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When the long-awaited set Magic: The Gathering Given that the card was leaked to YouTube last week, no one could have imagined that the case would end with one of the world’s most notorious private security firms involved. But that’s exactly what happened after YouTuber Oldschoolmtg uploaded an unboxing video featuring his collection of March of the Machine: The Aftermath booster packs.
For those who don’t know, Aftermath is the next 50 cards. Magic: The Gathering The Wizards of the Coast set will be released on May 12th.Billed as a current supplement to the game March of the Machines Expansion, available from April 21st. As expected, Oldschoolmtg’s unboxing video Magic: The Gathering community I can speak in the next few daysBased on Wizards of the Coast’s response, it’s safe to say that the video irritated the Hasbro-owned publishers as well.
Over the weekend, Oldschoolmtg uploaded another video. “The aftermath of the aftermath… everything is gone!” In the clip, the YouTuber says that Pinkerton agents showed up at his house on Saturday morning and began demanding that the “stolen” products be handed over. We recorded it,” says Oldschoolmtg. “Shortly after we finished the video someone was in front of the door and the dog started barking. I came out and his wife came out the door and it was Pinkerton.
If you live in the US, Pinkerton needs no introduction. The company is one of the oldest private security firms in the country, with its original incarnation, the Pinkerton Detective Agency, dating back to 1850.their job continue in the 21st century.
Oldschoolmtg speculates that the person he bought the unreleased cards from probably didn’t know they were being sent an unreleased set. “Someone screwed it up and sent the wrong case to the gentleman I bought the box from. When he sold me the stuff, he was selling me the March of the Machine collector’s box.” It’s not Aftermath.”
After collecting the spilled Magic: The Gathering The Pinkertons got in touch with a Wizards of the Coast rep at Old School MTG. I felt very sorry for this.”
A spokesperson for Wizards of the Coast said: polygon and Kotaku The company has dispatched a private security firm to Oldschoolmtg as “part of an investigation” into the information breach. The YouTuber said a contact they spoke with at Wizards of the Coast offered to send free product as compensation for what happened. Not surprisingly, his YouTube viewership has also doubled since the original video went up.
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