Innistrad Championship:  Congrats to Yuuki Ichikawa, who won the Innistrad Championship after picking up a qualification for the event on MTGO.  He won the Season 1 Champions Showcase in June.  Toru Saito finished fourth in the Innistrad Championship after a great finish in a Limited Super Qualifier. 

PAX Unplugged:  The last convention of the year is here and on MTGO.  You can pick up an All Access pass, play in some events from pastimes, earn a Demilich and qualify for the Magic Online Convention Series Championship, which is on January 1st! 

Showcase Challenge Weekend:  Saturday is Modern and Sunday is Pioneer. 
 

Standard has had some ups and downs this year. We didn't have any bans*, which for sure, after 2020 is an up, but there is a lot about the format that made it seem like it's limping to the finish line this year.  From the Magic Players League ending, to Adventures being oppressive right up until it rotated out, to Alchemy offering digital players the Standard that can't happen in paper, it doesn't feel like it's in a great place.  There were five Standard legal sets released this year, each set with sets of Commander decks that went with them and non Standard legal cards in supplemental packs. Kaldheim, the Norse Viking set was out in Feburary.  Strixhaven the Wizard's School set was out in April, Forgotten Realms came out in July and Innistrad, which Double feature shows us could have been one set (and it could have been but then real acutal work would have had to have been put in on the Double Feature product), but needed to be two, with Midnight Hunt in September and Crimson Vow in November.  Cards came out so quickly that Standard never got a chance to really breathe and instead of innovation the pros in the digital grinders and MPL were left showcasing nearly dead and boring formats to hundreds of viewers on stream. 

Wizards of the Coast has not fumbled the Standard bag yet, but they are close to dropping it. 

So let's look at some Standard lists over the past year.  I am going to separate this by quarters and stick to the MPL and Wizards organized play stuff for the most part, because even in a year without paper events (again), it's just easiest to go by those decks, as they were clearly either really known before the event or set the Standard (heh) for the archetypes after the event. 

Kaldheim see a lot of cool new stuff come in to Standard and the welcomed return of Snow-Covered lands, which for me at least allowed me to cheaply get enough paper copies finally.  Goldspan Dragon, Alrund's Epiphany and Binding the Old Gods were some of the most hyped cards and they have been impact players in the format and across formats since then.  However the bane of most Standard players in the beginning of the year was a combo deck that looked to cheat out a powerful Planeswalker or just cast a giant sorcery to cast another giant sorcery and a haste creature.  Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider made the most of their time on Kaldheim and Tibalt did too, playing the role of Valki, God of Lies in the set.  Alrund's Epiphany was one of the major cogs of the deck.  This deck was a problem and continued to be a problem with each new set before the rotation. 

Sultai Ultimatum

 

1 Polukranos, Unchained 1 Disdainful Stroke 1 Eliminate 3 Heartless Act 2 Mystical Dispute 4 Cultivate 1 Duress 4 Emergent Ultimatum 1 Extinction Event 1 Kiora Bests the Sea God 4 Omen of the Sea 4 Wolfwillow Haven 4 Fabled Passage 3 Forest 3 Island 1 Ketria Triome 2 Swamp 4 Temple of Malady 1 Temple of Mystery 4 Zagoth Triome 3 Alrund's Epiphany 4 Barkchannel Pathway

2 Behold the Multiverse 4 Binding the Old Gods 4 Clearwater Pathway 1 Cragcrown Pathway 4 Darkbore Pathway 1 Esika's Chariot 3 Sea Gate Restoration 3 Shadows' Verdict 1 Valki, God of Lies 1 Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

Sideboard: 3 Elder Gargaroth 1 Polukranos, Unchained 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad 1 Disdainful Stroke 3 Eliminate 1 Miscast 3 Duress 1 Necromentia 1 Shark Typhoon

If Ultimatum was foreshadowing the immediate future of Standard Magic, then the Izzet Dragons deck that Seth Manfield played at the Strixhaven Championships showed off the longterm future of the format.  Some version of this deck has been dominating since the Strixhaven Championship, while it may have moved away from Dragons and moved towards Hullbreaker Horror this deck has almost the same game plan then as it does now.  Great threats with even better spells making games a breeze for you! 

