Grand Finals: Austin Bursavich has had quite the year! A Player's Tour top 8 in Phoenix was followed by a suspension in May after Austin leaked confidental information from WotC that showed the negative changes to organized play.  After his retribution suspension was lifted in time for another Players Tour  (where he finished in the top 16) and other competitive events, he dodged not only a hurricane, but an incredible top eight packed with great players as well to win the event out of the lower bracket.  Check out all the coverage for the event here.

Bans: Standard saw the banning of Omnath, Locus of Creation, Lucky Clover and Escape to the Wilds.  Historic added Omnath, Locus of Creation to the suspended list and banned Teferi, Time Raveler and Wilderness Reclamation.  Burning-Tree Emissary came off the suspension list and is legal in Historic play again.  Finally Brawl booted Omnath, Locus of Creation, however it remains legal in Historic Brawl, where it will be subjected to the commander weighting system, ensuring that it is paired against other powerful commanders.  For reasonings behind the action taken, go here. 

Angela Chandler Memorial Event: Celebrating the life of Angela Chandler, Judge Academy has scheduled a charity event for the family.  It has been rescheduled so it does not go up against the next Arena Open.   You can see all the info here. 

State of Arena:  The next Arena open is a Halloween treat, as it starts on October 31 and ends on November 1st.  It's standard, and offers both best of one and best of three play options.  Kaladesh Remastered hits November 5th.  An Extra Life charity sleeve will be up as well.  Check out the full information. 

Proliferate Cube:  This week's cube spotlight is shining on Emma Handy's Proliferate Cube!  The popular content creator and incredible player is fresh off a Grand Finals top eight, and has a look at what makes her cube so neat, check it out here, and draft it on MTGO! 

Limited Split Championship: Sunday October 18th, sees the next Limited Split Championship Qualifier on MTGO.

Eternal Weekend:  The first weekend of Eternal Weekend is happening now!  Check out the details. 

New Downtime:  Originally scheduled to go live with Commander Legends, this has been pushed back as well, since the global launch has been pushed back to late November.  The downtime is now November 18th. 


 

This week I am splitting the decks up again, to just look at the new format in a post ban world. If you're at a loss for Standard or Historic, maybe try one of these out! 

Standard:

Azorius Blink

by brunzii

3 Barrin, Tolarian Archmage 4 Brazen Borrower 4 Charming Prince 2 Niambi, Esteemed Speaker 3 Yorion, Sky Nomad 2 Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis 4 Banishing Light 4 Omen of the Sea 3 The Birth of Meletis 4 Glass Casket 7 Island 6 Plains

4 Raugrin Triome 4 Temple of Enlightenment 2 Tranquil Cove 4 Skyclave Apparition

Sideboard: 2 Giant Killer 1 Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis 4 Mystical Dispute 2 Negate 2 Heliod's Punishment 4 Soul-Guide Lantern

Another Standard:

Jeskai Lukka

by D00mswitch

3 Dream Trawler 4 Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast 2 Narset of the Ancient Way 4 Fire Prophecy 4 Neutralize 4 Shatter the Sky 1 Banishing Light 3 Elspeth Conquers Death 4 Omen of the Sea 2 Omen of the Sun 4 Shark Typhoon 4 The Birth of Meletis 4 Glass Casket 3 Castle Ardenvale 1 Castle Vantress 4 Fabled Passage 5 Island

1 Mountain 5 Plains 4 Raugrin Triome 4 Temple of Enlightenment 4 Needleverge Pathway 4 Riverglide Pathway 2 Shatterskull Smashing

Sideboard: 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad 2 Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon 4 Mystical Dispute 4 Negate 2 Scorching Dragonfire 1 Jace, Mirror Mage

Even more Standard:

Mono Red

by jdoubleR2

4 Bonecrusher Giant 3 Brash Taunter 1 Ox of Agonas 1 Phoenix of Ash 4 Tectonic Giant 2 Chandra, Heart of Fire 4 Scorching Dragonfire 4 Shock 4 Slaying Fire 2 Irencrag Feat 3 Fiery Emancipation 19 Mountain

