SIDE EFFECTS of a DISASTER
Summary
TLDRIn this Alpha Investments video, Rudy discusses the aftermath of card bans in the Magic: The Gathering world, highlighting the surge in value of certain cards like Revised Mana Crypts. He critiques Wizards of the Coast for potentially premeditated actions, suggesting they knew about the bans in advance and exploited the market. The video also touches on the community's reaction and the financial impact on younger players, emphasizing the need for transparency and fairness in the卡牌 market.
Takeaways
- 📈 Mana Vortex cards have seen a significant surge in value, becoming the 'receiver of all hopes and dreams' in the Magic: The Gathering card market.
- 💸 Double Masters 2022 draft box and sealed collector box holders are likely to profit from the recent market fluctuations.
- 💔 The ban on certain cards has caused substantial collateral damage, particularly affecting younger and less financially secure players.
- 🤔 There is speculation about whether the recent market interventions were premeditated by Wizards of the Coast, with some suggesting there may have been insider trading.
- 📉 Sealed products containing Mana Crypts and Jewel Lotus have not seen further price drops, as they have already experienced a significant market collapse.
- 🚀 The value of older Mana Vortex cards, especially those from Revised and Unlimited editions, has skyrocketed.
- 🤝 The community is reminded that corporations may not have the best interests of the players at heart, despite using the term 'community' to build rapport.
- 📦 Festival in the Box Part 2 is seen as further evidence of premeditation, as it includes sealed booster packs from sets known to have banned cards.
- 💸 The financial impact of these changes is not limited to card values but also affects the sales of high-end products and the overall market dynamics.
- 🕰 The long-term effects of these actions are uncertain, with concerns that they may be quickly forgotten by the community in favor of new releases and events.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video script?
-The main topic of the video script is the impact of recent changes in the Magic: The Gathering card game, specifically the banning of certain cards and the subsequent market reactions.
Who is the speaker in the video script?
-The speaker in the video script is Rudy, the host of Alpha Investments.
What is Rudy's stance on the recent changes in the Magic: The Gathering card game?
-Rudy believes that the changes were premeditated and that there was a lack of consideration for the impact on the community, particularly younger players and collectors.
What specific card is highlighted as a significant recipient of value due to the changes?
-Manavol is highlighted as the card that has become the receiver of all hopes and dreams, with significant influx of capital into it.
What is the term used to describe the unexpected consequences of intervening in the marketplace?
-The term used is 'collateral damage', implying that the changes have had unintended negative effects on the community.
What does Rudy suggest about the timing of the card bannings?
-Rudy suggests that the card bannings were timed to coincide with the release of certain products, implying a premeditated plan by Wizards of the Coast.
What is the 'Festival in a Box' and why is it significant in the context of the video?
-The 'Festival in a Box' is a product that includes sealed booster packs of Exalan and Commander Masters, two sets known for containing banned cards. Rudy suggests that its release before the bannings is further evidence of premeditation.
What does Rudy imply about the community's reaction to the changes?
-Rudy implies that the community, particularly younger players, are upset and have been negatively impacted financially by the changes.
What is Rudy's opinion on the transparency of Wizards of the Coast?
-Rudy questions the transparency of Wizards of the Coast, suggesting that they may have known about the bannings in advance and acted accordingly.
What does Rudy predict will be the long-term memory of the community regarding these changes?
-Rudy predicts that in six months, the community will have moved on and largely forgotten about the controversy, due to the short-term attention span of the culture.
What advice does Rudy give to his viewers regarding their investments in Magic: The Gathering?
-Rudy advises viewers to be cautious and to understand the nature of the marketplace, suggesting that corporations may not have the community's best interests at heart.
Outlines
📉 Market Impact of Mana Vault Changes
Rudy from Alpha Investments discusses the significant impact of Mana Vault card changes on the Magic: The Gathering market. He highlights how certain card collectors, particularly those with double Masters 2022 draft boxes or sealed collector boxes, are experiencing financial gains. Mana Vault has become a focal point for market fluctuations, with its value skyrocketing. Rudy speculates on whether these changes were premeditated by Wizards of the Coast and the potential for insider trading. He also touches on the broader consequences of market interventions and the ripple effects throughout the community.
💸 Financial Fallout and Market Manipulation
The second paragraph delves deeper into the financial repercussions of the Mana Vault situation, with a focus on the potential for market manipulation. Rudy discusses the value of Mana Vault cards from different editions and their current market prices. He raises questions about the intentions behind the card bans and the inclusion of certain booster packs in the Festival in a Box product. Rudy suggests that the actions of Wizards of the Coast may have been planned well in advance, and he expresses concern for the younger players who are disproportionately affected by these changes.
