Pioneer Bans:  Oko, Thief of Crowns and Nexus of Fate joined the format's banned list on Monday.  This is the final ban announcement for 2019, and the next Pioneer one will be January 6th of next year.  You can read about reasonings here. 

Other Format Bans: No changes to any formats.  Ban list announcements have been banned.  What changes here is instead of setting a date for a ban list update, they will not.  They expect changes around the same time frames, and will be on a Monday, but this allows Wizards more flexibility to make changes if need be.  Read the reasoning here. 

Theros Previews:  If you're looking for where the sweet previews are gonna be, check out here. For the card image gallery, go here. The Booster Fun gallery is here. 

Production Error for Buy a Box Promos:  The foil lands packaged with the Athreos, Shroud-Veiled are accidentally non-foil.  They are making more, and shipping them to stores.  WotC suggests checking with the store to see how that will be handled.  Full info is here! 

Challenger Decks:  Back with a brand new invention, Challenger decks are precons meant for tournament play.  Releasing in April of 2020, they will contain Theros cards.  Will the release of seemingly endless products for Magic ever stop?  Yo, I don't know, but with challenger decks, you should be able to take tournaments to the extreme and rock your deck like a vandal, light up the stage and wax a chump like a candle. 

Last State of the Program for 2019:  I am going on "vacation"  No, I am not actually leaving, but I am not writing anything, not a personal blog, not a food review, not a game review or strategy article.  I get my son for ten days this year, and he leaves on the Fourth of next year.  As much as I would like to say I would have the time to write about the news, or do prices, I really just want to spend time with him.  Expect State of the Program back on the tenth. 

This list is a list of my ten favorite cards of the year. 

Hydroid Krasis:  Yeah it's a powerful card with a powerful cast trigger.  It helps to stabilize the board and gives you cards, life and a must answer flying threat. 

Electrodominance:  I love doing cool things, and Electrodominance, killing a thing and then casting a spell for free is amazing.  Paired with the Time Spiral free spells it's just absurd.  I've cast Restore Balance, Ancestral Vision and Living End with this, just taking over the game each time.  I actually haven't gotten to cast Crashing Footfalls with it yet, but I sure do like the idea. 

Ashiok, Dream Render:  Great against the Scapeshift decks that popped up after Field of the Dead was printed, this walker does one of my most favorite things, mill cards.  It also fills your graveyard up while exiling your opponent's, you know, if you're in to that kind of thing. 

Causalities of War:  I love a versatile spell that can kill lands.  It may cost six mana, but goodness, it sure does do a lot with that mana.  It's not quite Wildfire but getting to blowup your opponent's best stuff is really swell. 

Crashing Footfalls:  I haven't actually cast this card yet, like I said earlier.  I do however really enjoy that the cycle of free stuff is back to being complete after Hypergenesis was rightfully banned in Modern. 

Llanowar Tribe:  Why this card?  Simple, it made, to me, one of the most amazing spoilers of the year.  Dana Fischer and MTG: Young Mage teamed up to create this masterpiece.  The card itself is just three Llanowar Elves put together, and isn't super exciting, but watching the joy from Dana preview this card was incredible.  For Magic, the future is in the children, and there are some pretty good hands here. 



Rest in Peace:  Yes, Rest in Peace is a reprint, no, I do not care.  When Gideon's spellbook was released this year, in June, I was having an incredibly hard time with therapy.  Progress had been slow, I had hit a plateau, and to be honest, it's still something I am struggling with.  However, I kept pushing myself, chipping away, and eventually, I broke.  I had to take time off of therapy, I was overwhelmed and couldn't do it, it wasn't working, I was wasting money, and it was time to give up.  I got my shipment of these right before my final appointment was supposed to happen, I was going to quit.  I opened up a playset of the spellbook, and to see if I got sweet foils, and a small piece of cardboard with a quote from a fictional character was on it. 

"When the fight seems hopeless, fight harder." 

