Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.06.11
- Eric
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- on Jun 13, 2023
With four decks placing in Saturday's Challenge, I expected a lot more than the eight lists we got this week. Still, a solid showing and some interesting choices.
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
Preliminaries
League
Core and Differences
Core
| Core Combo (6) 4 Doomsday 2 Thassa's Oracle Counters (10) 1 Daze 3 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 4 Force of Will 1 Mental Misstep Draw (16) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 1 Dig Through Time 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Gush 1 Necropotence 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 4 Street Wraith 1 Time Walk | Lands/Mana (20) 1 Black Lotus 4 Dark Ritual 8 Fetch Lands 1 Island 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire 4 Underground Sea Tutor (4) 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor Sideboard (7) 1 Force of Negation 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Steel Sabotage |
ecobaronen - 1st Place Differences
| Main (4) 1 Flusterstorm 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (8) 4 Fatal Push 2 Null Rod 2 Steel Sabotage |
discoverN - 3rd Place Differences
| Main (4) 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Mishra's Bauble 1 Portent | Sideboard (8) 2 Cut Down 2 Mindbreak Trap 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Snuff Out 1 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
CrazyDiamond513 - 8th Place Differences
| Main (4) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (8) 1 Cut Down 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 2 Subtlety 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
keeline - 29th Place Differences
| Main (4) 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Mishra's Bauble 1 Portent | Sideboard (8) 2 Cut Down 2 Mindbreak Trap 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Snuff Out 1 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
discoverN - 12th Place Differences
| Main (4) 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Mishra's Bauble 1 Portent | Sideboard (8) 2 Cut Down 2 Mindbreak Trap 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Snuff Out 1 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
CrazyDiamond513 - 3-1 Differences
| Main (4) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Daze 1 Monastery Mentor 1 Tundra | Sideboard (8) 1 Cut Down 1 Duress 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Snuff Out 1 Steel Sabotage 2 Subtlety 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
keeline - 5-0 Differences
| Main (4) 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Mishra's Bauble 1 Portent | Sideboard (8) 2 Cut Down 2 Mindbreak Trap 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Snuff Out 1 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
CrazyDiamond513 - 5-0 Differences
| Main (4) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (8) 1 Cut Down 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 1 Snuff Out 2 Subtlety 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Total Differences
| Lands/Mana (8) 4 Fetch Lands 1 Tundra 3 Watery Grave Counters (4) 3 Daze 1 Flusterstorm Draw (10) 4 Mishra's Bauble 4 Portent 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Treasure Cruise Discard (6) 6 Duress Creatures (1) 1 Monastery Mentor Removal (3) 3 Chain of Vapor | Anti-Artifacts (2) 2 Null Rod Discard (1) 1 Duress Creatures (4) 4 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse. Counters (18) 11 Mindbreak Trap 7 Steel Sabotage Removal (39) 11 Cut Down 4 Fatal Push 5 Ray of Enfeeblement 6 Snuff Out 6 Subtlety 7 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Thoughts
Main Core: 56 cards Side Core: 7 cards
CrazyDiamond513 sure likes Chain of Vapor. ecobaronen did well with what looks to be what the deck was around last year, only with a sideboard more focused on the current meta. discoverN's list is very often copied.
The split of Cut Down, Ray of Enfeeblement, and Snuff Out (!!) was common this week, but ecobaronen went simple with four Fatal Push. You'll never have one when you want another in that case, but having to turn on Revolt worries me.
Averages
| Main | Averages | Side | Averages |
|---|---|---|---|
| CoreCombo | 6.0 | AntiArtifact | 3.125 |
| Counter | 10.5 | AntiGraveyard | 4.0 |
| Creature | 0.125 | Counter | 2.375 |
| Discard | 0.75 | Creature | 0.5 |
| Draw | 17.25 | Discard | 0.125 |
| LandsMana | 21.0 | Removal | 4.875 |
| Removal | 0.375 | ||
| Tutor | 4.0 |
Differences From Last Week
| Main | Difference | Side | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counters | +0.21 | Anti-Artifact | +0.13 |
| Creatures | -0.02 | Counters | -0.06 |
| Discard | -0.11 | Creatures | -0.36 |
| Draw | -0.32 | Discard | +0.13 |
| Removal | +0.24 | Draw | ±0 |
| Removal | +0.17 |
The trend towards Removal happens, and like a broken record, it is because Creatures are so good these days.
Looking at these sideboards I worry about two decks: ControlVine and Oath. ControlVine has always been hard for Doomsday since it has a clock and plenty of Counters. I don't think we have many tools to deal with it any better than we currently do. Oath is interesting, and always has been an interesting matchup – but now it is because of all the changes coming to it. Atraxa, Grand Unifier might not be the reason some decks are playing Urza's Saga, Tinker, Show and Tell and more, but it feels like I might see anything out of Oath decks these days.
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