Let's Play The Booster Box Game For Thunder Junction!

Let's Play The Booster Box Game For Thunder Junction! | Magic: The Gathering

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@TolarianCommunityCollege 10 днів тому

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@KamelotFan17 10 днів тому

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@davidhowell1415 10 днів тому

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@vctrsigma 10 днів тому

I keep feeling sad at how 90% of the box value comes down to 3 or 4 lucky chase cards instead of spread across a bunch of $5+ cards. It's like wotc has been trying to make boosters more like gambling over time with maybe 10% of packs being worth anything.

@dantehensley6799 10 днів тому

Buy singles?

@bpchongo-.- 10 днів тому

Yeah bro I haven’t broke even on a booster box /:

@lVideoWatcherl 10 днів тому

Or maybe cardboard just shouldn't be this expensive in the first place.

@OgreSayrone 10 днів тому

Compared to yugioh, magic is a blast to open.

@lestertjester4140 10 днів тому

WotC doesn’t decide what the value of cards are. That’s entirely the secondary market.

@snarferyasmr3739 10 днів тому

They should have brought back "Horsemanship" for this set 😂

@dicechronicles6964 9 днів тому

My goodness that is a great idea. Missed opportunity

@titheproven954 7 днів тому

Damn, now I am disappointed

@TheGeth18 10 днів тому

I love how Prof is slowly losing his mind over the various videos, slowly transitioning from Markov Manor to "Markov's" of Thunder Junction.

@KamenRiderCorn 10 днів тому

For what it's worth I think MKM's price drop isn't just "The new set is here" and more "The new set is here and also this set was selling poorly"

@ryanbarham8464 10 днів тому

I mean, are there even any chase cards in MKM? I can't think of any... maybe one or two of the Cases?

@KamenRiderCorn 10 днів тому

@@ryanbarham8464 Delney and Mole God come to mind, but there's definitely a lot less to hunt for

@pneuma08 10 днів тому

@@KamenRiderCorn Vein Ripper made a big splash in Pioneer so is the most expensive. The surveil lands, Archdruid's charm, new Massacre Girl, Warleader's Call, Leyline are all good value.

@jojobetzler3732 10 днів тому

@@pneuma08 Sounds like DMU and we´ve seen where the DMU single and box prices landed. I think i should buy some Vein Rippers before he hits 80 Euro.

@gladiatordragon9219 9 днів тому

@@ryanbarham8464 Somewhat expectedly, the chase cards are... the ones that don't bother with any of the set's gimmickry. Vein Ripper is the biggest one, sitting around $25, but, listing all standard treatment cards above $5: You have Delney, Streetwise Lookout, Undercity Sewers, Leyline of the Guildpact (likely for its applications with Scion of Draco), the new Massacre Girl, Warleader's Call, Underground Mortuary, Archdruid's Charm, Meticulous Archive, Anzrag, Hedge Maze, the new Rakdos, and Shadowy Backstreet. The most expensive cards that actually are linked into the set's explicit mechanics are Forensic Gadgeteer and Cryptic Coat. Both have applications outside of those mechanics. The big issue with MKM is that the lower power level is simply a result of just... not really having great mechanics. Like, "Collect Evidence" doesn't have much synergy with anything, Clues are somewhat established but still quite niche, Cloak and Disguise are generally inefficient, and Suspect is just weird. The set exists as almost a mechanical island.

@KnightWhoSaysNopeAvi 10 днів тому

Love that they're even embracing the trolling/gaffs in post (Murders of Thunder Junction).

@FanOfMostEverything 10 днів тому

Truly the best set since Outlaws of Markov Manor.

@Awes0m3n3s5 9 днів тому

@@FanOfMostEverything Im still waiting for the Fallout from that set's lore!

@enternamehere5498 9 днів тому

The real booster here was the serotonin we made along the way. (For real, thanks for being out gambling proxy)

@BapuanFun 10 днів тому

Hasbro - "I'm going to make everything premium! So everyone gets premium! And when everything is premium... nothing will be."

@TostonDePana 10 днів тому

If only it were. But the card quality has gone down depending on which continent it's printed on. It's maddening. If you get sealed produced anywhere in the Americas you're going to have a bad time.

