State of the Program for November 26th, 2021
Live the Dream Cube: The current document for the cube that is up on MTGO now, the Live the Dream cube, can be found here.
Eternal Weekend: Vintage events are happening this weekend. Mox Emerald
is on Friday, Timetwister
is on Saturday, and Mox Ruby
is on Sunday!
Qualifiers this weekend: Pauper has a qualifier on Saturday, Legacy on Sunday.
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
|
December 15th, 2021 |
Constructed Leagues End
|
Ends February 9th, 2022
|
Sealed Leagues End
|
Ends February 10th, 2022 |
Next B&R
|
Unknown
|
D&D Redemption
|
Ends December 1st, 2021
|
Midnight Hunt Redemption
Crimson Vow Redemption
|
Ends February 9th, 2021
Begins December 15th, 2021
|
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
Ongoing - Live the Dream Cube
Upcoming Events on MTGO
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 want to feature Pioneer decks this week. The format is really good right now, featuring some fun decks and offering some great exciting game play. If you're looking for some bang from your rental budget, and Modern and Standard are two expensive for you, check out some of these Pioneer lists!
Niv to Light: Love the idea of casting
Niv-Mizzet Reborn
but don't like the idea of renting or purchasing
Teferi, Time Raveler
? The planeswalker is banned in Pioneer so no worries here!
Bant Spirits: The flying tribe has fallen out of favor in Modern thanks to the giant cardpool and humans just ruining everything. Tribal strategies in Pioneer are all over the place thanks to the tribal nature of the last few sets. We've got Humans, Vampires, Zombies, and Spirits running amok, waiting to sate your need of combat!
Hidden Strings Combo: Want to play storm without having to worry about keeping track of a storm count? This is the deck for you!
Rakdos Arcanist: Are
Death's Shadow
decks the kind of things you enjoy? Grindy, hand disruption right up your alley? This is the Pioneer deck for you! Powered by
Dreadhorde Arcanist
you are just getting so much value as the game goes long and you swarm them with tokens from
Young Pyromancer
!
Orzhov Auras: It's like Bogles without the hexproof! While they lose that in the deck you still have many potent threats and auras looking to make quick work of your opponent!
Jeskai Transmogrify: This is a fun deck, it doesn't look like much but it is an absolute blast!
The Winner's Circle is where I will recognize winners of the past events on MTGO.
sixmp had themselves quite the weekend!
Challenge Winners
Saturday Legacy - Eternal Weekend Events
Saturday Modern - MrCafouillette - Azorius Control
Saturday Pauper - Mikhathara1994 - Affinity
Saturday Pioneer - McWinSauce - Enigmatic Fires
Saturday Standard - rastaf - Snow White
Saturday Vintage - sixmp
Sunday Legacy - Eternal Weekend Events
Sunday Modern - Laplasjan - HammerTime
Sunday Pauper - Mathonical - Mono White Heroic
Sunday Pioneer - Tyrube1618 - Hidden Strings
Sunday Standard - medvedev - Snow White
Sunday Vintage - sixmp
Other Event Winners
Modern Premier - SoulStrong - Grixis Shadow
Pioneer Premier - bolov0 - Rally Humans
Legacy Eternal Weekend - badluckbandit - Izzet Delver
Legacy Eternal Weekend - JoergHeinrich - Elves
Legacy Eternal Weekend - MentalMisstep - Izzet Delver
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: I have been managing PureMTGO for a very long time, it will be 15 years. Other than a couple of guests writers, Erik, Pete and I have taken care of State of the Program. I don't ever recall a card taking off like
Cultivator Colossus
did. I am sure it happened and that this is recency bias, but a 37 dollar jump is usually for Modern Horizons cards.
