Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2021.12.25-26

Merry Xmas! This is the last weekend of 2021, so let’s check out these five lists before 2022 comes and brings even more weirdly overpowered creatures to the game of Magic.

Saturday Challenge

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Condescend (12th 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 Energy Flux
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ecobaronen (17th Place)

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

Sorceries (14)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise

Instants (22)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
4 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
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
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea
1 Watery Grave

Sideboard (15)
1 Island
3 Fatal Push
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Mystical Dispute
3 Ravenous Trap
4 Steel Sabotage

pokerswizard (22nd 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)
3 Flooded Strand
1 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Sedgemoor Witch
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Steel Sabotage
1 Thoughtseize

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Sunday Challenge

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discoverN (21st 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)
2 Energy Flux
1 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

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League

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Clone9 (5-0)

Creatures (7)
1 Opposition Agent
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 (22)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
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 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
4 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Null Rod
4 Steel Sabotage
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang

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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 (20)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
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

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence

Sideboard (4)
3 Steel Sabotage
1 Fatal Push

Condescend (12th Place) Differences

Main (5)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Fetch Land
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Portent
Sideboard (11)
1 Energy Flux
1 Fatal Push
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ecobaronen (17th Place) Differences

Main (5)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Flusterstorm
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (11)
2 Fatal Push
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Island
2 Mystical Dispute
3 Ravenous Trap
1 Steel Sabotage

pokerswizard (22nd Place) Differences

Main (5)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Fetch Land
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Portent
Sideboard (11)
1 Fatal Push
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Sedgemoor Witch
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Thoughtseize

discoverN (21st Place) Differences

Main (5)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Fetch Land
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Portent
Sideboard (11)
2 Energy Flux
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Clone9 (5-0) Differences

Main (5)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Force of Negation
1 Island
1 Opposition Agent
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (11)
3 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Null Rod
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Total Differences

Draw/Tutor (10)
4 Demonic Consultation
3 Portent
1 Sleight of Hand
2 Treasure Cruise

Creatures (1)
1 Opposition Agent

Counters (8)
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Negation
3 Mystical Dispute

Removal (1)
1 Chain of Vapor

L⁣⁣ands (5)
3 Fetch Lands
1 Island
1 Watery Grave
Graveyard (19)
16 Leyline of the Void
3 Ravenous Trap

Artifacts (10)
3 Energy Flux
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Null Rod
3 Steel Sabotage

Discard (1)
1 Thoughtseize

Creatures (7)
2 Murktide Regent
2 Opposition Agent
2 Sedgemoor Witch
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Lands (5)
4 Island
1 Library of Alexandria

Counters (4)
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Mystical Dispute

Removal (9)
7 Fatal Push
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Thoughts

It’s been a year for Doomsday for sure, as we’ve not changed much, gotten hardly any new cards, but seen lots of shifts in what is played to battle the meta. And many players have done very well! Congrats to all who made top 8s or even took down challenges and other events!


Clone9 makes the 5-0 league list without playing Demonic Consultation. I see the power of Opposition Agent in the main, but I still think I’d want it over Necropotence rather than cutting out a piece our other combo. Portent continues to be more popular than Treasure Cruise. I do like seeing Sleight of Hand to combat Narset and Leovold.


discoverN has moved to two copies of Energy Flux, which is probably getting better by the day as Urza’s Saga and other Tinker decks flourish and Ravager Shops makes a comeback.
Clone9 playing the full set of Fatal Push tells me Mono White is showing up a lot in leagues.
I don’t like the Sedgemoor Witches in pokerswizard’s side as the card is a bit too slow for what Doomsday wants to be doing. Murktide Regent is a clock and can stop Hollow One. Opposition Agent steals games. If they were on the Ravenous Trap plan I could almost see an argument for the Witches. As is, they still fail to impress me when I try them.

So that’s 2021! I missed a few weeks this year, but I feel pretty good about how this data project has been coming along. Sadly, I did not save the data in a way I could do something for a year-end compilation, but with meta shifts I’m not sure how interesting or useful that is anyway. If you have any ideas for how I could further expand on this data in 2022, please let me know!
Have a good one.

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