State of the Program for January 28th, 2022

By: JXClaytor, Joshua Claytor
Jan 28 2022 1:03pm

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State of the Program for January 28th, 2022

In the News

More Bans: Standard saw new bans. Alrund's Epiphany, Divide by Zero and Faceless Haven were all removed from Standard. Legacy sees Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer leaving the format. Historic saw Memory Lapse leave and Teferi, Time Raveler get re-balanced and added back to the format. No other formats were changed, but Aaron Forsythe said the data did not point to making any changes in Modern. You can read about the changes here.

Alchemy Changes: 18 cards got changes this week, Teferi leads the way, a lot of cards that feature Venture were buffed a bit. Divide by Zero also got a nerf here as well. You can read about those changes here.

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Previews: Previews for the newest set started on Thursday. You can see the rest of the preview schedule here. In addition you can see the card gallery here and the variant card gallery here.

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	February 9th, 2022
Constructed Leagues End	Ends February 9th, 2022
Sealed Leagues End	Ends February 10th, 2022
Next B&R	Unknown
Midnight Hunt Redemption	Ends February 9th, 2022
Crimson Vow Redemption	Ends April 6th, 2022

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 - Innistrad Double Feature

Upcoming Events on MTGO

January 28 - Pauper Super Qualifier
January 29 - Vintage Showcase Challenge
January 30 - Legacy Showcase Challenge

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)	SATURDAY	SUNDAY
12:00 a.m.		Vintage 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
2:00 p.m.	Pioneer Challenge	Standard Challenge

Cutting Edge Tech

Decided to show off just Pauper this week since there were other bans in other formats and with Neon Dynasty Previews starting Standard is a lame duck format. Let's take a look at what Pauper looks like after the first weekend of the new format!

There is some exciting stuff here to be sure, Affinity and Tron both came back retooled and did well in the weekend events, and old favorites that had been pushed out are coming back. I'm not sure Mono Black control is fun to play against, but apparently Pauper is a better format when it or Orzhov Pestilence are decks!

Songs of the Damned Combo: Storm master Bryant Cook took this Songs of the Damned

cycling combo deck to the top in the Sunday event. It's a complicated deck with rituals, cycling spells and empyting your library to cast monster copies of Songs of the Damned and then Reaping the Graves

to get cards back and eventually kill with a Drannith Stinger

.

I think.

Songs of the Damned Combo

4 Drannith Healer

4 Drannith Stinger

4 Horror of the Broken Lands

4 Imposing Vantasaur

4 Street Wraith

3 Striped Riverwinder

4 Cabal Ritual

4 Dark Ritual

4 Reaping the Graves

4 Songs of the Damned

2 Exhume

4 Lotus Petal

4 Ash Barrens

4 Barren Moor

2 Island

2 Swamp

1 Dihada's Ploy

2 Repository Skaab

Sideboard:
2 Darkness

1 Flaring Pain

2 Gnaw to the Bone

4 Pyroblast

2 Repeal

2 Exhume

1 Forest

1 Mountain

Grixis Affinity: Affinity stayed in Grixis and replaces Atog

with Krark-Clan Grunt

. This leans more on Disciple of the Vault

then previous versions did.

Grixis Affinity

4 Disciple of the Vault

3 Gearseeker Serpent

2 Krark-Clan Grunt

4 Myr Enforcer

4 Galvanic Blast

4 Thoughtcast

2 Makeshift Munitions

4 Chromatic Star

4 Ichor Wellspring

4 Great Furnace

1 Island

4 Seat of the Synod

4 Vault of Whispers

3 Blood Fountain

4 Deadly Dispute

2 Drossforge Bridge

1 Mistvault Bridge

2 Silverbluff Bridge

4 Wedding Invitation

Sideboard:
1 Gorilla Shaman

3 Krark-Clan Shaman

1 Ancient Grudge

2 Blue Elemental Blast

2 Dispel

1 Electrickery

1 Fiery Cannonade

4 Red Elemental Blast

Gruul Cascade: Cascade decks cascade in to value, though most of the time it felt like the value was Land Destruction. Now it's card drawing creatures!

