Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2024.04.07
- Eric
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- on Apr 08, 2024
Oh, here comes Tinker Doomsday again. In VaultKey and Mirror flavors!
Saturday Challenge
Sunday Challenge
Core and Differences
Main Core: 43 cards Side Core: 6 cards
Core
| Core-Combo (5) 3 Doomsday 2 Thassa's Oracle Counter (7) 2 Flusterstorm 4 Force of Will 1 Mental Misstep Draw (9) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Gush 4 Ponder 1 Time Walk Lands/Mana (18) 1 Black Lotus 4 Dark Ritual 6 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 (6) 1 Cut Down 3 Leyline of the Void 1 Mindbreak Trap 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
discoverN - 3rd Place Differences
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Gerschi - 58th Place Differences
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Diem4x - 13th Place Differences
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Tsubasa_Cat - 34th Place Differences
Total Differences
| Lands/Mana (39) 12 Fetch Lands 2 Lotus Petal 3 Mana Crypt 3 Mox Emerald 3 Mox Pearl 3 Mox Ruby 2 Sol Ring 2 Strip Mine 2 Tolarian Academy 7 Undercity Sewers Counters (10) 5 Flusterstorm 5 Force of Negation Draw (64) 5 Dig Through Time 6 Necropotence 20 Preordain 4 Sensei's Divining Top 20 Street Wraith 4 The One Ring 5 Treasure Cruise Removal (3) 3 Dress Down Tutors (12) 7 Doomsday 1 Merchant Scroll 3 Tinker 1 Beseech the Mirror Other (8) 3 Bolas's Citadel 1 Manifold Key 2 Pithing Needle 1 Time Vault 1 Yawgmoth's Will | Sideboard (0) Anti-Graveyard (6) 6 Leyline of the Void Anti-Artifacts (13) 3 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Null Rod 9 Steel Sabotage Creatures (14) 2 Hullbreacher 1 Murktide Regent 2 Opposition Agent 8 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind Counters (15) 2 Annul 9 Force of Negation 4 Mindbreak Trap Removal (24) 5 Cut Down 5 Dress Down 2 Fatal Push 6 Snuff Out 2 Soul Rend 3 Portal to Phyrexia 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
| Main | Averages | Side | Averages |
|---|---|---|---|
| CoreCombo | 5.875 | ||
| Counter | 8.25 | Counter | 2.875 |
| Creature | 1.75 | ||
| Draw | 17.0 | ||
| LandsMana | 22.625 | ||
| Removal | 0.625 | Removal | 5.0 |
| Tutor | 4.625 | ||
| AntiGraveyard | 0.25 | AntiGraveyard | 3.75 |
| AntiArtifact | 1.625 | ||
| Other | 0.75 |
| Main | Difference | Side | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Combo | -0.13 | ||
| Counter | -1.00 | Counter | +0.21 |
| Creature | +1.00 | ||
| Discard | -0.25 | ||
| Draw | -2.00 | ||
| Lands/Mana | +1.46 | Lands/Mana | -0.08 |
| Removal | +0.38 | Removal | +0.17 |
| Tutor | +0.63 | ||
| Anti-Artifact | -0.54 | ||
| Anti-Graveyard | +0.25 | Anti-Graveyard | -0.50 |
| Other | +0.42 |
Thoughts
If you're going to play Tinker Doomsday, I do like the one copy of Beseech the Mirror. Getting Necropotence to refill your hand or simply casting Doomsday or Tinker to go for the win is quite a powerful play. The Vault/Key version seems weaker without Urza's Saga, but a fourth-place run is still nice. The power of Doomsday. I'm unsurprised that the version with four copies of Doomsday did better. I don't know why you'd ever cut one.
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is back in full force in the sideboards. Mindbreak Trap, too.
I don't get Annul, though. Someone fill me in on the reasoning for that one.
Bonus Spice
Look at this. Absolutely bonkers. I do love me a weird deck, but I wouldn't exactly count a deck with a one-off of Doomsday a Doomsday deck. Still looks like a good time. I'm too chicken not to run a shitton of counters, though.
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Best of luck to everyone playing this weekend!
Remember: Always Be Casting Doomsday.
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