State of the Program for November 12th, 2021
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.
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
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Dates
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Scheduled Downtimes
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Unknown |
Constructed Leagues End
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Ends 2-9-2022
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Sealed Leagues End
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Ends 2-10-2022 |
Next B&R
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Unknown
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D&D Redemption
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Ends December 1st, 2021
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Midnight Hunt Redemption
Crimson Vow Redemption
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Begins October 20th, 2021
Begins December 15th, 2021
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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 - Three weeks of Vintage Cube
Ongoing - Modern Horizons 2 Draft
Upcoming Events on MTGO
November 17 - Innistrad Chaos Draft
November 24 - Live the Dream Cube
December 1 - The Modern Banned Gauntlet
December 8 - Super Jump
December 22 - Another Three weeks of Vintage Cube
January 12 - Supreme Vintage Cube
January 19 - Usman Jamil's Ravnica Cube
January 26 - Innistrad Double Feature
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:
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:
4 Color Reanimator:
Izzet Delver:
Mono Black Zombies:
Golgari Self Mill:
Azorius Spirits:
Selesnya Humans:
Rakdos Vampires:
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
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!
Modern Staples:
Eternal Staples:
Pioneer Staples: We have some new cards on the Pioneer list.
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 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.
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.