Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2021.10.02-03
- Eric
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- on Oct 05, 2021
Yet another week with four lists, but something quite unique this time.
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 (19) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 4 Dark Ritual 2 Daze 1 Dig Through Time 2 Flusterstorm 4 Force of Will 1 Gush 1 Mental Misstep 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 (4) 4 Steel Sabotage |
CrazyDiamond513 (3rd Place) Differences
Clone9 (29th Place) Differences
| Main (6) 1 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 1 Island 2 Opposition Agent 1 Treasure Cruise | Sideboard (11) 2 Fatal Push 1 Hurkyl's Recall 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Null Rod 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
TheJigIsAlwaysup (10th Place) Differences
| Main (6) 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Flusterstorm 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Pact of Negation 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (11) 1 Cavern of Souls 4 Force of Negation 2 Null Rod 2 Pact of Negation 2 Thoughtseize |
XShockWaveX (5-0) Differences
| Main (6) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Fetch Land 1 Force of Negation 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Peek | Sideboard (11) 1 Duress 1 Flusterstorm 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Island 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Total Differences
| Creatures (2) 2 Opposition Agent Draw (4) 1 Peek 3 Treasure Cruise Tutor (3) 3 Demonic Consultation Counters (10) 3 Flusterstorm 3 Force of Negation 3 Mystical Dispute 1 Pact of Negation Bounce (1) 1 Chain of Vapor Lands (4) 2 Fetch Lands 1 Island 1 Watery Grave | Graveyard (12) 12 Leyline of the Void Artifacts (7) 2 Hurkyl's Recall 5 Null Rod Discard (3) 1 Duress 2 Thoughtseize Creatures (2) 1 Opposition Agent 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang Lands (3) 1 Cavern of Souls 2 Island Counters (9) 1 Flusterstorm 4 Force of Negation 2 Mindbreak Trap 2 Pact of Negation Removal (8) 4 Fatal Push 4 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Thoughts
A 54-Main Core isn't something we have seen for a while, but Clone9 tried something interesting this week. Not something I agree with, but interesting.
Removing Demonic Consultation from the list is... bold. Of all the Restricted cards in Doomsday, only Necropotence is the one I'd consider cutting. The off chance of "My gameplay is now dig for either Oracle or Consultation" is high enough. Granted, I can see the main deck Opposition Agent as a potential positive. I've tried it before. Demonic Consultation is not the cut.
Two copies of Opposition Agent in the main, though, that's interesting. It adds another angle of attack, and even Shops decks are searching more these days. Still, since Doomsday does not win via damage, so I question it.
I'm interested in seeing XShockWaveX on Peek and Chain of Vapor. To be honest, I am kind of into Chain right now since there are more permanents theses days we want gone. And sometimes they are never cast.
TheJigIsAlwaysup is on the same sideboard list as last week. I must assume things have been going well. The results seem to show so. That said, CrazyDiamond513 is on a standard sideboard. So it's fair to say Vintage isn't exactly stagnant.
I'm surprised to see Tasigur in Clone9's side, but with the main Opposition Agents it makes more sense. Also choosing to put the extra Island in the main opens up a sideboard slot. Not the worst of ideas.
But, Dredge and Hogaak seem to be doing slightly better, which means I'm not sure I'd sell those Leylines of the Void just yet.
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