@krisdaschwab912 10 днів тому

Reminds me of Nathan Explosion from Metalocalypse when he declares that they will make everything metal - blacker than the blackest black, times infinity. They were writing a coffee commercial jingle xD

@occheatsoft 10 днів тому

i really like when there’s commentary on these instead of just music

@zealouslyonpsychedelics 9 днів тому

Yeah but what are you going to say? Oh my another dud!

@Awes0m3n3s5 9 днів тому

It's nice, but thats waaaay more editing hours for prof & co

@occheatsoft 9 днів тому

@@Awes0m3n3s5 is it? when he just has to sit there talking with very minimal editing if it all xD

@TheAustin09 8 днів тому

@@occheatsoftthere’s lots of sped up moments and having to make sure audio is clear is a lot of work especially over and hour video

@AdaWongMistress 10 днів тому

Boxes like the last one are the reason i stopped gambling with boxes in Strixhaven and never got back to it

@thatepicwizardguy 10 днів тому

yup. when sets are topheavy in value they're actually pretty awful to buy boxes of. problem is a lot of the time those ARE the cards you want lol so pay 100-140 to maybe get that card and a ton others? or pay 20-100 to definitely get 1 card?... this is especially painful when you have cards like sheoldred the apocalypse in a set -.- brutal. I just avoid buying anything generally until somethings been reprinted into the ground or prices tank for whatever reason

@beerman2000 10 днів тому

Set boosters were $130. Draft boosters were $110. Set boosters cost more because they had the potential for more cards in the rare/mythic rarities. WotC smashed those together, raising the value in relation to draft boosters, but lowering it compared to set boosters..... and started charging $10 MORE for it....

@brianhawkins8397 10 днів тому

I got so excited when you said an OTJ box was $95 and now I’m devastated 😭

@Greg501- 9 днів тому

Just wait until MH3 when everything else won't be selling for high prices

@camoyuki 10 днів тому

I didn't realize Simulacrum Synthesizer was worth so much 0.0' I pulled one in my prerelease packs, but just put it in a box because I don't have a blue artifact deck. I just found it and put it in a sleeve

@eddy_kro423 10 днів тому

Same here, pulled it and thought without artifact deck this ist pretty meh, go into a binder :D

@udntwnna 10 днів тому

I pulled 2 and somehow missed the value thanks prof

@Llithiss 10 днів тому

I pulled one in my pre release kit and after winning some games with it in my deck for the event, I threw it in my liberty prime deck.

@TheJustDoIt33 10 днів тому

It's going to the moon because of a weird combination of speculation and a legacy/vintage tournament results lol.

@Dalex0592 9 днів тому

to be fair on prerelease night, it was less than $10

@Arastelion 9 днів тому

Prof's LGS is never gonna run out of business with such a patron!

@Awes0m3n3s5 9 днів тому

Do you know what lgs he goes to?

@JChalant 10 днів тому

A pleasure to see another episode of of 'buy the singles" :)

@happybrain2674 9 днів тому

wizzards: we need something new and inovative! an employee: how bout alot of set symbols for ONE set? wizzards: thats great! btw your fired.

@brendans1983 10 днів тому

The normal border, basic lands in this set actually have really nice art. I didn't think I liked them at first, but now I do 😂

@STS-qi1qy 10 днів тому

The multiple bonus sheets definitely help make it easier to 'win' the booster box game given how they pump up the rarity of cards even further. A pain for folks trying to get their hands on a set of Card X but better than normal sets on the chance of hitting a few bombs in a box.

@olsongc8422 10 днів тому

Friends: Why did you open so many packs!? Inner 8 year old me: Cowboye?

@heliobarbosa3525 10 днів тому

They really outdone themselves on OTJ. You open packs called outlaws of thunder junction, you hope to pull cards from one of the mini sets baked into it instead of OTJ cards 😂

@Palasdin 10 днів тому

That foil full art concealed courtyard goes pretty hard Professor. Would love to see your signature on it. 🥺

@Did_No_Wrong 10 днів тому

NGL I kinda cheered when the price total finally made it to above $140 on your pack open. Don't know why.

