State of the Program for February 1st, 2023
MTGO Socials: Daybreak has set up forums for MTGO, which you can find here. In addition to the Forums, Daybreak has set up a Discord for MTGO. You can get the invite here. MTGO has a Twitter account, and can now add an account for Facebook and Instagram.
Redemption: Redemption is up and running! Remember that redemption runs now until supply is gone. Currently being redeemed are Dominaria United and The Brothers' War. Phyrexia: All Will Be One will be up for redemption in March.
Challenge Schedule Changing: Two Prelims on Friday nights are now becoming small Challenge events. This helps players in the Asia-Pacific region. Saturday is also getting another Modern Challenge. Both of these are 32 player events.
Winter Superdrop 2023: The newest Secret Lair drops are out and are available for 53 more days! We have drops based on the Step-and-Compleat Foils, the Phyrexian language, tying in to Phyrexia: All Will Be One, and drops from artists Rope Arrow, Paul Mafayon, Tsubonari and Sam Burley. Wrapping it up with a Snake theme drop you can see them all here!
Phyrexia: All Will Be One: Set comes out next Tuesday! Art Bundles are going to be a new way to get cards on MTGO. They will have a package for the Phyrexian Oil lands, which will be 10 of any one basic for 3.99 or 10 of each basic for 16.99. The compleated walkers are 14.99. The borderless fastlands will be 4.99. You are buying copies of the cards, not card styles here. These art bundles will not be included in Treasure Chests. Treasure Chests will update on the 7th. They will include Extended Arts, Borderless, Ichor, Manga, and the Jungi Ito Elesh Norn. It will not include the cycle of alternate art praetors. There will be new Commander cards in the Treasure Chests as well. Magic Online Player Rewards packs updated, losing the basic lands, and gaining Borderless and Retro commons and uncommons from Dominaria Remastered. Next month and April will see the Ichor common and uncommons. You can read about all the cool stuff that is happening here.
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 MCQs each weekend, with qualifiers for limited MCQs running the days immediately prior to the MCQ.
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Upcoming Events
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Dates
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Scheduled Downtimes
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February 15, 2023 |
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Constructed Leagues End
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Ends February 7, 2023
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Sealed Leagues End
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Ends February 7, 2023 |
Magic Online Championship Series and other events
Complete details, including schedule, rules, and which online events qualify you for which online or paper events is
here. In addition, Wizards will be offering these special formats:
Ongoing - Dominaria Remastered
February 4 - Legacy Qualifier
February 5 - Modern Super Qualifier
February 7 - Phyrexia: All Will Be One events
February 15 - The Magic 30 Cube
February 22 - Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
March 1 - Time Spiral Remastered
March 8 - Modern Horizons
March 22 - Modern Horizons 2
April 5 - March of the Machine Release
Magic Online Format ChallengesThese are high stakes events that happen every weekend. They cost 30 Tix / 300 play points, and last a number of rounds based on participation (assume 5-8), plus a single elimination Top 8. Details, including prize payouts, are
here. Start times are:
Since the new set drops next week, this week we are looking at the most popular decks of the formats from the time The Brothers' War came to MTGO.
Standard:
Legacy:
Modern:
Pauper: With the amount of wins that Affinity picks up, I am honestly surprised by this deck in Pauper.
Pioneer:
The Winner's Circle is where I will recognize winners of the past events on MTGO.
Challenge Winners
Friday Modern - ryuumei - Merfolk
Saturday Legacy - HanktheObese - Mono White Initiative
Saturday Modern 32 - STRONKSMASH - Domain Zoo
Saturday Modern - Slasher21 - Mono Red Prowess
Saturday Pauper - _TOP_G - Dimir Terror
Saturday Pioneer - wkmidori - Hidden Strings Combo
Saturday Standard - canipis16 - Mono White
Saturday Vintage - Wesal
Sunday Legacy - DNSolver - 8cast
Sunday Modern - mala_grinja - Temur Rhinos
Sunday Pauper - RClint21 - Flicker Tron
Sunday Pioneer - ItsSwiftyTime - Rakdos Midrange
Sunday Standard - JiggiestJay - Esper Aggro
Sunday Vintage - Dazai
Other Event Winners
Vintage Super Qualifier
Pauper Qualifier
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:
Haunted Ridge
has come off the list.
Wedding Announcement
is back on the list!
Modern Staples:
Ensnaring Bridge
let to many creatures come through.
Underworld Breach
also came off the list.