👁️🗨️ Community Awareness and Future Predictions
In the final paragraph, Rudy addresses the community's reaction to the changes and the importance of being aware of the corporate actions behind the scenes. He emphasizes that while the community may feel a sense of belonging, corporations may not have the best interests of the players at heart. Rudy reflects on the premeditated nature of the card bans and the strategic release of certain products. He also predicts that the market will eventually move on from this controversy, and he encourages viewers to stay informed and vigilant about the actions of companies like Wizards of the Coast.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Alpha Investments
💡Manavol
💡Double Masters 2022
💡Marketplace Interference
💡Collateral Damage
💡Reserve List
💡Commander Masters
💡Festival in a Box
💡Community
💡Modern Cards
Highlights
Manav Vol becomes the center of attention in the Magic: The Gathering card market due to recent changes.
Double Masters 2022 draft box and sealed collector box holders may profit from the Manav Vol surge.
Revised Manav Vol cards are now priced similarly to dual lands, a significant increase in value.
The market is rerouting capital towards Manav Vol, causing a significant influx of investment.
Manav Vol from Fallout is now worth over a thousand dollars, a stark increase in value.
The impact of market interventions is compared to a tsunami, indicating a wide-reaching effect.
Some speculate that Wizards of the Coast may have premeditated the card bans and market shifts.
Sealed products containing certain cards are not experiencing a price drop, unlike initial expectations.
Commander Masters products have already experienced a price collapse, so they are not further affected.
Rudy, the speaker, predicts that Manav Vol's value will continue to rise, especially for revised editions.
The speaker discusses the potential for insider trading or pre-emptive sales within the Magic: The Gathering community.
Festival in the Box part two is seen as further evidence of premeditation by Wizards of the Coast.
The speaker expresses concern for younger and less resourceful players who may suffer financial losses due to the changes.
The speaker emphasizes that the community should be aware of corporate actions and not be naive about their intentions.
The speaker highlights that the real story is not just the banning of cards, but the premeditated actions around it.
The speaker predicts that in six months, the public will have moved on from this issue, forgetting the initial outrage.
The speaker concludes by stating that despite the controversy, there are still exciting new releases coming for Magic: The Gathering.
Transcripts
folks welcome back my name is Rudy
you're watching Alpha Investments we
report the news on the cardboard world
the things that go up the things that go
down the things that bamboozle and when
the random people not related to our
card game make rule changes we all feel
good about ourselves because they have
the authority over us and remember folks
life is a balance it's an equilibrium
yin and yang every action equal and
opposite reaction you cannot intervene I
apologize if this becomes a rant video
you cannot interv
into a multi-billion dollar Marketplace
and just C and expect not to have
substantial collateral damage so I wake
up today with all you guys blown up my
inbox so the conversation now is manav
Vol after the shock waves continue to
Ripple through the system we are now
starting to see who is coming out ahead
and where the flow of money is being
rerouted to well first thing obviously
um
first if you're a double Masters 2022
draft box or sealed collector box holder
congratulations you're probably going to
be winning in this Fiasco because manav
Vol has
become the receiver of all of our hopes
and dreams I have never seen such an
influx of capital into a single
non-reserve less card that I am seeing
Now ladies and
gentlemen revise Third Edition revised
manav
volts are becoming the price of a dual
land we have an 11th well actually I
guess it's Wheel of Fortune we have a
12th card in
revised that is going to be I guess
right now if you don't want a dog bite
if you don't want Taco stains with $150
$200 we have now the 12th card in
revised at dual land
pricing we have double Masters 2022 not
even talking about like Calles and
mention like crazy [ __ ] like we have
double Masters 2022 manav volts $100 to
$200 you have manav volt from Fallout
over a thousand you you this is some
wild [ __ ] man so what does all this mean
this reinforces when you interfere with
a Marketplace and you drop a ripple
that's going to just be a tsunam of
impact
you [ __ ] around you find out and well
some people coordinate with wizard of
the coast they [ __ ] around and a lot
of people are really angry a lot of
people in stores lost a lot of money and
now this flow of money is just rerouting
really quick to other cards so I don't
know if this was planned I don't know
how smart these people are I'm assuming
again Rudy stands by this was a
premeditated decision from this high-end
Committee of special people at the Ivory
Tower with Wizards of the Coast for the
last 1 to two years this has been
discussed and planned and they felt the
best time to drop this on us was a few
days ago now did they realize like manav
Vol was going to be the receiver of all
this glorious shiny goo of Happ the [ __ ]
are we talking about the did anybody
plan that I have no idea but I can tell
you right now sealed product that