Izzet Dragons

 

4 Bonecrusher Giant 4 Brazen Borrower 1 Disdainful Stroke 3 Mystical Dispute 3 Mazemind Tome 4 Fabled Passage 6 Snow-Covered Island 4 Snow-Covered Mountain 3 Alrund's Epiphany 4 Expressive Iteration 3 Faceless Haven 3 Frost Bite 3 Galazeth Prismari 4 Goldspan Dragon 4 Riverglide Pathway

3 Saw It Coming 4 Volatile Fjord

Sideboard: 2 Ox of Agonas 1 Disdainful Stroke 3 Fire Prophecy 1 Negate 2 Redcap Melee 1 Soul Sear 1 Shark Typhoon 2 The Akroan War 1 Cinderclasm 1 Frost Bite

The Strixhaven Championship was also a last hurrah of sorts before the World Championships and the rotation.  Logan Nettles (MTGO grinder Jaberwocki) used this version of Adventures to great success. 

Naya Adventures

 

4 Bonecrusher Giant 2 Drannith Magistrate 4 Edgewall Innkeeper 4 Giant Killer 4 Lovestruck Beast 2 The Akroan War 4 Fabled Passage 3 Forest 1 Mountain 3 Plains 4 Branchloft Pathway 2 Clarion Spirit 4 Cragcrown Pathway 4 Elite Spellbinder

4 Jaspera Sentinel 4 Needleverge Pathway 4 Showdown of the Skalds 3 Tangled Florahedron

Sideboard: 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring 2 Klothys, God of Destiny 3 Ox of Agonas 2 Fire Prophecy 1 Redcap Melee 1 Run Afoul 3 Glass Casket 2 Reidane, God of the Worthy

We finally reached the World Championships and rotation.  Adventures in the Forgotten Realms gets a chance to shine!  The oppressive cards were gone!  Aggro reached out and ran wild! 

Check out the Mono Green list from Paulo Vitor Dama da Rosa.  This is a deck that Jamie Wakefield might sit up and notice! 

Mono Green Aggro

 

19 Snow-Covered Forest 4 Blizzard Brawl 4 Esika's Chariot 4 Faceless Haven 3 Inscription of Abundance 4 Kazandu Mammoth 4 Old-Growth Troll 1 Primal Adversary 4 Ranger Class 4 Sculptor of Winter 1 Snakeskin Veil 2 Tangled Florahedron 4 Werewolf Pack Leader

2 Wrenn and Seven

Sideboard: 1 Choose Your Weapon 1 Devouring Tendrils 3 Froghemoth 1 Inscription of Abundance 2 Outland Liberator 3 Snakeskin Veil 2 Tajuru Blightblade 1 Tovolar's Huntmaster 1 Wrenn and Seven

Mono Green wasn't the only Aggro deck in the format.  Here is Rei Sato's Mono White Aggro deck, take the same joke I just made and use Craig Wescoe's name instead this time! 

Mono White Aggro

 

19 Snow-Covered Plains 3 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar 1 Cave of the Frost Dragon 4 Elite Spellbinder 4 Faceless Haven 3 Fateful Absence 4 Intrepid Adversary 4 Luminarch Aspirant 2 Maul of the Skyclaves 2 Portable Hole 3 Reidane, God of the Worthy 3 Stonebinder's Familiar

4 Sungold Sentinel 4 Usher of the Fallen

Sideboard: 2 Brutal Cathar 2 Curse of Silence 1 Fateful Absence 3 Guardian of Faith 1 Portable Hole 4 Skyclave Apparition 2 You're Ambushed on the Road

Finally we wrap things up from the Innistrad Championship.  This is what the Izzet deck looks like now.  Even with Alchemy coming to save digital Standard, this year without a banning while much needed and appreciated may not be long for 2022. 

Izzet Turns

 

1 Abrade 2 Island 2 Mountain 3 Alrund's Epiphany 2 Behold the Multiverse 4 Blightstep Pathway 1 Burn Down the House 1 Cinderclasm 3 Clearwater Pathway 1 Demon Bolt 4 Divide by Zero 4 Expressive Iteration 2 Fading Hope 3 Galvanic Iteration 1 Goldspan Dragon 2 Hall of Storm Giants 1 Hullbreaker Horror 3 Jwari Disruption 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned 4 Riverglide Pathway

4 Spikefield Hazard 4 Stormcarved Coast 1 Test of Talents 1 The Celestus 1 Thundering Rebuke 4 Unexpected Windfall

Sideboard: 1 Abrade 1 Burn Down the House 1 Check for Traps 1 Cinderclasm 1 Environmental Sciences 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned 1 Mascot Exhibition 1 Saw It Coming 4 Smoldering Egg 1 Teachings of the Archaics 1 Test of Talents 1 Thundering Rebuke

*Standard 2021 did see The Book of Exalted Deeds banned, but that doesn't count. 

