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@HauntedCorpseGaming
10 ай бұрын
Merfolk Pre-con! :D
@thelegendofbardock3816
10 ай бұрын
i feel like the pirate deck should have included Revel in Riches. 🤔 🤨 mine does, if i cant win by points, or milling a player, or pumping up my pirates.. then getting 10 treasure tokens and protecting revel in riches, I automatically win 😂
@Amphibian42
10 ай бұрын
Hey prof, just want to let you know that Factor is extremely anti union and abuses its workers regularly.
@Greenlover1717
9 ай бұрын
Has someone notice the bad printing look lower quality in the precons bought the dino and merfolk and they where awful blurry compare to the old cards more noticable in the merkfolks 😢
@unanon_user
2 ай бұрын
you should do a video on full art lands that you liked the most.
@pinkstarburst99
10 ай бұрын
The best benefit to the Magic product overload is all the videos we get from the Professor about it all
@kellerrood2083
10 ай бұрын
Factually
@zEr-ne5ri
10 ай бұрын
Fax!
@nicplz
10 ай бұрын
Damn it you’re so right
@SarumanTheStupid
10 ай бұрын
You're not wrong!
@amarhastings6849
10 ай бұрын
Agreed
@benhensley3621
10 ай бұрын
Minor editing mistake! (But in all seriousness, love the videos and wish you the best!)
@chrisp2642
9 ай бұрын
Yes! My merfolk deck is pretty damn good.
@magnusprime962
10 ай бұрын
Even the Sun-Favored can’t get his moment in the sun uninterrupted. Love the Galavant reference, that show was so fun.
@TolarianCommunityCollege
10 ай бұрын
A hidden gem, for sure.
@justinwelch3528
10 ай бұрын
Galavant is the best show ever! It's how my wife and I bonded on our first date!
@BlueGriffin20
10 ай бұрын
Yep. Would have loved a third season, but the music was soooo spot on and catchy.
@pauldyson8098
10 ай бұрын
Big same. It even had Weird Al as a monk!
@wizardexemplar5240
10 ай бұрын
First time I heard about Galavant. When I looked up the Wikipedia entry, I was like "Why was this never on my radar?"
@dodoraptor
10 ай бұрын
I asked my LGS why the vampire and dinos deck were more expensive than the other. The answer was that he had to order from his distributor by increment of 4, one of each deck every time. The reality is, my LGS had a lot of preorders for the vampire and dinosaur deck, and almost none for the two other, but he was forced to buy them anyways. The store had to make up for the time these decks will sit on the shelf somehow.
@bretts1646
10 ай бұрын
I've been told the same by my shop
@LibertyMonk
10 ай бұрын
I thought they stopped doing that garbage and actually made individual decks available to distributors. A shame if they went back to bundles only.
@goransekulic3671
10 ай бұрын
That makes perfect sense. Thank you for bringing that up!
@liveanotheranime3526
10 ай бұрын
Just preorder online for ~35 each when they go up before list announcements. Cancel any if you don’t like the list.
@getaloadofthisguycam
10 ай бұрын
@@tbd3058 inventory space is limited, and the store loses money for every item on shelves it can't move.
@tai2576
10 ай бұрын
The use of Galavant here was astounding. Highly under appreciated tv show.
@CyberBuster93
10 ай бұрын
There are some genuinely good reprints in here! The land base always needs work, as every commander deck has been haha. I'm personally getting these because I love the plane!
@ProphecyPhrase
10 ай бұрын
I'm getting these as the decks just look like a lot of fun to play.
@nanoglitch6693
10 ай бұрын
Someone always has to whine about the land base... I can overlook the usual mediocre land base when they put this much effort into the actual meat of the decks. And the 2-color decks don't even need insane land bases anyway.
@moshimeshowu747
10 ай бұрын
@@nanoglitch6693^ This. When the colors are 2 or 3 color I can forgive weaker land bases cuz they aren't as needed for a winning strategy. These decks especially have good synergy outside of the basic strats
@fernandomeneghetti
10 ай бұрын
The inclusion of clips from Galavant is, by far, the best reference this channel has ever made. Don't get me wrong, the channel is great, but this show deserves a lot more than what it got.
