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Opening VINTAGE Yugioh Tournament Packs For 2,000 Straight Uploads (INSANE)!

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In this celebratory video marking his 2,000th consecutive YouTube upload, the host gathers at Collect-A-Con to open a collection of vintage Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament packs that he had stored away and forgotten about. He explains that these specific sets, including Turbo Pack 5 and 6, Astro Pack 8, and Power of the Duelist first edition, were originally distributed as prizes to local tournament winners and theoretically should never have left the store. To mark this milestone, he invites viewers to engage with the content by suggesting which vintage eras they would like to see opened in the future, while also promoting upcoming live streams on Whatnot where he plans to open more products and give away free items to help fans avoid scalpers. The main excitement of the video revolves around the hunt for Ultimate Rare cards, particularly the highly sought-after Dark Armed Dragon, which is noted as being unweighted and extremely rare in these specific sets. Throughout the opening session, the hosts experience a mix of disappointment with poor camera focus due to difficult lighting conditions and genuine thrill when pulling high-value cards like Stardust Dragon, Sangan, and multiple instances of the Dark Armed Dragon. They discuss the rarity odds, noting that while Super Soldiers appear roughly one in three packs, Ultimates are much rarer, making each successful pull feel like a significant win, especially since some of these packs were identified as "Euro prints" which often have different distribution rates. As the video progresses, the hosts manage to pull several Ultimate Rares, including an error print Submarine Warrior and multiple Dark Armed Dragons, leading to discussions about live grading the cards despite their imperfect centering and condition. The atmosphere is filled with camaraderie and humor as they joke about the camera issues and the tight seals of the old packs, eventually achieving a streak of successful pulls that feels like the best opening session in a while. The video concludes with a final pack opening that yields an unexpected Blue-Eyes White Dragon, capping off a memorable event where the community celebrates the nostalgia of vintage cards and the thrill of finding hidden gems in sealed products from decades past.
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Today, I'm opening vintage packs live at Collect-A-Con for 2,000 straight video uploads. What's up, guys? We are back and this is my Actually, it's way past that cuz I missed the date, but it's my 2,000 straight video upload on YouTube. There was a couple of shorts there at the very beginning that I did that counted, but that was like in the first 50 days. So, really basically 2,000. I think I'm like a week or two past the actual date of 2,000. So, we're actually at 2,000 and whatever. So, we're celebrating by opening some crazy old packs that I found that I had kept in a box and forgotten about. And I just figured since I was at Collect-A-Con with Vintage Yu-Gi-Oh, it'd be fun to open them together. I am doing a giveaway. I'm giving away this sealed token. Like the video, be subscribed, turn on notifications. Let me know down below your favorite pack we open in this video. What vintage stuff do you want to see opened up in the future? Because it's always interesting to see like some people like 5D's, some people like the OG only, some people like GX, you know. Just let me know what you like the best. Tins, special editions, whatever. I'm running these giveaways and a ton of other giveaways on Whatnot as well. So, make sure you guys check out the stream this Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Central, where we're going to be opening Magnificent Monsters and giving away a ton of free product. So, that way you don't have to worry about scrambling in Walmart's getting punched in the face by a scalper. So, thank you guys again for watching for 2,000 straight video uploads. Whether you've been here for 10 uploads, one upload, 2,000 uploads, or maybe even before I started that streak. Thank you guys for watching. I appreciate you guys. And let's get into the video. Spoiler alert, you're going to enjoy this one. 2,000 uploads special. Right