State of the Program for October 13th 2017
Redemption Deadline Looming: Redemption of Dragons of Tarkir, Magic Origins, Battle for Zendikar and Oath of the Gatewatch ends November 2nd. Amonkhet and Hour of Devastation redemption ends November 20th. If you want to turn your digital cards from those sets into paper, redeem them now.
Use your MOCS QP Points: This season ends November 1st. Any leftover qualifying points will be removed form accounts at that time. Last chance to use your QPs is October 21st.
Magic Coverage: If you want to plan your Magic viewing (best done while drafting MTGO on one screen and Twitch.tv on a second), check out this
article. It details coverage for all of October, including Worlds and US Nats.
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 PTQs each weekend, with qualifiers running the three days prior to the PTQ.
Upcoming Events
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Timing
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Extended Downtime
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Oct. 25th, Nov. 15th & 29th
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No Downtime Scheduled
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Oct. 18th, Nov. 8th & 22nd
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Standard MOCS Monthly
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October 21st
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Constructed Leagues End (maybe)
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October 18, 2017 (B&R announcement)
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Sealed Leagues End
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January 15, 2018
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Iconic Masters
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November 17, 2017
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Rivals of Ixalan
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January 21, 2018
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Core Set Magic 2019
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July 20, 2018
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Commander 2017 details here.
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November 2017 on MTGO
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25th Anniversary Edition Masters
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March 16, 2018
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Next B&R Announcement
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October 17, 2017
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DTK, ORI, BFZ & OGW Redemption Ends
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November 2, 2017
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AKH and HOU Redemption Ends
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November 20, 2017
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SOI and EMN Redemption Closes
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April 28, 2018
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Flashback, Throwback Standard and CUBE for 2017
Wizards will be offering either a flashback draft league, a flashback Standard gauntlet, a CUBE league or prerelease / Release events each week. Here’s the schedule so far.
Flashback and Such Rotation
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Begins
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Ends
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(break for Ixalan limited)
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September 25th
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October 25th
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???
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October 25th
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November 1st
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???
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November 1st
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November 8th
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???
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November 8th
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November 15th
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Iconic Masters
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November 17th
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???
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The new Flashback Leagues are still draft, and still you-keep-the-cards. They are 12 TIX / product plus 2 TIX / 120 Play Points. However, they are no longer single elimination. Now you play until you have three wins or two losses. Prizes are 240 play points for three wins and 80 Play points for 2 wins. The leagues run one week.
The Throwback Standard Gauntlet events provide a random choice of prebuilt decks from a past standard environment. These will function like the Pro Tour Gauntlets – you won’t need to own the cards. The entry fee is 10 TIX or 100 Play Points. Prizes are in Play Points: 150 for 3-0, 100 for 2-1, 40 for 1-2 and 10 play points as a bad beats award.
Standard: Huey Jensen stomped the field at Worlds, so the choice of deck to feature is obvious.
Modern: Biggest paper event I could find this week was a 44 player PPTQ at Central City Comics.
Legacy: I found some decklists for last weekend’s Legacy Challenge. I find that hard to do – if Wizards puts them on their website, neither Google nor I can find them.
Vintage: The VSL “Brewer’s League” is underway. The rules state that players cannot repeat decks, so we are seeing some interesting decks. This week’s deck was selected because it features Ixalan cards. Also, great name.
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 over a decade now, and have never been overcharged or disappointed.
Standard staples: The format has rotated. This list seems so small – and it will get smaller next week. At least the prices are not falling as badly this week.
Standard Cards
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Price
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Last Week
|
Change
|
% Change
|
|
$3.70
|
$6.90
|
($3.20)
|
-46%
|
|
$6.23
|
$8.48
|
($2.25)
|
-27%
|
|
$40.45
|
$32.81
|
$7.64
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23%
|
|
$6.41
|
$4.81
|
$1.60
|
33%
|
|
$8.79
|
$12.46
|
($3.67)
|
-29%
|
|
$15.27
|
$11.21
|
$4.06
|
36%
|
|
$8.30
|
$8.72
|
($0.42)
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-5%
|
|
$4.70
|
$8.68
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($3.98)
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-46%
|
Huatli, Dinosaur Knight
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$5.35
|
$5.35
|
$0.00
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0%
|
|
$9.79
|
$8.09
|
$1.70
|
21%
|
|
$46.83
|
$40.25
|
$6.58
|
16%
|
|
$27.26
|
$21.39
|
$5.87
|
27%
|
|
$11.42
|
$7.89
|
$3.53
|
45%
|
|
$10.43
|
$15.67
|
($5.24)
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-33%
|
Modern staples: Modern prices took a huge hit last week. This week is not as bad. A big hit. Iconic Masters is one cause, and people are playing lots of limited while they collect the new set. It will be interesting to see what happens next week.