@BSengen 10 днів тому

Just had this thought and this is the best place to write it. To those of you complaining about legendary creatures in cowboy hats, think about them as tourists. When you go somewhere cool, you buy something that you can take back home with you. If you’re visiting thunder junction, why not take home a cowboy hat! It reminds you of the time you spent there. Anyway here’s wonderwhal

@hankhill5616 10 днів тому

Was wondering why there wasn't a hat equipment like detective hat for this set lol. We only got gold pan instead...

@alymckenna5050 10 днів тому

Or like a spurs equipment, it could let a creature saddle for a bigger number haha

@Jenterelle 9 днів тому

I genuinely love hearing the prof just talk. please more of just prof talking while he opens packs.

@Cleansweep38 10 днів тому

OMG! This is the first one of these videos, that I’ve seen, where you not only succeeded at winning once, but twice! Incredible! Well Done!

@admiralsky56 10 днів тому

Thank you for this booster box game! I love this set so this is a nice way to feel like I'm opening boxes without the financial cost. Here's to hoping OTJ falls to $90 too

@brianhawkins8397 10 днів тому

Prof continuing to troll WotC with “Markov Manor” well after the moment has passed is so savage

@musashibriem1352 10 днів тому

Imagining how this would’ve gone if the from the vault cards were their own aftermath set 😅

@gotic1926 9 днів тому

Idk why, but when I see Tinybones, for some reason I see him running through a mineshaft instead of over a piano.

@austingreen4775 10 днів тому

This is just the thing to listen to as I work and wait for the Behind the Campus video!

@malachifreedman3975 10 днів тому

In a prize pack for my prerelease I opened a Simulacrum Synthesizer and a Mindbreak Trap. That was pretty cool!

@trident042 5 днів тому

Future Cha Cha is such a bop it always helps me enjoy jamming out to the booster box game. Thanks for still doing these, Prof!

@Malacus9000 10 днів тому

Just opened a Bundle, pulled Mana Drain and Simulacrum Synthesizer. I was happy :)

@TheManaForge 10 днів тому

I loved this set, I always find I get crazy pulls from bundles rather than booster boxes 😂

@oceanallama 9 днів тому

I got a full art Jace Reawakened form my first pack (not even a box, just one of two that I bought from my LGS for fun), I was so hyped it was sick

@user-sp4df3sl6q 6 днів тому

Thank you so much for this informative video. You explained so well and I am no longer confused.

@hollowknight4630 10 днів тому

Makes me realize how lucky I got with my prerelease bundle having a terror of the peaks as my stamped and getting a wanted poster variant of Vraska

@calvinmobley9628 10 днів тому

Just opened a bundle box like an hour before this video was released. Got myself a simulacrum synthesizer and the new Jace. Pretty good bundle box all around.

@AdrianoDonizetiJr 10 днів тому

Good luck on the booster box game!

@machdude3366 10 днів тому

I'mma definitely say that despite the hit rates, my experiences here were pretty lackluster. Fun set, but I was somehow hitting higher on MKM than this.

@thatepicwizardguy 10 днів тому

they have similar value distributions weirdly enough

@OvAeons 9 днів тому

42:18 That is totally a song you would hear in a zorno XD

@bryceduyvewaardt8136 2 дні тому

Nice music choices in this episode and great work as usual

@devinahfong1933 10 днів тому

Hell yeah, he did this on the birthday! And it's for one of my favorite sets!

@Justin-id3km 10 днів тому

Box 3 is usually how my box breaks go, which is why I don’t buy boxes anymore. I’ll grab a few packs to have fun opening, but then it’s singles for me after that.

@ironpalmmonk1199 10 днів тому

With the change to play boosters which are just draft boosters, it just doesn’t make sense to buy them if you want to crack packs. You are going negative than you would the old set boosters. These are just upcharged draft boosters. Buy the cheaper bundle if you want to open for fun but I’d honestly just stay away from these unless you plan to draft. In which case they’re pretty fun.

@TheCrustiCroc 10 днів тому

Please prof, we love hearing you talk during the unboxing. Way bettter (and probably way more effort) than just music. It's funny hearing you guess and tell stories.