I an going to use Cutting Edge Tech to also go over the Pioneer format for the year.  Do you remember the bans from earlier this year?  I sure didn't!  I thought Teferi, Time Raveler, Wilderness Reclamation and Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath were gone last year, but they were not removed until February. In addition to those bans, they got rid of Balustrade Spy and Undercity Informer. 

Landless Spy:  This deck broke Pioneer for a few months after Zendikar Rising was released, it was difficult to play and measures like Rest in Peace Tormod's Crypt and the like were easy to play around post board.  I remember having to have graveyard hate in the main during this time.  While it lacked a way to win the turn it went off, (that came later in the build history, thanks to Thassa's Oracle between the (Creeping Chill), Prized Amalgam, Silversmote Ghoul and Worldspine Wurm you typically had plenty of creatures to win with the next turn. 

Landless Spy

 

3 Balustrade Spy 1 Haunted Dead 1 Narcomoeba 4 Paradise Druid 4 Prized Amalgam 3 Silversmote Ghoul 4 Sylvan Caryatid 1 Thassa's Oracle 4 Undercity Informer 2 Worldspine Wurm 4 Creeping Chill 1 Driven // Despair 2 Duress 4 Eldritch Evolution 3 Neoform 4 Thoughtseize 4 Agadeem's Awakening

3 Bala Ged Recovery 1 Emeria's Call 3 Hagra Mauling 4 Kazandu Mammoth 2 Pelakka Predation 4 Sea Gate Restoration 4 Tangled Florahedron 4 Turntimber Symbiosis

Sideboard: 1 Reclamation Sage 4 Abrupt Decay 2 Back to Nature 1 Duress 3 Leyline of Sanctity 2 Leyline of the Void 2 Pithing Needle

Hidden Strings:  I think it's a good sign of a format to where you can have a lot of aggro decks, (Mono Red, but I'm not going over it here, and all the tribal options), a solid combo deck, solid control decks, and a good tempo deck.  Hidden Strings combo takes the roll of the combo deck of the format, it's not to oppressive, It's closer to Storm than Oops all Spells. 

Niv to Light:  This is less of a traditional control deck, think one that counters everything, and more a board control deck.  There is disruption and great value creatures and spells here, with incredible card advantage in Niv-Mizzet Reborn.

Niv to Light

 

3 Niv-Mizzet Reborn 4 Sylvan Caryatid 1 The Scarab God 1 Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves 2 Nahiri, the Harbinger 1 Abrupt Decay 4 Fatal Push 4 Growth Spiral 2 Kolaghan's Command 4 Bring to Light 3 Dreadbore 1 Extinction Event 1 Slaughter Games 1 Supreme Verdict 1 Blood Crypt 1 Breeding Pool 1 Dragonskull Summit 2 Drowned Catacomb 1 Forest 2 Glacial Fortress 2 Hallowed Fountain 2 Indatha Triome 2 Ketria Triome 1 Mana Confluence 2 Overgrown Tomb 1 Plains

3 Raugrin Triome 2 Rootbound Crag 2 Savai Triome 1 Steam Vents 2 Stomping Ground 1 Sulfur Falls 1 Sunpetal Grove 1 Temple Garden 1 Watery Grave 1 Woodland Cemetery 2 Zagoth Triome 3 Expressive Iteration 2 Omnath, Locus of Creation 1 Valki, God of Lies 3 Vanishing Verse 3 Wandering Mind 1 Yasharn, Implacable Earth

Sideboard: 1 Blood Baron of Vizkopa 2 Notion Thief 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad 4 Mystical Dispute 1 Deafening Clarion 3 Rest in Peace 3 Go Blank

Izzet Phoenix:  Since the Innistrad releases it appears that Izzet Phoenix has been the best deck in the format.  Galvanic Iteration has been great to mess around with the cheap delve spells in the deck and Temporal Trespass is a heck of one to use with the Midnight Hunt rare.  Consider has given the deck more consistancy and the addition of Pieces of the Puzzle helps out a ton as well. 

