Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.10.22-23

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Saturday Challenge


MaxMagicer (1st Place)

Creatures (6)
Street Wraith
Mox Jet
Vampiric Tutor

Enchantments (1)
Necropotence
Lands (15)
Mental Misstep
Underground Sea
Dark Ritual
Demonic Consultation
Flooded Strand
Polluted Delta
Mystical Tutor

Sorceries (25)
Demonic Tutor
Misty Rainforest
Doomsday
Time Walk
Duress
Mox Sapphire
Scalding Tarn
Ponder
Flusterstorm
Preordain
Dig Through Time
Island
Gitaxian Probe

Instants (2)
Ancestral Recall
Sleight of Hand

Artifacts (11)
Black Lotus
Force of Negation
Brainstorm
Daze
Force of Will
Gush
Thassa's Oracle

Sideboard (15)
Steel Sabotage
Fatal Push
Murktide Regent
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Opposition Agent
Mindbreak Trap
Island
Leyline of the Void
Force of Negation

s063 (4th Place)

Creatures (33)
Flooded Strand
Duress
Gush
Dark Ritual
Brainstorm
Misty Rainforest
Doomsday
Mystical Tutor
Scalding Tarn
Preordain
Gitaxian Probe
Force of Will
Vampiric Tutor
Force of Negation
Mental Misstep
Snow-Covered Island
Time Walk

Sorceries (4)
Demonic Tutor
Mox Sapphire
Merchant Scroll
Mox Jet

Artifacts (10)
Black Lotus
Dig Through Time
Demonic Consultation
Polluted Delta
Underground Sea
Ponder

Instants (8)
Ancestral Recall
Daze
Flusterstorm
Thassa's Oracle

Enchantments (1)
Necropotence
Lands (4)
Street Wraith

Sideboard (15)
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Tundra
Steel Sabotage
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Gaea's Blessing
Murktide Regent
Monastery Mentor
Fatal Push

s063 (4th Place)

Creatures (33)
Flooded Strand
Duress
Gush
Dark Ritual
Brainstorm
Misty Rainforest
Doomsday
Mystical Tutor
Scalding Tarn
Preordain
Gitaxian Probe
Force of Will
Vampiric Tutor
Force of Negation
Mental Misstep
Snow-Covered Island
Time Walk

Sorceries (4)
Demonic Tutor
Mox Sapphire
Merchant Scroll
Mox Jet

Artifacts (10)
Black Lotus
Dig Through Time
Demonic Consultation
Polluted Delta
Underground Sea
Ponder

Instants (8)
Ancestral Recall
Daze
Flusterstorm
Thassa's Oracle

Enchantments (1)
Necropotence
Lands (4)
Street Wraith

Sideboard (15)
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Tundra
Steel Sabotage
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Gaea's Blessing
Murktide Regent
Monastery Mentor
Fatal Push

sixmp (5th Place)

Creatures (13)
Gitaxian Probe
Flusterstorm
Daze
Ponder
Time Walk
Force of Will
Demonic Consultation

Instants (2)
Ancestral Recall
Force of Negation

Artifacts (32)
Black Lotus
Brainstorm
Flooded Strand
Mystical Tutor
Mox Sapphire
Dark Ritual
Scalding Tarn
Duress
Preordain
Island
Thassa's Oracle
Doomsday
Dig Through Time
Vampiric Tutor
Mental Misstep
Misty Rainforest
Polluted Delta

Enchantments (1)
Necropotence
Lands (5)
Street Wraith
Gush

Sorceries (7)
Demonic Tutor
Underground Sea
Mox Jet
Sleight of Hand

Sideboard (15)
Mindbreak Trap
Hurkyl's Recall
Murktide Regent
Steel Sabotage
Opposition Agent
Island
Leyline of the Void
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Force of Negation
Fatal Push

Clone9 (9th Place)

Creatures (20)
Preordain
Scalding Tarn
Mox Sapphire
Mental Misstep
Portent
Force of Negation
Island
Thassa's Oracle
Misty Rainforest
Mystical Tutor
Gush
Daze
Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (1)
Black Lotus

Enchantments (1)
Necropotence
Lands (6)
Force of Will
Flooded Strand

Instants (1)
Ancestral Recall

Sorceries (31)
Demonic Tutor
Dig Through Time
Doomsday
Polluted Delta
Underground Sea
Tundra
Brainstorm
Flusterstorm
Demonic Consultation
Mystic Sanctuary
Mox Jet
Gitaxian Probe
Time Walk
Ponder
Street Wraith
Dark Ritual

Sideboard (15)
Leyline of the Void
Surgical Extraction
Monastery Mentor
Fatal Push
Serenity
Tundra
Steel Sabotage
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

haveaboavida (15th Place)

Creatures (13)
Flooded Strand
Mox Sapphire
Vampiric Tutor
Polluted Delta
Hurkyl's Recall
Gitaxian Probe
Mystical Tutor
Preordain

