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State of the Program for March 8th, 2023
 
In the News

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

Redemption: 
Redemption is up and running!  Remember that redemption runs now until supply is gone.   Currently being redeemed are Dominaria United (10% of non foil sets are left, 15% of foil sets are left)  and The Brothers' War (About Half-Gone).  Phyrexia: All Will Be One's redemption period starts today, March 8. 

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. 

Legacy Banned Announcement
Expressive Iteration and White Plume Adventurer have been banned from the Legacy format, effective March 6, 2023.  Izzet Delver and Mono White Initiative were nearing 30% of the field in some circles of competitive play, so WotC banned a card from each of the decks.  All other formats were discussed but ultimately, nothing changed.  You can read about it here!

Treasure Chest Update:  Borderless Praetors are in treasure chests now.  In addition Undermountain Adventurer and Ravenloft Adventurer are being added to the prize packs. 

Standard Challenges:  These events are currently using the 64 player prize structure on Saturday. 

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
April 5, 2023
Constructed Leagues End
April 18, 2023
Sealed Leagues End
April 18, 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 -  Modern Horizons

March 11 - Modern Showcase Challenge
March 12 - Pioneer Showcase Challenge

March 22 - Modern Horizons 2
April 5 - Dominaria Remastered
April 12 - March of the Machine Release

May 3 - Magic 30 Cube
May 10 - Vintage Cube

Magic Online Format Challenges
These 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:

TIME (PT) FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
12:00 a.m.     Vintage Challenge
1:00 a.m    Limited 32 Challenge 32 Player Limited 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
12:00 p.m.   Limited Challenge Limited Challenge
2:00 p.m.   Pioneer Challenge Standard Challenge
4:00 p.m. Limited 32 Challenge    
6:00 p.m. Modern 32 Challenge Modern 32 Challenge  

 

 

Cutting Edge Tech

Standard: Standard, for years, since FIRE could have been called a toxic format, filled with toxic decks.  This toxic deck is different.  It kills with poison and not with taking a ton of turns, or turning your opponent's creatures in to 3/3 elks or giving them the Meathook. 

Also gosh, Standard is in a really good place right now.  It's not as good as it was before War of the Spark, but right now, is the best Standard has been since the pandemic started. 


Legacy:  The Curse deck won a prelim this past week, and I am so curious about it.  This looks like a blast to play!


Modern:   The Mycosynth Gardens really made a home for itself here in AmuLIT, huh?


Pauper:

Pioneer: It's nice to see other creature types in Pioneer do well.  It's been a long time since Vampires or Zombies did anything in format and it was basically Spirits and Humans since then.  Pioneer can be a format for creature lovers too! 



 
Winner's Circle

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

Challenge Winners

Friday Modern - Azja - Izzet Murktide

Saturday Legacy - CrusherBotBG - HammerTime
Saturday Modern 32 - christiano7 - Rakdos Scam
Saturday Modern - Bowman2 - Rakdos Aggro
Saturday Pauper - Mogged - Mono Red Aggro
Saturday Pioneer - _lluks_ - Rakdos Midrange
Saturday Standard -  sebastianpozzo - Esper Legends
Saturday Vintage - yPrincipe

Sunday Legacy - duke12 - Reanimator
Sunday Modern - Willioufouf - Atraxa's Vengeance
Sunday Pauper - hockeybro26 - Gruul Initiative
Sunday Pioneer - KeepAny7vsYou - Mono Green Devotion
Sunday Standard - Ignotus97 - Jeskai Control
Sunday Vintage - Sommertroll

Other Event Winners

Limited Super Qualifier
Limited Super Qualifier
Modern Super Qualifier

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: Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor, Deserted Beach, Hidetsugu Consumes All, March of Otherworldly Light, Capricious Hellraiser, Mercurial Spelldancer, The Mycosynth Gardens, Venerated Rotpriest have all been removed from the list. 

