Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.12.31
- Eric
- 0
- on Jan 03, 2024
The last Doomsdata of 2023! And I played... Aggro Shops?
Well, I wasn't planning on focusing on the tournament. Just drink and have fun. And I topped four. Dark Ritual on a land is too strong. Hint, hint, Modern Horizon 3 devs.
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
Preliminaries
Core and Differences
Main Core: 55 cards Side Core: 6 cards
Core
| Core-Combo (6) 4 Doomsday 2 Thassa's Oracle Counter (9) 1 Daze 3 Flusterstorm 4 Force of Will 1 Mental Misstep Discard (1) 1 Duress Draw (15) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 1 Dig Through Time 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Gush 1 Necropotence 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 3 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 (6) 1 Cut Down 2 Leyline of the Void 2 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Diem4x - 3rd Place Differences
etoustar - 23rd Place Differences
Jujkata - 33rd Place Differences
Scranton01 - 45th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Force of Negation 1 Peek 1 Sensei's Divining Top 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (9) 2 Energy Flux 1 Force of Negation 1 Island 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 2 Snuff Out 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Tsubasa_Cat - 6th Place Differences
| Main (5) 1 Dress Down 1 Fetch Land 1 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 1 Street Wraith | Sideboard (9) 1 Cut Down 1 Force of Negation 2 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Murktide Regent 1 Snuff Out 1 Steel Sabotage |
Diem4x - 7th Place Differences
Gn42 (0-2) Differences
| Main (5) 1 Defense Grid 2 Dress Down 1 Lotus Petal 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (9) 1 Cut Down 1 Duress 1 Hurkyl's Recall 2 Leyline of the Void 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 1 Soul Rend 1 Steel Sabotage 1 Swamp |
Diem4x (2-2) Differences
Total Differences
| Main (0) Lands/Mana (9) 6 Fetch Lands 1 Lotus Petal 2 Watery Grave Counters (13) 5 Daze 1 Flusterstorm 7 Force of Negation Draw (13) 1 Peek 1 Sensei's Divining Top 5 Sleight of Hand 6 Street Wraith Removal (4) 1 Chain of Vapor 3 Dress Down Other (1) 1 Defense Grid | Sideboard (0) Anti-Graveyard (14) 14 Leyline of the Void Anti-Artifacts (10) 2 Energy Flux 1 Hurkyl's Recall 7 Steel Sabotage Discard (1) 1 Duress Creatures (15) 13 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 2 Murktide Regent Lands (2) 1 Island 1 Swamp Counters (13) 7 Force of Negation 6 Mindbreak Trap Removal (17) 7 Cut Down 3 Snuff Out 1 Soul Rend 6 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
| Main | Averages | Side | Averages |
|---|---|---|---|
| CoreCombo | 6.0 | ||
| Counter | 10.63 | Counter | 1.625 |
| Discard | 1.0 | Discard | 0.13 |
| Draw | 16.63 | ||
| LandsMana | 21.13 | LandsMana | 0.25 |
| Other | 0.125 | ||
| Removal | 0.5 | Removal | 4.12 |
| Tutor | 4.0 | ||
| Creature | 1.88 | ||
| AntiArtifact | 3.25 | ||
| AntiGraveyard | 3.75 |
| Main | Difference | Side | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counter | +0.05 | Counter | -0.23 |
| Creature | -0.14 | Creature | +0.02 |
| Discard | +0.14 | Discard | -0.16 |
| Draw | +0.48 | ||
| Lands/Mana | -0.16 | Lands/Mana | +0.25 |
| Removal | -0.36 | Removal | +0.41 |
| Anti-Artifact | +0.11 | ||
| Anti-Graveyard | -0.39 | ||
| Other | -0.02 |
Thoughts
Everyone's packing Duress and plenty of Flusterstorm. I'm honestly a bit surprised about the drop in Dress Down despite Lurrus and Jewel Shops still being highly played. That said, there is a big convergence around these cards, and I don't quite have the answer as to why. Doomsday hasn't seen much of a bump in play, but it has some good results, so I'm quite excited to see what 2024 has in store for the deck.
Maybe some new playables. A new playable? Lórien Revealed, The One Ring and Orcish Bowmasters were tried, but nothing out of 2023 left a mark on Doomsday itself.
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Best of luck to everyone playing this weekend!
Remember: Always Be Casting Doomsday.
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