State of the Program for November 30th, 2022
MTGO Forums: Daybreak has set up forums for MTGO, which you can find here.
MTGO Discord: In addition to the Forums, Daybreak has set up a Discord for MTGO. You can get the invite here.
Dominaria United Redemption: Tokens are on MTGO for those that want to redeem sets of The Brothers' War. Sets are only available while supplies last now. Tokens also cost $35.00 and shipping.
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.
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Upcoming Events
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Dates
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Scheduled Downtimes
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January 25, 2023 |
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Constructed Leagues End
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Ends January 31, 2023
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Sealed Leagues End
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Ends January 31, 2023 |
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Next B&R
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Unknown
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Dominaria United Redemption
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November 29, 2022
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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 - Scars of Mirrodin Block Flashback
Ongoing- The Brothers' War Best of 1 Draft Queues
December 2 - Limited Super Qualifier
December 3 - Modern Showcase Qualifier
December 4 - Pioneer Showcase Qualifier
December 10 - Standard Showcase Qualifier
December 11 - Legacy Showcase Qualifier
December 7 - Supreme Pioneer Chaos Draft
December 14 - Ixalan Block Flashback
December 21 - Vintage Cube
January 25 - A draft format
Magic Online Format ChallengesThese 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:
Standard: The top deck of Standard seems to be some version of this powerful Grixis deck.
Legacy:I wanted to show off this Legacy deck because
Titania, Voice of Gaea
is in it.
Modern: Rakdos Scam, perhaps the worst named deck in the format seems to be on the upswing.
Pauper: Initiative seems to be doing just well enough in the format to not be a problem. Maybe I am wrong, but this deck looks like a blast to play!
Pioneer: With Regional Championships and RCQs going on it feels like Pioneer is slowly becoming the premier format that Wizards of the Coast wanted it to be before the pandemic.
The Winner's Circle is where I will recognize winners of the past events on MTGO.
Challenge Winners
Saturday Legacy - Oceansoul92 - Izzet Delver
Saturday Modern - Aerien_sol - Rakdos Scam
Saturday Pauper - discoverN - Affinity
Saturday Pioneer - ThaisM - Bant Spirits
Saturday Standard - Showcase Challenge
Saturday Vintage - TrueHero
Sunday Legacy - Showcase Challenge
Sunday Modern - ItlDude123 - Breach Combo
Sunday Pauper - vini_torres - Affinity
Sunday Pioneer - 0men - Hidden Strings Combo
Sunday Standard - Mogged - Grixis Midrange
Sunday Vintage - unluckymonkey
Other Event Winners
Standard Showcase Challenge
Legacy Showcase Challenge
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:
Titan of Industry
went bankrupt.
Chandra, Dressed to Kill
decided to get changed and left the list.