@corykeaton3126 10 днів тому

Oh boy, love me some Booster Box game!

@dragonofthesky9999 10 днів тому

honestly astonished that you made it pass box 1.

@Beckola44 8 днів тому

Thank you for the video Professor.

@Nameless.Friend 10 днів тому

Is it me or these are not Professors' hands that were opening boosters in this video? I don't know, maybe I'm tired or something...

@HJOTech 10 днів тому

I'm so excited for the Dandan SUP!!

@germanyjones2700 17 годин тому

Murders at Thunder junction was so fuggin clever lol almost spit out my coffee

@Durbikins 10 днів тому

Tinybones right in the first pack, nice lol edit: TWO OF THEM?!

@riddlermangaming3533 9 днів тому

This is great! Means more of the cards are affordable

@Phe0nix1986 10 днів тому

Thanks!

@cesarromeroalbertos3839 9 днів тому

It's been some time since the last time we saw so many boxes opened

@shinryoku33 10 днів тому

Wish that was the price to get a booster box here in Mexico, here it sells for about $160 to $200 dollars

@lvcsslacker 9 днів тому

this set looks like so much fun!

@Kristallini 9 днів тому

Somehow the Big Score cards overshadow the set quite a bit, and the bonus sheet actually designed for the set (i.e. the Crime Newspaper cards) fall so short of expectations, I only had underwhelming stuff in my box (the Mythic Newspaper cards are really rare, and only a few of them are worth anything), while the Big Score cards make a big splash in Standard and other formats (the Synthesiser made it into Legacy, which explains the hefty price). But for drafting, the set is fantastic, much faster and more agile than Markov Manor, the mechanics mesh well, the bombs can really shine

@ana-alyciajuarez5958 9 днів тому

I’ve had a lot of fun at prerelease and draft with this set. It’s definitely given me a better appreciation for the set.

@josephkim3542 10 днів тому

After watching this video... I'm so happy my box was so good lol

@donladplaysgames4036 6 днів тому

5:34 is a new song in the playlist, I love it

@miiryks97 10 днів тому

Im still surprised how much I like the set, I didnt when it was originally announced. And I still feel all cards over 1, something should count towards the score, they do add up.

@Realletsplaygrey 9 днів тому

Love you professor!

@insainraven9875 10 днів тому

I cannot even remember the last time the booster box game had a legitimate “win”

@MasterFallenHero 8 днів тому

My favorite part about opera is how I used them nonstop in the mid 00s and they had a boost feature than made pages load fast. And its nice to see that company has kept the same feature spiritually alive by boosting profits with predatory loans to third world nations. Gross sponsor.

@Mr.YExplains 10 днів тому

thanks again

@MrCrimAngel 10 днів тому

i buy a couple packs every week from my LGS, but my LGS had crazy markups and doesnt discount anything ever. Like a box of thunder junction is 160$

@christopherellis409 10 днів тому

Murders at Thunder Junction: Wild Caverns of Markov Manor

@Casual_BackPacking 5 днів тому

The boxes seem like good value

@MegaMinecrafteFan 10 днів тому

This is the first set in a while i actually thought would get past 1 box

@Flip4Crypt 10 днів тому

What's the song that plays through 11:00??? Thanks for always putting content out prof!

@yukimonski 10 днів тому

Got signed arcane signet🎉🎉

@TheLetsPlayWG 9 днів тому

Professor, we need those academic deckboxes in Germany! No stores are selling them and i‘m going crazy because i missed the kickstarter and want one 🤯

@KojhiWinters 10 днів тому

Man, I'd Pay for a signed Fling

@davidhowell1415 10 днів тому

18:14 wow I figured this card would be worth way more I guess standard hasn’t found it yet. I’m running it hard on arena in an izzit deck

@michaelmueller5211 3 дні тому

the burn lands are cool

@anthonycatania5613 10 днів тому

i will say the only packs i bought were in a 9 pack bundle... my first pull was also tiny bones :/ so i think i got about 40$+ worth of value after the other packs out of the 40$ bundle.

