Product Changes:  This effects tabletop Magic, starting with Dominaria United, Korean, Russian and Chinese will no longer see cards published in those languages. 

QPs Set to Expire: The season two qualifier points will expire on August 3rd.  You can use them in Limited prelims, Showcase Challenge and Showcase Last Chance events.  If you don't use them you lose them! 

MOCS Season 2 Showcase:  Date is set for this event, featuring Pioneer (Constructed) and Modern Cube (Limited) as the formats.  It's October 8th. 

Double Masters 2022 Survey:  You can take the newest set survey here. 

Dominaria United:  The September release was the subject of First Look edition of Weekly MTG.  Some cards were spoiled, some hype was made and Kicker is coming back as a mechanic.  If you want to see the first look, go here, and here is the Card Image Gallery. 

Since there is a large gap between Standard legal sets, we're taking a look at Pauper, the format that has been the freshest since Baldur's Gate and Double Masters 2022 came out. 

Izzet Charm:

Serpentine Curve

 

4 Augur of Bolas 4 Counterspell 1 Fiery Cannonade 1 Fling 4 Frantic Inventory 3 Izzet Charm 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Skred 4 Pieces of the Puzzle 4 Preordain 3 Ash Barrens 3 Evolving Wilds 1 Izzet Boilerworks 9 Snow-Covered Island

2 Snow-Covered Mountain 2 Consider 3 Serpentine Curve 4 Volatile Fjord

Sideboard: 2 Annul 4 Blue Elemental Blast 1 Curfew 1 Dispel 1 Electrickery 2 Fiery Cannonade 3 Red Elemental Blast 1 Relic of Progenitus

Monastery Swiftspear:

Boros Prowess

 

4 Glint Hawk 4 Kor Skyfisher 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Seeker of the Way 4 Galvanic Blast 4 Lava Dart 4 Lightning Bolt 2 Mutagenic Growth 2 Faithless Looting 2 Navigator's Compass 3 Ancient Den 2 Boros Garrison 3 Great Furnace 5 Mountain

2 Plains 4 Alpine Meadow 4 Experimental Synthesizer 3 Wedding Invitation

Sideboard: 2 Gorilla Shaman 2 Krark-Clan Shaman 1 Light of Hope 2 Red Elemental Blast 4 Revoke Existence 2 Circle of Protection: Red 2 Navigator's Compass

Basilisk Gate:

Esper Inside Out

 

2 Archaeomancer 2 Augur of Bolas 3 Mulldrifter 3 Seeker of the Way 4 Tireless Tribe 1 Circular Logic 2 Counterspell 1 Dispel 3 Ephemerate 4 Inside Out 3 Prismatic Strands 3 Shadow Rift 4 Ponder 2 Preordain 2 Ash Barrens 5 Island

2 Plains 1 Swamp 4 Basilisk Gate 4 Citadel Gate 1 Dawnbringer Cleric 4 Sea Gate

Sideboard: 2 Stonehorn Dignitary 2 Tethmos High Priest 3 Dispel 4 Hydroblast 1 Prismatic Strands 2 Arms of Hadar 1 Dawnbringer Cleric

Vampire Sovereign:

Orzhov Aggro

 

4 Kor Skyfisher 1 Palace Sentinels 2 Seekers' Squire 4 Thraben Inspector 3 Vampire Sovereign 3 Diabolic Edict 2 Ephemerate 3 Journey to Nowhere 1 Omen of the Dead 2 Ichor Wellspring 2 Bojuka Bog 2 Kabira Crossroads 1 Mortuary Mire 3 Orzhov Basilica 2 Plains 2 Scoured Barrens 4 Swamp 1 Blood Fountain 3 Dawnbringer Cleric

2 Deadly Dispute 1 Guardian Naga 4 Inspiring Overseer 1 Late to Dinner 3 Obscura Storefront 1 Pegasus Guardian 1 Reckoner's Bargain 2 Silverquill Campus

Sideboard: 1 Lone Missionary 3 Suffocating Fumes 2 Castigate 3 Dust to Dust 1 Revoke Existence 1 Circle of Protection: Red 2 Dead Weight 2 Relic of Progenitus

Arms of Hadar:

Mono Black Devotion

 

