Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.10.01
- Eric
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- on Oct 05, 2023
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Core and Differences
Main Core: 44 cards Side Core: 3 cards
Core
| Core-Combo (6) 4 Doomsday 2 Thassa's Oracle Counter (8) 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 Removal (1) 1 Dress Down Tutor (4) 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor | Sideboard (3) 1 Snuff Out 1 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
reiderrabbit - 9th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Daze 2 Duress 1 Lotus Petal 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (12) 2 Cut Down 1 Hurkyl's Recall 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Murktide Regent 2 Steel Sabotage 2 Subtlety |
Enrichetta - 29th Place Differences
| Main (5) 2 Daze 2 Force of Negation 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (12) 1 Cut Down 1 Dress Down 1 Energy Flux 1 Fatal Push 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Island 1 Opposition Agent 1 Pithing Needle 2 Surgical Extraction 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 1 Virtue's Ruin |
SingPanMan - 6th Place Differences
| Main (5) 2 Daze 1 Dress Down 1 Fetch Lands 1 Lorien Revealed | Sideboard (12) 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Opposition Agent 1 Snuff Out 1 Steel Sabotage 4 Subtlety |
revenantkioku - 55th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Duress 1 Force of Negation 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Spell Pierce 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (12) 2 Cut Down 1 Dress Down 1 Force of Negation 1 Island 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Opposition Agent 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Steel Sabotage |
Dustin Heidecker 3-3 Differences
| Main (5) 1 Duress 1 Fetch Lands 1 Force of Negation 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Treasure Cruise | Sideboard (12) 1 Dismember 1 Fatal Push 1 Force of Negation 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Steel Sabotage 2 Subtlety |
Total Differences
| Lands/Mana (6) 2 Fetch Lands 1 Lotus Petal 3 Watery Grave Counters (11) 5 Daze 4 Force of Negation 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Spell Pierce Draw (3) 1 Lorien Revealed 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Treasure Cruise Discard (4) 4 Duress Removal (1) 1 Dress Down | Anti-Graveyard (19) 16 Leyline of the Void 1 Pithing Needle 2 Surgical Extraction Anti-Artifacts (8) 1 Energy Flux 2 Hurkyl's Recall 5 Steel Sabotage Creatures (4) 1 Murktide Regent 3 Opposition Agent Lands (2) 2 Island Counters (4) 2 Force of Negation 2 Mindbreak Trap Removal (23) 5 Cut Down 1 Dismember 2 Dress Down 2 Fatal Push 2 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Snuff Out 8 Subtlety 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 1 Virtue's Ruin |
| Main | Averages | Side | Averages |
|---|---|---|---|
| CoreCombo | 6.0 | Creature | 0.8 |
| Counter | 10.2 | Counter | 0.8 |
| Discard | 0.8 | AntiArtifact | 2.6 |
| Draw | 16.6 | AntiGraveyard | 3.8 |
| LandsMana | 21.2 | LandsMana | 0.4 |
| Removal | 1.2 | Removal | 6.6 |
| Tutor | 4.0 |
| Main | Difference | Side | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Artifact | +0.60 | ||
| Anti-Graveyard | -0.20 | ||
| Counter | +0.20 | Counter | -1.53 |
| Creature | -0.20 | ||
| Discard | -0.20 | Discard | -0.67 |
| Draw | -0.73 | ||
| Lands/Mana | +0.20 | Lands/Mana | +0.40 |
| Removal | +0.53 | Removal | +1.60 |
Thoughts
Is it finally time to restrict Wasteland?
No. But when the meta shifts to a lot of decks playing it, Doomsday just is not going to do great. Skilled players are still making some waves, yet we're just not seeing the numbers like we did a while back. It's the Circle of Vintage.
Looking at the lists, Subtlety is making a bit of a splash. MWI was to be expected. Also can have a little play against the Lurrus decks. I like SingPanMan going up to two copies of Dress Down. The card does a lot of work. But I wonder. These Lurrus decks are Graveyard decks and while Leyline of the Void feels like overkill, is it time for Cling to Dust to make a reappearance? Snagging a Master of Death is 3 life and one less card for ControlVine to pitch to Force of Will. And Doomsday loves its one-mana cards.
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