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

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@TolarianCommunityCollege 3 ай бұрын

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@KamelotFan17 3 ай бұрын

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@davidhowell1415 3 ай бұрын

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@KnightWhoSaysNopeAvi 3 ай бұрын

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

@FanOfMostEverything 3 ай бұрын

Truly the best set since Outlaws of Markov Manor.

@Awes0m3n3s5 3 ай бұрын

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

@TheGeth18 3 ай бұрын

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

@snarferyasmr3739 3 ай бұрын

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

@dicechronicles6964 3 ай бұрын

My goodness that is a great idea. Missed opportunity

@titheproven954 3 ай бұрын

Damn, now I am disappointed

@dunefox8 3 ай бұрын

That's what I've been saying

@vctrsigma 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

Buy singles?

@bpchongo-.- 3 ай бұрын

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

@lVideoWatcherl 3 ай бұрын

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

@OgreSayrone 3 ай бұрын

Compared to yugioh, magic is a blast to open.

@lestertjester4140 3 ай бұрын

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

@occheatsoft 3 ай бұрын

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

@zealouslyonpsychedelics 3 ай бұрын

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

@Awes0m3n3s5 3 ай бұрын

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

@occheatsoft 3 ай бұрын

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

@TheAustin09 3 ай бұрын

@@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

@KamenRiderCorn 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

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

@KamenRiderCorn 3 ай бұрын

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

@pneuma08 3 ай бұрын

@@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 3 ай бұрын

@@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 3 ай бұрын

@@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.

@enternamehere5498 3 ай бұрын

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

@BapuanFun 3 ай бұрын

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

@TostonDePana 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

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

@brendans1983 3 ай бұрын

@@krisdaschwab912 DO YOU FOLKS LIKE COFFEE?

@camoyuki 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

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

@udntwnna 3 ай бұрын

I pulled 2 and somehow missed the value thanks prof

@Llithiss 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

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

@Dalex0592 3 ай бұрын

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

@brianhawkins8397 3 ай бұрын

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

@Greg501- 3 ай бұрын

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

@olsongc8422 3 ай бұрын

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

@Arastelion 3 ай бұрын

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

@Awes0m3n3s5 3 ай бұрын

Do you know what lgs he goes to?

@brendans1983 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

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.

@happybrain2674 3 ай бұрын

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

@JChalant 3 ай бұрын

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

@heliobarbosa3525 3 ай бұрын

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 😂

@beerman2000 3 ай бұрын

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....

@Jenterelle 3 ай бұрын

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

@Palasdin 3 ай бұрын

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

@Cleansweep38 3 ай бұрын

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!

@Did_No_Wrong 3 ай бұрын

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

@OvAeons 3 ай бұрын

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

@Malacus9000 3 ай бұрын

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

@TheCrustiCroc 3 ай бұрын

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.

@BSengen 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

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

@alymckenna5050 3 ай бұрын

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

@brianhawkins8397 3 ай бұрын

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

@dragonofthesky9999 3 ай бұрын

honestly astonished that you made it pass box 1.

@hollowknight4630 3 ай бұрын

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

@musashibriem1352 3 ай бұрын

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

@malachifreedman3975 3 ай бұрын

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

@gotic1926 3 ай бұрын

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

@germanyjones2700 3 ай бұрын

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

@donladplaysgames4036 3 ай бұрын

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

@calvinmobley9628 3 ай бұрын

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.

@admiralsky56 3 ай бұрын

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

@Augrills Ай бұрын

I even bought one of these boxes at 144, but I hope the price drops for you cause this set is my favorite too and just fun to play! I won’t sell these cards anyway. I’d just order another one if the price dropped lol

@AllTheNerdThings 3 ай бұрын

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

@trident042 3 ай бұрын

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!

@Justin-id3km 3 ай бұрын

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.

@alphy9314 3 ай бұрын

I am not trying to sound rude, but I really like to watch these videos to fall asleep. They are so relaxing to watch after a rough day, with the calm music and the occasional cash register sound.😅

@cesarromeroalbertos3839 3 ай бұрын

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

@oceanallama 3 ай бұрын

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

@austingreen4775 3 ай бұрын

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

@davidhowell1415 3 ай бұрын

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

@AdaWongMistress 3 ай бұрын

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

@thatepicwizardguy 3 ай бұрын

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

@MasterFallenHero 3 ай бұрын

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.

