wine

@jamescruz8678 Год назад

would also be a shame if these cards were also fake

@AkinaSpeedStarsAE86 Год назад

Never seen this channel what-so-ever yet all of a sudden I see this comment 🤣

@Spawnofktulu007 2 года назад

I treasure my BEWD DDS-001. I knew even as a kid it was the first Blue-Eyes anyone I knew was able to get their hands on. My dad was with me when I bought it. Now he's gone and the card means more as a memory and relic from good times with my Dad.

@levisavage6568 Год назад

Sorry for your loss. I understand completely.

@vanesslifeygo Год назад

Nice, I remember looking at a damaged one and finding it funny how even a damaged old Blue-Eyes looks pretty good.

@joefarrow1599 Год назад

Just like the first episode of the anime! Watch Kaiba doesn't come and rip it up...

@raheelsiddiq1057 Год назад

Blue Eyes White Dragon or Dark Magician? Kaiba's deck or Yugi's deck? I chose Kaiba's deck when I started playing Yu-Gi-Oh game

@animeking1357 5 месяцев назад

@@vanesslifeygo I agree. My very first Blue-Eyes I got from a class made who had accidentally gotten it wet. It's covered in scotch tape yet to this day it still looks gorgeous.

@maximusprime98 5 лет назад

for those wondering a cube is a collection of mtg cards which a group uses to build decks from then play against each other.

@magnusvn 4 года назад

maximusprime98 thanks, i honestly thought it referred to making custom cards when the person pulled out a fallout card lol

@davidsosa507 4 года назад

oh shit, thanks, I thought he was going to make one of those deck-holders that look like a cube. It almost made me mad

@agr0nianTV 4 года назад

Thanks man I had absolutely no clue what it was. Honestly this comment deserves to be pinned since alot of non-magic people seem to have been reccommended this vid.

@thenintendobros9918 4 года назад

So, like, basically you have a lot of cards, then get together with your buddies and make decks from 1 cube, then put them back in the cube when you're done playing? Pokemon player here, not mtg 😅

@twitchyphilosopher 4 года назад

@@thenintendobros9918 Does Pokemon have drafting? That's basically what a cube is for. You build a cube from a set of cards and then construct "booster packs" from that cube and proceed to draft as usual from those "packs." Once the draft games are over you can put all the cards back into the cube and draft again.

@JackgarPrime 5 лет назад

I'm not a major collector specifically, but that bend test almost gave me a heart attack!

@Hittingman 5 лет назад

JackgarPrime you should see the rip test.

@gleasros0 5 лет назад

RIP

@dannybosworth1749 5 лет назад

Same

@ecmyk7863 5 лет назад

Dude.. I pissed my pants a little

@NatsuDragn33I 5 лет назад

I collect nothing and that got my heart pounding O.o

@steveh6039 2 года назад

Since the making of this video, there was a record high black lotus sold. It was a grade 10 alpha that was signed by the original artist, Christopher rush who died back in 2016. the card sold for a whopping $511,100.

@cerealamog 5 месяцев назад

and then they took inspiration from charlie and the chocolate factory and roughly quadrupled that with the one the one ring

@jasan9973 2 года назад

I love how this super rare MtG card is referenced in The Binding of Isaac as a moderately rare item with an unremarkable effect.

@AlluMan96 10 месяцев назад

They got the power-level of Ancestral Recall right on the money though and like the real deal, slapping that thing down only became better the more expansions were stacked on top.

@TheLogicalLowdown 5 лет назад

Friend of mine opened a alpha lotus in our local shop and he traded it on the spot for a pile of booster packs. Like once or twice a year I send him a link to the value of a lotus lol.

@joshuabryant9845 5 лет назад

I shed a tear for that man.

@T1Earn 5 лет назад

now send him this video

@gohugo472 5 лет назад

why are you so evil lol

@wardomatch5975 5 лет назад

I would have slapped them for their stupidity

@flelixneon 4 года назад

@@carlosniebla7534 ???

@samgafford2371 3 года назад

"The Black Lotus" is a damn fine name.

@The_Kharski 3 года назад

yes, but also it has nothing to do with a Lotus :p Other cool name: Dark Ritual, in French "Messe Noire" = Black Mass (as in religious mass)

@samgafford2371 3 года назад

@@The_Kharski interesting

@axelrod45-yugiohandmore38 2 года назад

Not as fine as "Divine Arsenal AA Zeus - Sky Thunder" though.

@nameless8216 2 года назад

@@axelrod45-yugiohandmore38 not as dope as the whole Evilswarm archetype. "Cairngorgon, Antiluminescent Knight" contains a combination of cairn (a memorial made of stones, which reflects the fact that he's a degenerated version of the entire fallen Gem-Knight race), cairngorm (the type of stone off of which he's based), and gorgon (the monster off of which he's based).

