Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2021.12.18-19

I guess it was bound to happen eventually. Three lists. All exactly the same.
Okay, slight lie. There are some fetch choices and the eternal "Island or Snow-Covered Island" question. Big deep stuff that I will get into later.

Saturday Challenge


discoverN (2nd 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
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Energy Flux
2 Fatal Push
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

killersuv (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)
4 Flooded Strand
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Energy Flux
2 Fatal Push
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Sunday Challenge

Core and Differences

Core

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

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

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
1 Force of Negation
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Daze
3 Flusterstorm
4 Dark Ritual
4 Force of Will
Lands (14)
1 Island
4 Underground Sea
9 Fetch Lands

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

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence

Sideboard (15)
1 Energy Flux
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Fatal Push
3 Steel Sabotage
4 Leyline of the Void

No Differences!

Thoughts

This is pretty much the list that sums up where we are right now. I didn't play in the Challenges, but I did play in a paper tournament with, humorously enough, the exact same list. And I went 5-0.
What I can say is that Portent seems to be the choice over Treasure Cruise at the moment simply because of the speed of the meta. If SingPanMan was playing, although I believe he was at the Tokyo Emperor of Vintage Tournament instead, I bet we'd have a few of his signature differences.
That all said, if we get slightly more of a Red format, putting in some copies of Hydroblast is correct. Right now, this list is solid and what you should run.

Now let's talk about Island versus Snow-Covered Island!
Are you playing the Ice Age version of Snow-Covered Island? Then you are doing it correctly. Any other version? You might be doing something wrong with your life. Regular old Island? Pick your favorite! I am quite a fan of the Arena Version.
Big props to anyone who runs the Coldsnap Theme Decks version and the original Ice Age Snow-Covered Island. Same art, different card. Good trolling.

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