@Chuuma
10 ай бұрын
getting weird al to lead the singing monks... with jaz hands was the absolute best
@Erinkai
10 ай бұрын
You got me with the Galavan ref, Proffesor! Mad respect
@spooderous
10 ай бұрын
I'm really happy I got the dinosaur deck for $50 CAD before it went up.
@cool2314
10 ай бұрын
lol lucky you, even my lgs is asking 60 CAD for all of the decks not just the dinosaur one which is not too bad of a mark up.
@ColoringKaria
10 ай бұрын
I got all 4 for $138USD. The professor is right never pre order and never order magic from Amazon. I usually do both. $138 for 4 has me at or below the price he listed here.
@jeffmx5923
10 ай бұрын
I managed to get the dinosaur deck for $38 with a 5% extra discount from Amazon.
@thatguyintherain3168
10 ай бұрын
I've always wanted to build Merefolk Tribal and the precon has so many needed peices as well as really good cards for counters strategies. Wave Goodbye is so good!
@bantxc5616
10 ай бұрын
Put hakbal in the 99 make it less about explore and more about tapping and untapping and run kumena as ur commander
@fate3071
10 ай бұрын
If I didn't already collect every Commander precon, I would have picked these up for the nostalgia. I started playing MtG at the release of original Ixalan
@fate3071
10 ай бұрын
@tbd3058 no, I said if I didn't already collect precons anyways I would pick these up for nostalgia.
@Zomburai45
10 ай бұрын
It is absolutely screwing me up that Ixalan is old enough for people to have nostalgia for it
@fate3071
10 ай бұрын
@Zomburai45 yep, ot was the fall release set for 2017... It was my first semester of college and I saw some guys playing a card game so I watched, next thing I was at the rivals of ixalan prerelease
@flameofmage1099
10 ай бұрын
Me too. Orzhov Vampires is my favorite deck to this day.
@jacobkeegan721
10 ай бұрын
I started playing MTG when Avacyn Restored was still in store shelves around 2013... Yep... I'm old.
@tylerlisterud4114
10 ай бұрын
I started Magic with hand me down Merfolk cards and it has become my go to creature type, not because it wins all the time(which it definitely doesn’t) but I have more fun with the cards mechanics. Im very happy to see Explore make a proper splash in my Merfolk decks
@dangerousmatt522
10 ай бұрын
I always appreciate the humor that you put into your videos, proff. 9:02 had me on the floor.
@TolarianCommunityCollege
10 ай бұрын
Glad you like my sense of humor!
@ttv_beefchild5967
Ай бұрын
Wait till he finds out that velociramptor went up to 100 bucks
@ole38
Ай бұрын
125*
@pepejota2583
Ай бұрын
@@ole38 Plus shipping and taxes in my country 😅
@Executioner1171
10 ай бұрын
Pre-ordered the 4-pack on amazon right away at 137$, making them about 34.25$ a box. Right now they have it at 157$ which comes to about 39.25$ a box.
@LibertyMonk
10 ай бұрын
One-of-each bundles tend to be at or below "MSRP", individual decks are when the markups hit.
@egon4564
10 ай бұрын
Same, got the $137 price when they were announced and could have canceled if the deck lists stank. Not sure why folks are so anti Amazon.
@dylian407
10 ай бұрын
It's so nice to see the Professor still helping his viewers understand what their money gets them for sealed products. Personally, it helps a lot since I'm playing Magic on a part time job budget
@stetsoncrobison
10 ай бұрын
I used to never buy precons because I already have several commander decks, and just choose to buy singles for those decks. But, after buying all 4 Doctor Who precons, I've actually slowly been buying the precons from the past and sleeving them up to play on Spelltable with other precons. So, I'll definitely be picking these up!
@mugthemagpie3001
10 ай бұрын
I am getting precons due to the fact my LGS does Commander Party precon tournaments and the decks are more or less balanced. I gave up on getting into my past LGS events due to the fact that a chunk of people didn't seem to get casual tournaments should be casual and pulled out expensive pay to win decks and in time every event became pretty draining as such pods became one-sided. I want to have fun, not to get a loan to build a deck to match up these few folks.
