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State of the Program for May 17th, 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 is The Brothers' War (About Half-Gone) Phyrexia: All Will Be One, and March of the Machine. 

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. 

MOCS Season 1 Showcase:  This Saturday go to the Magic Twitch channel to watch eight of the best Magic Online players compete for a share of $70,000 and invites to the upcoming World Championship!  The formats are Vintage Cube and Modern.  Beky Bell, Carmen Handy, Haiyue Yue and Nathan Steuer will call the action.  You can see the viewers guide here

Treasure Chest Updates:  Chests update on the 17th (yes, they can be opened now!), and include the Extended Art and Retro versions of cards from Aftermath now!  You can see the changes here. 26 cards from the Commander backlog are also being added!  Guildsworn Prowler and Guardian Naga are also in the TC-Only slot.

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

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
June 14, 2023 or earlier
Constructed Leagues End
June 20, 2023
Sealed Leagues End
June 20, 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 - Vintage Cube Phantom

May 20 - March of the Machine Limited Qualifier
May 21 - March of the Machine Limited Qualifier

May 31 - Invasion Block Phantom
June 7 - Tempest Remastered Phantom
June 14 - Battle of the Planes Phantom

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

I wanted to highlight some decklists that used Aftermath cards across different formats.  It was a bit harder than a normal set, but we can see a few cards already putting up numbers.  It may not be fancy, but it's honest living at least? 

Pioneer
: Coppercoat Vanguard is the new card in this list.  Giving a small power buff is nice, but Ward is where this shines!


Modern: Niv-Mizzet, Supreme gives you another threat and fills you up with card advantage while also streamlining the deck just a bit more!


Standard: Calix, Guided by Fate may have gotten a raw deal Planeswalker wise, but is a wonderful card! 



 
Winner's Circle

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

Challenge Winners

Friday Modern - John123321 - Rakdos Scam

Saturday Legacy - jessy_samek - 8cast
Saturday Modern - Cancelled due to emergency downtime
Saturday Modern - xfile - Death's Shadow Counters
Saturday Pauper - Oceansoul92 - Mono Blue Ninjas
Saturday Pioneer - Emergency Downtime
Saturday Standard - ThaisM - Azorius Soldiers
Saturday Vintage - Condescend

Sunday Legacy - Emergency Downtime
Sunday Modern - wangcai - Mono Red Burn
Sunday Pauper - Hamuda - Affinity
Sunday Pioneer - claudioh - Niv to Light
Sunday Standard - Kritik - Domain Ramp
Sunday Vintage - Wesal

Other Event Winners

Pauper Showcase Challenge
Legacy Showcase Challenge

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: Phyrexian Fleshgorger came off the list.  Brotherhood's End has also come off the list.  I added a couple of cards from Aftermath on to the list as well. 
 

Standard Cards Price Last Week Change % Change
Cityscape Leveler $33.43 $36.67 -$3.24 -9%
Portal to Phyrexia $7.38 $7.36 $0.02 0%
Titania, Voice of Gaea $7.31 $6.98 $0.33 5%
Urza, Lord Protector $4.36 $5.44 -$1.08 -20%
One with the Multiverse $8.60 $8.48 $0.12 1%
The Stone Brain $8.60 $8.39 $0.21 3%
Leyline Binding $19.41 $19.46 -$0.05 0%
Liliana of the Veil $5.50 $5.51 -$0.01 0%
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse $28.37 $30.43 -$2.06 -7%
Karn's Sylex $4.60 $5.16 -$0.56 -11%
Serra Paragon $4.92 $5.26 -$0.34 -6%
Nissa, Resurgent Animist $22.36


Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin $24.14


Memory Deluge $11.71 $12.31 -$0.60 -5%
Brutal Cathar $10.61 $8.59 $2.02 24%
Bloodthirsty Adversary $5.30 $6.46 -$1.16 -18%
Faerie Mastermind $10.78 $6.48 $4.30 66%
Wrenn and Realmbreaker $11.50 $15.26 -$3.76 -25%
Sheoldred $13.22 $12.79 $0.43 3%
Invasion of Karsus $4.46 $7.79 -$3.33 -43%
Invasion of Tarkir $7.58 $8.43 -$0.85 -10%
Urabrask $6.49 $6.30 $0.19 3%
Elesh Norn $6.49 $5.49 $1.00 18%
Boseiju, Who Endures $30.10 $32.24 -$2.14 -7%
Otawara, Soaring City $11.48 $11.27 $0.21 2%
The Wandering Emperor $10.02 $10.03 -$0.01 0%
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker $54.91 $52.90 $2.01 4%
Atraxa, Grand Unifier $74.10 $74.62 -$0.52 -1%
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines $6.54 $6.34 $0.20 3%
Jace, the Perfected Mind $7.04 $6.83 $0.21 3%
Ledger Shredder $11.51 $12.38 -$0.87 -7%
Unlicensed Hearse $12.55 $12.00 $0.55 5%
Raffine, Scheming Seer $6.12 $7.11 -$0.99 -14%
Stormcarved Coast $13.82 $12.72 $1.10 9%
Wedding Announcement $10.71 $7.76 $2.95 38%
Modern StaplesEnsnaring Bridge is off of the list. 

Modern Cards Price Last Week Change % Change
Engineered Explosives $17.16 $17.77 -$0.61 -3%
Cavern of Souls $6.65 $7.16 -$0.51 -7%
Orvar, the All-Form $15.91 $15.65 $0.26 2%
Polluted Delta $7.30 $7.51 -$0.21 -3%
Wooded Foothills $6.73 $7.83 -$1.10 -14%
Flooded Strand $6.55 $7.40 -$0.85 -11%
Bloodstained Mire $5.43 $6.29 -$0.86 -14%
Windswept Heath $4.31 $4.73 -$0.42 -9%
Thoughtseize $9.05 $10.83 -$1.78 -16%
Force of Negation $21.62 $19.45 $2.17 11%
Wrenn and Six $14.91 $16.10 -$1.19 -7%
Sunbaked Canyon $9.04 $11.80 -$2.76 -23%
Seasoned Pyromancer $11.01 $11.71 -$0.70 -6%
Force of Vigor $19.32 $17.66 $1.66 9%
Flusterstorm $9.04 $9.23 -$0.19 -2%
Archon of Cruelty $6.37 $6.48 -$0.11 -2%
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer $12.10 $13.54 -$1.44 -11%
Urza's Saga $35.00 $29.06 $5.94 20%
Solitude $14.06 $16.24 -$2.18 -13%
Endurance $21.37 $21.30 $0.07 0%
Grief $11.99 $13.16 -$1.17 -9%
Murktide Regent $19.80 $16.73 $3.07 18%
Fury $20.61 $23.25 -$2.64 -11%
Esper Sentinel $6.78 $6.97 -$0.19 -3%
Subtlety $7.70 $7.69 $0.01 0%
Chalice of the Void $10.26 $10.06 $0.20 2%
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn $6.24 $6.04 $0.20 3%
Teferi, Time Raveler $14.10 $17.08 -$2.98 -17%
Scalding Tarn $6.81 $6.48 $0.33 5%
Verdant Catacombs $2.09 $2.03 $0.06 3%
Misty Rainforest $5.02 $4.53 $0.49 11%
Arid Mesa $2.43 $3.11 -$0.68 -22%
Marsh Flats $1.03 $0.89 $0.14 16%
Eternal Staples:  Nothing happening here this week!

