Can I help you?
Yes, I have some "Magic" prototype cards.
I think they might be of value.
Everybody loves magic.
Oh, this is the other kind of magic.
Yeah.
"Magic, the Gathering" cards.
Hold on a second.
I'm going to fill it right here.
"Magic, the Gathering" is a role playing card game
that was developed in the '90s.
It's pretty cool to look at the prototypes
next to the finished cards.
For example, Firebreathing Creature.
This is a little baby blowing fire, but no, when the card
came out, it was much cooler.
It was a dragon breathing fire.
HARRISON: I'm here at the pawn shop today
to try to sell some "Magic" prototype cards.
These "Magic" cards actually come from my uncle.
He's a huge collector.
And we found them in a box of his.
These "Magic" cards are special because they're
the only prototypes available.
These are unique to the set and to the game itself.
I'm looking to get as close to $25,000 as possible.
This is awesome.
What was really cool about "Magic, the Gathering"
at the time, I believe it was the first card game that
was meant to play and collect.
What would happen when these came out
is, you would have your deck, I would have my deck,
and we would battle each other.
The game has evolved through time.
But over 20 million people around the world play "Magic."
I mean, it is the most successful role
playing card game out there.
So I see a lot of good stuff here.
We have a Unicorn Summon.
And over here, we have the Unicorn.
Pretty cool.
Ents, which looks like it turned into the Ironroot Tree.
I didn't realize you had so many of them here.
Yeah, I have quite a few.
So what are you looking to do with these?
I'm looking to sell them, just the prototypes.
OK, how much are you looking for?
$25,000.
So here's the deal.
You could easily have $25,000 here.
You could have $200,000 here.
I really just don't know.
Trading card games are very collectible.
And "Magic, the Gathering" is the most expensive
trading card game there is.
This game has cards that are worth $100,000 in it.
I just don't know what this is worth.
So this is something I would like to get
checked out by my expert.
So what I think I'm going to do is grab your number from you.
I'm going to need a couple of days
to see if I can set up a meeting with someone
who actually knows about these.
Then from there, we can talk about a price.
What do you think?
OK.
Yeah, that could work.
Sounds good.
Meet you over there.
HARRISON: Unfortunately, we weren't
able to make a deal today, but I'm willing to wait
and see what could happen.
I know that these cards are worth something,
so hopefully patience will be a virtue.
CHUM: Hey, Don.
How's it going? DON LEWIS: Hey, Chum.
How you been? CHUM: I'm good.
Here's my boss, Rick.
Rick, how are you?
You have a store that just sells cards for these games?
That's it.
It's a huge market.
I got some of Chum's money here and there.
Hey, here's my guy right now.
Harrison, how are you doing? HARRISON: Good.
DON LEWIS: Come on back here.
Excited to see what you got. - So--
Gotta put some gloves on for these.
CHUM: --these are the prototype cards I was telling you about.
So what you guys have here, these
are the gamma playtest cards.
RICK: The gamma playtest cards.
Yeah, so basically this is the first set of playtest cards
that resembles the first set of "Magic,"
the first one that really resembles what
the game ended up looking like.
These are the pieces of paper that they gave to roughly 40
ish people to test out "Magic" to make
sure that it played right.
So are they real?
Well, I have one in my case here that is authenticated.
RICK: So it's been graded and authenticated.
It's been graded.
This is a Time Walk.
This is the card that Time Walk became.
Time Walk, Time Walk, similar to that.
To me, the print looks right.
The stamp is right.
Just because this is a collection of all these
together, I would say that these are authentic.
CHUM: So these are collectible?
That's the magic question, isn't it?
These are very collectible, yes.
I would say that probably 90% of these got thrown in the trash
before the game came out.
These are incredibly rare.
Most people that play "Magic" wouldn't even
know that these exist.
RICK: OK.
What kind of price are we looking at?
Because of how scarce these are,
I would roughly say about 400 bucks a piece.
And we got 27, right, Harrison?
Yes.
CHUM: Rick, how much is that?
$10,800.
One thing I can say because of how scarce these are, these
almost cannot go down in value.
These are a steadily increasing set.
I appreciate you looking at them.
Thank you. - You're welcome.
I'll let you guys talk.
So, you're asking $25,000.
Don says they're worth $10,800.
Would you take 6,200?
Oh, gosh.
That's kind of steep.
Do you think we could do, like, $10,500 maybe?
No, that makes no sense.
Sort of like the game.
OK, um, well, yeah, in that case,
I'm going to probably have to pass.
$7,500?
Ooh.
Um, gosh, well, I mean, based off what Don said
with the value increasing every other year,
I mean, I think I probably actually have to hold off.
Sorry.
Well, Rick, it looks like we're going to have
to go play with another deck.
I got a magic lesson set up next door.
A lesson to play this card game.
You'll probably be better than me.
Don't worry. Appreciate you, Harrison.
Thanks for bringing them by.
Appreciate you as well.
Come on, Rick.
HARRISON: There wasn't any magic happening here today,
so I'm just going to gather up my cards and head home.
So, unfortunately, we weren't able to make
a deal on the "Magic, the Gathering" cards.
But since we're here, I figured it's a good time
for Rick to learned something.
I mean, it is a little complex, but I
think he could get the hang of it with the help from a master.
So I guess it's your turn now?
All right, draw for turn.
Just what I needed.
Play my Mountain, which is a land.
I'll play my Cavalcade of Calamity.
I'll tap two manna.
I'll cast my enchantment spell and take
seven life points from you.
Your turn.
I'm pretty good at this game.
I have no idea what you just said.
To be honest with you, I just took
seven life points from you.
What are you going to do? Draw a card and go.
I mean, I don't even know if you're telling the truth.
One, two, three, so seven points, yeah.
Because he has one power here.
This is silly.
I can't do this.
It makes no sense to me.
Rick, you're my ride.
You've wasted my evening.
I was trying to make you money.
RICK: Take a magic carpet.
CHUM: So that means I won, right?