Dominaria United Previews:  The big news of the week is that previews for the newest Standard set have begun in full.  Sagas are coming back with the Read Ahead mechanic.  Enlist is fixed banding, Stun counters keep things tapped down, Domain and Kicker are coming back.  Here is how to collect the set.  This page is where to find previews, and here are the main set, variant and Commander preview pages. 

What's Next:  In addition to the previews for Dominaria United, we got the next year of things from Wizards.  The Brother's War sees Teferi go back in time to see how the Sylix worked.  After that comes Phyrexia:  All Will Be One, March of the Machine wraps up the four set story arc that Dominaria United started, with an Aftermath set for March as well.  Then we move back to Eldraine and Ixalan.  Dominaria Remasted takes 27 sets and remixs them.  They also talked about the Lord of the Rings set and Doctor Who Commander decks! 

We are close to rotation, this week's theme is going to be a look back at the Standard format, and the cards ands bans that shaped it! 

Omnath Ramp: While Omnath, Locus of Creation left the format a long time ago, it was a dominating force in Standard.  It also can serve as a reminder that we had Lotus Cobra in the format for a very long time and it did nothing, so maybe Liliana of the Veil won't be so bad? 

Omnath Ramp

 

4 Beanstalk Giant 4 Bonecrusher Giant 4 Brazen Borrower 4 Edgewall Innkeeper 4 Fae of Wishes 2 Giant Killer 3 Escape to the Wilds 4 Lucky Clover 4 Fabled Passage 4 Forest 4 Island 3 Ketria Triome 2 Mountain 1 Plains 2 Raugrin Triome 3 Branchloft Pathway

4 Cragcrown Pathway 4 Omnath, Locus of Creation

Sideboard: 2 Embereth Shieldbreaker 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon 3 Mystical Dispute 1 Negate 1 Once and Future 1 Redcap Melee 1 Return to Nature 1 Escape to the Wilds 1 Primal Might 1 Storm's Wrath 1 Elspeth Conquers Death 1 Kazuul's Fury

Izzet Turns:  This deck got Alrund's Epiphany and Divide by Zero banned. 

Izzet Turns

 

1 Field of Ruin 5 Island 6 Mountain 3 Alrund's Epiphany 2 Burn Down the House 2 Demon Bolt 4 Divide by Zero 4 Expressive Iteration 2 Fading Hope 3 Galvanic Iteration 2 Goldspan Dragon 2 Hall of Storm Giants 3 Jwari Disruption 2 Memory Deluge 4 Riverglide Pathway 2 Smoldering Egg

4 Spikefield Hazard 4 Stormcarved Coast 1 Test of Talents 4 Unexpected Windfall

Sideboard: 3 Burning Hands 2 Cinderclasm 1 Environmental Sciences 1 Fading Hope 2 Flame-Blessed Bolt 1 Hullbreaker Horror 1 Mascot Exhibition 1 Teachings of the Archaics 3 Test of Talents

Mono Green Snow:  And this one and the Mono White Aggro deck got Faceless Haven banned. 

Mono Green Snow

 

20 Snow-Covered Forest 4 Ascendant Packleader 4 Blizzard Brawl 4 Esika's Chariot 3 Faceless Haven 1 Inscription of Abundance 4 Kazandu Mammoth 1 Lair of the Hydra 4 Old-Growth Troll 4 Ranger Class 3 Sculptor of Winter 2 Snakeskin Veil

2 Ulvenwald Oddity 4 Werewolf Pack Leader

Sideboard: 2 Avabruck Caretaker 2 Cemetery Prowler 3 Devouring Tendrils 1 Inscription of Abundance 2 Outland Liberator 2 Snakeskin Veil 2 Tajuru Blightblade 1 Ulvenwald Oddity

Esper Mid:  This deck along with Hinata have been two of the most successful decks in the Standard format with all the sets in it. 