Modern Cards
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Price
|
Last Week
|
Change
|
% Change
|
|
$14.25
|
$17.22
|
($2.97)
|
-17%
|
|
$15.91
|
$19.01
|
($3.10)
|
-16%
|
|
$23.33
|
$23.96
|
($0.63)
|
-3%
|
|
$30.58
|
$32.40
|
($1.82)
|
-6%
|
|
$16.53
|
$17.90
|
($1.37)
|
-8%
|
|
$12.66
|
$9.42
|
$3.24
|
34%
|
|
$18.17
|
$16.99
|
$1.18
|
7%
|
|
$22.41
|
$23.81
|
($1.40)
|
-6%
|
|
$28.59
|
$31.56
|
($2.97)
|
-9%
|
|
$10.99
|
$11.31
|
($0.32)
|
-3%
|
|
$17.81
|
$15.51
|
$2.30
|
15%
|
|
$27.30
|
$31.56
|
($4.26)
|
-13%
|
|
$69.58
|
$77.41
|
($7.83)
|
-10%
|
|
$22.70
|
$25.41
|
($2.71)
|
-11%
|
|
$7.19
|
$7.88
|
($0.69)
|
-9%
|
|
$44.51
|
$51.29
|
($6.78)
|
-13%
|
|
$15.46
|
$15.09
|
$0.37
|
2%
|
|
$23.03
|
$23.20
|
($0.17)
|
-1%
|
|
$26.04
|
$22.43
|
$3.61
|
16%
|
|
$18.42
|
$23.48
|
($5.06)
|
-22%
|
|
$23.78
|
$24.90
|
($1.12)
|
-4%
|
|
$9.63
|
$9.37
|
$0.26
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3%
|
Legacy and Vintage: Vintage prices dropped again this week, and Legacy went down as well. Fairly serious drops in many cases.
Legacy / Vintage Cards
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Price
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Last Week
|
Change
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% Change
|
|
$50.82
|
$55.89
|
($5.07)
|
-9%
|
|
$19.09
|
$17.95
|
$1.14
|
6%
|
|
$26.67
|
$31.35
|
($4.68)
|
-15%
|
|
$94.88
|
$93.71
|
$1.17
|
1%
|
|
$33.17
|
$31.35
|
$1.82
|
6%
|
|
$38.01
|
$38.07
|
($0.06)
|
0%
|
|
$16.22
|
$18.58
|
($2.36)
|
-13%
|
|
$27.44
|
$26.43
|
$1.01
|
4%
|
|
$23.52
|
$24.60
|
($1.08)
|
-4%
|
|
$34.75
|
$36.38
|
($1.63)
|
-4%
|
|
$41.94
|
$42.23
|
($0.29)
|
-1%
|
|
$47.46
|
$49.07
|
($1.61)
|
-3%
|
|
$24.60
|
$29.23
|
($4.63)
|
-16%
|
|
$33.43
|
$37.86
|
($4.43)
|
-12%
|
|
$132.97
|
$138.97
|
($6.00)
|
-4%
|
|
$26.60
|
$28.19
|
($1.59)
|
-6%
|
|
$26.92
|
$30.48
|
($3.56)
|
-12%
|
|
$27.30
|
$34.47
|
($7.17)
|
-21%
|
|
$26.00
|
$25.89
|
$0.11
|
0%
|
|
$18.07
|
$21.19
|
($3.12)
|
-15%
|
|
$39.04
|
$40.03
|
($0.99)
|
-2%
|
* A significantly cheaper promo version of Rishadan Port is available, but I do not include promos prices on the table. MTGO has over 900 promo cards on the list, and occasionally those cards are sold out for months at a time, so their prices do not reflect the market price. I tried checking numbers in stock, but 900+ is too many.
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). The price for Ixalan has dropped. That always happens – the first couple days everyone is scrambling for cards. After that, prices revert to realistic levels.
Complete Set
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Price
|
Last Week
|
Change
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% Change
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Aether Revolt
|
$73.64
|
$85.00
|
($11.36)
|
-13%
|
Amonkhet
|
$93.02
|
$87.72
|
$5.30
|
6%
|
Ixalan
|
$72.82
|
$87.55
|
($14.73)
|
-17%
|
Hour of Devastation
|
$84.44
|
$77.06
|
$7.38
|
10%
|
Kaladesh
|
$144.38
|
$125.31
|
$19.07
|
15%
|
Treasure Chest
|
$2.25
|
$2.46
|
($0.21)
|
-9%
|
Ixalan Booster
|
$3.40
|
$3.41
|
($0.01)
|
0%
|
The following is a list of all the non-promo, non-foil cards on MTGO that retail for more than $25 per card. These are the big ticket items in the world of MTGO. Two weeks ago the Power Nine (except Timetwister) made it back on the list. This week, the last of them (except for Black Lotus) fell back.
