Crimson Vow Magic Online Edition:   Treasure Chests have been modified, you can get Crimson Vow cards out of them now, as well as 8 Crimson Vow Commander cards!  There are new art promos added to Treasure Chests as well, several popular cards are getting a bit of a glow up.  The stained glass planeswalkers are making their way to MTGO as well!  New avatars and such are here. 

Promo Code:  Enter PARTNERS in the MTGO store to get a special avatar of Halana and Alena, Partners. 

Showcase Challenge Weekend:  Saturday is the Modern Showcase Challenge.  Sunday is the Pioneer Showcase Challenge. 
 

I figured that this week would be a great week to highlight some day one decks from the new Standard, featuring some builds by some of the best players and content creators in the game!  I also wanted to make sure that I took the time to show off how the tribes of Innistrad looked after Crimson Vow so you'll see a deck for Zombies (sadly, not Dimir), Humans, Spirits, and Vampires!

Azorius Control:

Bo1 Azorius Control

by AliEldrazi

3 Syncopate 3 Field of Ruin 4 Island 3 Plains 1 Cave of the Frost Dragon 3 Circle of Confinement 4 Deserted Beach 2 Divide by Zero 4 Doomskar 3 Emeria's Call 4 Faithbound Judge 3 Fateful Absence 2 Hall of Storm Giants 4 Hengegate Pathway

3 Jwari Disruption 3 Memory Deluge 1 Sea Gate Restoration 3 Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset 3 The Celestus 4 Wash Away

Sideboard: 2 By Invitation Only 2 Environmental Sciences 1 Lunar Rejection 1 Malevolent Hermit 1 Teachings of the Archaics

4 Color Reanimator:

4-Color Reanimator

by HowlingMines

3 Mulch 1 Forest 1 Swamp 4 Barkchannel Pathway 2 Blightstep Pathway 4 Clearwater Pathway 2 Crippling Fear 1 Culling Ritual 4 Darkbore Pathway 4 Deadly Dispute 2 Deathcap Glade 4 Diregraf Rebirth 3 Dreamroot Cascade 4 Eyetwitch 2 Haunted Ridge 4 Hullbreaker Horror 2 Koma, Cosmos Serpent

3 Olivia, Crimson Bride 2 Rockfall Vale 4 Shambling Ghast 4 Undead Butler

Sideboard: 2 Negate 1 Confront the Past 1 Containment Breach 1 Environmental Sciences 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent 4 Malevolent Hermit 1 Mascot Exhibition 2 Power Word Kill 1 Soul Shatter 1 Teachings of the Archaics

Izzet Delver:

Izzet Delver

by Andrew Cuneo

4 Delver of Secrets 4 Thermo-Alchemist 1 Syncopate 6 Island 3 Mountain 4 Consider 4 Expressive Iteration 4 Fading Hope 2 Hall of Storm Giants 3 Inspired Idea 2 Manaform Hellkite 2 Reckless Impulse 4 Riverglide Pathway 4 Roil Eruption

3 Shatterskull Smashing 4 Smoldering Egg 2 Spikefield Hazard 4 Stormcarved Coast

Sideboard: 2 Disdainful Stroke 2 Negate 2 End the Festivities 2 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned 4 Malevolent Hermit 1 Prismari Command 2 Thundering Rebuke

Mono Black Zombies:

Bo1 Mono Black Zombies

by Yoshihiko Ikawa

19 Snow-Covered Swamp 2 Bloodchief's Thirst 4 Bloodvial Purveyor 4 Champion of the Perished 2 Concealing Curtains 4 Dungeon Crawler 1 Ebondeath, Dracolich 4 Faceless Haven

4 Graf Reaver 4 Headless Rider 2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant 4 Infernal Grasp 2 Power Word Kill 4 Tainted Adversary

Golgari Self Mill:

Golgari Self-Mill

by Crokeyz

4 Duress 8 Forest 3 Swamp 1 Agadeem's Awakening 1 Bloodchief's Thirst 4 Cemetery Prowler 4 Darkbore Pathway 4 Deathbonnet Sprout 4 Deathcap Glade 3 Dread Fugue 4 Ebondeath, Dracolich 4 Egon, God of Death 4 Graveyard Trespasser

