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The top 9 moments from the World Championship from Brian David-Marshall.
Frank Karsten has an updated Pioneer metagame and tier list after Phoenix.
Alex Ullman looks at Pauper at the start of 2020.
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Standard Staples:
The Great Henge should have fell off this week, but it started to trend upward again, so I am keeping it on the list.
Cavalier of Night slipped more so it came off the list.
Thassa's Oracle fell off the list as well as Pioneer players either come off the Inverter deck or wait for a ban. Big mover this week seems to be
Lotus Field.
Standard Cards |
Price |
Last Week |
Change |
% Change |
Brazen Borrower |
$48.39 |
$50.39 |
($2.00) |
-4% |
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King |
$8.08 |
$8.16 |
($0.08) |
-1% |
The Royal Scions |
$3.96 |
$5.43 |
($1.47) |
-27% |
Questing Beast |
$7.96 |
$8.34 |
($0.38) |
-5% |
Alela, Artful Provocateur |
$8.11 |
$8.64 |
($0.53) |
-6% |
Chulane, Teller of Tales |
$6.57 |
$7.12 |
($0.55) |
-8% |
The Great Henge |
$4.14 |
$3.23 |
$0.91 |
28% |
Fabled Passage |
$9.38 |
$8.92 |
$0.46 |
5% |
Rankle, Master of Pranks |
$5.96 |
$5.58 |
$0.38 |
7% |
Bonecrusher Giant |
$6.54 |
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Arclight Phoenix |
$7.03 |
$7.35 |
($0.32) |
-4% |
Assassin's Trophy |
$5.63 |
$5.47 |
$0.16 |
3% |
Chandra, Awakened Inferno |
$19.04 |
$20.80 |
($1.76) |
-8% |
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord |
$13.32 |
$16.36 |
($3.04) |
-19% |
Leyline of the Void |
$9.88 |
$11.46 |
($1.58) |
-14% |
Vivien, Arkbow Ranger |
$9.62 |
$12.61 |
($2.99) |
-24% |
Ajani, Strength of the Pride |
$7.24 |
$7.62 |
($0.38) |
-5% |
Cavalier of Thorns |
$17.89 |
$22.66 |
($4.77) |
-21% |
Knight of the Ebon Legion |
$5.85 |
$5.51 |
$0.34 |
6% |
Lotus Field |
$7.98 |
$5.33 |
$2.65 |
50% |
Hydroid Krasis |
$6.90 |
$7.68 |
($0.78) |
-10% |
Deputy of Detention |
$6.90 |
$5.07 |
$1.83 |
36% |
Kaya, Orzhov Usurper |
$7.58 |
$8.37 |
($0.79) |
-9% |
Spawn of Mayhem |
$5.45 |
$6.35 |
($0.90) |
-14% |
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath |
$53.20 |
$50.63 |
$2.57 |
5% |
Heliod, Sun-Crowned |
$16.43 |
$20.61 |
($4.18) |
-20% |
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger |
$9.01 |
$9.55 |
($0.54) |
-6% |
Ox of Agonas |
$6.19 |
$6.74 |
($0.55) |
-8% |
Teferi, Time Raveler |
$54.45 |
$57.24 |
($2.79) |
-5% |
Finale of Devastation |
$11.45 |
$11.20 |
$0.25 |
2% |
Karn, the Great Creator |
$9.13 |
$10.64 |
($1.51) |
-14% |
Dreadhorde Arcanist |
$13.53 |
$14.41 |
($0.88) |
-6% |
Blast Zone |
$11.27 |
$10.79 |
$0.48 |
4% |
Illharg, the Raze-Boar |
$5.00 |
$6.02 |
($1.02) |
-17% |
Gideon Blackblade |
$7.51 |
$7.53 |
($0.02) |
0% |
Niv-Mizzet Reborn |
$22.67 |
$27.68 |
($5.01) |
-18% |
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries |
$11.11 |
$16.79 |
($5.68) |
-34% |
Modern Staples: I didn't want to put
Auriok Champion back on the list last week, and now look at it, making me look foolish. (Noble Heirarch) should be off the list, but it's one of those format staples that I want to keep on listing.