Gruul Cascade

4 Llanowar Visionary

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Skred

4 Into the North

4 Ash Barrens

11 Snow-Covered Forest

5 Snow-Covered Mountain

4 Annoyed Altisaur

4 Boarding Party

2 Crimson Fleet Commodore

4 Goblin Anarchomancer

3 Highland Forest

3 Owlbear

4 Sarulf's Packmate

Sideboard:
3 Deglamer

2 Fiery Cannonade

4 Red Elemental Blast

1 Serene Heart

3 Weather the Storm

2 Relic of Progenitus

Temur Land Destruction: What what was that I said about cascading in to land destruction? This one from JeskaiDad finished 14th, if that name is familiar, it's because he's part of the Common Knowledge podcast here on PureMTGO. Congrats on the finish!

Temur Land Destruction

4 Arbor Elf

2 Entourage of Trest

4 Llanowar Visionary

2 Mulldrifter

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss

2 Thermokarst

4 Utopia Sprawl

2 Wild Growth

3 Ash Barrens

10 Forest

1 Island

3 Mountain

3 Annoyed Altisaur

4 Boarding Party

3 Fire/Ice

4 Highland Forest

1 Rimewood Falls

Sideboard:
1 Abrade

3 Fiery Cannonade

3 Pulse of Murasa

2 Weather the Storm

2 Relic of Progenitus

1 Ardent Elementalist

3 Sarulf's Packmate

First Day of Class Combo: Playing in a format after new bans can be thought of like going to the First Day of Class

! Okay yeah that was a reach, but goblin combo is back, and between this and the Songs of the Damned combo earlier, it's clear that there isn't enough playable graveyard hate!

First Day of Class Combo

1 Flamewave Invoker

4 Goblin Matron

1 Goblin Sledder

4 Putrid Goblin

4 Skirk Prospector

2 Shred Memory

1 Faithless Looting

2 Night's Whisper

4 Unearth

2 Makeshift Munitions

4 Chromatic Star

4 Ichor Wellspring

3 Great Furnace

1 Rakdos Carnarium

4 Snow-Covered Mountain

4 Snow-Covered Swamp

3 Vault of Whispers

4 Deadly Dispute

4 Drossforge Bridge

4 First Day of Class

Sideboard:
1 Krark-Clan Shaman

2 Abrade

2 Darkness

1 Electrickery

1 Pyromatics

4 Red Elemental Blast

3 Duress

1 Introduction to Prophecy

Curve Control: Izzet Delver and Izzet Blitz are both better decks more likely but I love these non creature 40 spell decks that win with a token generator after crushing your opponent in card advantage. Used to play this with the Minotaur token maker and Accumulated Knowledge

and Pauper was a wild place back then!

Curve Control

3 Brainstorm

4 Counterspell

2 Dispel

1 Fiery Cannonade

1 Fling

4 Frantic Inventory

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Skred

1 Thought Scour

1 Deep Analysis

1 Maximize Velocity

4 Pieces of the Puzzle

4 Preordain

1 Swirling Sandstorm

3 Ash Barrens

3 Evolving Wilds

9 Snow-Covered Island

2 Snow-Covered Mountain

3 Serpentine Curve

1 Unexpected Windfall

4 Volatile Fjord

Sideboard:
1 Underworld Rage-Hound

1 Curfew

1 Fiery Cannonade

1 Flaring Pain

1 Gigadrowse

2 Goblin Wizardry

4 Hydroblast

4 Red Elemental Blast

Gruul Madness: I do not feel like there are enough Arrogant Wurm

or Reckless Wurm

in the deck but I also spent way to many hours on trying to make Madness work myself, so I am happy to see this going on!

Gruul Madness

4 Basking Rootwalla

4 Burning-Tree Emissary

4 Kird Ape

2 Tin Street Hooligan

3 Underworld Rage-Hound

2 Vulshok Sorcerer

4 Wild Mongrel

2 Electrickery

4 Fiery Temper

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Faithless Looting

1 Hush

4 Seal of Fire

3 Forest

8 Mountain

4 Terramorphic Expanse

3 Highland Forest

Sideboard:
2 Faerie Macabre

2 Pyroblast

3 Serene Heart

3 Weather the Storm

1 Multani's Decree

1 Shenanigans

3 Sangrite Backlash

Tron: Tron lost a ton in the bans and seems to have gone back to a big creature spell deck that relies on Eldrazi to finish things off. The Flicker elements still exist, but Tron being playable is still nice.