@mateus5875 9 днів тому

He's laughing. A draf- play booster box's costing $140 and he's laughing.

@Gardureth 9 днів тому

What would be a great boosterbox to buy, to have a MtG Draft night? Is a Jumpstart better then a draft box?

@Clericoftheravenqueen 9 днів тому

Me and a couple buddy’s each bought a box and pulled great stuff normally when we get a box from a new set it’s pretty average we barely brake even but with outlaws we made out like bandits. Playboosters good?

@madadardeb5580 10 днів тому

Hit a sword of wealth and power along with the mystic stoneforge in mine, both oko's and mindbreak trap, but missed every card i wanted 😢

@derianardor 8 днів тому

Lol I also got tiny bones on my first play booster. Honestly I'm surprised the luck I had with my first 5 packs

@LincolnOsirisnumba1 10 днів тому

Birthday in 4 days, bought a box for fun and ended up pulling simulacrum synthesizer 🎉

@senkrad5 10 днів тому

Wow I cant wait to newest set of Magic and hope I pull a card thats been printed years ago so I can make my money back

@levirynearson5800 10 днів тому

Not done with the video, but its Simulacrum or bust in this set. Even Tinybones is dipping, which is great, bought all the singles I wanted. Now to just wait for Simulacrum to drop...in three years...

@TheMaxximusGamer 9 днів тому

where do you sell the cards for a new box?, is it always for the price shown that you sell them?

@DarkDiamondInc 10 днів тому

packs are 5.99+tax, 5.99 x 36 packs=215.64. now, i know math may not be your specialty, but $140 is about.... $75 cheaper than buying those packs individually.

@nicholasworsham7187 10 днів тому

Why would you buy them individually?

@DarkDiamondInc 10 днів тому

@@nicholasworsham7187 well i mean, the professor was complaining about the price of a booster box. the primary point of comparison would be the price of an individual booster pack.

@julienmarocco 10 днів тому

@@DarkDiamondInc not at all, it's always been like that and that's the very point of buying a box ; like going to the bakery, I've never seen offers to buy 3/5 croissants for more expensive than if buying them individually, it would make zero sense

@DarkDiamondInc 10 днів тому

@@julienmarocco obviously? are you somehow not understanding the fact that the point of my post is questioning the professor complaining about the completely reasonable price of a booster box?

@newdonkshitty 10 днів тому

damn it's crazy that you just figured out what bulk purchasing means. it's even crazier that you're comparing two products prices even though they're made and have their prices controlled by the same company. it's even more crazy that you're taking an offhanded comment about how the supply and demand of these boxes have cost their prices to spike up and decided to compare that price to the historically much more consistent single booster pack instead of the prices of sets before MTG started doubling down on chase cards

@ArchetypeGotoh 10 днів тому

Say, Prof, what are the bottom cards of the pack? You started the first 6 or so (before i stopped counting) by revealing them all until it looked like there were three cards left, and then sweep away the pile. Now granted, they’re probably not going to be mythics as the last card, but they just ads or could there be more commons in those slots?

@VultureXV 8 днів тому

Absolute fire or dud. Once again, do you want a _chance_ at fire or do you want to take what you would have spent on a box for a _guarantee_ of stuff you actually _want._ Or spend a quarter of it on prox

@cloakdargaming4208 9 днів тому

Can you do a review on the upcoming card game "wonders of the first" coming to Kickstarter soon im curious what you think of it and if its worth buying

@Its-Lulu 10 днів тому

Morning to all my fellow players!!!

@Cleansweep38 10 днів тому

Are you going to do a 3rd season shuffle up and play kickstarter?

@ttoaks 10 днів тому

Dang my luck is bad, you seem to be quite lucky on this game! My 2 boxes were worse than your last!

@archster4 9 днів тому

Hey Prof, are you going to use that Obeka?😆

@johnconderjr.3241 10 днів тому

Hey Prof got a question about wording on some cards. My question is does the wording " damage to a player" mean that if I attack two opponents and hit with both, that it triggers twice?

@stratavosstuff7575 10 днів тому

"Each time a player would be damaged" is another way to read that

@waterlmao 10 днів тому

so no, since damage occurs simultaneously