Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2024.09.15

Goodbye Constructs, Hello Frogs

Thursday Challenge

jeunejulio

Jujkata

Tsubasa_Cat

Friday Challenge

Tsubasa_Cat

discoverN

Saturday Challenge

discoverN

Sunday Challenge

taniguchi

discoverN

SingPanMan

League

SingPanMan

HaadfS

Core and Differences

Main Core: 50 cards Side Core: 7 cards

Core

Core-Combo (6)
Doomsday
Thassa's Oracle

Counter (8)
Flusterstorm
Force of Will
Mental Misstep

Draw (14)
Ancestral Recall
Brainstorm
Dig Through Time
Gitaxian Probe
Gush
Ponder
Preordain
Time Walk
Treasure Cruise

L⁣ands/Mana (20)
Black Lotus
Dark Ritual
Fetch Lands
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire
Undercity Sewers
Underground Sea

Tutor (2)
Demonic Consultation
Demonic Tutor
Sideboard (7)
Consign to Memory
Fatal Push
Leyline of the Void
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

jeunejulio - 26th Place Differences

Main (10)
Duress
Force of Negation
Island
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Consign to Memory
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Null Rod
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Jujkata - 31st Place Differences

Main (10)
Duress
Force of Negation
Island
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Consign to Memory
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage

Tsubasa_Cat - 32nd Place Differences

Main (10)
Daze
Force of Negation
Island
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Consign to Memory
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Steel Sabotage

Tsubasa_Cat - 4th Place Differences

Main (10)
Dauthi Voidwalker
Daze
Force of Negation
Island
Mishra's Bauble
Psychic Frog
Sideboard (8)
Consign to Memory
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Mindbreak Trap
Steel Sabotage

discoverN - 5th Place Differences

Main (10)
Daze
Force of Negation
Island
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Consign to Memory
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Steel Sabotage

discoverN - 11th Place Differences

Main (10)
Daze
Force of Negation
Island
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Consign to Memory
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Steel Sabotage

taniguchi - 20th Place Differences

Main (10)
Duress
Monastery Mentor
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Tundra
Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (8)
Balance
Consign to Memory
Hurkyl's Recall
Long Goodbye
Mindbreak Trap
Null Rod
Yixlid Jailer

discoverN - 21st Place Differences

Main (10)
Daze
Force of Negation
Island
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Consign to Memory
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Steel Sabotage

SingPanMan - 28th Place Differences

Main (10)
Duress
Island
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (8)
Dress Down
Force of Negation
Null Rod
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage
Vexing Bauble

SingPanMan - 5-0 Differences

Main (10)
Duress
Island
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (8)
Dress Down
Force of Negation
Null Rod
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage
Vexing Bauble

HaadfS - 5-0 Differences

Main (10)
Force of Negation
Island
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Preordain
Spell Pierce
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Psychic Frog
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage
Vampiric Tutor

Total Differences

L⁣ands/Mana (11)
10 Island
Tundra

Counters (14)
Daze
Force of Negation
Spell Pierce

Draw (62)
Mishra's Bauble
10 Necropotence
10 Preordain
40 Street Wraith

Discard (5)
Duress

Creatures (6)
Dauthi Voidwalker
Monastery Mentor
Psychic Frog

Tutors (12)
Mystical Tutor
Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (0)

Anti-Graveyard (1)
Yixlid Jailer

Anti-Artifacts (17)
Hurkyl's Recall
Null Rod
12 Steel Sabotage

Creatures (5)
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Psychic Frog
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Counters (39)
Consign to Memory
17 Force of Negation
14 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (23)
Balance
Dress Down
14 Fatal Push
Long Goodbye
Snuff Out
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Tutors (1)
Vampiric Tutor

Other (2)
Vexing Bauble

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 1.55
AntiGraveyard 0.00 4.09
CoreCombo 6.00 0.00
Counter 9.27 4.55
Creature 0.55 0.45
Discard 0.45 0.00
Draw 19.64 0.00
LandsMana 21.00 0.00
Other 0.00 0.18
Removal 0.00 4.09
Tutor 3.09 0.09
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 +0.05
Anti-Graveyard ±0 +0.09
Counter -0.48 -0.20
Creature +0.05 -0.05
Discard +0.20 ±0
Draw +0.14 ±0
Lands/Mana -0.25 ±0
Removal ±0 -0.16
Tutor +0.34 +0.09
Other ±0 +0.18

Thoughts

Look at Tsubasa_Cat's spicy little Lurrus list. Dauthi Voidwalker is always a fun one that can become a Force of Will if you time things correctly. Frog is also, well, the new Big And Powerful. Hence, all those Fatal Pushes. I dunno about that, though, because even though Frog is not great for us, I have had enough games where an Opposition Agent or Archon of Emeria hits the table, and here I am like a dumbass with my Fatal Pushes and no way to get Revolt. But I digest.

Taniguchi's White splash for Monastery Mentor and Balance is an old classic that has popped up from time to time.

Vampiric Tutor is still at low numbers in favor of Preordain. Pitches to Force™. I'm still finding enough games where I like the instant speed of the tutors to get me to my gameplan as soon as possible, but I get the logic of fighting against Lurrus's card engine by not playing topdeck tutors, as they are card disadvantage. But sometimes, you know, sometimes they just win you the game. Which, that's Vintage, baby.


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