@hearmth6618
10 ай бұрын
Cool decks, still out of my budget though. Thanks Wizards. 😶
@Debatra.
10 ай бұрын
I've been waiting YEARS for a Grixis "play your opponents' decks" commander just like Don Andres, and I have NOT been disappointed by him. The precon is more aligned with Admiral Brass as the face commander, but I immediately went to work brewing for Don Andres. (Step 1: Mash the precon, my Prosper deck, and my Xanathar deck all together and see what works from the mess of 300 cards.)
@cryptocorner2253
10 ай бұрын
Many Magic: The Gather content creators ask "has Wizards turn a corner and are listening to The Professor?"
@TrumpSkillz
10 ай бұрын
What’s funny is I went for the Merfolk (for The Smiling Flood) and Pirates. They just seemed more unique and fun. I get why the Dino deck was most expensive, and I’m sure current Vampire decks saw this precon as a nice surprise.
@dragonoutcast859
10 ай бұрын
Love that you're keeping in some small bloopers in the latest video. Really shows how much effort get put into these and a bit on how fun they can be to make. Keep up the great work everyone.
@neco9590
10 ай бұрын
Price aside, I actually love these decks. The only one I didn't necessarily want was the Pirates deck, but all 4 in a bundle were running for the msrp at my go-to store, so I just got them all and am very happy with that. The Merfolk deck especially was surprisingly great, after fixing the mana base I only swapped out ~10 cards for some of the original Ixalan explore/merfolk cards and caverns pack pulls I got. Can't wait to play around with it when my group meets next!
@mjminino
10 ай бұрын
What exactly did you swap out?
@neco9590
10 ай бұрын
@@mjminino I put some more focus on Explore, mainly. Some more straightforward upgrades are Curse of the Swine for a spare Cyclonic Rift, Explore for Enter the Unkown. I dropped Bygone Marvels and Commit//Memory, don't feel like the deck really needs the recursion. Other than that, Commanders Sphere, Kiora's Follower, Prime Speaker Zengana, Surgespanner, Tributary Instructor and Ruinous Intrusions left for various reasons. I've added a Deepfathom Echo, Glowcap Lantern, Path of Discovery, Jadelight Spelunker, Twists and Turns, Wildgrowth Walker, the great Wanderwine Prophets and a Cultivate for some more Ramp. I also, and this is just a personal meme thing, replaced Ravenform with Witness Protection, because I love Witness Protection and run it in more or less any deck with blue interaction pieces. This is a rough first draft, there are a lot more cards I would LIKE to fit (a Deeproot Pilgrimage, for example, which I pulled in foil borderless), and some areas where I will probably need to patch some holes (I am very creature heavy right now, but with a relatively low level of protection and, almost unthinkable for blue, no counterspells), but the precon had so many great cards that it genuinely felt hard to remove stuff at times. I still have not had the time to watch the Command Zone Game Knights episode where the prof played his beefed up version of this deck, I am very curious to see what he did with it.
@Drilling4mana
10 ай бұрын
that galavant cutaway was so perfect, well done editors!
@bamjo9
10 ай бұрын
Do you know it has been 2+ years that ALL (5) my LGS have "basic" commander decks at 80$ and "premium" (e.g. reprints sets, or LOTR) decks at 120$. And that's why I buy on Amazon or online. They have the decks you find on MKM at 18$ at 80$. Nice LGS!
@TheGentlemanDuelist
10 ай бұрын
I’m so happy for The Professor getting more merfolk!
@BroncosDaBomb19
10 ай бұрын
I originally ordered the pirate and Dino decks for $34 each when they were first announced and then snagged the vampire and merfolk decks for $40 on card kingdom right around the deck lists release. My wife and I really wanted to build these typal decks, so we thought these would be great starting points. It’s great to hear how well these decks play!
@BabyBull72
10 ай бұрын
Yeah I got the vampire deck for 35 before anything was released because I've been meaning to build one and when I started seeing the deck lists I was going to try and get the dino deck but gave up after seeing the price had been jacked up. I'm happy overall considering the whole deck is essentially the cost of an old copy of Exquisite Blood.