That little piece of cardboard was pinned up on my wall, and I see it every day, before I sit down for work, before I go outside of exposure therapy, when I'm feeling at my highest and lowest.  It is kinda silly I know, but to see something I identify with motivate me and give me hope, even if it didn't end super well for Gideon.  He deserved better, much like Dack Fayden. 


Cavalier of Flame:  The win condition of choice for Fires of Invention decks draws cards when it comes in to play and deals damage when it leaves.  Most importantly when it comes in to play it pumps your team and gives them haste, which in the Jeskai Fires is a nice way to deal a ton of damage quickly. 

Repeated Reverberation:  I cannot tell you how many hours of my life I have spent trying to get this card to work with Fires of Invention and stuff like Demolish.  When it works, and you destroy three lands for free, it's just the bee's knees.  When it doesn't do that, it's copying loyalty abilities and getting more value than Great Value. 

Fae of Wishes:  I love a good wishboard, and with it's ability, it's super cheap to reuse. 

The theme this week is whatever my favorite deck was in the format this year.  So for Standard, it may not be current Standard, there might be some banned cards mentioned in other formats, just trying to review the year. 

Standard: I've played some version of this deck nearly all year long.  It's not great, but it's a lot of fun for me.

Drowned Mill

 

2 God-Eternal Kefnet 4 Merfolk Secretkeeper 4 Murderous Rider 4 Overwhelmed Apprentice 3 Didn't Say Please 4 Drown in the Loch 2 Run Away Together 2 Scheming Symmetry 3 Thought Erasure 4 Drowned Secrets 4 Witching Well 1 Castle Locthwain 1 Castle Vantress 4 Dismal Backwater

2 Fabled Passage 7 Island 5 Swamp 4 Watery Grave

Sideboard: 2 Aether Gust 2 Negate 3 Noxious Grasp 2 Enter the God-Eternals 2 Ritual of Soot 1 The Elderspell 1 Thought Erasure 2 Unmoored Ego

Legacy:  As long as I am alive, some version of Belcher will be among my favorite Legacy decks. 

Echo Belcher

 

4 Elvish Spirit Guide 4 Simian Spirit Guide 4 Tinder Wall 4 Desperate Ritual 2 Manamorphose 1 Pyretic Ritual 4 Seething Song 4 Burning Wish 3 Echo of Eons 3 Empty the Warrens 2 Gamble 4 Land Grant 4 Rite of Flame 4 Chrome Mox 4 Goblin Charbelcher 4 Lion's Eye Diamond

4 Lotus Petal 1 Stomping Ground

Sideboard: 1 Pyroblast 4 Veil of Summer 1 Echo of Eons 1 Empty the Warrens 1 Gamble 1 Goblin War Strike 1 Past in Flames 1 Pyroclasm 1 Reverent Silence 1 Shattering Spree 1 Telemin Performance 1 Tendrils of Agony

Modern:  Electrodominance makes a showing here.  This deck has a lot of stuff going on here, and takes full advantage of the suspend mechanic.  It's also not great, but a ton of fun.  That may be an issue I have to look in to as per why I am not winning a lot of matches this year. 

ElectroBalance

 

4 Greater Gargadon 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 2 Abrade 1 Echoing Truth 3 Electrodominance 4 Opt 3 Remand 4 Ancestral Vision 1 Faithless Looting 4 Restore Balance 4 Serum Visions 3 Sleight of Hand 4 As Foretold 1 Relic of Progenitus 1 Tormod's Crypt 1 Cascade Bluffs 3 Island

1 Mountain 4 Shivan Reef 4 Spirebluff Canal 4 Steam Vents 3 Tolaria West

Sideboard: 1 Ceremonious Rejection 1 Hurkyl's Recall 2 Negate 2 Rending Volley 2 Surgical Extraction 2 Swan Song 1 Anger of the Gods 3 Damping Sphere 1 Relic of Progenitus

Pauper:  I have fond memories of Tireless Tribe from it's days of combo card in the Extended format.  To see it have a home in Pauper is awfully nice for me. 

