Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.12.11
- Eric
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- on Dec 15, 2022
I don't look at the lists before I run the script much. So when I started going over the numbers, my eyes neawrly bugged out of my head.
Saturday Challenge
League
Core and Differences
Core
| Creatures (2) 2 Thassa's Oracle Sorceries (6) 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Doomsday 1 Time Walk Instants (15) 1 Ancestral Recall 4 Dark Ritual 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Dig Through Time 1 Force of Negation 4 Force of Will 1 Mental Misstep 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor | Lands (12) 7 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 Leyline of the Void |
Diem4x (4th Place) Differences
| Main (21) 1 Brainstorm 1 Daze 1 Duress 2 Fetch Lands 4 Flusterstorm 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Gush 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 1 Sleight of Hand 4 Street Wraith | Sideboard (11) 1 Cut Down 1 Fatal Push 1 Force of Negation 1 Gaea's Blessing 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Murktide Regent 1 Opposition Agent 2 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
discoverN (12th Place) Differences
| Main (21) 1 Brainstorm 2 Duress 2 Fetch Lands 3 Flusterstorm 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Gush 1 Mishra's Bauble 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 4 Street Wraith | Sideboard (11) 2 Cut Down 1 Energy Flux 1 Force of Negation 2 Murktide Regent 2 Opposition Agent 2 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
hockeybro26 (29th Place) Differences
| Main (21) 1 Brainstorm 2 Daze 2 Fetch Lands 3 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Gush 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 4 Street Wraith 1 Thought Scour | Sideboard (11) 1 Energy Flux 1 Gaea's Blessing 1 Island 1 Opposition Agent 3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 3 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
SingPanMan - 5-0 Differences
| Main (21) 1 Brainstorm 2 Daze 1 Fetch Land 3 Flusterstorm 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Gush 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 1 Sleight of Hand 4 Street Wraith 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (11) 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 3 Opposition Agent 1 Shelldock Isle 3 Steel Sabotage 2 Suspend 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Zwischenzug - 5-0 Differences
| Main (21) 4 Darkslick Shores 2 Duress 1 Force of Negation 1 Imperial Seal 4 Portent 4 Sleight of Hand 1 Temporal Mastery 4 Thoughtseize | Sideboard (11) 4 Fatal Push 2 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Mindbreak Trap 4 Pithing Needle |
Total Differences
| Tutors (1) 1 Imperial Seal Draw (60) 4 Brainstorm 4 Gitaxian Probe 4 Gush 1 Mishra's Bauble 4 Ponder 4 Portent 16 Preordain 6 Sleight of Hand 16 Street Wraith 1 Thought Scour Counters (22) 5 Daze 13 Flusterstorm 2 Force of Negation 2 Mystical Dispute Discard (9) 5 Duress 4 Thoughtseize Lands (12) 4 Darkslick Shores 7 Fetch Lands 1 Watery Grave Other (1) 1 Temporal Mastery | Graveyard (4) 4 Pithing Needle Artifacts (14) 2 Energy Flux 2 Hurkyl's Recall 10 Steel Sabotage Creatures (15) 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 4 Murktide Regent 7 Opposition Agent 3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Lands (2) 1 Island 1 Shelldock Isle Counters (4) 2 Force of Negation 2 Mindbreak Trap Removal (14) 3 Cut Down 5 Fatal Push 2 Suspend 4 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale Other (2) 2 Gaea's Blessing |
Thoughts
Main Core: 39 cards Side Core: 4 cards
I don't think I've had a core this different without a list being "not-exactly Doomsday". The list by Zwischenzug is Doomsday, but not a list I have seen over thee past two years.
Ignoring Zwischenzug's list for a second, the only thing that really sticks out is discoverN on Mishra's Bauble again.
The sides are also fairly stable, although I see SingPanMan is trying the Emrakul/Shelldock package again. Suspend is still in his sideboard, and with the testing I've done, it seems to be a real solid choice at the moment.
Okay, let's look at Zwischenzug's list and dig into it a bit further.
Zwischenzug - 5-0 Differences
| Creatures (2) 2 Thassa's Oracle Sorceries (22) 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Doomsday 2 Duress 1 Imperial Seal 4 Portent 4 Sleight of Hand 1 Temporal Mastery 4 Thoughtseize 1 Time Walk Instants (16) 1 Ancestral Recall 4 Dark Ritual 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Dig Through Time 2 Force of Negation 4 Force of Will 1 Mental Misstep 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor | Lands (16) 4 Darkslick Shores 2 Flooded Strand 1 Island 2 Misty Rainforest 3 Scalding Tarn 4 Underground Sea Artifacts (3) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire Enchantments (16) 1 Necropotence 4 Pithing Needle 1 Mindbreak Trap 4 Fatal Push 2 Hurkyl's Recall 4 Leyline of the Void |
This article is a bit delayed because I wanted to run a league with this deck. I finished it a few minutes ago. 2-3. I'm sure I did some of my usual "not mulliganing enough", but it sure felt weird. I often could not build a Gush pile when I needed to. I also never saw Imperial Seal. I did cast Temporal Mastery a lot, and it felt pretty good. Nothing spicy like doing it off of a topdeck tutor, but it still impressed. Lots of discard was kind of helpful, but still felt a bit low blue for Forces. I didn't hate all of it, but I'm not sure if it's where the deck wants to be right now. I do wonder if tweaking this for a Lurrus build would work. If someone knows Zwischenzug, I'd love to talk to them. well with this in a challenge I'll dig into it more, but as of now I don't know if this is the direction Doomsday needs to go.
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