4 Chittering Rats 4 Dusk Legion Zealot 4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel 4 Phyrexian Rager 4 Thorn of the Black Rose 4 Cast Down 4 Defile 4 Chainer's Edict 3 Divest 3 Duress 4 Sign in Blood

2 Unearth 3 Nihil Spellbomb 2 Bojuka Bog 14 Swamp 4 Witch's Cottage 2 Arms of Hadar 2 Feign Death 4 Mukotai Ambusher

 

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

Challenge Winners

Saturday Legacy - MM_17 - Grixis Death's Shadow
Saturday Modern - SpicyLeche - Grixis Death's Shadow
Saturday Pauper - _dr4gun0v_ - Red Blitz
Saturday Pioneer - Lumbalgic - Rakdos Midrange
Saturday Standard - Oscar_Franco - Orzhov Midrange
Saturday Vintage - Ale_Mtg

Sunday Legacy - Diem4x - Grixis Death's Shadow
Sunday Modern - CrusherBotBG - HammerTime
Sunday Pauper - MCScards - Izzet Ninjas
Sunday Pioneer - Harry13 - Azorius Control
Sunday Standard - fingers1991 - Hinata Control
Sunday Vintage - discoverN

Other Event Winners

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: Have a couple of new cards on the list this week, with some from Strixhaven jumping back on.  Neon Dynasty Staples are going nuts right now because of redemption, but with it ending next week, prices should start to go back to normal fairly soon.

Standard Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Den of the Bugbear	$41.56	$54.19	-$12.63	-23.31%
Lolth, Spider Queen	$4.64	$5.24	-$0.60	-11.45%
Hall of the Storm Giants	$22.27	$20.02	$2.25	11.24%
Treasure Vault	$7.47	$12.03	-$4.56	-37.91%
Hive of the Eye Tyrant	$9.48	$12.22	-$2.74	-22.42%
Lair of the Hydra	$6.05	$10.47	-$4.42	-42.22%
The Book of Exalted Deeds	$2.71	$4.64	-$1.93	-41.59%
Tasha's Hideous Laughter	$5.90	$5.61	$0.29	5.17%
Werewolf Pack Leader	$11.70	$5.46	$6.24	114.29%
Blightstep Pathway	$8.65	$7.47	$1.18	15.80%
Goldspan Dragon	$5.51	$8.19	-$2.68	-32.72%
Hengegate Pathway	$11.78	$7.19	$4.59	63.84%
Old-Growth Troll	$6.39	$5.24	$1.15	21.95%
The Meathook Massacre	$14.46	$14.88	-$0.42	-2.82%
Memory Deluge	$10.82	$9.31	$1.51	16.22%
Haunted Ridge	$12.49	$11.22	$1.27	11.32%
Graveyard Trespasser	$16.88	$16.68	$0.20	1.20%
Brutal Cathar	$7.48
Boseiju, Who Endures	$64.82	$48.57	$16.25	33.46%
Hidetsugu Consumes All	$5.28	$5.50	-$0.22	-4.00%
March of Otherworldly Light	$7.74	$8.82	-$1.08	-12.24%
Otawara, Soaring City	$17.35	$16.08	$1.27	7.90%
The Wandering Emperor	$69.07	$67.31	$1.76	2.61%
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker	$33.40	$19.09	$14.31	74.96%
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary	$19.04	$18.56	$0.48	2.59%
Ledger Shredder	$46.98	$54.83	-$7.85	-14.32%
Unlicensed Hearse	$35.61	$40.19	-$4.58	-11.40%
Prismari Command	$7.48
Witherbloom Command	$5.92
Magma Opus	$4.41	$4.85	-$0.44	-9.07%
Chandra, Dressed to Kill	$13.26	$18.26	-$5.00	-27.38%
Cultivator Colossus	$16.32	$18.66	-$2.34	-12.54%
Hallowed Haunting	$3.94	$5.41	-$1.47	-27.17%
Stormcarved Coast	$8.54	$7.56	$0.98	12.96%
Skyclave Apparition	$6.61	$5.75	$0.86	14.96%
Shatterskull Smashing	$8.87	$9.39	-$0.52	-5.54%
Roiling Vortex	$15.58	$11.48	$4.10	35.71%
Agadeem's Awakening	$5.46	$6.45	-$0.99	-15.35%
Turntimber Symbiosis	$9.08	$11.12	-$2.04	-18.35%
Riverglide Pathway	$7.07	$6.06	$1.01	16.73%

Modern Staples:  Nothing new here this week.