now. So, we're going to open some packs. Now, the lighting in here is kind of weird. So, it's going to be a little weird. We're going to do our best, but we have TP5, TP6, Turbo Pack 6, Astro Pack 8, and Power of the Duelist first edition. I'll let you decide what you want to do. It's always an honor to open up some old tournament pack cuz I mean, this stuff should, in theory, have never made it out of the store. They were given away to, you know, little local tournament winners and this and that and should have been opened right in this store. I think So, it's not a guaranteed rare. It's one in three. Super Soldiers are one in 18 and Ultras are one in 108 and right there. So, the rares are in the front. So, we got our Super Soldier rare. And then >> Bolters not a rare. >> Bolter, nice goat card. Sleeping lion. These are probably I say probably probably weighed. These, I think we have a chance on the turbo packs and definitely These are definitely unweighed and I have no idea where I got that. So, that's going to be fun. So, yeah. Oh, you want to open a pack, Rich? This lighting is going to be nuts. >> Is it? >> But, I think it's my phone. Yeah, you take the Chancy. Whatever you want. >> Wait, what's the spiciest? >> You can pull an ulti out of there. >> Ulti Dark Arm Dragon is probably the biggest card out of that. >> this is the spiciest? Okay. >> They're all They're all pretty spicy, but >> I got to feel the Oh, that one feels good. I like that. >> You like like to feel that. All right, just pull it right out at the very beginning. The 2000 upload in a row special. So, you got to pull something crazy. >> Oh, boy. >> Don't mess it up. Oh. Oh, Stardust. That's your rare, I think. I think you already got your your hit. >> Oh, did I? >> Well, that's a good one, though. >> It's not bad. >> rare. I think it is $5 to $10. >> Wow, money in Yu-Gi-Oh? >> It's big money, huh? Yeah, I mean, that pack was a lot more than that, but >> Wait, how much is that pack? >> Uh not anything crazy. Maybe like 30 bucks, 40 bucks. It was It was way more and then they uh they started like putting those out for tournament like prizing. They started giving them out for uh bounty duelists. So, there were some available for that. >> better EV out of that than opening a Pokémon pack. >> Definitely, actually. All right, Luis, what are you doing next? >> All right. >> I'll let you open like half and then I'll open the other the next half. I'm going to have to keep focusing this thing all time cuz it wants to just like freak out cuz of all this weird lighting. >> Oh, it doesn't want to scare. >> [screaming] >> You you do the scary thing where you don't really open it. You barely open it. >> Yeah, cuz like this open it shouldn't be so so so tight. >> it's been 20 years, man. You know, it's just been hold on tight trying to stay sealed. >> Or below a bombardment. Ooh, that's >> Ulti ulti ulti ulti. Not an ulti. But you got an ultimate rare on the EOS. That's pretty cool. >> All righty. We'll go back to back. >> Back to back. Power of the duelists. Future fusion. Let's get a dark city, a future fusion. A hero signal is in here, right? Is hero signal in here? Was that TLM? >> Another one. >> The the set is so small though. Like you >> Yeah, a lot of the same commons. Ooh. >> That is a >> Off to a good start. >> It's a super. Is that super ulti? >> Yeah, no. No, no. It's a rare. >> Is it rare? >> But this was very expensive for a while with uh Destiny Hero Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer. It's no longer as crazy, but that is a very nice pull. That's a good start. That's We don't have to wait so long. That also has a shift on the foil. Look at the stars. >> Yeah, I feel like a lot of the PO he does. >> That's cool. >> All right, well. >> All right, well. Now you're going to pull a Dark Armed Dragon for us. >> Half this video when it only it's only focused on the pack. Everything else is blurry. Well, as long as we can see the cards, that's what we really care about. >> don't want to look at the front. >> Yeah, you got to try to maneuver it around, but >> See the big old ulti stamp on the back? >> I I'd be glad to see that. Come on, Gemini Spark is a good uh Edison card. That's another good Edison card. Two good Edison cards right there. Hey, you got to get one of these tournament pack sixes, man. >> I'm trying to get the toon cannon soldier. >> Trying to keep everything