Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2024.03.17
- Eric
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- on Mar 21, 2024
Hot damn, people registered some Doomsday.
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Preliminaries
League
Core and Differences
Main Core: 43 cards Side Core: 0 cards
Core
| Core-Combo (6) 4 Doomsday 2 Thassa's Oracle Counter (7) 2 Flusterstorm 4 Force of Will 1 Mental Misstep Draw (9) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Gush 4 Ponder 1 Time Walk Lands/Mana (18) 1 Black Lotus 4 Dark Ritual 6 Fetch Lands 1 Island 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire 4 Underground Sea Tutor (3) 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor |
Diem4x - 14th Place Differences
discoverN - 20th Place Differences
Terribad - 28th Place Differences
ecobaronen - 32nd Place Differences
| Main (17) 1 Daze 1 Dig Through Time 2 Fetch Lands 2 Flusterstorm 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Necropotence 3 Preordain 4 Street Wraith 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (15) 2 Cut Down 2 Daze 2 Dress Down 2 Duress 2 Mindbreak Trap 2 Snuff Out 3 Steel Sabotage |
ElfKid - 39th Place Differences
Gerschi - 56th Place Differences
CrazyDiamond513 - 70th Place Differences
grinderA - 82nd Place Differences
| Main (17) 2 Daze 1 Dig Through Time 2 Dress Down 2 Fetch Lands 1 Lotus Petal 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Necropotence 2 Spell Pierce 4 Street Wraith 1 Undercity Sewers | Sideboard (15) 2 Cut Down 1 Daze 2 Duress 1 Fatal Push 2 Force of Negation 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Island 2 Murktide Regent 1 Pithing Needle 2 Steel Sabotage |
SingPanMan - 130th Place Differences
| Main (17) 1 Daze 1 Dig Through Time 1 Dress Down 2 Fetch Lands 1 Flusterstorm 1 Necropotence 4 Preordain 1 Spell Snare 4 Street Wraith 1 Undercity Sewers | Sideboard (15) 1 Annul 2 Cut Down 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Murktide Regent 2 Snuff Out 2 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
marceliiine - 146th Place Differences
Dreddybajs - 161st Place Differences
reiderrabbit - 176th Place Differences
532at - 181st Place Differences
discoverN - 3rd Place Differences
Tsubasa_Cat - 29th Place Differences
CrazyDiamond513 - 3-1 Differences
revenantkioku - 3-1 Differences
bennybo - 2-2 Differences
reiderrabbit - 3-1 Differences
Gerschi - 5-0 Differences
discoverN - 5-0 Differences
discoverN - 5-0 Differences
Total Differences
| Main | Averages | Side | Averages |
|---|---|---|---|
| CoreCombo | 6.0 | ||
| Counter | 9.27 | Counter | 2.32 |
| Creature | 1.91 | ||
| Discard | 0.55 | Discard | 0.41 |
| Draw | 17.14 | ||
| LandsMana | 21.5 | LandsMana | 0.27 |
| Removal | 1.09 | Removal | 4.36 |
| Tutor | 4.0 | ||
| AntiArtifact | 2.36 | ||
| AntiGraveyard | 0.09 | AntiGraveyard | 3.27 |
| Other | 0.36 | Other | 0.09 |
| Main | Difference | Side | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counter | -0.53 | Counter | +0.12 |
| Creature | -0.40 | Creature | -0.09 |
| Discard | +0.35 | Discard | +0.01 |
| Draw | +2.14 | Draw | -0.20 |
| Lands/Mana | -0.70 | Lands/Mana | +0.07 |
| Removal | +0.09 | Removal | +0.16 |
| Anti-Artifact | -0.04 | ||
| Anti-Graveyard | -0.51 | Anti-Graveyard | +0.07 |
| Other | -0.44 | Other | -0.11 |
Thoughts
While Tinker Doomsday never really stuck around, Lurrus Doomsday is starting to get some traction. It makes sense. Urza's Saga is the best thing you can do in Vintage. Yeah, Wasteland exists, but it can never put you into a position to win the game. The interesting thing about the Tinker/Lurrus builds is that they are not that different. Both run VaultKey. It is whether or not you want TinkerCitadel or Lurrus recursion. The choice is clear, I believe. But I digest.
Undercity Sewers has been accepted by the masses. Some are hitting those situations where it hurts more than it helps and are swearing to never run it again. I have not experienced this. I've trimmed down to one, as I find my testing period is over and two is a little too much. But the one copy has done me wonders.
Going to the Sideboards, while most Lurrus players are choosing to not use Leyline of the Void, some non-Lurrus players are on that boat as well. I wouldn't call it not respecting Dredge, but rather approaching Dredge as the Combo matchup it is. Maybe you want to make them have that Force of Vigor. A fair argument.
Nothing particularly spicy other that Spreading Seas popping up in some Lurrus builds. It makes sense. Dauthi Voidwalker has not caught on, but it does enough work that I'm happy to have two in my sideboard, and I would not be surprised to see the numbers go up over the coming weeks.
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