| Standard Cards |
Price |
Last Week |
Change |
% Change |
Phyrexian Fleshgorger |
$16.97 |
$24.55 |
-$7.58 |
-31% |
Brotherhood's End |
$10.88 |
$16.68 |
-$5.80 |
-35% |
Woodcaller Automaton |
$10.92 |
$14.64 |
-$3.72 |
-25% |
Cityscape Leveler |
$5.54 |
$14.25 |
-$8.71 |
-61% |
Portal to Phyrexia |
$6.93 |
$13.06 |
-$6.13 |
-47% |
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor |
$4.63 |
$12.42 |
-$7.79 |
-63% |
Saheeli, Filigree Master |
$7.25 |
$8.22 |
-$0.97 |
-12% |
| Titania, Voice of Gaea |
$3.14 |
$6.09 |
-$2.95 |
-48% |
Mishra, Claimed by Gix |
$3.22 |
$5.71 |
-$2.49 |
-44% |
Misery's Shadow |
$3.66 |
$5.28 |
-$1.62 |
-31% |
Leyline Binding |
$18.02 |
$19.74 |
-$1.72 |
-9% |
Liliana of the Veil |
$6.69 |
$6.33 |
$0.36 |
6% |
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse |
$67.34 |
$53.25 |
$14.09 |
26% |
Memory Deluge |
$9.27 |
$8.55 |
$0.72 |
8% |
Haunted Ridge |
$17.29 |
$19.02 |
-$1.73 |
-9% |
Graveyard Trespasser |
$4.71 |
$5.12 |
-$0.41 |
-8% |
Brutal Cathar |
$15.07 |
$13.95 |
$1.12 |
8% |
Deserted Beach |
$8.94 |
$7.75 |
$1.19 |
15% |
Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset |
$7.92 |
$8.94 |
-$1.02 |
-11% |
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar |
$8.76 |
$9.07 |
-$0.31 |
-3% |
Shipwreck Marsh |
$6.82 |
$5.65 |
$1.17 |
21% |
Boseiju, Who Endures |
$58.57 |
$60.61 |
-$2.04 |
-3% |
Otawara, Soaring City |
$14.19 |
$14.35 |
-$0.16 |
-1% |
The Wandering Emperor |
$17.32 |
$19.15 |
-$1.83 |
-10% |
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker |
$42.78 |
$46.20 |
-$3.42 |
-7% |
Hidetsugu Consumes All |
$10.73 |
$12.53 |
-$1.80 |
-14% |
Diabolic Intent |
$10.30 |
$13.66 |
-$3.36 |
-25% |
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary |
$8.69 |
$9.36 |
-$0.67 |
-7% |
Ledger Shredder |
$28.31 |
$27.15 |
$1.16 |
4% |
Unlicensed Hearse |
$27.07 |
$28.99 |
-$1.92 |
-7% |
Raffine, Scheming Seer |
$4.44 |
$5.42 |
-$0.98 |
-18% |
Wedding Announcement |
$8.07 |
$7.31 |
$0.76 |
10% |
Stormcarved Coast |
$9.37 |
$8.79 |
$0.58 |
7% |
Sorin the Mirthless |
$5.08 |
$6.30 |
-$1.22 |
-19% |
Hallowed Haunting |
$5.22 |
$5.11 |
$0.11 |
2% |
Modern Staples:
Eternal Staples:
Pioneer Staples:
Eidolon of the Great Revel
came off the 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 Time |
Change |
% Change |
| The Brothers' War |
$108.56 |
$174.46 |
($65.90) |
-38% |
| The Brothers's War Booster |
$2.96 |
$3.19 |
($0.23) |
-7% |
| Dominaria United |
$118.93 |
$104.67 |
$14.26 |
14% |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow |
$75.81 |
$76.79 |
($0.98) |
-1% |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt |
$155.87 |
$158.65 |
($2.78) |
-2% |
| Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty |
$169.62 |
$179.18 |
($9.56) |
-5% |
| Streets of New Capenna |
$101.80 |
$105.20 |
($3.40) |
-3% |
| Treasure Chest |
$2.32 |
$2.39 |
($0.07) |
-3% |
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 |
258.42 |
| Mox Jet |
1E |
Rare |
125.16 |
| Liliana of the Veil |
UBT |
Mythic |