Esper Mid

 

2 Island 3 Plains 2 Bloodchief's Thirst 4 Brightclimb Pathway 4 Clearwater Pathway 2 Deserted Beach 2 Elspeth Resplendent 3 Extraction Specialist 4 Infernal Grasp 4 Intrepid Adversary 2 Luminarch Aspirant 4 Obscura Interceptor 4 Raffine, Scheming Seer 4 Raffine's Tower 3 Shattered Sanctum

3 Shipwreck Marsh 4 Tenacious Underdog 2 Vanishing Verse 4 Void Rend

Sideboard: 4 Disdainful Stroke 2 Disenchant 1 Extraction Specialist 1 Make Disappear 1 Power Word Kill 2 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 The Meathook Massacre 3 Wedding Announcement

Jeskai Hinata:

Jeskai Hinata

 

1 Disdainful Stroke 1 Negate 1 Valorous Stance 1 Mountain 1 Burn Down the House 2 Deserted Beach 2 Dragon's Fire 4 Expressive Iteration 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker 1 Flame-Blessed Bolt \4 Goldspan Dragon 1 Hall of Storm Giants 3 Hengegate Pathway 4 Hinata, Dawn-Crowned 4 Jwari Disruption 4 Magma Opus 2 Make Disappear 3 Needleverge Pathway 1 Otawara, Soaring City 2 Reckoner Bankbuster

4 Riverglide Pathway 1 Spikefield Hazard 4 Stormcarved Coast 3 Sundown Pass 2 Voltage Surge

Sideboard: 1 Disdainful Stroke 1 Negate 1 Spell Pierce 2 Valorous Stance 1 Battle of Frost and Fire 1 Cinderclasm 1 Dragon's Fire 2 Flame-Blessed Bolt 1 Hullbreaker Horror 1 Memory Deluge 1 Prismari Command 1 Reckoner Bankbuster 1 Test of Talents

 

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

Challenge Winners

Saturday Legacy - TrueHero - Jeskai Murktide
Saturday Modern - LucasG1ggs - Calibrated Blast
Saturday Pauper - LuffyDoChapeuDePalha - Affinity
Saturday Pioneer - _Batutinha_ - Mono Green Devotion
Saturday Standard - Thalai - Hinata
Saturday Vintage - desolutionist

Sunday Legacy - JUJUBEAN_2004 - Izzet Delver
Sunday Modern - Baumi - Izzet Murktide
Sunday Pauper - Mogged - Affinity
Sunday Pioneer - bingobaby22 - Rakdos Mid
Sunday Standard - Venom1 - Mono Green Snow
Sunday Vintage - NooxTom

Standard Staples: A couple cards are falling off the list so far, as we ramp up spoiler season and get ready for rotation.  They will be on the Pioneer list soon enough!  It's gonna be really weird to have Liliana of the Veil on the list again! 