Eternal Staples:
Pioneer Staples:
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 |
| The Brothers' War |
$116.84 |
$108.10 |
$8.74 |
8% |
| The Brothers's War Booster |
$2.42 |
$2.76 |
($0.34) |
-12% |
| Dominaria United |
$120.72 |
$123.45 |
($2.73) |
-2% |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow |
$57.70 |
$55.77 |
$1.93 |
3% |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt |
$103.35 |
$103.64 |
($0.29) |
0% |
| Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty |
$119.01 |
$112.32 |
$6.69 |
6% |
| Streets of New Capenna |
$69.83 |
$70.83 |
($1.00) |
-1% |
| Treasure Chest |
$2.30 |
$2.30 |
$0.00 |
0% |
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 |
256.2 |
| Mox Jet |
1E |
Rare |
118.45 |
| Cavern of Souls |
UBT |
Mythic |
108.17 |
| Ancestral Recall |
1E |
Rare |
106.45 |
| Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth |
UBT |
Mythic |
96.4 |
| Liliana of the Veil |
UBT |
Mythic |
92.19 |
| Karakas |
UBT |
Mythic |
92.13 |
| Mox Sapphire |
1E |
Rare |
80.36 |
| Time Walk |
1E |
Rare |
79.86 |
| Marisi, Breaker of the Coil |
C19 |
Mythic |
72.63 |
| Mox Emerald |
1E |
Rare |
68.84 |
| Demonic Tutor |
UBT |
Mythic |
61.83 |
| Mox Ruby |
1E |
Rare |
60.62 |
| Mox Pearl |
1E |
Rare |
59.67 |
| Heavenly Qilin |
PZ2 |
Common |
53.43 |
| Sheoldred, the Apocalypse |
DMU |
Mythic |
51.88 |
| Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer |
MH2 |
Mythic |
51.12 |
| Aether Gale |
C14 |
Rare |
50.78 |
| Earthshaking Si |
PZ2 |
Common |
49.87 |
| Dark Depths |
UBT |
Mythic |
48.9 |
| Purple-Crystal Crab |
PZ2 |
Common |
47.94 |
| Urza's Saga |
MH2 |
Rare |
44.48 |
| Wasteland |
ZNE |
Mythic |
43.76 |
| Snapcaster Mage |
UBT |
Mythic |
43.51 |
| Force of Will |
MED |
Rare |
43.39 |
| Kozilek, Butcher of Truth |
UBT |
Mythic |
43.13 |
| Liliana, the Last Hope |
MS4 |
Mythic |
42.78 |
| Boseiju, Who Endures |
NEO |
Rare |
42.11 |
| Jace, the Mind Sculptor |
MS4 |
Mythic |
42.1 |
| Mana Vault |
UBT |
Mythic |
41.5 |
| Reanimate |
UBT |
Mythic |
39.88 |
| Endurance |
MH2 |
Mythic |
38.58 |
| Fury |
MH2 |
Mythic |
37.37 |
| Teferi, Hero of Dominaria |
MS4 |
Mythic |
37.33 |
| Flooded Strand |
ZNE |
Mythic |
37.07 |
| Gaea's Cradle |
UZ |
Rare |
34.78 |
| Timetwister |
1E |
Rare |
33.95 |
| Pramikon, Sky Rampart |
C19 |
Mythic |
32.77 |
| Cleansing Screech |
PZ2 |
Common |
32.75 |
| Life from the Loam |
UBT |
Mythic |
31.82 |
| Thoughtseize |
TSR |
Bonus |
31.58 |
| Snuff Out |
MM |
Common |
30.03 |
| Creeping Tar Pit |
UBT |
Mythic |
29.24 |
| Ugin, the Spirit Dragon |
MS4 |
Mythic |
28.55 |
| Noble Hierarch |
UBT |
Mythic |
27.94 |
| Flusterstorm |
CMD |
Rare |
27.82 |
| Ledger Shredder |
SNC |
Rare |
27.75 |
| Orvar, the All-Form |
KHM |
Mythic |
27.63 |
| Mox Diamond |
ST |
Rare |
27.22 |
| Cavern of Souls |
ZNE |
Mythic |
27.15 |
| Fulminator Mage |
UBT |
Mythic |
26.96 |
| Solitude |
MH2 |
Mythic |
26.93 |
| Edgar Markov |
PZ2 |
Mythic |
26.55 |
| Mox Diamond |
TPR |
Mythic |
26.52 |
| Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre |
UBT |
Mythic |
26.23 |
| Mox Diamond |
V10 |
Mythic |
26.23 |
| Flusterstorm |
PZ1 |
Rare |
25.07 |
| Brazen Borrower |
ELD |
Mythic |
25.01 |
| Force of Will |
DMR |
Mythic |
25 |
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.
Prices were done on Tuesday, inbetween missions on Mass Effect 3!
This series is an ongoing tribute to Erik “Hamtastic” Friborg.
