Treasure Chests Update:  This went live on Wednesday, it looks like 35 cards got a change in drop rate and it does not look like anything new was added to the Chests.

Modern Cube:  Carmen Handy and Aaron Sorrells have a look at the newest build of the Modern Cube here. You can see the changes and full card list here.

The Brothers' War:  Previews for the set started Thursday, and you can see the card gallery here.  Urza and Mishra lead Commander Decks this set.  A subset, like Expeditions on the Mystical Archive exists for Artifacts.  Lodestone Golem and Wurmcoil Engine lead the way so far.  The basic lands in the set feature Mechs.  Meld also makes a return to the game. 

Pioneer Challenger Decks 2022:  These are apparently coming to MTGO.  The Izzet Phoenix deck looks okay but in paper it has copies of Expressive Iteration on MTGO those banned cards will be replaced by Pieces of the Puzzle and Fiery Impulse.  You can see the decklists here. 
 

Standard: Look I am not sure if this is a win trader deck, of it is actually good or not, but it's 20 dollars, looks really fun and features a lot of cool stuff from the newer sets. My mental health has kept me from playing as much, but for 20 dollars I don't think you can really go wrong?

Jodah Legends

 

3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 3 Adarkar Wastes 1 Plains 3 Yavimaya Coast 4 Dennick, Pious Apprentice 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire 3 Halana and Alena, Partners 3 Jerren, Corrupted Bishop 4 Jodah, the Unifier 4 Katilda, Dawnhart Prime 3 Lagrella, the Magpie 3 Mirror Box 4 Overgrown Farmland 4 Plaza of Heroes 3 Relic of Legends

4 Secluded Courtyard 2 Shanna, Purifying Blade 3 Sigarda, Champion of Light 4 Thran Portal 1 Xander's Lounge

Sideboard: 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 3 Negate 3 Destroy Evil 3 Ertai Resurrected 1 Lagrella, the Magpie 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel 3 Tamiyo's Safekeeping

Pauper: I am buidling paper Pauper decks and while this deck is close and has better mana, I am keeping my Nivix Cyclops deck together over building this. I just love that beefy boy.

Mono Red Prowess

 

4 Kiln Fiend 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Apostle's Blessing 4 Lava Dart 4 Manamorphose 4 Mutagenic Growth 4 Temur Battle Rage 3 Crash Through 4 Faithless Looting 17 Mountain 4 Ancestral Anger

4 Festival Crasher

Sideboard: 2 Martyr of Ashes 2 Electrickery 2 Flaring Pain 2 Pyroblast 4 Flame Slash 1 Maximize Velocity 2 Satyr's Cunning

Pioneer:  I am working on a paper building project right now, and have 17 Pioneer decks in progress, which sounds like a huge number, but it's really not, considering how cheap Pioneer is in paper, and how cheap it was during the pandemic that is still happening, but we're ignoring now.  I saw this decklist, and now have 18 decks I am working on. 

Pyre of Humans

 

4 Charming Prince 3 Dauntless Bodyguard 4 Experiment One 1 Kytheon, Hero of Akros 4 Reflector Mage 4 Thalia's Lieutenant 4 Collected Company 1 Botanical Sanctum 3 Mana Confluence 1 Plains 4 Temple Garden 4 Unclaimed Territory 3 Aether Channeler 1 Barkchannel Pathway 1 Blade Historian 4 Branchloft Pathway 1 Brightclimb Pathway 3 Extraction Specialist 3 Pyre of Heroes

4 Secluded Courtyard 3 Werewolf Pack Leader

Sideboard: 1 Fiendslayer Paladin 1 General Kudro of Drannith 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation 1 Sin Collector 2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 1 Declaration in Stone 1 Deafening Silence 1 Rest in Peace 1 Acquisitions Expert 1 Ertai Resurrected 1 Night Clubber 1 Outland Liberator 1 Reidane, God of the Worthy 1 Unlicensed Hearse

 

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

Challenge Winners

Saturday Legacy - Cwoj - Izzet Murktide
Saturday Modern - DemonicTutors
Saturday Pauper - Alleyezonme - Mono Blue Terror
Saturday Pioneer - claudioh - Niv to Light
Saturday Standard - Showcase Challenge
Saturday Vintage - Condescend