Standard Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Den of the Bugbear	$40.65	$55.38	-$14.73	-26.60%
Hall of the Storm Giants	$15.77	$13.89	$1.88	13.53%
Hive of the Eye Tyrant	$9.93	$9.44	$0.49	5.19%
Lair of the Hydra	$7.34	$6.89	$0.45	6.53%
Tasha's Hideous Laughter	$10.19	$8.67	$1.52	17.53%
Werewolf Pack Leader	$5.30	$7.21	-$1.91	-26.49%
Blightstep Pathway	$13.88	$14.54	-$0.66	-4.54%
Hengegate Pathway	$15.08	$13.69	$1.39	10.15%
The Meathook Massacre	$13.15	$13.33	-$0.18	-1.35%
Memory Deluge	$9.79	$8.63	$1.16	13.44%
Haunted Ridge	$16.85	$20.07	-$3.22	-16.04%
Graveyard Trespasser	$51.70	$58.47	-$6.77	-11.58%
Brutal Cathar	$11.31	$11.29	$0.02	0.18%
Deserted Beach	$7.89	$7.22	$0.67	9.28%
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar	$10.05	$9.33	$0.72	7.72%
Boseiju, Who Endures	$57.20	$54.90	$2.30	4.19%
Hidetsugu Consumes All	$4.47	$5.05	-$0.58	-11.49%
March of Otherworldly Light	$6.55	$6.40	$0.15	2.34%
Otawara, Soaring City	$12.94	$12.75	$0.19	1.49%
The Wandering Emperor	$50.03	$54.99	-$4.96	-9.02%
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker	$42.58	$42.06	$0.52	1.24%
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary	$12.04	$11.06	$0.98	8.86%
Ledger Shredder	$35.81	$40.18	-$4.37	-10.88%
Unlicensed Hearse	$36.27	$39.39	-$3.12	-7.92%
Prismari Command	$10.89	$12.52	-$1.63	-13.02%
Witherbloom Command	$14.50	$13.01	$1.49	11.45%
Chandra, Dressed to Kill	$9.34	$11.27	-$1.93	-17.13%
Cultivator Colossus	$10.91	$11.16	-$0.25	-2.24%
Stormcarved Coast	$8.31	$8.43	-$0.12	-1.42%
Skyclave Apparition	$7.16	$6.97	$0.19	2.73%
Shatterskull Smashing	$11.95	$11.30	$0.65	5.75%
Roiling Vortex	$12.44	$13.68	-$1.24	-9.06%
Agadeem's Awakening	$6.09	$6.38	-$0.29	-4.55%
Turntimber Symbiosis	$6.57	$7.10	-$0.53	-7.46%
Riverglide Pathway	$7.86	$7.47	$0.39	5.22%

Modern Staples:

Modern Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Engineered Explosives	$14.04	$13.89	$0.15	1%
Steelshaper's Gift	$9.06	$9.55	-$0.49	-5%
Cavern of Souls	$9.31	$11.21	-$1.90	-17%
Mishra's Bauble	$21.48	$23.17	-$1.69	-7%
Magus of the Moon	$7.98	$8.01	-$0.03	0%
Liliana of the Veil	$23.75	$9.47	$14.28	151%
Polluted Delta	$9.12	$9.98	-$0.86	-9%
Wooded Foothills	$5.34	$5.25	$0.09	2%
Flooded Strand	$7.73	$7.08	$0.65	9%
Bloodstained Mire	$5.22	$6.76	-$1.54	-23%
Windswept Heath	$4.56	$5.10	-$0.54	-11%
Thoughtseize	$10.48	$12.21	-$1.73	-14%
Force of Negation	$17.52	$18.01	-$0.49	-3%
Wrenn and Six	$40.85	$37.02	$3.83	10%
Prismatic Vista	$4.46	$5.10	-$0.64	-13%
Sunbaked Canyon	$10.36	$13.25	-$2.89	-22%
Seasoned Pyromancer	$12.40	$9.46	$2.94	31%
Force of Vigor	$31.86	$38.71	-$6.85	-18%
Flusterstorm	$31.47	$30.91	$0.56	2%
Archmage's Charm	$6.98	$6.06	$0.92	15%
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician	$7.92	$9.10	-$1.18	-13%
Urza, Lord High Artificer	$5.54	$5.54	$0.00	0%
Archon of Cruelty	$13.71	$14.65	-$0.94	-6%
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	$32.31	$37.15	-$4.84	-13%
Urza's Saga	$60.81	$47.81	$13.00	27%
Solitude	$41.71	$54.03	-$12.32	-23%
Endurance	$77.78	$92.06	-$14.28	-16%
Grief	$15.82	$17.49	-$1.67	-10%
Murktide Regent	$21.33	$20.46	$0.87	4%
Fury	$28.37	$25.32	$3.05	12%
Esper Sentinel	$9.81	$6.92	$2.89	42%
Grist, the Hunger Tide	$7.43	$7.33	$0.10	1%
Tourach, Dread Cantor	$9.23	$8.74	$0.49	6%
Subtlety	$19.03	$16.45	$2.58	16%
Chalice of the Void	$19.59	$20.92	-$1.33	-6%
Puresteel Paladin	$5.48	$5.53	-$0.05	-1%
Ensnaring Bridge	$7.17	$7.15	$0.02	0%
Teferi, Time Raveler	$25.89	$22.46	$3.43	15%
Gemstone Mine	$6.68	$6.73	-$0.05	-1%
Scalding Tarn	$5.69	$5.59	$0.10	2%
Verdant Catacombs	$3.26	$3.16	$0.10	3%
Misty Rainforest	$5.04	$5.71	-$0.67	-12%
Arid Mesa	$2.71	$3.07	-$0.36	-12%
Marsh Flats	$1.34	$1.47	-$0.13	-9%

