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Video taking off 8.4x its usual first day

HECZ's $1,850 Pokémon pack comes with a holographic promise

A collecting vlog brings OpTic autographs, vintage packs and an unexpected LeBron James card cameo into the same collection.

Channel: HECZ Story of Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 46,416 views a day, 8.4 times a normal first day on this channel (5,504).

I Paid $5000+ for Pokemon Cards, This is what I got…I Paid $5000+ for Pokemon Cards, This is what I got…

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  1. 0:48HECZ explains how his daughter's interest brought him into Pokémon collecting.
  2. 8:30A binder of Call of Duty League and OpTic player cards begins an office autograph hunt.
  3. 17:48HECZ visits Scump in a practice room to get cards signed for his personal collection.
  4. 25:08At FS/FT, HECZ signs a LeBron James card featuring him in the background crowd.
  5. 28:30True Edits joins HECZ to open Pokémon Celebrations packs back at the facility.
  6. 35:30HECZ buys a vintage pack with a holographic guarantee; the reveal comes at 36:25.

What makes a sealed Pokémon pack worth opening at that price? For HECZ, there is at least one assurance: the vendor promises his money back if there isn't a holographic card inside.

At the card-show table, the OpTic founder carefully opens the vintage Base Set pack and reveals an Alakazam. Then he buys another pack. That one produces a holographic Mewtwo.

The sequence comes late in "I Paid $5000+ for Pokemon Cards, This is what I got…", a collecting vlog that drew roughly 46,000 views in its first day, well above his usual start. His daughter's interest brought him into Pokémon, but collecting itself is familiar territory: shoes, graffiti magazines and sports cards were already part of his world.

This time, the OpTic facility doubles as an autograph stop. HECZ carries a binder of player cards around the office, gets Methodz's signature with an unhelpfully fading marker, and visits Scump to have cards signed for his personal collection. In the comments, viewers propose a dedicated OpTic pack-opening channel, while another offers a practical warning about binder rings denting cards.

There is also a collecting twist that doesn't require opening a pack. At FS/FT, HECZ signs a LeBron James card because he appears in the background crowd at a Hawks-Cavaliers game. Alongside his own Upper Deck Goodwin Champions cards, it gives him another way into the collection. As he puts it: "I'm in the hobby twice. Once here, and then my own Goodwin Champions cards."

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What viewers say

  • an OpTic Rips channel would go beyond hard
    @mtcardskiSee it on YouTube
  • Gotta get a ringless binder, the rings will put dents into your cards if you're not careful!
    @joshfisher5908See it on YouTube
  • It's wild seeing how deep into the card and collectibles world HECZ has gotten since the Goodwin Champions days
    @RiftRareHQSee it on YouTube
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  • this felt like a Casey neistat vlog
    @collegecreditjourneySee it on YouTube
  • Hecz and swooty are like iron man and spider man
    @mvpmurat5See it on YouTube
  • I'm more a yugioh guy but Optic pack opening channel would be fun to see. Watched you lads since the beginning glad to see most are still around making content.
    @BranRetroSee it on YouTube
  • love seeing the team collecting
    @BOOZER69See it on YouTube

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The facts
Channel
HECZ
Subscribers
997,000
Channel views, last 7 days
399,399
Channel views, pace per day
82,457 (on a normal day: 50,213)
Video published
November 4, 2026
Video views so far
52,933 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day
37,060

The numbers

The collecting vlog reached well beyond HECZ's usual first-day audience. Here's how its start compares.

the video's first day
usual first day here
5,504
this video
46,416
subscribers
997,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
179,965,331
views per day
82,457
typical day: 50,213
the video
views
52,933
likes
1,092
comments
110
days online
2
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Sodapoppin
1,130,000
BarleyTheBurr
1,030,000
HECZ
997,000
Atrioc
944,000
fuslie
920,000
2ndJerma
901,000
As of November 6, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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