118.14 |
| Cavern of Souls |
UBT |
Mythic |
116.44 |
| Karakas |
UBT |
Mythic |
114.08 |
| Ancestral Recall |
1E |
Rare |
111.26 |
| Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth |
UBT |
Mythic |
101.04 |
| Time Walk |
1E |
Rare |
83.68 |
| Mox Sapphire |
1E |
Rare |
82.99 |
| Purple-Crystal Crab |
PZ2 |
Common |
78 |
| Mox Emerald |
1E |
Rare |
73.69 |
| Sheoldred, the Apocalypse |
DMU |
Mythic |
67.34 |
| Demonic Tutor |
UBT |
Mythic |
66.58 |
| Heavenly Qilin |
PZ2 |
Common |
63.43 |
| Mox Ruby |
1E |
Rare |
62.89 |
| Mox Pearl |
1E |
Rare |
61.15 |
| Marisi, Breaker of the Coil |
C19 |
Mythic |
60.65 |
| Boseiju, Who Endures |
NEO |
Rare |
58.57 |
| Urza's Saga |
MH2 |
Rare |
56.46 |
| Aether Gale |
C14 |
Rare |
54.02 |
| Dark Depths |
UBT |
Mythic |
53.6 |
| White Plume Adventurer |
CLB |
Rare |
50 |
| Opposition Agent |
CMR |
Rare |
49.89 |
| Earthshaking Si |
PZ2 |
Common |
49.87 |
| Wasteland |
ZNE |
Mythic |
48.89 |
| Force of Will |
MED |
Rare |
46.02 |
| Seasoned Dungeoneer |
CLB |
Rare |
46 |
| Snapcaster Mage |
UBT |
Mythic |
45.65 |
| Kozilek, Butcher of Truth |
UBT |
Mythic |
43.4 |
| Liliana, the Last Hope |
MS4 |
Mythic |
42.78 |
| Fable of the Mirror-Breaker |
NEO |
Rare |
42.78 |
| Jace, the Mind Sculptor |
MS4 |
Mythic |
42.56 |
| Mana Vault |
UBT |
Mythic |
41.5 |
| Orvar, the All-Form |
KHM |
Mythic |
38.26 |
| Teferi, Hero of Dominaria |
MS4 |
Mythic |
37.33 |
| Flooded Strand |
ZNE |
Mythic |
36.19 |
| Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer |
MH2 |
Mythic |
35.14 |
| Endurance |
MH2 |
Mythic |
34.28 |
| Reanimate |
UBT |
Mythic |
33.11 |
| Cleansing Screech |
PZ2 |
Common |
32.75 |
| Timetwister |
1E |
Rare |
32.69 |
| Flusterstorm |
CMD |
Rare |
32.6 |
| Meltdown |
UZ |
Uncommon |
32.08 |
| Flusterstorm |
MH1 |
Rare |
31.73 |
| Force of Will |
2XM |
Mythic |
31.53 |
| Flusterstorm |
VMA |
Rare |
31.51 |
| Fury |
MH2 |
Mythic |
31.36 |
| Flusterstorm |
IMA |
Rare |
31.31 |
| Force of Will |
MS3 |
Mythic |
30.92 |
| Cavern of Souls |
ZNE |
Mythic |
30.68 |
| Force of Will |
EMA |
Mythic |
30.58 |
| Flusterstorm |
PZ1 |
Rare |
30.47 |
| Force of Will |
VMA |
Rare |
30.3 |
| Pramikon, Sky Rampart |
C19 |
Mythic |
30.15 |
| Gaea's Cradle |
UZ |
Rare |
29.76 |
| Creeping Tar Pit |
UBT |
Mythic |
29.62 |
| Mox Diamond |
ST |
Rare |
29.05 |
| Mox Diamond |
TPR |
Mythic |
28.84 |
| Mox Diamond |
V10 |
Mythic |
28.59 |
| Jeska's Will |
CMR |
Rare |
28.47 |
| Ugin, the Spirit Dragon |
MS4 |
Mythic |
28.41 |
| Ledger Shredder |
SNC |
Rare |
28.31 |
| Noble Hierarch |
UBT |
Mythic |
27.94 |
| Fulminator Mage |
UBT |
Mythic |
27.67 |
| Unlicensed Hearse |
SNC |
Rare |
27.07 |
| Life from the Loam |
UBT |
Mythic |
26.63 |
| Karn Liberated |
UBT |
Mythic |
26.24 |
| Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre |
UBT |
Mythic |
26.23 |
| Ancient Tomb |
ZNE |
Mythic |
25.38 |
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.
Prices were done Wednesday morning!
This series is an ongoing tribute to Erik “Hamtastic” Friborg.
