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Doomsday
- Weatherlight
Reviewed
July 27, 2017
Constructed: 4.0
Casual: 2.5
Limited: 1.88
Multiplayer: 2.5
Commander [EDH]: 3.0
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David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Doomsday
As I get older, my ability to understand
complicated Magic game states increases, but my
desire to actually do so decreases. Just because
it's possible to do something, doesn't
necessarily mean it's fun to do it. I know as a
fact that it's possible to use Doomsday to win a
game outright, and that there are certain
combinations of five cards that make it
completely irrelevant that the rest of your
library is out of the game; I've just never
really run the calculations myself. It's more
for a deck dedicated to the combo, although I
can see an argument that some aggressive decks
might find themselves in a situation where they
only need five specific cards to win. I think
Necropotence or Infernal Tribute are generally
much superior for that style of deck, but
Doomsday is still such a unique effect that it
literally begs to be built around. And when it
does come off, it's absolutely spectacular.
Constructed: 4/5
Casual: 3/5
Limited: 2/5
Multiplayer: 3/5
EDH/Commander: 3/5 |
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James H. |
Doomsday is an infamous Vintage and
Legacy staple: you get to set up your "final"
five turns at the cost of the rest of your
library (and graveyard) and half your life.
Because it gives you exactly five cards in the
order you want them, this can be used to set the
stage for a game-winning play, whether it be
with Tendrils of Agony (in a Storm composition)
or with Laboratory Maniac (by emptying the rest
of your library). It's a lethal combo piece in
the right shell.
Outside of those shells, though...Doomsday is
more a curio than a potent weapon. You need to
bank on the five cards you're getting being
enough to get you to the end of the game, and
that may not be wise in Limited formats or
shells that aren't the very precise Doomsday
combo. It's cute, but it's a very hard card to
properly abuse.
Constructed: 4
Casual: 2
Limited: 1.75
Multiplayer: 2
Commander: 3 |
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