State of the Program for July 10th, 2020
Bans on Monday: Historic, Pioneer, Modern and Pauper can expect changes on Monday, which is neat, but also not neat because it makes this weekend's showcase challenges a bit of a bummer to play in. You can see the tweet here.
Ultra Pro drops Noah Bradley: One of the companies that makes offical Magic the Gathering merchandise tweeted that they have dropped the sex pest artist from future product lines. They did note that because of production schedules anything with his work that is slated to be made will still be a part of the product line. Read the tweets here.
Showcase Challenges this weekend: Saturday sees Standard, Modern and Vintage challenges: Sunday shows off Pioneer, Legacy and Core Set 2021 sealed. With the challenges this weekend, some format challenges will not happen. You can see the schedule here.
The Arena Open: It's coming back, in August, for Historic fun times! This open still gives players a chance to win 2000 dollars, but all that was revealed was a graphic, on Twitter.
Pauper legality issues: Following the Arena Open breaking on Twitter, issues with two cards in the format will not be fixed until Zendikar Rising on MTGO. Newly legal to the format, Cauldron Familiar and Crown-Hunter Hireling will have to wait to impact games. See the news here.
FNM at Home: Artisan is the format this week.
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
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Dates
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Scheduled Downtimes
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July 29, 2020 |
Constructed Leagues End
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September 16, 2020
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Sealed Leagues End
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September 17, 2020 |
Next B&R Announcement
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Unknown
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Ikoria Redemption Guarantee
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July 29, 2020 Ends September 2nd 2020
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Core Set 2021 Redemption
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Starts July 22, 2020
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Zendikar Rising
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Fourth Quarter 2020
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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:
Vintage Cube - July 1 through 29th.
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:
Slim pickings this week with Cutting Edge Tech. I felt it was not needed to highlight decks from the formats that are lame ducks
. Next week with the changes that are coming I will go back to the full version of the section. In fact, I am really copping out of this, as I am just going to share winning decks from the past weekend's challenges.
Standard:
Legacy:
Vintage:
The Winner's Circle is where I will recognize winners of the past events on MTGO.
Challenge Winners
Saturday Legacy - hutomomo - Temur Delver
Saturday Modern - ZYURYO - Jund
Saturday Pauper - HunterBR - Slivers
Saturday Pioneer - Not enough players
Saturday Standard - _Tia93_ - Temur Rec
Saturday Vintage - leeties
Sunday Legacy - Chefen - Painter
Sunday Modern - Bullz0Eye - EldraziTron
Sunday Pauper - SacredDevil - Stompy
Sunday Pioneer - Still not enough players
Sunday Standard - Edel - Mono Green Aggro
Sunday Vintage - unicornparadise - Hollow One
Other Event Winners
No special events.
MTGOTraders YouTube: Did you know that MTGOTraders.com has a YouTube page with videos added Monday, Wednesday and Friday? Well if not, now you do, and you can find it here!
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:
Shark Typhoon was added to the list.
Standard Cards |
Price |
Last Week |
Change |
% Change |
Brazen Borrower |
$23.85 |
$24.43 |
($0.58) |
-2% |
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King |
$8.00 |
$8.31 |
($0.31) |
-4% |
Questing Beast |
$8.19 |
$7.95 |
$0.24 |
3% |
Alela, Artful Provocateur |
$6.73 |
$6.59 |
$0.14 |
2% |
Chulane, Teller of Tales |
$5.23 |
$5.11 |
$0.12 |
2% |
Bonecrusher Giant |
$4.80 |
$5.13 |
($0.33) |
-6% |
Assassin's Trophy |
$6.74 |
$6.59 |
$0.15 |
2% |
Fiend Artisan |
$14.56 |
$13.66 |
$0.90 |
7% |
Vivien, Monsters' Advocate |
$6.27 |
$6.05 |
$0.22 |
4% |
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy |
$6.30 |
$6.73 |
($0.43) |
-6% |
General Kudro of Drannith |
$14.23 |
$14.75 |
($0.52) |
-4% |
Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast |
$7.03 |
$6.72 |
$0.31 |
5% |
Luminous Broodmoth |
$6.00 |
$5.48 |
$0.52 |
9% |
Winota, Joiner of Forces |
$7.39 |
$7.84 |
($0.45) |
-6% |
Shark Typhoon |
$6.61 |
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Chandra, Awakened Inferno |
$7.76 |
$9.17 |
($1.41) |
-15% |
Leyline of the Void |
$6.91 |
$7.48 |
($0.57) |
-8% |
Vivien, Arkbow Ranger |
$6.14 |
$5.85 |
$0.29 |
5% |
Yarok, the Desecrated |
$4.96 |
$5.29 |
($0.33) |
-6% |
Golos, Tireless Pilgrim |
$4.87 |
$5.41 |
($0.54) |
-10% |
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord |
$9.82 |
$10.97 |
($1.15) |
-10% |
Teferi, Master of Time |
$28.73 |
$30.46 |
($1.73) |
-6% |
Conspicuous Snoop |
$3.39 |
$7.54 |
($4.15) |
-55% |
Terror of the Peaks |
$8.03 |
$7.50 |
$0.53 |
7% |
Liliana, Waker of the Dead |
$6.35 |
$5.16 |
$1.19 |
23% |
Elder Gargaroth |
$7.02 |
$4.90 |
$2.12 |
43% |
Kaya, Orzhov Usurper |
13.1 |
13.09 |
$0.01 |
0% |
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath |
55.26 |
68.37 |
($13.11) |
-19% |
Heliod, Sun-Crowned |
7.86 |
7.19 |
$0.67 |
9% |
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger |
9.89 |
8.73 |
$1.16 |
13% |
Klothys, God of Destiny |
13.29 |
13.4 |
($0.11) |
-1% |
Teferi, Time Raveler |
27.67 |
33.2 |
($5.53) |
-17% |
Finale of Devastation |
6.17 |
7.13 |
($0.96) |
-13% |
Karn, the Great Creator |
21.62 |
15.87 |
$5.75 |
36% |
Dreadhorde Arcanist |
8.43 |
5.83 |
$2.60 |
45% |
Blast Zone |
8.02 |
7.85 |
$0.17 |
2% |
Modern Staples: It feels like a lot of stuff dropped due to the ban that is coming up.