contains manac Crypts and Jewel Lotus
Commander Masters Commander Legend we're
not seeing any downtick or substantial
bearishness or dumping of the sealed
product of these items now keep in mind
the reason for that is not because of
what's happening with manac Crypt or ju
lus but because these products already
dumped and collapsed Commander Masters
already collapsed in the bare Market
because it was an overpriced [ __ ]
product at release and eventually when
we left the bare Market you know the
market was already flushed so commander
Master's sealed product isn't really
going to experience any downward
pressure because it it happened once the
market flushes out and everybody dumps
it you can't bring the dump back you you
can't double dump is that a [ __ ] word
Jesus Christ you can't double dump this
is a [ __ ] I'm sorry this video is
terrible remember that when you consider
being a patron because remember I lost a
bunch of patrons because everybody told
me to f off for selling magic cards
because I predicted juel L would be $20
so click the link below I think there's
still a couple of the slots left okay so
anyways you can't double dump on
Commander Masters it's already pre-
dumped people already flushed it out
there's nothing left to dump we've we've
all I mean we went to Taco Bell we
shared the toilet and we've all dumped
there's nothing left so we're not going
to see downward pressure on that okay
Commander original 2020 commander of
Legends draft boxes not the boulders
gate bait and switch where they took
manad drain out God damn they really
have [ __ ] us a
lot God they really have bait and
switched us a lot and we just come back
for more don't we man I feel like I'm
having a moment with you
guys I forgot about that the boulders
gate
let's take let's take Mana drain out
right was Mana drain in Commander
Legends one let's put it in Commander
Legends 2 no no no no let's take it out
last minute and then put in the master
set anyways
so I think now that we see the receiving
success end of manav volt Again full
disclosure um I don't hold any modern
manav volts um an Abu Revis I hold a lot
of manav volts just because well it's
Abu Revis that used to be my vintage
magic playground and to see revised
manav volts that are not with like a dog
bite or taco stains or inappropriate
stickiness from the co era to see these
things $100 to $200 for a revised manav
Vol is wild to see unlimited manav volts
well if you can find them unlimited
manav volts are essentially going to be
500 to 1,000 plus if you can find one in
mint condition I mean you can get some
damage ones for probably 3 400 or
something but this is wild absolutely
wild and then you come over and you look
at what's going on even the new stuff
like to see like I think is this the
most is manol the most expensive modern
card now I think it is right because if
manav Vol unlik double Masters 2022 even
the regular version is like 150 bucks is
there I don't know if there's somebody
comment below is there another modern
card they can reprint that's over 150
right now I think that's the new King
right now of course people are going to
argue was this planned did they expect
Manville to be the receiver is this a
side effect it was their inside trading
I'm sorry fruit running as we used to
say on this channel back in the early
days of 2019 when these decisions and
announcements came out was their front
running on this channel we can't legally
say front running it's like the word
guarantee so we called it fruit running
did they fruit run you know in pre- buby
or pre-sell these things with these
people who knew this and when you have
things that are this big of an impact to
the market I assure you this kind of
information was known by at least a very
decent siiz private group of people now
did they make transactions based on that
most likely my instinct would be
probably if I had 30 manac Crypts of all
these different versions um and I knew
and you know each manac Crypts what
let's say $150 $200 I mean [ __ ] let's
just say $200 if you have 30 manac
Crypts at $200 that's six grand if your
six grand was going to go down to one
grand yeah you're probably going to
[ __ ] do something about it you see
what I'm saying that's just human nature
that you know if you were involved with
that you'd be like oh [ __ ] you know this
is a card world this is not wall Street
there's no SEC it's just game pieces
remember that game pieces are not
regulated so other thing I want to touch
on
is I was trying all right I'll touch on
it so a lot of you all messaged me in
the last 24 hours regarding the festival
in the Box part
two telling me it's further evidence of
how premeditated this whole thing was
well Festival in the Box 2 had the new
mystery 2 convention box but also
included a sealed booster pack colle
pack of Exelon and Commander Masters the
two sets that are known with what with
what cards yes the cards that were
banned so out of all the magic sets to
include with Festival in a box it is
extraordinarily improbable that the two
packs they would include right before
this would happen from watsi whatever
Reserve or Warehouse even if they sold
50,000 Festival in the boxes that's
50,000 a of each one that they could
flush
out that sounds like they're leftover 5
10 pallet position is what it sounds
like to me was this action made knowing
that we need these two sets were
anchored by big boys like you know the
manac crypts and stuff you know I
legally we don't know now mathematically
and statistically speaking if Wizards