Emerge Tron

1 Dinrova Horror

3 Mnemonic Wall

4 Mulldrifter

4 Sea Gate Oracle

4 Wretched Gryff

1 Condescend

2 Crop Rotation

2 Ghostly Flicker

4 Impulse

3 Moment's Peace

1 Mystical Teachings

1 Prohibit

2 Pulse of Murasa

1 Weather the Storm

1 Compelling Argument

3 Simic Signet

1 Bojuka Bog

1 Cave of Temptation

2 Island

1 Thornwood Falls

4 Urza's Mine

4 Urza's Power Plant

4 Urza's Tower

1 Honored Heirloom

1 Quandrix Campus

4 Thriving Isle

Sideboard:
1 Dinrova Horror

1 Fangren Marauder

2 Ulamog's Crusher

1 Exclude

4 Hydroblast

1 Moment's Peace

1 Return to Nature

1 Scour from Existence

3 Serrated Arrows

Relay Combo: Here is a combo deck that doesn't rely on the graveyard, outside of Ardent Elementalist

Relay Combo

4 Augur of Bolas

4 Nightscape Familiar

2 Fire // Ice

2 Ghostly Flicker

4 Manamorphose

1 Prohibit

4 Snap

4 Compulsive Research

1 Kaervek's Torch

4 Preordain

6 Island

4 Izzet Boilerworks

1 Mortuary Mire

2 Mountain

1 Swamp

4 Ardent Elementalist

4 Galvanic Relay

3 Thriving Bluff

3 Thriving Isle

2 Thriving Moor

Sideboard:
4 Blue Elemental Blast

2 Devour Flesh

2 Electrickery

3 Hydroblast

4 Red Elemental Blast

Rakdos Metalcraft: Bleak Coven Vampires

is a great Siege Rhino

in the format. I am really glad that a Cleasning Wildfire

deck exists in the format still.

Rakdos Metalcraft

4 Bleak Coven Vampires

4 Galvanic Blast

4 Lightning Bolt

1 Suffocating Fumes

4 Kuldotha Rebirth

1 Makeshift Munitions

4 Chromatic Star

4 Ichor Wellspring

2 Nihil Spellbomb

1 Forest

4 Great Furnace

4 Mountain

2 Swamp

4 Vault of Whispers

2 Ardent Elementalist

4 Cleansing Wildfire

4 Deadly Dispute

4 Drossforge Bridge

3 Slagwoods Bridge

Sideboard:
2 Krark-Clan Shaman

1 Reaping the Graves

4 Red Elemental Blast

2 Suffocating Fumes

4 Weather the Storm

2 Chainer's Edict

Orzhov Pestilence: This seems like one of the best anti aggro decks in the format, and one that might be able to answer the grave based combo decks easily if they keep things up.

Orzhov Pestilence

4 Guardian of the Guildpact

1 Palace Sentinels

3 Cast Down

1 Diabolic Edict

2 Disfigure

1 Lose Hope

1 Suffocating Fumes

2 Castigate

4 Chainer's Edict

2 Duress

3 Night's Whisper

2 Read the Bones

4 Pestilence

1 Darksteel Pendant

2 Magnifying Glass

4 Pristine Talisman

3 Bojuka Bog

1 Kabira Crossroads

4 Orzhov Basilica

1 Plains

2 Radiant Fountain

4 Scoured Barrens

6 Swamp

2 Silverquill Campus

Sideboard:
1 Palace Sentinels

2 Castigate

2 Divest

2 Duress

1 Evincar's Justice

2 Circle of Protection: Blue

3 Circle of Protection: Red

2 Nihil Spellbomb

Winner's Circle

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

Challenge Winners

Saturday Legacy - No event
Saturday Modern - Showcase Challenge
Saturday Pauper - Tozla - Krark-Clan Affinity
Saturday Pioneer - Beenew - Rakdos Aggro
Saturday Standard - beraldi - Mono Green Snow
Saturday Vintage - Vertyx_

Sunday Legacy - Diem4x - Delver
Sunday Modern - kanister - 4 Color Monkey Pile
Sunday Pauper - Bryant_Cook - Songs of the Damned Combo
Sunday Pioneer - Showcase Challenge
Sunday Standard - _against_ - Naya Aggro
Sunday Vintage - oosunq

Other Event Winners

Pioneer Showcase Challenge - komattaman - Boros Prowess
Modern Showcase Challenge - MarcusMPV - AmuLIT

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: Going to clean up the Standard list before Neon Dynasty comes to MTGO.

