State of the Program for January 8th, 2021

By: JXClaytor, Joshua Claytor
Jan 08 2021 12:00pm

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State of the Program for January 8th, 2021

In the News

All-Access Tokens Returning: Coming back next week, with more information during that time frame as well, All-Access Tokens are returning and they will be around for two weeks, starting next Wednesday. Make sure to keep an eye out on MTGO.com for all of that information.

Kaldheim Previews Continue: Kaldheim had their preview show on Thursday on Twitch. You can check out the replay here.

Arena coming to Android: With the Kaldheim update, Arena will be mobile as it makes its way to Android devices. You can see the recommended specs and required chipsets 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	January 27, 2021
Constructed Leagues End	January 27, 2021
Sealed Leagues End	January 28, 2021
Next B&R	Unknown
Zendikar Rising Redemption	Ends April 7th, 2021

2018 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:

This changed this week, make sure to keep that in mind when looking at the schedule. I put the changes in bold.

December 23 - January 13: Vintage Cube
January 13 - January 20: New Spotlight Cube
January 20 - January 28: Vintage Masters Flashback

Limited Super Qualifier - January 9th
Limited Qualifier - January 10th

Magic Online Format Challenges

These are high stakes events that happen every weekend. They cost 25 Tix / 250 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

Standard: This is the Standard deck you want to play if you want to kill every creature.

Mardu Doom

3 Archon of Sun's Grace

3 Yorion, Sky Nomad

3 Heartless Act

3 Extinction Event

2 Ruinous Ultimatum

4 Doom Foretold

4 Elspeth Conquers Death

4 Elspeth's Nightmare

4 Omen of the Forge

2 Omen of the Sun

4 Treacherous Blessing

3 Mazemind Tome

4 Fabled Passage

2 Mountain

4 Plains

4 Savai Triome

4 Swamp

2 Temple of Malice

2 Temple of Silence

1 Temple of Triumph

4 Brightclimb Pathway

4 Emeria's Call

1 Hagra Mauling

1 Lithoform Blight

4 Needleverge Pathway

4 Skyclave Apparition

Sideboard:
2 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger

1 Yorion, Sky Nomad

2 Cling to Dust

1 Eliminate

1 Heartless Act

4 Duress

2 Skyclave Shade

2 Soul Shatter

Historic: I played the mirror match in this last night, and was miserable for 20 whole minutes.

Simic Engine

4 Emry, Lurker of the Loch

1 Fae of Wishes

4 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

4 Llanowar Elves

3 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

4 Karn, the Great Creator

2 Tamiyo, Collector of Tales

2 Aether Spellbomb

3 Chromatic Sphere

4 Mind Stone

4 Mox Amber

2 Paradox Engine

1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

1 Blast Zone

4 Botanical Sanctum

4 Breeding Pool

5 Forest

1 Hinterland Harbor

5 Island

2 Tangled Florahedron

Sideboard:
1 Ancestral Statue

1 Jegantha, the Wellspring

1 Meteor Golem

1 Aether Gust

1 Negate

1 Tale's End

1 Wilt

1 River's Rebuke

1 Aetherflux Reservoir

1 Gilded Lotus

1 God-Pharaoh's Gift

1 Paradox Engine

1 Portal of Sanctuary

1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

1 Sorcerous Spyglass

Legacy: This deck really misses Top, and I think with things being digital, a chance to unban the card, just to see how it does, could have happened. Would it still have messed with tournament speed? Who knows, but with the digital world holding everything, we could have gotten some data!

Jeskai Counterbalance

4 Dreadhorde Arcanist

4 Monastery Mentor

2 Teferi, Time Raveler

4 Brainstorm

3 Daze

2 Force of Negation

4 Force of Will

2 Lightning Bolt

4 Swords to Plowshares

4 Ponder

2 Preordain

3 Counterbalance

4 Arcum's Astrolabe

1 Pithing Needle

3 Flooded Strand

4 Prismatic Vista

2 Scalding Tarn

3 Snow-Covered Island

1 Snow-Covered Mountain

1 Snow-Covered Plains

1 Tundra

1 Volcanic Island

1 Sevinne's Reclamation

Sideboard:
3 Pyroblast

1 Red Elemental Blast

3 Surgical Extraction

2 Wear // Tear

2 Pyroclasm

2 Blood Moon

1 Torpor Orb

1 Court of Grace

Modern: Until Modern Horizons 2 comes out, I am trying to highlight Modern decks that do not need fetch lands. I'm not sure how long I'll go on with this, but am also sure I will forget about it in three weeks.