Eternal Staples: 

Eternal Format Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Displacer Kitten	$31.16	$40.81	($9.65)	-24%
Hullbreacher	$19.65	$21.36	($1.71)	-8%
Opposition Agent	$31.30	$25.61	$5.69	22%
Jeweled Lotus	$26.99	$26.72	$0.27	1%
City of Traitors	$13.86	$13.91	($0.05)	0%
Sphere of Resistance	$5.34	$5.33	$0.01	0%
Allosaurus Shepherd	$8.23	$8.40	($0.17)	-2%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee	$25.71	$21.39	$4.32	20%
Helm of Obedience	$18.35	$18.72	($0.37)	-2%
Force of Will	$47.83	$54.43	($6.60)	-12%
Karakas	$8.19	$8.19	$0.00	0%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale	$14.84	$15.95	($1.11)	-7%
Phyrexian Dreadnought	$6.60	$6.31	$0.29	5%
Enlightened Tutor	$7.97	$7.92	$0.05	1%
Unmask	$18.41	$16.66	$1.75	11%
Misdirection	$13.66	$13.70	($0.04)	0%
Rishadan Port	$11.53	$11.74	($0.21)	-2%
Snuff Out	$15.74	$15.56	$0.18	1%
Submerge	$7.52	$6.92	$0.60	9%
Daze	$9.23	$7.96	$1.27	16%
Entomb	$7.02	$7.02	$0.00	0%
Retrofitter Foundry	$7.73	$8.38	($0.65)	-8%
Recruiter of the Guard	$14.77	$15.39	($0.62)	-4%
Mox Diamond	$32.50	$32.78	($0.28)	-1%
Wasteland	$24.78	$24.06	$0.72	3%
Ancient Tomb	$19.06	$18.37	$0.69	4%
Lotus Petal	$36.81	$38.74	($1.93)	-5%
Grindstone	$7.70	$7.61	$0.09	1%
Grim Monolith	$12.53	$12.63	($0.10)	-1%
Goblin Welder	$5.47	$5.17	$0.30	6%
Meltdown	$34.69	$42.07	($7.38)	-18%
Exploration	$15.10	$16.75	($1.65)	-10%
Gaea's Cradle	$24.61	$25.04	($0.43)	-2%
Carpet of Flowers	$16.06	$17.34	($1.28)	-7%
Gilded Drake	$11.64	$12.22	($0.58)	-5%
Show and Tell	$8.43	$8.17	$0.26	3%
Black Lotus	$11.31	$11.23	$0.08	1%
Volcanic Island	$9.10	$7.51	$1.59	21%
Underground Sea	$7.04	$8.30	($1.26)	-15%
Null Rod	$9.60	$9.60	$0.00	0%
Doomsday	$18.97	$20.97	($2.00)	-10%
Paradigm Shift	$11.10	$11.10	$0.00	0%

Pioneer Staples: 

