State of the Program for May 6th, 2022
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State of the Program for May 6th, 2022
 
In the News

Powered Cube:  This cube, from Caleb Gannon, looks to take a creative look at old archeypes.  You can check it out and the card list here.

Pride Across the Multiverse:  A new Secret Lair, this one for Pride Month and fifty percent of each one sold is being donated to The Trevor Project.  there are eight cards in this drop, each one "celebrating the relentless creativity of the LGTTQIA2S+ community.  The artists on the cards were across the spectrum of the LGTTQIA2S+and BIPOC communities.  In the drop you get a copy of Sol Ring, Triumphant Reckoning, Bearscape, Alesha, Who Smiles At Death, Collective Voyage, Heartbeat of Spring, Mana Confluence and Savor the Moment.  The drop also includes a digitial zine with stories and interviews from the artists and MTG Arena codes.  You can check it out 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 1, 2022
Constructed Leagues End
Ends August 31, 2022
Sealed Leagues End
 Ends September 1, 2022
Next B&R
Unknown
Neon Dynasty Redemption
Ends Jul 27, 2022
New Capenna Redemption
Begins May 25, 2022
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 - Powered Synergy Cube
 
Upcoming Events on MTGO

May 11 - Modern Horizons 2 Draft
May 25 - Proliferate Cube
June 1 - Vintage Cube

May 7 - Modern Showcase Challenge
May 8 - Pioneer Showcase Challenge
May 14 - Pauper Showcase Challenge
May 15 - Legacy Showcase Challenge

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) SATURDAY SUNDAY
12:00 a.m.   Vintage 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
2:00 p.m. Pioneer Challenge Standard Challenge

 


Cutting Edge Tech

Standard: This Modified Gruul deck looks to take advantage of Invigorating Hot Spring to give your modified creatures haste and nearly every creature in the deck has it's own modification.  This list, from a small Japanese event looks like an absolute blast! 

Modified Gruul
 

9 Forest
9 Mountain
2 Crawling Barrens
2 Emergent Sequence
4 Flame Discharge
4 Gala Greeters
1 Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei
2 Halana and Alena, Partners
4 Invigorating Hot Spring
1 Jugan Defends the Temple
2 Kami's Flare
2 Kodama of the West Tree
2 Ochre Jelly		 4 Oran-Rief Ooze
4 Rockfall Vale
4 Swarm Shambler
4 Thundering Raiju
 
Sideboard:
2 Burning Hands
2 Flame-Blessed Bolt
2 Kami's Flare
2 Outland Liberator
3 Reckoner Bankbuster
2 Snakeskin Veil
2 Tangletrap

More Standard:  This list, also from a small Japanese event is one that I have had some experience with this week, playing it in a couple of leagues.  It plays very much like a Boros Feather list, but of course has to use Mavinda, Students' Advocate in it's place.  The creatures that you cast spells on either get bigger or draw you more cards and it's a really robust strategy. March of Swirling Mist is incredible here, as it clears the way for lethal attacks, or saves or from them!  

Azorius Tempo
 

1 Spell Pierce
6 Island
1 Boon of Safety
1 Cave of the Frost Dragon
4 Deserted Beach
2 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
4 Hengegate Pathway
4 Homestead Courage
4 Illuminator Virtuoso
2 Jwari Disruption
4 March of Swirling Mist
3 Mavinda, Students' Advocate
1 Otawara, Soaring City
4 Security Bypass
4 Sejiri Shelter		 3 Slip Out the Back
4 Stormchaser Drake
4 Strict Proctor
4 You See a Guard Approach
 
Sideboard:
1 Essence Capture
1 Spell Pierce
1 Pithing Needle
2 Boon of Safety
2 Consuming Tide
1 Ollenbock Escort
1 Reidane, God of the Worthy
2 Spectral Adversary
4 Witness Protection

Oh my gosh, even more Standard:    Okay, it's a ninja deck but with the best thing you can cheat out for cheap in Standard right now, Lord Xander, the Collector. 
Xander Ninjas!
 