@wickederebus 2 года назад

@@nameless8216 Gimmick Puppet Des Troy.

@ActualGoblinWarlord Год назад

Honestly the original black lotus from Alpha, Beta, and Unlimited have such a incredible reputation and legend surrounding them that I don't think the price would go down even if it was reprinted.

@SirGalahad83 10 месяцев назад

Exactly, alpha had only a 1100 print run and some are lost. So alpha lotus is quiet rare.

@Vexas345 8 месяцев назад

Charizard got reprinted and it's skyrocketed in value. The people paying top dollar want the OG.

@egoalter1276 7 месяцев назад

It obviously wouldnt. The peice of vintage cards, and anything thats banned in general doesnt come from gameplay utility.

@jonmancill6824 5 месяцев назад

What people in the MTG community need to do is establish their own rules of the game. Just like our own constitution of the United States has been amended over time, don't allow the money grabbing company to ruin what the people love so create a committee of true pure fans that can add or adjust any rules or whatever needs to be done. With this talk of possibly tons of new prints happening that would ruin the rarity of certain cards, just and your own rules that every new reprint of old rare cards are banned from any and all sanctioned games and basically they're worthless because they can't be used. Fans need to have the mindset that any new reprints would be considered faked or counterfeits so they're nothing but garbage. Another rule would be that Anytime one of those reprints are seen it must be destroyed and so it's the community of true fans that take action to rid the world of those cards and if someone is caught with one of them they can be banned from any sanctioned games for a certain amount of time.

@Asageun 4 месяца назад

Wait until u hear about commander@@jonmancill6824

@kunalmandalia1165 3 года назад

There's something timeless about this video. It'll be watched by future generations and they'll glimpse into the moments that made history in our lifetime. Great work.

@benhunter5977 5 лет назад

You made a video that lured people that normally wouldn’t watch this stuff and made it interesting. Great job man.

@wizagab 4 года назад

The narrative link was a bit of a stretch though, he hasn't convinced me (hardly tried to) that this card has anything to do with unique sports moments like the MJ one. It just felt like he talked about completely different topics before finally talking about the card.

@thompsguy 4 года назад

@@wizagab He was laying out the groundwork and knowledge for people who weren't collectors, and explaining how and why the Black Lotus was important.

@agr0nianTV 4 года назад

@@thompsguy Ikt I thought the segway was really well done and made me interested enough to watch the whope video.

@fernandotrevinocastro1018 4 года назад

Didnt even know this was a magic video, then i read first comment and said "ah ok that game" then the video went into sports, stamps, and i was confused but when it started with sportcards i saw what he did there, great segway incredible lure

@nerdlantis5490 5 лет назад

20:20 I felt physical pain as I saw that.

@JacobTyo 5 лет назад

I started shouting AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH at my monitor! D:

@gorblah7863 4 года назад

Buying a nuse at the dollar store. Do da la do la la dooooo!

@IKMcGwee 4 года назад

I don't even play a tgc of any kind and I cringed in pain from that.

@scrapthatwithmatt9520 4 года назад

Yepp, that hurt inside 😔

@coreykemp2504 4 года назад

I wanted to punch the guy, even though I knew it was a necessary test, it just felt wrong to treat a Black Lotus like that.

@kevindavis4225 2 года назад

I can't help but wonder if I ever opened a pack with one of these, or any other extremely valuable cards, when I was a kid. My grandpa used to buy me magic cards before I even knew how to play the game. I loved the artwork. All the mythical monsters and medieval warriors were right up my alley. Fast forward a year or two and a slightly older friend friend brought his cards over to teach me to play. I saw them and instantly recognized them. I went to get my own. When I returned with my box of cards we looked through them together. I didn't have a deck. I didn't even have any land's, so we used his two starter decks and he taught me the basics of the game. Since we were both quite young we gravitated to the bulky creatures and exciting removal spells. Ignoring the finer points like mana ramping. I don't recall this happening but wouldn't be surprised if I thought a card like this was boring and traded it for some stupid expensive creature with no abilities. Or maybe one of the countless times when we were playing on the sidewalk and the wind picked up and began to blow our cards across the yard and one of us just let something valuable go because it was "useless". Guess I'll never know, but it's kind of fun to think about

@jules9736 3 года назад

I saw the black lotus in my feed and so many memories from when I used to play magic flashed back to me. Thanks for the video.

@renendell 4 года назад

Opening a Black Lotus: $27000 That Magic: The Gathering New Card smell: *Priceless*

@masonkennedy8089 3 года назад

Amen brother!! Fuckin love it!! Love my cardboard crack

@cameronvadnais4388 3 года назад

You're silly.