Izzet Phoenix

 

4 Arclight Phoenix 4 Thing in the Ice 2 Fiery Impulse 3 Lightning Axe 4 Opt 2 Chart a Course 4 Pieces of the Puzzle 1 Temporal Trespass 2 Treasure Cruise 3 Island 4 Spirebluff Canal 4 Steam Vents 4 Consider 1 Den of the Bugbear 4 Expressive Iteration

2 Flame-Blessed Bolt 2 Galvanic Iteration 1 Hall of Storm Giants 4 Riverglide Pathway 3 Spikefield Hazard 2 Stormcarved Coast

Sideboard: 2 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries 1 Narset, Parter of Veils 3 Aether Gust 1 Lightning Axe 3 Mystical Dispute 3 Negate 2 Anger of the Gods

 

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

I may have gotten the dates flipped on these results, however I have a hard time remembering another MTGO player going on a streak in the way that SoulStrong has recently.  The past three weeks for Adriano looks something like this.  Won both Modern challenges this weekend.  Last weekend a top 4 in a Modern and a Standard challenge.  Winner of the Modern PTQ three weeks ago.  Running hot, and running well with his build of Death's Shadow which you can read more about here.  

Challenge Winners

Saturday Legacy - No challenge fired. 
Saturday Modern - SoulStrong - Grixis Death's Shadow
Saturday Pauper - Condescend - Rakdos Affinity
Saturday Pioneer - Coly2 - Mono Red Aggro
Saturday Standard - Phill_Hellmuth - Dimir Control
Saturday Vintage - ecobaronen

Sunday Legacy - No challenge fired.
Sunday Modern - SoulStrong - Grixis Death's Shadow
Sunday Pauper - Hamuda - Rakdos Affinity
Sunday Pioneer - _Batutinha_ - Izzet Phoenix
Sunday Standard - Ignotus97 - Izzet Dragon Turns
Sunday Vintage - TeferiBokaer

Other Event Winners

Legacy Showcase - McWinSauce - 4 Color Uro Pile
Crimson Vow Super Qualifier - Peanut Brittle and xfile
Pauper Showcase Challenge - PauloCabral_Br - Mono Blue Delver

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:

Standard Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Demilich	$34.96	$35.31	($0.35)	-1%
The Book of Exalted Deeds	$11.08	$11.16	($0.08)	-1%
Acererak the Archlich	$18.82	$22.54	($3.72)	-17%
Iymrith, Desert Doom	$9.90	$10.04	($0.14)	-1%
Minsc, Beloved Ranger	$4.68	$5.17	($0.49)	-9%
Ebondeath, Dracolich	$6.42	$7.95	($1.53)	-19%
Old Gnawbone	$16.65	$16.48	$0.17	1%
Den of the Bugbear	$41.89	$35.47	$6.42	18%
Lolth, Spider Queen	$22.69	$21.32	$1.37	6%
Tasha's Hideous Laughter	$14.56	$14.42	$0.14	1%
Inferno of the Star Mounts	$8.46	$8.41	$0.05	1%
Ranger Class	$7.58	$8.69	($1.11)	-13%
Hall of the Storm Giants	$14.32	$13.73	$0.59	4%
Xanathar, Guild Kingpin	$7.39	$7.34	$0.05	1%
Treasure Vault	$12.08	$11.87	$0.21	2%
Valki, God of Lies	$8.39	$9.06	($0.67)	-7%
Goldspan Dragon	$9.07	$10.34	($1.27)	-12%
Alrund's Epiphany	$12.73	$15.32	($2.59)	-17%
Arlinn, the Pack's Hope	$5.26	$5.24	$0.02	0%
Bloodthirsty Adversary	$7.25	$7.26	($0.01)	0%
Moonveil Regent	$6.26	$6.70	($0.44)	-7%
Tainted Adversary	$5.26	$5.45	($0.19)	-3%
Spectral Adversary	$5.34	$5.15	$0.19	4%
Wrenn and Seven	$35.75	$35.36	$0.39	1%
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned	$14.00	$13.88	$0.12	1%
The Meathook Massacre	$25.67	$25.46	$0.21	1%
Intrepid Adversary	$24.02	$24.08	($0.06)	0%
Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset	$5.69	$5.75	($0.06)	-1%
Memory Deluge	$12.25	$12.83	($0.58)	-5%
Prismari Command	$8.30	$8.91	($0.61)	-7%
Professor Onyx	$6.50	$7.72	($1.22)	-16%
Velomachus Lorehold	$4.54	$7.03	($2.49)	-35%
Beledros Witherbloom	$4.22	$5.00	($0.78)	-16%
Mascot Exhibition	$8.53	$8.60	($0.07)	-1%
Chandra, Dressed to Kill	$30.76	$25.13	$5.63	22%
Cemetery Gatekeeper	$6.21	$5.86	$0.35	6%
Faithbound Judge	$8.59	$9.38	($0.79)	-8%
Cemetery Illuminator	$7.90	$5.68	$2.22	39%
Henrika Domnathi	$4.73	$6.11	($1.38)	-23%
Cultivator Colossus	$34.31	$39.13	($4.82)	-12%
Cemetery Prowler	$5.25	$4.01	$1.24	31%
Manaform Hellkite	$6.84	$6.13	$0.71	12%
Skyclave Apparition	$14.72	$16.11	($1.39)	-9%
Shatterskull Smashing	$14.53	$14.56	($0.03)	0%
Roiling Vortex	$7.11	$6.82	$0.29	4%
Agadeem's Awakening	$5.85	$5.57	$0.28	5%

