Man he even added music in the video. Rudy is going Hollywood on us fast. Soon he will be talking about Del Taco instead of Taco Bell. This is the darkest timeline.

A trip down memory lane sigh just when you thought the knee and back pain were enough to remind you your getting old, Rudy opens a box of a magic set that was not just 8.95 but also you remember getting on your bike at 13-14 to ride to the comic store to buy a Starter deck and that lasted you a month of playing at the kitchen table with your friends.

Damn, I never thought I would get this nostalgic when watching someone open up my childhood. Granted, I only had one starter pack, not a full box, but that was my first MtG experience.

This is one of your videos that I've probably watched ten times. Such a great trip to memory lane. i remember buying these starter decks just for the lands 😍

I remember opening two mirage boxes when I was a kid with my brother. Reason I was able to get back to magic was because I still had two LED and was shocked at the price so I sold them along with a moderately played Bazaar of Baghdad.

Strange to see hype for this video. Back in the day Mirage was thought of as a pretty weak set. But apparently I'm sitting on a gold mine of land cards.

*Has a multiple couple thousand dollar cards *pulls a .99 hammer of bogardan WE JUST HIT IT BIG BOYS

i remember, back in the day i was a 7 yo lil girl playing magic for the first time (my brother went with me and bought me one of those mirage starters) when i pulled a hammer of bogardan out everyone went nuts and i was like wtf... i have no idea what is happening haha :'D such good old times

Glad to see MTG Unsealed getting recognized. Dude makes some good vids.

This is easily one of my favorite magic expansions ever. So many memories. The best commons are Ritual, Incinerate, Drain Life and Wall of Roots

So many mirage boxes in one room. It's like they all came back from a 20 year war and are telling tales of their fight against the floppy tacos.

Remember when mana burn was a thing? I remember

Freaking Amazing! So fun to watch! That was a lot starters to open!!! Amazingness!!!

Such a pretty set. I loved it back then. I am definitely going to collect it some day but I’ll probably have to buy every card anew because I don’t think I used sleeves back then, and I certainly wasn’t careful with all the commons.

Man this was awesome. We used to have a baseball card shop in the strip center in front of my neighborhood growing up. My friend and I would ride our bikes up there in 5th grade when we started playing to buy what little magic they had. Mirage was the set out when we started playing.

Started playing in this expansion and bought many starter boxes. Got 2 lion's eye and still have 1 today.

I was worried the Lion's Eye Diamonds that I bought were fake because they didn't seem to have the right feel to them, but I compared them to a bunch of Mirage basic lands I had and Mirage cards have that strange grit feel, not so glossy, like you were pointing out at about the 5:30 mark. Such a great vid Rudy, thanks!

My first purchase was a mirage deck "back in the day", thank u for that! Nice memories.

All I could think of watching the intro was, "Wow, I wonder how many Lion's Eye Diamonds that is."

anyone remember how cool it was to sac urborg panther, feral shadow, and breathstealer to put spirit of the night into play? BOOM spirit of the night!

my first starter back in the day. Love that box art

You know someone makes good content when you are playing edh with people and you have this playing in the background so you have something to watch in between turns.

Ive known about the mirage lands for a long time now. I use them in pre-release and draft as my pre-sleeved lands. Love that old artwork on basic lands.

WHOA! The intro gave me goose bumps - it's used in a podcast I listen to called the ''Murder pod''.

this set has my favorite art brings me back #feelsgoodman

Ice-Age Starter box was my first taste of Magic the Gathering, bought the starter box, out of cariousity to see what was inside and read the rule book on how the game was played. I havent bought or played MTG since, until Mirage came out, I bought a starter box and from there and became a minor collector buying starter boxes and boosters from time to time, when other Series came out, for a couple of years and playing with high school friends. .... ahh, memories.

First ever magic card i saw was bay falcon from Mirage. love the basic lands in this set!

Thanks Rudy, finally a video i can say i own all the cards. So satisfying i remember my 1st vooster box in early 1997. Cost 130$ canadian monopoly dollars. Enough to get tacos for the family for 1 entire meal.

Hammer of Bogardan was used in like 2 or 3 of the top 8 decks of the Type II portion during the 97 worlds

Am I the only one who gets an adrenaline rush during these videos?? Every time Rudy is like alright last pack, shit gets real. Mt. Everest falls over. Russia explodes. Everyone's taco starts flopping. I change my clothes.... like Jesus.

Hosetown bus is here for mtg unsealed

"Awww man, the BLOOM?!" spoken like a man who never wheeled and dealed to get his own ProsBloom deck going :D

Love Mirage lands, especially the swamps and mountains. That sunset mountain is just gorgeous.

Its just a mirage! Rudy's everywhere are wonderstruck in awe

Wow man, Mirage lands art is stunning 😍🤩

so much nostalgia, i still have some of these cards.

Best opener to date. Always loved how you do single takes! The music though... great addition...