@PsychoDiesel48 2 года назад

@@masonkennedy8089 smells so GOOD! XD

@armysean91 Год назад

I've been in love with the new card smell since day one. It's just one of those things that if you get it, you get it. If you don't, you don't.

@Navak_ 5 лет назад

5:39 I'll never forget the moment on the playground when a kid convinced me to let him use my 1st edition holo charizard and he scratched it on the pavement. Damn you, Peter.

@socalwanderer4867 4 года назад

fuck off

@mueezadam8438 4 года назад

Peter A. Saltamachio OOOOHHH SNAP

@tosei91 4 года назад

I have 1st edition charizard still, but it's in a horrible condition, since the kid i got it from back in the day used to use it in this competition that was popular in my elementary school, where they would try to get the card fly as far as possible.

@Beesechurger_73 Год назад

A lot has changed since this video came out 😮

@cromchgang316 Год назад

Lmao WOTC are a cool company

@EverianKalim Год назад

@@cromchgang316 Comments that aged poorly

@Intestine_Ballin-ism 10 месяцев назад

@@EverianKalimwhat happened? Reprints?

@RotGodKing 10 месяцев назад

@@Intestine_Ballin-ismstealing money from hard working people.

@bljet4388 9 месяцев назад

@@RotGodKingi've no idea about magic but can you give me quick lore

@camdenpierson459 Год назад

Just cited this video for a final project on American subcultures. Thank you for your amazing effort and incredible video, you have saved my final!

@robbibob6392 5 лет назад

14:20 "players backlashed" I assumed it was the same "players" that make vintage, legacy, modern and even to some extent standard unaproachable to a lot of people.

@umbaupause 4 года назад

Oh they are players. They just play a different game than you might think.

@soundrogue4472 4 года назад

These same people who backlash do realize they could just make cards that are similar but function just different enough to make them different and or unique.

@TheSnarkyBrit 3 года назад

This is exactly what I thought. It has nothing to do with "preserving the game", it's only about people wanting to keep shit for themselves.

@cosmicalryu 3 года назад

Theres a reason i don't play modern or legacy

@Sw3d15h_F1s4 2 года назад

Exactly! Even if a card similar to black lotus were printed, they'd still have an original, rare and high quality card. The old ones would still be collectible, after all they aren't going to play with a card in a plastic tomb are ya

@iqcool 5 лет назад

March 2019 Update: a short time ago, another Black Lotus sold at auction for $166,000 USD. That is a $150K+ piece of cardboard.

@ka6hi 5 лет назад

It's only worth 27k. You can't find one for less than 100k.

@natecruz7114 5 лет назад

@@ka6hi if it was only worth 27k then it would not have sold for 166,000. "Worth" is subjective to the market and the buyers.

@ka6hi 5 лет назад

@@natecruz7114 166 > 27

@isaiahf-d846 5 лет назад

@@ka6hi what does that prove?

@ka6hi 5 лет назад

@@isaiahf-d846 reread my first reply

@rosarlei 2 года назад

I don't even play magic (did a few times 20+ years ago) but I love your videos. The way you tell stories is something else entirely.

@CarthagoMike 2 года назад

Now I realize why all those people are buying packets from amazon, opening them, taking out the rare cards and then resealing and returning them. I thought I were just prank kids wanting only the good cards, but it is just scammy adults trying to get a profit from selling cards.

@simoncenteno2755 4 года назад

Damn, "Cabinets of Curiosities" sounds like a magic card.

@HollowIchigo4243 4 года назад

A blue one for sure

@ShiroHimeSan 4 года назад

Cloudstone Curio anyone?

@mindyourlanguage2066 4 года назад

"Search your deck to retrieve one copy of an artifact"

@Ramsey276one 4 года назад

Patryk Sikora Sorcery? Yu-Gi-Oh! Player here, reading InQuest years ago

@AlphaInvestments69 5 лет назад

Wow...what an amazing video

@tygonmaster 5 лет назад

Hey, Rudy. Bet your taco really got going when you saw that Lotus being bent. :^)

@StefVanDerVelden 5 лет назад

That was one heck of a floppy bent test

@tekplays5366 5 лет назад

it is...

@deleno7290 5 лет назад

Unlike yours Kappa

@themarketing9694 5 лет назад

Hey rudy you taco head!! Love ya Videos dude keep it up!

@user-jw9mv2gh7c Год назад

My father showed me magic when I was really young, all of his cards were from the first 4 sets of cards. I never knew that these really weren’t the norm until I found magic on my own in a store. But I’m very glad I get to play with these power nine cards

@skuggikuwa8989 3 года назад

Wow this intro was a perfect start for me. In Highschool I got my whole team into Magic cause I got into it. Eff those stereotypical ideologies we use to believe in during those days. Our basketball group merged with the magic group and even though the "magic kids" never got into Basketball all the "basketball kids" loved playing Magic.

