Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2021.05.09-10

Not only did Doomsday take the top spot of both challenges, and we’re starting to see some experimentaiton in the sideboards in this new Witchy world.

Saturday Challenge

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Diem4x (1st Place)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
2 Flooded Strand
1 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Island
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Opposition Agent
4 Steel Sabotage

zachattack23 (11th Place)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
2 Flooded Strand
1 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Island
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Opposition Agent
4 Steel Sabotage

discoverN (15th Place)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
2 Flooded Strand
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Fatal Push
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

MaxMagicer (18th Place)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
2 Flooded Strand
1 Island
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Island
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
4 Steel Sabotage
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang

SuperCow12653 (19th Place)

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 (25)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Peek
1 Thought Scour
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
Lands (14)
2 Flooded Strand
1 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea
1 Watery Grave

Sideboard (15)
1 Island
1 Flusterstorm
3 Fatal Push
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Opposition Agent
1 Sedgemoor Witch
4 Steel Sabotage

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Sunday Challenge

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discoverN (1st Place)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
2 Flooded Strand
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Fatal Push
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

sixmp (7th Place)

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 (24)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Peek
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
3 Flooded Strand
1 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Island
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SingPanMan (15th Place)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
2 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea
1 Watery Grave

Sideboard (15)
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Drown in the Loch
1 Island
3 Leyline of the Void
2 Opposition Agent
1 Planar Void
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

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League

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ZaeferMalkav (5-0)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
2 Flooded Strand
1 Island
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Island
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Steel Sabotage
1 Surgical Extraction
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

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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 (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 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)
8 Fetch Lands
1 Island
4 Underground Sea

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Sideboard (5)
1 Island
4 Steel Sabotage

Diem4x (1st Place) Differences

Main (3)
1 Fetch Land
1 Necropotence
1 Portent
Sideboard (10)
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Opposition Agent

zachattack23 (11th Place) Differences

Main (3)
1 Fetch Land
1 Necropotence
1 Portent
Sideboard (10)
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Opposition Agent

discoverN (15th Place) Differences

Main (3)
1 Fetch Land
1 Necropotence
1 Portent
Sideboard (10)
1 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

MaxMagicer (18th Place) Differences

Main (3)
1 Fetch Land
1 Necropotence
1 Portent
Sideboard (10)
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang

SuperCow12653 (19th Place) Differences

Main (3)
1 Peek
1 Thought Scour
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (10)
3 Fatal Push
1 Flusterstorm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Opposition Agent
1 Sedgemoor Witch

discoverN (1st Place) Differences

Main (3)
1 Fetch Land
1 Necropotence
1 Portent
Sideboard (10)
1 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

sixmp (7th Place) Differences

Main (3)
1 Fetch Land
1 Necropotence
1 Peek
Sideboard (10)
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SingPanMan (15th Place) Differences

Main (3)
1 Necropotence
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (10)
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Drown in the Loch
3 Leyline of the Void
2 Opposition Agent
1 Planar Void
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ZaeferMalkav (5-0) Differences

Main (3)
1 Fetch Land
1 Necropotence
1 Portent
Sideboard (10)
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Surgical Extraction
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

Draw (18)
8 Necropotence
2 Peek
6 Portent
1 Thought Scour
1 Treasure Cruise

L⁣ands (9)
7 Fetch Lands
2 Watery Grave
Graveyard (33)
31 Leyline of the Void
1 Planar Void
1 Surgical Extraction

Artifacts (1)
1 Hurkyl’s Recall

Discard (5)
5 Duress

Creatures (13)
11 Opposition Agent
1 Sedgemoor Witch
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Lands (3)
3 Library of Alexandria

Counters (12)
1 Flusterstorm
11 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (23)
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Drown in the Loch
15 Fatal Push
5 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Thoughts

We have a 57-5 Core this week. One slot is SuperCow12653 and SingPanMan playing Watery Grave over a fetch. The other seems to be between Portent, Treasure Cruise and Peek. The interesting one is how SuperCow dropped Necropotence. I doubt Thought Scour is the right replacement, but I applaud trying it out.

The sideboards get wild this week. Everyone agreed on an extra Island and four Steel Sabotage, but that was it. Here’s a breakdown.

SingPanMan playing Drown in the Loch stands out to me the most. I like this. A lot. It’s more expensive than Fatal Push, and not "free" like Mindbreak Trap. But this card is versatile. (And it pitches to Force. Obvious? Yes, but it can be easy to miss the obvious. I know I did at first.) I gave the card a spin and liked it even more than at first glance.

SuperCow12653 played an interesting sideboard that eschewed graveyard hate. Instead there is a Hurkyl’s Recall, a Sedgemoor Witch, the third Fatal Push and the fourth Flusterstorm. Not running Tabernacle also allowed for an extra Mindbreak Trap. discoverN is the only other player doubling up on the card.

I’m surprised Witch only showed up in SuperCow’s list, but only a little. I wasn’t too pleased with its performance in Doomsday. It does not work with our game plan. That said, it is powerful enough to do work.

The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale is still at low numbers. This might be what spurred SuperCow’s plan. Dredge already plays main-deck answers to Leyline of the Void, so why not go all in on winning? I like it, and would not mind dropping them myself. Too scared to, though.

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