Tribe Combo

 

2 Kor Skyfisher 2 Thraben Inspector 4 Tireless Tribe 2 Brainstorm 4 Circular Logic 3 Dispel 2 Fire // Ice 4 Inside Out 1 Prismatic Strands 2 Repeal 4 Shadow Rift 2 Whiteout 2 Ponder 4 Preordain 4 Arcum's Astrolabe

2 Ash Barrens 3 Evolving Wilds 10 Snow-Covered Island 3 Snow-Covered Plains

Sideboard: 4 Seeker of the Way 1 Apostle's Blessing 1 Counterspell 1 Fling 1 Gigadrowse 3 Hydroblast 2 Prismatic Strands 1 Journey to Nowhere 1 Serrated Arrows

Pioneer:  Again, another deck that is fun, but not great.  One of the first things I did when Pioneer was announced was look at Cat Pact decks, and this one has a great game for you if you don't find Harmless Offering, in that you can get rid of the Demonic Pact that might kill you with so many things in it! 

Cat Pact

 

1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King 2 Nissa, Vastwood Seer 4 Sylvan Caryatid 1 Liliana, the Last Hope 1 Vraska the Unseen 2 Vraska, Golgari Queen 1 Vraska, Relic Seeker 2 Abrupt Decay 2 Assassin's Trophy 3 Fatal Push 1 Hero's Downfall 3 Dark Petition 1 Harmless Offering 1 Languish 1 Painful Truths 1 Seasons Past 4 Thoughtseize 4 Demonic Pact

4 Blood Crypt 4 Blooming Marsh 4 Fabled Passage 3 Forest 1 Mountain 4 Overgrown Tomb 2 Swamp 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 2 Woodland Cemetery

Sideboard: 2 Ashiok, Dream Render 1 Abrupt Decay 2 Golgari Charm 4 Duress 2 Languish 2 Radiant Flames 2 Slaughter Games

Vintage: I haven't played a single match of Vintage in months, but I love the idea of milling the opponent out with Hedron Crab, Fastbond, and Oboro, Palace in the Clouds. 

FastCrab

 

4 Hedron Crab 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 1 Crop Rotation 4 Daze 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Flusterstorm 3 Force of Will 1 Gush 1 Mental Misstep 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Spell Pierce 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Ponder 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Yawgmoth's Will 4 Fastbond 3 Retreat to Hagra 2 Trade Routes 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet

1 Mox Sapphire 1 Bayou 2 Flooded Strand 1 Glacial Chasm 1 Golgari Rot Farm 2 Misty Rainforest 4 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds 2 Polluted Delta 2 Scalding Tarn 1 Simic Growth Chamber 4 Tropical Island 2 Underground Sea

Sideboard: 3 Abrupt Decay 1 Assassin's Trophy 3 Hurkyl's Recall 2 Mindbreak Trap 2 Ravenous Trap 2 Surgical Extraction 1 Pithing Needle 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

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

Sealed MOCS - Flingg won this limited event. 
Vintage Challenge - IdraftTheBeatz won with Esper. 
Standard Challenge - Andy_Peters won with Jeskai Fires.
Pioneer Challenge - Mzfroste won with Izzet Phoenix.
Pauper Challenge - WhiTe TsaR won with Boros Monarch.
Modern Challenge - stainerson won with Titan Shift.
Legacy Challenge - JHK won with Elves.

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Standard Staples: We have some old favorites back on the list this week as it is appears at least the Jeskai Fires and Simic Ramp are the most played Standard decks right now, and that's just basing them off of the Cavalier choices from Core Set 2020!