@madmanvarietyshow9605 3 года назад

I've only ever seen 1 Black Lotus back in the aughts when I was in high school. Guy had it in his collection. None of us knew how rare it was. He ended up losing all his cards in a freak house fire. A week later after looking online to try and replace his cards he found out how much a Black Lotus was worth. Feels bad man.

@RainyDayCollectibles 5 лет назад

Amazing project Sam! Loved the way you blended the collectible hobbyist communities together, shows that each community is unique in its own way but still very similar. Always excited to watch your videos and can say that I’ve officially made it in life now that I’m in one! Glad I could provide value and hope people enjoy the perspective I could provide! Cheers!

@Bebhell 3 года назад

I'm here for like the 4th or 5th time. This is one of my favorite videos ever made. Thank you so much for this, Sam

@willemgreen8209 2 года назад

Watching this in 2021 and a signed, mint condition Black Lotus was sold recently for over $500,000. Wild.

@sparkbag_ 5 лет назад

"unlike food, water a home, they're unessential and are worth only the value we put into them" that's where you're wrong the black lotus holds infinite magic power

@damianlee5438 4 года назад

Actually you're wrong. It's not infinite magic power. It's only 3 magic power of the same color. :P

@atomicorca3062 4 года назад

@@damianlee5438 woosh

@virtualmidwest3394 4 года назад

you're a moron

@atomicorca3062 4 года назад

Big mad

@God-ch8lq 4 года назад

Why is it so powerful, it doesn't sound OP

@MajinMaster97 4 года назад

I really, really like that DJ put his black lotus in a cube. Restricting magic cards to the cold fate of a lockbox is antithetical to the game and the franchise as a whole. I 100% believe the secondary market has put a tight stranglehold on the game I am far happier with the idea of somebody getting to put the card to use.

@drippy4622 4 года назад

I almost played then watched this video. Just more nerds crying because other people wanna play their kids game. Meh, just puts into perspective how much of a loser someone can actually be

@vrak24 4 года назад

ballinghard Thats like saying you wont drive because other people are bad at it. Stop being a dumbass.

@ahammer1838 4 года назад

ballinghard damn imagine hating someone for liking a card game. Couldn’t be me.

@drippy4622 4 года назад

@@ahammer1838 someone who makes it so normal people can't play with their cardboard....yeah fuccem

@ich3730 3 года назад

keep in mind the secondary market is one of the reasons magic is over 20 years old now... its not a card game, its a COLLECTIBLE cards game.

@ManaPirate Год назад

This is probably the most well presented video on collecting as a whole I've ever seen. Taking into consideration other collectibles as well as relating it to the history of collecting, amazing. Extremely well presented and this is the video I'll now share to those who want to know why collecting things like this can be worthwhile

@kesh2733 3 года назад

This is one of the most emotional videos I have ever seen, i almost cried after seeing the bend test

@luliby2309 5 лет назад

"Hard to imagine...such a lovely flower inspiring such greed."

@silentwatcher5134 5 лет назад

"Over such beauty, wars are fought. With such power, wars are won."

@luliby2309 5 лет назад

Almost as good flavor text as "It's time for the 'Smash Smash' song!" Almost... :P

@jingitaxias8461 5 лет назад

@@silentwatcher5134 i was going to quote Gilded Lotus, but ya beat me to it! Props.

@bustertimothy2176 5 лет назад

The bend test made me throw up in my mouth

@alonzoc537 5 лет назад

same

@fcliverpool6167 5 лет назад

I couldn‘t watch it !!!!

@criznittle968 5 лет назад

Same. I don't know how my vomit made it into your mouth but it happened.

@BigattckFirecat 5 лет назад

thank goodness it was a fake but ya

@davidalvaradoda 4 года назад

I Know I'm a nerd but damn. Y'all are fucking dumb.

@Spidizzler 3 года назад

Coming back to this after the PSA 10 Black lotus sold for a half million dollars is awesome to watch. This content has always been amazing, even when re-watching, proud to be a patron of this content.

@retrojimmyx 3 года назад

I had a black border one from the late 90s. Won it playing against a friend. Was in a right scruffy state. Found all my decks in the attic and gave them away to a kid who played, in 2016. Hope he gets something for it.

@kotadis2919 5 лет назад

Notification from Rhystic Studies: "The Black Lotus" >>Me: Oh this will be good

@Asrimal 5 лет назад

The bend test footage stressed me out.

@zzafrica87 5 лет назад

yyyyy

@sertaki 5 лет назад

@JakobLogan 5 лет назад

It hurt my soul

@Effect_FX 5 лет назад

I've never been a huge card game guy, still pretty uncomfortable to watch.