2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant 4 Infernal Grasp 1 Outland Liberator 2 Parasitic Grasp 2 Power Word Kill 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 2 The Meathook Massacre 2 Toski, Bearer of Secrets 4 Undead Butler 4 Willow Geist 3 Witherbloom Command

Azorius Spirits:

Bo1 Azorius Spirits

by Matías Arvigo

8 Island 2 Plains 2 Cave of the Frost Dragon 4 Cemetery Illuminator 4 Circle of Confinement 4 Deserted Beach 4 Devoted Grafkeeper 4 Dorothea, Vengeful Victim 4 Fleeting Spirit

4 Geistlight Snare 2 Glacial Floodplain 4 Hengegate Pathway 2 Kabira Takedown 4 Lantern Bearer 4 Spectral Adversary 4 Stonebinder's Familiar

Selesnya Humans: 

Selesnya Humans

by DoggertQBones

4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 5 Forest 8 Plains 3 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar 4 Branchloft Pathway 1 Cave of the Frost Dragon 4 Chaplain of Alms 4 Elite Spellbinder 4 Intrepid Adversary

2 Katilda, Dawnhart Prime 1 Lair of the Hydra 4 Luminarch Aspirant 4 Overgrown Farmland 4 Savior of Ollenbock 4 Sigarda, Champion of Light 4 Star Pupil

Rakdos Vampires:

Rakdos Vampires

by Arne Huschenbeth

3 Mountain 4 Swamp 1 Agadeem's Awakening 3 Anje, Maid of Dishonor 4 Blightstep Pathway 4 Bloodtithe Harvester 3 Bloodvial Purveyor 3 Den of the Bugbear 3 Dominating Vampire 1 Falkenrath Forebear 4 Falkenrath Pit Fighter 3 Florian, Voldaren Scion 2 Haunted Ridge 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant 3 Infernal Grasp

2 Shatterskull Smashing 4 Vampire Socialite 4 Voldaren Bloodcaster 4 Voldaren Epicure 4 Voldaren Estate

Sideboard: 4 Duress 4 Burning Hands 2 Falkenrath Forebear 1 Immersturm Predator 2 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Sorin the Mirthless 1 Vampires' Vengeance

 

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

Looks like O_danielakos had themselves a day on Saturday. 

Challenge Winners

Saturday Legacy - No event
Saturday Modern - Manacymbal - 4 Color Creativity
Saturday Pauper - O_danielakos - Izzet Snow
Saturday Pioneer - Gul_Dukat - Izzet Phoenix
Saturday Standard -  O_danielakos - Temur Treasures
Saturday Vintage - Wizard_2002


Sunday Legacy - Showcase Challenge
Sunday Modern - swff - Izzet Tempo
Sunday Pauper - LuffyDoChapeuDePalha - Grixis Affinity
Sunday Pioneer - Jaberwocki -  Azorius Control
Sunday Standard - Lennny - Izzet Epiphany
Sunday Vintage - WhiTe TsaR

Other Event Winners

Pauper Showcase Challenge - _DissonancE_ - Bogles
Legacy Showcase Challenge - xJCloud - Noodle Death and Taxes

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: Crimson Vow will be added to the price lists next week! 