Standard Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Oko, Thief of Crowns	$37.33	$56.47	($19.14)	-34%
Brazen Borrower	$32.50	$31.71	$0.79	2%
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King	$10.20	$9.51	$0.69	7%
The Royal Scions	$6.05	$5.30	$0.75	14%
Questing Beast	$12.94	$9.26	$3.68	40%
Alela, Artful Provocateur	$6.97	$6.68	$0.29	4%
Chulane, Teller of Tales	$6.93	$6.57	$0.36	5%
Fabled Passage	$4.52	$4.87	($0.35)	-7%
Embercleave	$5.15
Arclight Phoenix	$14.44	$10.86	$3.58	33%
Assassin's Trophy	$9.80	$9.72	$0.08	1%
Vraska, Golgari Queen	$6.81	$6.67	$0.14	2%
Chandra, Awakened Inferno	$25.26	$21.71	$3.55	16%
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord	$30.57	$27.97	$2.60	9%
Leyline of the Void	$6.91	$5.56	$1.35	24%
Vivien, Arkbow Ranger	$24.07	$24.86	($0.79)	-3%
Ajani, Strength of the Pride	$5.75	$5.43	$0.32	6%
Shifting Ceratops	$3.08	$6.37	($3.29)	-52%
Cavalier of Thorns	$9.13
Cavalier of Flame	$6.43
Knight of the Ebon Legion	$5.38
Lotus Field	$7.98	$4.87	$3.11	64%
Hydroid Krasis	$17.86	$18.42	($0.56)	-3%
Deputy of Detention	$6.13	$6.18	($0.05)	-1%
Kaya, Orzhov Usurper	$7.34	$7.26	$0.08	1%
Spawn of Mayhem	$4.71	$5.33	($0.62)	-12%
Teferi, Time Raveler	$59.57	$53.91	$5.66	10%
Finale of Devastation	$9.51	$8.96	$0.55	6%
Karn, the Great Creator	$26.28	$29.80	($3.52)	-12%
Dreadhorde Arcanist	$12.51	$13.08	($0.57)	-4%
Blast Zone	$11.86	$13.88	($2.02)	-15%
Illharg, the Raze-Boar	$7.51	$8.48	($0.97)	-11%
Gideon Blackblade	$4.81	$4.65	$0.16	3%

Modern Staples:  Modern prices are still weird, but the format is still a lot of fun.  Fetchlands seem to be dropping, and that's okay, but I sure would like to see the format without them.  Pioneer has just been fantastic without them.

Modern Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Engineered Explosives	$7.46	$7.78	($0.32)	-4%
Cavern of Souls	$10.29	$10.84	($0.55)	-5%
Noble Hierarch	$6.49	$7.16	($0.67)	-9%
Mishra's Bauble	$22.92	$24.46	($1.54)	-6%
Aether Vial	$6.42	$6.80	($0.38)	-6%
Horizon Canopy	$6.30	$8.18	($1.88)	-23%
Liliana of the Veil	$9.48	$11.20	($1.72)	-15%
Snapcaster Mage	$4.36	$5.09	($0.73)	-14%
Polluted Delta	$5.01	$6.62	($1.61)	-24%
Wooded Foothills	$3.28	$3.37	($0.09)	-3%
Flooded Strand	$3.49	$3.82	($0.33)	-9%
Bloodstained Mire	$3.70	$5.21	($1.51)	-29%
Windswept Heath	$3.24	$2.18	$1.06	49%
Thoughtseize	$14.35	$14.61	($0.26)	-2%
Force of Negation	$52.85	$53.59	($0.74)	-1%
Wrenn and Six	$37.36	$37.11	$0.25	1%
Prismatic Vista	$15.04	$15.11	($0.07)	0%
Sunbaked Canyon	$8.68	$6.60	$2.08	32%
Seasoned Pyromancer	$8.32	$7.54	$0.78	10%
Fiery Islet	$5.66	$6.59	($0.93)	-14%
Urza, Lord High Artificer	$14.82	$14.54	$0.28	2%
Hexdrinker	$5.85	$6.30	($0.45)	-7%
Plague Engineer	$18.30	$16.40	$1.90	12%
Force of Vigor	$10.08	$8.54	$1.54	18%
Collector Ouphe	$12.01	$11.48	$0.53	5%
Nurturing Peatland	$5.19	$6.18	($0.99)	-16%
Ice-Fang Coatl	$18.00	$13.88	$4.12	30%
Chalice of the Void	$11.01	$10.61	$0.40	4%
Karn Liberated	$6.39	$8.06	($1.67)	-21%
Surgical Extraction	$9.13	$10.81	($1.68)	-16%
Mox Opal	$25.09	$22.94	$2.15	9%
Ensnaring Bridge	$5.72	$6.20	($0.48)	-8%
Gemstone Mine	$10.41	$10.91	($0.50)	-5%
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	$15.39	$18.40	($3.01)	-16%
Scalding Tarn	$9.53	$9.46	$0.07	1%
Verdant Catacombs	$7.91	$9.22	($1.31)	-14%
Misty Rainforest	$13.28	$11.71	$1.57	13%
Arid Mesa	$3.45	$3.47	($0.02)	-1%
Marsh Flats	$2.81	$2.84	($0.03)	-1%

