"Many Magic: The Gathering players ask the question…" Don't you ever get tired of mocking the Professor of Tolarian Community College with that opening? The answer is no, we don't. Even though we love the Professor, and this post is partly inspired by his YouTube channel's content, he's just irresistible to mimic. Not to mention, if he were here reading this, he would probably disagree with the majority of what we're going to be saying here.  The Professor, spoiler alert, usually poops on Wizards of the Coast's boxed products. He tends to have a pessimistic view of boxed value products and has the annoying habit of counting every penny of literal card resale value as if that was the only metric of concern to players.        Pro players will also tell you: NEVER buy the sealed product no matter what, just buy singles from second-parties. If you're a tournament-playing spike, this article is likely not for you - not that you'd be grubbing over here in the backwoods of Uncle Petey's territory…