3 Spell Pierce
6 Island
3 Swamp
1 Access Tunnel
4 Biting-Palm Ninja
4 Clearwater Pathway
2 Fading Hope
1 Hall of Storm Giants
1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
3 Kaito Shizuki
2 Lord Xander, the Collector
2 March of Swirling Mist
2 Merfolk Windrobber
4 Network Disruptor
1 Otawara, Soaring City		 2 Power Word Kill
4 Prosperous Thief
2 Satoru Umezawa
4 Shipwreck Marsh
4 Silver-Fur Master
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
4 Thousand-Faced Shadow
 
Sideboard:
3 Negate
3 Go Blank
1 March of Swirling Mist
2 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
3 Nezumi Prowler
3 Ray of Enfeeblement

Joshua this is to much go over other formats:  Vivien on the Hunt is seeing more play as a Birthing Pod like card and I just thought that this list, like the rest of the Standard ones I went over this week, was interesting. 

Simic Pod
 

4 Forest
2 Island
4 Barkchannel Pathway
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
4 Dreamroot Cascade
2 Fading Hope
4 Glasspool Mimic
3 Jewel Thief
2 Kairi, the Swirling Sky
2 Lair of the Hydra
4 Littjara Mirrorlake
3 Mind Flayer
2 Mirrorhall Mimic
1 Otawara, Soaring City
4 Quandrix Cultivator
4 Reclusive Taxidermist
2 Rootcoil Creeper		 4 Tangled Florahedron
1 Titan of Industry
1 Tovolar's Huntmaster
4 Vivien on the Hunt
2 Workshop Warchief
 
Sideboard:
2 Disdainful Stroke
2 Negate
2 An Offer You Can't Refuse
1 Avabruck Caretaker
1 Cragplate Baloth
2 Fading Hope
1 Mind Flayer
2 Sawblade Slinger
2 Workshop Warchief

Modern:  I saw this one on Twitter over the week, and it seems like Scotty Fisher has found a really neat way to play Modern.  In the thread that I linked you can see an example of a turn three kill! 

Glimpse Pod
 

3 Chancellor of the Forge
3 Felidar Guardian
1 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
1 Karmic Guide
2 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1 Planebound Accomplice
4 Shardless Agent
1 Saheeli Rai
4 Violent Outburst
1 Ardent Plea
2 Arid Mesa
1 Breeding Pool
3 City of Brass
1 Forest
1 Island
4 Khalni Garden
1 Mana Confluence
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
1 Raugrin Triome
1 Reflecting Pool		 1 Sacred Foundry
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
3 Glimpse of Tomorrow
4 Tireless Provisioner
4 Vivien on the Hunt
4 Wavesifter
 
Sideboard:
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Faerie Macabre
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Force of Vigor
4 Mystical Dispute
1 Ardent Plea
1 Gemstone Caverns
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
3 Foundation Breaker
1 Fury

Pauper:  I've wanted to make UG Madness or even Gruul Madness work in Pauper and have never been able to, Madness is a fun mechanic, so it's to see it pop up in the Pauper format.  Though, attacking with giant dogs and snobby wurms is a lot of fun too,  I just want things to be like when I was young again! *

*Not really.

Rakdos Madness
 

1 First-Sphere Gargantua
2 Gurmag Angler
4 Fiery Temper
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Alms of the Vein
2 Bump in the Night
4 Faithless Looting
1 Soul Reap
1 Bloodfell Caves
4 Great Furnace
3 Mountain
2 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Swamp
4 Vault of Whispers
1 Deadly Dispute		 4 Drossforge Bridge
2 Fodder Tosser
4 Kitchen Imp
4 Vampire's Kiss
4 Voldaren Epicure
 
Sideboard:
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Electrickery
1 Pyroblast
4 Smash to Smithereens
3 Chainer's Edict
2 Duress
1 Molten Rain
2 Nihil Spellbomb

Pioneer:  Boon of Safety is a great new addition to this deck!

Boros Feather
 

4 Dreadhorde Arcanist
4 Favored Hoplite
3 Feather, the Redeemed
2 Monastery Swiftspear
3 Tenth District Legionnaire
2 Boros Charm
4 Defiant Strike
3 Gods Willing
4 Reckless Rage
4 Battlefield Forge
1 Clifftop Retreat
4 Inspiring Vantage
1 Mountain
3 Plains		 4 Sacred Foundry
4 Ancestral Anger
3 Boon of Safety
2 Illuminator Virtuoso
4 Kumano Faces Kakkazan
1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
 
Sideboard:
1 Fiendslayer Paladin
3 Light of Hope
2 Redcap Melee
3 Silence
3 Patch Up
3 Raze the Effigy