Eternal Staples:  I plan on picking up the stuff for Fast Crab today.  It sure does seem like a lot of fun!

Eternal Format Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Dark Depths	$11.78	$15.97	($4.19)	-26%
City of Traitors	$21.52	$22.63	($1.11)	-5%
Monastery Mentor	$11.51	$10.73	$0.78	7%
Force of Will	$22.54	$25.32	($2.78)	-11%
Land Tax	$6.70	$6.29	$0.41	7%
Unmask	$9.58	$9.35	$0.23	2%
Misdirection	$10.33	$10.33	$0.00	0%
Rishadan Port	$8.35	$8.38	($0.03)	0%
Daze	$5.62	$5.75	($0.13)	-2%
Entomb	$7.97	$7.98	($0.01)	0%
True-Name Nemesis	$6.55	$6.50	$0.05	1%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow	$20.00	$16.74	$3.26	19%
Mox Diamond	$15.55	$15.87	($0.32)	-2%
Altar of Dementia	$7.20	$7.41	($0.21)	-3%
Grindstone	$10.07	$9.58	$0.49	5%
Wasteland	$12.30	$11.97	$0.33	3%
Ancient Tomb	$10.14	$10.48	($0.34)	-3%
Lotus Petal	$15.33	$12.58	$2.75	22%
Grim Monolith	$10.40	$11.36	($0.96)	-8%
Exploration	$17.64	$16.19	$1.45	9%
Show and Tell	$7.59	$8.00	($0.41)	-5%
Gaea's Cradle	$11.27	$10.96	$0.31	3%
Sneak Attack	$7.77	$7.82	($0.05)	-1%
Carpet of Flowers	$19.84	$16.53	$3.31	20%
Gilded Drake	$6.27	$5.61	$0.66	12%
Time Spiral	$6.34	$6.34	$0.00	0%
Ancestral Recall	$1.76	$1.82	($0.06)	-3%
Black Lotus	$5.78	$6.98	($1.20)	-17%
Mox Emerald	$1.73	$2.15	($0.42)	-20%
Mox Ruby	$1.73	$2.44	($0.71)	-29%
Mox Pearl	$1.29	$1.91	($0.62)	-32%
Mox Sapphire	$2.49	$2.62	($0.13)	-5%
Mox Jet	$1.42	$1.94	($0.52)	-27%
Timetwister	$2.17	$2.50	($0.33)	-13%
Time Walk	$1.80	$2.20	($0.40)	-18%
Volcanic Island	$7.18	$6.11	$1.07	18%
Badlands	$1.99	$1.79	$0.20	11%
Tropical Island	$4.15	$3.24	$0.91	28%
Bayou	$2.42	$2.13	$0.29	14%
Tundra	$1.57	$0.99	$0.58	59%
Savannah	$1.29	$0.99	$0.30	30%
Scrubland	$0.43	$0.45	($0.02)	-4%
Plateau	$0.56	$0.44	$0.12	27%
Taiga	$0.69	$0.55	$0.14	25%
Underground Sea	$7.42	$6.61	$0.81	12%
Sol Ring	$6.54	$6.28	$0.26	4%
Mana Crypt	$2.18	$2.03	$0.15	7%
Mana Vault	$0.96	$0.84	$0.12	14%

Pauper Staples:  Nothing wild seems to be happening in Pauper, just little changes every week.

