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State of the Program for March 22nd, 2023
 
In the News

MTGO Socials: Daybreak has set up forums for MTGO, which you can find here.  In addition to the Forums, Daybreak has set up a Discord for MTGO.  You can get the invite here.  MTGO has a Twitter account, and can now add an account for Facebook and Instagram

Redemption: 
Redemption is up and running!  Remember that redemption runs now until supply is gone.   Currently being redeemed are Dominaria United (10% regular 15% premium left)  and The Brothers' War (About Half-Gone).  Phyrexia: All Will Be One's redemption period starts today, March 8. 

The Timeline

This is a list of things we have been promised, or we just want to see coming back. Another good source for dates and times is the calendar and the weekly blog, while the best source for known bugs is the bug blog which appears sporadically on MTGO.com. Not listed, but important: Wizards offers either one or two online MCQs each weekend, with qualifiers for limited MCQs running the days immediately prior to the MCQ.
 
Upcoming Events
Dates
Scheduled Downtimes
April 5, 2023
Constructed Leagues End
April 18, 2023
Sealed Leagues End
April 18, 2023
Magic Online Championship Series and other events
Complete details, including schedule, rules, and which online events qualify you for which online or paper events is here. In addition, Wizards will be offering these special formats:

Ongoing -  Modern Horizons 2

March 25 - Modern Showcase Challenge
March 26 - Pioneer Showcase Challenge
April 1 - Vintage Showcase Challenge
April 2 - Legacy Showcase Challenge
April 8 - MOCS Showcase Open
April 9 - MOCS Showcase Open

April 5 - Dominaria Remastered
April 12 - March of the Machine Release

May 3 - Magic 30 Cube
May 10 - Vintage Cube

Magic Online Format Challenges
These are high stakes events that happen every weekend. They cost 30 Tix / 300 play points, and last a number of rounds based on participation (assume 5-8), plus a single elimination Top 8. Details, including prize payouts, are here. Start times are:

TIME (PT) FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
12:00 a.m.     Vintage Challenge
1:00 a.m    Limited 32 Challenge 32 Player Limited Challenge
2:00 a.m.   Pauper Challenge  
4:00 a.m.   Legacy Challenge Modern Challenge
6:00 a.m.   Standard Challenge Pioneer Challenge
8:00 a.m.   Modern Challenge Legacy Challenge
10:00 a.m.   Vintage Challenge Pauper Challenge
12:00 p.m.   Limited Challenge Limited Challenge
2:00 p.m.   Pioneer Challenge Standard Challenge
4:00 p.m. Limited 32 Challenge    
6:00 p.m. Modern 32 Challenge Modern 32 Challenge  

 

Cutting Edge Tech

Legacy:  I think we're in that weird period of time in Legacy, where after a ban, people play neat things again for a little while before settling back in on the best of the best.  Canadian Threshold is in that list of decks as well as the various Stoneblade lists.


Modern: I noticed this deck on Twitter after SaffronOlive from MTGGoldfish mentioned something about it.  It looks really neat, and aims to do the same thing that red burn decks look to do in the format, but with a bit more of a longer game in mind.  I imagine that flashing back Bump in the Night happens more than some would imagine! 


Pauper:  I saw this and was reminded of the old Kiln Fiend Nivix Cyclops builds of Izzet Prowess (which I guess at that time was an aggro "Prowess" because that isn't a keyword), and I miss that deck alot.  The Pauper format has evolved to the point where it's not a good deck anymore, and honestly, I think we need a ton of bans to get it back in to the format!*

*We don't need bans, that was a joke!


Pioneer:


 
Winner's Circle

The Winner's Circle is where I will recognize winners of the past events on MTGO. 

Challenge Winners

Friday Modern - jakobpablo - Izzet Breach

Saturday Legacy - DNEELEY - Maverick
Saturday Modern  - Jumba - 4 Color Creativity
Saturday Modern - thekingofnone - HammerTime
Saturday Pauper - Cabezadebolo - Mono Red Prowess
Saturday Pioneer - rushi_00 - Abzan Greasefang
Saturday Standard - That0neKid - Esper Legends
Saturday Vintage - Showcase Challenge

Sunday Legacy - Showcase Challenge
Sunday Modern - Xerk - Yawgmoth Counters
Sunday Pauper - SIRJAVISINPA - Mono Red Prowess
Sunday Pioneer - MagicianMagico - Gruul Vehicles
Sunday Standard - Arianne - Esper Legends
Sunday Vintage - ecobaronen

Other Event Winners

Vintage Showcase Challenge
Limited Super Qualifier
Legacy Showcase Challenge

Card Prices

Note: all my prices come from the fine folks at MTGOTraders.com. These are retail prices, and generally the price of the lowest priced, actively traded version. (Prices for some rare promo versions are not updated when not in stock, so I skip those.) You can get these cards at MTGOTraders.com web store, or from their bots: MTGOTradersBot(#) (they have bots 1-10), CardCaddy and CardWareHouse, or sell cards to MTGOTradersBuyBot(#) (they have buybots 1-4). I have bought cards from MTGOTraders for a decade and a half now, and have never been overcharged or disappointed.
 