 
Winner's Circle

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

Challenge Winners

Saturday Legacy - Bryzem1 - Izzet Delver
Saturday Modern - Danny_Bambino - 4 Color Money Pile
Saturday Pauper - Oss-28 - Affinity
Saturday Pioneer - HEROtsukai - Snow Spirits
Saturday Standard -  LukasDusek - Jund Werewolves
Saturday Vintage - ReneRandrup

Sunday Legacy - DemonicTutors - ANT
Sunday Modern - RespectTheCat - 4 Color Money Pile
Sunday Pauper - Hamuda - First Day of Class Combo
Sunday Pioneer - romerito1 -  Mono Red Aggro
Sunday Standard - Terribad - Mono White Control
Sunday Vintage - duke12

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:  Streets of New Capenna made it to the table this week, with five cards jumping on to the list.  While Ob Nixilis, the Adversary might be the highest priced one, Ledger Shredder might be the card that is more impactful across multiple formats. 

Standard Cards Price Last Week Change % Change
Demilich $22.49 $24.69 ($2.20) -9%
Acererak the Archlich $5.83 $6.26 ($0.43) -7%
Old Gnawbone $4.34 $5.02 ($0.68) -14%
Den of the Bugbear $48.77 $55.59 ($6.82) -12%
Lolth, Spider Queen $8.37 $8.88 ($0.51) -6%
Tasha's Hideous Laughter $6.27 $6.70 ($0.43) -6%
Hall of the Storm Giants $44.23 $51.57 ($7.34) -14%
Treasure Vault $7.29 $8.18 ($0.89) -11%
Hive of the Eye Tyrant $27.93 $28.74 ($0.81) -3%
Werewolf Pack Leader $6.11 $7.38 ($1.27) -17%
Lair of the Hydra $29.47 $27.17 $2.30 8%
The Book of Exalted Deeds $9.01 $5.18 $3.83 74%
Blightstep Pathway $13.81 $13.91 ($0.10) -1%
Hengegate Pathway $8.40 $11.05 ($2.65) -24%
Esika's Chariot $6.42 $7.68 ($1.26) -16%
Goldspan Dragon $7.26


Bloodthirsty Adversary $6.96 $7.76 ($0.80) -10%
Wrenn and Seven $18.89 $19.69 ($0.80) -4%
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned $5.85 $6.78 ($0.93) -14%
The Meathook Massacre $52.07 $53.34 ($1.27) -2%
Intrepid Adversary $7.89 $8.76 ($0.87) -10%
Memory Deluge $14.50 $15.73 ($1.23) -8%
Brutal Cathar $12.92 $15.33 ($2.41) -16%
Haunted Ridge $8.69 $8.00 $0.69 9%
Graveyard Trespasser $12.42 $13.71 ($1.29) -9%
Malevolent Hermit $5.00 $5.93 ($0.93) -16%
Deserted Beach $6.37 $5.56 $0.81 15%
Boseiju, Who Endures $29.35 $24.12 $5.23 22%
Hidetsugu Consumes All $9.62 $8.88 $0.74 8%
Kaito Shizuki $8.03 $7.52 $0.51 7%
March of Otherworldly Light $10.18 $6.29 $3.89 62%
Otawara, Soaring City $11.00 $8.07 $2.93 36%
The Wandering Emperor $54.93 $54.85 $0.08 0%
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker $7.34 $4.46 $2.88 65%
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary $78.78


Ledger Shredder $13.61


Raffinie, Scheming Seer $9.75


Vivien on the Hunt $9.12


Elspeth Resplendent $6.65


Elite Spellbinder $6.17 $6.84 ($0.67) -10%
Chandra, Dressed to Kill $31.55 $31.83 ($0.28) -1%
Cemetery Gatekeeper $13.39 $14.28 ($0.89) -6%
Cultivator Colossus $38.64 $39.87 ($1.23) -3%
Sorin the Mirthless $25.37 $26.90 ($1.53) -6%
Hallowed Haunting $7.99 $9.47 ($1.48) -16%
Stormcarved Coast $18.04 $18.66 ($0.62) -3%
Skyclave Apparition $8.60 $8.48 $0.12 1%
Shatterskull Smashing $6.82 $6.72 $0.10 1%
Roiling Vortex $8.32 $9.09 ($0.77) -8%
Agadeem's Awakening $6.97 $6.85 $0.12 2%
Turntimber Symbiosis $10.50 $10.00 $0.50 5%
Branchloft Pathway $11.08 $8.53 $2.55 30%
Riverglide Pathway $16.87 $18.75 ($1.88) -10%
Modern Staples:

