Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.04.16-17

A whole lot of placements this week. It might be time to pack your Opposition Agents for the mirror match.

Saturday Challenge


Vertyx_ (10th Place)

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

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

Instants (21)
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 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 Opposition Agent
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

bennybo (29th 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
2 Fatal Push
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

MaxMagicer (30th 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

Sunday Challenge


SingPanMan (2nd 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 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 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

sixmp (5th 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)
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 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Matti (10th 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
1 Island
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 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
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ScreenwriterNY (17th Place)

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

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

Instants (22)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
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 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
4 Misty Rainforest
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 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

revenantkioku (24th Place)

Creatures (7)
1 Hope of Ghirapur
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa's Oracle

Sorceries (16)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
2 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Time Walk

Instants (19)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Consultation
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (4)
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
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 Dress Down
1 Energy Flux
1 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Null Rod
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

League

Core and Differences

Core

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

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

Instants (17)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
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

Sideboard (7)
3 Steel Sabotage
4 Leyline of the Void

Vertyx_ (10th Place) Differences

Main (8)
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Necropotence
1 Portent
Sideboard (8)
1 Energy Flux
2 Fatal Push
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

bennybo (29th Place) Differences

Main (8)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Necropotence
1 Portent
Sideboard (8)
1 Energy Flux
2 Fatal Push
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

MaxMagicer (30th Place) Differences

Main (8)
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Necropotence
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (8)
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SingPanMan (2nd Place) Differences

Main (8)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Necropotence
1 Pact of Negation
1 Portent
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (8)
1 Energy Flux
2 Hydroblast
1 Island
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

sixmp (5th Place) Differences

Main (8)
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Necropotence
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (8)
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Matti (10th Place) Differences

Main (8)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Necropotence
1 Portent
Sideboard (8)
1 Energy Flux
2 Fatal Push
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ScreenwriterNY (17th Place) Differences

Main (8)
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Necropotence
1 Peek
Sideboard (8)
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

revenantkioku (24th Place) Differences

Main (8)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Duress
1 Flusterstorm
1 Hope of Ghirapur
1 Lotus Petal
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (8)
1 Dress Down
1 Energy Flux
1 Fatal Push
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Null Rod
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Clone9 (5-0) Differences

Main (8)
2 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
1 Island
1 Necropotence
1 Opposition Agent
1 Portent
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (8)
2 Energy Flux
2 Fatal Push
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
2 Null Rod

Total Differences

Tutors (11)
8 Demonic Consultation
3 Merchant Scroll

Draw (26)
8 Dig Through Time
8 Necropotence
1 Peek
5 Portent
4 Sleight of Hand

Counters (20)
9 Daze
7 Flusterstorm
3 Force of Negation
1 Pact of Negation

Creatures (2)
1 Hope of Ghirapur
1 Opposition Agent

Discard (3)
3 Duress

L⁣⁣ands/Mana (10)
6 Fetch Lands
1 Island
1 Lotus Petal
2 Watery Grave
Artifacts (16)
7 Energy Flux
3 Null Rod
6 Steel Sabotage

Discard (3)
3 Duress

Creatures (11)
6 Murktide Regent
5 Opposition Agent

Lands (8)
8 Island

Counters (10)
2 Hydroblast
8 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (24)
1 Dress Down
15 Fatal Push
8 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Thoughts

Main Core: 52 cards Side Core: 7 cards

Since some weirdos (cough) decided to try playing without some commonly decided upon cards, we have some interesting things to look at.


I tried dropping Necropotence and Dig Through Time for Hope of Ghirapur and an second main Duress. Yes, the cards I took out are objectively more powerful. But the idea was to replace them with one mana pieces of interaction. I am not convinced this is the right thing to do, but Hope did help me win a few games.
Duress was down overall, and Daze's numbers are a bit higher this week.

Nothing particularly stands out in the sideboards other than SingPanMan packing double Hydroblast. He says it is a great choice when the meta calls for it, and a second place finish says that this might be that time.


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