Pioneer Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Collected Company	$9.20	$15.52	($6.32)	-41%
Brazen Borrower	$32.85	$33.03	($0.18)	-1%
Bonecrusher Giant	$11.18	$10.52	$0.66	6%
Castle Locthwain	$4.64	$5.71	($1.07)	-19%
Emrakul, the Promised End	$6.69	$6.87	($0.18)	-3%
Arclight Phoenix	$7.59	$8.17	($0.58)	-7%
Eidolon of the Great Revel	$10.73	$11.29	($0.56)	-5%
Spirebluff Canal	$9.57	$13.02	($3.45)	-26%
Inspiring Vantage	$5.19	$5.46	($0.27)	-5%
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord	$4.62	$5.24	($0.62)	-12%
Lotus Field	$6.17	$7.95	($1.78)	-22%
Chandra, Awakened Inferno	$9.06	$10.66	($1.60)	-15%
Cavalier of Thorns	$62.05	$40.36	$21.69	54%
Leyline of Sanctity	$3.68	$5.29	($1.61)	-30%
Rest in Peace	$4.35	$7.54	($3.19)	-42%
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger	$6.69	$6.50	$0.19	3%
Karn, the Great Creator	$52.83	$43.34	$9.49	22%
Finale of Devastation	$8.35	$8.23	$0.12	1%
Omnath, Locus of Creation	$30.02	$32.72	($2.70)	-8%

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
Forgotten Realms	$123.92	$135.64	($11.72)	-9%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow	$83.39	$84.90	($1.51)	-2%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt	$192.71	$195.13	($2.42)	-1%
Kaldheim	$96.08	$92.54	$3.54	4%
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty	$190.49	$191.85	($1.36)	-1%
Streets of New Capenna	$114.89	$118.80	($3.91)	-3%
Streets of New Capenna Booster	$2.80	$2.68	$0.12	4%
Strixhaven: School of Mages	$52.82	$55.22	($2.40)	-4%
Treasure Chest	$2.34	$2.31	$0.03	1%
Zendikar Rising	$127.31	$131.57	($4.26)	-3%