Green Tron

2 Thragtusk

2 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

3 Wurmcoil Engine

4 Karn Liberated

4 Karn, the Great Creator

3 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

4 Ancient Stirrings

4 Sylvan Scrying

4 Chromatic Sphere

4 Chromatic Star

4 Expedition Map

3 Oblivion Stone

1 Blast Zone

4 Forest

1 Sanctum of Ugin

1 Scavenger Grounds

4 Urza's Mine

4 Urza's Power Plant

4 Urza's Tower

Sideboard:
1 Jegantha, the Wellspring

1 Walking Ballista

1 Wurmcoil Engine

2 Dismember

4 Nature's Claim

1 Crucible of Worlds

1 Ensnaring Bridge

1 Liquimetal Coating

1 Oblivion Stone

1 Relic of Progenitus

1 Trinisphere

Pauper: Pauper is going to get some better mana bases now that snow-covered duals are coming out in Kaldheim. Skred

, an already great card, is going to get better. Into the North

is a thing that Alex Ullman suggested picking up!

Izzet Delver

4 Augur of Bolas

4 Faerie Seer

4 Ninja of the Deep Hours

4 Spellstutter Sprite

4 Brainstorm

4 Counterspell

1 Dispel

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Skred

4 Preordain

4 Ash Barrens

3 Evolving Wilds

11 Snow-Covered Island

2 Snow-Covered Mountain

3 Fall from Favor

Sideboard:
3 Fiery Cannonade

2 Gut Shot

4 Hydroblast

4 Pyroblast

2 Red Elemental Blast

Pioneer: This is what Feather decks have evolved in to since Pioneer started.

Heroic Boros Prowess

2 Adanto Vanguard

4 Dreadhorde Arcanist

4 Favored Hoplite

4 Monastery Swiftspear

2 Soul-Scar Mage

3 Tenth District Legionnaire

4 Boros Charm

4 Defiant Strike

4 Gods Willing

4 Reckless Rage

2 Titan's Strength

4 Gird for Battle

4 Battlefield Forge

1 Clifftop Retreat

4 Inspiring Vantage

3 Mountain

3 Plains

4 Sacred Foundry

Sideboard:
3 Apostle of Purifying Light

3 Feather, the Redeemed

1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den

2 Light of Hope

1 Wild Slash

2 Declaration in Stone

3 Roiling Vortex

Vintage: It is always wild to me when Dredge does well in an event because I don't really think of Bazaar of Baghdad

as one of those classic Vintage cards, even if it is a pillar of the format. It has always felt so easy to disrupt, but I guess if you don't get a first turn, it doesn't really matter huh?

Bazaar Dredge

2 Flayer of the Hatebound

1 Golgari Grave-Troll

2 Golgari Thug

2 Greater Mossdog

4 Hollow One

4 Ichorid

4 Narcomoeba

4 Prized Amalgam

4 Shambling Shell

4 Stinkweed Imp

4 Cabal Therapy

4 Creeping Chill

2 Dread Return

3 Unmask

4 Bridge from Below

4 Leyline of the Void

4 Serum Powder

4 Bazaar of Baghdad

Sideboard:
4 Force of Vigor

4 Force of Will

1 Mental Misstep

2 Mindbreak Trap

3 Leyline of Sanctity

1 Chalice of the Void

Winner's Circle

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

Challenge Winners

Saturday Legacy - mw_94gA - Jeskai Counterbalance
Saturday Modern - oinkmage - Sultai Snow
Saturday Pauper - gottelicious - Flicker Tron
Saturday Pioneer - klien7 - Red Prowess
Saturday Standard - papporockentucara - Mono Green Food
Saturday Vintage - McWinSauce

Sunday Legacy - Martin_Dominguez - Oops All Spells
Sunday Modern - pedrogush - HammerTime
Sunday Pauper - discoverN - Izzet Delver
Sunday Pioneer - marolanzi - Red Prowess
Sunday Standard - tzio - Mardu Doom
Sunday Vintage - bennybo

Other Event Winners

Zendikar Rising Sealed MOCS - Dashik
Zendikar Rising Sealed MOCS - JMM

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: Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

is a new addition to the chart this year! Sea Gate Restoration

also came back to the list.

