Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.05.07-08
- Eric
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- on May 10, 2022
As Rick James once said, "Tinker is a hell of a drug."
I originally started this article including sandydogmtg's list in the data, but it's worth looking at on its own, while doing the regular comparison with the "standard" Doomsday lists.
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
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 (20) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 4 Dark Ritual 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 (13) 8 Fetch Lands 1 Island 4 Underground Sea Artifacts (3) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire Sideboard (9) 1 Fatal Push 1 Island 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
sixmp (2nd Place) Differences
| Main (6) 2 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Necropotence 1 Sleight of Hand | Sideboard (6) 1 Duress 1 Fatal Push 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Murktide Regent 1 Opposition Agent 1 Steel Sabotage |
bennybo (9th Place) Differences
| Main (6) 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Force of Negation 1 Merchant Scroll 1 Necropotence 1 Portent | Sideboard (6) 1 Energy Flux 1 Fatal Push 2 Murktide Regent 1 Opposition Agent 1 Steel Sabotage |
sixmp (1st Place) Differences
| Main (6) 2 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Necropotence 1 Sleight of Hand | Sideboard (6) 1 Duress 1 Fatal Push 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Murktide Regent 1 Opposition Agent 1 Steel Sabotage |
discoverN (10th Place) Differences
| Main (6) 1 Fetch Land 1 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 1 Necropotence 2 Tainted Indulgence | Sideboard (6) 1 Energy Flux 1 Fatal Push 1 Hydroblast 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Murktide Regent |
fake-news (18th Place) Differences
| Main (6) 2 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Necropotence 1 Sleight of Hand | Sideboard (6) 1 Duress 1 Fatal Push 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Murktide Regent 1 Opposition Agent 1 Steel Sabotage |
revenantkioku (23rd Place) Differences
| Main (6) 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Misdirection 1 Opposition Agent 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (6) 1 Energy Flux 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Null Rod 1 Path of Peril 1 Steel Sabotage 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang |
TakeYourT1me (5-0) Differences
| Main (6) 2 Daze 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Necropotence 1 Sleight of Hand | Sideboard (6) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Duress 1 Fatal Push 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Steel Sabotage |
Total Differences
| Tutors (1) 1 Merchant Scroll Draw (14) 6 Necropotence 1 Portent 5 Sleight of Hand 2 Tainted Indulgence Counters (13) 9 Daze 1 Flusterstorm 2 Force of Negation 1 Misdirection Creatures (1) 1 Opposition Agent Discard (6) 6 Duress Lands (7) 6 Fetch Lands 1 Watery Grave | Artifacts (11) 3 Energy Flux 1 Null Rod 7 Steel Sabotage Discard (4) 4 Duress Creatures (12) 7 Murktide Regent 4 Opposition Agent 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang Counters (7) 1 Hydroblast 6 Mindbreak Trap Removal (8) 1 Chain of Vapor 6 Fatal Push 1 Path of Peril |
Thoughts
Main Core: 54 cards Side Core: 9 cards
I'm trying a new image format for Main cards. When a card is played in multiples in the Core but has differences between lists, I'll include the totals but mark the players that played more in italicized red. If the Core has zero, then it will be displayed as usual. I found myself confused on the number of Flusterstorms this week, hence the change. Opinions appreciated.
Merchant Scroll is all but gone. Daze is creeping back up in numbers and some goofball decided to play Opposition Agent instead of Necropotence.
discoverN gave Tainted Indulgence a spin this week, and I'm tempted to try it now. Instant speed card selection is pretty nice, but it is noticeably difficult to cast. That said, the potential of drawing two and not discarding late game is some solid advantage. It's going to be rare, but it's not impossible. Going up to four copies of Flusterstorm is quite the statement about the meta. Not to mention we have two separate players on double Force of Negation.
Murktide Regent is back, and I get why but I don't get why. I found myself looking for something to buy time against aggro decks, but something weak to Pyroblast feels like a dangerous choice. I liked Tasigur in my list, but seeing people going up to two copies makes me curious if that isn't the better choice.
I also played Path of Peril. I never drew it. The jury is still out.
Tinker Doomsday Citadel Why?
Now for something (completely?) different.
sandydogmtg (32nd Place)
| Creatures (2) 1 Street Wraith 1 Thassa's Oracle Sorceries (16) 1 Dark Petition 1 Demonic Tutor 4 Doomsday 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 1 Tendrils of Agony 1 Time Walk 1 Tinker 1 Yawgmoth's Will Instants (18) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 4 Dark Ritual 1 Dig Through Time 3 Flusterstorm 4 Force of Will 1 Gush 1 Mental Misstep 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor Artifacts (10) 1 Black Lotus 1 Bolas's Citadel 1 Lotus Petal 1 Mana Crypt 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sensei's Divining Top Enchantments (1) 1 Necropotence | Lands (13) 2 Flooded Strand 1 Island 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Polluted Delta 2 Scalding Tarn 4 Underground Sea Sideboard (15) 1 Island 1 Flusterstorm 1 Blightsteel Colossus 1 Duress 1 Energy Flux 1 Fatal Push 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Murktide Regent 3 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
From a standard list, this is:
-3 Street Wraith, -1 Thassa's Oracle, -4 Preordain, -1 Counter, -1 Draw
+1 Dark Petition, +1 Tinker, +1 Yawgmoth's Will, +1 Bolas's Citadel, +1 Lotus Petal, +1 Mana Crypt, +3 Moxen, +1 Sensei's Divining Top
Basically, we're cutting a lot of draw to win either with Doomsday like usual, or Tinker into Citadel to find a line with that. While Doomsday doesn't leave much life to use with Citadel, a [Black Lotus, Ancestral Recall, Thassa's Oracle, X, X] pile can go off instantly for no life. Things get interesting if you have your land drop and life to spare. The amount of possible piles is incredibly interesting with a Citadel in play. Bonus nachos is that being a Dark Ritual deck, hard casting Citadel isn't out of the question either.
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