Waterlogged Grove continued to trend downward, so that means next week it will be back above 5.
Force of Negation is
Eternal Staples: #playmorelegacy and also #playmorevintage
Pioneer Staples: It is weird seeing stuff like (Ulamog, Ceaseless Hunger) in danger of falling off the list because Pioneer has become a format that couldn't allow a copycat combo, but can allow Storm and Inverter.
Voice of Resurgence is gone.
Inverter of Truth also dropped a ton this week.
Hangarback Walker fell off as did the super fun
Starfield of Nyx.
Elspeth, Sun's Champion is the last card to come off this week.
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 |
Core Set 2020 |
$205.54 |
$218.24 |
($12.70) |
-6% |
Guilds of Ravnica |
$52.82 |
$54.34 |
($1.52) |
-3% |
Modern Horizons |
$359.08 |
$331.16 |
$27.92 |
8% |
Ravnica Allegiances |
$72.17 |
$73.69 |
($1.52) |
-2% |
Theros Beyond Death |
$138.19 |
$147.82 |
($9.63) |
-7% |
Theros Beyond Death Booster |
$3.40 |
$3.31 |
$0.09 |
3% |
Throne of Eldraine |
$183.54 |
$184.66 |
($1.12) |
-1% |
Treasure Chest |
$2.16 |
$2.18 |
($0.02) |
-1% |
War of the Spark |
$189.57 |
$207.94 |
($18.37) |
-9% |
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 |
205.17 |
Mox Sapphire |
1E |
Rare |
83.71 |
Mox Emerald |
1E |
Rare |
82.51 |
Karn Liberated |
UBT |
Mythic |
76.55 |
Wrenn and Six |
MH1 |
Mythic |
76.48 |
Ancestral Recall |
1E |
Rare |
68.29 |
Mox Jet |
1E |
Rare |
67.6 |
Force of Negation |
MH1 |
Rare |
65.59 |
Snapcaster Mage |
UBT |
Mythic |
57.6 |
Teferi, Time Raveler |
WAR |
Rare |
54.45 |
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath |
THB |
Mythic |
53.2 |
Liliana of the Veil |
UBT |
Mythic |
52.45 |
Mox Pearl |
1E |
Rare |
51.82 |
Time Walk |
1E |
Rare |
49.14 |
Dark Depths |
V16 |
Mythic |
48.41 |
Brazen Borrower |
ELD |
Mythic |
48.39 |
Mox Ruby |
1E |
Rare |
46.84 |
Unmask |
V16 |
Mythic |
45.01 |
Noble Hierarch |
UBT |
Mythic |
43.83 |
Dark Depths |
UBT |
Mythic |
42.08 |
Jace, the Mind Sculptor |
MS4 |
Mythic |
41.58 |
Lord Windgrace |
PZ2 |
Mythic |
41.39 |
Liliana, the Last Hope |
MS4 |
Mythic |
34.68 |
Mana Confluence |
EXP |
Mythic |
32.95 |
Timetwister |
1E |
Rare |
32.55 |
Force of Will |
MED |
Rare |
30.66 |
Cavern of Souls |
UBT |
Mythic |
30.12 |
Celestial Colonnade |
UBT |
Mythic |
27.06 |
Tuvasa the Sunlit |
PZ2 |
Mythic |
26.61 |
Karakas |
UBT |
Mythic |
26.09 |
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria |
MS4 |
Mythic |
25.7 |
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow |
PZ2 |
Rare |
25.68 |
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer |
PZ2 |
Mythic |
25.26 |
Tarmogoyf |
UBT |
Mythic |
25.24 |
I actually read Magic articles this week. Still getting work done in the house. This weekend, we should finish up the ceiling in the hallway, and I sold my MTGO to finance getting my bathroom fixed up. After that was paid for, I restarted my MTGO account, with a couple of decks, heavy on the Teferi, Time Raveler. Outside of that, with Pokemon Home coming out, I am now playing through Sun and X.
This series is an ongoing tribute to Erik “Hamtastic” Friborg.