Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2020.12.05-06
- Eric
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- on Dec 11, 2020
This weekend featured the Vintage Showdown Challenge as well as a regular challenge.
Vintage Showdown Challenge 2020.12.05
Vintage Challenge 2020.12.06
SingPanMan is still on the Red splash for Pyroblast, this time using a Badlands as well instead of two copies of Volcanic Island. I reached out to see what the opinion of Opposition Agent was. It seems to be sided in against non-Oath decks with fetch lands and can buy some time if it lands. But it can be "no better than a Last Gasp".
Core
| Creatures (5) 3 Street Wraith 2 Thassa's Oracle Sorceries (12) 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Doomsday 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 1 Time Walk Instants (20) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 4 Dark Ritual 2 Daze 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Dig Through Time 2 Flusterstorm 4 Force of Will 1 Gush 1 Mental Misstep 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor | Lands (11) 7 Fetch Lands 4 Underground Sea Artifacts (3) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire Enchantments (1) 1 Necropotence Sideboard (4) 4 Steel Sabotage |
The Core this week is the same as last except everyone played Necropotence and at least one more Street Wraith.
Fuz65 (27th Place) Differences
| Draw (2) 1 Cling to Dust 1 Peek Counters (2) 1 Flusterstorm 1 Mystical Dispute Discard (1) 1 Duress | Lands (3) 1 Fetch Land 1 Island 1 Watery Grave Sideboard (11) 1 Eliminate 1 Tormod's Crypt 1 Surgical Extraction 2 Null Rod 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Disfigure 1 Thoughtseize 1 Force of Despair 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang |
Vashezzo (29th/30th Place) Differences
| Draw (2) 1 Street Wraith 1 Treasure Cruise Counters (1) 1 Force of Negation Discard (1) 1 Duress Bounce (1) 1 Chain of Vapor | Lands (3) 2 Fetch Lands 1 Island Sideboard (11) 1 Island 1 Flusterstorm 1 Eliminate 1 Duress 1 Surgical Extraction 3 Leyline of the Void 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Cherryxman (17th Place) Differences
| Draw (2) 1 Street Wraith 1 Treasure Cruise Counters (1) 1 Mystical Dispute Discard (1) 1 Duress Bounce (1) 1 Chain of Vapor | Lands (3) 2 Fetch Lands 1 Island Sideboard (11) 1 Duress 3 Leyline of the Void 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 1 Eliminate 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 1 Surgical Extraction 1 Island 1 Flusterstorm |
SingPanMan (20th Place) Differences
| Draw (1) 1 Treasure Cruise Counters (3) 1 Force of Negation 2 Pyroblast Bounce (1) 1 Chain of Vapor | Lands (3) 1 Badlands 1 Snow-Covered Island 1 Volcanic Island Sideboard (11) 4 Leyline of the Void 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 1 Island 2 Pyroblast 2 Opposition Agent |
Underworld Breach decks appear to be on the rise, which is not great for Doomsday. While Leyline of the Void can slow them down, Brain Freeze can easily ruin our day. More copies of Flusterstorm and patience may be the answer here, but I know my personal win rate in the matchup is not great. The main copy of Duress 3/4 of the players are running might be necessary if we're not going to splash Red.
Sideboard
Sideboard Totals
| Graveyard (13) 10 Leyline of the Void 3 Surgical Extraction Artifacts (19) 2 Null Rod 16 Steel Sabotage 1 Tormod's Crypt Discard (3) 2 Duress 1 Thoughtseize Creatures (5) 2 Opposition Agent 3 Tasigur, the Golden Fang | Lands (4) 3 Island 1 Library of Alexandria Counters (4) 2 Flusterstorm 2 Pyroblast Removal (12) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Disfigure 3 Eliminate 1 Force of Despair 6 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Sideboard Differences
| Graveyard (14) 10 Leyline of the Void 3 Surgical Extraction 1 Tormod's Crypt Artifacts (2) 2 Null Rod Discard (3) 2 Duress 1 Thoughtseize Creatures (5) 2 Opposition Agent 3 Tasigur, the Golden Fang | Lands (4) 3 Island 1 Library of Alexandria Counters (4) 2 Flusterstorm 2 Pyroblast Removal (12) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Disfigure 3 Eliminate 1 Force of Despair 6 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
I've decided to breakdown the sideboards a bit differently this time. Not much changes, by saying "Artifacts" instead of "Shops" but I think it's important that "Graveyard" be mentioned instead of calling those cards "for Bazaar".
Regardless, we don't see much difference this week. Eliminate continues to be fairly popular and we even see a copy of Disfigure, which is quite curious. Surgical Extraction is a decent tool for fighting Breach as well as Bazaar variants, and I have to admit I have a soft spot for Force of Despair.
That said, I'm not too sure where the deck should go to take on Breach. A sideboard slot or two might have to be used for Mindbreak Trap. I'm excited to see what this weekend brings.
Best of luck to everyone playing!