Sunday Legacy - Showcase Challenge
Sunday Modern - Control4Daze - Golgari Persist
Sunday Pauper - SynthAura - Bogles
Sunday Pioneer - Misplacedginger - Rakdos Mid
Sunday Standard - JUJUBEAN_2004 - Boros Justice
Sunday Vintage -  dgreen16

Other Event Winners

Legacy Showcase Challenge
Standard Showcase Challenge

Standard Staples: Jaya, Fiery Negotiator, Leaf-Crowned Visionary, and Rundvelt Hordemaster fell off the list this week.  Hidetsugu Consumes All and Shipwreck Marsh came back on to the list. 

Standard Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Leyline Binding	$28.03	$23.27	$4.76	20%
Liliana of the Veil	$12.41	$15.79	-$3.38	-21%
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse	$58.32	$46.69	$11.63	25%
Serra Paragon	$6.93	$5.96	$0.97	16%
Soul of Windgrace	$5.15	$5.68	-$0.53	-9%
The Meathook Massacre	$42.50	$34.09	$8.41	25%
Memory Deluge	$8.28	$8.85	-$0.57	-6%
Haunted Ridge	$26.16	$18.75	$7.41	40%
Graveyard Trespasser	$26.13	$33.78	-$7.65	-23%
Brutal Cathar	$10.15	$9.66	$0.49	5%
Deserted Beach	$13.49	$9.55	$3.94	41%
Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset	$9.20	$8.37	$0.83	10%
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar	$5.50	$5.78	-$0.28	-5%
Shipwreck Marsh	$6.35
Boseiju, Who Endures	$48.14	$45.10	$3.04	7%
Otawara, Soaring City	$12.97	$11.67	$1.30	11%
The Wandering Emperor	$28.97	$32.66	-$3.69	-11%
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker	$57.67	$50.17	$7.50	15%
March of Otherworldly Light	$5.68	$5.06	$0.62	12%
Hidetsugu Consumes All	$7.96
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary	$14.64	$15.61	-$0.97	-6%
Ledger Shredder	$23.15	$26.36	-$3.21	-12%
Unlicensed Hearse	$40.98	$33.39	$7.59	23%
Titan of Industry	$5.87	$6.26	-$0.39	-6%
Cultivator Colossus	$4.62	$5.57	-$0.95	-17%
Stormcarved Coast	$7.10	$6.67	$0.43	6%
Chandra, Dressed to Kill	$8.34	$9.06	-$0.72	-8%
Sorin the Mirthless	$8.89	$8.38	$0.51	6%

Modern Staples:

Modern Cards	Price	Last Week	Change	% Change
Engineered Explosives	$12.66	$12.89	-$0.23	-2%
Steelshaper's Gift	$6.04	$6.30	-$0.26	-4%
Cavern of Souls	$13.76	$14.80	-$1.04	-7%
Mishra's Bauble	$19.05	$18.17	$0.88	5%
Aether Vial	$5.76	$5.76	$0.00	0%
Magus of the Moon	$8.41	$9.04	-$0.63	-7%
Polluted Delta	$7.27	$7.11	$0.16	2%
Wooded Foothills	$7.56	$6.15	$1.41	23%
Flooded Strand	$10.92	$9.25	$1.67	18%
Bloodstained Mire	$7.22	$6.89	$0.33	5%
Windswept Heath	$5.79	$4.85	$0.94	19%
Thoughtseize	$9.42	$9.24	$0.18	2%
Force of Negation	$18.15	$17.36	$0.79	5%
Wrenn and Six	$36.31	$38.63	-$2.32	-6%
Sunbaked Canyon	$8.09	$7.85	$0.24	3%
Seasoned Pyromancer	$7.39	$9.70	-$2.31	-24%
Force of Vigor	$21.69	$27.62	-$5.93	-21%
Flusterstorm	$23.23	$24.38	-$1.15	-5%
Archmage's Charm	$5.01	$4.90	$0.11	2%
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician	$7.13	$7.48	-$0.35	-5%
Archon of Cruelty	$24.42	$18.92	$5.50	29%
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	$31.66	$31.00	$0.66	2%
Urza's Saga	$45.13	$53.39	-$8.26	-15%
Solitude	$25.90	$27.43	-$1.53	-6%
Endurance	$46.92	$53.03	-$6.11	-12%
Grief	$12.11	$15.18	-$3.07	-20%
Murktide Regent	$16.74	$18.45	-$1.71	-9%
Fury	$43.97	$44.57	-$0.60	-1%
Esper Sentinel	$7.44	$7.98	-$0.54	-7%
Grist, the Hunger Tide	$5.64	$4.98	$0.66	13%
Tourach, Dread Cantor	$5.54	$7.72	-$2.18	-28%
Subtlety	$14.05	$13.61	$0.44	3%
Chalice of the Void	$24.18	$26.42	-$2.24	-8%
Ensnaring Bridge	$6.63	$6.43	$0.20	3%
Teferi, Time Raveler	$32.76	$30.14	$2.62	9%
Gemstone Mine	$7.71	$7.04	$0.67	10%
Scalding Tarn	$5.24	$5.63	-$0.39	-7%
Verdant Catacombs	$2.48	$2.51	-$0.03	-1%
Misty Rainforest	$4.45	$4.73	-$0.28	-6%
Arid Mesa	$4.00	$2.64	$1.36	52%
Marsh Flats	$1.23	$1.12	$0.11	10%

Eternal Staples: 

Eternal Format Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes	$45.81	$82.94	($37.13)	-45%
Displacer Kitten	$1.57	$5.23	($3.66)	-70%
Hullbreacher	$16.84	$18.23	($1.39)	-8%
Opposition Agent	$33.98	$32.55	$1.43	4%
Jeweled Lotus	$21.20	$23.65	($2.45)	-10%
City of Traitors	$14.41	$14.86	($0.45)	-3%
Allosaurus Shepherd	$5.82	$6.76	($0.94)	-14%
Muxus, Goblin Grandee	$26.95	$26.12	$0.83	3%
Helm of Obedience	$17.82	$17.84	($0.02)	0%
Force of Will	$49.55	$41.65	$7.90	19%
Karakas	$9.43	$8.97	$0.46	5%
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale	$11.87	$12.11	($0.24)	-2%
Phyrexian Dreadnought	$6.47	$6.68	($0.21)	-3%
Enlightened Tutor	$7.22	$7.41	($0.19)	-3%
Unmask	$18.02	$12.81	$5.21	41%
Misdirection	$13.10	$13.34	($0.24)	-2%
Rishadan Port	$12.14	$12.94	($0.80)	-6%
Snuff Out	$24.51	$24.56	($0.05)	0%
Submerge	$9.40	$8.61	$0.79	9%
Daze	$6.85	$7.43	($0.58)	-8%
Entomb	$8.21	$6.55	$1.66	25%
Recruiter of the Guard	$8.81	$7.27	$1.54	21%
Mox Diamond	$36.20	$33.76	$2.44	7%
Wasteland	$22.71	$19.75	$2.96	15%
Ancient Tomb	$16.45	$15.98	$0.47	3%
Lotus Petal	$17.87	$23.81	($5.94)	-25%
Grindstone	$8.36	$8.27	$0.09	1%
Grim Monolith	$8.42	$8.98	($0.56)	-6%
Goblin Welder	$6.94	$7.05	($0.11)	-2%
Meltdown	$36.45	$38.61	($2.16)	-6%
Exploration	$8.25	$8.19	$0.06	1%
Gaea's Cradle	$26.66	$26.65	$0.01	0%
Carpet of Flowers	$23.50	$23.67	($0.17)	-1%
Gilded Drake	$9.22	$9.74	($0.52)	-5%
Show and Tell	$8.56	$8.38	$0.18	2%
Black Lotus	$11.80	$11.05	$0.75	7%
Volcanic Island	$7.93	$8.41	($0.48)	-6%
Underground Sea	$8.55	$6.78	$1.77	26%
Null Rod	$9.70	$9.83	($0.13)	-1%
Doomsday	$17.62	$18.69	($1.07)	-6%
Paradigm Shift	$12.93	$11.13	$1.80	16%