could predict the future that good like
aliens and lines on the wall and Rudy's
background if they are that good at
predicting the fure future without
knowing this in advance then well they
should probably buy lottery tickets and
just gamble and be a trillionaire and
fly around in space and penis Rockets
right because it looks really bad so the
all of these things continue to churn
the market people are angry and again
the people who lost the most money with
Jewel lotuses and modern cards tend to
be younger individuals who love and
enjoy the [ __ ] game and there's
nothing wrong with that these are people
who are the backbone of magic and you
cannot
sell high-end two three $400 boxes with
cards of no value you can't have it both
in this world you either get the [ __ ]
game pieces or you have expensive boxes
you can't sell people game pieces make
them expensive and then slap them in the
balls and run off with their wife you
can't do that maybe in Florida you can
do that you can't do that okay so you
can't have it both ways okay and remind
you all this is an eye openening moment
that corporations and the community that
nasty word the community that's used to
lower your defense and make you know I
it's the community they're here for me I
feel good right [ __ ] no they don't care
welcome to Alpha Investments if you're
new here I tell you how it is if you
like me that's great we can hold hands
we can praner size we'll talk about how
fast cars F we'll yell at it we'll dig a
hole we'll be a carrot [ __ ] it but this
is not not you need to understand the
place of all this okay this is a great
moment to remind you all who live and
spend your time on these platforms of
Facebooks and discords and reddits and
social medias and the Tenders in Twitter
for now known as the ex porn thing
whatever you know when you spend your
time and you trade the most valuable
asset in the world which is our time on
these platforms with your hands swiping
and touching things you are feeling that
you're part of the community to keep an
eye on what's going on and this is again
a
reminder the incrowd approval this and
that of all
these they don't care about you and
there's nothing wrong with that as long
as you understand it going into it Rudy
I'm going to again I've told you all
secret things in the past and I'm going
to tell you another secret thing
remember Alpha Investments we try to
make money I'm sorry I ruined some of
you guys hopes and dreams please don't
spread that around but remember folks
this is an eye openening historical
moment in Magic because it's not that
they banned cards it's not that they
weren't Reserve list even though you
know Rudy I got to take an opportunity
thr the reserve list it's not that they
nuked the expensive cards it's not that
they nuked juel Lotus which is only good
in one format and they [ __ ] I mean I I
get all that but really this is a story
about the actions that were were
taken with one to 2ear knowledge that
they knew this was coming and they
premeditated selling and milking us for
the cards they knew they were going to
ban that is the real story going on with
these headlines has nothing to do with
yes a lot of people specifically
targeted younger people people with less
resources and younger people who working
hard at their jobs they were the ones
that are going to take the biggest hit
on this and now the dust is settling my
giant sealed product position in double
Masters is hitting new highs okay all my
old manav volts are hitting new highs so
again the old fogies with vintage
stuff I'm not negatively impacted but
I'm telling you all the real story here
is not the Banning of the cards the
playable who bought them it's the
actions that were taken around this
12mon timeline knowing what was coming
the festival in a box seating it with
the two sets that lean on the band cards
okay releasing the last Master set that
leaned on the band cards okay releasing
certain I mean Exelon there's no
serialized cards in Exelon it's manac
Crypts with special They leaned and made
a set about beautiful Chase manac Crypts
knowingly on the release date of that
which was literally a year ago knowing
they were going to ban the card these
conversations were already happening and
they went with it that's the real
conversation with what's going on it's
the probability of this not being
premeditated and the probability of this
being oopsy doopsy is just so improbable
it's like just saying Rudy's not really
an alien or meat popsico you all know
it's [ __ ] true you know it did they
did it dirty and it is what it is and
the worst part about this like I said in
the other video is in 6 months the short
term of tension span of the American
negative new psycle culture no one's
going to care about this video no one
was going to watch it everyone's going
to move on and everyone's just going to
be like hey I remember that time I was
upset and that's the sad reality of
what's going on okay P that if you want
to buy Magic from me [ __ ] it $116 play
boxes and we got the mega sourcery
launch if you want the new exclusive
thing with [ __ ] Frank for Zetta
alternate art coming back that's coming
up next and of course yeah you see the
new Weiss products coming up and of
course Pokemon with the new Scarlet
Violet going crazy yes the new uh
surging spark stuff and whatever's
coming up a lot of exciting things
coming up and uh thanks for watching the
channel and um it is what it is
folks it is what it is
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