The Brothers' War:  Magic Online Edition:  The Brothers' War comes to MTGO next Tuesday, but the downtime for it is this week.  Treasure Chest contents WILL NOT update until the 15th, so don't buy a ton and crack them looking for the new Commander stuff until then.  In addition to the new set, the Store is getting a facelift.  Best of One draft queues are coming back, this time for three weeks.  With each new set comes new avatars, which you can see here.

Transformers:  On MTGO these cards will be sold as a bundle for 24.99. You'll get all 15, and the Bundle will only be available until Phyrexia: All Will Be One. 

Prelims Changes:  Standard, Pauper and Vintage have been underperforming, and are being replaced by Modern, Pioneer and Limited.  Vintage keeps one Prelim. 

Treasure Chests:  400 changes are happening to treasure chests, and 40 cards from past Commander sets are coming.  The highlights are Black Market Connection, White Plume Adventurer, Delayed Blast Fireball, and Midnight Pathlighter.  You can see the changes here.  Remember these do not go in to effect until the 15th. 
 

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

Challenge Winners

Saturday Legacy - Dein_Freund_der_Baum - Naya Depths
Saturday Modern - FATTOCATTO - 4 Color Creativity
Saturday Pauper - mlovbo - CawGate
Saturday Pioneer - _VFS_ - Azorius Control
Saturday Standard - Showcase Challenge
Saturday Vintage - Diem4x

Sunday Legacy - Showcase Challenge
Sunday Modern - HappySandwich - HammerTime
Sunday Pauper - lampalot - CawGate
Sunday Pioneer - kanister - Izzet Phoenix
Sunday Standard - Arianne - Grixis Midrange
Sunday Vintage - desolutionist

Other Event Winners

Standard Showcase Challenge
Legacy Showcase Challenge

Standard Staples: Serra Paragon and Soul of Windgrace came off the list. 

Standard Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Leyline Binding	$27.34	$25.03	$2.31	9%
Liliana of the Veil	$7.14	$6.23	$0.91	15%
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse	$46.70	$54.97	-$8.27	-15%
Memory Deluge	$8.92	$9.10	-$0.18	-2%
Haunted Ridge	$21.93	$21.98	-$0.05	0%
Graveyard Trespasser	$8.23	$7.63	$0.60	8%
Brutal Cathar	$11.49	$12.23	-$0.74	-6%
Deserted Beach	$7.70	$8.60	-$0.90	-10%
Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset	$9.01	$9.18	-$0.17	-2%
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar	$9.56	$9.47	$0.09	1%
Shipwreck Marsh	$5.18	$5.08	$0.10	2%
Boseiju, Who Endures	$57.22	$54.19	$3.03	6%
Otawara, Soaring City	$15.27	$15.11	$0.16	1%
The Wandering Emperor	$20.86	$21.94	-$1.08	-5%
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker	$58.99	$62.69	-$3.70	-6%
March of Otherworldly Light	$5.73	$7.01	-$1.28	-18%
Hidetsugu Consumes All	$12.69	$11.56	$1.13	10%
Diabolic Intent	$10.04	$8.10	$1.94	24%
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary	$10.83	$11.60	-$0.77	-7%
Ledger Shredder	$25.64	$23.51	$2.13	9%
Unlicensed Hearse	$37.32	$39.30	-$1.98	-5%
Titan of Industry	$5.78	$6.93	-$1.15	-17%
Raffine, Scheming Seer	$7.12	$8.20	-$1.08	-13%
Wedding Announcement	$7.25	$10.75	-$3.50	-33%
Stormcarved Coast	$8.17	$8.15	$0.02	0%
Chandra, Dressed to Kill	$6.63	$6.58	$0.05	1%
Sorin the Mirthless	$6.75	$7.17	-$0.42	-6%
Hopeful Initiate	$4.75	$5.95	-$1.20	-20%
Hallowed Haunting	$5.17	$5.80	-$0.63	-11%

Modern Staples:  Magus of the Moon came off the list.  Gemstone Mine is also gone. 

