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State of the Program for January 25th, 2023
 
In the News

MTGO Forums: Daybreak has set up forums for MTGO, which you can find here

MTGO Discord:  In addition to the Forums, Daybreak has set up a Discord for MTGO.  You can get the invite here

MTGO Social Links:  *New*  MTGO has a Twitter account, and can now add an account for Facebook and Instagram.  These have been linked for you!

Starter Commander decks:  These are new to the shop and the exact product that you would buy in paper! 

The Brothers' War Redemption:  Redemption is up and running!  Remember that redemption runs now until supply is gone. 

Dominaria Remastered:  Releases on January 26th on MTGO.  Boosters will cost 3.99.  Traditional Draft and Single Elimination queues will be offered.  Treasure Chests will be updated with the set release.  Borderless and Retro Frame cards from the common and uncommon slots in the remastered set will not be in booster packs, but will be in Magic Online Player Rewards packs.  Rarity downshifts will apply after downtime and will be good for the Pauper Qualifier the Saturday after the set releases. 

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.  This starts this weekend!

Phyrexia:  All Will Be One:  Previews for the set have been long ongoing, especially since people in the Dominaria Remastered Prerelease were opening the new set in packs of Dominaria Remastered.  You can see where to find previews here. You can check out the Card Image Gallery, Variant Card Image Gallery, and Commander Card Image Gallery as well.

MOCS Showcase Champion *New*:  Bart Van Etten won the MOCS Showcase, making the finals after winning the Modern pod.  Damian Buckley, the Limited pod winner, finished second.  You can find coverage of the event at magic.gg.

The Timeline

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.
 
Upcoming Events
Dates
Scheduled Downtimes
January 25, 2023
Constructed Leagues End
Ends January 31, 2023
Sealed Leagues End
Ends January 31, 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

January 28 - Pauper Qualifier
January 29 - Vintage Super Qualifier

Magic Online Format Challenges
These 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:

TIME (PT) FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
12:00 a.m.     Vintage Challenge
1:00 a.m    Limited 32 Challenge 32 Player Limited Challenge
2:00 a.m.   Pauper Challenge  
4:00 a.m.   Legacy Challenge Modern Challenge
6:00 a.m.   Standard Challenge Pioneer Challenge
8:00 a.m.   Modern Challenge Legacy Challenge
10:00 a.m.   Vintage Challenge Pauper Challenge
12:00 p.m.   Limited Challenge Limited Challenge
2:00 p.m.   Pioneer Challenge Standard Challenge
4:00 p.m. Limited 32 Challenge    
6:00 p.m. Modern 32 Challenge Modern 32 Challenge  

 

Cutting Edge Tech

Standard:

Legacy:  I like the idea of mono colored decks that use the Sol Lands to power out disruption and quick threats.  This deck can attack on two angles, the first being the good dorks front, the second being the Helm of Obedience and Leyline of the Void combo. 


Modern: If you're looking into Legacy with a nice Modern collection you could do worse than this version of HammerTime! 


Pauper:  Ninjas are still doing well in Pauper. 


Pioneer:  Most Greasefang decks have been Abzan or Mardu, but this Esper list really leans on Faithful Mending to stay in the game against the aggro decks of the format.



 
Winner's Circle

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

Challenge Winners

Saturday Legacy - CrusherBotBG - HammerTime
Saturday Modern - Martijc - HammerTime
Saturday Pauper - Tyerube1681 - Songs Combo
Saturday Pioneer - Lukas26197 - Abzan Greasefang
Saturday Standard - TabaDonk - Mono Red Aggro
Saturday Vintage - Condescend

Sunday Legacy - _moose_ - 4 Color Minsc
Sunday Modern - Do0mSwitch - Izzet Murktide
Sunday Pauper - ezocratto - Mono Blue Ninjas
Sunday Pioneer - TheManLand - Hidden Strings
Sunday Standard - Mogged - Rakdos Midrange
Sunday Vintage - bless_von

Other Event Winners

Limited Super Qualifier
Modern Super Qualifier

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: Two cards from Midnight Hunt came back to the list this week. 

