State of the Program for July 5th, 2023
MTGO Socials: Daybreak has set up forums for MTGO, which you can find here. In addition to the Forums, Daybreak has set up a Discord for MTGO. You can get the invite here. MTGO has a Twitter account, and can now add an account for Facebook and Instagram.
Two-Factor Authentication: This is in Account Settings. To turn it on you will be asked for your account password and a 6-digit code sent to the email associated with your account. You can use either an email or authenticator based system. This will help keep your accounts secure, you can read about the system here.
Redemption: Redemption is up and running! Remember that redemption runs now until supply is gone. Currently being redeemed is The Brothers' War (About Half-Gone) Phyrexia: All Will Be One, and March of the Machine. As of May 23, 2023, Redemption Tokens are non-refundable!
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. The Saturday 6 a.m. Standard Event is going back to a small event prize structure.
June 30th Update: There is a minor update to Two-Factor Authentication users. You need to reverify your email address and add the daybreakgames email to your safe sender list before you complete the reverification. To better help MTGO users that are using the client to prepare for Pro Tour Barcelona (the Modern Pro Tour on July 28th), All-Access is back! Copies of the best card in the set for Modern, The One Ring
are above 100 tickets per, and having All-Access tokens in this time period helps users who want to prepare. There will be no Super Qualifiers during this All-Access period. It's still $25.00 though.
As of press time, the other option to help Lord of the Rings availablity to the client is over, but I wanted to highlight the lengths Daybreak went through to get more cards on the client. They ran win a box sealed events about every two hours from the 30th to the 5th. That did help bring some costs down, as Orcish Bowmasters
and Delighted Halfling
did see lower prices. You can read about the June 30th update here.
Patch Notes: You can check out the notes for this update here.
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.
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Upcoming Events
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Dates
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Scheduled Downtimes
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July 12, 2023 |
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Constructed Leagues End
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September 5, 2023
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Sealed Leagues End
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September 5, 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 - Supreme Draft - Gold Edition (Phantom)
July 8 - Modern Showcase
Qualifier
July 9 - Pioneer Showcase Qualifier
July 15 - Pauper Showcase Qualifier
July 16 - Legacy Showcase Qualifier
July 22 - MOCS Showcase Open
July 23- MOCS Showcase Open
July 12 - Commander Legends - Four Player Pods (Keeper and Phantom)
July 20 - Unknown
July 26 - Magic 30 Cube, Carmen Handy has some surprises for this one!
Magic Online Format ChallengesThese 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:
The Winner's Circle is where I will recognize winners of the past events on MTGO.
Challenge Winners
Friday Modern - Ale_Mtg - Grixis Death's Shadow
Saturday Legacy - _INF_ - Doomsday
Saturday Modern - Harry13 - 4 Color Elementals
Saturday Modern - kyon1024 - 4 Color Elementals
Saturday Pauper - Magicofplayer1 - Caw Gate
Saturday Pioneer - wkmidori - Hidden Strings
Saturday Standard - Talisker - Dimir Midrange
Saturday Vintage - ClubFlamingo
Sunday Legacy - Showcase Challenge
Sunday Modern - McWinSauce - 4 Color Control
Sunday Pauper - Heisent01 - Jeskai Ephemerate
Sunday Pioneer - Dr4ken - Gruul Vehicles
Sunday Standard - FerMTG - Mono Black Aggro
Sunday Vintage - 416FrowningTable
Other Event Winners
Pauper Showcase Challenge
Pauper Last Chance
Legacy Showcase Challenge
Legacy Last Chance
Modern Last Chance
Modern Last Chance
Pauper Last Chance
Pioneer Last Chance
Pioneer Last Chance
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:
Liliana of the Veil
is off the list. I guess it's okay to admit that I was wrong about the powerful walker being to much for Standard or Pioneer. I was wrong.
Invasion of Gobakhan
is back on the list. The rest of the Praetors from March of the Machine are back on the list as well.
| Standard Cards |
Price |
Last Week |
Change |
% Change |
Cityscape Leveler |
$23.11 |
$25.28 |
-$2.17 |
-9% |
Portal to Phyrexia |
$4.78 |
$5.79 |
-$1.01 |
-17% |
Titania, Voice of Gaea |
$5.18 |
$5.99 |
-$0.81 |
-14% |
One with the Multiverse |
$4.87 |
$5.19 |
-$0.32 |
-6% |
The Stone Brain |
$7.09 |
$7.28 |
-$0.19 |
-3% |
Brotherhood's End |
$9.98 |
$9.31 |
$0.67 |
7% |
Leyline Binding |
$15.79 |
$14.41 |
$1.38 |
10% |
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse |
$14.96 |
$12.46 |
$2.50 |
20% |
Timeless Lotus |
$5.31 |
$5.99 |
-$0.68 |
-11% |
Nissa, Resurgent Animist |
$41.75 |
$43.26 |
-$1.51 |
-3% |
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin |
$3.96 |
$6.36 |
-$2.40 |
-38% |
Memory Deluge |
$24.77 |
$20.57 |
$4.20 |
20% |
Brutal Cathar |
$5.94 |
$6.70 |
-$0.76 |
-11% |
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar |
$5.51 |
$5.85 |
-$0.34 |
-6% |
Sheoldred |
$5.20 |
$11.67 |
-$6.47 |
-55% |
Invasion of Tarkir |
$7.95 |
$8.63 |
-$0.68 |
-8% |
Urabrask |
$8.18 |
$7.62 |
$0.56 |
7% |
Chandra, Hope's Beacon |
$5.43 |
$6.14 |
-$0.71 |
-12% |
| Invasion of Gobakhan |
$7.41 |
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Elesh Norn |
$7.38 |
$7.59 |
-$0.21 |
-3% |
Jin-Gitaxias |
$5.68 |
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Vorinclex |
$12.65 |
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Boseiju, Who Endures |
$23.04 |
$24.58 |
-$1.54 |
-6% |
Otawara, Soaring City |
$12.04 |
$11.75 |
$0.29 |
2% |
The Wandering Emperor |
$9.90 |
$10.41 |
-$0.51 |
-5% |
Atraxa, Grand Unifier |
$21.68 |
$27.08 |
-$5.40 |
-20% |
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines |
$10.69 |
$10.23 |
$0.46 |
4% |
Jace, the Perfected Mind |
$7.94 |
$7.20 |
$0.74 |
10% |
Ledger Shredder |
$16.96 |
$18.54 |
-$1.58 |
-9% |
Unlicensed Hearse |
$6.99 |
$7.57 |
-$0.58 |
-8% |
Stormcarved Coast |
$7.54 |
$8.73 |
-$1.19 |
-14% |
Wedding Announcement |
$26.56 |
$26.83 |
-$0.27 |
-1% |
Modern Staples:
Cavern of Souls
, with a neat new reprint, has fallen off of the list.