Standard Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Demilich	$29.59	$29.98	($0.39)	-1%
The Book of Exalted Deeds	$9.81	$9.93	($0.12)	-1%
Acererak the Archlich	$7.94	$8.90	($0.96)	-11%
Iymrith, Desert Doom	$6.99	$7.58	($0.59)	-8%
Ebondeath, Dracolich	$2.66	$3.35	($0.69)	-21%
Old Gnawbone	$17.18	$17.18	$0.00	0%
Den of the Bugbear	$43.35	$40.56	$2.79	7%
Lolth, Spider Queen	$24.58	$24.62	($0.04)	0%
Tasha's Hideous Laughter	$22.01	$19.92	$2.09	10%
Inferno of the Star Mounts	$5.27	$5.79	($0.52)	-9%
Ranger Class	$7.90	$7.73	$0.17	2%
Hall of the Storm Giants	$46.58	$40.45	$6.13	15%
Xanathar, Guild Kingpin	$6.98	$8.06	($1.08)	-13%
Treasure Vault	$5.86	$7.84	($1.98)	-25%
Hive of the Eye Tyrant	$8.35
Lair of the Hydra	$5.47
Valki, God of Lies	$6.26	$6.58	($0.32)	-5%
Goldspan Dragon	$7.11	$7.11	$0.00	0%
Valkyyrie Harbinger	$5.26
Arlinn, the Pack's Hope	$4.50	$5.07	($0.57)	-11%
Bloodthirsty Adversary	$9.60	$9.21	$0.39	4%
Moonveil Regent	$3.52	$3.80	($0.28)	-7%
Tainted Adversary	$4.69	$4.84	($0.15)	-3%
Spectral Adversary	$4.34	$4.24	$0.10	2%
Wrenn and Seven	$32.98	$34.87	($1.89)	-5%
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned	$15.48	$15.97	($0.49)	-3%
The Meathook Massacre	$34.59	$32.42	$2.17	7%
Intrepid Adversary	$17.59	$18.54	($0.95)	-5%
Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset	$3.74	$3.73	$0.01	0%
Memory Deluge	$14.40	$12.78	$1.62	13%
Prismari Command	$9.27	$7.11	$2.16	30%
Professor Onyx	$2.62	$3.25	($0.63)	-19%
Mascot Exhibition	$5.27	$6.24	($0.97)	-16%
Chandra, Dressed to Kill	$24.66	$27.94	($3.28)	-12%
Cemetery Gatekeeper	$20.11	$17.55	$2.56	15%
Faithbound Judge	$3.82	$4.18	($0.36)	-9%
Cemetery Illuminator	$6.58	$7.30	($0.72)	-10%
Cultivator Colossus	$21.81	$23.35	($1.54)	-7%
Cemetery Prowler	$4.86	$4.91	($0.05)	-1%
Sorin the Mirthless	$30.65	$31.72	($1.07)	-3%
Manaform Hellkite	$2.67	$2.87	($0.20)	-7%
Skyclave Apparition	$16.03	$16.17	($0.14)	-1%
Shatterskull Smashing	$9.49	$9.87	($0.38)	-4%
Roiling Vortex	$8.98	$7.82	$1.16	15%
Agadeem's Awakening	$7.09	$6.38	$0.71	11%
Branchloft Pathway	$5.75	$5.29	$0.46	9%
Sea Gate Restoration	$6.37	$5.04	$1.33	26%
Emeria's Call	$5.44

Modern Staples: If you were looking to pick up a cheap copy of Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

after the ban in Legacy, I have some bad news for you.