@AureaRuiz-kx2er
10 ай бұрын
It’s Kindred now
@ericlayhe3103
10 ай бұрын
I will always love Galavant representation. Thanks Prof!
@Prattical
10 ай бұрын
I hate to disagree but I preordered the Velociramptor deck for 36 dollars on Amazon. It really does save money to preorder there and then cancel it if you don't want the contents after they are revealed.
@ZobmieRules
8 ай бұрын
My partner actually won the Veloci-ramp-tor deck for me and gifted it to me for Christmas. Hype! Didn't have to pay markups!
@CalvinKun
7 ай бұрын
I ended up getting the LOTR: Riders of Rohan and Warhammer 40K: Forces of the Imperium decks and my friend got all the Ixalan decks. They easily destroyed either of my precon decks multiple times in a row. The pace and the number of interaction of the Ixalan decks are much better and so much fun! Hopefully I can upgrade my decks to be somewhat more quick, but ootb the Ixalan definitely feel like a much better step-in precon for newer players.
@BR4IN1N4J4R
10 ай бұрын
As an October Baby, I definitely want the Vampire deck just as a jumping off point for my eventual horror show
@blaze376192
8 ай бұрын
We have all 4 and the merfolk is by far the most powerful, but I hate using it. Each turn takes an eternity to go and explore with each creature. Probably leaving it in the vault next my poison deck, and elesh norn deck.
@PkTLrD
9 ай бұрын
Interestingly enough the average of those four decks shown is $46.15.. wonder if they switched to an average cost across all four decks rather than one price per deck?
@fuckthis7508
10 ай бұрын
Didn’t I just watch one of these the other day?
@TolarianCommunityCollege
10 ай бұрын
tell me about it
@Gray_Son1
4 ай бұрын
Velociramptor is now up to $150ish dollars. Does anyone think it’s worth buying at that price?
@unanon_user
3 ай бұрын
I agree if you 100% about the explorers of the deep deck. it was definitely better than the dinosaur deck
@pyramlinum9514
10 ай бұрын
1:20 Am I the only one who was disappointed he didn't end the sentence with "so let's explore"? It would've been perfect lol
@Tclark6199
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for letting me know the Pirate deck is still worth getting, I was really on the fence about it ❤
@BabyBull72
10 ай бұрын
I've seen it play, its pretty sneaky but its very synergistic and with a few upgrades I would imagine being very oppressive! (if you're into that kinda thing haha)
@allicedee
Ай бұрын
I'm so sad the velociraptor pack goes well over 150 now, I missed it.
@TheSushiandme
10 ай бұрын
I pulled an Exquisite Blood list reprint in my Streets of Capenna bundle and It paid off the bundle. :)
@drakegrandx5914
10 ай бұрын
Another thing that didn't got mentioned, but: they put checklands in these! Don't know if I have missed this and it's actually some time they've begun to do this, but I don't recall ever seeing them outside of UB products (and even Reveal lands are not excessively frequent, too).
@drakegrandx5914
10 ай бұрын
@@lysanderxx1664 I also use them in 4-5 color decks in tandem with typed taplands when I want to go for a cheap manabase... though I'd be a liar if I didn't admit I also put the triomes in there and that helps out a ton. Sorry I can't do miracles. 😭
@slightgraph89
10 ай бұрын
I wanted the Frodo and Sam precon REALLY bad, but LotR was an extremely hard product to find here. I decided to just buy singles from friends and try to open packs or use equivalent cards from my collection. I almost never play green, so my land base was terrible, like I had 3 heaths and 2 gates or something like that. I saw the commander masters enchantress deck in store as it was being stocked, and since none of the others jumped out to me, I bought it for the lands that are usually good in precons, and I hardly ever use enchantments, so maybe it'll be fun. Well, the land base was trash and all the good ones I already had, but it's a pretty fun deck, even if it was $100. Someone in my pod built an Olivia deck and it's his baby, if I beat him with the vampires precon he'll never forgive me, so I'll probably buy the pirates deck, seems fun!
@TheSkruer
9 ай бұрын
Well, you should check what us in Norway have to pay, its rediculess.