@Nameless.Friend 3 ай бұрын

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...

@AdrianoDonizetiJr 3 ай бұрын

Good luck on the booster box game!

@machdude3366 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

they have similar value distributions weirdly enough

@Durbikins 3 ай бұрын

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

@bryceduyvewaardt8136 3 ай бұрын

Nice music choices in this episode and great work as usual

@devinahfong1933 3 ай бұрын

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

@shinryoku33 3 ай бұрын

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

@HJOTech 3 ай бұрын

I'm so excited for the Dandan SUP!!

@Innate47i1 3 ай бұрын

Soundtracks were 🔥

@ironpalmmonk1199 3 ай бұрын

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.

@miiryks97 3 ай бұрын

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.

@insainraven9875 3 ай бұрын

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

@christopherellis409 3 ай бұрын

Murders at Thunder Junction: Wild Caverns of Markov Manor

@josephkim3542 3 ай бұрын

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

@corykeaton3126 3 ай бұрын

Oh boy, love me some Booster Box game!

@mateus5875 3 ай бұрын

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

@KojhiWinters 3 ай бұрын

Man, I'd Pay for a signed Fling

@Kristallini 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

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.

@MrCrimAngel 3 ай бұрын

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$

@riddlermangaming3533 3 ай бұрын

This is great! Means more of the cards are affordable

@IAmUser420LV 3 ай бұрын

Aren't we all glad the ceo finally stepped down

@krisdaschwab912 3 ай бұрын

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." -The Who, Won't Get Fooled Again

@matthewsawczyn6592 3 ай бұрын

Murders of My Bank Account, my favorite set

@OvAeons 3 ай бұрын

I don't think i ever thought path to exile would have a bulk version.

@Vokda77 3 ай бұрын

Bonny Pal should be worth at least $5 lol

@zealouslyonpsychedelics 3 ай бұрын

Are you complaining about low costs!?

@Vokda77 3 ай бұрын

@@zealouslyonpsychedelics it’s the most powerful card in the set, it should be worth more. In fact I’m going to go pick up 10 play sets right now for $10 lol.

@Beckola44 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video Professor.

@TheLetsPlayWG 3 ай бұрын

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 🤯

@ttoaks 3 ай бұрын

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

@Casual_BackPacking 3 ай бұрын

The boxes seem like good value

@tylerwolf42 3 ай бұрын

Goldvein Hydra is such cheesy fun.

@ArchetypeGotoh 3 ай бұрын

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?

@DarkDiamondInc 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

Why would you buy them individually?

@DarkDiamondInc 3 ай бұрын

@@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 3 ай бұрын

@@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 3 ай бұрын

@@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 3 ай бұрын

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

@archster4 3 ай бұрын

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

@lvcsslacker 3 ай бұрын

this set looks like so much fun!

@michaelmueller5211 3 ай бұрын

the burn lands are cool

@thundahorseful 3 ай бұрын

Can someone explain why they added Booster Fun to packs and then put the rares in front so that opening boosters is done being fun after the first 4 cards?

@MasonzeroDigitalWorks 3 ай бұрын

Usually that is because the packs are Japanese. Packs printed in Japan are collated backwards. I do not know why, and I do not know why WOTC can't make them do it the same as other packs.

@derianardor 3 ай бұрын

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

@js0nkn0ws 3 ай бұрын

Instead of seeing the highest card price per each booster opened, it would be cool to see other high value cards to see something different

@MegaMinecrafteFan 3 ай бұрын

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

@yukimonski 3 ай бұрын

Got signed arcane signet🎉🎉

@mtgunveiled874 3 ай бұрын

Return to Murders at Thunder Junctionadesh

@mori4671 3 ай бұрын

Prof opens 2 boxes, finds the mana drain, I open 4 and still haven't seen it, I have given up and am gonna have to find a single for it

@senkrad5 3 ай бұрын

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

@Thomas-vn6cr 3 ай бұрын

Been watching some of your older "story time" videos. About your past and experiences. I have a lot to learn from you.

@Its-Lulu 3 ай бұрын

Morning to all my fellow players!!!

@johnconderjr.3241 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

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

@waterlmao 3 ай бұрын

so no, since damage occurs simultaneously