Eternal Format Cards Price Last Time Change % Change
Guildsworn Prowler $14.96 $15.17 ($0.21) -1%
Displacer Kitten $7.75 $7.81 ($0.06) -1%
Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes $4.60 $5.23 ($0.63) -12%
Seasoned Dungeoneer $7.96 $6.52 $1.44 22%
Caves of Chaos Adventurer $6.36 $8.49 ($2.13) -25%
Hullbreacher $11.86 $11.66 $0.20 2%
Opposition Agent $23.30 $24.36 ($1.06) -4%
Jeweled Lotus $8.47 $8.77 ($0.30) -3%
Jeska's Will $7.68 $8.16 ($0.48) -6%
City of Traitors $11.29 $11.66 ($0.37) -3%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee $12.54 $12.50 $0.04 0%
Helm of Obedience $15.05 $15.05 $0.00 0%
Force of Will $48.14 $49.18 ($1.04) -2%
Urza's Bauble $23.32 $18.50 $4.82 26%
Hydroblast $7.92 $8.25 ($0.33) -4%
Pyroblast $4.85 $5.47 ($0.62) -11%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale $8.36 $8.41 ($0.05) -1%
Phyrexian Dreadnought $9.95 $10.65 ($0.70) -7%
Unmask $20.82 $20.92 ($0.10) 0%
Misdirection $10.47 $11.57 ($1.10) -10%
Snuff Out $10.69 $12.92 ($2.23) -17%
Submerge $10.00 $10.63 ($0.63) -6%
Daze $10.06 $9.67 $0.39 4%
Entomb $5.48 $5.25 $0.23 4%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow $8.51 $9.38 ($0.87) -9%
Stifle $8.60 $8.66 ($0.06) -1%
Mox Opal $7.64 $7.47 $0.17 2%
Mox Diamond $24.27 $23.96 $0.31 1%
Wasteland $12.77 $13.55 ($0.78) -6%
Ancient Tomb $17.55 $17.15 $0.40 2%
Lotus Petal $12.69 $14.51 ($1.82) -13%
Grindstone $16.20 $16.87 ($0.67) -4%
Powder Keg $10.38 $10.88 ($0.50) -5%
Grim Monolith $14.66 $14.89 ($0.23) -2%
Goblin Welder $6.09 $6.89 ($0.80) -12%
Gaea's Cradle $29.05 $29.62 ($0.57) -2%
Gilded Drake $11.66 $11.58 $0.08 1%
Show and Tell $18.49 $17.63 $0.86 5%
Natural Order $8.28 $8.44 ($0.16) -2%
Black Lotus $15.09 $14.39 $0.70 5%
Volcanic Island $16.03 $13.66 $2.37 17%
Underground Sea $5.49 $5.27 $0.22 4%
Null Rod $10.83 $13.28 ($2.45) -18%
Doomsday $15.02 $14.33 $0.69 5%
Paradigm Shift $12.62 $12.62 $0.00 0%
Pioneer StaplesTreasure Vault is off the list.  Mox Amber has fallen off. Darkbore Pathway has also been removed.  Day's Undoing is off the list as well. Bonecrusher Giant, Mutavault and Ketria Triome are back on the list.

Pioneer Cards Price Last Time Change % Change
Indomitable Creativity $9.45 $8.55 $0.90 10.53%
Den of the Bugbear $19.01 $18.98 $0.03 0.16%
Tasha's Hideous Laughter $5.81 $6.24 -$0.43 -6.89%
Lair of the Hydra $5.59 $6.70 -$1.11 -16.57%
Hive of the Eye Tyrant $26.13 $24.13 $2.00 8.29%
Brazen Borrower $31.86 $34.48 -$2.62 -7.60%
Castle Locthwain $10.70 $10.18 $0.52 5.11%
Bonecrusher Giant $5.35
   
Shark Typhoon $22.83 $23.80 -$0.97 -4.08%
Fiend Artisan $7.34 $8.11 -$0.77 -9.49%
Ketria Triome $5.00
   
