Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.03.05
- Eric
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- on Mar 08, 2023
No top 8s this past week, but Doomsday goes on.
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
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 (20) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 4 Dark Ritual 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Dig Through Time 4 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 (11) 2 Cut Down 1 Force of Negation 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
harringmatang - 17th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Fetch Land 4 Mishra’s Bauble | Sideboard (4) 1 Duress 2 Murktide Regent 1 Subtlety |
SenpaiBlank - 24th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Force of Negation 1 Sleight of Hand | Sideboard (4) 1 Fatal Push 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 1 Snuff Out 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
L4rss0n - 31st Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Force of Negation 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (1) 1 Opposition Agent |
discoverN - 12th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Fetch Land 4 Mishra’s Bauble | Sideboard (4) 1 Duress 1 Murktide Regent 1 Subtlety 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
revenantkioku - 15th Place Differences
| Main (5) 4 Mishra’s Bauble 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (4) 1 Murktide Regent 1 Opposition Agent 2 Subtlety |
SenpaiBlank - 29th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Force of Negation 1 Mishra’s Bauble | Sideboard (4) 1 Fatal Push 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 1 Snuff Out 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
L4rss0n - 30th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Force of Negation 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (1) 1 Opposition Agent |
Total Differences
| Draw (16) 13 Mishra’s Bauble 3 Sleight of Hand Counters (8) 4 Daze 4 Force of Negation Discard (4) 4 Duress Lands (7) 4 Fetch Lands 3 Watery Grave | Discard (2) 2 Duress Creatures (9) 4 Murktide Regent 3 Opposition Agent 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Removal (11) 2 Fatal Push 2 Snuff Out 4 Subtlety 3 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Thoughts
Main Core: 55 cards Side Core: 10 cards
It’s been quite some time since the sideboards were this similar. Or so I thought until I saw that L4rss0n was playing 12 cards. Either it was a error on their part or the MTGO site, but I could not figure out which.
The Bauble and No-Bauble split is real. SenpaiBlank even tested one. I’ve been asked how I feel about it and it’s hard to describe. It’s easy to trim one for games two and three. It sets up some piles as well.
The Graveyard and Artifact cards in the sideboard being exactly the same tells me that everyone is focused on the other matchups. Tabernacle counts are slightly up. Everything else is kind of hard to tell because of the cards missing from L4rss0n’s side, but generally not much is different.
Initiative Tinker being the current hot thing is quite interesting for Doomsday. It’s not a terrible matchup, but interesting. The two plans of the deck can be tough for Doomsday is they execute the one that you are not ready to fight. Especially when they have the Initiative with some counterspell backup. I’m not sure Doomsday has to adjust its plans for this matchup, but rather recognize quickly which way the wind is headed and be prepared.
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Best of luck to everyone playing this weekend!
Remember: Always Be Casting Doomsday.
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