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.   

Pauper League Update:  Pauper is leaving the MOCS rotation and will be replaced by Standard.  Prices for Pauper leagues will be reduced to 6 tickets or 60 play points and prizes will be changes to ratios in line with the current prize table.  This change will happen in 2 weeks. 

Patch Notes: You can check out the notes for this update here.

Standard: It's neat to see how strategies from other formats would work in newer ones. While it is not a 1 to 1 port, having cheap creatures that can be flickered and come back in to play as their true form isn't quite what they are doing in Modern, but Fury and Grief are slightly better than the options we have in Standard!

Orzhov Scam

 

4 Go for the Throat 4 Caves of Koilos 4 Plains 1 Scoured Barrens 4 Swamp 2 Cut Down 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire 1 Intrepid Adversary 1 Invasion of Tolvada 1 Mirrex 2 Obscura Storefront 3 Phyrexian Fleshgorger 4 Raffine's Tower 4 Shattered Sanctum 3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 3 Steel Seraph 1 Tainted Adversary 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

4 Tenacious Underdog 1 The Cruelty of Gix 3 The Wandering Emperor 3 Touch the Spirit Realm 1 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting 4 Wedding Announcement

Sideboard: 4 Duress 1 Breach the Multiverse 2 Cut Down 1 Kaya, Intangible Slayer 2 Loran of the Third Path 1 Path of Peril 1 Razorlash Transmogrant 1 Sheoldred 2 The Eternal Wanderer

Legacy:  The Mana is a little better, and the countermagic is a little better, and this port of Temur Rhinos to Legacy seems to make a lot of sense!

Temur Footfalls

 

2 Brazen Borrower 4 Elvish Spirit Guide 4 Shardless Agent 4 Simian Spirit Guide 4 Fire // Ice 4 Force of Negation 4 Force of Will 3 Mystical Dispute 4 Violent Outburst 3 Crashing Footfalls 4 Misty Rainforest 3 Scalding Tarn 1 Snow-Covered Forest 2 Snow-Covered Island 1 Taiga

2 Tropical Island 2 Volcanic Island 3 Wooded Foothills 1 Boseiju, Who Endures 2 Murktide Regent 3 Sea Gate Restoration

Sideboard: 4 Force of Vigor 2 Blood Moon 3 Endurance 2 Fury 1 Inevitable Betrayal 3 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

Modern: Everyone knows that this is a port* from Pauper to Modern and keeping with the theme of this week, which is apparently Port Week, we'll go with bogles.

* Goodness no, this is not a port.

Bogles

 

4 Gladecover Scout 4 Slippery Bogle 1 All That Glitters 1 Cartouche of Solidarity 4 Daybreak Coronet 4 Ethereal Armor 1 Gryff's Boon 4 Hyena Umbra 4 Rancor 4 Sentinel's Eyes 2 Spider Umbra 1 Spirit Mantle 1 Dryad Arbor 1 Forest 4 Horizon Canopy 1 Plains

4 Razorverge Thicket 3 Temple Garden 4 Windswept Heath 1 Wooded Foothills 2 Audacity 1 Boseiju, Who Endures 4 Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice

Sideboard: 1 Gaddock Teeg 4 Force of Vigor 4 Leyline of Sanctity 2 Chalice of the Void 2 Endurance 2 Solitude

Pauper:  I like the Serpentine Curve decks of Pauper, and I am keenly interested in seeing if the Lord of the Rings set does anything for the format!

Mono Blue Curve

 

4 Delver of Secrets 4 Accumulated Knowledge 4 Brainstorm 4 Counterspell 1 Disrupt 4 Frantic Inventory 3 Mental Note 3 Spell Pierce 4 Thought Scour 2 Artful Dodge 17 Island

3 Otherworldly Gaze 3 Serpentine Curve 4 Tolarian Terror

Sideboard: 2 Annul 4 Blue Elemental Blast 2 Dispel 2 Echoing Truth 3 Hydroblast 2 Lose Focus

Pioneer: Demilich saw some marginal play when it was Standard legal, and eventually it fell of out favor in Pioneer. Now it's kinda coming back after seeing some success in recent Regional Championships. It's a fun card though and deserving of play!

