Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2020.12.12-13
- Eric
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- on Dec 18, 2020
Saturday Challenge Top 32
Sunday Challenge Top 32
When I saw eight Underworld Breach decks and no Doomsday lists in Saturday's Challenge, I thought there might be nothing to write about this week. Six pilots managed to get in on Sunday, so let's look at their lists.
2020.12.13 Vintage Challenge
This Week's Core
Core
| Creatures (4) 2 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 (13) 1 Island 4 Underground Sea 8 Fetch Lands Artifacts (3) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire Enchantments (1) 1 Necropotence Sideboard (6) 3 Steel Sabotage 3 Leyline of the Void |
This is a pretty standard main fifty three[efn_note]Well, I fudged it by counting Snow-Covered Islands as Islands.[/efn_note]. Leyline of the Void was well used this week, although four of the six players were on four instead of three. (I don't know the math, but I would assume with as fast as Doomsday wants to play and as valuable as each card is, we'd prefer to limit mulligans if possible. Four is probably right.)
The Differences
SingPanMan (3rd Place) Differences
| Draw (3) 2 Street Wraith 1 Treasure Cruise Counters (3) 1 Daze 1 Force of Negation 1 Mystical Dispute Mana (1) 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (0) Graveyard (1) 1 Leyline of the Void Creatures (3) 3 Opposition Agent Mana (1) 1 Island Counters (1) 1 Flusterstorm Removal (3) 1 Chain of Vapor 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
discoverN (6th Place) Differences
| Draw (3) 1 Cling to Dust 1 Peek 1 Street Wraith Counters (3) 1 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 1 Mystical Dispute Mana (1) 1 Fetch Lands | Sideboard (0) Graveyard (1) 1 Leyline of the Void Artifacts (1) 1 Steel Sabotage Discard (1) 1 Hymn to Tourach Creatures (1) 1 Opposition Agent Mana (2) 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Island Counters (1) 1 Mindbreak Trap Removal (2) 1 Fatal Push 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Cherryxman (14th Place) Differences
| Draw (3) 2 Street Wraith 1 Treasure Cruise Counters (1) 1 Mystical Dispute Discard (1) 1 Duress Bounce (1) 1 Chain of Vapor Mana (1) 1 Fetch Lands | Sideboard (0) Graveyard (1) 1 Surgical Extraction Artifacts (1) 1 Steel Sabotage Discard (1) 1 Duress Creatures (1) 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang Mana (1) 1 Island Counters (1) 1 Flusterstorm Removal (3) 1 Eliminate 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
unicornparadise (16th Place) Differences
| Draw (2) 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Treasure Cruise Counters (4) 1 Daze 1 Flusterstorm 2 Mystical Dispute Mana (1) 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (0) Graveyard (1) 1 Leyline of the Void Artifacts (3) 2 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Steel Sabotage Discard (2) 2 Duress Mana (1) 1 Island Removal (2) 2 Fatal Push |
Vashezzo (18th Place) Differences
| Draw (3) 2 Street Wraith 1 Treasure Cruise Counters (1) 1 Force of Negation Discard (1) 1 Duress Bounce (1) 1 Chain of Vapor Mana (1) 1 Fetch Lands | Sideboard (0) Graveyard (1) 1 Surgical Extraction Artifacts (1) 1 Steel Sabotage Discard (1) 1 Duress Creatures (1) 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang Mana (1) 1 Island Counters (1) 1 Flusterstorm Removal (3) 1 Eliminate 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Tiemuuu (24th Place) Differences
| Draw (3) 2 Street Wraith 1 Treasure Cruise Counters (2) 1 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation Bounce (1) 1 Chain of Vapor Mana (1) 1 Fetch Lands | Sideboard (0) Graveyard (1) 1 Leyline of the Void Artifacts (1) 1 Steel Sabotage Discard (2) 2 Duress Creatures (1) 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang Mana (1) 1 Island Counters (1) 1 Mystical Dispute Removal (2) 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
As usual, most of the differences are in what kind of draw to use a few pieces of interaction. All personal preference, I imagine. Where things get interesting this week is the sideboards.
SingPanMan ran three Opposition Agent in the side. Between the increase over last week and the third place result, my guess is it is starting to earn its spot. discoverN also ran one and I'm not going to say that is why they made top eight, but... It will be interesting to see if more people adopt this plan and how many become a staple of the side.
Another curious choice is the one-of Hymn to Tourach in discoverN's sideboard. My gut instinct is that it acts as a solid nuisance towards Xerox decks, but honestly I'm not entirely sure if that's all there is to it.
Best of luck to everyone playing this weekend!