kind of sorted for you, but >> Yeah, it's going to be a disaster no matter what. >> TP six. Full toon cannon. Oh, yeah. >> I don't know if it Is the rare on the front of this one, too? You already opened one of these? Okay, yeah. Yeah, clown zombie. Oh, that's good. That's a good common. Very strong. >> Not a bad pack overall. >> We have one TB five and one Astral Pack eight. So, you pick one of those two at some point. And I'll open the other one. Cuz we only have one of each >> All right, we're good. All right, I'll do another pack. Let's see if I can ride the high of the ulti over here. >> Yeah, this will be what probably gets our best hits. We'll be proud of the dualist because they're definitely unweighted. I know for sure. Not messed with. >> even really weigh ultis. >> Yeah, like but I've gotten so many good things out of these and other people have. Do the pack trick. Oh, trap. >> Back-to-back ultis, baby. >> You're so boring when I do that. Oh, Chancy. All right, do it. >> We're doing it? We're doing mid Chancy? >> All right, all right. >> it. It's not going to be mid. >> My ball on it? My ball on it? >> Yeah. >> Whose ball on it? >> It's not going to be mid. It's going to be epic. >> Got to hold all the buttons down. >> Okay. >> It's the secret to life. >> IT WORKS! LET'S GO! ALL RIGHT, THEN YOU GOT TO SEE IF IT'S LUCKY EGG. >> OH, if this would be epic. >> This is going to be hilarious. This is the secret to life. >> Wait, I I got to I can nickname it? >> Yes, lucky 12. >> Uh and uh we're going we're going to go >> Just put L12, that'll work. Luckmon. >> Got to make fun of Digimon, right? >> All right, okay. Now Now that was number 12. >> We're going to start here? >> Yeah, yeah, go If it has an item, we won. >> Yep, if it's Uh but here we go. Oh. >> No, no item. >> No item. Sad. >> Number 12. >> Can't release it? >> No, do not release it. I got to keep them all in the box. >> [laughter] >> Wait, softball Wait, softball Wait, what's that? >> Yeah, that's it. That heals, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Uh Now we pull something crazy. Yeah, if you just pull it right there. >> All right, so we think once again. >> Give me a spark, nice. Oh, the kinetic soldier. >> Oh, for three on this one. >> Cipher soldier. Yeah, this time. This time. >> Are you going to open this next? >> Yep. >> Have you gotten anything good yet? >> We've gotten two ultimate rares, which has been pretty good so far. >> That's pretty good. >> Yeah, they these have been good. Everything else kind of we're still waiting, you know, see if we can get anything. Now this right here is going to be something good, right? >> hide I'm trying to hide it. >> Okay. All right, come on. Come on. Three card pack. >> Last turn. We got two rares, that's probably the best we're going to get out of there. All right, power of the duelist. Third ulti. >> Yeah, I would have been three out of three. >> We are two for two, aren't we? >> Well, now we're two for three, but I've done two and a half. >> Oh, okay, okay. Pack, magic, right. Cyclone blast, all right, that's fine. We didn't really want that as an ulti anyway, it's fine. That's fine. >> we'll do the TP5. >> All right, TP5, luminous soldier, needle worm, big shield gardna, uh two other super rares. Here we go. >> Then tornado bird. >> Tornado. Okay, we got a rare, right? Oh, oh, that's a rare in TB1, TB1. Yeah, they reprinted as a common. Yeah, I can't really see out of this thing. So hopefully I can make it as clear as possible. The pack seems to be focusing, so that's good. All right, come on, baby. Any hollows will win out of here. Green kappa. >> That's in my hobby league one. >> They all boosted. >> Chortos, oh. Archfiend, is that a rare? Yes. That and Stardust in there. That's pretty nice pack. All right. I'll do like one more of these, one more of those, one more of those and I'll hand it off to you. All right, sounds good. Sounds good. Two ultis pulled so far. It's going to be hard to beat. All right, we're just going to go straight into it. Go straight in. All right, switching up the luck. Ooh, that looks pretty good in that lighting. Lair Scarab. I always remember having one of those guys in my deck box. I didn't use them, but he was in the deck box with my deck. Ooh, we'll save Dark Armed Dragon for the last. Dark Armed Dragon will be pulled. That's going to be insane. Wild. Old school pack. Come on, baby. Trying