@jypsridic 5 лет назад

I almost puked

@gummybeargamertheorist3686 2 года назад

I don’t know how or why but every 4-6 months I come back to this video, and I watch it and smile because this video is a masterpiece and it is mandatory to do anything involving RU-vid and magic.

@mo938 3 года назад

This man tells the most incredible stories. Thank you Rhystic Studies.

@NeoN-PeoN 5 лет назад

Homie, your backgrounds are ON POINT. Whoever is in charge of those radial-split gradients is a mastermind. If this is not a trend, I suspect it will be now. Give that dude a raise or yourself a pat on the back. Cause we gonna be seein more a dis.

@RhysticStudies 5 лет назад

heh, thanks. I made them.

@NeoN-PeoN 5 лет назад

Thank you for the reply! I thought that'd be the case. They are very clever and they look great. Kudos.

@abe34fizzy 5 лет назад

Neon Peon Neon Peon its one of my favorite looks in photoshop, the way i do it is i make a gradient and then put an hd scan of construction paper over it then change the layer style to negative and invert the color(ctrl i) on that construction paper scan and voila beautiful clean organic look. The filter used from the filter gallery are also amazing the one used to simplify cards in a mosaic look is my go too for cool geographic minimal patterns. THIS VIDEO IS A GRAPHIC DESIGN MASTERPIECE!!!!

@youtubeseagull 5 лет назад

could you give us a time stamp to exemplify that work? I would like to know what a radial-split gradient is.... oh is it every background ... 16:57

@abe34fizzy 5 лет назад

Every background, Radial Split Gradient is just the fancy name for that specific kind of gradient, on photoshop theres a few basic ones, i dont know the exact names but there is on that either goes just dark to light (top to bottom or side to side) and theres a radial on wich is a gradient that radiates out from the center almost like a circular rainbow, and the gradient here is like a radial gradient but it has a beginning and an end (starts with one color then sort of whipes around back to the starting point wich gives it that solid line in the upper half of the frame)

@cas6648 5 лет назад

The amount of effort you put into your videos is astounding. I signed in just to comment after watching this. I don't play Magic but your videos have taught me a great deal about card game mechanics and why humans are drawn to certain things. There's something special about your videos. There is so much heart and soul in your work that the views and subscribers you gain are only secondary to your cause-it's not about that, and that's what makes your work special.

@RhysticStudies 5 лет назад

these are such kind words. thank you.

@cal_laz 4 месяца назад

This was really entertaining and informative! Never felt like it was a half an hour which is a testament to the quality. Well done!

@TheMallex 11 месяцев назад

Saw thhis in my recommended and I really like your viedeo style! Even 4 Years later I apprechiate the new information I receved from you.

@yepperdeedooda 5 лет назад

I have a card called Blacker Lotus. So that must be better because it's a cool silver border color.

@jolove1623 5 лет назад

At the risk of r/whooosh Do you know what silver border cards are?

@yepperdeedooda 5 лет назад

I just took all my brothers cards when he left for college and tried playing. I don't know prices as much.

@jolove1623 5 лет назад

Blacker Lotus is a joke card. It was made in an "un-set." If you read the card rules, you need to rip up the card after you play it. But it is better than the black lotus in a rules sense.

@SmuggyOcelot 5 лет назад

Its from an Un-Set, It’s actually a good card.

@jasoncarto 5 лет назад

Un-set strikes again. There's also a Mox Lotus.

@Nateson 5 лет назад

Love the sudden noir turn of the video, great stuff

@harleyjenkins3414 5 лет назад

Yeah those effects when naming the power nine, were sweet. So much time and effort, I appreciate iit.

@undyne3366 5 лет назад

Nateson! Didn't know you watched mtg videos

@kylesanderfer856 5 лет назад

NATESON?! You play MTG? Love your videos btw

@landosayk 5 лет назад

wtf nateson

@kylenelson6045 5 лет назад

Hey nateson, watch your overwatch videos, and I think it’s cool that enjoy my 2 favorite hobbies

@dingleferry736 10 месяцев назад

Great video! Just some additional info for anyone curious: the 1998 Pikachu Illustrator card was sold to Logan Paul for $6 million in 2022. There have also been multiple sales for various pokemon cards (mostly Charizards) for over $100k in recent years ... not sure where these cards were at the time of publishing this video, just thought some updated figures might be appreciated

@stonereilly7972 6 месяцев назад

I have watched this so many times, this video was in my bibliography for my student thesis. When someone says "video essay" this video is synonymous with it in my mind.

@magicanteater38 4 года назад

13:00 that means that the black lotus could, in theory, be reprinted in a sliver bordered set.

