Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2021.01.02-03
- Eric
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- on Jan 11, 2021
About a month ago Doomsday was called one of the best decks in Vintage, but how the tides change.
2021.01.02 Challenge
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MaxMagicer (24th Place)
| Creatures (5) 3 Street Wraith 2 Thassa’s Oracle Sorceries (14) 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Doomsday 1 Duress 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 1 Time Walk 1 Treasure Cruise Instants (24) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 4 Dark Ritual 2 Daze 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Dig Through Time 4 Flusterstorm 4 Force of Will 1 Gush 1 Mental Misstep 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Peek 1 Vampiric Tutor | Lands (14) 2 Flooded Strand 1 Island 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Polluted Delta 2 Scalding Tarn 4 Underground Sea 1 Watery Grave Artifacts (3) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire Sideboard (15) 1 Duress 1 Chain of Vapor 2 Fatal Push 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Opposition Agent 4 Steel Sabotage 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang |
2021.01.03 Challenge
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gnorilgrande (30th Place)
| Creatures (6) 4 Street Wraith 2 Thassa’s Oracle Sorceries (14) 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Doomsday 1 Duress 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 1 Time Walk 1 Treasure Cruise Instants (22) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 1 Chain of Vapor 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 Dispute 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor | Lands (14) 3 Flooded Strand 1 Island 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Polluted Delta 2 Scalding Tarn 4 Underground Sea Artifacts (3) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire Enchantments (1) 1 Necropotence Sideboard (15) 1 Island 1 Duress 1 Eliminate 4 Leyline of the Void 4 Steel Sabotage 1 Surgical Extraction 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Core Analysis
Core
| Creatures (5) 3 Street Wraith 2 Thassa’s Oracle Sorceries (14) 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Doomsday 1 Duress 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Time Walk 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 1 Treasure Cruise Instants (21) 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 Dispute 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 Sideboard (10) 4 Steel Sabotage 1 Duress 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang |
Since only two decks are being compared here, there’s not a whole lot to gon on. One player tried a build without Necropotence and double Opposition Agent in the side.
Differences
MaxMagicer (24th Place) Differences
| Draw (1) 1 Peek Counters (2) 2 Flusterstorm | Lands (1) 1 Watery Grave Creatures (2) 2 Opposition Agent Removal (3) 1 Chain of Vapor 2 Fatal Push |
gnorilgrande (30th Place) Differences
| Draw (2) 1 Necropotence 1 Street Wraith Bounce (1) 1 Chain of Vapor | Lands (1) 1 Fetch Lands Graveyard (1) 1 Surgical Extraction Lands (1) 1 Island Removal (3) 1 Eliminate 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
The two decks this week only have subtle differences. MaxMagicer had more counters and gnorilgrande had draw and bounce.
The deck may need to move toward a "faster" plan focusing on Street Wraith and clean and easy draw instead of the specialized items like Cling to Dust and Peek in order to stay ahead in this meta.