@PlaneswalkerProject
10 ай бұрын
I've been looking at each of these decks individually, and I can greatly appreciate that these decks feel like they truly wanted folks wanting a creature type-themed deck to have a great starting point. I'm very impressed by these decks, something I couldn't say for many of the previous sets.
@SingerOfW
10 ай бұрын
I bought the Edgar deck back in, God, 2017? And I'm still tempted to get the vampire one, simply because there's actually been quite a few vampire sets since then, and I wouldn't mind grabbing all the relevant cards in a single box. It doesn't hurt that the deck plays pretty differently from Edgar, and probably isn't going to attract as much vitriol from the table (which is kinda why it's been gathering dust as of late). The Exquisite Blood reprint isn't really relevant to me, but I'm certainly happy to see it either way!
@RhodyBob
10 ай бұрын
Pre-ordered the dino deck for 35, so awesome there! And man, I really want to get the merfolk deck.
@SeekerEddo
6 ай бұрын
Still waiting for the price drop on that dino deck. Aaaaaaaaany day now.
@ThisNameIsBanned
10 ай бұрын
These videos are now clustered with advertisements ... its disgusting.
@scottnito2640
10 ай бұрын
First
@liamhall8118
10 ай бұрын
Thank god my game store was selling these for 45 each!!
@Sumeri_Barusu
9 ай бұрын
my uncle got me the merfolk deck and I’ve had a lot of fun with my wet elves when I put more cards in the board than all 3 of the other players combined
@hobbyxhuntermnl5840
10 ай бұрын
I also agree with you prof, the most synergistic precon in the bunch is the Merfolk, so i pre ordered it and had a bunch of add ons to make it more powerful 😁
@purplatypus7405
10 ай бұрын
For real though factor while a bit expensive legit has amazingly good meals
@OkWizard
10 ай бұрын
I saw the name of Veloci-Ramp-tor and preordered it on Amazon for 36 bucks before anything was spoiled. I feel validated in this purchase.
@tristanconus3063
10 ай бұрын
In France, we have a online shop that sells the 4 of them for 147€, it's a freakin' gold deal.
@AndiRCR
10 ай бұрын
In germany, in preorder 129€ :D
@JanBeetz-e8g
10 ай бұрын
Hello, Professor. You once had a video series about building your own precon. I would like to see a template Video on what factors, parameters, rules go into building an actual precon. Is it possible to get such a video in the future. Maybe with the help and some explanations from gavin verhey?
@jorgeislas9315
6 ай бұрын
Been about 4 months now and the Dino deck is now 95 dollars 😂
@UnreasonableOpinions
10 ай бұрын
After having played all four a half-dozen times each, they are among the better releases of the last years. Each has a clear strategy that suits its theming, balances well against each other, and is able to hold its own against established decks of the usual power level. Admiral Brass in particular managed to become the archenemy three games in a row before becoming a kill-on-sight commander for the table.
@MagickP00dle
10 ай бұрын
Wal-Mart and Target are starting to mark up MTG products in store as well. They're selling the LotR scene card sets for $48 and the Doctor Who products were also $5 more than my LGS.
@MTG69
10 ай бұрын
MJ Holdings has the best interest of the players and collectors of TCG's.
@Noanatsuka
5 ай бұрын
But the dinosaur deck sadly didn't drop and in some cases.. actually went UP in price even further! To the point where around $60 atm is considered "Low". Very sad.
@dawnanddusk27
10 ай бұрын
Love love LOVE the Galavant song spliced in. Ended too soon.
@TolarianCommunityCollege
10 ай бұрын
Before it's time, for sure.
@ezekialmaverick5461
10 ай бұрын
One of these days, we will hopefully have Ragavan and Dockside in a precon.
@bwstu885
10 ай бұрын
Technically Dockside came out in a precon...
@a.velderrain8849
10 ай бұрын
Technically Ragavan was included in the pirate precon.
@robob2968
10 ай бұрын
I love my Veloci-ramp-tor deck. Upgraded it the same day I got with cards from the set and a janky dinosaur deck I already had. Works like a dream.