Standard Cards Price Last Week Change % Change
Phyrexian Fleshgorger $8.01 $8.05 -$0.04 0%
Brotherhood's End $10.94 $8.62 $2.32 27%
Cityscape Leveler $20.47 $20.08 $0.39 2%
Portal to Phyrexia $6.45 $5.97 $0.48 8%
Titania, Voice of Gaea $5.66 $5.47 $0.19 3%
Urza, Lord Protector $5.40 $5.08 $0.32 6%
One with the Multiverse $6.90 $6.49 $0.41 6%
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor $5.36


Leyline Binding $19.53 $17.92 $1.61 9%
Liliana of the Veil $9.00 $9.22 -$0.22 -2%
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse $61.35 $43.59 $17.76 41%
Karn's Sylex $8.26 $7.94 $0.32 4%
Serra Paragon $6.26 $6.71 -$0.45 -7%
Memory Deluge $11.27 $9.40 $1.87 20%
Brutal Cathar $14.20 $13.46 $0.74 5%
Graveyard Trespasser $5.23 $6.18 -$0.95 -15%
Boseiju, Who Endures $62.91 $70.41 -$7.50 -11%
Otawara, Soaring City $8.36 $7.58 $0.78 10%
The Wandering Emperor $10.21 $8.16 $2.05 25%
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker $56.89 $47.68 $9.21 19%
Atraxa, Grand Unifier $74.53 $71.41 $3.12 4%
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines $12.96 $18.80 -$5.84 -31%
Jace, the Perfected Mind $6.58 $8.47 -$1.89 -22%
Ledger Shredder $14.20 $15.51 -$1.31 -8%
Unlicensed Hearse $13.15 $10.03 $3.12 31%
Xander's Lounge $8.31 $6.38 $1.93 30%
Stormcarved Coast $11.53 $11.42 $0.11 1%
Wedding Announcement $17.83 $10.73 $7.10 66%
Cultivator Colossus $5.66 $5.83 -$0.17 -3%
Modern Staples: Lord of Atlantis, Sigarda's Aid, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, Grist, the Hunger Tide are off the list.

Modern Cards Price Last Week Change % Change
Engineered Explosives $23.28 $23.00 $0.28 1%
Grinding Station $6.28 $7.99 -$1.71 -21%
Cavern of Souls $9.17 $7.80 $1.37 18%
Aether Vial $5.36 $5.18 $0.18 3%
Magus of the Moon $5.90 $6.19 -$0.29 -5%
Orvar, the All-Form $16.14 $18.63 -$2.49 -13%
Polluted Delta $7.70 $7.95 -$0.25 -3%
Wooded Foothills $8.94 $9.25 -$0.31 -3%
Flooded Strand $10.03 $11.63 -$1.60 -14%
Bloodstained Mire $7.11 $5.91 $1.20 20%
Windswept Heath $5.57 $5.91 -$0.34 -6%
Thoughtseize $6.53 $7.62 -$1.09 -14%
Force of Negation $13.63 $13.88 -$0.25 -2%
Wrenn and Six $21.78 $14.17 $7.61 54%
Sunbaked Canyon $10.18 $9.45 $0.73 8%
Seasoned Pyromancer $11.38 $10.16 $1.22 12%
Force of Vigor $19.33 $24.70 -$5.37 -22%
Flusterstorm $11.76 $15.06 -$3.30 -22%
Archon of Cruelty $9.54 $6.77 $2.77 41%
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer $34.26 $35.82 -$1.56 -4%
Urza's Saga $43.75 $47.61 -$3.86 -8%
Solitude $27.40 $39.18 -$11.78 -30%
Endurance $21.13 $27.58 -$6.45 -23%
Grief $10.18 $13.63 -$3.45 -25%
Murktide Regent $13.76 $16.09 -$2.33 -14%
Fury $35.10 $43.24 -$8.14 -19%
Esper Sentinel $9.05 $10.78 -$1.73 -16%
Tourach, Dread Cantor $5.10 $5.09 $0.01 0%
Subtlety $12.65 $10.51 $2.14 20%
Dress Down $6.12 $5.43 $0.69 13%
Chalice of the Void $11.12 $10.30 $0.82 8%
Puresteel Paladin $4.75 $5.10 -$0.35 -7%
Surgical Extraction $4.84 $5.40 -$0.56 -10%
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn $5.64 $5.23 $0.41 8%
Ensnaring Bridge $6.72 $6.08 $0.64 11%
Teferi, Time Raveler $11.61 $10.31 $1.30 13%
Scalding Tarn $7.10 $6.58 $0.52 8%
Verdant Catacombs $3.00 $2.68 $0.32 12%
Misty Rainforest $5.86 $5.90 -$0.04 -1%
Arid Mesa $3.83 $4.06 -$0.23 -6%
Marsh Flats $1.44 $1.50 -$0.06 -4%
Eternal StaplesEntomb is in the graveyard. 