@douglasgoodwon8227 4 года назад

gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=9764

@claudius_drusus_ 2 года назад

It'll eventually get reprinted lmfao. Money talks...sentimental bs walks

@mikezheng33 2 года назад

They kinda did with the collector's edition (a non legal print)

@creatingvideostobreakmyspe6049 2 года назад

@@claudius_drusus_ I hear it can be made into a token

@nuclearjello2243 2 года назад

If you mean a token given by another card and not a physical token card, it's kind of already happened (Garth One-Eye)

@fidly4 5 лет назад

Technically they just said they'd never print identical cards "in black or white border." So give us a red bordered black lotus!!!

@actualFix 5 лет назад

fidly4 Gold Borders are a thing they did Pls Wizards, bring back gold borders!

@Sir_Francis 5 лет назад

Now there's the loop hole we've been looking for! Love it!

@totallycarbon2106 5 лет назад

Pretty sure they also said that white and black borders are the only tournament legal ones. Printing the power nine in the next un set would be hilarious though. That and wizards could make official proxies, maybe using the black card backs they have in magic arena.

@jemmpolitics4627 5 лет назад

It'd be great for casual groups not playing at tournaments, that's for sure... (this is why EDH players proxy, to avoid the bullshit)

@joshuaking7470 5 лет назад

Just throw Black Lotus into MTG Arena for a week...people will spend so much money trying to get one or hoping to get lucky getting one where a wildcard would be.

@arilyell3757 2 года назад

the production quality of these videos is incredible, terrific content

@christopherkochis9011 2 года назад

when the homie's hands start shaking at pulling that alpha lotus, that just reminded me of the joy and thrill of the best card game ever.

@LonkinPork 5 лет назад

Some dude in a car group on Facebook made a post a while back about spray-painting his new rims and using his old MtG cards to protect his tires, and someone pointed out that in the picture he posted, plain as day, half-covered in black spray paint, was one of these bad boys.

@Ramsey276one 4 года назад

BLACKEST LOTUS XD

@TheEternalLightning 3 года назад

I Seriously Hope He Was Using A Fake...

@nobodieparticular5849 5 лет назад

hard to imagine, such a lovely flower inspiring such greed

@yesno4065 3 года назад

The irony

@Grooviebones Год назад

I occasionally come back to this video and a striking thought is prevalent every time I do... this is, quite possibly, one of the most memorable intros in any medium I've seen.

@fleshandbloodbrothers Год назад

Your editing, story telling and presentation are absolutely 10/10. I can't stop watching your videos! Goals!

@semperludens9241 5 лет назад

This video has been in my recommended list for a full month. I didn't bother watching it because of the title and the thumbnail. They gave me the feeling it was going to be either a ranting video, a booster opening or a clickbait repackaging of a viral lotus opening clip. I'm glad I eventually watched this video though. Never expected it to be a well researched documentary. Seeing a Scrye guide pop up and the old MTG index gave me goosebumps. Huge nostalgia hit for me. Thank you for the video.

@RhysticStudies 5 лет назад

thanks for giving it a shot. I'm glad it could deliver. cheers.

@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor 5 лет назад

Man if you're gonna bring up expensive YuGiOh cards, we may as well also bring up Tyler the Great Warrior. A one of a kind card designed by a cancer patient with the help of the Make a Wish Foundation after he was diagnosed with a very rare form of liver cancer. In fact, he still has the card and is alive today. Thanks to the help of a doctor who had dealt with the rare cancer before. Apparently he's been offered somewhere in the $10million for it. So damn, that's expensive.

@flaetsbnort 5 лет назад

Is it tournament legal?

@astralman 5 лет назад

I actually remember reading about that. Being tournament legal was part of the wish, however it wasn't exactly super competitive when it was printed and power creep hasn't done it any favors. yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Tyler_the_Great_Warrior

@dreadfirewyrm8337 5 лет назад

Theres a few cards similar in nature to this (although not part of Make a Wish) that were made in very small quantities for Magic as well. They are commemorative cards Richard Garfield had made for his marriages, and the births of his children. I don't think any of them have come up for sale and some we have never actually seen.

@astralman 5 лет назад

I've heard he actually printed multiple copies each to hand out to friends and family. For one-of-a-kind Magic card status that honor goes to"Shichifukujin Dragon " and "1996 World Champion"

@dreadfirewyrm8337 5 лет назад

@@astralman he did make multiples of those. I forgot about 96 world champion card. I heard that one has passed through a few hands over the years.

@pullingonthestrings 3 месяца назад

My uncle literally has 2 of these cards. About 10 years ago, his collection of over 7000 magic cards was reduced by about 2000 due to a flood in his basement where he kept them, luckily his black lotus' were protected in airtight sealed sleeves. He recently asked me how much they were worth, and when I looked at sold listing on ebay, I think I saw that they were selling for about $16k each. He said he'll just keep them as an investment for his grandkids.