Standard Staples: Loran of the Third Path, Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim are new to the list.  Graveyard Trespasser is off the list again for now. 

Standard Cards Price Last Week Change % Change
Phyrexian Fleshgorger $7.70 $7.81 -$0.11 -1%
Brotherhood's End $8.59 $9.92 -$1.33 -13%
Cityscape Leveler $20.70 $20.56 $0.14 1%
Portal to Phyrexia $6.58 $6.49 $0.09 1%
Titania, Voice of Gaea $5.90 $6.50 -$0.60 -9%
Urza, Lord Protector $5.43 $5.40 $0.03 1%
One with the Multiverse $7.21 $6.84 $0.37 5%
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor $5.46 $5.44 $0.02 0%
The Stone Brain $6.07 $5.58 $0.49 9%
Loran of the Third Path $5.21


Teferi,Temporal Pilgrim $5.18


Leyline Binding $25.48 $20.56 $4.92 24%
Liliana of the Veil $8.56 $8.78 -$0.22 -3%
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse $66.73 $71.60 -$4.87 -7%
Karn's Sylex $8.40 $8.44 -$0.04 0%
Serra Paragon $5.67 $6.32 -$0.65 -10%
Memory Deluge $11.35 $11.96 -$0.61 -5%
Brutal Cathar $10.36 $11.55 -$1.19 -10%
Bloodthirsty Adversary $11.72 $11.28 $0.44 4%
Shipwreck Marsh $6.07 $7.51 -$1.44 -19%
Boseiju, Who Endures $51.79 $55.04 -$3.25 -6%
Otawara, Soaring City $13.32 $11.88 $1.44 12%
The Wandering Emperor $10.72 $10.83 -$0.11 -1%
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker $49.80 $58.48 -$8.68 -15%
Atraxa, Grand Unifier $78.26 $79.84 -$1.58 -2%
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines $8.33 $10.07 -$1.74 -17%
Jace, the Perfected Mind $4.41 $5.48 -$1.07 -20%
Ledger Shredder $17.15 $15.12 $2.03 13%
Unlicensed Hearse $16.11 $14.35 $1.76 12%
Xander's Lounge $5.09 $6.08 -$0.99 -16%
Raffine, Scheming Seer $14.23 $11.99 $2.24 19%
Stormcarved Coast $7.47 $9.32 -$1.85 -20%
Wedding Announcement $31.93 $30.65 $1.28 4%
Cultivator Colossus $4.59 $5.24 -$0.65 -12%
Modern Staples: Aether Vial is off the list. 

Modern Cards Price Last Week Change % Change
Engineered Explosives $21.70 $22.17 -$0.47 -2%
Grinding Station $3.55 $5.05 -$1.50 -30%
Cavern of Souls $9.94 $10.30 -$0.36 -3%
Magus of the Moon $5.00 $4.91 $0.09 2%
Orvar, the All-Form $22.00 $20.47 $1.53 7%
Polluted Delta $7.20 $9.14 -$1.94 -21%
Wooded Foothills $9.76 $7.46 $2.30 31%
Flooded Strand $12.68 $9.37 $3.31 35%
Bloodstained Mire $6.54 $8.29 -$1.75 -21%
Windswept Heath $6.13 $4.85 $1.28 26%
Thoughtseize $9.45 $8.55 $0.90 11%
Force of Negation $14.02 $13.55 $0.47 3%
Wrenn and Six $31.24 $23.19 $8.05 35%
Sunbaked Canyon $7.64 $8.45 -$0.81 -10%
Seasoned Pyromancer $12.93 $10.52 $2.41 23%
Force of Vigor $16.70 $14.62 $2.08 14%
Flusterstorm $10.44 $10.25 $0.19 2%
Archon of Cruelty $13.41 $8.79 $4.62 53%
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer $25.64 $26.22 -$0.58 -2%
Urza's Saga $37.95 $44.08 -$6.13 -14%
Solitude $23.38 $27.09 -$3.71 -14%
Endurance $26.27 $26.34 -$0.07 0%
Grief $13.31 $13.71 -$0.40 -3%
Murktide Regent $14.29 $12.94 $1.35 10%
Fury $36.56 $36.09 $0.47 1%
Esper Sentinel $11.51 $9.52 $1.99 21%
Tourach, Dread Cantor $6.20 $7.02 -$0.82 -12%
Subtlety $10.44 $10.39 $0.05 0%
Dress Down $5.98 $5.77 $0.21 4%
Chalice of the Void $9.43 $10.15 -$0.72 -7%
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn $6.35 $6.31 $0.04 1%
Ensnaring Bridge $6.42 $6.91 -$0.49 -7%
Teferi, Time Raveler $16.15 $14.99 $1.16 8%
Scalding Tarn $6.93 $6.38 $0.55 9%
Verdant Catacombs $2.45 $3.05 -$0.60 -20%
Misty Rainforest $5.27 $5.06 $0.21 4%
Arid Mesa $3.32 $3.47 -$0.15 -4%
Marsh Flats $1.61 $1.59 $0.02 1%
Eternal StaplesWhite Plume Adventurer and Enlightened Tutor has come off the list.  More importantly, the new initiative cards are on the list, and I added some of the holy value Pauper stuff that was missing. 