Standard Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Demilich	$38.69	$37.02	$1.67	5%
The Book of Exalted Deeds	$11.36	$11.19	$0.17	2%
Acererak the Archlich	$23.90	$23.50	$0.40	2%
Iymrith, Desert Doom	$9.89	$9.46	$0.43	5%
Minsc, Beloved Ranger	$6.42	$6.86	($0.44)	-6%
Ebondeath, Dracolich	$8.55	$8.25	$0.30	4%
Old Gnawbone	$15.66	$15.19	$0.47	3%
Den of the Bugbear	$18.95	$10.66	$8.29	78%
Lolth, Spider Queen	$16.37	$14.81	$1.56	11%
Tasha's Hideous Laughter	$15.10	$14.70	$0.40	3%
Inferno of the Star Mounts	$8.22	$7.91	$0.31	4%
Ranger Class	$13.14	$13.49	($0.35)	-3%
Hall of the Storm Giants	$13.52	$13.22	$0.30	2%
Xanathar, Guild Kingpin	$6.63	$5.97	$0.66	11%
Treasure Vault	$11.13	$10.38	$0.75	7%
Valki, God of Lies	$11.79	$11.75	$0.04	0%
Goldspan Dragon	$15.69	$15.95	($0.26)	-2%
Alrund's Epiphany	$16.60	$15.41	$1.19	8%
Wrenn and Seven	$29.99	$30.32	($0.33)	-1%
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned	$11.29	$10.11	$1.18	12%
The Meathook Massacre	$13.97	$12.26	$1.71	14%
Intrepid Adversary	$17.71	$14.95	$2.76	18%
Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset	$7.17	$7.23	($0.06)	-1%
Memory Deluge	$10.54	$7.84	$2.70	34%
Prismari Command	$13.43	$15.59	($2.16)	-14%
Professor Onyx	$8.22	$8.23	($0.01)	0%
Velomachus Lorehold	$6.99	$8.40	($1.41)	-17%
Beledros Witherbloom	$5.88	$6.25	($0.37)	-6%
Extus, Oriq Overlord	$4.17	$5.29	($1.12)	-21%
Mascot Exhibition	$8.62	$8.71	($0.09)	-1%
Skyclave Apparition	$13.90	$14.14	($0.24)	-2%
Shatterskull Smashing	$14.32	$14.26	$0.06	0%
Roiling Vortex	$5.75	$6.71	($0.96)	-14%
Riverglide Pathway	$4.95	$6.27	($1.32)	-21%

Modern Staples:

Modern Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Engineered Explosives	$20.22	$18.11	$2.11	12%
Cavern of Souls	$14.02	$15.06	($1.04)	-7%
Mishra's Bauble	$24.37	$26.17	($1.80)	-7%
Aether Vial	$8.24	$8.80	($0.56)	-6%
Liliana of the Veil	$7.85	$8.26	($0.41)	-5%
Polluted Delta	$7.41	$7.24	$0.17	2%
Wooded Foothills	$6.77	$6.11	$0.66	11%
Flooded Strand	$7.73	$8.73	($1.00)	-11%
Bloodstained Mire	$6.11	$6.13	($0.02)	0%
Windswept Heath	$6.24	$5.71	$0.53	9%
Thoughtseize	$7.07	$6.74	$0.33	5%
Force of Negation	$49.45	$47.65	$1.80	4%
Wrenn and Six	$73.93	$61.36	$12.57	20%
Prismatic Vista	$7.71	$6.77	$0.94	14%
Sunbaked Canyon	$21.34	$26.24	($4.90)	-19%
Seasoned Pyromancer	$15.22	$17.07	($1.85)	-11%
Fiery Islet	$7.21	$7.31	($0.10)	-1%
Urza, Lord High Artificer	$5.74	$5.62	$0.12	2%
Force of Vigor	$36.15	$34.86	$1.29	4%
Flusterstorm	$30.18	$32.19	($2.01)	-6%
Archmage's Charm	$16.46	$17.64	($1.18)	-7%
Silent Clearing	$13.07	$13.98	($0.91)	-7%
Archon of Cruelty	$5.52	$7.35	($1.83)	-25%
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	$82.38	$80.43	$1.95	2%
Urza's Saga	$45.09	$44.96	$0.13	0%
Solitude	$55.11	$57.25	($2.14)	-4%
Endurance	$54.03	$55.86	($1.83)	-3%
Grief	$11.37	$9.18	$2.19	24%
Murktide Regent	$16.48	$18.71	($2.23)	-12%
Sanctum Prelate	$12.27	$12.57	($0.30)	-2%
Fury	$14.12	$13.50	$0.62	5%
Chalice of the Void	$22.45	$26.76	($4.31)	-16%
Surgical Extraction	$8.31	$8.53	($0.22)	-3%
Karn Liberated	$7.10	$6.71	$0.39	6%
Puresteel Paladin	$8.53	$7.54	$0.99	13%
Torpor Orb	$6.55	$5.67	$0.88	16%
Emrakul,the Aeons Torn	$8.00	$8.18	($0.18)	-2%
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth	$6.01	$6.03	($0.02)	0%
Ensnaring Bridge	$7.44	$8.05	($0.61)	-8%
Teferi, Time Raveler	$54.92	$78.80	($23.88)	-30%
Gemstone Mine	$6.24	$6.31	($0.07)	-1%
Scalding Tarn	$5.24	$6.68	($1.44)	-22%
Verdant Catacombs	$3.88	$4.60	($0.72)	-16%
Misty Rainforest	$4.95	$4.77	$0.18	4%
Arid Mesa	$3.29	$3.29	$0.00	0%
Marsh Flats	$1.50	$2.03	($0.53)	-26%