Modern Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Engineered Explosives	$24.47	$26.77	($2.30)	-9%
Steelshaper's Gift	$4.50	$5.22	($0.72)	-14%
Cavern of Souls	$13.78	$14.57	($0.79)	-5%
Mishra's Bauble	$45.74	$50.40	($4.66)	-9%
Aether Vial	$6.87	$5.83	$1.04	18%
Liliana of the Veil	$8.61	$10.01	($1.40)	-14%
Polluted Delta	$14.70	$14.67	$0.03	0%
Wooded Foothills	$8.37	$7.27	$1.10	15%
Flooded Strand	$12.27	$11.21	$1.06	9%
Bloodstained Mire	$8.28	$7.98	$0.30	4%
Windswept Heath	$9.20	$8.04	$1.16	14%
Thoughtseize	$12.16	$15.29	($3.13)	-20%
Elvish Reclaimer	$8.77	$11.45	($2.68)	-23%
Inkmoth Nexus	$7.04	$6.87	$0.17	2%
Force of Negation	$63.42	$50.26	$13.16	26%
Wrenn and Six	$86.04	$77.64	$8.40	11%
Prismatic Vista	$10.42	$7.71	$2.71	35%
Sunbaked Canyon	$22.98	$28.58	($5.60)	-20%
Seasoned Pyromancer	$23.77	$17.33	$6.44	37%
Fiery Islet	$5.96	$7.23	($1.27)	-18%
Urza, Lord High Artificer	$6.29	$5.34	$0.95	18%
Force of Vigor	$54.87	$52.03	$2.84	5%
Flusterstorm	$14.40	$14.32	$0.08	1%
Archmage's Charm	$15.07	$13.20	$1.87	14%
Silent Clearing	$5.88	$7.29	($1.41)	-19%
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician	$12.19	$12.63	($0.44)	-3%
Archon of Cruelty	$9.95	$9.94	$0.01	0%
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	$94.29	$107.16	($12.87)	-12%
Urza's Saga	$58.60	$55.45	$3.15	6%
Solitude	$50.90	$51.06	($0.16)	0%
Endurance	$57.40	$61.80	($4.40)	-7%
Grief	$10.26	$13.57	($3.31)	-24%
Murktide Regent	$25.96	$14.87	$11.09	75%
Sanctum Prelate	$6.14	$6.12	$0.02	0%
Fury	$27.80	$28.79	($0.99)	-3%
Esper Sentinel	$14.00	$11.56	$2.44	21%
Grist, the Hunger Tide	$7.46	$6.34	$1.12	18%
Prismatic Ending	$4.87	$5.34	($0.47)	-9%
Tourach, Dread Cantor	$6.55	$5.42	$1.13	21%
Chalice of the Void	$17.49	$17.50	($0.01)	0%
Surgical Extraction	$9.01	$9.18	($0.17)	-2%
Karn Liberated	$7.07	$6.93	$0.14	2%
Puresteel Paladin	$7.46	$9.54	($2.08)	-22%
Torpor Orb	$7.42	$7.78	($0.36)	-5%
Emrakul,the Aeons Torn	$8.48	$7.75	$0.73	9%
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth	$8.07	$7.80	$0.27	3%
Wurmcoil Engine	$5.33	$4.73	$0.60	13%
Ensnaring Bridge	$7.81	$6.70	$1.11	17%
Teferi, Time Raveler	$42.48	$46.10	($3.62)	-8%
Gemstone Mine	$6.75	$6.04	$0.71	12%
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	$5.30	$4.67	$0.63	13%
Scalding Tarn	$7.62	$7.34	$0.28	4%
Verdant Catacombs	$4.64	$5.20	($0.56)	-11%
Misty Rainforest	$6.98	$6.45	$0.53	8%
Arid Mesa	$3.65	$3.34	$0.31	9%
Marsh Flats	$1.64	$2.29	($0.65)	-28%

Eternal Staples: Some lower stuff is back on the list this week.