Eternal Format Cards Price Last Time Change % Change
Displacer Kitten $4.55 $5.96 ($1.41) -24%
Undermountain Adventurer $16.39


Avenging Hunter $13.65


Kenku Artificer $10.23


Goliath Paladin $9.73


Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes $6.91


Caves of Chaos Adventurer $5.87


Hullbreacher $6.66 $6.34 $0.32 5%
Opposition Agent $19.62 $19.10 $0.52 3%
Jeweled Lotus $5.91 $6.33 ($0.42) -7%
Jeska's Will $11.80 $15.61 ($3.81) -24%
City of Traitors $10.30 $11.89 ($1.59) -13%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee $9.43 $9.78 ($0.35) -4%
Helm of Obedience $15.97 $17.25 ($1.28) -7%
Force of Will $42.13 $37.74 $4.39 12%
Urza's Bauble $11.92 $13.14 ($1.22) -9%
Hydroblast $8.09 $6.81 $1.28 19%
Pyroblast $6.26 $5.58 $0.68 12%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale $7.87 $8.67 ($0.80) -9%
Phyrexian Dreadnought $8.98 $7.96 $1.02 13%
Unmask $21.31 $19.37 $1.94 10%
Misdirection $10.08 $10.26 ($0.18) -2%
Snuff Out $15.32 $18.40 ($3.08) -17%
Submerge $6.95 $5.54 $1.41 25%
Daze $10.20 $12.02 ($1.82) -15%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow $8.66 $9.06 ($0.40) -4%
Stifle $8.03 $10.55 ($2.52) -24%
Mox Opal $5.97 $6.87 ($0.90) -13%
Mox Diamond $23.44 $25.56 ($2.12) -8%
Wasteland $17.01 $16.27 $0.74 5%
Ancient Tomb $19.78 $20.53 ($0.75) -4%
Lotus Petal $17.30 $15.74 $1.56 10%
Grindstone $17.47 $18.16 ($0.69) -4%
Grim Monolith $14.73 $16.05 ($1.32) -8%
Goblin Welder $8.19 $8.37 ($0.18) -2%
Exploration $7.47 $8.22 ($0.75) -9%
Gaea's Cradle $34.26 $34.49 ($0.23) -1%
Carpet of Flowers $7.28 $5.65 $1.63 29%
Gilded Drake $11.26 $11.91 ($0.65) -5%
Show and Tell $24.53 $16.83 $7.70 46%
Black Lotus $14.67 $16.34 ($1.67) -10%
Volcanic Island $16.11 $15.74 $0.37 2%
Underground Sea $5.57 $5.81 ($0.24) -4%
Null Rod $10.25 $9.78 $0.47 5%
Doomsday $12.05 $13.49 ($1.44) -11%
Paradigm Shift $13.27 $13.27 $0.00 0%
Pioneer StaplesHall of Storm Giants, Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord, and Terror of the Peaks have all come off the list. 

