Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.09.03-04

Only five lists this week. Sadly, no one got published in the Super Qualifier. I personally got 41st with my Sunday list. I am curious what discoverN chose to play, but they went 5-3 like I did, so no list.

Doomsday Player Event Breakdown
Saturday: 4/60 Players
Sunday: 4/50 Players
Super Qualifier: 7/160 Players

The Super Qualifier being 7 Doomsday players but with a 50% win rate tells me that perhaps we were not prepared enough for Tinker Saga. That and Esper being fairly good against us makes for a tough time.

We also have one player who chose an interesting sideboard juke. I’m not sure how good it is, it does have a personal favorite card of mine in the list.

Saturday Challenge

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Mammonth (10th 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
4 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 Force of Negation
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Diem4x (31st Place)

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

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
4 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mindbreak Trap
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 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Murktide Regent
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

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Sunday Challenge

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revenantkioku (23rd 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
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
4 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
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea
1 Watery Grave

Sideboard (15)
1 Force of Negation
2 Cut Down
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
1 Snow-Covered Island
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Yamaro (32nd Place)

Creatures (5)
3 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 (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Chain of Vapor
1 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 Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

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

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (15)
1 Cavern of Souls
2 Island
4 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Swamp
3 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Swamp
1 Flusterstorm
1 Ashiok, Dream Render
2 Helm of Obedience
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

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League

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Clamavus (5-0)

Creatures (7)
1 Murktide Regent
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (14)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
2 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 Murktide Regent
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
3 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Opposition Agent
3 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 (20)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 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 Vampiric Tutor
Lands (12)
8 Fetch Lands
1 Island
3 Underground Sea

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

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence

Sideboard (7)
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Mammonth (10th Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
2 Flusterstorm
1 Portent
1 Street Wraith
1 Underground Sea
Sideboard (8)
2 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
1 Steel Sabotage

Diem4x (31st Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Fetch Land
2 Flusterstorm
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Street Wraith
1 Underground Sea
Sideboard (8)
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
2 Steel Sabotage

revenantkioku (23rd Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Duress
2 Flusterstorm
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Street Wraith
1 Underground Sea
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (8)
2 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent

Yamaro (32nd Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Cling to Dust
1 Daze
1 Island
1 Swamp
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (8)
1 Ashiok, Dream Render
1 Flusterstorm
2 Helm of Obedience
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Swamp

Clamavus (5-0) Differences

Main (7)
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Murktide Regent
2 Portent
1 Street Wraith
1 Underground Sea
Sideboard (8)
3 Fatal Push
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 Steel Sabotage

Total Differences

Draw (11)
1 Cling to Dust
3 Portent
2 Sleight of Hand
4 Street Wraith
1 Treasure Cruise

Counters (9)
1 Daze
7 Flusterstorm
1 Mindbreak Trap

Creatures (1)
1 Murktide Regent

Discard (2)
2 Duress

Removal (1)
1 Chain of Vapor

L⁣ands (11)
1 Cavern of Souls
3 Fetch Lands
1 Island
1 Swamp
4 Underground Sea
1 Watery Grave
Artifacts (8)
3 Hurkyl’s Recall
5 Steel Sabotage

Discard (1)
1 Duress

Creatures (7)
6 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent

Lands (3)
2 Island
1 Swamp

Counters (9)
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Negation
3 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (9)
2 Cut Down
7 Fatal Push

Other (3)
1 Ashiok, Dream Render
2 Helm of Obedience

Thoughts

Main Core: 53 cards Side Core: 7 cards


This week continues the trend of lots of counterspells. I played a Duress as Tinker’s numbers are so high that we want a bit of proactivity. Sadly, there were enough times where it not being a blue card was more than enough for me to be unhappy with it.
Yamaro played Cavern of Souls and another copy of both basic Island and Swamp. This feels safer for longer matchups, but I’d hate drawing Swamp most of the time. Lotus Petal feels like a better choice.

Ashiok, Dream Render is an interesting angle of attack against Tinker Saga decks. You can also mill yourself post Doomsday and play an Oracle to win. Leyline of the Void and Helm of Obedience is a tried and true combo, but I’m not sure what it is doing in Doomsday’s sideboard.

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