Demi Phoenix

 

4 Arclight Phoenix 4 Fiery Impulse 4 Izzet Charm 4 Lightning Axe 4 Opt 4 Pieces of the Puzzle 4 Treasure Cruise 2 Island 4 Spirebluff Canal 4 Steam Vents 4 Consider 4 Demilich 2 Hall of Storm Giants

1 Otawara, Soaring City 4 Otherworldly Gaze 4 Riverglide Pathway 1 Spikefield Hazard 2 Stormcarved Coast

Sideboard: 4 Thing in the Ice 2 Abrade 2 Aether Gust 2 Disdainful Stroke 3 Spell Pierce 2 Brotherhood's End

 

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

Challenge Winners

Friday Modern - MeninoNey - Living End

Saturday Legacy - Matti - Dimir Death's Shadow
Saturday Modern - MeninoNey - Living End
Saturday Modern - Lennny - Izzet Murktide
Saturday Pauper - O_danielakos - Affinity
Saturday Pioneer - TheManLand - Hidden Strings Combo
Saturday Standard -  MJ_23 - Selesnya Enchantments
Saturday Vintage - Wesal

Sunday Legacy - helvetti - Dimir Death's Shadow
Sunday Modern - MentalMisstep - 5 Color Creativity
Sunday Pauper - msskinbolic - Affinity
Sunday Pioneer - remf - Azorius Spirits
Sunday Standard - Capipf95 - Domain
Sunday Vintage - Cherryxman

Other Event Winners

Standard Staples: Invasion of Gobakhan is gone.  Knight-Errant of Eos also came off. March of Otherworldly Light slipped a bit and fell off.

Standard Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Cityscape Leveler	$29.86	$30.27	-$0.41	-1%
Portal to Phyrexia	$5.92	$5.82	$0.10	2%
Titania, Voice of Gaea	$6.70	$6.76	-$0.06	-1%
One with the Multiverse	$5.87	$6.52	-$0.65	-10%
The Stone Brain	$8.80	$9.13	-$0.33	-4%
Brotherhood's End	$8.45	$7.57	$0.88	12%
Leyline Binding	$16.14	$14.60	$1.54	11%
Liliana of the Veil	$5.23	$5.05	$0.18	4%
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse	$18.89	$18.10	$0.79	4%
Timeless Lotus	$7.90	$9.41	-$1.51	-16%
Nissa, Resurgent Animist	$54.39	$56.58	-$2.19	-4%
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin	$9.80	$10.09	-$0.29	-3%
Memory Deluge	$28.36	$24.26	$4.10	17%
Brutal Cathar	$8.16	$9.62	-$1.46	-15%
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar	$5.79	$6.43	-$0.64	-10%
Faerie Mastermind	$3.84	$5.19	-$1.35	-26%
Sheoldred	$12.21	$7.27	$4.94	68%
Invasion of Tarkir	$9.85	$9.59	$0.26	3%
Urabrask	$7.32	$6.70	$0.62	9%
Chandra, Hope's Beacon	$8.03	$10.26	-$2.23	-22%
Elesh Norn	$6.69	$6.69	$0.00	0%
Boseiju, Who Endures	$27.33	$28.20	-$0.87	-3%
Otawara, Soaring City	$12.60	$11.59	$1.01	9%
The Wandering Emperor	$11.60	$11.46	$0.14	1%
March of Otherworldly Light	$4.85	$4.95	-$0.10	-2%
Atraxa, Grand Unifier	$33.12	$35.96	-$2.84	-8%
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines	$9.22	$8.16	$1.06	13%
Jace, the Perfected Mind	$7.45	$6.88	$0.57	8%
Ledger Shredder	$17.19	$16.30	$0.89	5%
Unlicensed Hearse	$9.71	$10.03	-$0.32	-3%
Stormcarved Coast	$10.32	$10.22	$0.10	1%
Wedding Announcement	$25.41	$27.47	-$2.06	-7%

Modern Staples:  Prices for the Lord of the Rings set, as of late Tuesday night were all over the place, but next week, I'll have the set on the list! 

Modern Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Engineered Explosives	$12.02	$12.72	-$0.70	-6%
Lord of Atlantis	$4.41	$5.43	-$1.02	-19%
Cavern of Souls	$6.28	$6.08	$0.20	3%
Orvar, the All-Form	$32.00	$21.49	$10.51	49%
Polluted Delta	$9.81	$6.32	$3.49	55%
Wooded Foothills	$7.72	$7.67	$0.05	1%
Flooded Strand	$7.85	$8.02	-$0.17	-2%
Bloodstained Mire	$5.91	$7.16	-$1.25	-17%
Windswept Heath	$4.32	$3.75	$0.57	15%
Thoughtseize	$9.03	$10.81	-$1.78	-16%
Force of Negation	$23.10	$16.04	$7.06	44%
Wrenn and Six	$17.16	$14.95	$2.21	15%
Sunbaked Canyon	$11.16	$7.09	$4.07	57%
Seasoned Pyromancer	$11.08	$9.94	$1.14	11%
Force of Vigor	$24.67	$20.75	$3.92	19%
Flusterstorm	$9.23	$8.78	$0.45	5%
Archon of Cruelty	$9.16	$6.45	$2.71	42%
Dress Down	$7.58	$7.95	-$0.37	-5%
Grist, the Hunger Tide	$6.68	$5.62	$1.06	19%
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	$20.86	$12.79	$8.07	63%
Urza's Saga	$24.60	$28.45	-$3.85	-14%
Solitude	$19.48	$18.65	$0.83	4%
Endurance	$26.38	$22.72	$3.66	16%
Grief	$20.91	$15.97	$4.94	31%
Murktide Regent	$19.88	$14.72	$5.16	35%
Fury	$26.56	$22.95	$3.61	16%
Esper Sentinel	$9.34	$10.03	-$0.69	-7%
Subtlety	$12.32	$10.59	$1.73	16%
Chalice of the Void	$7.82	$9.94	-$2.12	-21%
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn	$6.84	$6.94	-$0.10	-1%
Teferi, Time Raveler	$15.04	$13.30	$1.74	13%
Scalding Tarn	$8.32	$6.48	$1.84	28%
Verdant Catacombs	$2.48	$2.98	-$0.50	-17%
Misty Rainforest	$5.25	$5.18	$0.07	1%
Arid Mesa	$3.02	$2.59	$0.43	17%
Marsh Flats	$1.18	$1.06	$0.12	11%