Modern Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Engineered Explosives	$13.34	$13.05	$0.29	2%
Grinding Station	$3.86	$5.68	-$1.82	-32%
Cavern of Souls	$7.45	$7.34	$0.11	1%
Mishra's Bauble	$17.38	$17.75	-$0.37	-2%
Polluted Delta	$7.94	$6.55	$1.39	21%
Wooded Foothills	$5.34	$5.31	$0.03	1%
Flooded Strand	$9.33	$7.68	$1.65	21%
Bloodstained Mire	$4.87	$5.22	-$0.35	-7%
Windswept Heath	$5.03	$4.31	$0.72	17%
Thoughtseize	$5.83	$6.45	-$0.62	-10%
Force of Negation	$12.90	$14.40	-$1.50	-10%
Wrenn and Six	$34.64	$32.93	$1.71	5%
Sunbaked Canyon	$11.25	$11.68	-$0.43	-4%
Seasoned Pyromancer	$7.39	$7.63	-$0.24	-3%
Force of Vigor	$20.41	$24.75	-$4.34	-18%
Flusterstorm	$29.31	$25.68	$3.63	14%
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician	$12.33	$12.70	-$0.37	-3%
Archon of Cruelty	$14.26	$15.15	-$0.89	-6%
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	$32.68	$39.90	-$7.22	-18%
Urza's Saga	$49.99	$50.99	-$1.00	-2%
Solitude	$26.76	$27.41	-$0.65	-2%
Endurance	$37.22	$37.34	-$0.12	0%
Grief	$9.42	$10.92	-$1.50	-14%
Murktide Regent	$16.59	$15.64	$0.95	6%
Fury	$40.38	$35.66	$4.72	13%
Esper Sentinel	$7.55	$6.71	$0.84	13%
Grist, the Hunger Tide	$6.97	$6.21	$0.76	12%
Tourach, Dread Cantor	$8.15	$8.33	-$0.18	-2%
Subtlety	$12.69	$13.57	-$0.88	-6%
Chalice of the Void	$20.01	$21.25	-$1.24	-6%
Ensnaring Bridge	$7.11	$6.77	$0.34	5%
Teferi, Time Raveler	$21.78	$19.10	$2.68	14%
Scalding Tarn	$5.10	$4.81	$0.29	6%
Verdant Catacombs	$2.09	$1.92	$0.17	9%
Misty Rainforest	$4.28	$4.29	-$0.01	0%
Arid Mesa	$2.91	$2.31	$0.60	26%
Marsh Flats	$1.06	$1.06	$0.00	0%

Eternal Staples:  Allosaurus Shepherd came off the list.

Eternal Format Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes	$10.58	$10.64	($0.06)	-1%
Hullbreacher	$17.11	$19.27	($2.16)	-11%
Opposition Agent	$50.35	$44.69	$5.66	13%
Jeweled Lotus	$15.31	$15.31	$0.00	0%
Jeska's Will	$30.32	$29.51	$0.81	3%
City of Traitors	$14.55	$14.23	$0.32	2%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee	$20.09	$20.42	($0.33)	-2%
Helm of Obedience	$16.23	$16.97	($0.74)	-4%
Force of Will	$52.86	$50.83	$2.03	4%
Karakas	$7.40	$8.05	($0.65)	-8%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale	$7.85	$7.91	($0.06)	-1%
Phyrexian Dreadnought	$6.53	$6.63	($0.10)	-2%
Enlightened Tutor	$6.03	$6.11	($0.08)	-1%
Unmask	$18.34	$17.96	$0.38	2%
Misdirection	$13.23	$13.26	($0.03)	0%
Rishadan Port	$9.90	$9.90	$0.00	0%
Snuff Out	$21.19	$23.03	($1.84)	-8%
Submerge	$10.58	$8.98	$1.60	18%
Daze	$9.64	$9.74	($0.10)	-1%
Entomb	$8.31	$8.55	($0.24)	-3%
Recruiter of the Guard	$5.11	$5.07	$0.04	1%
Mox Diamond	$26.84	$27.43	($0.59)	-2%
Wasteland	$24.17	$21.57	$2.60	12%
Ancient Tomb	$19.17	$17.25	$1.92	11%
Lotus Petal	$19.92	$20.33	($0.41)	-2%
Grindstone	$6.42	$5.76	$0.66	11%
Grim Monolith	$11.30	$10.07	$1.23	12%
Goblin Welder	$5.67	$5.50	$0.17	3%
Meltdown	$35.89	$30.49	$5.40	18%
Exploration	$8.38	$7.98	$0.40	5%
Gaea's Cradle	$28.38	$28.38	$0.00	0%
Carpet of Flowers	$12.64	$17.92	($5.28)	-29%
Gilded Drake	$5.96	$5.58	$0.38	7%
Show and Tell	$10.09	$10.15	($0.06)	-1%
Black Lotus	$13.32	$13.39	($0.07)	-1%
Volcanic Island	$12.82	$10.17	$2.65	26%
Underground Sea	$8.13	$7.86	$0.27	3%
Null Rod	$7.52	$7.99	($0.47)	-6%
Doomsday	$18.77	$18.58	$0.19	1%
Paradigm Shift	$12.30	$12.46	($0.16)	-1%