4 Magmatic Channeler 1 Shatterskull Smashing 4 Spikefield Hazard 1 Valakut Awakening

Sideboard: 4 Careless Celebrant 3 Ox of Agonas 2 Phoenix of Ash 3 Soul Sear 3 Storm's Wrath

Somehow more Standard:

Simic Mutate

by JulitoBernabe

4 Auspicious Starrix 1 Chainweb Aracnir 4 Dreamtail Heron 3 Gilded Goose 1 Illuna, Apex of Wishes 4 Migratory Greathorn 3 Parcelbeast 4 Pollywog Symbiote 1 Pouncing Shoreshark 2 Scavenging Ooze 1 Sea-Dasher Octopus 2 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate 4 Fabled Passage 9 Forest

8 Island 2 Ketria Triome 4 Scute Swarm 3 Tangled Florahedron

Sideboard: 2 Chainweb Aracnir 2 Elder Gargaroth 2 Garruk's Harbinger 3 Pouncing Shoreshark 1 Wicked Wolf 2 Negate 3 Soul-Guide Lantern

Yup, you guessed it, Standard!:

Landfall Adventures

by SavSave

4 Bonecrusher Giant 4 Edgewall Innkeeper 4 Lovestruck Beast 4 Questing Beast 4 Rimrock Knight 4 Embercleave 2 Evolving Wilds 4 Fabled Passage 7 Forest 4 Mountain 4 Akoum Hellhound 4 Brushfire Elemental

4 Cragcrown Pathway 4 Kazandu Mammoth 3 Shatterskull Smashing

Sideboard: 3 Chainweb Aracnir 1 Klothys, God of Destiny 4 Scavenging Ooze 2 Ranger's Guile 1 Redcap Melee 1 The Great Henge 3 Thundering Rebuke

Wait, this is Historic:

Gruul Company

by jatabo

4 Bonecrusher Giant 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 3 Gruul Spellbreaker 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Pelt Collector 3 Rampaging Ferocidon 3 Robber of the Rich 4 Scavenging Ooze 4 Collected Company 2 Primal Might 2 Embercleave 5 Forest 3 Mountain

4 Rootbound Crag 4 Stomping Ground 4 Cragcrown Pathway 3 Shatterskull Smashing

Sideboard: 2 Garruk's Harbinger 2 Klothys, God of Destiny 3 Questing Beast 4 Abrade 1 Primal Might 3 Grafdigger's Cage

And so is this one:

Gruul Aggro

by Delmo

3 Bonecrusher Giant 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 2 Gruul Spellbreaker 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Pelt Collector 3 Questing Beast 2 Rampaging Ferocidon 1 Rhonas the Indomitable 4 Robber of the Rich 3 Scavenging Ooze 2 Domri's Ambush 4 Embercleave 4 Forest 4 Mountain 4 Rootbound Crag

4 Stomping Ground 2 Cragcrown Pathway 2 Kazandu Mammoth 2 Shatterskull Smashing 2 Turntimber Symbiosis

Sideboard: 1 Bonecrusher Giant 2 Klothys, God of Destiny 1 Rampaging Ferocidon 1 Scavenging Ooze 4 Shifting Ceratops 3 Lava Coil 3 Grafdigger's Cage

 

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

A reminder that all Standard results are before the bans. 

Challenge Winners

Saturday Legacy - Baby - Bant Snow
Saturday Modern - Metcalf23 - Death and Taxes
Saturday Pauper - Mathonical - Mardu Monarch
Saturday Pioneer - Traft - Azorius Spirits
Saturday Standard -  Venom1 - Rakdos Aggro
Saturday Vintage - Bryant_Cook

Sunday Legacy - monkeyscantcry - Doomsday
Sunday Modern - kanister - 4 Color Copycat
Sunday Pauper - Oscar_Franco - Tron
Sunday Pioneer - billsive - Esper Yorion
Sunday Standard - LucasG1ggs - Mono Green Aggro
Sunday Vintage - Mogged

Other Event Winners

Sealed Zendikar Rising Qualifier - _against_
Pioneer Champ Qualifier - SanPop - Oops! All Pioneer Spells

Around the Web

MTGOTraders YouTube:  Did you know that MTGOTraders.com has a YouTube page?  Well if not, now you do, and you can find it here! 