Eternal Staples: 

Eternal Format Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Avenging Hunter	$6.01	$14.65	($8.64)	-59%
Kenku Artificer	$10.52	$7.14	$3.38	47%
Goliath Paladin	$7.06	$10.70	($3.64)	-34%
Guildsworn Prowler	$3.63	$7.95	($4.32)	-54%
Displacer Kitten	$8.88	$6.68	$2.20	33%
Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes	$9.06	$9.95	($0.89)	-9%
Seasoned Dungeoneer	$9.72	$9.66	$0.06	1%
Caves of Chaos Adventurer	$8.77	$10.50	($1.73)	-16%
Hullbreacher	$13.33	$12.29	$1.04	8%
Opposition Agent	$17.60	$22.11	($4.51)	-20%
Jeweled Lotus	$7.88	$8.22	($0.34)	-4%
City of Traitors	$14.91	$13.03	$1.88	14%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee	$12.12	$11.93	$0.19	2%
Helm of Obedience	$14.68	$14.97	($0.29)	-2%
Force of Will	$41.27	$41.07	$0.20	0%
Urza's Bauble	$24.07	$19.23	$4.84	25%
Hydroblast	$7.02	$7.37	($0.35)	-5%
Pyroblast	$4.24	$5.12	($0.88)	-17%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale	$8.83	$9.09	($0.26)	-3%
Phyrexian Dreadnought	$9.24	$10.71	($1.47)	-14%
Unmask	$22.43	$24.46	($2.03)	-8%
Misdirection	$10.00	$11.24	($1.24)	-11%
Snuff Out	$18.74	$15.89	$2.85	18%
Submerge	$8.30	$11.41	($3.11)	-27%
Daze	$5.98	$5.99	($0.01)	0%
Entomb	$6.36	$5.66	$0.70	12%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow	$10.13	$7.82	$2.31	30%
Stifle	$8.06	$10.98	($2.92)	-27%
Mox Opal	$8.92	$7.94	$0.98	12%
Mox Diamond	$29.73	$27.30	$2.43	9%
Wasteland	$16.29	$14.69	$1.60	11%
Ancient Tomb	$21.33	$21.79	($0.46)	-2%
Lotus Petal	$14.67	$11.37	$3.30	29%
Grindstone	$15.30	$14.43	$0.87	6%
Powder Keg	$14.25	$12.24	$2.01	16%
Grim Monolith	$15.13	$16.15	($1.02)	-6%
Goblin Welder	$4.89	$5.81	($0.92)	-16%
Gaea's Cradle	$30.39	$31.84	($1.45)	-5%
Gilded Drake	$13.71	$13.00	$0.71	5%
Show and Tell	$21.16	$20.80	$0.36	2%
Natural Order	$8.04	$8.35	($0.31)	-4%
Black Lotus	$13.91	$14.85	($0.94)	-6%
Volcanic Island	$17.12	$15.22	$1.90	12%
Underground Sea	$7.91	$5.35	$2.56	48%
Null Rod	$13.59	$12.15	$1.44	12%
Doomsday	$15.43	$15.27	$0.16	1%
Paradigm Shift	$12.69	$12.45	$0.24	2%

Pioneer Staples:  Lair of the Hydra is off the list. Darkbore Pathway is back off the list again.  Mutavault is gone. 