Standard Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Brazen Borrower	$13.71	$14.20	($0.49)	-3%
Questing Beast	$4.67	$7.54	($2.87)	-38%
Bonecrusher Giant	$5.15	$5.59	($0.44)	-8%
The Great Henge	$9.17	$7.76	$1.41	18%
General Kudro of Drannith	$5.89	$6.15	($0.26)	-4%
Shark Typhoon	$11.13	$13.65	($2.52)	-18%
Vivien, Monsters' Advocate	$7.47	$7.47	$0.00	0%
Lurrus of the Dream Den	$11.97	$10.08	$1.89	19%
Teferi, Master of Time	$5.53	$6.25	($0.72)	-12%
Terror of the Peaks	$14.14	$16.73	($2.59)	-15%
Liliana, Waker of the Dead	$9.72	$13.00	($3.28)	-25%
Elder Gargaroth	$23.30	$26.90	($3.60)	-13%
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon	$5.22
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger	30.81	18.78	$12.03	64%
Klothys, God of Destiny	10.72	8.95	$1.77	20%
Heliod, Sun-Crowned	10.66	10.34	$0.32	3%
Ox of Agonas	7.31	6.15	$1.16	19%
Scourge of the Skyclaves	$31.50	$26.83	$4.67	17%
Turntimber Symbiosis	$16.87	$19.07	($2.20)	-12%
Agadeem's Awakening	$13.22	$13.04	$0.18	1%
Skyclave Apparition	$13.24	$14.64	($1.40)	-10%
Shatterskull Smashing	$10.57	$7.14	$3.43	48%
Sea Gate Restoration	6.18

Modern Staples: Noble Hierarch

has come back off the list. Golgari has seen a bit of an uptick in play, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

is back on the list because of it.

Modern Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Auriok Champion	$25.49	$17.55	$7.94	45%
Steelshaper's Gift	$31.80	$19.48	$12.32	63%
Engineered Explosives	$5.29	$5.25	$0.04	1%
Cavern of Souls	$20.64	$20.17	$0.47	2%
Mishra's Bauble	$12.54	$8.36	$4.18	50%
Aether Vial	$18.13	$20.33	($2.20)	-11%
Horizon Canopy	$10.50	$12.57	($2.07)	-16%
Liliana of the Veil	$13.39	$12.11	$1.28	11%
Polluted Delta	$11.68	$10.34	$1.34	13%
Wooded Foothills	$6.41	$5.62	$0.79	14%
Flooded Strand	$6.88	$6.43	$0.45	7%
Bloodstained Mire	$7.04	$5.79	$1.25	22%
Windswept Heath	$5.66	$6.50	($0.84)	-13%
Thoughtseize	$7.85	$8.34	($0.49)	-6%
Cryptic Command	$5.90	$6.25	($0.35)	-6%
Field of the Dead	$23.73	$25.63	($1.90)	-7%
Elvish Reclaimer	$16.60	$20.04	($3.44)	-17%
Force of Negation	$94.46	$96.03	($1.57)	-2%
Wrenn and Six	$72.37	$66.05	$6.32	10%
Prismatic Vista	$16.30	$15.49	$0.81	5%
Sunbaked Canyon	$20.14	$13.26	$6.88	52%
Seasoned Pyromancer	$53.27	$58.74	($5.47)	-9%
Fiery Islet	$13.76	$8.44	$5.32	63%
Urza, Lord High Artificer	$12.83	$9.04	$3.79	42%
Plague Engineer	$10.64	$11.79	($1.15)	-10%
Force of Vigor	$17.53	$18.53	($1.00)	-5%
Collector Ouphe	$5.58	$5.48	$0.10	2%
Nurturing Peatland	$4.74	$5.52	($0.78)	-14%
Ice-Fang Coatl	$8.24	$8.75	($0.51)	-6%
Giver of Runes	$12.24	$12.20	$0.04	0%
Hexdrinker	$7.35	$6.29	$1.06	17%
Flusterstorm	$11.57	$9.08	$2.49	27%
Archmage's Charm	$12.49	$9.84	$2.65	27%
Ranger-Captain of Eos	$6.47	$7.36	($0.89)	-12%
Silent Clearing	$7.66	$6.07	$1.59	26%
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician	$5.50
Chalice of the Void	$12.73	$11.59	$1.14	10%
Surgical Extraction	$16.38	$21.05	($4.67)	-22%
Dismember	$4.55	$5.35	($0.80)	-15%
Karn Liberated	$5.84	$5.54	$0.30	5%
Emrakul,the Aeons Torn	$5.73	$5.91	($0.18)	-3%
Ensnaring Bridge	$8.65	$8.58	$0.07	1%
Boil	$7.56	$8.56	($1.00)	-12%
Flagstones of Trokair	$4.06	$6.24	($2.18)	-35%
Gemstone Mine	$15.21	$11.80	$3.41	29%
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	$8.51	$7.74	$0.77	10%
Scalding Tarn	$18.87	$14.55	$4.32	30%
Verdant Catacombs	$12.27	$12.55	($0.28)	-2%
Misty Rainforest	$15.15	$14.74	$0.41	3%
Arid Mesa	$5.08	$4.00	$1.08	27%
Marsh Flats	$5.22	$4.12	$1.10	27%