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	256.82
Mox Jet	1E	Rare	129.69
Karakas	UBT	Mythic	118.15
Ancestral Recall	1E	Rare	116.3
Liliana of the Veil	UBT	Mythic	115.43
Cavern of Souls	UBT	Mythic	113.6
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	UBT	Mythic	101.04
Time Walk	1E	Rare	88.39
Mox Sapphire	1E	Rare	87.07
Endurance	MH2	Mythic	77.78
Mox Emerald	1E	Rare	75.4
Purple-Crystal Crab	PZ2	Common	71.07
Demonic Tutor	UBT	Mythic	67.45
Mox Ruby	1E	Rare	63.88
Cavalier of Thorns	M20	Mythic	62.05
Mox Pearl	1E	Rare	62.02
Urza's Saga	MH2	Rare	60.81
Heavenly Qilin	PZ2	Common	57.71
Boseiju, Who Endures	NEO	Rare	57.2
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil	C19	Mythic	54.93
Snapcaster Mage	UBT	Mythic	53.94
Dark Depths	UBT	Mythic	53.53
Karn, the Great Creator	WAR	Rare	52.83
Graveyard Trespasser	MID	Rare	51.7
Ancient Copper Dragon	CLB	Mythic	51.43
Wasteland	ZNE	Mythic	51.13
The Wandering Emperor	NEO	Mythic	50.03
Aether Gale	C14	Rare	48.64
Force of Will	MED	Rare	47.83
Cavern of Souls	ZNE	Mythic	45.62
Earthshaking Si	PZ2	Common	45.21
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	MS4	Mythic	43.01
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth	UBT	Mythic	43.01
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker	NEO	Rare	42.58
Solitude	MH2	Mythic	41.71
Mana Vault	UBT	Mythic	41.5
Wrenn and Six	2X2	Mythic	41.28
Liliana, the Last Hope	MS4	Mythic	41.13
Wrenn and Six	MH1	Mythic	40.85
Den of the Bugbear	AFR	Rare	40.65
Jeska's Will	CMR	Rare	39.64
Lotus Petal	MS2	Bonus	39.18
Lotus Petal	TPR	Uncommon	38.74
Lotus Petal	TE	Common	36.81
Unlicensed Hearse	SNC	Rare	36.27
Ledger Shredder	SNC	Rare	35.81
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria	MS4	Mythic	35.28
Meltdown	UZ	Uncommon	34.69
Scalding Tarn	ZNE	Mythic	34.33
Flooded Strand	ZNE	Mythic	34.26
Chalice of the Void	TSR	Bonus	33.85
Noble Hierarch	UBT	Mythic	33.11
Liliana of the Veil	UMA	Mythic	33.04
Timetwister	1E	Rare	32.93
Brazen Borrower	ELD	Mythic	32.85
Force of Will	2XM	Mythic	32.64
Mox Diamond	ST	Rare	32.5
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	MH2	Mythic	32.31
Reanimate	UBT	Mythic	32.28
Flusterstorm	CMD	Rare	32.08
Force of Vigor	MH1	Rare	31.86
Flusterstorm	IMA	Rare	31.77
Force of Will	MS3	Mythic	31.64
Flusterstorm	PZ1	Rare	31.58
Flusterstorm	MH1	Rare	31.47
Opposition Agent	CMR	Rare	31.3
Displacer Kitten	CLB	Rare	31.16
Creeping Tar Pit	UBT	Mythic	30.46
Flusterstorm	VMA	Rare	30.35
Omnath, Locus of Creation	ZNR	Mythic	30.02
Cleansing Screech	PZ2	Common	29.81
Pramikon, Sky Rampart	C19	Mythic	29.53
Celestial Colonnade	UBT	Mythic	29.45
Force of Will	EMA	Mythic	29.44
Mox Diamond	TPR	Mythic	28.91
Force of Will	VMA	Rare	28.45
Fury	MH2	Mythic	28.37
Karn Liberated	UBT	Mythic	27.5
Polluted Delta	ZNE	Mythic	27.5
Life from the Loam	UBT	Mythic	27.31
Fulminator Mage	UBT	Mythic	27.19
Jeweled Lotus	CMR	Mythic	26.99
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre	UBT	Mythic	26.88
Seeds of Innocence	MI	Rare	26.6
Ancient Tomb	ZNE	Mythic	26.39
Teferi, Time Raveler	WAR	Rare	25.89
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon	MS4	Mythic	25.77
Muxus, Goblin Grandee	JMP	Rare	25.71
Mox Diamond	V10	Mythic	25.71
Platinum Emperion	UBT	Mythic	25.34
Anje's Ravager	C19	Rare	25.11
Polluted Delta	EXP	Mythic	25.04

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 a number that I cannot figure out still. I have actually asked Pete to do this for me, because Open Office is weird, and I have no idea what I am doing, and I am pretty close to just being a dog in a labcoat.

Nevermind, ignore all of that, Pete got it done for me, because he is just the dang best. The big number this week is $28,200.  One July 29th, it was $27,822.  This is a gain of $278. 
 

In Closing

I read the end of the Magic story yesterday and was destroyed at the saddest parts.  I watched the video as well, and was as hyped as I have been about Magic since War of the Spark.  I am very excited to play the game in a way that isn't just Commander, and I finished pulling the cards for the Universes Beyond decks that I am building right now.  I stopped at 35, but it would have been a much smaller number had I not counted the Dungeons and Dragons sets as Universes sets, but let's face it, that's what they should have been. 

The best part about building commander decks for those sets is I do not have to build decks often.  The worst part is is that they come in bursts.  I might skip 40k, because I played Warhammer, but Lord of the Rings and Dr. Who are going to be exciting cards for me. 

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