Name
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Set
|
Rarity
|
Price
|
Rishadan Port
|
MM
|
Rare
|
$ 132.97
|
Exploration
|
UZ
|
Rare
|
$ 94.88
|
Liliana of the Veil
|
ISD
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 71.36
|
Liliana of the Veil
|
MM3
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 69.58
|
Mox Diamond
|
TPR
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 56.87
|
The Scarab God
|
MS3
|
Special
|
$ 51.38
|
Black Lotus
|
VMA
|
Bonus
|
$ 50.82
|
Mox Diamond
|
ST
|
Rare
|
$ 50.50
|
Mox Opal
|
MS2
|
Bonus
|
$ 50.33
|
Mox Opal
|
SOM
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 49.21
|
Mox Diamond
|
V10
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 47.46
|
The Scarab God
|
HOU
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 46.83
|
Mox Opal
|
MM2
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 44.51
|
Wasteland
|
EXP
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 42.71
|
Misdirection
|
MM
|
Rare
|
$ 41.94
|
Force of Will
|
MED
|
Rare
|
$ 41.22
|
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
|
KLD
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 40.45
|
Wasteland
|
TPR
|
Rare
|
$ 40.43
|
Wasteland
|
TE
|
Uncommon
|
$ 39.70
|
Dark Depths
|
V16
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 39.38
|
Wasteland
|
EMA
|
Rare
|
$ 39.04
|
Force of Will
|
EMA
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 38.41
|
Gaea's Cradle
|
UZ
|
Rare
|
$ 38.01
|
Unmask
|
V16
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 35.65
|
Leovold, Emissary of Trest
|
PZ2
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 34.75
|
Ensnaring Bridge
|
7E
|
Rare
|
$ 34.06
|
Chalice of the Void
|
MS2
|
Bonus
|
$ 34.02
|
Force of Will
|
VMA
|
Rare
|
$ 34.00
|
Mystic Confluence
|
PZ1
|
Rare
|
$ 33.43
|
Force of Will
|
MS3
|
Special
|
$ 33.17
|
Underground Sea
|
ME4
|
Rare
|
$ 32.21
|
Ensnaring Bridge
|
ST
|
Rare
|
$ 32.20
|
True-Name Nemesis
|
C13
|
Rare
|
$ 31.66
|
Ensnaring Bridge
|
MS2
|
Bonus
|
$ 30.89
|
Chalice of the Void
|
MMA
|
Rare
|
$ 30.87
|
Underground Sea
|
ME2
|
Rare
|
$ 30.62
|
Chalice of the Void
|
MRD
|
Rare
|
$ 30.58
|
Scalding Tarn
|
EXP
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 30.35
|
Horizon Canopy
|
EXP
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 29.64
|
Volcanic Island
|
ME3
|
Rare
|
$ 29.04
|
Ensnaring Bridge
|
8ED
|
Rare
|
$ 28.59
|
Torrential Gearhulk
|
MS2
|
Bonus
|
$ 28.52
|
Karn Liberated
|
NPH
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 27.62
|
Volcanic Island
|
ME4
|
Rare
|
$ 27.47
|
Infernal Tutor
|
DIS
|
Rare
|
$ 27.44
|
Gorilla Shaman
|
ALL
|
Common
|
$ 27.32
|
Karn Liberated
|
MM2
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 27.30
|
True-Name Nemesis
|
PZ1
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 27.30
|
Torrential Gearhulk
|
KLD
|
Mythic Rare
|
$ 27.26
|
Tempt with Discovery
|
C13
|
Rare
|
$ 26.92
|
Dark Depths
|
CSP
|
Rare
|
$ 26.67
|
Show and Tell
|
UZ
|
Rare
|
$ 26.60
|
City of Traitors
|
EX
|
Rare
|
$ 26.23
|
Scapeshift
|
MOR
|
Rare
|
$ 26.04
|
Unmask
|
MM
|
Rare
|
$ 26.00
|
Tarmogoyf
|
FUT
|
Rare
|
$ 25.96
|
The big number is the retail price of a playset (4 copies) of every card available on MTGO. Assuming you bought the least expensive versions available, the cost of owning a playset of every card on MTGO is approximately $ 20,910. That’s down about $1,525 from last week. Blame the Modern price drops.
Worlds was impressive. The coverage was pretty solid. And since I was routing for William Jensen, I quite enjoyed the ending.
PRJ
“One Million Words” on MTGO
This series is an ongoing tribute to Erik “Hamtastic” Friborg.
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The missing flashback weeks are: 3x INN; INN standard; 3x Lorwyn