Eternal Format Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Hullbreacher	$53.33	$42.06	$11.27	27%
Opposition Agent	$22.10	$24.92	($2.82)	-11%
Jeweled Lotus	$30.92	$30.73	$0.19	1%
City of Traitors	$14.15	$15.02	($0.87)	-6%
Sphere of Resistance	$5.45
Allosaurus Shepherd	$43.15	$38.79	$4.36	11%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee	$9.17	$9.06	$0.11	1%
Force of Will	$47.15	$53.44	($6.29)	-12%
Karakas	$9.77	$9.76	$0.01	0%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale	$18.40	$15.04	$3.36	22%
Phyrexian Dreadnought	$6.18
Unmask	$28.75	$31.56	($2.81)	-9%
Misdirection	$13.59	$13.27	$0.32	2%
Rishadan Port	$8.19	$9.03	($0.84)	-9%
Snuff Out	$16.01	$18.42	($2.41)	-13%
Submerge	$17.81	$10.73	$7.08	66%
Daze	$8.45	$5.35	$3.10	58%
Entomb	$12.37	$11.74	$0.63	5%
Retrofitter Foundry	$34.10	$25.40	$8.70	34%
Recruiter of the Guard	$9.51	$11.72	($2.21)	-19%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow	$20.21	$17.85	$2.36	13%
Mox Diamond	$38.45	$36.76	$1.69	5%
Wasteland	$28.44	$27.98	$0.46	2%
Ancient Tomb	$12.77	$16.32	($3.55)	-22%
Lotus Petal	$32.52	$36.99	($4.47)	-12%
Grim Monolith	$10.91	$11.50	($0.59)	-5%
Meltdown	$31.04
Exploration	$19.74	$21.64	($1.90)	-9%
Gaea's Cradle	$20.10	$18.42	$1.68	9%
Carpet of Flowers	$24.66	$20.66	$4.00	19%
Gilded Drake	$7.70	$6.55	$1.15	18%
Show and Tell	$8.61
Black Lotus	$15.74	$13.94	$1.80	13%
Volcanic Island	$7.37	$8.03	($0.66)	-8%
Underground Sea	$8.17	$8.82	($0.65)	-7%
Null Rod	$9.04	$9.86	($0.82)	-8%
Doomsday	$22.06	$22.00	$0.06	0%
Paradigm Shift	$7.44	$7.22	$0.22	3%
Mindbreak Trap	$3.27	$5.39	($2.12)	-39%

Pioneer Staples: Couple of new cards on the list this week, but the biggest addition is probably Alrund's Epiphany

Pioneer Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger	$5.82	$6.29	($0.47)	-7%
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria	$7.87	$9.33	($1.46)	-16%
Collected Company	$5.73	$6.00	($0.27)	-4%
Kolaghan's Command	$5.06	$5.41	($0.35)	-6%
Brazen Borrower	$20.42	$17.97	$2.45	14%
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King	$12.93	$12.00	$0.93	8%
Bonecrusher Giant	$5.09
Arclight Phoenix	$8.39	$8.10	$0.29	4%
Lurrus of the Dream Den	$18.39	$21.26	($2.87)	-13%
Shark Typhoon	$10.43	$7.59	$2.84	37%
Raugrin Triome	$14.78	$28.06	($13.28)	-47%
Ketria Triome	$10.77	$14.86	($4.09)	-28%
Eidolon of the Great Revel	$16.17	$18.55	($2.38)	-13%
Mana Confluence	$5.00
Alrund's Epiphany	$5.23	$7.67	($2.44)	-32%
Inspiring Vantage	$5.26	$6.24	($0.98)	-16%
Spirebluff Canal	$7.33	$5.64	$1.69	30%
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord	$15.68	$17.57	($1.89)	-11%
Chandra, Awakened Inferno	$8.33	$8.12	$0.21	3%
Lotus Field	$9.98	$10.04	($0.06)	-1%
Liliana, Waker of the Dead	$5.15	$5.26	($0.11)	-2%
Kaya, Orzhov Usurper	$4.64	$4.50	$0.14	3%
Rest in Peace	$4.75	$7.20	($2.45)	-34%
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger	$9.02	$8.45	$0.57	7%
Ox of Agonas	$5.29	$5.68	($0.39)	-7%
Karn, the Great Creator	$23.43	$26.14	($2.71)	-10%
Finale of Devastation	$5.93	$6.40	($0.47)	-7%
Blast Zone	$4.60	$4.18	$0.42	10%
Omnath, Locus of Creation	$42.41	$34.45	$7.96	23%

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	$296.98	$275.70	$21.28	8%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow	$174.43	$185.51	($11.08)	-6%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Booster Pack	$3.17	$3.20	($0.03)	-1%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt	$204.29	$214.06	($9.77)	-5%
Kaldheim	$76.85	$80.82	($3.97)	-5%
Strixhaven: School of Mages	$65.79	$70.05	($4.26)	-6%
Treasure Chest	$2.30	$2.30	$0.00	0%
Zendikar Rising	$131.24	$106.73	$24.51	23%