Modern Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Engineered Explosives	$12.59	$10.85	$1.74	16%
Steelshaper's Gift	$6.01	$6.84	-$0.83	-12%
Cavern of Souls	$10.83	$8.44	$2.39	28%
Mishra's Bauble	$24.42	$19.97	$4.45	22%
Magus of the Moon	$7.70	$6.37	$1.33	21%
Liliana of the Veil	$10.32	$9.73	$0.59	6%
Polluted Delta	$9.26	$7.27	$1.99	27%
Wooded Foothills	$6.89	$7.08	-$0.19	-3%
Flooded Strand	$8.56	$6.87	$1.69	25%
Bloodstained Mire	$5.97	$4.22	$1.75	41%
Windswept Heath	$5.63	$3.78	$1.85	49%
Thoughtseize	$10.69	$9.94	$0.75	8%
Force of Negation	$21.26	$26.93	-$5.67	-21%
Wrenn and Six	$38.29	$49.85	-$11.56	-23%
Prismatic Vista	$4.89	$4.31	$0.58	13%
Sunbaked Canyon	$18.91	$19.30	-$0.39	-2%
Seasoned Pyromancer	$13.67	$9.28	$4.39	47%
Force of Vigor	$40.33	$34.40	$5.93	17%
Flusterstorm	$27.05	$19.13	$7.92	41%
Archmage's Charm	$9.27	$7.40	$1.87	25%
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician	$10.75	$8.63	$2.12	25%
Archon of Cruelty	$20.13	$8.72	$11.41	131%
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	$41.86	$37.85	$4.01	11%
Urza's Saga	$46.72	$45.89	$0.83	2%
Solitude	$35.55	$29.30	$6.25	21%
Endurance	$71.24	$66.63	$4.61	7%
Grief	$11.47	$10.06	$1.41	14%
Murktide Regent	$18.01	$16.78	$1.23	7%
Fury	$26.76	$22.68	$4.08	18%
Esper Sentinel	$8.97	$6.65	$2.32	35%
Grist, the Hunger Tide	$6.83	$5.85	$0.98	17%
Tourach, Dread Cantor	$5.03	$3.97	$1.06	27%
Subtlety	$13.36	$11.59	$1.77	15%
Chalice of the Void	$22.54	$18.62	$3.92	21%
Ensnaring Bridge	$7.71	$9.20	-$1.49	-16%
Teferi, Time Raveler	$22.75	$22.04	$0.71	3%
Gemstone Mine	$8.06	$6.06	$2.00	33%
Scalding Tarn	$6.43	$5.32	$1.11	21%
Verdant Catacombs	$2.57	$2.90	-$0.33	-11%
Misty Rainforest	$5.78	$4.95	$0.83	17%
Arid Mesa	$3.65	$3.08	$0.57	19%
Marsh Flats	$1.39	$1.01	$0.38	38%

Eternal Staples:  Helm of Obedience has probably needed to be on the list for a while now, so now it is! 