Modern Cards Price Last Week Change % Change
Engineered Explosives $10.39 $10.25 $0.14 1%
Steelshaper's Gift $5.30


Cavern of Souls $11.23 $12.11 ($0.88) -7%
Mishra's Bauble $21.35 $25.42 ($4.07) -16%
Aether Vial $6.35 $6.93 ($0.58) -8%
Magus of the Moon $5.28 $4.86 $0.42 9%
Liliana of the Veil $10.16 $11.01 ($0.85) -8%
Polluted Delta $10.88 $9.93 $0.95 10%
Wooded Foothills $5.71 $5.52 $0.19 3%
Flooded Strand $8.51 $10.31 ($1.80) -17%
Bloodstained Mire $5.91 $5.72 $0.19 3%
Windswept Heath $5.29 $5.83 ($0.54) -9%
Thoughtseize $11.44 $10.90 $0.54 5%
Force of Negation $36.15 $39.79 ($3.64) -9%
Wrenn and Six $46.95 $48.87 ($1.92) -4%
Prismatic Vista $7.85 $7.04 $0.81 12%
Sunbaked Canyon $14.90 $15.92 ($1.02) -6%
Seasoned Pyromancer $19.29 $23.24 ($3.95) -17%
Fiery Islet $5.82 $6.47 ($0.65) -10%
Urza, Lord High Artificer $7.11 $7.06 $0.05 1%
Force of Vigor $33.02 $34.25 ($1.23) -4%
Flusterstorm $15.81 $15.14 $0.67 4%
Archmage's Charm $10.78 $12.56 ($1.78) -14%
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician $14.11 $12.68 $1.43 11%
Archon of Cruelty $8.07 $11.20 ($3.13) -28%
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer $49.57 $52.42 ($2.85) -5%
Urza's Saga $52.76 $59.68 ($6.92) -12%
Solitude $35.98 $44.18 ($8.20) -19%
Endurance $71.50 $66.59 $4.91 7%
Grief $8.34 $10.45 ($2.11) -20%
Murktide Regent $29.30 $28.28 $1.02 4%
Fury $24.23 $20.70 $3.53 17%
Esper Sentinel $7.86 $8.67 ($0.81) -9%
Grist, the Hunger Tide $9.00 $13.18 ($4.18) -32%
Tourach, Dread Cantor $7.67 $8.79 ($1.12) -13%
Dauthi Voidwalker $5.10 $5.51 ($0.41) -7%
Profane Tutor $4.74 $5.52 ($0.78) -14%
Ignoble Hierarch $5.21 $5.54 ($0.33) -6%
Subtlety $4.58 $5.22 ($0.64) -12%
Chalice of the Void $16.90 $16.57 $0.33 2%
Surgical Extraction $8.10 $11.69 ($3.59) -31%
Karn Liberated $4.62 $5.21 ($0.59) -11%
Emrakul,the Aeons Torn $7.73 $8.28 ($0.55) -7%
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth $5.54 $5.99 ($0.45) -8%
Ensnaring Bridge $6.36 $6.27 $0.09 1%
Teferi, Time Raveler $31.21 $32.48 ($1.27) -4%
Gemstone Mine $10.38 $10.43 ($0.05) 0%
Scalding Tarn $5.17 $6.19 ($1.02) -16%
Verdant Catacombs $3.27 $4.11 ($0.84) -20%
Misty Rainforest $4.99 $6.10 ($1.11) -18%
Arid Mesa $2.85 $2.30 $0.55 24%
Marsh Flats $1.57 $1.54 $0.03 2%
Eternal Staples: 

