Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2024.01.07

Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2024.01.07

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Saturday Challenge

Jujkata - 30th Place

ecobaronen - 52nd Place

Scranton01 - 57th Place

MaxMagicer - 66th Place

Sunday Challenge

discoverN - 22nd Place

Jujkata - 25th Place

League

Jujkata - 5-0

Core and Differences

Main Core: 54 cards Side Core: 3 cards

Core

Core-Combo (6)
4 Doomsday
2 Thassa's Oracle

Counter (9)
1 Daze
3 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep

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

L⁣ands/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 (3)
1 Cut Down
2 Steel Sabotage

Jujkata - 30th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Lands
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Street Wraith
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ecobaronen - 52nd Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Flusterstorm
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Street Wraith
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
1 Daze
2 Dress Down
2 Duress
1 Island
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage

MaxMagicer - 66th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
1 Fetch Lands
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Street Wraith
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Scranton01 - 57th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Dress Down
1 Duress
1 Force of Negation
1 Peek
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (12)
2 Energy Flux
1 Force of Negation
1 Island
2 Leyline of the Void
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 Snuff Out
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN - 22nd Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
2 Fetch Lands
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Street Wraith
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
1 Ray of Enfeeblement
1 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Jujkata - 25th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Lands
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Street Wraith
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Jujkata - 5-0 Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Lands
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Street Wraith
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

L⁣ands/Mana (8)
6 Fetch Lands
2 Watery Grave

Counters (12)
4 Daze
2 Flusterstorm
6 Force of Negation

Draw (15)
1 Peek
1 Sensei's Divining Top
6 Sleight of Hand
6 Street Wraith
1 Treasure Cruise

Discard (6)
6 Duress

Removal (1)
1 Dress Down
Anti-Graveyard (21)
21 Leyline of the Void

Anti-Artifacts (7)
2 Energy Flux
5 Steel Sabotage

Discard (2)
2 Duress

Creatures (13)
2 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
10 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Lands (2)
2 Island

Counters (14)
1 Daze
6 Force of Negation
7 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (25)
6 Cut Down
2 Dress Down
1 Ray of Enfeeblement
4 Snuff Out
12 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Main Averages Side Averages
CoreCombo 6.00
Counter 10.71 Counter 2.00
Creature 1.86
Discard 0.86 Discard 0.29
Draw 17.14
LandsMana 21.14 LandsMana 0.29
Removal 0.14 Removal 4.57
Tutor 4.00
AntiArtifact 3.00
AntiGraveyard 3.00
Main Difference Side Difference
Counter +0.09 Counter +0.38
Creature -0.02
Discard -0.14 Discard +0.16
Draw +0.52
Lands/Mana +0.02 Lands/Mana +0.04
Removal -0.36 Removal +0.45
Anti-Artifact -0.25
Anti-Graveyard -0.75
Other -0.13

Thoughts

I refuse to believe that less than four copies of Street Wraith is ever right. Even when I chain all four in a row, and I have done this – thanks shuffling, I'd still rather have them when I need them. Then again, who's the guy who won't shut up about how it "Pitches to Force". Yes, yes, yes. Still. Play four. For me. Please?
Anyway, very middling results this week and I'm not sure Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is where we want to be at the moment. Not great against Jewel (They have Phyrexian Metamorph.), other Shops make it very costly and can outrace us – also Metamorph, UW Lurrus has Swords to Plowshares, MWI has Swords and Solitude. I don't know where I want it. Bazaar? I'm racing Dredge and Aggro (which hardly exists?) and I suppose it's fine against CounterVine, except for all those counters? I mean, that seems to be saying "Lol, dies to removal" but four mana, and probably investing a Dark Ritual? I dunno. That's not saying I'd run any creature backup plan at the moment, I simply don't think Sheoldred is the way to go.

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