to save the pack art. People like buying the empty packs to display and stuff. Got to keep them nice. Last turn. Like we pulled I think it's in every pack. Clown Zombie. All right. Look at this organization over here. This is crazy. I'm trying to I'm trying to keep you organized. Saving me a lot of time. Now wait for this pack right here. This is going to be the ultimate rare. Any rare. Other than a reg Ooh, [cheering] they're not weighed. good one. That's a sick card. I had that in my binder. Dude, you got sleeves, right? We can put them in later, but yeah, okay. Sangan, ultra rare. We got some We got some. They're not weighed. Uh, actually I don't know, I'll probably put it in a deck. Actually, [music] that card's super nice. Card's super nice, actually. All right, well, we ended on a nice note. The centering? Centering's terrible. Yeah, it's This is 8 centering, so don't think it's going to work. 8.5 No, it's the ratio. We're going to a live grade. Oh, yeah, that's bad. >> [laughter] >> I told you. That's really rough. I told you. Card's clean though. Might. You got the expert right here. I'll get a We'll get a live live review. Okay. Oh, are you done? Was that your last one? Okay. So, the focus is rough. So, you got to keep manually clicking it. Dude, this just started happening with this phone. I don't know. I need a new phone. All right. Yeah. All right, here we go. Power of the Duelist, let's go. Yeah, don't worry about everything else. Just try to keep it these. That's what matters, you know. All right, let's go. Or for the back. I'm going to get all kinds of crazy stuff, okay? How we looking? All right, let's go. Mausoleum, Jurassic Egg, D Spirit, Flying Saucer, Neos Wonder Garage and Neo Space. I would like to get this ultimate. That would be cool. What do you mean? Wonder Garage What are you What are you talking about? It says it right there. What do you mean? I'm so confused. Where's the stack? Okay, this is on the front. So, I have to carefully open it this direction without spoiling it for the camera or myself just stuff. So, I I almost just flipped it over after all that. Neck a goal has been in almost every pack. The Emergency Provisions Okay, same same Susanoo. I think we we know these are weighed, but I'm pretty sure these are. But, got to give it a chance. Let's try this. Turbo Pack 6 No, we know >> they're unweighed, there could be a Dark Armed Dragon, which would be absolutely insane. Which is going to be hard not to spoil, too. >> Yeah, I've never had this focus problem you're having. >> Yeah, I I I've been having it a lot recently. I don't know what's going on. All right, we good? >> Yep. >> Sphere, that's not an ulti, but >> Another Stardust >> Stardust Dragon. >> That's pretty good. It's very solid. How many pa- Oh, we got a bunch of Dark Arm or uh Dark Arm potential in there. All right, next pack. We have Brainwashing. Remove Brainwashing is a different card. Black Stego. Fake Hero. >> Mirror Luster >> Crop Circles Rocks and Special. Passed it as me. Ambulance Contact! >> [screaming] [laughter] >> Let's go! Finally! Future Fusion ulti. Let These packs are insane. Look at that. Get Yeah, get in there. Look at that. >> All right, we got three ultis. >> Maybe we fix the camera. I don't know. We got an engineer in here, so we're going to open the last few packs. Well, we just pulled that, so let's do this. See what we can get. We got three ultis. We just need one out of here we're happy. That's all we need. >> Is there only one or >> Only one. They usually in the 100-pack box you get two. So, you get two Dark Armed Dragons. It's like one in 50 chance. This is like a euro pack or something. Are they all like this? >> It does seem more rare. >> This is a euro pack. >> Euro Euro >> And it's And it was backwards. It was the other way. That was definitely a euro pack. All right, so it has has an ulti in it, obviously. Kinetic Soldier. Red Dragon Archfiend euro print. It actually feels different. So, these didn't all come from the same place, I guess. I don't remember where I got them. All right, turbo pack six. >> We're doing better on the auto I got to now. >> Yeah, good. Good. Good job, iPhone. Figured it out after 25 years. Oh, I spoiled it. >> Yep, you did. Zombie. >> Clowns up. We fixed the the focus, but we didn't fix how to open the packs. >> Like, why would you put it on front? Like, who wants that? >> I don't know. >> Put