Eternal Format Cards Price Last Time Change % Change
Hullbreacher $48.22 $54.51 ($6.29) -12%
Opposition Agent $24.56 $24.48 $0.08 0%
Jeweled Lotus $32.75 $33.08 ($0.33) -1%
City of Traitors $12.21 $12.02 $0.19 2%
Allosaurus Shepherd $29.22 $28.77 $0.45 2%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee $17.26 $16.20 $1.06 7%
Force of Will $46.92 $46.71 $0.21 0%
Karakas $11.01 $11.30 ($0.29) -3%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale $26.01 $26.89 ($0.88) -3%
Phyrexian Dreadnought $8.25 $8.21 $0.04 0%
Enlightened Tutor $7.63 $7.66 ($0.03) 0%
Unmask $11.68 $11.64 $0.04 0%
Misdirection $14.64 $14.34 $0.30 2%
Rishadan Port $15.75 $14.84 $0.91 6%
Snuff Out $22.73 $22.00 $0.73 3%
Submerge $13.34 $13.32 $0.02 0%
Daze $8.10 $8.07 $0.03 0%
Kappa Cannoneer $36.97 $39.99 ($3.02) -8%
Entomb $12.80 $12.30 $0.50 4%
Retrofitter Foundry $14.57 $15.50 ($0.93) -6%
Recruiter of the Guard $15.46 $12.06 $3.40 28%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow $7.21 $7.70 ($0.49) -6%
Mox Opal $5.44 $5.24 $0.20 4%
Mox Diamond $39.33 $37.19 $2.14 6%
Wasteland $33.65 $35.53 ($1.88) -5%
Ancient Tomb $18.34 $18.66 ($0.32) -2%
Lotus Petal $36.89 $35.79 $1.10 3%
Grindstone $6.02 $6.45 ($0.43) -7%
Academy Rector $7.17 $7.03 $0.14 2%
Grim Monolith $10.71 $12.13 ($1.42) -12%
Goblin Welder $5.93 $5.52 $0.41 7%
Meltdown $44.28 $45.52 ($1.24) -3%
Exploration $28.79 $28.79 $0.00 0%
Gaea's Cradle $28.64 $28.38 $0.26 1%
Carpet of Flowers $22.62 $21.42 $1.20 6%
Gilded Drake $12.35 $11.43 $0.92 8%
Show and Tell $10.28 $7.24 $3.04 42%
Black Lotus $14.30 $13.61 $0.69 5%
Volcanic Island $7.20 $7.66 ($0.46) -6%
Underground Sea $10.46 $8.98 $1.48 16%
Null Rod $8.30 $8.46 ($0.16) -2%
Doomsday $26.85 $26.35 $0.50 2%
Paradigm Shift $10.98 $10.84 $0.14 1%
Pioneer Staples: 

Pioneer Cards Price Last Time Change % Change
Collected Company $4.54 $6.25 ($1.71) -27%
Brazen Borrower $42.83 $43.78 ($0.95) -2%
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King $9.09 $8.69 $0.40 5%
Bonecrusher Giant $14.00 $16.59 ($2.59) -16%
Castle Locthwain $7.06 $7.17 ($0.11) -2%
Arclight Phoenix $5.74 $7.58 ($1.84) -24%
Steam Vents $6.47 $7.55 ($1.08) -14%
Shark Typhoon $6.55 $7.45 ($0.90) -12%
Raugrin Triome $7.69 $8.59 ($0.90) -10%
Ketria Triome $6.89 $7.29 ($0.40) -5%
Winota, Joiner of Forces $15.86 $15.68 $0.18 1%
Eidolon of the Great Revel $12.46 $12.72 ($0.26) -2%
Mana Confluence $6.84 $7.60 ($0.76) -10%
Spirebluff Canal $11.46 $20.90 ($9.44) -45%
Chandra, Torch of Defiance $5.58 $8.59 ($3.01) -35%
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord $9.72 $12.98 ($3.26) -25%
Lotus Field $20.10 $20.59 ($0.49) -2%
Golos, Tireless Pilgrim $17.26 $15.43 $1.83 12%
Leyline of Sanctity $5.53 $6.16 ($0.63) -10%
Chandra, Awakened Inferno $27.37 $25.98 $1.39 5%
Cavalier of Thorns $13.54 $11.44 $2.10 18%
Elder Gargaroth $3.83 $5.74 ($1.91) -33%
Liliana, Waker of the Dead $3.89 $4.68 ($0.79) -17%
Rest in Peace $6.40 $7.04 ($0.64) -9%
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger $6.99 $7.48 ($0.49) -7%
Karn, the Great Creator $39.22 $52.93 ($13.71) -26%
Finale of Devastation $12.14 $12.25 ($0.11) -1%
Blast Zone $4.56 $5.10 ($0.54) -11%
Omnath, Locus of Creation $28.55 $30.28 ($1.73) -6%
Pauper Staples:  It's the time of the month where we look at Pauper staples! 