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: This week I decided to remove Alela, Artful Provocateur from the list.  I realize that I have been tracking it for a long time, but for reason it just dawned on me, that much like Arcane Signet, it is only this pricy because it's a Commander card.  If it starts to see Standard play, of course I will bring it back.  We did have a couple of additions to the list thanks to the recent banning.

Standard Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Brazen Borrower	$24.21	$29.03	($4.82)	-17%
Questing Beast	$7.65	$6.74	$0.91	14%
Bonecrusher Giant	$7.93	$5.91	$2.02	34%
Embercleave	$6.09
Rankle, Master of Pranks	$5.86
Fiend Artisan	$5.24	$5.71	($0.47)	-8%
General Kudro of Drannith	$11.95	$11.46	$0.49	4%
Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast	$5.27	$5.47	($0.20)	-4%
Winota, Joiner of Forces	$6.59	$6.85	($0.26)	-4%
Shark Typhoon	$8.10	$7.46	$0.64	9%
Lurrus of the Dream Den	$10.14	$10.16	($0.02)	0%
Teferi, Master of Time	$12.03	$12.11	($0.08)	-1%
Terror of the Peaks	$12.26	$10.71	$1.55	14%
Liliana, Waker of the Dead	$14.03	$12.04	$1.99	17%
Elder Gargaroth	$49.14	$49.17	($0.03)	0%
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger	25.56	19.74	$5.82	29%
Klothys, God of Destiny	8.98	8.66	$0.32	4%
Scourge of the Skyclaves	$31.32	$40.17	($8.85)	-22%
Turntimber Symbiosis	$20.04	$12.11	$7.93	65%
Agadeem's Awakening	$20.76	$13.19	$7.57	57%
Skyclave Apparition	$17.44	$14.62	$2.82	19%
Shatterskull Smashing	$7.85	$6.70	$1.15	17%
Sea Gate Restoration	$6.18	$4.05	$2.13	53%

Modern Staples:

Modern Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Auriok Champion	$17.27	$23.23	($5.96)	-26%
Cavern of Souls	$21.00	$20.42	$0.58	3%
Mishra's Bauble	$8.31	$10.36	($2.05)	-20%
Aether Vial	$25.64	$24.18	$1.46	6%
Horizon Canopy	$15.46	$15.68	($0.22)	-1%
Tarmogoyf	$5.25	$5.73	($0.48)	-8%
Liliana of the Veil	$10.96	$14.33	($3.37)	-24%
Polluted Delta	$11.05	$7.88	$3.17	40%
Wooded Foothills	$6.32	$5.96	$0.36	6%
Flooded Strand	$6.55	$6.55	$0.00	0%
Bloodstained Mire	$6.77	$7.54	($0.77)	-10%
Windswept Heath	$4.65	$4.10	$0.55	13%
Thoughtseize	$8.36	$10.53	($2.17)	-21%
Field of the Dead	$18.14	$19.35	($1.21)	-6%
Elvish Reclaimer	$8.00	$8.64	($0.64)	-7%
Force of Negation	$74.48	$79.32	($4.84)	-6%
Wrenn and Six	$80.70	$64.93	$15.77	24%
Prismatic Vista	$12.53	$10.15	$2.38	23%
Sunbaked Canyon	$17.57	$15.34	$2.23	15%
Seasoned Pyromancer	$38.99	$36.75	$2.24	6%
Fiery Islet	$9.16	$9.55	($0.39)	-4%
Urza, Lord High Artificer	$8.54	$9.21	($0.67)	-7%
Plague Engineer	$11.95	$11.48	$0.47	4%
Force of Vigor	$11.63	$12.88	($1.25)	-10%
Collector Ouphe	$4.49	$6.29	($1.80)	-29%
Nurturing Peatland	$5.41	$4.73	$0.68	14%
Ice-Fang Coatl	$6.19	$7.55	($1.36)	-18%
Giver of Runes	$13.13	$12.61	$0.52	4%
Flusterstorm	$4.88	$5.43	($0.55)	-10%
Hexdrinker	$6.28	$7.21	($0.93)	-13%
Chalice of the Void	$11.48	$12.03	($0.55)	-5%
Karn Liberated	$5.07	$5.51	($0.44)	-8%
Surgical Extraction	$15.75	$17.18	($1.43)	-8%
Dismember	$5.77	$7.06	($1.29)	-18%
Ensnaring Bridge	$9.16	$9.23	($0.07)	-1%
Gemstone Mine	$8.32	$10.31	($1.99)	-19%
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	$7.72	$7.84	($0.12)	-2%
Scalding Tarn	$15.11	$15.85	($0.74)	-5%
Verdant Catacombs	$11.83	$14.97	($3.14)	-21%
Misty Rainforest	$16.50	$15.52	$0.98	6%
Arid Mesa	$5.48	$6.90	($1.42)	-21%
Marsh Flats	$3.88	$4.29	($0.41)	-10%