Eternal Format Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Displacer Kitten	$75.43	$76.42	($0.99)	-1%
Hullbreacher	$28.95	$34.31	($5.36)	-16%
Opposition Agent	$32.50	$28.98	$3.52	12%
Jeweled Lotus	$28.15	$27.83	$0.32	1%
City of Traitors	$14.09	$15.03	($0.94)	-6%
Sphere of Resistance	$4.99	$5.02	($0.03)	-1%
Allosaurus Shepherd	$12.62	$10.33	$2.29	22%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee	$20.23	$19.11	$1.12	6%
Helm of Obedience	$20.93
Force of Will	$55.91	$65.73	($9.82)	-15%
Karakas	$9.26	$7.47	$1.79	24%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale	$18.75	$20.27	($1.52)	-7%
Phyrexian Dreadnought	$6.74	$7.19	($0.45)	-6%
Enlightened Tutor	$7.70	$8.22	($0.52)	-6%
Unmask	$13.01	$10.65	$2.36	22%
Misdirection	$13.95	$14.27	($0.32)	-2%
Rishadan Port	$14.56	$12.91	$1.65	13%
Snuff Out	$15.17	$14.63	$0.54	4%
Submerge	$7.21	$9.69	($2.48)	-26%
Daze	$5.46	$6.57	($1.11)	-17%
Entomb	$7.54	$8.71	($1.17)	-13%
Retrofitter Foundry	$6.52	$5.75	$0.77	13%
Recruiter of the Guard	$16.41	$13.89	$2.52	18%
Mox Diamond	$34.95	$36.27	($1.32)	-4%
Wasteland	$23.73	$24.62	($0.89)	-4%
Ancient Tomb	$18.85	$22.58	($3.73)	-17%
Lotus Petal	$38.86	$31.61	$7.25	23%
Grindstone	$7.65	$7.73	($0.08)	-1%
Grim Monolith	$13.49	$13.16	$0.33	3%
Goblin Welder	$5.74	$5.64	$0.10	2%
Meltdown	$39.84	$41.69	($1.85)	-4%
Exploration	$20.34	$22.71	($2.37)	-10%
Gaea's Cradle	$21.85	$22.39	($0.54)	-2%
Carpet of Flowers	$24.23	$19.45	$4.78	25%
Gilded Drake	$11.60	$11.93	($0.33)	-3%
Show and Tell	$9.21	$9.01	$0.20	2%
Black Lotus	$14.56	$14.02	$0.54	4%
Volcanic Island	$8.50	$7.69	$0.81	11%
Underground Sea	$8.96	$9.43	($0.47)	-5%
Null Rod	$9.32	$9.65	($0.33)	-3%
Doomsday	$25.85	$25.87	($0.02)	0%
Paradigm Shift	$11.24	$10.63	$0.61	6%

Pioneer Staples:  A couple new cards here as well.

Pioneer Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Collected Company	$5.36	$5.97	($0.61)	-10%
Brazen Borrower	$6.04	$32.69	($26.65)	-82%
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King	$4.47	$5.24	($0.77)	-15%
Bonecrusher Giant	$9.07	$16.61	($7.54)	-45%
Emrakul, the Promised End	$6.22	$5.60	$0.62	11%
Arclight Phoenix	$13.35	$9.38	$3.97	42%
Shark Typhoon	$5.11	$6.52	($1.41)	-22%
Raugrin Triome	$5.46
Eidolon of the Great Revel	$11.05	$10.35	$0.70	7%
Mana Confluence	$8.23	$6.04	$2.19	36%
Spirebluff Canal	$10.96	$9.76	$1.20	12%
Inspiring Vantage	$8.86	$10.49	($1.63)	-16%
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord	$4.98	$6.23	($1.25)	-20%
Lotus Field	$7.95	$8.10	($0.15)	-2%
Chandra, Awakened Inferno	$12.84	$15.82	($2.98)	-19%
Cavalier of Thorns	$22.12	$25.78	($3.66)	-14%
Golos, Tireless Pilgrim	$4.73	$5.43	($0.70)	-13%
Elder Gargaroth	$4.64	$5.26	($0.62)	-12%
Terror of the Peaks	$4.86	$5.15	($0.29)	-6%
Rest in Peace	$6.85
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger	$6.71	$6.11	$0.60	10%
Karn, the Great Creator	$34.74	$35.91	($1.17)	-3%
Finale of Devastation	$9.05	$8.73	$0.32	4%
Omnath, Locus of Creation	$31.94	$31.88	$0.06	0%

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
Forgotten Realms	$136.78	$159.29	($22.51)	-14%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow	$85.86	$94.81	($8.95)	-9%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt	$130.44	$116.61	$13.83	12%
Kaldheim	$82.10	$72.97	$9.13	13%
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty	$214.89	$184.07	$30.82	17%
Streets of New Capenna	$136.60	$145.43	($8.83)	-6%
Streets of New Capenna Booster	$3.29	$3.32	($0.03)	-1%
Strixhaven: School of Mages	$42.70	$37.29	$5.41	15%
Treasure Chest	$2.35	$2.41	($0.06)	-2%
Zendikar Rising	$129.74	$120.19	$9.55	8%