Eternal Staples: 

Eternal Format Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Hullbreacher	$30.52	$28.67	$1.85	6%
Opposition Agent	$21.99	$22.91	($0.92)	-4%
Jeweled Lotus	$24.11	$22.53	$1.58	7%
City of Traitors	$17.45	$17.28	$0.17	1%
Allosaurus Shepherd	$35.14	$37.89	($2.75)	-7%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee	$8.69	$10.94	($2.25)	-21%
Force of Will	$43.45	$43.05	$0.40	1%
Karakas	$4.91	$6.82	($1.91)	-28%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale	$15.57	$20.19	($4.62)	-23%
Unmask	$7.70	$9.62	($1.92)	-20%
Misdirection	$13.70	$13.87	($0.17)	-1%
Rishadan Port	$10.65	$10.92	($0.27)	-2%
Snuff Out	$14.80	$14.84	($0.04)	0%
Submerge	$10.21	$10.16	$0.05	0%
Daze	$6.24	$6.61	($0.37)	-6%
Entomb	$9.34	$10.59	($1.25)	-12%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow	$7.04	$7.82	($0.78)	-10%
Mox Diamond	$33.61	$33.00	$0.61	2%
Wasteland	$19.25	$17.84	$1.41	8%
Ancient Tomb	$11.26	$12.54	($1.28)	-10%
Lotus Petal	$21.53	$16.89	$4.64	27%
Grim Monolith	$13.23	$13.82	($0.59)	-4%
Exploration	$16.28	$16.28	$0.00	0%
Gaea's Cradle	$22.87	$22.35	$0.52	2%
Carpet of Flowers	$14.27	$17.98	($3.71)	-21%
Gilded Drake	$10.48	$10.61	($0.13)	-1%
Black Lotus	$9.13	$9.62	($0.49)	-5%
Volcanic Island	$7.67	$10.31	($2.64)	-26%
Underground Sea	$8.95	$9.15	($0.20)	-2%
Null Rod	$14.55	$14.55	$0.00	0%
Doomsday	$19.16	$19.76	($0.60)	-3%
Paradigm Shift	$8.13	$8.13	$0.00	0%

Pioneer Staples:  We have some new cards on the Pioneer list. 

Pioneer Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Brazen Borrower	$21.53	$20.14	$1.39	7%
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King	$7.58	$8.96	($1.38)	-15%
Bonecrusher Giant	$6.33
Arclight Phoenix	$8.06	$5.35	$2.71	51%
Lurrus of the Dream Den	$10.78	$12.05	($1.27)	-11%
Shark Typhoon	$13.75	$14.04	($0.29)	-2%
Eidolon of the Great Revel	$12.82	$8.74	$4.08	47%
Spirebluff Canal	$5.38	$6.23	($0.85)	-14%
Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord	$9.10
Chndra, Awakened Inferno	$7.12
Kaya, Orzhov Usurper	$6.18	$6.83	($0.65)	-10%
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger	$6.08	$5.00	$1.08	22%
Karn, the Great Creator	$22.51	$28.72	($6.21)	-22%
Finale of Devastation	$5.17	$5.15	$0.02	0%
Omnath, Locus of Creation	$20.84	$20.61	$0.23	1%