Standard Cards |
Price |
Last Week |
Change |
% Change |
Demilich |
$39.84 |
$39.44 |
$0.40 |
1% |
The Book of Exalted Deeds |
$11.32 |
$11.24 |
$0.08 |
1% |
Acererak the Archlich |
$23.91 |
$23.92 |
($0.01) |
0% |
Iymrith, Desert Doom |
$9.42 |
$9.51 |
($0.09) |
-1% |
Minsc, Beloved Ranger |
$5.72 |
$5.97 |
($0.25) |
-4% |
Ebondeath, Dracolich |
$8.56 |
$8.58 |
($0.02) |
0% |
Old Gnawbone |
$15.93 |
$15.93 |
$0.00 |
0% |
Den of the Bugbear |
$30.05 |
$23.93 |
$6.12 |
26% |
Lolth, Spider Queen |
$19.54 |
$16.84 |
$2.70 |
16% |
Tasha's Hideous Laughter |
$16.34 |
$15.10 |
$1.24 |
8% |
Inferno of the Star Mounts |
$8.26 |
$8.31 |
($0.05) |
-1% |
Ranger Class |
$11.04 |
$12.30 |
($1.26) |
-10% |
Hall of the Storm Giants |
$14.03 |
$13.73 |
$0.30 |
2% |
Xanathar, Guild Kingpin |
$7.06 |
$6.88 |
$0.18 |
3% |
Treasure Vault |
$11.61 |
$11.12 |
$0.49 |
4% |
Valki, God of Lies |
$9.46 |
$11.60 |
($2.14) |
-18% |
Goldspan Dragon |
$11.60 |
$15.55 |
($3.95) |
-25% |
Alrund's Epiphany |
$16.02 |
$16.65 |
($0.63) |
-4% |
Wrenn and Seven |
$35.89 |
$31.71 |
$4.18 |
13% |
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned |
$10.57 |
$10.49 |
$0.08 |
1% |
The Meathook Massacre |
$23.30 |
$21.01 |
$2.29 |
11% |
Intrepid Adversary |
$23.12 |
$20.21 |
$2.91 |
14% |
Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset |
$5.66 |
$6.16 |
($0.50) |
-8% |
Memory Deluge |
$12.98 |
$12.36 |
$0.62 |
5% |
Prismari Command |
$10.79 |
$11.33 |
($0.54) |
-5% |
Professor Onyx |
$8.19 |
$8.19 |
$0.00 |
0% |
Velomachus Lorehold |
$7.03 |
$7.03 |
$0.00 |
0% |
Beledros Witherbloom |
$5.00 |
$5.88 |
($0.88) |
-15% |
Mascot Exhibition |
$8.37 |
$8.52 |
($0.15) |
-2% |
Chandra, Dressed to Kill |
$18.33 |
$26.48 |
($8.15) |
-31% |
Cemetery Gatekeeper |
$13.34 |
$26.34 |
($13.00) |
-49% |
Faithbound Judge |
$13.21 |
$12.47 |
$0.74 |
6% |
Sorin the Mirthless |
$13.89 |
$9.94 |
$3.95 |
40% |
Cemetery Illuminator |
$5.09 |
$6.74 |
($1.65) |
-24% |
Toxrill, the Corrosive |
$5.73 |
$6.25 |
($0.52) |
-8% |
Henrika Domnathi |
$7.00 |
$6.16 |
$0.84 |
14% |
Cultivator Colossus |
$43.47 |
$6.15 |
$37.32 |
607% |
Cemetery Prowler |
$5.87 |
$6.06 |
($0.19) |
-3% |
Manaform Hellkite |
$5.85 |
$5.24 |
$0.61 |
12% |
Skyclave Apparition |
$16.68 |
$14.22 |
$2.46 |
17% |
Shatterskull Smashing |
$15.03 |
$15.15 |
($0.12) |
-1% |
Roiling Vortex |
$5.33 |
$4.89 |
$0.44 |
9% |
Modern Staples: Have two new additions to the list this week!
Eternal Staples: It looks like
Daze
is feeling a bit unsafe.
Pioneer Staples: This format has been so much fun. Behind Commander it is what I am having the most fun with.