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	210.93
Cavern of Souls	UBT	Mythic	134.98
Liliana of the Veil	UBT	Mythic	121.75
Karakas	UBT	Mythic	113.46
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	UBT	Mythic	109.02
Mox Jet	1E	Rare	108.82
Ancestral Recall	1E	Rare	96.4
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	MH2	Mythic	94.29
Wrenn and Six	MH1	Mythic	86.04
Snapcaster Mage	UBT	Mythic	79.83
Mox Sapphire	1E	Rare	79.14
Time Walk	1E	Rare	77.67
Mox Emerald	1E	Rare	72.19
Demonic Tutor	UBT	Mythic	66.82
Force of Negation	MH1	Rare	63.42
Purple-Crystal Crab	PZ2	Common	58.93
Urza's Saga	MH2	Rare	58.37
Endurance	MH2	Mythic	57.4
Force of Vigor	MH1	Rare	54.87
Hullbreacher	CMR	Rare	53.33
Dark Depths	UBT	Mythic	52.51
Mox Pearl	1E	Rare	52.37
Solitude	MH2	Mythic	50.86
Edgar Markov	PZ2	Mythic	50.63
Mox Ruby	1E	Rare	49.61
Anje's Ravager	C19	Rare	48.48
Heavenly Qilin	PZ2	Common	47.53
Force of Will	MED	Rare	47.15
Hall of Storm Giants	AFR	Rare	46.58
Mishra's Bauble	IMA	Uncommon	46.49
Scalding Tarn	MH2	Rare	46.43
Mishra's Bauble	CSP	Uncommon	45.74
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	MS4	Mythic	45.37
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil	C19	Mythic	43.47
Mishra's Bauble	2XM	Uncommon	43.38
Den of the Bugbear	AFR	Rare	43.35
Allosaurus Shepherd	JMP	Mythic	43.15
Teferi, Time Raveler	WAR	Rare	42.48
Omnath, Locus of Creation	ZNR	Mythic	42.41
Liliana, the Last Hope	MS4	Mythic	39.55
Mox Diamond	ST	Rare	38.45
Earthshaking Si	PZ2	Common	37.15
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth	UBT	Mythic	36.76
Mana Vault	UBT	Mythic	36.66
Force of Will	EMA	Mythic	35.04
Force of Will	2XM	Mythic	34.5
The Meathook Massacre	MID	Mythic	34.3
Retrofitter Foundry	PZ2	Rare	34.1
Reanimate	UBT	Mythic	33.79
Force of Will	VMA	Rare	33.6
Karn Liberated	UBT	Mythic	33.59
Lotus Petal	TPR	Uncommon	33.13
Wrenn and Seven	MID	Mythic	32.98
Lotus Petal	TE	Common	32.52
Mox Diamond	TPR	Mythic	32.39
Force of Will	MS3	Mythic	32.26
Mox Diamond	V10	Mythic	32.23
Misty Rainforest	MH2	Rare	31.73
Meltdown	UZ	Uncommon	31.04
Jeweled Lotus	CMR	Mythic	30.92
Jeska's Will	CMR	Rare	30.65
Sorin the Mirthless	VOW	Mythic	30.65
Noble Hierarch	UBT	Mythic	30.46
Timetwister	1E	Rare	30.02
Lotus Petal	MS2	Bonus	29.89
Celestial Colonnade	UBT	Mythic	29.79
Demilich	AFR	Mythic	29.59
Wasteland	EXP	Mythic	29.14
Unmask	V16	Mythic	28.84
Unmask	MM	Rare	28.75
Engineered Explosives	UBT	Mythic	28.75
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria	MS4	Mythic	28.62
Engineered Explosives	UMA	Rare	28.49
Wasteland	TE	Uncommon	28.44
Fury	MH2	Mythic	27.85
Platinum Emperion	UBT	Mythic	27.79
Fulminator Mage	UBT	Mythic	27.19
Engineered Explosives	MS2	Bonus	27.08
Engineered Explosives	2XM	Rare	26.95
Polluted Delta	ONS	Rare	26.83
Cavern of Souls	ZNE	Mythic	26.54
Murktide Regent	MH2	Mythic	26.06
ther Gale	C14	Rare	25.66
Creeping Tar Pit	UBT	Mythic	25.35
Pramikon, Sky Rampart	C19	Mythic	25.29

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 $30,101. Two weeks ago it was $28,701. This is a $1,400 dollar jump and because it hasn't been added in to mtgotraders.com, it does not include Double Feature.

In Closing

It was just a regular week for me, I got back on to Hearthstone after taking time off since their sex pest lawsuits to do battleground stuff. Reached Legend on Storybook Brawl and built Exodia on Master Duel. I played no Magic this week, but did trade out my Midnight Hunt and Crimson Vow stuff for Double Feature stuff on the client.

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