Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2024.01.28
- Eric
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- on Feb 02, 2024
How many Thoughtseizes does it take to get to the top 8 of a Vintage Challenge?
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
Preliminaries
Core and Differences
Main Core: 50 cards Side Core: 3 cards
Core
| Core-Combo (6) 4 Doomsday 2 Thassa’s Oracle Counter (5) 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 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 (3) 3 Leyline of the Void |
Gn42 (21st Place) Differences
| Main (10) 1 Daze 1 Defense Grid 2 Dress Down 1 Duress 3 Flusterstorm 1 Lotus Petal 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (12) 2 Cut Down 1 Duress 1 Leyline of the Void 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 1 Soul Rend 4 Steel Sabotage 1 Swamp 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Munchlax446 - 4th Place Differences
| Main (10) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Fetch Land 1 Imperial Seal 1 Pact of Negation 1 Street Wraith 1 Swamp 4 Thoughtseize | Sideboard (12) 4 Force of Negation 1 Leyline of the Void 3 Pact of Negation 4 Virtue’s Ruin |
Tsubasa_Cat - 29th Place Differences
| Main (10) 1 Daze 1 Dress Down 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 3 Flusterstorm 1 Mishra’s Bauble 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Street Wraith | Sideboard (12) 2 Cut Down 1 Defense Grid 2 Force of Negation 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Murktide Regent 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 3 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
MackSmith (3-1) Differences
reiderrabbit (3-1) Differences
| Main (10) 1 Daze 1 Defense Grid 2 Dress Down 1 Duress 3 Flusterstorm 1 Lotus Petal 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (12) 2 Cut Down 1 Duress 1 Leyline of the Void 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 1 Soul Rend 4 Steel Sabotage 1 Swamp 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Cuikui (1-3) Differences
| Main (10) 2 Daze 1 Fetch Land 3 Flusterstorm 2 Force of Negation 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Street Wraith | Sideboard (12) 2 Cut Down 1 Duress 1 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Murktide Regent 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 3 Steel Sabotage 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Total Differences
| Lands/Mana (8) 3 Fetch Lands 2 Lotus Petal 1 Swamp 2 Watery Grave Counters (25) 7 Daze 15 Flusterstorm 2 Force of Negation 1 Pact of Negation Draw (9) 1 Lórien Revealed 1 Mishra’s Bauble 3 Sleight of Hand 4 Street Wraith Discard (8) 4 Duress 4 Thoughtseize Removal (7) 1 Chain of Vapor 5 Dress Down 1 Fatal Push Tutors (1) 1 Imperial Seal Other (2) 2 Defense Grid | Anti-Graveyard (5) 5 Leyline of the Void Anti-Artifacts (16) 16 Steel Sabotage Discard (4) 4 Duress Creatures (6) 3 Murktide Regent 3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Lands (2) 2 Swamp Counters (13) 8 Force of Negation 2 Mindbreak Trap 3 Pact of Negation Removal (25) 9 Cut Down 1 Dress Down 1 Fatal Push 2 Ray of Enfeeblement 2 Soul Rend 6 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 4 Virtue’s Ruin Other (1) 1 Defense Grid |
| Main | Averages | Side | Averages |
|---|---|---|---|
| CoreCombo | 6.0 | ||
| Counter | 9.17 | Counter | 2.17 |
| Discard | 1.33 | Discard | 0.67 |
| Draw | 16.5 | ||
| LandsMana | 21.33 | LandsMana | 0.33 |
| Removal | 1.17 | Removal | 4.17 |
| Tutor | 4.17 | ||
| AntiArtifact | 2.67 | ||
| AntiGraveyard | 3.83 | ||
| Creature | 1.0 | ||
| Other | 0.33 | Other | 0.17 |
| Main | Difference | Side | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counter | -0.96 | Counter | +0.67 |
| Creature | -1.00 | ||
| Discard | +0.21 | Discard | +0.42 |
| Draw | -0.38 | ||
| Lands/Mana | +0.21 | Lands/Mana | +0.21 |
| Removal | +0.54 | Removal | -0.08 |
| Tutor | +0.17 | ||
| Anti-Artifact | -0.21 | ||
| Anti-Graveyard | -0.17 | ||
| Other | +0.21 | Other | +0.17 |
Thoughts
Defense Grid is catching on – as it should. It is a nice play when you’re less concerned about your opponent’s turn than your own. I’m keeping my copy in the sideboard for now.
We have to talk about Munchlax446! Look at that sideboard. Fuck you, 4-4-4-3. I dare say this is someone who was hurt by MWI. A playset of Thoughtseize sure is a message, and I’m going to have to give this list a spin. Very curious how Imperial Seal works out. Seems slow in the current meta, but Opposition Agent has all but disappeared, so guaranteeing your next draw could be where it’s at.
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