Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.07.23-24
- Eric
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- on Jul 26, 2022
Lots of similar lists this week, but some very interesting choices.
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
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 (21) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 4 Dark Ritual 1 Daze 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Dig Through Time 4 Flusterstorm 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 Enchantments (1) 1 Necropotence Sideboard (6) 1 Fatal Push 1 Island 2 Steel Sabotage 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
discoverN (7th Place) Differences
| Main (4) 1 Fetch Land 1 Force of Negation 2 Portent | Sideboard (9) 1 Fatal Push 1 Force of Negation 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Murktide Regent |
ecobaronen (12th Place) Differences
| Main (4) 1 Daze 1 Lotus Petal 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (9) 2 Duress 3 Fatal Push 2 Mystical Dispute 2 Steel Sabotage |
Xwhale (32nd Place) Differences
| Main (4) 1 Fetch Land 1 Force of Negation 2 Portent | Sideboard (9) 1 Force of Negation 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Murktide Regent 1 Steel Sabotage |
discoverN (5th Place) Differences
| Main (4) 1 Fetch Land 1 Force of Negation 2 Portent | Sideboard (9) 1 Fatal Push 1 Force of Negation 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Murktide Regent |
Tsubasa_Cat (7th Place) Differences
| Main (4) 1 Daze 1 Lotus Petal 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (9) 2 Duress 3 Fatal Push 2 Mystical Dispute 2 Steel Sabotage |
ecobaronen (22nd Place) Differences
| Main (4) 1 Daze 1 Lotus Petal 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (9) 2 Duress 3 Fatal Push 2 Mystical Dispute 2 Steel Sabotage |
Total Differences
| Draw (9) 6 Portent 3 Treasure Cruise Counters (6) 3 Daze 3 Force of Negation Lands/Mana (9) 3 Fetch Lands 3 Lotus Petal 3 Watery Grave | Graveyard (12) 12 Leyline of the Void Artifacts (7) 7 Steel Sabotage Discard (6) 6 Duress Creatures (6) 6 Murktide Regent Counters (12) 3 Force of Negation 3 Mindbreak Trap 6 Mystical Dispute Removal (11) 11 Fatal Push |
Thoughts
Main Core: 56 cards Side Core: 6 cards
There were only two mains this week. discoverN and Xwhale ran the same main and so did ecobaronen and Tsubasa_Cat. discoverN is still not on Lotus Petal, although it has been gaining popularity. The other difference between the two lists is Force of Negation or the second Daze. Force of Negation is likely the right choice at the moment, and discoverN's sideboard choices show why.
Everyone is up to two Tabernacles this week. It is better against Hogaak than Leyline of the Void,
discoverN is playing fewer and fewer Steel Sabotages. The idea very well may be to side in an extra Force of Negation as well as the pair of two Sabotages and simply do what Doomsday does best against Shops: win quickly. Yes, Shops may not be at its highest winrate at the moment, but it is still a difficult match when Doomsday is on the draw. Force of Negation helps here.
The four copies of Fatal Push in ecobaronen and Tsubasa_Cat's lists sure is a statement. Worrying less about "getting" Bazaar decks with a Leyline, and opening oneself up to dead draws, they have Fatal Push to take care of the obnoxious Collector Ouphe from Hogaak, or other nuisances like Lavinia, Azorius Renegade.
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