Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2021.07.24-25

We have a unique Esper list this week as well as continuing sideboard evolutions. Less lists this week, but there's a lot more variety.

Saturday Challenge


Diem4x (4th Place)

Creatures (6)
Street Wraith
Thassa's Oracle

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

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

Artifacts (3)
Black Lotus
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire

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

Sideboard (15)
Snow-Covered Island
Duress
Fatal Push
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Condescend (11th Place)

Creatures (6)
Street Wraith
Thassa's Oracle

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

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

Artifacts (3)
Black Lotus
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire

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

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

Clone9 (12th Place)

Creatures (8)
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
Street Wraith
Thassa's Oracle

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

Instants (20)
Ancestral Recall
Brainstorm
Dark Ritual
Daze
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Flusterstorm
Force of Will
Gush
Mental Misstep
Mystical Tutor
Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (4)
Black Lotus
Lotus Petal
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
Necropotence
Lands (14)
Flooded Strand
Island
Misty Rainforest
Polluted Delta
Scalding Tarn
Scrubland
Tundra
Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
Island
Duress
Fatal Push
Library of Alexandria
Mindbreak Trap
Monastery Mentor
Null Rod
Opposition Agent
Serenity
Steel Sabotage

abr_ (22nd Place)

Creatures (6)
Street Wraith
Thassa's Oracle

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

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

Artifacts (3)
Black Lotus
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire

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

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

Sunday Challenge


ecobaronen (2nd Place)

Creatures (6)
Street Wraith
Thassa's Oracle

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

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

Artifacts (3)
Black Lotus
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire

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

Sideboard (15)
Island
Duress
Fatal Push
Hurkyl's Recall
Library of Alexandria
Null Rod
Steel Sabotage

sixmp (8th Place)

Creatures (6)
Street Wraith
Thassa's Oracle

Sorceries (12)
Demonic Tutor
Doomsday
Gitaxian Probe
Ponder
Preordain
Time Walk

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

Artifacts (4)
Black Lotus
Lotus Petal
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire

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

Sideboard (15)
Island
Duress
Fatal Push
Leyline of the Void
Murktide Regent
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SingPanMan (18th Place)

Creatures (6)
Street Wraith
Thassa's Oracle

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

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

Artifacts (3)
Black Lotus
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire

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

Sideboard (15)
Chain of Vapor
Island
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Planar Void
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale


Core and Differences

Core

Creatures (6)
Street Wraith
Thassa's Oracle

Sorceries (8)
Demonic Tutor
Doomsday
Gitaxian Probe
Ponder
Time Walk

Instants (23)
Ancestral Recall
Brainstorm
Dark Ritual
Daze
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Flusterstorm
Force of Will
Gush
Mental Misstep
Mystical Tutor
Preordain
Vampiric Tutor
Lands (12)
Fetch Lands
Island
Underground Sea

Artifacts (3)
Black Lotus
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
Necropotence

Sideboard (4)
Island
Steel Sabotage

Diem4x (4th Place) Differences

Main (7)
Dark Ritual
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Mystical Dispute
Portent
Underground Sea
Sideboard (11)
Duress
Fatal Push
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Condescend (11th Place) Differences

Main (7)
Dark Ritual
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Mystical Dispute
Portent
Underground Sea
Sideboard (11)
Fatal Push
Leyline of the Void
Library of Alexandria
Mindbreak Trap
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Clone9 (12th Place) Differences

Main (7)
Daze
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
Lotus Petal
Scrubland
Treasure Cruise
Tundra
Sideboard (11)
Duress
Fatal Push
Library of Alexandria
Mindbreak Trap
Monastery Mentor
Null Rod
Opposition Agent
Serenity

abr_ (22nd Place) Differences

Main (7)
Dark Ritual
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Mystical Dispute
Portent
Underground Sea
Sideboard (11)
Fatal Push
Leyline of the Void
Library of Alexandria
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ecobaronen (2nd Place) Differences

Main (7)
Dark Ritual
Daze
Flusterstorm
Treasure Cruise
Underground Sea
Watery Grave
Sideboard (11)
Duress
Fatal Push
Hurkyl's Recall
Library of Alexandria
Null Rod
Steel Sabotage

sixmp (8th Place) Differences

Main (7)
Dark Ritual
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Lotus Petal
Mystical Dispute
Underground Sea
Sideboard (11)
Duress
Fatal Push
Leyline of the Void
Murktide Regent
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SingPanMan (18th Place) Differences

Main (7)
Dark Ritual
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Mystical Dispute
Portent
Underground Sea
Watery Grave
Sideboard (11)
Chain of Vapor
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Planar Void
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

Creatures (2)
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

Draw (6)
Portent
Treasure Cruise

Counters (19)
Daze
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Mystical Dispute

Mana (8)
Dark Ritual
Lotus Petal

L⁣ands (14)
Fetch Lands
Scrubland
Tundra
Underground Sea
Watery Grave
Sideboard (0)

Graveyard (20)
19 Leyline of the Void
Planar Void

Artifacts (11)
Hurkyl's Recall
Null Rod
Steel Sabotage

Discard (5)
Duress

Creatures (8)
Monastery Mentor
Murktide Regent
Opposition Agent

Lands (4)
Library of Alexandria

Counters (8)
Mindbreak Trap

Removal (21)
Chain of Vapor
11 Fatal Push
Serenity
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Thoughts

We have a 53-Main, 4-Sideboard core this week. Lots of this is due to Clone9 and ecobaronen.

Once again ecobaronen went without Sideboard cards for Bazaar. Neither did Clone9, although Lavinia, Azorius Renegade does mess with Dredge and Hollowvine. Of course, she does not stop a Vengevine from coming back. This is some interesting testing, at least. If Doomsday is not getting new cards in sets we'll have to at least try once in a while to see if any color splashes get us anywhere. Monastery Mentor is basically a "free" wincon if we're splashing White. Trading one sideboard slot for a card that works with the majority of the deck does not hurt, and will probably snag some free wins. Serenity is also a nice choice to deal with all the Construct tokens being made as well as any nonsense Shops throws out.

I'm unsure how I feel about sixmp's choice of Murktide Regent, but since Pyroblast seems to be at a recent low, its big weakness was likely not much of a problem. As far as alternate wincons go, Murktide slides into the standard shell fairly well.


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