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 |
$296.14 |
$279.85 |
$16.29 |
6% |
Innistrad: Crimson Vow |
$194.49 |
$190.74 |
$3.75 |
2% |
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Booster Pack |
$3.34 |
$3.30 |
$0.04 |
1% |
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt |
$205.32 |
$175.08 |
$30.24 |
17% |
Kaldheim |
$101.91 |
$110.52 |
($8.61) |
-8% |
Strixhaven: School of Mages |
$100.43 |
$109.98 |
($9.55) |
-9% |
Treasure Chest |
$2.28 |
$2.37 |
($0.09) |
-4% |
Zendikar Rising |
$102.67 |
$96.56 |
$6.11 |
6% |
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 |
215.18 |
Cavern of Souls |
UBT |
Mythic |
138.77 |
Mox Jet |
1E |
Rare |
111.04 |
Karakas |
UBT |
Mythic |
110 |
Liliana of the Veil |
UBT |
Mythic |
102.02 |
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth |
UBT |
Mythic |
98.66 |
Ancestral Recall |
1E |
Rare |
92.8 |
Snapcaster Mage |
UBT |
Mythic |
92.75 |
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer |
MH2 |
Mythic |
81.94 |
Mox Emerald |
1E |
Rare |
78.89 |
Mox Sapphire |
1E |
Rare |
78.29 |
Time Walk |
1E |
Rare |
76.72 |
Wrenn and Six |
MH1 |
Mythic |
61.11 |
Teferi, Time Raveler |
WAR |
Rare |
59.36 |
Demonic Tutor |
UBT |
Mythic |
59.34 |
Scalding Tarn |
MH2 |
Rare |
59.01 |
Purple-Crystal Crab |
PZ2 |
Common |
58.93 |
Solitude |
MH2 |
Mythic |
58.42 |
Dark Depths |
UBT |
Mythic |
57.7 |
Endurance |
MH2 |
Mythic |
56.71 |
Mox Pearl |
1E |
Rare |
53.27 |
Urza's Saga |
MH2 |
Rare |
51.53 |
Mox Ruby |
1E |
Rare |
49.99 |
Heavenly Qilin |
PZ2 |
Common |
47.53 |
Misty Rainforest |
MH2 |
Rare |
46.52 |
Jace, the Mind Sculptor |
MS4 |
Mythic |
45 |
Force of Negation |
MH1 |
Rare |
44.62 |
Cultivator Colossus |
VOW |
Mythic |
43.47 |
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil |
C19 |
Mythic |
42.25 |
Force of Will |
MED |
Rare |
41.12 |
Demilich |
AFR |
Mythic |
39.84 |
Liliana, the Last Hope |
MS4 |
Mythic |
38.83 |
Flusterstorm |
CMD |
Rare |
38.23 |
Force of Vigor |
MH1 |
Rare |
38.11 |
Karn Liberated |
UBT |
Mythic |
37.35 |
Earthshaking Si |
PZ2 |
Common |
37.15 |
Edgar Markov |
PZ2 |
Mythic |
36.56 |
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth |
UBT |
Mythic |
36.07 |
Wrenn and Seven |
MID |
Mythic |
35.89 |
Mana Vault |
UBT |
Mythic |
35.81 |
Allosaurus Shepherd |
JMP |
Mythic |
35.08 |
Wasteland |
EXP |
Mythic |
33.29 |
Mox Diamond |
TPR |
Mythic |
32.67 |
Noble Hierarch |
UBT |
Mythic |
32.27 |
Reanimate |
UBT |
Mythic |
32.2 |
Timetwister |
1E |
Rare |
31.77 |
Celestial Colonnade |
UBT |
Mythic |
31.69 |
Mox Diamond |
ST |
Rare |
31.11 |
Platinum Emperion |
UBT |
Mythic |
30.55 |
Mishra's Bauble |
IMA |
Uncommon |
30.48 |
Den of the Bugbear |
AFR |
Rare |
30.05 |
Force of Will |
2XM |
Mythic |
30 |
Mishra's Bauble |
CSP |
Uncommon |
29.73 |
Engineered Explosives |
UBT |
Mythic |
29.71 |
Chalice of the Void |
A25 |
Mythic |
29.51 |
Mishra's Bauble |
2XM |
Uncommon |
29.5 |
Mox Diamond |
V10 |
Mythic |
29.5 |
Flusterstorm |
IMA |
Rare |
28.69 |
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria |
MS4 |
Mythic |
28.62 |
Retrofitter Foundry |
PZ2 |
Rare |
28.6 |
Fulminator Mage |
UBT |
Mythic |
28.11 |
Cavern of Souls |
ZNE |
Mythic |
27.87 |
Scalding Tarn |
EXP |
Mythic |
27.32 |
Creeping Tar Pit |
UBT |
Mythic |
27 |
Verdant Catacombs |
EXP |
Mythic |
26.98 |
Chalice of the Void |
TSR |
Bonus |
26.84 |
Bitterblossom |
UBT |
Mythic |
26.48 |
Lotus Petal |
TPR |
Uncommon |
26.19 |
Chalice of the Void |
MS2 |
Bonus |
25.9 |
Lotus Petal |
MS2 |
Bonus |
25.55 |
Cavern of Souls |
UMA |
Mythic |
25.26 |
Jeweled Lotus |
CMR |
Mythic |
25.25 |
Hullbreacher |
CMR |
Rare |
25.2 |
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.
I spent my Thanksgiving doing price charts, watching college basketball and streaming Commander while doing both of those things. Thursday was basically my most perfect day!
This series is an ongoing tribute to Erik “Hamtastic” Friborg.