Pioneer Staples: 

Pioneer Cards	Price	Last Time	Change	% Change
Indomitable Creativity	$5.56	$5.40	$0.16	2.96%
Den of the Bugbear	$24.95	$23.85	$1.10	4.61%
Hall of the Storm Giants	$8.21	$7.67	$0.54	7.04%
Hive of the Eye Tyrant	$7.45	$8.36	-$0.91	-10.89%
Tasha's Hideous Laughter	$7.04	$8.72	-$1.68	-19.27%
Wish	$5.80	$6.35	-$0.55	-8.66%
Collected Company	$9.51	$10.22	-$0.71	-6.95%
Brazen Borrower	$23.91	$23.71	$0.20	0.84%
Bonecrusher Giant	$9.53	$13.26	-$3.73	-28.13%
Emrakul, the Promised End	$5.15	$3.64	$1.51	41.48%
Arclight Phoenix	$7.26	$6.44	$0.82	12.73%
Shark Typhoon	$5.76	$5.69	$0.07	1.23%
Ketria Triome	$8.53	$8.64	-$0.11	-1.27%
Raugrin Triome	$4.96	$5.43	-$0.47	-8.66%
Eidolon of the Great Revel	$9.34	$7.10	$2.24	31.55%
Mana Confluence	$5.18	$5.18	$0.00	0.00%
Blightstep Pathway	$5.78	$8.74	-$2.96	-33.87%
Hengegate Pathway	$7.08	$9.23	-$2.15	-23.29%
Darkbore Pathway	$6.15	$7.97	-$1.82	-22.84%
Realmwalker	$6.07	$5.71	$0.36	6.30%
Spirebluff Canal	$7.10	$6.38	$0.72	11.29%
Lotus Field	$5.32	$6.09	-$0.77	-12.64%
Chandra, Awakened Inferno	$4.89	$5.27	-$0.38	-7.21%
Cavalier of Thorns	$28.19	$25.74	$2.45	9.52%
Leyline of the Void	$10.60	$11.65	-$1.05	-9.01%
Day's Undoing	$6.11	$6.08	$0.03	0.49%
Rest in Peace	$6.06	$5.75	$0.31	5.39%
Prismari Command	$6.83	$7.94	-$1.11	-13.98%
Witherbloom Command	$9.36	$10.03	-$0.67	-6.68%
Karn, the Great Creator	$26.77	$28.65	-$1.88	-6.56%
Finale of Devastation	$7.25	$7.17	$0.08	1.12%
Omnath, Locus of Creation	$24.78	$26.33	-$1.55	-5.89%
Skyclave Apparition	$6.00	$4.29	$1.71	39.86%
Shatterskull Smashing	$7.33	$8.08	-$0.75	-9.28%
Roiling Vortex	$6.94	$7.45	-$0.51	-6.85%
Agadeem's Awakening	$6.04	$6.69	-$0.65	-9.72%
Sea Gate Restoration	$8.02	$7.93	$0.09	1.13%