Eternal Staples:

Eternal Format Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Hullbreacher	$72.85	$78.27	($5.42)	-7%
Opposition Agent	$28.18	$34.31	($6.13)	-18%
Dark Depths	$5.20	$5.63	($0.43)	-8%
Oko, Thief of Crowns	$25.66	$22.90	$2.76	12%
City of Traitors	$24.43	$23.15	$1.28	6%
Sphere of Resistance	$6.96	$6.84	$0.12	2%
Monastery Mentor	$8.45	$4.85	$3.60	74%
Allosaurus Shepherd	$54.97	$52.42	$2.55	5%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee	$5.77	$5.61	$0.16	3%
Force of Will	$58.86	$54.39	$4.47	8%
Karakas	$11.62	$10.90	$0.72	7%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale	$54.16	$42.95	$11.21	26%
Demonic Tutor	$9.78	$9.05	$0.73	8%
Echo of Eons	$10.10	$10.43	($0.33)	-3%
Unmask	$9.30	$8.73	$0.57	7%
Misdirection	$11.62	$11.62	$0.00	0%
Rishadan Port	$11.07	$10.94	$0.13	1%
Submerge	$12.85	$20.05	($7.20)	-36%
Daze	$8.23	$9.04	($0.81)	-9%
Entomb	$8.72	$8.20	$0.52	6%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow	$41.82	$34.99	$6.83	20%
Mox Diamond	$17.03	$17.78	($0.75)	-4%
Wasteland	$46.28	$39.43	$6.85	17%
Ancient Tomb	$19.59	$19.16	$0.43	2%
Lotus Petal	$24.59	$22.92	$1.67	7%
Earthcraft	$7.29	$6.96	$0.33	5%
Academy Rector	$5.82	$5.30	$0.52	10%
Grim Monolith	$17.23	$17.18	$0.05	0%
Exploration	$14.20	$13.60	$0.60	4%
Gaea's Cradle	$28.50	$28.33	$0.17	1%
Carpet of Flowers	$38.58	$40.77	($2.19)	-5%
Gilded Drake	$10.73	$9.07	$1.66	18%
Black Lotus	$23.37	$11.90	$11.47	96%
Tropical Island	$9.55	$8.99	$0.56	6%
Volcanic Island	$15.38	$13.33	$2.05	15%
Underground Sea	$13.95	$12.26	$1.69	14%
Sol Ring	$9.62	$9.74	($0.12)	-1%
Null Rod	$8.54	$8.20	$0.34	4%
Doomsday	$22.89	$20.30	$2.59	13%
Paradigm Shift	$10.80	$12.05	($1.25)	-10%
Mindbreak Trap	$13.47	$15.84	($2.37)	-15%

Pioneer Staples: Collective Brutality

is back on the list. Bomat Courier

continues to confound me. I'm still tracking it though. I've also added Lotus Field

and Golos, Tireless Pilgrim

to the Pioneer list. I feel like the former is seeing a ton of Modern play, and the later is seeing it in Legacy, but for now, there is just enough play in Pioneer to keep them here.

Pioneer Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Soul-Scar Mage	$8.34	$7.08	$1.26	18%
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger	$6.60	$7.85	($1.25)	-16%
Collected Company	$5.14	$5.46	($0.32)	-6%
Collective Brutality	$5.61
Assassin's Trophy	$4.23	$5.58	($1.35)	-24%
Mana Confluence	$5.07	$4.54	$0.53	12%
Eidolon of the Great Revel	$7.87	$7.37	$0.50	7%
Bomat Courier	$3.29	$1.60	$1.69	106%
Lotus Field	$5.49
Golos, Tireless Pilgrim	$5.43
Chandra, Awakened Inferno	$5.05
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath	$83.80	$79.19	$4.61	6%
Teferi, Time Raveler	$35.06	$37.71	($2.65)	-7%
Finale of Devastation	$5.28	$5.07	$0.21	4%
Karn, the Great Creator	$49.26	$34.46	$14.80	43%
Dreadhorde Arcanist	$15.44	$14.21	$1.23	9%
Blast Zone	$8.70	$11.24	($2.54)	-23%
Omnath, Locus of Creation	$13.94	$17.53	($3.59)	-20%

