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Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2021.04.17-18
- Eric
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- on Apr 20, 2021
Only six decks this week. See? Doomsday is nothing to worry about!
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
Core and Differences
Core
Creatures (6) 4 Street Wraith 2 Thassa's Oracle Sorceries (13) 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Doomsday 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Ponder 1 Portent 4 Preordain 1 Time Walk Instants (23) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 4 Dark Ritual 2 Daze 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Dig Through Time 3 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 4 Force of Will 1 Gush 1 Mental Misstep 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor | Lands (14) 9 Fetch Lands 1 Island 4 Underground Sea Artifacts (3) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire Enchantments (1) 1 Necropotence Sideboard (12) 1 Duress 1 Fatal Push 1 Island 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Opposition Agent 4 Steel Sabotage |
discoverN (2nd Place) Differences
Main (0) | Sideboard (3) 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
zachattack23 (12th Place) Differences
Main (0) | Sideboard (3) 1 Fatal Push 1 Opposition Agent 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang |
MaxMagicer (14th Place) Differences
Main (0) | Sideboard (3) 1 Fatal Push 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang |
Falkoneye (32nd Place) Differences
Main (0) | Sideboard (3) 1 Fatal Push 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Diem4x (11th Place) Differences
Main (0) | Sideboard (3) 1 Fatal Push 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Opposition Agent |
bennybo (22nd Place) Differences
Main (0) | Sideboard (3) 1 Fatal Push 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Opposition Agent |
Total Differences
Sideboard (0) Creatures (5) 3 Opposition Agent 2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang | Lands (1) 1 Library of Alexandria Counters (5) 5 Mindbreak Trap Removal (7) 5 Fatal Push 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Thoughts
So this is weird. 60-12 on the core this week. Everyone placed with the same main. That is, the list discoverN has been running. The sideboard is the only difference and there's not much there.
discoverN is the only one on Library of Alexandria. Two copies of Tasigur, the Golden Fang sneak in. They seem to be an alternative to The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale. Diem4x and bennybo both forego this extra card for Bazaar, instead choosing to have a second Opposition Agent.
With the amount of BUG and Shops seemingly being played right now, I think discoverN's list is mostly right. I do wonder if we want to start packing a fifth piece of hate for Shops. Either Hurkyl's Recall or Energy Flux would be the best candidate. However, Hurkyl's Recall is difficult to cast in the spot we want it - against multiple hate pieces, and Energy Flux is quite pricy at three mana.
Perhaps a second Fatal Push would work. This works double duty against Phyrexian Revoker from Shops and the many creatures out of BUG. A second Opposition Agent would be a good call if the mirror is on the rise again.
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