Pauper Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Wild Growth	$1.90	$1.77	$0.13	7.34%
Merchant Scroll	$3.00	$3.46	-$0.46	-13.29%
Standard Bearer	$1.59	$2.45	-$0.86	-35.10%
Ninja of the Deep Hours	$2.23	$1.81	$0.42	23.20%
Martyr of Ashes	$1.36	$1.48	-$0.12	-8.11%
Skred	$2.16	$2.11	$0.05	2.37%
Flaring Pain	$1.08	$1.38	-$0.30	-21.74%
Prismatic Strands	$1.74	$1.76	-$0.02	-1.14%
Swirling Sandstorm	$1.96	$2.11	-$0.15	-7.11%
Pyroblast	$2.36	$2.00	$0.36	18.00%
Hydroblast	$1.48	$1.87	-$0.39	-20.86%
Mystic Remora	$4.79	$5.13	-$0.34	-6.63%
Spidersilk Armor	$2.43	$2.49	-$0.06	-2.41%
Ancestral Mask	$2.86	$2.91	-$0.05	-1.72%
Land Grant	$3.57	$4.05	-$0.48	-11.85%
Snuff Out	$4.22	$4.07	$0.15	3.69%
Reverent Silence	$4.85	$4.61	$0.24	5.21%
Moment's Peace	$1.38	$2.48	-$1.10	-44.35%
Rhystic Study	$2.58	$2.70	-$0.12	-4.44%
Entourage of Trest	$2.19	$1.98	$0.21	10.61%
Thorn of the Black Rose	$6.48	$5.01	$1.47	29.34%
Palace Sentinels	$4.10	$3.28	$0.82	25.00%
Custodi Squire	$4.15	$4.03	$0.12	2.98%
Ash Barrens	$1.52	$1.33	$0.19	14.29%
Manamorphose	$1.97	$1.86	$0.11	5.91%
Crop Rotation	$2.35	$2.29	$0.06	2.62%
Exhume	$1.12	$1.51	-$0.39	-25.83%
Pestilence	$3.73	$4.04	-$0.31	-7.67%
Impulse	$2.64	$3.49	-$0.85	-24.36%
Quirion Ranger	$2.11	$2.49	-$0.38	-15.26%

Pioneer Staples:  Got some new ones on here this week.  Pioneer seems to be in a really good place as each banning goes out.

Pioneer Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Walking Ballista	$11.41	$10.02	$1.39	14%
Soul-Scar Mage	$5.62	$5.17	$0.45	9%
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar	$9.35	$12.53	($3.18)	-25%
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger	$9.98	$8.53	$1.45	17%
Courser of Kruphix	$6.15	$8.98	($2.83)	-32%
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria	$9.17	$7.93	$1.24	16%
Voice of Resurgence	$5.10	$6.34	($1.24)	-20%
Kolaghan's Command	$7.15	$7.21	($0.06)	-1%
Collected Company	$11.64	$8.34	$3.30	40%
Liliana, the Last Hope	$19.11	$20.62	($1.51)	-7%
Collective Brutality	$7.47	$7.44	$0.03	0%
Emrakul, the Promised End	$10.49	$9.44	$1.05	11%
Grim Flayer	$4.43	$5.05	($0.62)	-12%
Selfless Spirit	$6.17	$6.33	($0.16)	-3%
Breeding Pool	$5.75	$7.16	($1.41)	-20%
Stomping Ground	$4.01	$3.43	$0.58	17%
Godless Shrine	$2.61	$2.43	$0.18	7%
Sacred Foundry	$1.00	$0.96	$0.04	4%
Watery Grave	$1.54	$1.33	$0.21	16%
Mana Confluence	$10.08	$9.89	$0.19	2%
Eidolon of the Great Revel	$7.84	$9.50	($1.66)	-17%
Spirebluff Canal	$10.38	$5.48	$4.90	89%
Chandra, Torch of Defiance	$11.22	$8.52	$2.70	32%
Blooming Marsh	$7.10	$3.90	$3.20	82%
Botanical Sanctum	$8.80	$6.15	$2.65	43%
Scavenging Ooze	$10.49	$11.05	($0.56)	-5%
Mutavault	$9.76	$8.97	$0.79	9%
Goblin Rabblemaster	$12.96	$7.26	$5.70	79%
Nexus of Fate	$23.02	$24.47	($1.45)	-6%
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet	$14.99	$22.10	($7.11)	-32%
Thought-Knot Seer	$9.65	$7.16	$2.49	35%
Nissa, Voice of Zendikar	$6.45	$6.56	($0.11)	-2%
World Breaker	$5.31		$5.31
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy	$17.53	$18.65	($1.12)	-6%
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	$4.48	$5.20	($0.72)	-14%
Rekindling Phoenix	$6.26		$6.26
Sphinx's Revelation	$5.02	$6.63	($1.61)	-24%
Rest in Peace	$9.85	$5.95	$3.90	66%
Supreme Verdict	$9.54	$8.61	$0.93	11%
Jace, Architect of Thought	$7.72		$7.72
Hallowed Fountain	$3.26	$2.42	$0.84	35%
Steam Vents	$2.26	$2.42	($0.16)	-7%
Blood Crypt	$2.66	$2.65	$0.01	0%
Overgrown Tomb	$1.89	$1.94	($0.05)	-3%
Temple Garden	$0.77	$0.85	($0.08)	-9%
Abrupt Decay	$5.04	$5.96	($0.92)	-15%
Tireless Tracker	$5.15	$5.61	($0.46)	-8%
Thassa, God of the Sea	$7.70	$7.76	($0.06)	-1%
Elspeth, Sun's Champion	$8.75	$8.06	$0.69	9%
Master of Waves	$5.18		$5.18