"Time passes, people move... Like a river's flow, it never ends. A childish mind will turn to noble ambition. Young love will become deep affection. The clear water's surface reflects growth." -Sheik, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

I remember pulling Lion's Eye Diamond during a Mirage Release Event here in the UK; it was so terrible then. But quite happy to have kept it pristine when I sold it 10 years later :)

Mirage sealed was the first MTG tournament I ever won. Still have my spirit of the night and lions eye diamond :)

I use to run griffin deck. I top 2 a big tourny with it in m/v/w block. Wildfire emmissary kicked my ass unfortunatly. Helm of awakening made em cheaper and they sac to counter or destroy red and black spells/creatures and they bring griffins back to your hand. With swords and disenchant it was unstoppable! I used that blessing card too. Saved me a few times

Mirage basic lands is love!

That land cycle, Flood Plain and Bad River etc, are the original Fetches, the downside being they come in tapped, which is why they arent more expensive. But they have been holding that little bit of value because of Commander players.

We are still here Rudy. Staying the course!

Man, this is awesome! I love those lands, may need to buy a couple of these packs...

I LOVE the smell of Mirage! Opened enough back then to end up with 3 Lions Eye Diamonds. Favorite set for the vivid COLORS!

That pacifism art plus flavor text is one of my all time favorites.

I remember Mirage was released. I loved playing with the blue djinns.

Anyone knows the intro song ? I have heard it a lot, but don't remember the title/band..

I remember opening my mirage starter when it came out. Probably because I got the best card at the time, hammer of bogardan.

Awesome intro music. What kind of music do you listen to Rudy?

this was fun, your right! but more greed monster though rudy, we miss that guy. he makes my day

Cadaverous Bloom, Natural Balance, Squandered Resources, Infernal Contract, Prosperity... yadda, yadda, yadda. Absolutely loved Mirage and Visions.

I loved those style starter decks. I always saved my money for those vs packs. My friends were oppisite and went for packs. WoTC should bring those back. Good way for them to make more $ off another product per set. Id buy them

Mirage, my favorite! Lion’s Eye Diamond!

At 24:33 there is a jump in the image that would suggest editing

Lion's Eye Diamond: $8.00. Well fuck me in the ass. P.S. MTG Unsealed - great channel!

Mirage is the first set I started with. Who would have thought that the crap card Lion's Eye Diamond was going to be worth sooo much?

Some of my 1st purchases of magic cards in 99/2000 were tempest and legacy tourney packs. Last one I got was kamigawa I think? tourney packs w/2 boosters were used for the occasional sealed tournament at the lgs I used to go to, a lot more fun than getting wrecked by people playing fruity pebbles, red deck wins, and all sorts of other old ass staple archetypes.

Mirage basics are just sooo beautiful...

Never clicked off pornhub so fast love the vid Rudy! But I'm serious af about pornhub

I would have loved to open this back in 1996 I even owned the inquest you where using.

Hey that bloom and the soothsayer you shot by were tournament monsters

I loved this set! Sacred Mesa was my pride and joy.

These video intros are getting amazing fast!

Maybe my favourite version of Dark Ritual

Pretty sure I had that issue of Inquest. I love videos like this.

Man that was... sort a crap shoot! I used to have most of those cards before my collection got stolen... I guess I must have bought a couple of those starters, because I don't remember cracking packs of mirage. I totally agree with you about how the texture of mirage is... they felt like grainy and matte.

I miss those deck packs.

I vividly recall the Mirage cards had a very unique smell. Seriously. It almost smelled like crayons.

The art literally made me cry.

I used to own a crimson hellkite, Spirit of the Night and a Lion's Eye Diamond

Uggh the art brings me back. I would pay $1 for those lands any day

Looking up old Inquest 🤘

Dude busted out the Inquest. Hilarious!!!

Yo this is some artsy new shit Roody, you should do a Bob Ross episode where you try to repaint different iconic MtG card arts.

I still have the ProsBloom Deck I ran during the MirvLight Block days

I love phasing!

If I wouldn't be stoned already, I would be after your intro

InQuest? Cool! That takes me back..

I'm pretty sure I spent all my disposable income on Invasion tournament packs when I was like 13

"That's why I'm not even wearing clothes" - Ruby 2017

They don't make cards like that anymore. Great seeing this old stuff!

Roodie got the best intros on youtube. But also evil roodie ra ra ra!

As of March of 2019, those choking sands are over $1 each

I've been legit just sitting here waiting for the next Rudy video for thirty minutes lul

Emberwilde Djinn's flavor text says it all - A hefy price is no guarantee of quality merchandise xD

can someone please tell me wha tsong the intro is? not even shazam will find it :(

you need to talk about the wild art on Ekundu Cyclops

Mirage is when the changes the smell of the ink. There was a big difference between 4th edition and Ice Age when compared to Mirage.

horrible hordes 14:33 best mtg card art of all time

Phasing was great. They later nerfed it, but it still surprises people who have never played it.

So I saw the opening picture and was like oooooooooo prettty!

First booster box I ever bought was mirage.

Getting one of these with a friend and playing terrible/amazing limited was definitely a highlight of my childhood, love these old school vids #crunchytaco

I still to this day got a deck with for hammer of bogardan Gardens and for Relentless assaults in it

I'll buy that Star Trek box off you

Mommy Rudy: Go play with Legos! Rudy: No! I'm going to play with booster boxes!

in 5 years magic online will take over

Intro music on point