@mattb683
9 ай бұрын
Yeah velociramptor never went down
@PownzerX
10 ай бұрын
13:01 is this a meta commentary on finance and gameplay or a left in flub? 🤔 either way a good video! A little more flavor/ enjoyable than the other recent review videos while still informative but not caught up in trying to be jokey/ entertainy. Keep up the good work!
@Tsundown
10 ай бұрын
I do hate the markups, but I preordered all 4 Commander Decks off of Amazon, $138.98 in total, just a few weeks ago. That means I am getting each commander deck for $34.75, Lower than ANY of them are listed as individually. I understand people may not want all 4, but It makes me feel pretty happy with my purchase knowing I got each deck for WAY under what they should be. And to nip in the butt anyone who is upset at me not supporting my local game store, I bought multiple pre-release kits from my local game store to draft with friends, 4 in total, and the game machi koro there just last week.
@Ryadic
10 ай бұрын
5:25 Phew they reprinted Zetalpa.
@jackhemsworth7515
10 ай бұрын
I played 2 games with the pirate precon against my friend's 5 coloured Dragon deck, and it was fun to gain control of the dragon that just hit me, and hit them with it, even if my board eventually got wiped. i like a good theft deck and i didn't have one.
@ChaosTheoryArchitecture
10 ай бұрын
Can confirm I got all 4 from my LGS WPN for 35 each! Preorder special but still. Best value of the century for magic.
@leodalkey651
7 күн бұрын
I was looking for singles to go in my new Can lander gruul monsters deck. I could not find broadside bombardiers. The shops didn't have it. They wanted like 15 bucks if they did. So they had a the pirates deck. Aware the only way to pull this card was that precon so I pulled the trigger. Felt kinda stupid until I got home and opened it. That deck has some HEAT in there. Nothing better than pulling heat on a knee jerk buy lol.
@hiddenleaf414
10 ай бұрын
I got the dino precon and it was absolutely worth both as a deck you want to keep or just as a product to buy for a bunch of usable commander singles.
@Murmaider4
10 ай бұрын
Simic merfolks were my introduction to magic and I couldn't possibly be more excited for a precon
@forrestk4748
Ай бұрын
I’m just recently getting back into magic after not playing since 2015. Yesterday I bought all of these decks on Amazon for $180 (had a gift card so out of pocket $150) the only reason being the dino deck was marked up to $130 at my local card shop! Then I watched your video about not buying from Amazon and I’m just really hoping I get all 4 undamaged😢 also feel a little guilty but I basically got 3 decks for $20😭
@robbender8093
10 ай бұрын
I locked in my preorder for the Dino deck on Amazon for $33. It does have it benefits sometimes.
@Lykrast
10 ай бұрын
I'm legit surprised how close in financial value they all are. Also would have definitely gotten one if I didn't spend all my mtg money of the year on the dr who decks.
@pisraeljohnson
10 ай бұрын
I am always glad for reprints of expensive cards! That said, I’m pretty sure this is not a first reprint for Exquisite Blood. I opened one in an original Jumpstart pack.
@billable1861
10 ай бұрын
Agreed everyone is overlooking this
@SwagMaster824
3 ай бұрын
Just gonna throw this out rn 6 months later Prof, but you should HAVE paid for the mark ups cause the Dino deck is now $135 online 💀💀💀 Vampires are at around $85, the merfolk deck is still pretty affordable at like $55.. I should have pulled the trigger on the Dino’s when I had the chance to get it for like $70.. I’m glad I got the vampire and merfolk decks though.
@NathanLewis0
10 ай бұрын
Loved the Galavant references! However, I have to point out that while I agree with you bashing sellers for marking up the Dino deck to $65 Card Kingdom - your sponsor - IS DOING EXACTLY THAT It's a bit contradictory to shame others for scummy business practices, but conveniently glossing it over when it's your sponsor...🤔
@goransekulic3671
10 ай бұрын
I am just in this position. As a MASSIVE fan of Ixalan, I naturally have most of things that interest me from (r)Ixalan. I thought I had that signed / dated Beckett, but that was Anafenza. derp. So, out of these cards ... eh ... there are like 12 that interest me(mostly new pirate cards) and the literal selling point is the unique Beckett that comes with the deck. And I am NOT a fan AT ALL of these random Dimir Signets / Charms / whatever that come with these. I want Fathom Fleet, ok? Or Sun Empire. Not Dimir, not Orzhov, not Gruul, not anything else. If I say no to Guild cards(especially of Esper variant) ... you know how high the water is. But at like 50$? Eh ... ? Don't seem like a good proposition.
