Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.06.18
- Eric
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- on Jun 21, 2023
While the mains are very similar, the sideboards have some wild differences this week.
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
Preliminaries
Core and Differences
Core
| Core-Combo (6) 4 Doomsday 2 Thassa's Oracle Counter (9) 1 Daze 3 Flusterstorm 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 (2) 1 Force of Negation 1 Steel Sabotage |
ecobaronen - 17th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (13) 1 Daze 2 Duress 2 Fatal Push 1 Island 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 2 Snuff Out 3 Steel Sabotage |
Tsubasa_Cat - 26th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Force of Negation 1 Mishra's Bauble 1 Portent | Sideboard (13) 1 Cut Down 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Mindbreak Trap 1 Murktide Regent 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Snuff Out 2 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
ecobaronen - 12th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (13) 2 Daze 2 Duress 2 Fatal Push 1 Island 1 Mystical Dispute 2 Snuff Out 3 Steel Sabotage |
Tsubasa_Cat - 14th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Force of Negation 1 Mishra's Bauble 1 Portent | Sideboard (13) 2 Cut Down 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Mindbreak Trap 1 Murktide Regent 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 2 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
CrazyDiamond513 - 3-1 Differences
| Main (5) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Daze 1 Fetch Land 1 Force of Negation 1 Treasure Cruise | Sideboard (13) 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Island 2 Pithing Needle 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 2 Surgical Extraction 3 Suspend 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
MentalMisstep - 3-1 Differences
Total Differences
| Lands/Mana (6) 4 Fetch Lands 2 Watery Grave Counters (9) 2 Daze 2 Flusterstorm 5 Force of Negation Draw (9) 2 Mishra's Bauble 2 Portent 2 Sleight of Hand 3 Treasure Cruise Discard (3) 2 Duress 1 Thoughtseize Creatures (1) 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Removal (2) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Fatal Push | Anti-Graveyard (16) 12 Leyline of the Void 2 Pithing Needle 2 Surgical Extraction Anti-Artifacts (12) 1 Hurkyl's Recall 11 Steel Sabotage Discard (5) 5 Duress Creatures (8) 2 Murktide Regent 1 Opposition Agent 5 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Lands (3) 3 Island Counters (9) 3 Daze 5 Mindbreak Trap 1 Mystical Dispute Removal (24) 4 Cut Down 5 Fatal Push 2 Ray of Enfeeblement 5 Snuff Out 3 Suspend 5 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale Other (1) 1 Gaea's Blessing |
Thoughts
Main Core: 55 cards Side Core: 2 cards
Seeing little tweaks being tested out in Leagues and Preliminaries is interesting, but ultimately for a six round tournament, the staples go far.
Averages
| Main | Averages | Side | Averages |
|---|---|---|---|
| CoreCombo | 6.0 | AntiArtifact | 3.0 |
| Counter | 10.5 | AntiGraveyard | 2.67 |
| Creature | 0.17 | Counter | 2.5 |
| Discard | 0.5 | Creature | 1.33 |
| Draw | 17.5 | Discard | 0.83 |
| LandsMana | 21.0 | LandsMana | 0.5 |
| Tutor | 4.0 | Removal | 4.0 |
| Removal | 0.33 | Other | 0.17 |
Differences
| Main | Difference | Side | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creature | +0.05 | Anti-Artifact | -0.13 |
| Discard | -0.25 | Anti-Graveyard | -1.33 |
| Draw | +0.25 | Counter | +0.13 |
| Removal | -0.05 | Creature | +0.83 |
| Discard | +0.71 | ||
| LandsMana | +0.50 | ||
| Removal | -0.88 | ||
| Other | +0.17 |
The dip in Discard is a bit interesting, but mostly because it went to Creatures and Draw instead of Counters like I would expect.
The Counters in the side went up, along with the Discard, so it's a bit of shuffling between the Main and Sideboard. Well, for the non Challenge lists.
If I went back to the time right before Cut Down released, I bet we'd see a similar stabilization. Orcish Bowmasters is likely to make a splash in Vintage, and we'll see how decks look next week. I'm expecting some shakeups, and maybe even fewer lists as Doomsday players figure out how to handle this new threat.
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