Mana Confluence $13.56 $18.76 -$5.20 -27.72%
Esika's Chariot $15.49 $15.35 $0.14 0.91%
Blightstep Pathway $10.22 $6.23 $3.99 64.04%
Spirebluff Canal $6.45 $6.73 -$0.28 -4.16%
Mutavault $6.37      
Cavalier of Thorns $20.43 $25.33 -$4.90 -19.34%
Leyline of the Void $5.23 $5.86 -$0.63 -10.75%
Lotus Field $7.63 $7.25 $0.38 5.24%
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord $5.14 $5.68 -$0.54 -9.51%
Necromentia $4.84 $5.03 -$0.19 -3.78%
The Meathook Massacre $6.96 $6.91 $0.05 0.72%
Magma Opus $14.92 $13.81 $1.11 8.04%
Prismari Command $8.67 $8.49 $0.18 2.12%
Karn, the Great Creator $18.26 $27.50 -$9.24 -33.60%
Emeria's Call $21.22 $20.14 $1.08 5.36%
Omnath, Locus of Creation $6.96 $6.79 $0.17 2.50%
Skyclave Apparition $5.94 $5.89 $0.05 0.85%
Sea Gate Restoration $7.54 $6.44 $1.10 17.08%
Clearwater Pathway $3.26 $5.46 -$2.20 -40.29%
Roiling Vortex $8.31 $8.18 $0.13 1.59%
Agadeem's Awakening $5.43 $6.38 -$0.95 -14.89%
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 $136.37 $141.58 ($5.21) -4%
Dominaria United $106.51 $110.88 ($4.37) -4%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow $66.05 $61.83 $4.22 7%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt $95.21 $92.62 $2.59 3%
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty $138.35 $136.88 $1.47 1%
March of the Machine $203.38 $210.46 ($7.08) -3%
March of the Machine Booster $3.16 $2.97 $0.19 6%
Phyrexia: All Will Be One $296.77 $289.23 $7.54 3%
Streets of New Capenna $57.24 $57.91 ($0.67) -1%
Treasure Chest Booster $2.31 $2.34 ($0.03) -1%

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 238.32
Mox Jet 1E Rare 106.23
Ancestral Recall 1E Rare 93.05
Atraxa, Grand Unifier ONE Mythic 74.1
Time Walk 1E Rare 69.23
Mox Sapphire 1E Rare 66.9
Mox Emerald 1E Rare 59.78
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker NEO Rare 54.91
Mox Pearl 1E Rare 54.17
Liliana of the Veil UBT Mythic 53.49
Atraxa, Grand Unifier ONE Promo 53.37
Mox Ruby 1E Rare 49.67
Force of Will MED Rare 48.14
Cavern of Souls UBT Mythic 43.68
Karakas UBT Mythic 43.62
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth UBT Mythic 43.58
Aether Gale C14 Rare 39.35
Demonic Tutor UBT Mythic 38.79
Dark Depths UBT Mythic 36.05
Urza's Saga MH2 Rare 35
Wasteland ZNE Mythic 34.84
Timetwister 1E Rare 34.59
Pramikon, Sky Rampart C19 Mythic 33.79
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin MAT Mythic 33.77
Cityscape Leveler BRO Mythic 33.43
Snapcaster Mage UBT Mythic 32.7
Brazen Borrower ELD Mythic 31.86
Flooded Strand ZNE Mythic 31.5
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth UBT Mythic 31.43
Boseiju, Who Endures NEO Rare 30.1
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse ONE Promo 30.05
Gaea's Cradle UZ Rare 29.05
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse DMU Mythic 28.37
Breath of Fire PZ2 Common 26.55
Jace, the Mind Sculptor MS4 Mythic 26.33
Hive of the Eye Tyrant AFR Rare 26.13
Staff of the Storyteller ONC Rare 25.99
Volcanic Island ME3 Rare 25.87
Mox Diamond TPR Mythic 25.13
Staff of the Storyteller ONC Promo 25.1
 
 
In Closing

Prices were done on Monday! 

My fridge died on Sunday.  Shortly after I spent 120 dollars on food for the week.  Not the best thing, but thankful to have caught it before we got food poisoning.  Getting a new one tomorrow, and am excited.  This is what being 43 is about I guess. 

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