@heliobarbosa3525
10 ай бұрын
That merfolk deck was... Odd. I don't usually buy precons because I'm a collector who likes tribal, so I usually have 70-80% of the deck and just buy new cards and singles. Not only the merfolk deck had all those odd LRW-EVE merfolk that are hard to find all in one place (the order gets split into a dozen shops), but I was neglecting merfolk for a while. It was an easy pick, LGS had a nice price on release. On to removing the bad/out of place cards - usually half the precon - and make some upgrades... And I swapped only 10 cards (removed 2 lands). Taplands are atrocious, but I could use the scry from the temple, in example (same for the tapped land that adds G with Graft). Yes, I could replace a few more lands (I would on the pirates/dinos, but this is a 2 color deck and not super greedy). Tl,dr: the deck is actually good, the reprints are fine (amazing if you consider how annoying to get they used to be) and the manabase just works. That was... a sealed product worth getting. That's like a first. In years. Iirc, the last one were the commander decks from Ikoria - "buy a fierce guardianship for $40, get 99 weird cards for free".
@cuccooverlord9812
10 ай бұрын
Bought all 4 precons. Will upgrade them. I love Ixalan so much.
@nicolamariconda2583
10 ай бұрын
I live in Germany,i Ve preordered all 4 precon on Amazon for 47€ each One. That's a good Price,then i already know It that After the prerelease Events, Price Start to goes up more and more. Now this Video confirm,despite It s in Dollar and Not Euro, that's those Decks are getting Up. They are Well built, powerful and funny. Please Prof,i would Like to see a Your Video with Upgrades on those precon. Like you did Back in the Days suggesting for the Pioneer izzet Phoenix some Upgrades
@kondziu124
10 ай бұрын
Dear Prof, on one hand you encourage us to buy at our LGS, but on the other my LGS is doing regular mark-ups on MtG products. For example, Veloci-ramp-tor deck should cost about 45$, but their price is like 70$ and it makes me sick. Some online game stores from other cities in my country sell this deck for about 45-50$ tho...Guess I'm going to support them instead of my local LGS :/
@auroraalpha34
10 ай бұрын
Funnily enough despite the professors hatred of Amazon, in the UK the offical magic amazon storefront is about the only place to still buy the Ixalan Dino deck at £39.45 or about $48, every local store is taking preorders at £10-£20 higher Hell i picked up all the Warhammer decks less than 12 months ago for less than £40 each, good luck finding them anywhere else for less than £60 in the UK
@GallantLee
10 ай бұрын
Pricing wise, typical retail markup here in Australia is 100% (excluding clothing/seasonal items). So if a shop buys a product for $20 (typically inc shipping and fees) they will sell it for $40. If a store needs to markup products from the RRP it is usually a sign of a serious issue along the line. When a company doesnt give a MSRP or RRP, it’s a sign they’re hiding something. No surprise here with Hasbro being at the helm.
@Howling_Moving_Castle
10 ай бұрын
Finally... non-Universes Beyond precons that are good! Don't get me wrong, I love Timey-Wimey but having a standard precon that gets an "A" rating by the Professor means something. A-hoy Mateys is the first full-price set precon I've purchased. Maybe I just love hyphenated deck names, but pirates pillage and I'll let a boat-load of pirates drop-anchor to share sacks full of treasure any day.
@SuperAmaton
10 ай бұрын
Uhhhhhhh... i kinda wanna buy one or two of these, but I already bought eight of them (all four Doctor Who's, Middle Earths Sauron and Frodo/Sam, Sidar Gibari and Eldraine Enchantments) but i feel like I already got enough stuff this year! I haven't even started upgrading the Doctor Who Decks yet!
