Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.06.04
- Eric
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- on Jun 06, 2023
These Daze we need good, fast counterspells. Unfortunately, The One True Removal Spell will never exist.
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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 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 (9) 1 Cut Down 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Phill_Hellmuth - 7th Place Differences
Main (5) 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Mishra's Bauble 1 Portent | Sideboard (6) 1 Cut Down 1 Force of Negation 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Steel Sabotage |
Tsubasa_Cat - 9th Place Differences
Main (5) 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Mishra's Bauble | Sideboard (6) 1 Cut Down 1 Force of Negation 1 Murktide Regent 1 Opposition Agent 1 Soul Rend 1 Steel Sabotage |
discoverN - 11th Place Differences
Main (5) 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Mishra's Bauble 1 Portent | Sideboard (6) 1 Cut Down 1 Force of Negation 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Steel Sabotage |
MaxMagicer - 17th Place Differences
Main (5) 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Flusterstorm 1 Sleight of Hand | Sideboard (6) 1 Cut Down 1 Force of Negation 1 Opposition Agent 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
discoverN - 1st Place Differences
Main (5) 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Mishra's Bauble 1 Portent | Sideboard (6) 1 Cut Down 1 Force of Negation 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Snuff Out 1 Steel Sabotage |
Tsubasa_Cat - 30th Place Differences
Main (5) 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 2 Mishra's Bauble | Sideboard (6) 1 Cut Down 1 Force of Negation 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Soul Rend 1 Steel Sabotage |
ravidel85 - 5-0 Differences
Main (5) 1 Cut Down 2 Daze 1 Island 1 Opposition Agent | Sideboard (6) 2 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Murderous Cut 1 Murktide Regent 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 1 Virtue's Ruin |
Total Differences
Main (0) Lands/Mana (7) 6 Fetch Lands 1 Island Counters (9) 7 Daze 1 Flusterstorm 1 Mindbreak Trap Draw (11) 7 Mishra's Bauble 3 Portent 1 Sleight of Hand Discard (6) 6 Duress Creatures (1) 1 Opposition Agent Removal (1) 1 Cut Down | Sideboard (0) Anti-Artifacts (7) 2 Hurkyl's Recall 5 Steel Sabotage Creatures (6) 2 Murktide Regent 2 Opposition Agent 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Counters (10) 6 Force of Negation 4 Mindbreak Trap Removal (19) 6 Cut Down 1 Murderous Cut 6 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Snuff Out 2 Soul Rend 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 1 Virtue's Ruin |
Thoughts
Main Core: 55 cards Side Core: 6 cards
Averages
Main | Averages | Side | Averages |
---|---|---|---|
CoreCombo | 6.0 | AntiArtifact | 3.0 |
Counter | 10.29 | AntiGraveyard | 4.0 |
Creature | 0.14 | Counter | 2.43 |
Discard | 0.86 | Creature | 0.86 |
Draw | 17.57 | Removal | 4.71 |
LandsMana | 21.0 | ||
Removal | 0.14 | ||
Tutor | 4.0 |
Versus Last Week
Main | Difference | Side | Difference |
---|---|---|---|
Counter | +0.29 | Anti-Artifact | +0.25 |
Creature | +0.14 | Counter | -0.07 |
Discard | -0.14 | Creature | -0.64 |
Draw | -0.43 | Removal | +0.46 |
Removal | +0.14 |
Strong trends towards Removal this week. Jewel Shoppes is even giving us an uptick in Anti-Artifact cards.
Lots of Daze this week, and the most we've seen in a while. With the speed of the format, and more decks tapping out to do something quickly, it is regaining some of its former power. If we're seeing 2 copies in most decks in a week or two, I would not be surprised. Everything else is normal.
I like Murderous Cut, but I don't like siding Murktide Regent along with it.
As much as I sang the praises of Cut Down, I did not expect Fatal Push to disappear. Variety is the name of the game, right now, since nothing quite catches all the creatures Doomsday has to deal with.
As Magic trends towards creatures being more and more powerful, the removal needs to be better. But we will never see the One True Removal, and instead it will be a constant swapping of what is best for the current moment. Soul Rend surely would not have come out of Bulk Bins were there something better.
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