Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.02.06-07
- Eric
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- on Feb 08, 2022
Tinker, Aggro Shops, Hogaak and 4C DRS were the most played decks this weekend.
As long as Tinker remains the top deck, Doomsday is going to have to look towards speed and disruption while trying to respect the remaining decks in the format.
Saturday Challenge
Qualifier
Preliminaries
League
Core and Differences
Core
| Creatures (6) 4 Street Wraith 2 Thassa's Oracle Sorceries (12) 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Doomsday 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 1 Time Walk Instants (22) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 4 Dark Ritual 2 Daze 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Dig Through Time 3 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 4 Force of Will 1 Gush 1 Mental Misstep 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor | Lands (14) 9 Fetch Lands 1 Island 4 Underground Sea Artifacts (3) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire Enchantments (1) 1 Necropotence Sideboard (10) 1 Island 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Opposition Agent 3 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
MaxMagicer (2nd Place) Differences
| Main (2) 1 Duress 1 Sleight of Hand | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Steel Sabotage |
Vertyx_ (15th Place) Differences
| Main (2) 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 1 Energy Flux 2 Fatal Push 1 Mindbreak Trap |
duke12 (31st Place) Differences
| Main (2) 1 Merchant Scroll 1 Mystical Dispute | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 1 Murktide Regent 1 Steel Sabotage |
Bullwinkkle6705 (21st Place) Differences
| Main (2) 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 4 Murktide Regent 1 Steel Sabotage |
ConnorM426 (3-1) Differences
| Main (2) 1 Merchant Scroll 1 Mystical Dispute | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 2 Fatal Push 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Steel Sabotage |
Vertyx_ (5-0) Differences
| Main (2) 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Portent | Sideboard (5) 1 Duress 1 Energy Flux 2 Fatal Push 1 Mindbreak Trap |
Total Differences
| Tutor (2) 2 Merchant Scroll Draw (4) 3 Portent 1 Sleight of Hand Counters (5) 5 Mystical Dispute Discard (1) 1 Duress | Sideboard (0) Graveyard (1) 1 Hurkyl's Recall Artifacts (6) 4 Steel Sabotage 2 Energy Flux Discard (5) 5 Duress Creatures (5) 5 Murktide Regent Counters (3) 3 Mindbreak Trap Removal (10) 10 Fatal Push |
Thoughts
The main differences are really slim this week, and the sides are almost identical as well.
Merchant Scroll showing up again tells me that players are wanting to find Force of Will to resolve Doomsday or trying to get more card advantage with Ancestral Recall. While our targets are slim, taking a turn to find what we need might be helpful. Then again, we see this in a Preliminary and 31st place list. My money is on a cantrip being a better use of the slot.
Main discard also seems like a solid choice if we are dealing with a high number of blue decks, plus it can always take a sphere-effect from Shops. Assuming we get to make a turn one play.
Legacy players have been trying a more tempo build of Doomsday that plays Murktide Regent in the main. It's become a common one-of in Vintage sides, but Bullwinkkle6705 decided to put in a play-set to juke matchups. Against non-Pyroblast decks, it is a fearsome clock, but I worry there are too many Pyroblasts out there to make it effective enough.
I'm feeling it may be time to go back to two copies of Opposition Agent to make sure we are putting out threats at every possible moment to tax these Tinker decks.
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