Modern Staples:  It looks like Modern Horizons cards are going back up, which I am sure has something to do with rental services being able to rent full decks out for the limits they impose and needing to get more of those cards back in stock for the renters. 

Modern Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Engineered Explosives	$30.68	$27.26	$3.42	13%
Steelshaper's Gift	$6.56	$8.07	($1.51)	-19%
Cavern of Souls	$16.94	$18.84	($1.90)	-10%
Mishra's Bauble	$32.69	$30.01	$2.68	9%
Aether Vial	$6.18	$5.77	$0.41	7%
Liliana of the Veil	$7.54	$6.69	$0.85	13%
Polluted Delta	$10.04	$7.51	$2.53	34%
Wooded Foothills	$6.80	$5.74	$1.06	18%
Flooded Strand	$6.75	$6.25	$0.50	8%
Bloodstained Mire	$7.46	$5.61	$1.85	33%
Windswept Heath	$7.26	$4.73	$2.53	53%
Thoughtseize	$11.07	$8.59	$2.48	29%
Force of Negation	$52.59	$41.83	$10.76	26%
Wrenn and Six	$54.41	$49.20	$5.21	11%
Prismatic Vista	$8.14	$5.98	$2.16	36%
Sunbaked Canyon	$21.61	$21.94	($0.33)	-2%
Seasoned Pyromancer	$16.73	$14.99	$1.74	12%
Fiery Islet	$6.31	$6.80	($0.49)	-7%
Urza, Lord High Artificer	$4.76	$5.96	($1.20)	-20%
Force of Vigor	$57.97	$46.80	$11.17	24%
Flusterstorm	$22.65	$22.47	$0.18	1%
Archmage's Charm	$15.61	$17.23	($1.62)	-9%
Silent Clearing	$6.83	$7.33	($0.50)	-7%
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician	$8.63	$8.80	($0.17)	-2%
Archon of Cruelty	$6.31	$5.35	$0.96	18%
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	$97.66	$90.16	$7.50	8%
Urza's Saga	$56.90	$55.72	$1.18	2%
Solitude	$50.47	$50.95	($0.48)	-1%
Endurance	$71.08	$55.56	$15.52	28%
Esper Sentinel	$4.82	$5.00	($0.18)	-4%
Grief	$12.27	$9.55	$2.72	28%
Murktide Regent	$12.95	$15.51	($2.56)	-17%
Sanctum Prelate	$9.25	$9.79	($0.54)	-6%
Fury	$20.16	$21.66	($1.50)	-7%
Chalice of the Void	$19.40	$19.41	($0.01)	0%
Surgical Extraction	$7.63	$8.09	($0.46)	-6%
Karn Liberated	$7.72	$6.33	$1.39	22%
Puresteel Paladin	$5.26	$4.52	$0.74	16%
Torpor Orb	$4.32	$5.65	($1.33)	-24%
Emrakul,the Aeons Torn	$7.27	$6.92	$0.35	5%
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth	$6.56	$6.03	$0.53	9%
Wurmcoil Engine	$6.02
Ensnaring Bridge	$6.76	$6.90	($0.14)	-2%
Teferi, Time Raveler	$41.93	$41.34	$0.59	1%
Gemstone Mine	$9.53	$7.35	$2.18	30%
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	$4.80	$5.16	($0.36)	-7%
Amulet of Vigor	$4.91	$5.08	($0.17)	-3%
Scalding Tarn	$6.41	$5.25	$1.16	22%
Verdant Catacombs	$3.74	$3.05	$0.69	23%
Misty Rainforest	$4.91	$4.23	$0.68	16%
Arid Mesa	$2.97	$3.07	($0.10)	-3%
Marsh Flats	$1.61	$1.50	$0.11	7%

Eternal Staples:  I think it might be weird that I keep Snuff Out here on the list, but I do guess Pauper is an Eternal format.

