Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.03.05-06
- Eric
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- on Mar 08, 2022
Congrats to discoverN for taking second in the Vintage Qualifier. We have a smattering of interesting choices in this week's lists as Daze slowly disappears from Doomsday.
Saturday Qualifier
Sunday Challenge
Preliminaries
League
Core and Differences
Core
| Creatures (5) 3 Street Wraith 2 Thassa's Oracle Sorceries (12) 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Doomsday 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 1 Time Walk Instants (20) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 4 Dark Ritual 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Dig Through Time 3 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 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 (10) 1 Fatal Push 1 Island 3 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 3 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
discoverN (2nd Place) Differences
| Main (6) 2 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Merchant Scroll 1 Portent 1 Street Wraith | Sideboard (5) 1 Energy Flux 1 Force of Negation 1 Hydroblast 1 Leyline of the Void 1 Steel Sabotage |
Vertyx_ (12th Place) Differences
| Main (6) 1 Daze 2 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Street Wraith | Sideboard (5) 1 Dress Down 1 Energy Flux 1 Force of Negation 1 Leyline of the Void 1 Opposition Agent |
revenantkioku (23rd Place) Differences
| Main (6) 1 Daze 2 Duress 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Street Wraith 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (5) 1 Dress Down 1 Energy Flux 1 Leyline of the Void 1 Opposition Agent 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang |
roter_Erzengel (30th Place) Differences
| Main (6) 2 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Street Wraith | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 1 Fatal Push 1 Leyline of the Void 1 Opposition Agent 1 Steel Sabotage |
Folero (32nd Place) Differences
| Main (6) 1 Daze 2 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Portent 1 Street Wraith | Sideboard (5) 1 Energy Flux 1 Force of Negation 1 Hydroblast 1 Leyline of the Void 1 Merchant Scroll |
Diem4x (3rd Place) Differences
| Main (6) 2 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Street Wraith | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 1 Fatal Push 1 Leyline of the Void 1 Opposition Agent 1 Steel Sabotage |
Enrichetta (15th Place) Differences
| Main (6) 1 Consider 2 Daze 1 Fetch Land 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Street Wraith | Sideboard (5) 1 Fatal Push 1 Leyline of the Void 1 Opposition Agent 1 Pithing Needle 1 Steel Sabotage |
discoverN (20th Place) Differences
| Main (6) 2 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Merchant Scroll 1 Portent 1 Street Wraith | Sideboard (5) 1 Energy Flux 1 Force of Negation 1 Hydroblast 1 Leyline of the Void 1 Steel Sabotage |
twinlesstwin (3-1) Differences
| Main (6) 1 Consider 1 Daze 2 Duress 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (5) 2 Dress Down 1 Energy Flux 2 Murktide Regent |
JesusPersonal (5-0) Differences
| Main (6) 2 Daze 1 Fetch Land 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Portent 1 Street Wraith | Sideboard (5) 2 Energy Flux 1 Leyline of the Void 1 Murktide Regent 1 Opposition Agent |
Total Differences
| Tutors (2) 2 Merchant Scroll Draw (20) 2 Consider 4 Portent 5 Sleight of Hand 9 Street Wraith Counters (14) 12 Daze 2 Mystical Dispute Discard (14) 14 Duress Lands (10) 8 Fetch Lands 2 Watery Grave | Graveyard (10) 9 Leyline of the Void 1 Pithing Needle Artifacts (13) 8 Energy Flux 5 Steel Sabotage Tutors (1) 1 Merchant Scroll Discard (2) 2 Duress Creatures (10) 3 Murktide Regent 6 Opposition Agent 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang Counters (7) 4 Force of Negation 3 Hydroblast Removal (7) 4 Dress Down 3 Fatal Push |
Thoughts
Core: 54 Main, 10 Side
Duress seems to have replaced Daze in plenty of lists. Being proactive seems to be necessary right now. With all the Tinker decks playing plenty of mana sources, Daze just gets worse with each passing turn. Sure, Doomsday can win turn one, but the value of Daze just keeps going down and down.
My suspicion that discoverN was testing Merchant Scroll in the side seems likely true, as it moved to his main list this week. Watching a few replays from the Qualifier, I didn't actually seem him play it. But in my own testing the ability to grab a counter before going off, or Ancestral Recall or Dig Through Time made it feel nicer than Daze in a number of situations.
I imagine twinlesstwin was testing if Consider was better than a Street Wraith, and while there are benefits of being able to dig deeper, I doubt giving up on the speed is worth it. Mystical Dispute has all but disappeared from lists, and Sleight of Hand is proving to be slightly more popular than Portent. Getting the card now can be very important, and we're not likely using Portent on our opponents these days.
Other than discoverN choosing to not play any creatures in the sideboard, there's nothing particularly unique this week. Hydroblast has yet to catch on, and Dress Down is less popular. I've been very impressed with its ability to buy me time and get me out of sticky situations, but it clashing with Thassa's Oracle is a serious concern.
My gut feeling is Bazaar decks are going to be rampant soon, so I wouldn't remove any of the hate from the sideboard. Energy Flux has been proving to be a solid card against Tinker, but I've also noticed Flusterstorm has been rotting in my hand while my opponents have tons of mana available. It might be time a Volcanic Island and some Pyroblasts, but they unfortunately do not pitch to Force of Will.
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