Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2021.04.06-11
- Eric
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- on Apr 19, 2021
Thirteen decks this week! Is Doomsday a problem? Or is this just the cyclical life that we Magic players must endure?
Showcase Challenge
Sunday Challenge
Preliminaries
League
Core and Differences
Core
zachattack23 (7th Place) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Dig Through Time 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 2 Opposition Agent |
GGoggles (13th Place) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Dig Through Time 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 1 Opposition Agent 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang |
Jacobisboss (14th Place) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Dig Through Time 1 Duress 1 Flusterstorm | Sideboard (5) 2 Fatal Push 3 Opposition Agent |
SuperCow12653 (30th Place) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Dig Through Time 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Opposition Agent |
Diem4x (1st Place) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Dig Through Time 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 2 Opposition Agent |
Enrichetta (12th Place) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Duress 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent |
ThornOfWrath (16th Place) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Dig Through Time 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 1 Opposition Agent 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang |
GGoggles (20th Place) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Dig Through Time 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 1 Opposition Agent 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang |
discoverN (4-0) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Dig Through Time 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Opposition Agent |
XShockWaveX (5-0) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Dig Through Time 1 Peek | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 1 Flusterstorm 1 Hurkyl's Recall 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
TristanJWL (4-0) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Dig Through Time 1 Flusterstorm 1 Thoughtseize | Sideboard (5) 1 Eliminate 1 Fatal Push 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Opposition Agent 1 Treasure Cruise |
Jacobisboss (3-2) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Dig Through Time 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 2 Opposition Agent |
Diem4x (5-0) Differences
| Main (3) 1 Dig Through Time 1 Flusterstorm 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 1 Opposition Agent 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang |
Total Differences
| Draw (23) 1 Peek 10 Portent 12 Dig Through Time Counters (12) 12 Flusterstorm Discard (3) 2 Duress 1 Thoughtseize Bounce (1) 1 Chain of Vapor | Artifacts (1) 1 Hurkyl's Recall Discard (10) 10 Duress Draw (1) 1 Treasure Cruise Creatures (21) 4 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 17 Opposition Agent Lands (4) 4 Library of Alexandria Counters (1) 1 Flusterstorm Removal (27) 1 Eliminate 3 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 23 Fatal Push |
Thoughts
The core this week is 57-10, which is quite high. Looking at the core lists, Dig/Fluster/Portent is in nine of the lists, the rest being Dig/Duress/Fluster, Duress/Fluster/Portent, Chain/Dig/Peek, and Dig/Fluster/Thoughtseize. That's only one deck choosing to forego Dig Through Time, and most of the different lists choosing to add discard.
We don't see anything out of the ordinary in the sideboard this time, other than a Treasure Cruise, which I am assuming comes in versus Jeskai or other grindy matchups. I almost like it more than Library of Alexandria. But I also think that is an incredibly difficulty card to play.
Perhaps the sheer number of Doomsday decks with similar lists could be concerning to some. However, some people have been running data and it seems so far in 2021 that Doomsday isn't doing particularly better than any other deck. It just feels that way. A book could probably be written on Combo in Magic and how people simply hate it to the point of wanting it gone more than any other archetype, but that's perhaps another story for another time.
Let's see what the next weekend brings us.