@rossdax47
10 ай бұрын
Okay, I have to ask @TolarianCommunityCollege and any who want to play. Amongst the Galavant gal pals, and every commander deck precon available to date, which would they choose and why? Gal, Sid, Richard (+companion Tad Cooper), Isabella, Gareth, and Madalena. Go. And then we need to reunite that cast and make them play Magic!
@wewuzvenom2887
10 ай бұрын
I never bought physical cards before as I've only been a MTGA player. I saw the Veloci-Ramp-Tor deck and thought maybe its time to get into irl commander. But now I can't find it for MSRP so I guess that dream is over with lol *sigh*. Maybe it'll go back down to regular price, or it just wasn't meant to be.
@KingRhogin
10 ай бұрын
My LGS is selling the decks for $49.99 each, with a $5 discount per deck if you buy more than one. So I was able to get vamps for myself and dinos for my buddy for under $100 after tax. Not including sleeves.
@style0vertalent191
10 ай бұрын
'These decks making short work of the Eldraine decks from not too long ago.' - You can't be talking about the Wilds of Eldraine decks, right? Even if you didn't mean them, you've said VaV was rather weak in another video already so I will still say it: Sorry but none of these decks would be able to defeat the Virtue and Valor deck. Maybe the Pirate deck if lucky by stealing several of my buffed creatures but that's it. I own 15+ PreCons and besindes the usual Commander matches, we also do 1v1 on a regular basis to learn even more about strengths and weaknesses of the decks and how they fare against certain threats. Not a single time have I been even somewhat close to losing with the VaV deck, no matter what I did play against. Decks like for example the Tyranid one from Wahrmmer 40k mostly can't even attack me ONCE where it made sense. I know, those decks are designed for 4 people and play out differently then but it still give you a very good idea of how strong VaV is. Don't get me wrong, I love your content and you're the MtG Influencer I enjoy watching the most but I just had to say this. :) I agree on your ranking of these decks for the most part, though. I'd even put the Merfolk deck further above the Dino deck. Then Vamp and Pirates on 3. The problem with the Dino deck is that you often times run into problems if your opponent plays either large creatures as well and can further upgrade them or a deck like VaV that upgrades small creatures to huge states quickly because you can't really upgrade your Dinos. The Dino commander also isn't really that great in this deck, though. You can be lucky but if you want to get something big from him, you also have to play something big first. It's great to get more on the field but not to get big stuff out and sometimes shuffles good cards you would've drawn under the library. It's a gamble with not very good odds if you're in a pinch. The deck works fine within this set but outside of it many other decks will be better.
@CBuiscuit
10 ай бұрын
While I mostly agree with don't pay markups, Commander Masters Eldrazi still costs the same as when it came out. And upgraded it completely runs away as my best deck. But I'm glad the merfolk is $40. Especially since I need Branching Evolution and can swap in Doubling season.
@BoBnfishy
10 ай бұрын
Factor is expensive and shows up late super frequently because of "shipment issues" Not a fan
@pirachist551
10 ай бұрын
I’ve been eagerly awaiting this video even though my group has already ordered the decks to play together this weekend.
@retroprogamer7009
9 ай бұрын
Dont get why single prices are still that high if you can buy these Decks. Sure singles are always a bit more expensive because if you only need 1 Card you would not buy the whole Deck. But still kidna strange. I mean this would make for an infinite Money Glitch. Buy the Deck and sell Singles for 2-3x that much.
@jojobetzler3732
10 ай бұрын
The dinosaur deck would even be mark uped without the high reprint value. The not reprinted dinosaurs of og Ixalan just skyrocket atm. Trapjaw Tyrant was on Cardmarket at four to five euro just a week ago. Right now the cheapest eng print sits at 18 euro. The sl print of gishat almost tripled in price. It's sad WotC didn't reprint some of the now not reprinted dinosaurs in Commander Masters, March of the Machine or the precon, instead of the 500th reprint of Etali, Primal Storm.
@victorGimlin1
10 ай бұрын
Great video. It's difficult to find those low prices in Europe.. In any case i managed to snatch 1 Merfolk and 1 Dino deck 44€ each on pre-sale right on the 1st days. To bad i didn't go four doubles 😂😂😅😅
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