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
Guilds of Ravnica	$72.74	$69.19	$3.55	5%
Ravnica Allegiances	$87.99	$88.64	($0.65)	-1%
Treasure Chest	$2.16	$2.30	($0.14)	-6%
War of the Spark	$194.34	$196.21	($1.87)	-1%
Throne of Eldraine Booster	$2.62	$2.91	($0.29)	-10%
Core Set 2020	$211.06	$189.04	$22.02	12%
Modern Horizons	$253.87	$243.50	$10.37	4%
Throne of Eldraine	$172.87	$181.13	($8.26)	-5%

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	189.95
Mox Sapphire	1E	Rare	117.69
Mox Emerald	1E	Rare	82.55
Karn Liberated	UBT	Mythic	78.65
Mox Jet	1E	Rare	77.04
Ancestral Recall	1E	Rare	68.28
Mox Ruby	1E	Rare	67.03
Teferi, Time Raveler	WAR	Rare	59.57
Mox Pearl	1E	Rare	56.86
Liliana of the Veil	UBT	Mythic	53.29
Force of Negation	MH1	Rare	52.85
Time Walk	1E	Rare	51.03
Timetwister	1E	Rare	47.08
Dark Depths	V16	Mythic	44.34
Dark Depths	UBT	Mythic	42.08
Snapcaster Mage	UBT	Mythic	41.35
Noble Hierarch	UBT	Mythic	40.75
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	MS4	Mythic	40.12
Unmask	V16	Mythic	38.47
Wrenn and Six	MH1	Mythic	37.36
Oko, Thief of Crowns	ELD	Mythic	37.33
Liliana, the Last Hope	MS4	Mythic	34.22
Brazen Borrower	ELD	Mythic	32.5
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord	M20	Mythic	30.57
Thoughtseize	IMA	Rare	28.25
Celestial Colonnade	UBT	Mythic	26.95
Dark Depths	UMA	Mythic	26.84
Karn, the Great Creator	WAR	Rare	26.28
Tarmogoyf	UBT	Mythic	26.08
Cavern of Souls	UBT	Mythic	26.02
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria	MS4	Mythic	25.7
Chandra, Awakened Inferno	M20	Mythic	25.26
Mox Opal	SOM	Mythic	25.09

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 $18,550.  Last week it was $18,505. Got a nice 45 dollar increase.
 

In Closing

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season, and enjoy the New Year in safety and in good health.  As for me, I am going to do so many great things with Cassius while he is here, so thanks for understanding why I am going on break, and keep slinging spells!  Prices were done on Friday morning!

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