Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2021.02.15-21
- Eric
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- on Feb 28, 2021
Hey, everybody! How are you doing? My nasal cavities are blocked to kingdom come. So! It's been delays and pain! Here's some data!
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
League
Core and Differences
Core
| Creatures (6) 4 Street Wraith 2 Thassa's Oracle Sorceries (12) 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Doomsday 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 1 Time Walk Instants (22) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 4 Dark Ritual 2 Daze 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Dig Through Time 2 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 4 Force of Will 1 Gush 1 Mental Misstep 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor | Lands (13) 8 Fetch Lands 1 Island 4 Underground Sea Artifacts (3) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire Enchantments (1) 1 Necropotence Sideboard (10) 1 Island 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 4 Steel Sabotage |
IdraftTheBeatz (5th Place) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Fetch Land 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 2 Fatal Push 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Opposition Agent 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
revenantkioku (13th Place) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Duress 1 Portent 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (5) 2 Fatal Push 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Opposition Agent 1 Necropolis Fiend |
geekyjackson (4th Place) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent 1 Fetch Land | Sideboard (5) 1 Gurmag Angler 1 Library of Alexandria 2 Fatal Push 1 Opposition Agent |
Diem4x (16th Place) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent 1 Fetch Land | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 2 Opposition Agent |
bennybo (22nd Place) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Fetch Land 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 2 Fatal Push 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Opposition Agent 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang |
XShockWaveX (5-0) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Fetch Land 1 Peek | Sideboard (5) 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Duress 1 Flusterstorm |
Total Differences
| Draw (6) 1 Peek 5 Portent Counters (4) 4 Flusterstorm Discard (1) 1 Duress Bounce (1) 1 Chain of Vapor Lands (6) 5 Fetch Lands 1 Watery Grave | Artifacts (1) 1 Hurkyl's Recall Discard (2) 2 Duress Creatures (9) 1 Gurmag Angler 1 Necropolis Fiend 6 Opposition Agent 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang Lands (4) 4 Library of Alexandria Counters (1) 1 Flusterstorm Removal (13) 10 Fatal Push 3 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Thoughts
With the main/side core being at 57/10 this week, there is a homogeneity to these decks that worries me a bit. Will Doomsday need to make some changes to continue to be competitive? Or have we reached a point where the core is so solid that slight meta tweaks and skill are the true differentiators here? I personally wasn't able to play in any of the following challenges. (This article is going up a bit late.) But I'm curious to see how Doomsday will fare after a week of extremely similar lists doing well.