Eternal Staples:  Finally decided to add Allosaurus Shepherd to the list because it seems like this is Legacy driven as much as it is Commander driven.  Also treasure chest driven. 

Eternal Format Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Oko, Thief of Crowns	$15.77	$14.95	$0.82	5%
City of Traitors	$20.75	$24.81	($4.06)	-16%
Monastery Mentor	$6.01	$6.10	($0.09)	-1%
Allosaurus Shepherd	$44.05
Force of Will	$36.24	$33.15	$3.09	9%
Karakas	$6.89	$6.28	$0.61	10%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale	$21.47	$20.52	$0.95	5%
Land Tax	$5.03	$5.39	($0.36)	-7%
Demonic Tutor	$6.97	$7.04	($0.07)	-1%
Unmask	$8.96	$9.04	($0.08)	-1%
Misdirection	$14.84	$14.84	$0.00	0%
Rishadan Port	$6.91	$6.11	$0.80	13%
Entomb	$6.16	$6.80	($0.64)	-9%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow	$28.59	$33.87	($5.28)	-16%
Mox Diamond	$15.77	$17.01	($1.24)	-7%
Wasteland	$24.17	$22.23	$1.94	9%
Ancient Tomb	$14.77	$18.18	($3.41)	-19%
Lotus Petal	$13.49	$15.05	($1.56)	-10%
Earthcraft	$5.48	$5.50	($0.02)	0%
Academy Rector	$7.13	$9.49	($2.36)	-25%
Grim Monolith	$12.91	$13.44	($0.53)	-4%
Exploration	$11.79	$12.11	($0.32)	-3%
Gaea's Cradle	$23.66	$23.25	$0.41	2%
Carpet of Flowers	$31.42	$37.56	($6.14)	-16%
Gilded Drake	$4.72	$5.65	($0.93)	-16%
Black Lotus	$11.10	$10.46	$0.64	6%
Tropical Island	$8.98	$8.05	$0.93	12%
Volcanic Island	$10.19	$8.11	$2.08	26%
Underground Sea	$8.97	$8.12	$0.85	10%
Sol Ring	$8.95	$9.29	($0.34)	-4%
Null Rod	$5.67	$5.92	($0.25)	-4%
Doomsday	$11.50	$11.84	($0.34)	-3%
Mindbreak Trap	$17.45	$14.95	$2.50	17%

Pioneer Staples:  Omnath, Locus of Creation was always gonna end up on the Pioneer table, but it was earlier than I thought it would.  I also took off the shock lands, because they hadn't been close to 5 dollars in months, and it was time for those to come off. 