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 Week |
Change |
% Change |
Core Set 2020 |
$178.96 |
$189.88 |
($10.92) |
-6% |
Core Set 2021 |
$128.20 |
$125.90 |
$2.30 |
2% |
Core Set 2021 Booster |
$3.29 |
$3.35 |
($0.06) |
-2% |
Guilds of Ravnica |
$41.98 |
$43.42 |
($1.44) |
-3% |
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths |
$105.68 |
$98.63 |
$7.05 |
7% |
Modern Horizons |
$333.03 |
$344.68 |
($11.65) |
-3% |
Ravnica Allegiances |
$56.38 |
$59.07 |
($2.69) |
-5% |
Theros Beyond Death |
$127.34 |
$138.53 |
($11.19) |
-8% |
Throne of Eldraine |
$139.78 |
$137.34 |
$2.44 |
2% |
Treasure Chest |
$2.65 |
$2.61 |
$0.04 |
2% |
War of the Spark |
$109.05 |
$106.85 |
$2.20 |
2% |
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 |
235.78 |
Snapcaster Mage |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
120.68 |
Mox Sapphire |
1E |
Rare |
94.61 |
Karn Liberated |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
88.94 |
Mox Ruby |
1E |
Rare |
80.27 |
Mox Jet |
1E |
Rare |
76.6 |
Mox Emerald |
1E |
Rare |
73.61 |
Liliana of the Veil |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
68.86 |
Ancestral Recall |
1E |
Rare |
68.73 |
Wrenn and Six |
MH1 |
Mythic Rare |
68.7 |
Force of Negation |
MH1 |
Rare |
63.64 |
Karakas |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
57.49 |
Noble Hierarch |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
57.06 |
Time Walk |
1E |
Rare |
56.06 |
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath |
THB |
Mythic Rare |
55.26 |
Zaxara, the Exemplary |
C20 |
Mythic Rare |
55.22 |
Mox Pearl |
1E |
Rare |
52.8 |
Dark Depths |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
51.52 |
Cavern of Souls |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
48.63 |
Xyris, the Writhing Storm |
C20 |
Mythic Rare |
45.82 |
Lord Windgrace |
PZ2 |
Mythic Rare |
45.78 |
Dark Depths |
V16 |
Mythic Rare |
44.9 |
Unmask |
V16 |
Mythic Rare |
43.66 |
Jace, the Mind Sculptor |
MS4 |
Mythic Rare |
43.16 |
Force of Will |
MED |
Rare |
41.73 |
Timetwister |
1E |
Rare |
41.06 |
Seasoned Pyromancer |
MH1 |
Mythic Rare |
40.18 |
Ancient Tomb |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
36.52 |
Gavi, Nest Warden |
C20 |
Mythic Rare |
36.2 |
Liliana, the Last Hope |
MS4 |
Mythic Rare |
35.91 |
Kalamax, the Stormsire |
C20 |
Mythic Rare |
35.39 |
Misty Rainforest |
EXP |
Mythic Rare |
35.1 |
Cavern of Souls |
MM3 |
Mythic Rare |
35.02 |
Cavern of Souls |
UMA |
Mythic Rare |
33.84 |
Force of Will |
MS3 |
Mythic Rare |
31.88 |
Fierce Guardianship |
C20 |
Rare |
31.74 |
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow |
PZ2 |
Rare |
31.49 |
City of Traitors |
EX |
Rare |
31.48 |
Celestial Colonnade |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
31.17 |
Mishra's Bauble |
IMA |
Uncommon |
30.09 |
Mishra's Bauble |
CSP |
Uncommon |
29.79 |
Leovold, Emissary of Trest |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
29.76 |
Cavern of Souls |
AVR |
Rare |
29.59 |
Tarmogoyf |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
29.53 |
Force of Will |
VMA |
Rare |
29.36 |
Ancient Tomb |
EXP |
Mythic Rare |
28.94 |
Teferi, Master of Time |
M21 |
Mythic Rare |
28.73 |
Curse of Opulence |
PZ2 |
Uncommon |
28.22 |
Gaea's Cradle |
UZ |
Rare |
28.1 |
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
28.03 |
City of Traitors |
TPR |
Rare |
27.8 |
Teferi, Time Raveler |
WAR |
Rare |
27.67 |
Wasteland |
TE |
Uncommon |
27.55 |
Mox Diamond |
TPR |
Mythic Rare |
27.46 |
Grim Monolith |
UL |
Rare |
27.45 |
Wasteland |
EXP |
Mythic Rare |
26.86 |
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria |
MS4 |
Mythic Rare |
26.41 |
Wasteland |
TPR |
Rare |
26.39 |
Force of Will |
EMA |
Mythic Rare |
26.35 |
Gilded Drake |
UZ |
Rare |
26.26 |
Life from the Loam |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
25.97 |
Land Tax |
ME3 |
Rare |
25.79 |
Demonic Tutor |
UBT |
Mythic Rare |
25.74 |
Game of Chaos |
PZ2 |
Rare |
25.59 |
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.
Not as much Fortnite this week, not as much Magic either, but a bit more Persona 5 and panic attacks over thunderstorms.
This series is an ongoing tribute to Erik “Hamtastic” Friborg.