Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.05.21
- Eric
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- on May 23, 2023
Players who don't like Mishra's Bauble are back, but its dip says this might not be the meta for it.
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
Preliminaries
Core and Differences
Core
| 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 (7) 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
notmi - 9th Place Differences
| Main (5) 2 Daze 1 Lotus Petal 1 Spell Pierce 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (8) 2 Dismember 1 Dress Down 1 Flusterstorm 1 Opposition Agent 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Tsubasa_Cat - 10th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Duress 1 Fetch Lands 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Mishra's Bauble | Sideboard (8) 1 Cut Down 2 Force of Negation 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Murktide Regent 2 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Steel Sabotage |
MaxMagicer - 19th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Lands 1 Flusterstorm 1 Sleight of Hand | Sideboard (8) 2 Cut Down 1 Force of Negation 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Opposition Agent 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
discoverN - 20th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Lands 1 Mishra's Bauble 1 Portent | Sideboard (8) 2 Cut Down 1 Force of Negation 2 Mindbreak Trap 2 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Steel Sabotage |
discoverN - 3-1 Differences
| Main (5) 1 Duress 1 Fetch Lands 2 Mishra's Bauble 1 Portent | Sideboard (8) 2 Cut Down 1 Force of Negation 2 Mindbreak Trap 2 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Steel Sabotage |
Total Differences
| Lands/Mana (6) 4 Fetch Lands 1 Lotus Petal 1 Watery Grave Counters (7) 4 Daze 1 Flusterstorm 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Spell Pierce Draw (8) 5 Mishra's Bauble 2 Portent 1 Sleight of Hand Discard (4) 4 Duress | Sideboard (0) Anti-Artifacts (3) 3 Steel Sabotage Creatures (7) 1 Murktide Regent 2 Opposition Agent 4 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Counters (12) 1 Flusterstorm 5 Force of Negation 6 Mindbreak Trap Removal (18) 7 Cut Down 2 Dismember 1 Dress Down 6 Ray of Enfeeblement 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Thoughts
Main Core: 55 cards Side Core: 7 cards
Mishra's Bauble taking up four slots is long a thing of the past. Draw is dropping for Counterspells and other pieces of interaction. Main copies of Force of Negation and Mindbreak Trap are sneaking in. I'd choose Negation, but Trap not requiring another Blue card has its place as well.
Removal not only increased but is starting to diversify a lot.
notmi went in on two Dismembers with the logic that it is the best removal and Doomsday generally only needs to cast one removal spell a game. Also, the deck can cast it off of basic Island, which Snuff Out cannot do. Four life is a lot, but we are not locked into paying it like non-Black decks.
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