Pioneer Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Soul-Scar Mage	$8.19	$11.85	($3.66)	-31%
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger	$6.19	$5.52	$0.67	12%
Collected Company	$8.14	$11.67	($3.53)	-30%
Liliana, the Last Hope	$4.69	$5.37	($0.68)	-13%
Collective Brutality	$5.87	$7.31	($1.44)	-20%
Assassin's Trophy	$6.75	$6.71	$0.04	1%
Mana Confluence	$6.88	$6.80	$0.08	1%
Eidolon of the Great Revel	$6.88	$6.94	($0.06)	-1%
Leyline of the Void	$5.29	$6.16	($0.87)	-14%
Leyline of Sanctity	$4.50	$5.13	($0.63)	-12%
Thought-Knot Seer	$5.90	$4.60	$1.30	28%
Kaya, Orzhov Usurper	$10.79	$12.36	($1.57)	-13%
Rest in Peace	$4.49	$5.53	($1.04)	-19%
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath	$69.77	$64.19	$5.58	9%
Teferi, Time Raveler	$43.26	$41.64	$1.62	4%
Finale of Devastation	$8.21	$8.04	$0.17	2%
Karn, the Great Creator	$29.32	$28.62	$0.70	2%
Dreadhorde Arcanist	$12.05	$13.00	($0.95)	-7%
Blast Zone	$7.28	$6.84	$0.44	6%
Omnath, Locus of Creation	$25.36	$31.18	($5.82)	-19%

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
Core Set 2021	$144.06	$138.32	$5.74	4%
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths	$76.98	$77.68	($0.70)	-1%
Theros Beyond Death	$152.73	$139.33	$13.40	10%
Throne of Eldraine	$141.66	$135.16	$6.50	5%
Treasure Chest	$2.49	$2.51	($0.02)	-1%
Zendikar Rising	$178.27	$156.39	$21.88	14%
Zendikar Rising Booster Pack	$3.29	$3.39	($0.10)	-3%

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	157.63
Snapcaster Mage	UBT	Mythic	100.76
Wrenn and Six	MH1	Mythic	80.7
Liliana of the Veil	UBT	Mythic	77.95
Force of Negation	MH1	Rare	74.48
Mox Jet	1E	Rare	71.64
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath	THB	Mythic	69.77
Ancestral Recall	1E	Rare	68.82
Karakas	UBT	Mythic	61.94
Karn Liberated	UBT	Mythic	61.39
Mox Emerald	1E	Rare	61.25
Cavern of Souls	UBT	Mythic	58.33
Noble Hierarch	UBT	Mythic	54.62
Time Walk	1E	Rare	54.37
Elder Gargaroth	M21	Mythic	49.14
Dark Depths	UBT	Mythic	48.94
Mox Sapphire	1E	Rare	45.12
Allosaurus Shepherd	JMP	Mythic	44.05
Mox Pearl	1E	Rare	43.69
Teferi, Time Raveler	WAR	Rare	43.26
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	MS4	Mythic	42.84
Timetwister	1E	Rare	39.16
Mox Ruby	1E	Rare	39.05
Seasoned Pyromancer	MH1	Mythic	38.99
Cavern of Souls	ZNE	Mythic	36.98
Force of Will	MED	Rare	36.24
Lord Windgrace	PZ2	Mythic	35.26
Liliana, the Last Hope	MS4	Mythic	34.79
Carpet of Flowers	UZ	Uncommon	31.42
Scourge of the Skyclaves	ZNR	Mythic	31.32
Celestial Colonnade	UBT	Mythic	31.09
Life from the Loam	UBT	Mythic	30.36
Aether Vial	MS2	Bonus	30.19
Karn, the Great Creator	WAR	Rare	29.32
Purple-Crystal Crab	PZ2	Common	28.97
Demonic Tutor	UBT	Mythic	28.71
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow	PZ2	Rare	28.59
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	UBT	Mythic	27.53
Bitterblossom	UBT	Mythic	26.78
Submerge	NE	Uncommon	26.58
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria	MS4	Mythic	26.41
Wasteland	ZNE	Mythic	26.39
Creeping Tar Pit	UBT	Mythic	26.38
Aether Vial	MMA	Rare	26.02
Aether Vial	TD0	Uncommon	25.93
Aether Vial	DST	Uncommon	25.64
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger	THB	Mythic	25.56
Misty Rainforest	ZNE	Mythic	25.45
Omnath, Locus of Creation	ZNR	Mythic	25.36
Aether Vial	IMA	Rare	25.06

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 $22,680.  Last week the big number was $24,075. This is a loss of $1,395.  It's been much cheaper for me to put commander decks on my account at least.  I can like that, but still be worried about the future of MTGO. 
 

In Closing

Prices were done on Thursday.  That's it for me this week.  Thanks for reading!

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