@goth_casket 2 года назад

This is really good content. I just ran across your channel with this video as my first watch. I subscribed and will support. I love content like this. The editing is finessed. Good job. 👍

@golDroger88 5 лет назад

All I have to say is: collectability=/=rarity. The Reserved List was a mistake. An Alpha Birds of Paradise is obviously not the same as an 8th edition one, the Alpha Birds is not less collectible because there are other printings. Imagine if buying those base balls prevented everyone else from playing with a baseball and then defending that fact stating something like "you're not entitled to a right to play baseball, if you wanna play baseball then pay for this collectible item". Magic is a game.

@Arvaniz 5 лет назад

Yes!! Someone finally said it. Collectability should never stand in the way of playability. I'm sick and tired of everyone saying "If you can't pay Vintage/Legacy/Modern (or Magic in general), then don't play it."

@movezig5 5 лет назад

Here's hoping the counterfeiters force WotC to make the game for the players again and not the scalpers.

@evileyeball 5 лет назад

I believe some cards should be removed from the reserved list yes, Things like Narwhal, Fungal Bloom, Elvish Farmer, etc etc. Should we get rid of the whole thing? Maybe not? Should I be able to buy a decently priced Underground sea for my Dimir EDH deck, ABSOLUTELY!! Can I now? Absolutely not :(

@Lithl 5 лет назад

@@evileyeball Thunder Spirit is probably the card that most needs to come off the Reserved List. Specifically, because it's the perfect kind of card to print for Limited (1WW for a 2/2 flying first strike), and the Reserved List does not permit functional reprints.

@parker435 5 лет назад

I also want to watch rudy cry about it, and be able to find others to play legacy with.

@openboosters 5 лет назад

Wow!! that was an amazing video!! Holy busshsh! Well said and explained!

@implode3 5 лет назад

Do you like seeing your videos used?

@BrunoCasagrandaNeves 5 лет назад

@@implode3 does a scientist likes being cited? Does a writer like being referenced to? Does a composer likes to listen to interpretations of their songs? With all due respect, I believe that, considering a meaningful end/performance and the proper references, that's what all creators dream of.

@Armando-Rios 5 лет назад

@yugen 5 лет назад

Holy Bzschzch!

@andykapsar4667 4 года назад

the craziness!!

@Sam_on_YouTube 9 месяцев назад

At 6:12, that expensive land next to the FAR more expensive black lotus, was one of the two valuable cards I found in my old magic collection. I sold it for a few hundred dollars. My other valuable card is an Invoke Prejudice. That's much harder to sell though. No reputable dealer wants it and I don't really want to interact with people who do want it.

@ethanblack5642 3 года назад

I comment to help statistics I am posting this just after younintroduced the black lotus and I just want to say this was a great intro and a wonderful segway from sports(what most people are familiar with) to card collections to card games Keep up the wonderful writing!

@THEFRISKIESTDINGO 4 года назад

I didn't even have a deck of my own as a kid but I felt a rush of happiness for gloves man when he found the lotus. People who would make fun of that are boring. I think people who are into something enough to wear a mask and gloves while they open a box of cards are the most interesting people.

@giveittomebaybe5112 Год назад

That’s right

@poindextertunes 9 месяцев назад

i mean i havent the first clue what goes into a game of mtg but I think money is cool. and that guy could’ve potentially made a lot of it just by pulling a card 🤷‍♂️ i can appreciate that for sure

@KingslayerGames 5 лет назад

Appreciate the shoutout at 20:45 ! Sweet vid.

@RhysticStudies 5 лет назад

cheers guys! shoutout to my cousin Kyle Miller.

@harleyjenkins3414 5 лет назад

I thought the ink patterns were really interesting, woulld love to check out a few of my cards for fun.

@chatteringbone 7 месяцев назад

Watching this video 5 years later after it was uploaded. Excellent video quality, excellent history. Thank you for making this video!

@TheRazeryan 3 года назад

Great video, super informative, well researched, good references. Really appreciate the info

@MTGDeckmasters 4 года назад

The quality of this video is undeniably top notch. You make the best and most informative mtg videos on the internet and now I want a lotus!

@ShadowNyte96 4 года назад

This is the video that got me into playing Magic, I'll probably never own a legit Black Lotus, but I'm glad I tried the game out finally. So thanks for getting me interested enough to try it out!

@onogg 2 года назад

you will own one

@refriedrhys 2 года назад

@@onogg ok

@trexasaurus5322 Год назад

I watch this video occasionally, even 4 years later. Absolute masterpiece

@danceyrselfkleen 10 месяцев назад

Literally no point in doing that. It’s actually kind of weird.