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
Dominaria United	$138.54	$131.81	$6.73	5%
Dominaria United Booster	$3.21	$3.19	$0.02	1%
Innistrad: Crimson Vow	$81.74	$77.50	$4.24	5%
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt	$207.81	$191.64	$16.17	8%
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty	$182.48	$169.13	$13.35	8%
Streets of New Capenna	$125.60	$123.20	$2.40	2%
Treasure Chest	$2.56	$2.47	$0.09	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	259.4
Mox Jet	1E	Rare	128.11
Karakas	UBT	Mythic	121.88
Liliana of the Veil	UBT	Mythic	116.81
Cavern of Souls	UBT	Mythic	116.44
Ancestral Recall	1E	Rare	111.26
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	UBT	Mythic	101.04
Mox Sapphire	1E	Rare	84.5
Time Walk	1E	Rare	83
Mox Emerald	1E	Rare	73.28
Purple-Crystal Crab	PZ2	Common	71.07
Demonic Tutor	UBT	Mythic	66.89
Mox Pearl	1E	Rare	61.9
Mox Ruby	1E	Rare	61.54
Snapcaster Mage	UBT	Mythic	60.33
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil	C19	Mythic	59.01
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse	DMU	Mythic	58.32
Heavenly Qilin	PZ2	Common	57.71
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker	NEO	Rare	57.67
Aether Gale	C14	Rare	54.56
Dark Depths	UBT	Mythic	53.6
Wasteland	ZNE	Mythic	52.76
Force of Will	MED	Rare	49.55
Boseiju, Who Endures	NEO	Rare	48.14
Endurance	MH2	Mythic	46.92
Minsc , Boo, Timeless Heroes	CLB	Mythic	45.81
Earthshaking Si	PZ2	Common	45.21
Urza's Saga	MH2	Rare	45.13
Fury	MH2	Mythic	43.97
Cavern of Souls	ZNE	Mythic	43.13
Jace, the Mind Sculptor	MS4	Mythic	43.12
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth	UBT	Mythic	43.01
Liliana, the Last Hope	MS4	Mythic	42.99
The Meathook Massacre	MID	Mythic	42.5
Mana Vault	UBT	Mythic	41.5
Unlicensed Hearse	SNC	Rare	40.98
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria	MS4	Mythic	36.61
Meltdown	UZ	Uncommon	36.45
Wrenn and Six	MH1	Mythic	36.31
Flooded Strand	ZNE	Mythic	36.26
Mox Diamond	ST	Rare	36.2
Jeska's Will	CMR	Rare	36.18
Wrenn and Six	2X2	Mythic	34.59
Opposition Agent	CMR	Rare	33.98
Flusterstorm	CMD	Rare	33.14
Chalice of the Void	TSR	Bonus	33.11
Timetwister	1E	Rare	32.88
Teferi, Time Raveler	WAR	Rare	32.76
Reanimate	UBT	Mythic	32.75
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer	MH2	Mythic	31.66
Creeping Tar Pit	UBT	Mythic	31.4
Cleansing Screech	PZ2	Common	29.81
Noble Hierarch	UBT	Mythic	29.67
Force of Will	MS3	Mythic	29.59
Pramikon, Sky Rampart	C19	Mythic	29.53
Force of Will	2XM	Mythic	29.23
Chalice of the Void	MS2	Bonus	29.07
The Wandering Emperor	NEO	Mythic	28.97
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon	MS4	Mythic	28.41
Mox Diamond	TPR	Mythic	28.4
Cavalier of Thorns	M20	Mythic	28.19
Leyline Binding	DMU	Rare	28.03
Scalding Tarn	ZNE	Mythic	27.93
Fulminator Mage	UBT	Mythic	27.67
Karn Liberated	UBT	Mythic	27.5
Anje's Ravager	C19	Rare	27.41
Celestial Colonnade	UBT	Mythic	27.05
Muxus, Goblin Grandee	JMP	Rare	26.95
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre	UBT	Mythic	26.88
Chalice of the Void	MMA	Rare	26.78
Karn, the Great Creator	WAR	Rare	26.77
Liliana of the Veil	UMA	Mythic	26.73
Gaea's Cradle	UZ	Rare	26.66
Chalice of the Void	A25	Mythic	26.55
Flusterstorm	PZ1	Rare	26.42
Life from the Loam	UBT	Mythic	26.18
Haunted Ridge	MID	Rare	26.16
Graveyard Trespasser	MID	Rare	26.13
Ancient Tomb	ZNE	Mythic	26.07
Solitude	MH2	Mythic	25.9
Flusterstorm	IMA	Rare	25.76
Force of Will	EMA	Mythic	25.7
Force of Will	VMA	Rare	25.42
Platinum Emperion	UBT	Mythic	25.34

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.

 

In Closing

My seasonal affective disorder had me in a chokehold this week.  I'm surprised I got this much done, work, cooking, taking care of myself all were hard for me to do, and the worst part of it may have been all the crying I did for no reason at all.  Thankfully I have a great therapist and will get great help again this year.  It's already better than it was last year.  It just sucks that for 4-6 months every year things are a mess. 

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