Pauper Cards Price Last Time Change % Change
Night's Whisper $2.18 $2.73 -$0.55 -20.15%
Wild Growth $3.23 $2.26 $0.97 42.92%
Merchant Scroll $2.31 $0.65 $1.66 255.38%
Relic of Progenitus $1.32 $2.67 -$1.35 -50.56%
Ninja of the Deep Hours $5.97 $6.27 -$0.30 -4.78%
Lava Spike $0.80 $1.63 -$0.83 -50.92%
Annoyed Altisaur $3.71 $2.53 $1.18 46.64%
Benevolent Blessing $1.32 $2.11 -$0.79 -37.44%
Boarding Party:CMR $7.56 $3.95 $3.61 91.39%
Crimson Fleet Commodore $2.99 $4.54 -$1.55 -34.14%
Skred $2.56 $1.66 $0.90 54.22%
Martyr of Ashes $2.17 $1.62 $0.55 33.95%
Utopia Sprawl $2.80 $2.62 $0.18 6.87%
Crimson Acolyte $1.08 $2.29 -$1.21 -52.84%
Flaring Pain $4.95 $3.51 $1.44 41.03%
Prismatic Strands $4.69 $2.93 $1.76 60.07%
Plated Sliver $1.04 $0.67 $0.37 55.22%
Pyroblast $12.83 $10.80 $2.03 18.80%
Hydroblast $3.68 $3.24 $0.44 13.58%
Mystic Remora $9.72 $10.88 -$1.16 -10.66%
Serene Heart $3.13 $3.82 -$0.69 -18.06%
Spidersilk Armor $3.50 $4.30 -$0.80 -18.60%
Ancestral Mask $5.33 $7.59 -$2.26 -29.78%
Land Grant $2.85 $2.91 -$0.06 -2.06%
Snuff Out $22.73 $19.27 $3.46 17.96%
Sandstone Needle $2.68 $4.54 -$1.86 -40.97%
Saprazzan Skerry $2.79 $2.36 $0.43 18.22%
Peat Bog $1.27 $1.92 -$0.65 -33.85%
Ramasian Rally $1.21 $1.16 $0.05 4.31%
Great Furnace $4.74 $5.07 -$0.33 -6.51%
Vault of Whispers $1.04 $1.30 -$0.26 -20.00%
Chromatic Sphere $0.68 $1.46 -$0.78 -53.42%
Seat of the Synod $1.38 $1.16 $0.22 18.97%
Reverent Silence $0.61 $1.00 -$0.39 -39.00%
Moment's Peace $1.51 $2.69 -$1.18 -43.87%
Rhystic Study $6.24 $5.19 $1.05 20.23%
Thorn of the Black Rose $4.07 $6.51 -$2.44 -37.48%
Custodi Squire $6.25 $8.81 -$2.56 -29.06%
Ash Barrens $1.76 $3.02 -$1.26 -41.72%
Reaping the Graves $1.65 $1.43 $0.22 15.38%
Manamorphose $1.92 $2.27 -$0.35 -15.42%
Tortured Existence $2.46 $1.86 $0.60 32.26%
Crop Rotation $2.83 $3.91 -$1.08 -27.62%
Rancor $1.19 $1.79 -$0.60 -33.52%
Exhume $2.00 $1.35 $0.65 48.15%
Curfew $3.02 $2.81 $0.21 7.47%
Pestilence $3.34 $5.38 -$2.04 -37.92%
Impulse $3.72 $3.63 $0.09 2.48%
Fireblast $2.49 $1.76 $0.73 41.48%
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 $261.63 $282.06 ($20.43) -7%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow $191.18 $202.83 ($11.65) -6%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt $210.33 $222.70 ($12.37) -6%
Kaldheim $94.18 $99.71 ($5.53) -6%
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty $146.94 $129.15 $17.79 14%
Streets of New Capenna $169.09 $211.67 ($42.58) -20%
Streets of New Capenna Booster $3.10 $3.39 ($0.29) -9%
Strixhaven: School of Mages $51.83 $57.62 ($5.79) -10%
Treasure Chest $2.57 $2.62 ($0.05) -2%
Zendikar Rising $138.01 $141.15 ($3.14) -2%