it in the middle. >> I don't know what they were thinking. Well, luckily, Power of the Duelist doesn't do that. >> We've been pulling five, uh >> Yeah, like this is actually insane how good we're pulling out here. All right. Fourth ulti, Rox and special. Of course, got to do it a couple times. Chrysalis Dolphin. Paths of Destiny. Oh, I want that ulti. I want that ulti. That's all right. >> to pull out of these? >> Submarine Warrior, yeah. It's a rare. Yeah, that's a sick card. >> Was that ultra? Was that >> No, that's a rare. >> Oh, it looks very ultra through the light. >> but yeah. >> It looked Yeah, it looked like a golden name. >> Yeah, I'm telling you, when you look through there, you can't tell on the names. It's so hard. >> Where did it go? >> It disappeared. It's Submarine. >> Oh. Oh, yeah. Yeah, definitely. Yeah, it looks like it looks like an ultra rare. >> Yeah. The ultra Submarine Warrior. It's an error print. >> Yeah, I knew better, but >> All right, next. All right, I'm not going to spoil this one. Not going to spoil it. TP6. That's a holo right there. It's a holo, okay? I believe. >> Well, not a horrible rare. >> A super Rox and special into the Goat format card. Which doesn't really see as much play as it used to. Okay. Turbo six. Yeah, cuz this one is not Euro print. Gemini Spark and Creature Swap, both playable. A lot of Red Dragon Archfiend and Stardust. That's not bad though. That's a good thing to get. Well, that was a really good pack, actually. All very decent cards. you serious? right, next. Power of the Duelist. Four from the back, we have Decoyroid, Mausoleum, Miracle Jurassic Egg, Alien Skull, Contact, Alien Gray, Fossil Excavation, Veileroid. Another Flare Scarab. We only have two Super Rares. So, we're getting more Ultras than Super Rares, which is pretty interesting. One of those left, one of those, four of those. So, we got to do this. Even it out. >> Let me know if you guys want to see anything else. >> Even it out with Turbo Pack. We will get the Ultimate Rare right here. Here we go. More Dark Grepher, that'd be sick. Golem. Armory Arm I haven't pulled that yet. All right, we're getting a lot of Synchros. A lot of Synchros. Now, now this has a foil in it. >> No, no chance. >> It has a It has a What else is there? There's the Tune Table of Contents in here. >> Uh yes. >> Tune Table of Contents, Tune Cannon Soldier. What's Exile the Wicked in? Is that CP7? >> It's like Warrior of Extermination or something. >> Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Burglar and the Archfiend Marmot of Niferiousness. >> Look at that. >> Eating an acorn. And he has a horn for some reason. Okay. Two, three. I think it's time for Astral Pack It's time for Astral Pack eight. I don't know what's in Astral Pack eight, to be honest. >> know. I didn't know either, that's why I let you let you have it, cuz I thought you would like >> It's guaranteed Holos in Astral Pack, isn't it? Lose one turn, I think it's guaranteed. Kick Man Boyo and Red-Eyes Wyvern, that's an Edison card. That's sick. All right, we'll put that with the Holos. And then, we got a nice playable card right there. Turbo Pack time. We ain't messing around. We're getting an ulti. It's going to happen. I'm busy getting the Dark Armed Dragon. We got it. >> [screaming] >> Let's go! THREE packs left. Dark Armed Dragon. >> saved that for you. >> Ultimate rare. Let's go. >> I want to know about your PC. >> How's that PCG centering? >> 8.5. >> Back's amazing. We got to get this live graded. Once Rich is done, we're we're live we're live reviewing this thing. That's incredible. That's incredible. That centering is not that bad, actually. It's a little bit this way. Dude, that card looks That's my third one now. It's popping. It's not really that crazy. One in 50. So, it's like but >> But I don't let it >> It's still insane. Yeah. >> It's like you forgot about >> Right. And I honestly couldn't remember if these were like if I knew they had been opened a bunch or something and I guess I didn't. So. >> But I think you'll take eight tournament packs, six packs and >> Yes, this has worked out. These being good, these being good. Yeah. That's good. Dude, that looks incredible. That looks so good. Okay. Oh, yeah. I ruined it. Right off the bat, Spear Dragon. But hey, look, we got a rare. Right in Sangan Thunder Knight. We're going to have the whole TP like common rare set after