Eternal Staples: Nothing added or removed this week.
Pioneer Staples:
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
saw it fall off this week.
Arclight Phoenix
flew off again. Catbus, I mean
Esika's Chariot
pulled out of the station as well.
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 |
$96.34 |
$103.71 |
($7.37) |
-7% |
| Dominaria United |
$65.35 |
$64.35 |
$1.00 |
2% |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow |
$72.50 |
$73.86 |
($1.36) |
-2% |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt |
$96.52 |
$95.41 |
$1.11 |
1% |
| Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty |
$97.10 |
$101.53 |
($4.43) |
-4% |
| March of the Machine |
$155.43 |
$163.13 |
($7.70) |
-5% |
| March of the Machine Booster |
$2.30 |
$2.39 |
($0.09) |
-4% |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One |
$178.09 |
$191.67 |
($13.58) |
-7% |
| Streets of New Capenna |
$50.42 |
$51.35 |
($0.93) |
-2% |
| Treasure Chest Booster |
$2.54 |
$2.42 |
$0.12 |
5% |
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 |
240.08 |
| The One Ring |
LTR |
Mythic |
111.13 |
| Mox Jet |
1E |
Rare |
105.53 |
| The One Ring |
LTR |
Mythic |
98.71 |
| The One Ring |
LTR |
Mythic |
92 |
| Ancestral Recall |
1E |
Rare |
91.92 |
| Time Walk |
1E |
Rare |
68.36 |
| Mox Sapphire |
1E |
Rare |
65.73 |
| Mox Emerald |
1E |
Rare |
60.83 |
| Liliana of the Veil |
UBT |
Mythic |
55.91 |
| Mox Pearl |
1E |
Rare |
53.8 |
| Mox Ruby |
1E |
Rare |
48.26 |
| Force of Will |
MED |
Rare |
44.7 |
| Cavern of Souls |
UBT |
Mythic |
43.68 |
| Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth |
UBT |
Mythic |
43.39 |
| Karakas |
UBT |
Mythic |
42.29 |
| Nissa, Resurgent Animist |
MAT |
Mythic |
41.75 |
| Demonic Tutor |
UBT |
Mythic |
38.79 |
| Grief |
MH2 |
Mythic |
36.21 |
| Dark Depths |
UBT |
Mythic |
36.05 |
| Timetwister |
1E |
Rare |
35.51 |
| Orcish Bowmasters |
LTR |
Rare |
35.34 |
| Staff of the Storyteller |
ONC |
Rare |
32 |
| Kozilek, Butcher of Truth |
UBT |
Mythic |
31.43 |
| Wasteland |
ZNE |
Mythic |
30.69 |
| Mox Diamond |
ST |
Rare |
30.68 |
| Orcish Bowmasters |
LTR |
Rare |
30.5 |
| Mox Diamond |
V10 |
Mythic |
29.86 |
| Flooded Strand |
ZNE |
Mythic |
29.71 |
| Force of Negation |
2X2 |
Rare |
29.43 |
| Fable of the Mirror-Breaker |
NEO |
Rare |
29.12 |
| Force of Negation |
MH1 |
Rare |
29.11 |
| Snapcaster Mage |
UBT |
Mythic |
29.09 |
| Nissa, Resurgent Animist |
MAT |
Promo |
28.65 |
| Mox Diamond |
TPR |
Mythic |
28.49 |
| Breath of Fire |
PZ2 |
Common |
27.9 |
| Gaea's Cradle |
UZ |
Rare |
27.33 |
| Aether Gale |
C14 |
Rare |
27.25 |
| Orvar, the All-Form |
KHM |
Mythic |
27.17 |
| Wedding Announcement |
VOW |
Rare |
26.56 |
| Fury |
MH2 |
Mythic |
26.27 |
| Pramikon, Sky Rampart |
C19 |
Mythic |
25.23 |
Prices were done on Tuesday! I took a half day from the other job and just went right to work on it. Then I played a lot of Commander!
This series is an ongoing tribute to Erik “Hamtastic” Friborg.
