Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2024.08.18
- Eric
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- on Aug 20, 2024
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Core and Differences
Main Core: 51 cards Side Core: 3 cards
Core
| Core-Combo (6) 4 Doomsday 2 Thassa's Oracle Counter (7) 2 Flusterstorm 4 Force of Will 1 Mental Misstep Draw (16) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 1 Dig Through Time 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Gush 1 Necropotence 4 Ponder 1 Preordain 4 Street Wraith 1 Time Walk Lands/Mana (20) 1 Black Lotus 4 Dark Ritual 8 Fetch Lands 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Undercity Sewers 4 Underground Sea Tutor (2) 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Demonic Tutor | Sideboard (3) 1 Null Rod 1 Steel Sabotage 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale |
Tsubasa_Cat - 30th Place Differences
| Main (9) 1 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 1 Island 3 Preordain 3 Psychic Frog | Sideboard (12) 1 Consign to Memory 2 Fatal Push 2 Force of Negation 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Mindbreak Trap 1 Steel Sabotage |
Tsubasa_Cat - 5th Place Differences
| Main (9) 1 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 1 Island 3 Preordain 3 Psychic Frog | Sideboard (12) 1 Consign to Memory 2 Fatal Push 2 Force of Negation 3 Leyline of the Void 2 Mindbreak Trap 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Steel Sabotage |
Enrichetta - 1st Place Differences
| Main (9) 2 Daze 1 Dress Down 1 Fetch Lands 1 Flusterstorm 2 Force of Negation 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Vampiric Tutor | Sideboard (12) 1 Consign to Memory 2 Dress Down 2 Force of Negation 1 Grafdigger's Cage 1 Island 1 Null Rod 2 Pithing Needle 1 Surgical Extraction 1 Yixlid Jailer |
Tsubasa_Cat - 9th Place Differences
| Main (9) 1 Flusterstorm 1 Force of Negation 1 Island 3 Preordain 3 Psychic Frog | Sideboard (12) 1 Consign to Memory 2 Fatal Push 2 Force of Negation 3 Leyline of the Void 2 Mindbreak Trap 1 Ray of Enfeeblement 1 Steel Sabotage |
SingPanMan - 12th Place Differences
| Main (9) 1 Daze 1 Duress 1 Island 1 Mystical Tutor 3 Preordain 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Vampiric Tutor | Sideboard (12) 1 Dress Down 4 Leyline of the Void 3 Long Goodbye 1 Null Rod 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 2 Steel Sabotage |
Total Differences
| Lands/Mana (5) 1 Fetch Lands 4 Island Counters (12) 3 Daze 4 Flusterstorm 5 Force of Negation Draw (13) 12 Preordain 1 Treasure Cruise Discard (1) 1 Duress Creatures (9) 9 Psychic Frog Removal (1) 1 Dress Down Tutors (4) 2 Mystical Tutor 2 Vampiric Tutor | Sideboard (0) Anti-Graveyard (19) 1 Grafdigger's Cage 14 Leyline of the Void 2 Pithing Needle 1 Surgical Extraction 1 Yixlid Jailer Anti-Artifacts (7) 2 Null Rod 5 Steel Sabotage Creatures (1) 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Lands (1) 1 Island Counters (18) 4 Consign to Memory 8 Force of Negation 6 Mindbreak Trap Removal (14) 3 Dress Down 6 Fatal Push 3 Long Goodbye 2 Ray of Enfeeblement |
| Type | Main Avg | Side Avg |
|---|---|---|
| AntiArtifact | 0.00 | 3.40 |
| AntiGraveyard | 0.00 | 3.80 |
| CoreCombo | 6.00 | 0.00 |
| Counter | 9.40 | 3.60 |
| Creature | 1.80 | 0.20 |
| Discard | 0.20 | 0.00 |
| Draw | 18.60 | 0.00 |
| LandsMana | 21.00 | 0.20 |
| Removal | 0.20 | 3.80 |
| Tutor | 2.80 | 0.00 |
| Type | Main Difference | Side Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Artifact | ±0 | -0.24 | |
| Anti-Graveyard | ±0 | +0.35 | |
| Counter | +0.13 | +0.78 | |
| Creature | +0.62 | -0.35 | |
| Discard | +0.20 | -0.36 | |
| Draw | +0.05 | ±0 | |
| Lands/Mana | ±0 | +0.20 | |
| Removal | -0.35 | -0.20 | |
| Tutor | -0.65 | ±0 | |
| Other | ±0 | -0.18 |
Thoughts
We're seeing an interesting shift towards Psychic Frog.
While the question "Why not just win fast?" remains, with more potent cards like Consign to Memory available to fight Doomsday, the simple answer is "We need more out of our cards."
While I had been initially impressed with Barrowgoyf, Frog does things that we need to win with Doomsday.
I (sadly) suspect no changes to Vintage with the upcoming Ban and Restriction Update next week, so at the moment, Frogs are where Doomsday is headed.
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