this, probably. >> Another two packs to set to sell. >> All right. One more Power of the Duelists. We have three out of nine so far. I can't imagine we're going to get four. But someone has sent me they bought 10 packs for me on Whatnot and got five ultis. So. >> It can happen. >> It's pretty wild. >> Like 800 bucks? >> Yeah, something like that. We're going to get a live review from you. All right. Be ready. Get your grading fingers ready. All right, Dude, this is like the best opening I've had in a while. It's hard to beat this. Ooh, another Dasher to the book end it. All right, that makes sense. I mean, what do we even I mean, we've got Sangan, we've got Dark Armed Dragon. Just get the Dark Grepher now. We have everything for the the dad deck. We have all three things you could need. It's I can't believe that was in there. >> Bringing all these back like that. I may have done better with that the latest OTS box. >> Dude, oh my gosh, that's insane. I can't believe that was in there. That was insane. Okay, Zombie Master. There's so many Edison and Go-Karts in this opening so far. Two left. Two left. We've been doing pretty good, I would say. Let's not ruin the last one. >> Yeah. I don't know. Yeah, what if this magic they have is the lone holo? >> Dude, if this has a holo in it, that would be insane. These are so scuffed on the back. Fiend Skull. I've got a lot for the goat box though, to like put Fiend Skulls and Rice and Cheese and stuff. Burglary. You said they're like kind of bent too. Yeah, they're kind of messed up. >> And I mean, even if they weren't scaled, you still had a small chance of getting a holo. >> Right, one in 18 anyway. And there was only like maybe 18, 15, 12, I don't know what it was. Last pack. I expect nothing, but I'm excited. Of course, you guys got to subscribe for 2,000 straight videos. You got to hit the like button for Dark Armed Dragon and for Turbo Pack. And of course, check out Vintage Yugioh. >> Yeah, I need more watch hours to get re-monetized. >> Yeah, he's got to get re-monetized because they YouTube is like, "Yeah, you guys are just going to have to get screwed now." Oh, okay, I ruined it. >> Well, you're in it. >> Last pack. That's okay. >> What if >> We already got the best card. What do what do we need? What else could we possibly need? Let's >> I'm purely shocked you didn't wait to open that the last pack. >> let's We need to get a live review for this. Okay, benefits of the PCG booth. Hey, what am I going to grade on this thing? Help me out here. >> Well, I'm a I'm a PSA employee, so two. Oh, wait. Sorry, did you submit it again? Five. Okay. Oh, wait, you submitted it again? Nine. Okay. >> What do we got? Based on your terrible lighting in here. >> A little tilted. >> Yeah, what's what's the centering grade? >> the centering now. >> No diamond cut. >> doesn't affect it. >> Yeah, so diamond cut, we're safe there. >> but um >> Dang, that angle looks sick. >> Probably a nine on the centering, honestly. >> Yeah, it's the centering's kind of rough. You got the nice conventional lighting, which is impossible to see anything. >> You do got some scratching on the back, unfortunately. >> No! >> Quite a bit of it, actually. >> Yeah, I'm seeing it now. >> Um it's probably going to be like an 8.5 on the surface, probably like a 10 corners and edges, and then probably a nine on the front. >> So, we get a nine. >> So, it'll probably be a nine overall, is my guess. >> So, it's buying your time. >> Uh we don't we don't take it We don't do anything about it. We just ignore it. >> Well, live review. Thank you guys for watching the 2000 upload special. I told you guys you would enjoy it. So, check out some other videos on your way out. Check out Whatnot this Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Central. Click the link, get $15 free credit off Chaos Origins pack in your first purchase, and tons of magnificent monsters will be given away and sold live on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Can't wait to see you guys there. Check out some other videos on the way out. Shout out to Brandon Chaney, Adam B Metraining, King Tomaya, Junior Warning, >> OH, AN [screaming] ARCHLORD CRESSELIA first edition, Shangling, and Crypto Poppy Mike for your support as ultimate members. [screaming] >> OH MY GOODNESS! THE BLUE-EYES [screaming] WHITE DRAGON! OH! >> [screaming] >> AND I'LL SEE YOU GUYS NEXT TIME. PEACE.