Standard Cards Price Last Week Change % Change
Phyrexian Fleshgorger $10.26 $11.22 -$0.96 -9%
Brotherhood's End $9.79 $11.80 -$2.01 -17%
Cityscape Leveler $19.87 $17.32 $2.55 15%
Portal to Phyrexia $6.26 $7.11 -$0.85 -12%
Titania, Voice of Gaea $5.55 $5.98 -$0.43 -7%
Urza, Lord Protector $5.72 $7.03 -$1.31 -19%
Leyline Binding $13.65 $13.72 -$0.07 -1%
Liliana of the Veil $5.72 $5.59 $0.13 2%
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse $63.59 $67.53 -$3.94 -6%
Karn's Sylex $5.27 $5.21 $0.06 1%
Memory Deluge $8.94 $8.31 $0.63 8%
Haunted Ridge $2.90 $5.63 -$2.73 -48%
Brutal Cathar $12.19 $10.35 $1.84 18%
Deserted Beach $6.50


Graveyard Trespasser $6.01


Boseiju, Who Endures $41.05 $39.67 $1.38 3%
Otawara, Soaring City $8.39 $7.95 $0.44 6%
The Wandering Emperor $8.43 $9.57 -$1.14 -12%
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker $20.94 $23.92 -$2.98 -12%
Hidetsugu Consumes All $7.21 $8.23 -$1.02 -12%
March of Otherworldly Light $6.36 $5.92 $0.44 7%
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary $5.05 $5.93 -$0.88 -15%
Ledger Shredder $25.03 $21.21 $3.82 18%
Unlicensed Hearse $11.47 $12.34 -$0.87 -7%
Stormcarved Coast $5.60 $6.99 -$1.39 -20%
Modern StaplesGrinding Station has rocketed on to the list.  Grist, the Hunger Tide is back on the list as well. 

Modern Cards Price Last Week Change % Change
Engineered Explosives $18.52 $16.48 $2.04 12%
Grinding Station $12.24


Lord of Atlantis $5.07 $5.90 -$0.83 -14%
Cavern of Souls $10.93 $12.91 -$1.98 -15%
Magus of the Moon $5.61 $5.71 -$0.10 -2%
Orvar, the All-Form $31.89 $42.62 -$10.73 -25%
Polluted Delta $7.19 $6.31 $0.88 14%
Wooded Foothills $7.64 $6.94 $0.70 10%
Flooded Strand $10.05 $7.45 $2.60 35%
Bloodstained Mire $7.83 $6.94 $0.89 13%
Windswept Heath $5.03 $4.55 $0.48 11%
Thoughtseize $6.23 $6.31 -$0.08 -1%
Force of Negation $10.32 $11.78 -$1.46 -12%
Wrenn and Six $16.67 $17.21 -$0.54 -3%
Sunbaked Canyon $7.59 $6.70 $0.89 13%
Seasoned Pyromancer $9.34 $9.49 -$0.15 -2%
Force of Vigor $16.19 $15.14 $1.05 7%
Flusterstorm $22.21 $22.47 -$0.26 -1%
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician $5.59 $5.88 -$0.29 -5%
Archon of Cruelty $12.92 $17.19 -$4.27 -25%
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer $39.13 $40.69 -$1.56 -4%
Urza's Saga $45.12 $41.92 $3.20 8%
Solitude $20.99 $18.63 $2.36 13%
Endurance $39.51 $40.23 -$0.72 -2%
Grief $9.49 $10.53 -$1.04 -10%
Murktide Regent $21.72 $17.31 $4.41 25%
Fury $35.26 $36.59 -$1.33 -4%
Esper Sentinel $10.26 $9.34 $0.92 10%
Tourach, Dread Cantor $5.23 $8.09 -$2.86 -35%
Subtlety $10.84 $7.74 $3.10 40%
Dress Down $7.06 $5.54 $1.52 27%
Grist, the Hunger Tide $5.47


Chalice of the Void $12.05 $10.26 $1.79 17%
Puresteel Paladin $8.47


Ensnaring Bridge $3.95 $5.45 -$1.50 -28%
Underworld Breach $4.76 $5.23 -$0.47 -9%
Teferi, Time Raveler $10.90 $12.42 -$1.52 -12%
Scalding Tarn $9.36 $7.00 $2.36 34%
Verdant Catacombs $1.91 $1.81 $0.10 6%
Misty Rainforest $4.82 $3.90 $0.92 24%
Arid Mesa $3.91 $3.30 $0.61 18%
Marsh Flats $0.99 $1.22 -$0.23 -19%
Eternal StaplesPhyrexian Dreadnought is on the list again. 

