Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.04.23-24

Only three lists this week, but goodness are they ever different.

Saturday Challenge

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hogpog_98 (10th Place)

Creatures (5)
3 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

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

Instants (25)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Cling to Dust
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 Vampiric Tutor

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

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

Sideboard (15)
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Despair
2 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Steel Sabotage
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

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Sunday Challenge

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revenantkioku (13th Place)

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

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

Instants (20)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Daze
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
1 Hydroblast
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Null Rod
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

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League

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TakeYourT1me (5-0)

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
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

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Core and Differences

Core

Creatures (5)
3 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 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
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 (8)
4 Steel Sabotage
1 Island
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Leyline of the Void

hogpog_98 (10th Place) Differences

Main (8)
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Cling to Dust
1 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
1 Fetch Land
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Necropotence
Sideboard (7)
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Despair
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

revenantkioku (13th Place) Differences

Main (8)
1 Duress
1 Flusterstorm
1 Hope of Ghirapur
1 Lotus Petal
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Street Wraith
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (7)
1 Dress Down
1 Energy Flux
1 Fatal Push
1 Hydroblast
2 Leyline of the Void
1 Null Rod

TakeYourT1me (5-0) Differences

Main (8)
1 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Necropotence
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Street Wraith
Sideboard (7)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
2 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap

Total Differences

Tutors (1)
1 Merchant Scroll

Draw (10)
2 Cling to Dust
2 Dig Through Time
2 Necropotence
2 Sleight of Hand
2 Street Wraith

Counters (5)
2 Daze
2 Flusterstorm
1 Mystical Dispute

Creatures (1)
1 Hope of Ghirapur

Discard (2)
2 Duress

Removal (1)
1 Chain of Vapor

L⁣ands/Mana (4)
2 Fetch Lands
1 Lotus Petal
1 Watery Grave
Graveyard (6)
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Surgical Extraction

Artifacts (2)
1 Energy Flux
1 Null Rod

Discard (1)
1 Duress

Creatures (1)
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Counters (4)
1 Flusterstorm
1 Hydroblast
2 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (7)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Dress Down
3 Fatal Push
1 Force of Despair
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Thoughts

Main Core: 52 cards Side Core: 8 cards

While the manabase and counters show nothing new, I continue to try to live without Necropotence and Dig Through Time. No Dig may be a mistake, but I’m not missing Necro at all. hogpog_98’s choice of double Cling to Dust is interesting, especially if we see a rise in Breach decks. I don’t know if I’d go to two copies, but one is tasty. Hope of Ghirapur has continued to impress. I even won a mirror match thanks tot the damage it dealt.


I wasn’t impressed with Hydroblast, but perhaps it was just my matchups. I’m not sure how I feel about the Leyline of the Void/Surgical Extraction split hogpog_98 played. On the one hand, Bazaar decks haven’t felt very present, and Surgical helps more against Hogaak than Dredge. It also feels better against Breach. We can also always Dark Ritual out a Leyline in desperate times. It’s something that I’d consider trying.


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