Pioneer Staples:  Wish fell off the list. Lair of the Hydra is on the list, which is weird, because I was so sure it was on the list already!  Ketria Triome and Indatha Triome cycled out (yeah, I used that joke recently, I am a one trick pony).  Mana Confluence dried up. Blightstep Pathway is gone. Rest in Peace is off the list.   Finale of Devastation left, no encore. 

Pioneer Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Den of the Bugbear	$17.96	$21.08	-$3.12	-14.80%
Hall of the Storm Giants	$8.45	$6.70	$1.75	26.12%
Hive of the Eye Tyrant	$5.44	$5.38	$0.06	1.12%
Tasha's Hideous Laughter	$9.58	$9.57	$0.01	0.10%
Treasure Vault	$9.87	$8.91	$0.96	10.77%
Lair of the Hydra	$26.48
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger	$5.95	$6.83	-$0.88	-12.88%
Collected Company	$6.99	$5.23	$1.76	33.65%
Brazen Borrower	$20.14	$17.74	$2.40	13.53%
Bonecrusher Giant	$6.47	$13.58	-$7.11	-52.36%
Arclight Phoenix	$10.54	$7.94	$2.60	32.75%
Shark Typhoon	$5.65	$5.48	$0.17	3.10%
Raugrin Triome	$10.41	$5.17	$5.24	101.35%
Eidolon of the Great Revel	$5.42	$6.75	-$1.33	-19.70%
Orvar, the All-Form	$27.60	$24.66	$2.94	11.92%
Esika's Chariot	$8.94	$11.74	-$2.80	-23.85%
Spirebluff Canal	$8.71	$6.11	$2.60	42.55%
Cavalier of Thorns	$30.30	$29.05	$1.25	4.30%
Leyline of the Void	$10.12	$8.17	$1.95	23.87%
Necromentia	$6.33	$6.87	-$0.54	-7.86%
The Meathook Massacre	$18.61	$19.51	-$0.90	-4.61%
Day's Undoing	$5.85	$7.49	-$1.64	-21.90%
Prismari Command	$5.05	$6.62	-$1.57	-23.72%
Witherbloom Command	$6.56	$6.74	-$0.18	-2.67%
Ox of Agonas	$4.19	$5.19	-$1.00	-19.27%
Karn, the Great Creator	$34.58	$34.15	$0.43	1.26%
Omnath, Locus of Creation	$25.06	$19.99	$5.07	25.36%
Skyclave Apparition	$9.80	$8.75	$1.05	12.00%
Roiling Vortex	$13.01	$12.77	$0.24	1.88%
Agadeem's Awakening	$6.57	$6.96	-$0.39	-5.60%
Sea Gate Restoration	$6.78	$6.28	$0.50	7.96%