Eternal Format Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Hullbreacher	$24.46	$25.43	($0.97)	-4%
Opposition Agent	$22.00	$24.12	($2.12)	-9%
Jeweled Lotus	$26.40	$25.67	$0.73	3%
City of Traitors	$12.08	$13.32	($1.24)	-9%
Allosaurus Shepherd	$37.44	$32.91	$4.53	14%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee	$7.85	$8.10	($0.25)	-3%
Force of Will	$40.26	$40.26	$0.00	0%
Karakas	$5.90	$6.19	($0.29)	-5%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale	$13.12	$13.21	($0.09)	-1%
Unmask	$11.69	$11.16	$0.53	5%
Misdirection	$13.14	$13.43	($0.29)	-2%
Rishadan Port	$9.73	$9.50	$0.23	2%
Snuff Out	$11.83	$14.14	($2.31)	-16%
Submerge	$9.77	$9.77	$0.00	0%
Daze	$5.95	$5.35	$0.60	11%
Entomb	$8.16	$9.20	($1.04)	-11%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow	$9.56	$6.65	$2.91	44%
Mox Diamond	$29.56	$29.41	$0.15	1%
Wasteland	$21.07	$19.01	$2.06	11%
Ancient Tomb	$13.67	$12.55	$1.12	9%
Lotus Petal	$32.31	$28.08	$4.23	15%
Grim Monolith	$11.63	$11.64	($0.01)	0%
Exploration	$17.82	$17.07	$0.75	4%
Gaea's Cradle	$19.10	$20.64	($1.54)	-7%
Carpet of Flowers	$16.70	$13.42	$3.28	24%
Gilded Drake	$7.04	$7.82	($0.78)	-10%
Black Lotus	$15.86	$11.55	$4.31	37%
Volcanic Island	$8.08	$8.57	($0.49)	-6%
Underground Sea	$9.02	$7.88	$1.14	14%
Null Rod	$13.28	$13.84	($0.56)	-4%
Doomsday	$19.11	$19.36	($0.25)	-1%
Paradigm Shift	$7.58	$7.11	$0.47	7%

Pioneer Staples:  Korvold, Fae-Cursed King fell off the list this week, but a few cards jumped back on. 

Pioneer Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger	$6.30
Collected Company	$6.32
Kolaghan's Command	$6.19
Brazen Borrower	$19.20	$17.18	$2.02	12%
Bonecrusher Giant	$5.09
Arclight Phoenix	$4.20	$5.91	($1.71)	-29%
Lurrus of the Dream Den	$13.68	$11.69	$1.99	17%
Shark Typhoon	$8.06	$7.72	$0.34	4%
Eidolon of the Great Revel	$10.86	$10.91	($0.05)	0%
Mana Confluence	$4.88	$5.26
Spirebluff Canal	$5.03	$5.00	$0.03	1%
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord	$16.11	$15.59	$0.52	3%
Chandra, Awakened Inferno	$8.09	$7.54	$0.55	7%
Rest in Peace	$5.42
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger	$10.43	$6.92	$3.51	51%
Ox of Agonas	$6.01
Karn, the Great Creator	$29.07	$22.45	$6.62	29%
Blast Zone	$5.15
Omnath, Locus of Creation	$22.50	$22.17	$0.33	1%

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 Week	Change	% Change
Forgotten Realms	$290.59	$291.15	($0.56)	0%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow	$190.00	$178.69	$11.31	6%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Booster Pack	$3.35	$3.34	$0.01	0%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt	$212.10	$213.74	($1.64)	-1%
Kaldheim	$85.56	$91.89	($6.33)	-7%
Strixhaven: School of Mages	$86.66	$95.72	($9.06)	-9%
Treasure Chest	$2.32	$2.30	$0.02	1%
Zendikar Rising	$102.67	$101.86	$0.81	1%