Eternal Format Cards Price Last Time Change % Change
White Plume Adventurer $12.52 $11.88 $0.64 5%
Seasoned Dungeoneer $5.74 $5.30 $0.44 8%
Hullbreacher $7.92 $9.84 ($1.92) -20%
Opposition Agent $13.50 $15.34 ($1.84) -12%
Jeweled Lotus $10.08 $10.66 ($0.58) -5%
Jeska's Will $21.97 $21.46 $0.51 2%
City of Traitors $21.31 $20.42 $0.89 4%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee $11.72 $11.72 $0.00 0%
Helm of Obedience $14.89 $14.17 $0.72 5%
Force of Will $48.43 $51.66 ($3.23) -6%
Karakas $5.66 $5.79 ($0.13) -2%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale $9.19 $10.60 ($1.41) -13%
Enlightened Tutor $5.53 $5.37 $0.16 3%
Phyrexian Dreadnought $6.76


Unmask $18.82 $22.65 ($3.83) -17%
Misdirection $10.42 $10.70 ($0.28) -3%
Snuff Out $27.97 $28.08 ($0.11) 0%
Submerge $11.04 $10.65 $0.39 4%
Daze $9.16 $7.58 $1.58 21%
Entomb $8.40 $8.93 ($0.53) -6%
Stifle $7.07


Mox Opal $5.35 $5.57 ($0.22) -4%
Mox Diamond $28.69 $28.89 ($0.20) -1%
Wasteland $19.79 $16.42 $3.37 21%
Ancient Tomb $22.60 $23.23 ($0.63) -3%
Lotus Petal $20.97 $20.00 $0.97 5%
Grindstone $9.03 $10.77 ($1.74) -16%
Grim Monolith $18.87 $16.38 $2.49 15%
Goblin Welder $9.22 $8.88 $0.34 4%
Meltdown $9.76 $10.36 ($0.60) -6%
Exploration $6.91 $6.43 $0.48 7%
Gaea's Cradle $40.11 $41.33 ($1.22) -3%
Carpet of Flowers $5.37 $5.37 $0.00 0%
Gilded Drake $10.66 $9.51 $1.15 12%
Show and Tell $9.27 $10.95 ($1.68) -15%
Black Lotus $12.21 $13.77 ($1.56) -11%
Volcanic Island $13.85 $12.76 $1.09 9%
Underground Sea $5.22 $5.59 ($0.37) -7%
Null Rod $7.61 $7.31 $0.30 4%
Doomsday $17.22 $17.22 $0.00 0%
Paradigm Shift $12.90 $12.90 $0.00 0%
Pioneer StaplesLair of the Hydra has fallen off. A couple of cards from the Forgotten Realms came back on though. Arclight Phoenix has fallen off.  We've had a handful of cards come back on to the list this week. 

Pioneer Cards Price Last Time Change % Change
Den of the Bugbear $11.57 $12.22 -$0.65 -5.32%
Tasha's Hideous Laughter $4.57 $5.13 -$0.56 -10.92%
Hall of Storm Giants $6.50


Werewolf Pack Leader $5.11


Brazen Borrower $21.59 $20.21 $1.38 6.83%
Bonecrusher Giant $4.27 $5.03 -$0.76 -15.11%
Castle Locthwain $7.32 $7.41 -$0.09 -1.21%
Shark Typhoon $6.37


Jegantha, the Wellspring $5.17


Eidolon of the Great Revel $5.19


Mana Confluence $4.82 $5.57 -$0.75 -13.46%
Spirebluff Canal $7.86 $9.31 -$1.45 -15.57%
Resplendent Angel $5.46 $5.46 $0.00 0.00%
Cavalier of Thorns $5.79 $8.71 -$2.92 -33.52%
Leyline of the Void $7.34 $6.44 $0.90 13.98%
Lotus Field $7.28


