Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.09.03-04
- Eric
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- on Sep 06, 2022
Only five lists this week. Sadly, no one got published in the Super Qualifier. I personally got 41st with my Sunday list. I am curious what discoverN chose to play, but they went 5-3 like I did, so no list.
Doomsday Player Event Breakdown
Saturday: 4/60 Players
Sunday: 4/50 Players
Super Qualifier: 7/160 Players
The Super Qualifier being 7 Doomsday players but with a 50% win rate tells me that perhaps we were not prepared enough for Tinker Saga. That and Esper being fairly good against us makes for a tough time.
We also have one player who chose an interesting sideboard juke. I'm not sure how good it is, it does have a personal favorite card of mine in the list.
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
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 Daze 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Dig Through Time 2 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 4 Force of Will 1 Gush 1 Mental Misstep 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor | Lands (12) 8 Fetch Lands 1 Island 3 Underground Sea Artifacts (3) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire Enchantments (1) 1 Necropotence Sideboard (7) 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Mammonth (10th Place) Differences
| Main (7) 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 2 Flusterstorm 1 Portent 1 Street Wraith 1 Underground Sea | Sideboard (8) 2 Fatal Push 1 Force of Negation 1 Island 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Murktide Regent 1 Steel Sabotage |
Diem4x (31st Place) Differences
| Main (7) 1 Fetch Land 2 Flusterstorm 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Street Wraith 1 Underground Sea | Sideboard (8) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 1 Force of Negation 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Murktide Regent 2 Steel Sabotage |
revenantkioku (23rd Place) Differences
| Main (7) 1 Duress 2 Flusterstorm 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Street Wraith 1 Underground Sea 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (8) 2 Cut Down 1 Force of Negation 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Island 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Murktide Regent |
Yamaro (32nd Place) Differences
| Main (7) 1 Cavern of Souls 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Cling to Dust 1 Daze 1 Island 1 Swamp 1 Treasure Cruise | Sideboard (8) 1 Ashiok, Dream Render 1 Flusterstorm 2 Helm of Obedience 2 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Steel Sabotage 1 Swamp |
Clamavus (5-0) Differences
| Main (7) 1 Fetch Land 1 Flusterstorm 1 Murktide Regent 2 Portent 1 Street Wraith 1 Underground Sea | Sideboard (8) 3 Fatal Push 1 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 1 Murktide Regent 1 Opposition Agent 1 Steel Sabotage |
Total Differences
| Draw (11) 1 Cling to Dust 3 Portent 2 Sleight of Hand 4 Street Wraith 1 Treasure Cruise Counters (9) 1 Daze 7 Flusterstorm 1 Mindbreak Trap Creatures (1) 1 Murktide Regent Discard (2) 2 Duress Removal (1) 1 Chain of Vapor Lands (11) 1 Cavern of Souls 3 Fetch Lands 1 Island 1 Swamp 4 Underground Sea 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (0) Artifacts (8) 3 Hurkyl's Recall 5 Steel Sabotage Discard (1) 1 Duress Creatures (7) 6 Murktide Regent 1 Opposition Agent Lands (3) 2 Island 1 Swamp Counters (9) 2 Flusterstorm 4 Force of Negation 3 Mindbreak Trap Removal (9) 2 Cut Down 7 Fatal Push Other (3) 1 Ashiok, Dream Render 2 Helm of Obedience |
Thoughts
Main Core: 53 cards Side Core: 7 cards
This week continues the trend of lots of counterspells. I played a Duress as Tinker's numbers are so high that we want a bit of proactivity. Sadly, there were enough times where it not being a blue card was more than enough for me to be unhappy with it.
Yamaro played Cavern of Souls and another copy of both basic Island and Swamp. This feels safer for longer matchups, but I'd hate drawing Swamp most of the time. Lotus Petal feels like a better choice.
Ashiok, Dream Render is an interesting angle of attack against Tinker Saga decks. You can also mill yourself post Doomsday and play an Oracle to win. Leyline of the Void and Helm of Obedience is a tried and true combo, but I'm not sure what it is doing in Doomsday's sideboard.
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Best of luck to everyone playing this weekend!
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