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	227.32
Cavern of Souls	UBT	Mythic	144.53
Mox Jet	1E	Rare	116.87
Karakas	UBT	Mythic	110
Liliana of the Veil	UBT	Mythic	102.02
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	UBT	Mythic	101.56
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	MH2	Mythic	97.66
Ancestral Recall	1E	Rare	94.9
Snapcaster Mage	UBT	Mythic	92.88
Time Walk	1E	Rare	82.11
Mox Emerald	1E	Rare	81.03
Mox Sapphire	1E	Rare	78.72
Endurance	MH2	Mythic	71.08
Demonic Tutor	UBT	Mythic	59.34
Purple-Crystal Crab	PZ2	Common	58.93
Force of Vigor	MH1	Rare	57.97
Dark Depths	UBT	Mythic	57.7
Urza's Saga	MH2	Rare	56.9
Wrenn and Six	MH1	Mythic	54.41
Mox Pearl	1E	Rare	53.27
Edgar Markov	PZ2	Mythic	53.22
Force of Negation	MH1	Rare	52.29
Solitude	MH2	Mythic	50.47
Mox Ruby	1E	Rare	49.99
Heavenly Qilin	PZ2	Common	47.53
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	MS4	Mythic	45
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil	C19	Mythic	42.94
Teferi, Time Raveler	WAR	Rare	41.93
Den of the Bugbear	AFR	Rare	41.89
Scalding Tarn	MH2	Rare	41.4
Force of Will	MED	Rare	40.26
Liliana, the Last Hope	MS4	Mythic	38.83
Allosaurus Shepherd	JMP	Mythic	37.44
Karn Liberated	UBT	Mythic	37.35
Earthshaking Si	PZ2	Common	37.15
Mana Vault	UBT	Mythic	36.87
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth	UBT	Mythic	36.07
Wrenn and Seven	MID	Mythic	35.75
Flusterstorm	CMD	Rare	35.7
Demilich	AFR	Mythic	34.96
Mishra's Bauble	2XM	Uncommon	34.91
Mishra's Bauble	IMA	Uncommon	34.34
Cultivator Colossus	VOW	Mythic	34.31
Engineered Explosives	UMA	Rare	33.3
Mishra's Bauble	CSP	Uncommon	32.69
Engineered Explosives	2XM	Rare	32.61
Engineered Explosives	MMA	Rare	32.6
Engineered Explosives	UBT	Mythic	32.41
Reanimate	UBT	Mythic	32.35
Lotus Petal	TE	Common	32.31
Noble Hierarch	UBT	Mythic	32.27
Celestial Colonnade	UBT	Mythic	31.69
Wasteland	EXP	Mythic	31.2
Chandra, Dressed to Kill	VOW	Mythic	30.76
Timetwister	1E	Rare	30.74
Engineered Explosives	5DN	Rare	30.68
Mox Diamond	TPR	Mythic	30.61
Platinum Emperion	UBT	Mythic	30.55
Engineered Explosives	MS2	Bonus	30.41
Misty Rainforest	MH2	Rare	30.32
Retrofitter Foundry	PZ2	Rare	29.97
Mox Diamond	ST	Rare	29.56
Karn, the Great Creator	WAR	Rare	29.07
Lotus Petal	MS2	Bonus	28.89
Lotus Petal	TPR	Uncommon	28.64
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria	MS4	Mythic	28.62
Force of Will	2XM	Mythic	28.14
Fulminator Mage	UBT	Mythic	28.11
Cavern of Souls	ZNE	Mythic	27.87
Chalice of the Void	A25	Mythic	27.44
Creeping Tar Pit	UBT	Mythic	27
Scalding Tarn	EXP	Mythic	26.88
Bitterblossom	UBT	Mythic	26.48
Jeweled Lotus	CMR	Mythic	26.4
Mox Diamond	V10	Mythic	26.19
Verdant Catacombs	EXP	Mythic	26.16
Polluted Delta	ONS	Rare	25.83
The Meathook Massacre	MID	Mythic	25.67
Force of Will	MS3	Mythic	25.38

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 $27,227.  Last week it was $26,015.  That is a gain of 1,212.  It's like Modern Horizons 2 came back. 
 

In Closing

Prices were done on Wednesday, after I decided to log off of Twitter.  I was oddly productive for the day! 

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