Elder Gargaroth $5.57 $5.08 $0.49 9.65%
Terror of the Peaks $5.68 $5.23 $0.45 8.60%
The Meathook Massacre $10.14 $10.73 -$0.59 -5.50%
Karn, the Great Creator $19.49 $19.53 -$0.04 -0.20%
Finale of Devastation $5.80 $6.36 -$0.56 -8.81%
Emeria's Call $21.21 $25.58 -$4.37 -17.08%
Omnath, Locus of Creation $7.38 $7.36 $0.02 0.27%
Skyclave Apparition $9.43 $8.43 $1.00 11.86%
Roiling Vortex $9.95 $8.58 $1.37 15.97%
Agadeem's Awakening $10.09 $9.31 $0.78 8.38%
Sea Gate Restoration $9.06 $9.43 -$0.37 -3.92%
Archon of Emeria $6.08


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 $108.10 $113.16 ($5.06) -4%
The Brothers's War Booster $2.76 $2.90 ($0.14) -5%
Dominaria United $123.45 $127.16 ($3.71) -3%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow $55.77 $26.31 $29.46 112%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt $103.64 $105.51 ($1.87) -2%
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty $112.32 $115.06 ($2.74) -2%
Streets of New Capenna $70.83 $69.74 $1.09 2%
Treasure Chest $2.30 $2.39 ($0.09) -4%

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 253.42
Mox Jet 1E Rare 121.51
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
Time Walk 1E Rare 79.86
Mox Sapphire 1E Rare 79.49
Mox Emerald 1E Rare 68.18
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil C19 Mythic 66.08
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse DMU Mythic 63.59
Demonic Tutor UBT Mythic 61.83
Mox Ruby 1E Rare 59.94
Mox Pearl 1E Rare 59
Heavenly Qilin PZ2 Common 53.43
Aether Gale C14 Rare 51
Earthshaking Si PZ2 Common 49.87
Dark Depths UBT Mythic 48.9
Force of Will MED Rare 48.43
Purple-Crystal Crab PZ2 Common 47.94
Urza's Saga MH2 Rare 44.33
Wasteland ZNE Mythic 44.15
Snapcaster Mage UBT Mythic 43.51
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth UBT Mythic 43.13
Liliana, the Last Hope MS4 Mythic 42.78
Jace, the Mind Sculptor MS4 Mythic 42.25
Mana Vault UBT Mythic 41.5
Boseiju, Who Endures NEO Rare 41.05
Gaea's Cradle UZ Rare 40.11
Reanimate UBT Mythic 39.88
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer MH2 Mythic 39.66
Endurance MH2 Mythic 39.51
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria MS4 Mythic 37.33
Flooded Strand ZNE Mythic 36.8
Fury MH2 Mythic 36.41
Timetwister 1E Rare 33.95
Cleansing Screech PZ2 Common 32.75
Pramikon, Sky Rampart C19 Mythic 32.5
Orvar, the All-Form KHM Mythic 31.89
Life from the Loam UBT Mythic 31.82
Creeping Tar Pit UBT Mythic 29.62
Cavern of Souls ZNE Mythic 29.42
Flusterstorm CMD Rare 28.98
Mox Diamond ST Rare 28.69
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon MS4 Mythic 28.55
Snuff Out MM Common 27.97
Noble Hierarch UBT Mythic 27.94
Fulminator Mage UBT Mythic 26.96
Thoughtseize TSR Bonus 26.93
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre UBT Mythic 26.23
Force of Will MS3 Mythic 26.14
Flooded Strand ONS Rare 26.09
Edgar Markov PZ2 Mythic 26.08
Mox Diamond TPR Mythic 25.95
Mox Diamond V10 Mythic 25.07
Ledger Shredder SNC Rare 25.03
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.
 
In Closing

I put 27 hours on Mass Effect 2 this week, and I played a decent amount of Gauntlet, with former writer for the site, and my buddy BlastodermMan.  I also played, well tried to play, some Commander over Spelltable with my buddies Adam and James.  I am swallowing slightly better.  Still not enough to have a full meal, but I am trying. 

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