Eternal Format Cards Price Last Time Change % Change
White Plume Adventurer $5.05 $8.98 ($3.93) -44%
Displacer Kitten $5.67 $5.50 $0.17 3%
Hullbreacher $5.44 $5.63 ($0.19) -3%
Opposition Agent $17.89 $17.11 $0.78 5%
Jeweled Lotus $6.76 $7.23 ($0.47) -7%
Jeska's Will $17.28 $14.67 $2.61 18%
City of Traitors $9.73 $8.46 $1.27 15%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee $9.44 $9.39 $0.05 1%
Helm of Obedience $17.42 $16.67 $0.75 4%
Force of Will $36.04 $34.76 $1.28 4%
Urza's Bauble $10.27 $10.59 ($0.32) -3%
Hydroblast $7.16 $7.00 $0.16 2%
Pyroblast $5.35 $5.29 $0.06 1%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale $8.46 $8.57 ($0.11) -1%
Enlightened Tutor $5.23 $5.24 ($0.01) 0%
Phyrexian Dreadnought $7.72 $7.23 $0.49 7%
Unmask $16.04 $14.91 $1.13 8%
Misdirection $10.15 $10.20 ($0.05) 0%
Snuff Out $22.92 $23.80 ($0.88) -4%
Submerge $5.06 $5.79 ($0.73) -13%
Daze $13.78 $11.28 $2.50 22%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow $8.48 $9.71 ($1.23) -13%
Stifle $6.94 $6.73 $0.21 3%
Mox Opal $6.11 $6.04 $0.07 1%
Mox Diamond $24.96 $23.68 $1.28 5%
Wasteland $18.23 $17.22 $1.01 6%
Ancient Tomb $18.55 $18.63 ($0.08) 0%
Lotus Petal $16.00 $16.43 ($0.43) -3%
Grindstone $18.28 $18.50 ($0.22) -1%
Grim Monolith $16.47 $16.73 ($0.26) -2%
Goblin Welder $8.65 $8.98 ($0.33) -4%
Exploration $7.53 $7.69 ($0.16) -2%
Gaea's Cradle $35.87 $35.82 $0.05 0%
Carpet of Flowers $5.29 $5.26 $0.03 1%
Gilded Drake $11.97 $11.87 $0.10 1%
Show and Tell $15.46 $15.16 $0.30 2%
Black Lotus $16.94 $16.47 $0.47 3%
Volcanic Island $14.55 $15.27 ($0.72) -5%
Underground Sea $5.24 $5.61 ($0.37) -7%
Null Rod $9.02 $8.78 $0.24 3%
Doomsday $14.25 $14.25 $0.00 0%
Paradigm Shift $13.27 $13.27 $0.00 0%
Pioneer StaplesHive of the Eye Tyrant, Werewolf Pack Leader, Bonecrusher Giant, Castle Locthwain, Arclight Phoenix, Eidolon of the Great Revel, Elder Gargaroth, Finale of Devastation and are off the list.

Necromentia is new to the list.