@trexasaurus5322 10 месяцев назад

@@danceyrselfkleen so you’ve never watched the same movie twice? I find that hard to believe

@mildlyfrostedbegels Год назад

Hey yo, that was one of the best explanation video I ever watched. Congrats on your great work man

@nukie404 4 года назад

I remember seeing a rich kid in school with a lotus, during the 5th~6th edition era (almost 20 years ago!). Since we played in school, even though it was obviously banned, it saw a lot of play (inside a protector of course). Nice to see the lotus still holds a special place in Magic, and that bend test URGH.

@zeroeleven6551 5 лет назад

My biggest issue with the reserved list is how prohibitive it makes legacy. Great video though

@Flopsaurus Год назад

Fascinating look into the value of collectables, thanks for the video!

@indrafides2648 2 года назад

Watching this and seeing them print a legend that creates a token of black lotus is very interesting and another possible hole in the way the reserve list works. I feel that card was them testing the waters

@ZdsZodyrus 4 года назад

It's so difficult for me to explain to other people just how much I love my Pokemon card collection, and why I continue to collect them. I've been doing it for over 20 years, and I own over 10,000 cards, including massive amounts of rares. I am finally about to complete my "first release" collection, wherein I have a copy of every Pokemon from the first time it was printed into a card. And even when I finish it, I'm still gonna keep collecting. It's just a passion that stretches forever, and I don't think I'll ever stop

@Sweze 6 месяцев назад

reporter: "Man collecting pokemon cards for 10 years loses it in a tragic forestfire

@MR-zt1hh 5 лет назад

Your editing is top notch. interesting to see the history of a card i've heard so much (or so little?) about

@coiorr8370 Год назад

wow thank you i appreciated the tone and rhythm of your the story so adventure and curiosity like the price and story around things that can go up and i regret that i didn't buy at the time . i maybe had also just a quarter of the amount of money. i ristarted playing a few days ago. i still have some old card. i appreciated the end where you explained the amount of time it took to do it and who helped you. for all the good time I spent on this video I'm thankful. c.

@AstroTibs 9 месяцев назад

3:49 I love how you matched the background to the card. Nice work.

@TimmytheSorcerer 4 года назад

Yes, this vid is almost a year old and maybe I've already posted a comment, but I just wanted to say that I still watch it over and over again. Simply fantastic, thank you for making this! 👊

@--CHARLIE-- Год назад

I do the same thing lol.

@UltimateKyuubiFox 4 года назад

This was incredibly well produced. I did not think I’d watch the whole video when I clicked on it. But those first seven minutes were genius to get me invested. Great work.

@eeliot2961 3 года назад

This video got me back into magic. Thank you. Great video too

@sadfrog2575 3 года назад

I love the Reservoir dogs style introductions to the cards.

@PROTOTYPE131 5 лет назад

Never played MTG in my life, can't say I really care for it either. But I must say, this was one well put together video and I enjoyed it from beginning to end. Well done! *applause*

@tristanblackford7903 5 лет назад

Never played in your life and can't say you care for it? Makes a lot of sense..

@tristanblackford7903 5 лет назад

@No Fun Intended thanks I guess lol

@professorhojo7205 5 лет назад

@@tristanblackford7903 muppet

@agr0nianTV 4 года назад

Agreed

@bzgaming4274 5 лет назад

probably the best video i’ve ever seen. so well put together and really pulls you in while explaining everything in an interesting way. good job on that. can’t wait to see more videos like this in the future.

@jorgevespucci9878 3 года назад

My old roommate had full sets of both alpha and beta as well as multiple power nine sets both signed and unsigned. Insane amounts of dual lands as well, one hell of a collection now looking back on it.

@IAm-yg6ml Год назад

I was really wondering why'd you had gone to so much detail and lengths to give examples and instances of other objects like the black lotus in different forms. I thought that the initial expanation of an object having a seemingly high value compared to others like it was enough. But I completely 180-ed when you concluded with the "its just piece of cardboard, a shoe, a baseball, or a decorated paper". It truly rounded the video and set a mood that was instantly answered by the presentation of the origins of collecting, that it was less about the object itself but more about the story it tells. Love the video! I was initially expecting a video about a peculiar flower and something interesting about it, not Magic, and not at all collecting and the world of it. Truly great video, and I was well entertained!

@Raaanch 5 лет назад

I posted up with a fresh cup and just absorbed this entire video. Absolutely stunning work as always, Sam. A perfect video which narrates the iconic card. I consider myself extremely fortunate to have followed Zakeel and Openboosters when they got their lotus'. Amazing. Thank you.

@seronymus 5 лет назад

Thank you Sam, very cool!

@wherewolf0 5 лет назад

I am not a Patron of yours, I don't have a job as I have studies to focus on first, but I do very much appreciate and enjoy your content so let me offer these words to you - I have no interest in playing magic, but the talk of design and your passion has made me appreciate the flavour of cards despite not knowing exactly how they work. I hope that you can continue making these video essays - I think many people that have yet to come across your channel would greatly enjoy your work as well.