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
Dominaria United	$112.60	$115.84	($3.24)	-3%
Dominaria United Booster	$2.37	$2.49	($0.12)	-5%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow	$81.45	$87.39	($5.94)	-7%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt	$168.02	$171.33	($3.31)	-2%
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty	$195.51	$196.93	($1.42)	-1%
Streets of New Capenna	$120.78	$127.01	($6.23)	-5%
Treasure Chest	$2.38	$2.35	$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	256.86
Mox Jet	1E	Rare	125.16
Karakas	UBT	Mythic	119.96
Liliana of the Veil	UBT	Mythic	118.14
Cavern of Souls	UBT	Mythic	116.44
Ancestral Recall	1E	Rare	111.26
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	UBT	Mythic	101.04
Time Walk	1E	Rare	84.8
Mox Sapphire	1E	Rare	84.5
Purple-Crystal Crab	PZ2	Common	74.45
Mox Emerald	1E	Rare	73.28
Demonic Tutor	UBT	Mythic	66.89
Mox Ruby	1E	Rare	62.9
Mox Pearl	1E	Rare	61.98
Heavenly Qilin	PZ2	Common	60.52
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil	C19	Mythic	60.05
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker	NEO	Rare	58.99
Boseiju, Who Endures	NEO	Rare	57.22
Aether Gale	C14	Rare	54.81
Dark Depths	UBT	Mythic	53.6
Force of Will	MED	Rare	52.86
Wasteland	ZNE	Mythic	50.4
Opposition Agent	CMR	Rare	50.35
Urza's Saga	MH2	Rare	49.99
Snapcaster Mage	UBT	Mythic	49.2
Earthshaking Si	PZ2	Common	47.49
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse	DMU	Mythic	46.7
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	MS4	Mythic	43.06
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth	UBT	Mythic	43.01
Liliana, the Last Hope	MS4	Mythic	42.78
Mana Vault	UBT	Mythic	41.5
Cavern of Souls	ZNE	Mythic	40.84
Fury	MH2	Mythic	40.38
Flooded Strand	ZNE	Mythic	38.55
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria	MS4	Mythic	37.33
Unlicensed Hearse	SNC	Rare	37.32
Endurance	MH2	Mythic	37.22
Meltdown	UZ	Uncommon	35.89
Wrenn and Six	MH1	Mythic	34.64
Karn, the Great Creator	WAR	Rare	34.58
Wrenn and Six	2X2	Mythic	33.81
Reanimate	UBT	Mythic	32.75
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	MH2	Mythic	32.68
Timetwister	1E	Rare	32.42
Force of Will	MS3	Mythic	32.2
Force of Will	EMA	Mythic	31.35
Cleansing Screech	PZ2	Common	31.25
Flusterstorm	CMD	Rare	31.17
Force of Will	2XM	Mythic	31.01
Flusterstorm	VMA	Rare	30.84
Flusterstorm	IMA	Rare	30.48
Flusterstorm	PZ1	Rare	30.35
Pramikon, Sky Rampart	C19	Mythic	30.34
Jeska's Will	CMR	Rare	30.32
Cavalier of Thorns	M20	Mythic	30.3
Force of Will	VMA	Rare	30.2
Creeping Tar Pit	UBT	Mythic	29.62
Flusterstorm	MH1	Rare	29.31
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon	MS4	Mythic	28.41
Noble Hierarch	UBT	Mythic	28.39
Gaea's Cradle	UZ	Rare	28.38
Mox Diamond	V10	Mythic	27.83
Fulminator Mage	UBT	Mythic	27.67
Orvar, the All-Form	KHM	Mythic	27.6
Scalding Tarn	ZNE	Mythic	27.44
Leyline Binding	DMU	Rare	27.34
Mox Diamond	ST	Rare	26.84
Mox Diamond	TPR	Mythic	26.79
Solitude	MH2	Mythic	26.76
Life from the Loam	UBT	Mythic	26.63
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre	UBT	Mythic	26.6
Lair of the Hydra	AFR	Rare	26.48
Ancient Tomb	ZNE	Mythic	26.43
Ledger Shredder	SNC	Rare	25.64
Platinum Emperion	UBT	Mythic	25.34
Omnath, Locus of Creation	ZNR	Mythic	25.06
Karn Liberated	UBT	Mythic	25.04

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

Spellslingers updated with a new set on Thursday.  That's what I have been doing since. 

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