Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2021.02.01-07
- Eric
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- on Feb 12, 2021
Lots of decks to go through this week!
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
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 2 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 4 Force of Will 1 Gush 1 Mental Misstep 1 Mystical Dispute 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor | Lands (13) 1 Island 4 Underground Sea 8 Fetch Lands Artifacts (3) 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire Enchantments (1) 1 Necropotence Sideboard (9) 1 Island 3 Leyline of the Void 4 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Jacobisboss (6th Place) Differences
| Draw (1) 1 Treasure Cruise Counters (1) 1 Flusterstorm Lands (1) 1 Fetch Land | Graveyard (1) 1 Leyline of the Void Discard (1) 1 Duress Creatures (1) 1 Opposition Agent Counters (1) 1 Mindbreak Trap Removal (2) 2 Fatal Push |
wambocombo2020 (12th Place) Differences
| Draw (1) 1 Portent Counters (1) 1 Flusterstorm Lands (1) 1 Fetch Land | Graveyard (1) 1 Leyline of the Void Creatures (1) 1 Opposition Agent Lands (1) 1 Library of Alexandria Counters (1) 1 Mindbreak Trap Removal (2) 2 Fatal Push |
MaxMagicer (18th Place) Differences
| Draw (1) 1 Treasure Cruise Counters (1) 1 Flusterstorm Lands (1) 1 Fetch Land | Graveyard (1) 1 Leyline of the Void Discard (1) 1 Duress Creatures (1) 1 Opposition Agent Counters (1) 1 Mindbreak Trap Removal (2) 2 Fatal Push |
revenantkioku (32nd Place) Differences
| Draw (1) 1 Portent Bounce (1) 1 Chain of Vapor Lands (1) 1 Watery Grave | Graveyard (1) 1 Leyline of the Void Discard (1) 1 Duress Creatures (1) 1 Opposition Agent Counters (1) 1 Mindbreak Trap Lands (1) 1 Library of Alexandria Removal (1) 1 Eliminate |
billster47 (13th Place) Differences
| Draw (1) 1 Treasure Cruise Counter (1) 1 Flusterstorm Lands (1) 1 Fetch Land | Graveyard (1) 1 Leyline of the Void Counters (2) 2 Mindbreak Trap Removal (3) 1 Chain of Vapor 2 Fatal Push |
ThornOfWrath (19th Place) Differences
| Draw (1) 1 Portent Counters (1) 1 Flusterstorm Lands (1) 1 Fetch Land | Graveyard (1) 1 Leyline of the Void Creatures (1) 1 Opposition Agent Counters (1) 1 Mindbreak Trap Lands (1) 1 Library of Alexandria Removal (2) 2 Fatal Push |
SingPanMan (20th Place) Differences
| Counters (1) 1 Flusterstorm Bounce (1) 1 Chain of Vapor Lands (1) 1 Watery Grave | Graveyard (1) 1 Planar Void Discard (1) 1 Duress Creatures (2) 2 Ethereal Forager Removal (2) 2 Fatal Push |
geekyjackson (3-1) Differences
| Draw (1) 1 Portent Counters (1) 1 Flusterstorm Lands (1) 1 Fetch Land | Graveyard (1) 1 Leyline of the Void Creatures (1) 1 Opposition Agent Lands (1) 1 Library of Alexandria Counters (1) 1 Mindbreak Trap Removal (2) 2 Fatal Push |
IdraftTheBeatz (5-0) Differences
| Draw (1) 1 Portent Counters (1) 1 Flusterstorm Lands (1) 1 Fetch Land | Graveyard (1) 1 Leyline of the Void Creatures (1) 1 Opposition Agent Lands (1) 1 Library of Alexandria Counters (1) 1 Mindbreak Trap Removal (2) 2 Fatal Push |
Total Differences
| Draw (8) 5 Portent 3 Treasure Cruise Counters (8) 8 Flusterstorm Bounce (2) 2 Chain of Vapor Lands (9) 2 Watery Grave 7 Fetch Lands | Graveyard (9) 8 Leyline of the Void 1 Planar Void Discard (4) 4 Duress Creatures (9) 2 Ethereal Forager 7 Opposition Agent Lands (5) 5 Library of Alexandria Counters (9) 9 Mindbreak Trap Removal (18) 1 Chain of Vapor 1 Eliminate 16 Fatal Push |
Thoughts
I took Clone9's list out of the data comparison because it is so different and deserves to be looked at by itself. I'll get to that below.
Taking out Clone9's list shows us that there were only three different cards amongst the main deck lists. And one of those was Watery Grave or a Fetch Land.
The rest was almost deciding whether or not to play a Flusterstorm (8 copies), a Chain of Vapor (2), a Portent (5) or a Treasure Cruise (3).
Library of Alexandria is starting to jump up in numbers and I'm liking it. Although I'm unsure if it is correct or not, I have started putting it in against Shops. My logic being is if they Wasteland it, great for my color mana. If they resolve some taxing effects, I can slowly dig my way out. It may be better against Prison and Combo Shops as opposed to Aggro, but I think it is worth testing out further.
SingPanMan played two copies of Ethereal Forager, so I reached out to see how that was. He told me that it was for the Bant decks, which I kind of like. Obviously the card is quite weak against Pyroblast, but being able to win a fight against Archon of Emeria is great
The Spice Rack
BUG Doomsday, eh?
Now this is interesting. Clone9 added Green to get the versatility of Deathrite Shaman, Abrupt Decay and even Oko, Thief of Crowns. I played against them once in a league, and the speed Deathrite gives is undeniable. We all know why this card was banned in Legacy. Oko allowing for life-gain as well as dealing with problem artifacts and creatures is a plus. Abrupt Decay answers lots of problems, including being locked out of our draw step from our own Necropotence. Not optimal, but it's good to have options. I hope to see more of this.
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