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	250.04
Mox Jet	1E	Rare	126.85
Cavern of Souls	UBT	Mythic	122.15
Liliana of the Veil	UBT	Mythic	116.55
Karakas	UBT	Mythic	116.48
Ancestral Recall	1E	Rare	114.08
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	UBT	Mythic	103.04
Time Walk	1E	Rare	87.14
Mox Sapphire	1E	Rare	85.31
Displacer Kitten	CLB	Rare	75.43
Mox Emerald	1E	Rare	73.75
Endurance	MH2	Mythic	71.24
The Wandering Emperor	NEO	Mythic	69.07
Purple-Crystal Crab	PZ2	Common	67.83
Demonic Tutor	UBT	Mythic	67.45
Boseiju, Who Endures	NEO	Rare	64.82
Mox Ruby	1E	Rare	61.9
Mox Pearl	1E	Rare	61.05
Snapcaster Mage	UBT	Mythic	59.32
Force of Will	MED	Rare	55.91
Heavenly Qilin	PZ2	Common	55
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil	C19	Mythic	54.92
Dark Depths	UBT	Mythic	53.47
Wasteland	ZNE	Mythic	51.23
Ledger Shredder	SNC	Rare	46.98
Urza's Saga	MH2	Rare	46.72
Aether Gale	C14	Rare	46.71
Cavern of Souls	ZNE	Mythic	45.16
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	MS4	Mythic	43.29
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth	UBT	Mythic	43.26
Earthshaking Si	PZ2	Common	43.03
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	MH2	Mythic	41.86
Wrenn and Six	2X2	Mythic	41.63
Den of the Bugbear	AFR	Rare	41.56
Liliana, the Last Hope	MS4	Mythic	41.13
Force of Vigor	MH1	Rare	40.33
Meltdown	UZ	Uncommon	39.84
Mana Vault	UBT	Mythic	39.41
Lotus Petal	TE	Common	38.86
Wrenn and Six	MH1	Mythic	38.29
Jeska's Will	CMR	Rare	37.62
Lotus Petal	MS2	Bonus	37.44
Brazen Borrower	ELD	Mythic	36.04
Unlicensed Hearse	SNC	Rare	35.61
Solitude	MH2	Mythic	35.55
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria	MS4	Mythic	35.28
Mox Diamond	ST	Rare	34.95
Karn, the Great Creator	WAR	Rare	34.74
Flooded Strand	ZNE	Mythic	34.53
Ancient Copper Dragon	CLB	Mythic	33.98
Mox Diamond	TPR	Mythic	33.56
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker	NEO	Rare	33.4
Lotus Petal	TPR	Uncommon	33.27
Noble Hierarch	UBT	Mythic	33.11
Force of Will	2XM	Mythic	33.01
Reanimate	UBT	Mythic	32.58
Opposition Agent	CMR	Rare	32.5
Timetwister	1E	Rare	32.13
Force of Will	MS3	Mythic	31.96
Omnath, Locus of Creation	ZNR	Mythic	31.94
Force of Will	VMA	Rare	31.75
Force of Will	EMA	Mythic	31.6
Creeping Tar Pit	UBT	Mythic	30.46
Mox Diamond	V10	Mythic	29.87
Pramikon, Sky Rampart	C19	Mythic	29.72
Thoughtseize	TSR	Bonus	29.45
Hullbreacher	CMR	Rare	28.95
Celestial Colonnade	UBT	Mythic	28.81
Archivist of Oghma	CLB	Rare	28.74
Karn Liberated	UBT	Mythic	28.73
Seeds of Innocence	MI	Rare	28.53
Scalding Tarn	ZNE	Mythic	28.49
Cleansing Screech	PZ2	Common	28.4
Jeweled Lotus	CMR	Mythic	28.15
Flusterstorm	CMD	Rare	27.84
Flusterstorm	IMA	Rare	27.45
Life from the Loam	UBT	Mythic	27.31
Fulminator Mage	UBT	Mythic	27.19
Flusterstorm	MH1	Rare	27.05
Flusterstorm	PZ1	Rare	26.9
Flusterstorm	VMA	Rare	26.86
Fury	MH2	Mythic	26.76
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre	UBT	Mythic	26.46
Mishra's Bauble	IMA	Uncommon	25.96
Doomsday	WL	Rare	25.85
Platinum Emperion	UBT	Mythic	25.34

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 $27,881.   The number two weeks ago was $27,228.  Even with Baldur's Gate cards tanking, the price is up $653. 
 

In Closing

I discovered Legends of Runeterra this week and that, much like Premodern, Penny Dreadful and Tribal Wars is what I am now hyperfocused on. 


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