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 2021	$109.13	$116.84	($7.71)	-7%
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths	$77.35	$76.38	$0.97	1%
Theros Beyond Death	$193.45	$173.39	$20.06	12%
Throne of Eldraine	$142.27	$139.85	$2.42	2%
Treasure Chest	$2.30	$2.30	$0.00	0%
Zendikar Rising	$136.21	$131.00	$5.21	4%
Zendikar Rising Booster Pack	$3.16	$3.28	($0.12)	-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	142.58
Snapcaster Mage	UBT	Mythic	104.83
Force of Negation	MH1	Rare	94.46
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath	THB	Mythic	83.8
Mox Jet	1E	Rare	81.88
Ancestral Recall	1E	Rare	80.14
Karakas	UBT	Mythic	76.6
Liliana of the Veil	UBT	Mythic	76.51
Hullbreacher	CMR	Rare	72.85
Wrenn and Six	MH1	Mythic	72.37
Cavern of Souls	UBT	Mythic	71.15
Time Walk	1E	Rare	70.86
Mox Emerald	1E	Rare	66.61
Force of Will	MED	Rare	58.86
Dockside Extortionist	C19	Rare	55.37
Allosaurus Shepherd	JMP	Mythic	54.97
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale	ME3	Rare	54.16
Seasoned Pyromancer	MH1	Mythic	53.27
Karn Liberated	UBT	Mythic	51.38
Noble Hierarch	UBT	Mythic	50.79
Dark Depths	UBT	Mythic	49.31
Karn, the Great Creator	WAR	Rare	49.26
Mox Sapphire	1E	Rare	48.3
Wasteland	TE	Uncommon	46.28
Platinum Emperion	UBT	Mythic	45.4
Mox Pearl	1E	Rare	44.46
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	MS4	Mythic	42.81
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow	PZ2	Rare	41.82
Lord Windgrace	PZ2	Mythic	41.41
Timetwister	1E	Rare	39.16
Carpet of Flowers	UZ	Uncommon	38.58
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	UBT	Mythic	38.01
Mox Ruby	1E	Rare	38
Demonic Tutor	UBT	Mythic	37.1
Force of Will	MS3	Mythic	36.78
Force of Will	2XM	Mythic	36.71
Wasteland	TPR	Rare	36.69
Force of Will	VMA	Rare	36.27
Force of Will	EMA	Mythic	36.13
Liliana, the Last Hope	MS4	Mythic	35.48
Teferi, Time Raveler	WAR	Rare	35.06
Purple-Crystal Crab	PZ2	Common	33.9
Jeweled Lotus	CMR	Mythic	32.65
Celestial Colonnade	UBT	Mythic	32.53
Steelshaper's Gift	5DN	Uncommon	31.8
Scourge of the Skyclaves	ZNR	Mythic	31.5
Wasteland	EXP	Mythic	31.38
Life from the Loam	UBT	Mythic	30.97
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger	THB	Mythic	30.81
Wasteland	ZNE	Mythic	30.2
Wasteland	EMA	Rare	29.79
Gaea's Cradle	UZ	Rare	28.5
Opposition Agent	CMR	Rare	28.18
Heavenly Qilin	PZ2	Common	27.43
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria	MS4	Mythic	26.41
Oko, Thief of Crowns	ELD	Mythic	25.66
Bitterblossom	UBT	Mythic	25.62
Auriok Champion	5DN	Rare	25.49
Auriok Champion	IMA	Rare	25.48
Cavern of Souls	UMA	Mythic	25.3
Creeping Tar Pit	UBT	Mythic	25.19

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 $28,045. The last time it was reported, the week before Christmas Day, the number was $26,457. That is an increase from three weeks ago of 1588. How will the tokens effect this? I'm assuming negatively, but we'll see how things go and what exactly the tokens are for soon enough!

In Closing

I went to bed on Christmas Eve after watching a church service, I guess a Midnight Mass is what they called it, it's been a while since I actually did church stuff. I'm not sure why part of the sermon talked about people mattering, but I took that to heart, and decided that I mattered. I quit smoking on December 25th, and haven't have nicotine in my body since December 27th, when the last patch I wore was taken off. It's been a rough two weeks, but my blood pressure is down a lot, and I can attribute that with no smoking anymore and changing my diet a bit.

I have played a ton of Pioneer so far this year, but am not seeing great results. I was surprised when an opponent cast Teferi, Time Raveler. That seems like the kind of card that would be banned in the format.

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