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 238.23
Cavern of Souls UBT Mythic 129.82
Mox Jet 1E Rare 124.96
Karakas UBT Mythic 121.98
Liliana of the Veil UBT Mythic 115.94
Ancestral Recall 1E Rare 110.49
Urborg`, Tomb of Yawgmoth UBT Mythic 110.15
Time Walk 1E Rare 86.5
Mox Sapphire 1E Rare 84.21
Ob Nixilis`, the Adversary SNC Mythic 78.78
Mox Emerald 1E Rare 75.4
Endurance MH2 Mythic 71.5
Snapcaster Mage UBT Mythic 70.77
Demonic Tutor UBT Mythic 68.3
Purple-Crystal Crab PZ2 Common 64.75
Mox Ruby 1E Rare 60.67
Mox Pearl 1E Rare 59.89
Dark Depths UBT Mythic 55.13
The Wandering Emperor NEO Mythic 54.93
Urza's Saga MH2 Rare 52.76
Heavenly Qilin PZ2 Common 52.41
The Meathook Massacre MID Mythic 52.07
Marisi`, Breaker of the Coil C19 Mythic 52.06
Ragavan`, Nimble Pilferer MH2 Mythic 49.57
Den of the Bugbear AFR Rare 48.77
Hullbreacher CMR Rare 48.22
Wrenn and Six MH1 Mythic 46.95
Force of Will MED Rare 46.92
Jace`, the Mind Sculptor MS4 Mythic 44.46
Meltdown UZ Uncommon 44.28
Hall of Storm Giants AFR Rare 44.23
Brazen Borrower ELD Mythic 42.83
Earthshaking Si PZ2 Common 40.97
Liliana`, the Last Hope MS4 Mythic 40.56
Mox Diamond TPR Mythic 40.2
Mox Diamond ST Rare 39.33
Mana Vault UBT Mythic 39.31
Karn`, the Great Creator WAR Rare 39.22
Cultivator Colossus VOW Mythic 38.64
Kappa Cannoneer NEC Rare 36.97
Kozilek`, Butcher of Truth UBT Mythic 36.97
Lotus Petal TE Common 36.89
Lotus Petal TPR Uncommon 36.52
Lotus Petal MS2 Bonus 36.28
Force of Negation MH1 Rare 36.15
Wasteland ZNE Mythic 36.11
Solitude MH2 Mythic 35.98
Teferi`, Hero of Dominaria MS4 Mythic 33.69
Wasteland TE Uncommon 33.65
Force of Will MS3 Mythic 33.55
Force of Vigor MH1 Rare 33.02
Reanimate UBT Mythic 32.85
Jeweled Lotus CMR Mythic 32.75
Mox Diamond V10 Mythic 31.82
Force of Will EMA Mythic 31.7
Chandra`, Dressed to Kill VOW Mythic 31.55
Timetwister 1E Rare 31.52
Karn Liberated UBT Mythic 31.3
Teferi`, Time Raveler WAR Rare 31.21
Force of Will 2XM Mythic 30.88
Celestial Colonnade UBT Mythic 30.51
Mishra's Bauble IMA Uncommon 30.49
Force of Will VMA Rare 29.96
Seeds of Innocence MI Rare 29.54
Lair of the Hydra AFR Rare 29.47
Boseiju`, Who Endures NEO Rare 29.35
Murktide Regent MH2 Mythic 29.3
Allosaurus Shepherd JMP Mythic 29.22
Wasteland TPR Rare 28.86
Exploration UZ Rare 28.79
Gaea's Cradle UZ Rare 28.64
Omnath`, Locus of Creation ZNR Mythic 28.55
Noble Hierarch UBT Mythic 27.94
Hive of the Eye Tyrant AFR Rare 27.93
Cavern of Souls ZNE Mythic 27.66
Chandra`, Awakened Inferno M20 Mythic 27.37
Wasteland EXP Mythic 27.14
Cleansing Screech PZ2 Common 27.05
Doomsday WL Rare 26.85
Fulminator Mage UBT Mythic 26.73
Aether Gale C14 Rare 26.45
Flooded Strand ZNE Mythic 26.39
Ulamog`, the Infinite Gyre UBT Mythic 26.35
Pramikon`, Sky Rampart C19 Mythic 26.03
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale ME3 Rare 26.01
Platinum Emperion UBT Mythic 25.8
Creeping Tar Pit UBT Mythic 25.79
Sorin the Mirthless VOW Mythic 25.37
Wasteland EMA Rare 25.11
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 yesterday, but before Ledger Shredder spiked harder.  I played a lot of Standard and Commander this week, with the normal amount of Battlegrounds and Hearthstone. 

I can't be normal and swallow pills, and my new script is about half the size of a Necco Wafer, and I have to crush it in order to take it.  It is the most bitter pill to swallow. 

It tastes nasty is what I was trying to get at. 

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