Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.09.10-11

Four decks, tiny differences, but quite the Blessing.

Saturday Challenge

Sunday Challenge


discoverN (2nd 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
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)
3 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Dress Down
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
1 Gaea's Blessing
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Murktide Regent
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SingPanMan (21st Place)

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

Sorceries (14)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
2 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
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea
1 Watery Grave

Sideboard (15)
1 Force of Negation
1 Cavern of Souls
2 Hydroblast
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Tombstalker

League

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 (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
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)
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

roter_Erzengel (13th Place) Differences

Main (4)
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Portent
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (6)
2 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Island
2 Murktide Regent

discoverN (2nd Place) Differences

Main (4)
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Portent
Sideboard (6)
1 Dress Down
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Gaea's Blessing
1 Murktide Regent

SingPanMan (21st Place) Differences

Main (4)
1 Flusterstorm
2 Sleight of Hand
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (6)
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Force of Negation
2 Hydroblast
1 Opposition Agent
1 Tombstalker

L4rss0n (5-0) Differences

Main (4)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (6)
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
1 Island
1 Opposition Agent
1 Steel Sabotage

Total Differences

Draw (6)
2 Portent
4 Sleight of Hand

Counters (5)
1 Daze
3 Flusterstorm
1 Mindbreak Trap

Discard (1)
1 Duress

L⁣ands (4)
3 Fetch Lands
1 Watery Grave
Artifacts (1)
1 Steel Sabotage

Discard (2)
2 Duress

Creatures (6)
3 Murktide Regent
2 Opposition Agent
1 Tombstalker

Lands (3)
1 Cavern of Souls
2 Island

Counters (5)
3 Force of Negation
2 Hydroblast

Removal (6)
1 Dress Down
5 Fatal Push

Other (1)
1 Gaea's Blessing

Thoughts

Main Core: 56 cards Side Core: 9 cards


The mains are fairly stable this week, although SingPanMan playing double Sleight of Hand is quite interesting.

Gaea's Blessing and Tombstalker make a surprising return this week. Enrichetta tried Gaea's Blessing back in Eternal Weekend 2021. Putting it in the pile can protect against Archive Trap, Ipnu Rivulet as well as Brain Freeze. A Breach player can play around Blessing, but this works better when their plan is to play Land, Mox, and Brain Freeze you for six.
Tombstalker hasn't seen play since SingPanMan tried it back in February 2022. No one has taken up Cut Down yet, but I'm still convinced it is the right choice over Fatal Push. The differences are subtle, but Cut Down will catch on in time.


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