Pioneer Cards Price Last Time Change % Change
Indomitable Creativity $7.31 $5.71 $1.60 28.02%
Den of the Bugbear $12.87 $8.54 $4.33 50.70%
Tasha's Hideous Laughter $13.82 $15.28 -$1.46 -9.55%
Collected Company $5.36 $4.76 $0.60 12.61%
Brazen Borrower $20.61 $19.10 $1.51 7.91%
Shark Typhoon $12.21 $12.11 $0.10 0.83%
Fiend Artisan $8.83 $8.16 $0.67 8.21%
Mana Confluence $13.31 $12.53 $0.78 6.23%
Esika's Chariot $11.39 $10.46 $0.93 8.89%
Darkbore Pathway $7.30 $4.83 $2.47 51.14%
Spirebluff Canal $7.51 $6.89 $0.62 9.00%
Leyline of the Void $5.15 $5.89 -$0.74 -12.56%
Lotus Field $6.82 $7.48 -$0.66 -8.82%
Necromentia $5.11 $5.29 -$0.18 -3.40%
The Meathook Massacre $9.96 $9.88 $0.08 0.81%
Witherbloom Commander $12.09 $9.52 $2.57 27.00%
Karn, the Great Creator $16.23 $17.15 -$0.92 -5.36%
Emeria's Call $15.26 $17.63 -$2.37 -13.44%
Omnath, Locus of Creation $9.50 $9.71 -$0.21 -2.16%
Skyclave Apparition $7.84 $7.59 $0.25 3.29%
Roiling Vortex $10.33 $9.29 $1.04 11.19%
Agadeem's Awakening $5.86 $5.87 -$0.01 -0.17%
Standard Legal Sets: This table tracks the cost of a single copy of every card in each Standard legal set, plus Treasure Chests and the current booster pack. I’ll keep tracking these because they are interesting (at least to me).  This is being kept as a small tribute to Pete!

Complete Set Price Last Time Change % Change
The Brothers' War $137.50 $138.72 ($1.22) -1%
Dominaria United $149.87 $153.56 ($3.69) -2%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow $88.94 $91.49 ($2.55) -3%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt $106.37 $111.20 ($4.83) -4%
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty $149.70 $162.32 ($12.62) -8%
Phyrexia: All Will Be One $367.30 $371.01 ($3.71) -1%
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Booster $2.79 $3.29 ($0.50) -15%
Streets of New Capenna $76.15 $74.50 $1.65 2%
Treasure Chest $2.46 $2.57 ($0.11) -4%


The Good Stuff
The following is a list of all the non-foil, non-promo cards on MTGO that retail for more than $25 per card. These are the big ticket items in the world of MTGO.  The list is interesting, at the least. This is interesting to me because a lot of these cards have been reprinted more than once, and they are still commanding a high price. 

Black Lotus 1E Rare 240.33
Mox Jet 1E Rare 109.52
Ancestral Recall 1E Rare 94.19
Atraxa, Grand Unifier ONE Mythic 78.34
Time Walk 1E Rare 72.54
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse ONE Promo 67.18
Mox Sapphire 1E Rare 66.93
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse DMU Mythic 66.73
Atraxa, Grand Unifier ONE Promo 65.3
Mox Emerald 1E Rare 61.88
Mox Pearl 1E Rare 54.05
Boseiju, Who Endures NEO Rare 51.79
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker NEO Rare 49.8
Mox Ruby 1E Rare 49.79
Liliana of the Veil UBT Mythic 49.78
Aether Gale C14 Rare 48.16
Cavern of Souls UBT Mythic 47.99
Karakas UBT Mythic 42.2
Force of Will MED Rare 42.13
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth UBT Mythic 39.46
Urza's Saga MH2 Rare 38.93
Demonic Tutor UBT Mythic 38.79
Wasteland ZNE Mythic 37.1
Dark Depths UBT Mythic 36.05
Fury MH2 Mythic 35.96
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth UBT Mythic 34.7
Gaea's Cradle UZ Rare 34.26
Pramikon, Sky Rampart C19 Mythic 32.77
Snapcaster Mage UBT Mythic 32.7
Timetwister 1E Rare 32.62
Wrenn and Six 2X2 Mythic 32.33
Wedding Announcement VOW Rare 31.93
Jace, the Mind Sculptor MS4 Mythic 31.45
Wrenn and Six MH1 Mythic 31.24
Flooded Strand ZNE Mythic 30.99
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil C19 Mythic 29.51
Endurance MH2 Mythic 26.28
Engineered Explosives UBT Mythic 25.91
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer MH2 Mythic 25.64
Leyline Binding DMU Rare 25.48
Breath of Fire PZ2 Common 25.26

 
In Closing

Prices were done Wednesday morning.  Kentucky got knocked out of the NCAA tournament and I spent about 2 hours sad, and then played some State of Decay 2 with my son.  While my team was knocked out, the sun still rose the next day, and while it was cold outside, it was still really nice. 

This series is an ongoing tribute to Erik “Hamtastic” Friborg.