Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.04.02-03

The last Showcase Challenge of the season means more Preliminaries fire as people attempt to get their QPs. Not a single Doomsday list in any of the preliminaries, but we’ve got five list to look at with some interesting sideboard choices.

Saturday Challenge

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discoverN (26th Place)

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

Sorceries (15)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (21)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
2 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 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Energy Flux
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Fatal Push
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Snuff Out
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

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Sunday Challenge

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discoverN (1st Place)

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

Sorceries (15)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (21)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
2 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 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Energy Flux
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Fatal Push
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Snuff Out
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Diem4x (18th Place)

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

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

Instants (22)
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 Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

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

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
1 Flooded Strand
1 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
4 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 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SingPanMan (20th Place)

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

Sorceries (14)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (22)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 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 Tutor
1 Pact of Negation
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 Energy Flux
2 Hydroblast
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

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League

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XShockWaveX (5-0)

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
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
2 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 Flusterstorm
1 Duress
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Steel Sabotage
2 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 (19)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
2 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
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 (9)
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

01 discoverN (26th Place) Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
1 Fetch Lands
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Portent
Sideboard (6)
1 Energy Flux
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Fatal Push
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Snuff Out

02 discoverN (1st Place) Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
1 Fetch Lands
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Portent
Sideboard (6)
1 Energy Flux
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Fatal Push
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Snuff Out

03 Diem4x (18th Place) Differences

Main (6)
2 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Lands
1 Flusterstorm
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (6)
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
1 Steel Sabotage

04 SingPanMan (20th Place) Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Flusterstorm
1 Pact of Negation
1 Portent
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (6)
1 Energy Flux
2 Hydroblast
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 Steel Sabotage

05 XShockWaveX (5-0) Differences

Main (6)
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Daze
1 Fetch Lands
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Peek
Sideboard (6)
1 Duress
1 Flusterstorm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

Tutors (2)
2 Merchant Scroll

Draw (5)
1 Peek
3 Portent
1 Sleight of Hand

Counters (13)
5 Daze
4 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Pact of Negation

Discard (4)
4 Duress

Removal (1)
1 Chain of Vapor

L⁣⁣ands (5)
4 Fetch Lands
1 Watery Grave
Artifacts (7)
3 Energy Flux
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
3 Steel Sabotage

Discard (2)
2 Duress

Creatures (5)
3 Murktide Regent
2 Opposition Agent

Counters (7)
1 Flusterstorm
2 Hydroblast
4 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (9)
2 Engineered Explosives
4 Fatal Push
2 Snuff Out
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Thoughts

Main Core: 54 cards Side Core: 9 cards


Duress in the main has dropped down to one. discoverN continues to be the one playing Merchant Scroll. It seems to be taking the place of a counterspell. Nothing unique has popped up in the Counter or Draw suite as of late.

At first glance sideboards seem fairly standard this week. However discoverN is playing both Engineered Explosives and Snuff Out. EE is a nice catch all, especially since Doomsday puts few non-land permanents on the battlefield. Snuff Out’s “free” mode is a good chunk of life, but a simple way of dealing with problematic creatures is rarely a bad thing.

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