Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.08.20
- Eric
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- on Aug 23, 2023
Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.08.20
Is it draw? Is it removal? It's Dress Down!
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
Preliminaries
League
Core and Differences
Core
| Core-Combo (6) 4 Doomsday 2 Thassa's Oracle Counter (6) 1 Flusterstorm 4 Force of Will 1 Mental Misstep Draw (15) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 1 Dig Through Time 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Gush 1 Ponder 4 Preordain 4 Street Wraith 1 Time Walk Lands/Mana (20) 1 Black Lotus 4 Dark Ritual 8 Fetch Lands 1 Island 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire 4 Underground Sea Tutor (4) 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor | Sideboard (2) 1 Leyline of the Void 1 Snuff Out |
Fnoop - 2nd Place Differences
| Main (9) 1 Dress Down 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Force of Negation 1 Necropotence 1 Portent 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (13) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Dress Down 1 Hurkyl's Recall 3 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Murktide Regent 4 Subtlety 1 Surgical Extraction |
Diem4x - 9th Place Differences
discoverN - 30th Place Differences
Thiim - 31st Place Differences
SingPanMan - 8th Place Differences
| Main (9) 2 Dress Down 1 Fetch Land 2 Flusterstorm 1 Lórien Revealed 2 Mindbreak Trap 1 Sensei's Divining Top | Sideboard (13) 1 Annul 1 Dress Down 1 Force of Negation 1 Island 3 Leyline of the Void 2 Murktide Regent 1 Snuff Out 2 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Vertyx3 - 23rd Place Differences
revenantkioku - 3-1 Differences
Fnoop - 5-0 Differences
| Main (9) 1 Dress Down 1 Duress 1 Fetch Land 1 Force of Negation 1 Necropotence 1 Portent 1 Sleight of Hand 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (13) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Dress Down 1 Hurkyl's Recall 3 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 Murktide Regent 4 Subtlety 1 Surgical Extraction |
Total Differences
| Lands/Mana (10) 6 Fetch Lands 4 Watery Grave Counters (31) 4 Daze 15 Flusterstorm 10 Force of Negation 2 Mindbreak Trap Draw (22) 1 Lórien Revealed 5 Mishra's Bauble 6 Necropotence 4 Portent 1 Sensei's Divining Top 3 Sleight of Hand 2 Treasure Cruise Discard (5) 5 Duress Removal (4) 4 Dress Down | Anti-Graveyard (25) 21 Leyline of the Void 1 Ravenous Trap 3 Surgical Extraction Anti-Artifacts (13) 3 Hurkyl's Recall 10 Steel Sabotage Creatures (11) 5 Murktide Regent 3 Opposition Agent 1 Orcish Bowmasters 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Lands (1) 1 Island Counters (17) 1 Annul 5 Force of Negation 9 Mindbreak Trap 2 Mystical Dispute Removal (37) 3 Chain of Vapor 6 Cut Down 2 Dismember 3 Dress Down 1 Echoing Truth 2 Fatal Push 4 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Snuff Out 1 Soul Rend 8 Subtlety 6 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Main Core: 51 cards Side Core: 2 cards
| Main | Averages | Side | Averages |
|---|---|---|---|
| CoreCombo | 6.0 | ||
| Counter | 9.875 | Counter | 2.125 |
| Discard | 0.625 | ||
| Draw | 17.75 | ||
| Lands/Mana | 21.25 | Lands/Mana | 0.125 |
| Removal | 0.5 | Removal | 5.625 |
| Tutor | 4.0 | ||
| AntiArtifact | 1.625 | ||
| AntiGraveyard | 4.125 | ||
| Creature | 1.375 |
| Main | Difference | Side | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Artifact | -0.52 | ||
| Anti-Graveyard | +0.70 | ||
| Counters | -0.41 | Counter | -0.74 |
| Creature | +0.67 | ||
| Discard | -0.09 | Discard | -0.14 |
| Draw | +0.04 | ||
| Lands/Mana | +0.11 | Lands/Mana | -0.17 |
| Removal | +0.36 | Removal | +0.20 |
Thoughts
We saw one copy of Dress Down in CrazyDiamond513's list last week. Fnoop went with it as well, and SingPanMan decided to double it. In watching some replays, I saw it do quite some work against Saga Decks, and at worst was cycled. It's something I'm curious to try out. Fnoop going up one Land is interesting, especially with the focus on Draw instead of Counters.
SingPanMan also played one copy of Lórien Revealed, which allows for finding lands and late game card draw. Its ability to be pitched to Force of Will should not be ignored. Necropotence seemed to get the boot for Sensei's Divining Top and a focus on Counters. Top 8 is nothing to sneeze at.
Thiim went all in on Counters, playing a full set of both Flusterstorm and Force of Negation. This seems to tie in with the sideboard being a hodgepodge of everything a Vintage Doomsday player could want. Trim whatever Counter is the weakest and add in the good cards.
Overall, with the trend towards Mono-White Initiative and Blue-based The One Ring decks staying strong, Doomsday needs to stay on the path of safely resolving its namesake as soon as possible. This is going to continue to become more and more difficult.
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