Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2021.10.30-31
- Eric
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- on Nov 02, 2021
Congrats to sixmp for the Sunday win. discoverN is back, and proving that good play is always better than those little sideboard tweaks. I know you know this. I know I know this, but we have to be reminded of the things we know.
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
Preliminaries
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 (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 (11) 1 Fatal Push 1 Island 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 4 Steel Sabotage |
sixmp (19th Place) Differences
| Main (1) 1 Lotus Petal | Sideboard (4) 1 Duress 1 Engineered Explosives 2 Murktide Regent |
discoverN (20th Place) Differences
| Main (1) 1 Portent | Sideboard (4) 1 Force of Negation 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Opposition Agent |
sixmp (1st Place) Differences
| Main (1) 1 Lotus Petal | Sideboard (4) 1 Duress 1 Engineered Explosives 2 Murktide Regent |
discoverN (8th Place) Differences
| Main (1) 1 Portent | Sideboard (4) 1 Force of Negation 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Opposition Agent |
ZYURYO (19th Place) Differences
| Main (1) 1 Portent | Sideboard (4) 1 Duress 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Opposition Agent 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
s063 (24th Place) Differences
| Main (1) 1 Treasure Cruise | Sideboard (4) 1 Force of Negation 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Opposition Agent |
duke12 (3-1) Differences
| Main (1) 1 Treasure Cruise | Sideboard (4) 1 Duress 1 Fatal Push 1 Null Rod 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
discoverN (5-0) Differences
| Main (1) 1 Portent | Sideboard (4) 1 Force of Negation 1 Library of Alexandria 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Opposition Agent |
Total Differences
| Draw (6) 4 Portent 2 Treasure Cruise Mana (2) 2 Lotus Petal | Sideboard (0) Artifacts (1) 1 Null Rod Discard (4) 4 Duress Creatures (9) 4 Murktide Regent 5 Opposition Agent Lands (5) 5 Library of Alexandria Counters (8) 4 Force of Negation 4 Mindbreak Trap Removal (5) 2 Engineered Explosives 1 Fatal Push 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Thoughts
A 59-11 core is pretty compact. Granted, there were nine Bazaar of Baghdad players over the two challenges, so my thinking that we are wasting four slots on Leyline of the Void might have some truth to it. On the other hand, I accidentally played a league with a thirteen card sideboard and went 4-1, so what do I know?
sixmp believes in speed or at least the little jolts a Lotus Petal can bring. Other than that it's the eternal Portent or Treasure Cruise question. Follow your heart.
The sideboard differences here are Library of Alexandria, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Opposition Agent, Murktide Regent, Duress, Null Rod, Force of Negation, and Engineered Explosives. And how many copies of Mindbreak Trap or Fatal Push.
Murktide is a solid beater. I don't like how it fights with Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time, but as sixmp is not playing Cruise, that seems to be a fair choice. Although Thing in the Ice is my current darling, I think the lack of upfront investment and the bounce makes it a better choice. Casting Doomsday does make the Regent bigger, though, which is awesome.
Engineered Explosives still seems quite solid in a world of Urza's Saga Construct tokens, although Dress Down effectively costs the same and draws a card. Doesn't have the flexibility though.
With Eternal Weekend coming up, and likely no restrictions hitting before that, I think we'll just have to watch the meta and play our sideboards by ear. Unless Crimson Vow has something up its sleve for us. Sadly, I doubt that.
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