Pioneer Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Indomitable Creativity	$7.31	$7.18	$0.13	1.81%
Den of the Bugbear	$12.03	$12.01	$0.02	0.17%
Hive of the Eye Tyrant	$6.84	$11.53	-$4.69	-40.68%
Hall of Storm Giants	$10.49	$6.30	$4.19	66.51%
Brazen Borrower	$16.40	$19.50	-$3.10	-15.90%
Castle Locthwain	$4.19	$5.59	-$1.40	-25.04%
Arclight Phoenix	$5.38
Shark Typhoon	$13.96	$17.69	-$3.73	-21.09%
Fiend Artisan	$4.83	$5.00	-$0.17	-3.40%
Mana Confluence	$11.28	$17.58	-$6.30	-35.84%
Esika's Chariot	$6.34	$9.42	-$3.08	-32.70%
Blightstep Pathway	$10.48	$16.17	-$5.69	-35.19%
Hengegate Pathway	$9.55	$6.71	$2.84	42.32%
Spirebluff Canal	$7.29	$6.00	$1.29	21.50%
Cavalier of Thorns	$8.56	$11.40	-$2.84	-24.91%
Leyline of the Void	$6.25	$6.02	$0.23	3.82%
Lotus Field	$26.77	$34.94	-$8.17	-23.38%
The Meathook Massacre	$13.91	$11.80	$2.11	17.88%
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker	$36.02	$33.09	$2.93	8.85%
Magma Opus	$11.90	$15.65	-$3.75	-23.96%
Prismari Command	$7.41	$8.85	-$1.44	-16.27%
Karn, the Great Creator	$16.80	$17.92	-$1.12	-6.25%
Emeria's Call	$15.94	$15.51	$0.43	2.77%
Omnath, Locus of Creation	$7.16	$7.79	-$0.63	-8.09%
Skyclave Apparition	$6.03	$3.84	$2.19	57.03%
Sea Gate Restoration	$12.79	$11.60	$1.19	10.26%
Roiling Vortex	$11.36	$8.58	$2.78	32.40%
Agadeem's Awakening	$6.24	$5.00	$1.24	24.80%

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	$118.13	$118.20	($0.07)	0%
Dominaria United	$78.48	$80.14	($1.66)	-2%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow	$77.99	$80.87	($2.88)	-4%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt	$107.18	$104.30	$2.88	3%
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty	$114.34	$114.78	($0.44)	0%
March of the Machine	$174.80	$176.17	($1.37)	-1%
March of the Machine Booster	$2.42	$3.04	($0.62)	-20%
Phyrexia: All Will Be One	$226.55	$221.72	$4.83	2%
Streets of New Capenna	$56.22	$55.91	$0.31	1%
Treasure Chest Booster	$2.38	$2.28	$0.10	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	235.03
Mox Jet	1E	Rare	104.6
Ancestral Recall	1E	Rare	91.28
Time Walk	1E	Rare	67.89
Mox Sapphire	1E	Rare	64.56
The One Ring	LTR	Mythic	58
Mox Emerald	1E	Rare	57.97
Liliana of the Veil	UBT	Mythic	55.91
Orcish Bowmasters	LTR	Rare	55
Nissa, Resurgent Animist	MAT	Mythic	54.39
Mox Pearl	1E	Rare	53.24
Mox Ruby	1E	Rare	48.74
Nissa, Resurgent Animist	MAT	Promo	48.65
Karakas	UBT	Mythic	44.65
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	UBT	Mythic	44.34
Cavern of Souls	UBT	Mythic	43.68
Force of Will	MED	Rare	41.27
The One Ring	LTR	Mythic	41
Orcish Bowmasters	LTR	Rare	41
The One Ring	LTR	Mythic	41
Demonic Tutor	UBT	Mythic	38.79
Pramikon, Sky Rampart	C19	Mythic	37.63
Dark Depths	UBT	Mythic	36.05
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker	NEO	Rare	36.02
Timetwister	1E	Rare	35.07
Staff of the Storyteller	ONC	Rare	33.26
Atraxa, Grand Unifier	ONE	Mythic	33.12
Wasteland	ZNE	Mythic	32.03
Orvar, the All-Form	KHM	Mythic	32
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth	UBT	Mythic	31.43
Gaea's Cradle	UZ	Rare	30.39
Flooded Strand	ZNE	Mythic	30.08
Cityscape Leveler	BRO	Mythic	29.86
Mox Diamond	ST	Rare	29.73
Snapcaster Mage	UBT	Mythic	29.09
Mox Diamond	TPR	Mythic	29.04
Aether Gale	C14	Rare	28.61
Memory Deluge	MID	Rare	28.36
Mox Diamond	V10	Mythic	27.67
Boseiju, Who Endures	NEO	Rare	27.33
Lotus Field	M20	Rare	26.77
Fury	MH2	Mythic	26.56
Breath of Fire	PZ2	Common	26.55
Endurance	MH2	Mythic	26.38
Wedding Announcement	VOW	Rare	25.41
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	MS4	Mythic	25.14

 

In Closing

Prices were done late Tuesday night.  I played so many games with the Stranger Things commander cards.  Just an absolute blast to finally get a chance to play with them! 

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