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 Week	Change	% Change
Forgotten Realms	$279.85	$266.01	$13.84	5%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt	$175.08	$163.81	$11.27	7%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Booster Pack	$2.34	$2.54	($0.20)	-8%
Kaldheim	$110.52	$107.45	$3.07	3%
Strixhaven: School of Mages	$109.98	$120.05	($10.07)	-8%
Treasure Chest	$2.37	$2.35	$0.02	1%
Zendikar Rising	$96.56	$100.70	($4.14)	-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	178.19
Cavern of Souls	UBT	Mythic	138.77
Karakas	UBT	Mythic	110
Liliana of the Veil	UBT	Mythic	102.02
Mox Jet	1E	Rare	93.6
Snapcaster Mage	UBT	Mythic	92.75
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	UBT	Mythic	89.48
Ancestral Recall	1E	Rare	87.77
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	MH2	Mythic	82.41
Wrenn and Six	MH1	Mythic	73.93
Mox Sapphire	1E	Rare	70
Time Walk	1E	Rare	66.93
Mox Emerald	1E	Rare	66.05
Scalding Tarn	MH2	Rare	61.85
Purple-Crystal Crab	PZ2	Common	58.93
Misty Rainforest	MH2	Rare	58.16
Dark Depths	UBT	Mythic	57.7
Demonic Tutor	UBT	Mythic	55.9
Solitude	MH2	Mythic	55.11
Teferi, Time Raveler	WAR	Rare	54.92
Endurance	MH2	Mythic	54.03
Mox Pearl	1E	Rare	49.64
Force of Negation	MH1	Rare	49.45
Heavenly Qilin	PZ2	Common	47.53
Mox Ruby	1E	Rare	46.27
Urza's Saga	MH2	Rare	45.25
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	MS4	Mythic	45
Force of Will	MED	Rare	43.45
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil	C19	Mythic	41.45
Flusterstorm	CMD	Rare	39.69
Liliana, the Last Hope	MS4	Mythic	38.83
Demilich	AFR	Mythic	38.69
Karn Liberated	UBT	Mythic	37.35
Earthshaking Si	PZ2	Common	37.15
Force of Vigor	MH1	Rare	36.15
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth	UBT	Mythic	36.07
Mana Vault	UBT	Mythic	35.81
Allosaurus Shepherd	JMP	Mythic	35.14
Mox Diamond	ST	Rare	33.61
Wasteland	EXP	Mythic	33.38
Mox Diamond	TPR	Mythic	33.25
Edgar Markov	PZ2	Mythic	32.67
Noble Hierarch	UBT	Mythic	32.27
Reanimate	UBT	Mythic	32.2
Mox Diamond	V10	Mythic	32.16
Celestial Colonnade	UBT	Mythic	31.69
Flusterstorm	VMA	Rare	30.86
Flusterstorm	IMA	Rare	30.71
Chalice of the Void	TSR	Bonus	30.61
Platinum Emperion	UBT	Mythic	30.55
Hullbreacher	CMR	Rare	30.52
Flusterstorm	MH1	Rare	30.18
Wrenn and Seven	MID	Mythic	29.99
Flusterstorm	PZ1	Rare	29.67
Timetwister	1E	Rare	29.59
Force of Will	2XM	Mythic	29.49
Verdant Catacombs	MH2	Rare	29.49
Chalice of the Void	A25	Mythic	29.16
Verdant Catacombs	EXP	Mythic	28.79
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria	MS4	Mythic	28.62
Lotus Petal	MS2	Bonus	28.53
Chalice of the Void	MMA	Rare	28.37
Fulminator Mage	UBT	Mythic	28.11
Cavern of Souls	UMA	Mythic	27.93
Force of Will	EMA	Mythic	27.68
Scalding Tarn	EXP	Mythic	27.53
Cavern of Souls	ZNE	Mythic	27.09
Creeping Tar Pit	UBT	Mythic	27
Retrofitter Foundry	PZ2	Rare	26.72
Chalice of the Void	MS2	Bonus	26.64
Bitterblossom	UBT	Mythic	26.48
Flooded Strand	ZNE	Mythic	25.56
Force of Will	VMA	Rare	25.31
Mishra's Bauble	IMA	Uncommon	25.28

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.

Nevermind, ignore all of that, Pete got it done for me, because he is just the dang best. The big number this week is $26,505.  Last week it was $27,054.   This is a lost of $549.
 

In Closing

It has been a full week since I had any ADHD meds and it's weird, like my heart no longer feels like it is beating out of my chest.  My brain feels pretty decent.  Work and sleep have been easy for me this week. 


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