Pioneer Cards Price Last Time Change % Change
Indomitable Creativity $5.97 $6.19 -$0.22 -3.55%
Den of the Bugbear $10.44 $16.41 -$5.97 -36.38%
Tasha's Hideous Laughter $20.80 $28.20 -$7.40 -26.24%
Hall of Storm Giants $5.89 $5.65 $0.24 4.25%
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger $5.01 $5.22 -$0.21 -4.02%
Collected Company $5.37 $5.75 -$0.38 -6.61%
Brazen Borrower $17.25 $15.18 $2.07 13.64%
Shark Typhoon $16.99 $17.54 -$0.55 -3.14%
Fiend Artisan $6.74 $6.04 $0.70 11.59%
Jegantha, the Wellspring $4.35 $5.64 -$1.29 -22.87%
Mana Confluence $8.80 $10.30 -$1.50 -14.56%
Esika's Chariot $10.02 $10.98 -$0.96 -8.74%
Darkbore Pathway $6.61 $6.37 $0.24 3.77%
Spirebluff Canal $7.41 $9.39 -$1.98 -21.09%
Leyline of the Void $5.54 $5.69 -$0.15 -2.64%
Lotus Field $8.72 $8.68 $0.04 0.46%
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord $5.44 $5.62 -$0.18 -3.20%
Necromentia $5.38
$5.38 #DIV/0!
Terror of the Peaks $5.04 $4.97 $0.07 1.41%
The Meathook Massacre $9.98 $9.86 $0.12 1.22%
Rest in Peace $4.64 $5.41 -$0.77 -14.23%
Witherbloom Commander $6.47 $5.67 $0.80 14.11%
Karn, the Great Creator $15.19 $14.14 $1.05 7.43%
Emeria's Call $20.07 $31.08 -$11.01 -35.42%
Omnath, Locus of Creation $10.43 $9.80 $0.63 6.43%
Skyclave Apparition $6.53 $7.63 -$1.10 -14.42%
Roiling Vortex $10.04 $8.95 $1.09 12.18%
Agadeem's Awakening $6.46 $7.35 -$0.89 -12.11%
Sea Gate Restoration $4.80 $5.07 -$0.27 -5.33%
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 $135.98 $123.01 $12.97 11%
Dominaria United $144.32 $123.76 $20.56 17%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow $81.45 $75.78 $5.67 7%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt $116.79 $110.94 $5.85 5%
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty $163.66 $158.92 $4.74 3%
Phyrexia: All Will Be One $398.38 $406.12 ($7.74) -2%
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Booster $3.14 $3.26 ($0.12) -4%
Streets of New Capenna $69.98 $64.48 $5.50 9%
Treasure Chest $2.48 $2.49 ($0.01) 0%

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 241.73
Mox Jet 1E Rare 114.92
Ancestral Recall 1E Rare 101.14
Mox Sapphire 1E Rare 78.14
Time Walk 1E Rare 76.42
Atraxa, Grand Unifier ONE Mythic 75.35
Liliana of the Veil UBT Mythic 71.18
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil C19 Mythic 70.73
Cavern of Souls UBT Mythic 67.99
Karakas UBT Mythic 67.7
Mox Emerald 1E Rare 65.33
Boseiju, Who Endures NEO Rare 62.91
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse DMU Mythic 61.35
Atraxa, Grand Unifier ONE Promo 59.76
Mox Pearl 1E Rare 59.5
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker NEO Rare 56.89
Mox Ruby 1E Rare 56.68
Earthshaking Si PZ2 Common 54.96
Heavenly Qilin PZ2 Common 53.78
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth UBT Mythic 52.97
Aether Gale C14 Rare 50.71
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse ONE Promo 50.57
Demonic Tutor UBT Mythic 49.12
Purple-Crystal Crab PZ2 Common 47.94
Dark Depths UBT Mythic 46.05
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth UBT Mythic 44.7
Urza's Saga MH2 Rare 43.75
Liliana, the Last Hope MS4 Mythic 43.11
Snapcaster Mage UBT Mythic 42.7
Jace, the Mind Sculptor MS4 Mythic 42.51
Mana Vault UBT Mythic 41.08
Wasteland ZNE Mythic 39.54
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria MS4 Mythic 37.05
Force of Will MED Rare 36.04
Cleansing Screech PZ2 Common 36.01
Gaea's Cradle UZ Rare 35.87
Fury MH2 Mythic 35.1
Reanimate UBT Mythic 34.59
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer MH2 Mythic 34.26
Timetwister 1E Rare 34.19
Pramikon, Sky Rampart C19 Mythic 33.23
Flooded Strand ZNE Mythic 32.4
Life from the Loam UBT Mythic 30.96
Creeping Tar Pit UBT Mythic 28.64
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon MS4 Mythic 28.59
Noble Hierarch UBT Mythic 27.94
Solitude MH2 Mythic 27.4
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre UBT Mythic 26.23
Fulminator Mage UBT Mythic 25.84
Engineered Explosives UBT Mythic 25.1
Polluted Delta EXP Mythic 25
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.
 
In Closing

Prices were done on Tuesday night, while watching Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur on Disney +.  Show is adorable and a really fun thing to watch. Not every episode is a punch to the guy like The Last of Us is. 

We had a windstorm go through the state last week.  We had recordbreaking low pressure and the wind was at a constant 40-50 miles per hour with gusts in my area into the 70s.  Thankfully my neighborhood was spared major damage, a fence broke, a panel came off an outbuilding, a tree limb twisted and broke off of a tree.  My house took some minor siding and roof damage, but through it all we had power.  There are some people in the state without it still, almost a week later. 

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