Enchantments (1)
Necropotence
Lands (6)
Street Wraith
Yawgmoth's Will
Mental Misstep

Instants (7)
Ancestral Recall
Force of Negation
Watery Grave
Brainstorm
Mox Jet
Dig Through Time
Gush

Sorceries (25)
Demonic Tutor
Scalding Tarn
Time Walk
Thassa's Oracle
Force of Will
Demonic Consultation
Misty Rainforest
Ponder
Doomsday
Underground Sea
Duress
Daze
Island

Artifacts (8)
Black Lotus
Dark Ritual
Flusterstorm

Sideboard (15)
Opposition Agent
Thoughtseize
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Island
Fatal Push
Cut Down
Leyline of the Void
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage

haveaboavida (15th Place)

Creatures (13)
Flooded Strand
Mox Sapphire
Vampiric Tutor
Polluted Delta
Hurkyl's Recall
Gitaxian Probe
Mystical Tutor
Preordain

Enchantments (1)
Necropotence
Lands (6)
Street Wraith
Yawgmoth's Will
Mental Misstep

Instants (7)
Ancestral Recall
Force of Negation
Watery Grave
Brainstorm
Mox Jet
Dig Through Time
Gush

Sorceries (25)
Demonic Tutor
Scalding Tarn
Time Walk
Thassa's Oracle
Force of Will
Demonic Consultation
Misty Rainforest
Ponder
Doomsday
Underground Sea
Duress
Daze
Island

Artifacts (8)
Black Lotus
Dark Ritual
Flusterstorm

Sideboard (15)
Opposition Agent
Thoughtseize
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Island
Fatal Push
Cut Down
Leyline of the Void
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage

Sunday Challenge


sixmp (5th Place)

Creatures (10)
Gush
Polluted Delta
Flooded Strand
Mystical Tutor
Dark Ritual

Instants (7)
Ancestral Recall
Thassa's Oracle
Doomsday

Artifacts (21)
Black Lotus
Island
Preordain
Gitaxian Probe
Sleight of Hand
Underground Sea
Ponder
Mox Sapphire
Misty Rainforest
Daze
Force of Will

Sorceries (10)
Demonic Tutor
Scalding Tarn
Street Wraith
Dig Through Time
Force of Negation

Enchantments (1)
Necropotence
Lands (11)
Time Walk
Brainstorm
Mental Misstep
Flusterstorm
Demonic Consultation
Duress
Mox Jet
Vampiric Tutor

Sideboard (15)
Opposition Agent
Fatal Push
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Murktide Regent
Steel Sabotage
Mindbreak Trap
Force of Negation
Hurkyl's Recall
Leyline of the Void
Island

discoverN (15th Place)

Creatures (3)
Ponder
Mystical Tutor
Portent

Enchantments (1)
Necropotence
Lands (1)
Mox Jet

Instants (8)
Ancestral Recall
Flooded Strand
Vampiric Tutor
Demonic Consultation
Mental Misstep
Mox Sapphire

Artifacts (32)
Black Lotus
Scalding Tarn
Dark Ritual
Dig Through Time
Street Wraith
Daze
Gitaxian Probe
Flusterstorm
Polluted Delta
Force of Will
Preordain
Underground Sea

Sorceries (15)
Demonic Tutor
Gush
Snow-Covered Island
Brainstorm
Time Walk
Doomsday
Thassa's Oracle
Misty Rainforest
Force of Negation
Duress

Sideboard (15)
Mindbreak Trap
Tundra
Monastery Mentor
Leyline of the Void
Murktide Regent
Steel Sabotage
Force of Negation
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Gaea's Blessing
Fatal Push

revenantkioku (29th Place)

Creatures (20)
Misty Rainforest
Preordain
Thassa's Oracle
Demonic Consultation
Dark Ritual
Dig Through Time
Opposition Agent
Mystical Tutor
Duress
Sleight of Hand
Brainstorm
Daze

Artifacts (1)
Black Lotus

Sorceries (1)
Demonic Tutor

Instants (25)
Ancestral Recall
Doomsday
Underground Sea
Mox Jet
Force of Will
Flooded Strand
Polluted Delta
Mental Misstep
Flusterstorm
Time Walk
Mox Sapphire
Lands (13)
Ponder
Gitaxian Probe
Scalding Tarn
Force of Negation
Vampiric Tutor
Street Wraith
Island
Gush
Watery Grave

Sideboard (15)
Opposition Agent
Hurkyl's Recall
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Snow-Covered Island
Murktide Regent
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Cut Down
Pithing Needle
Mindbreak Trap

Core and Differences

Core

Creatures (6)
Street Wraith
Thassa's Oracle

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

Instants (19)
Ancestral Recall
Brainstorm
Dark Ritual
Daze
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Force of Will
Gush
Mental Misstep
Mystical Tutor
Vampiric Tutor
Lands (12)
Fetch Lands
Island
Underground Sea

Artifacts (3)
Black Lotus
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire

Sideboard (0)

MaxMagicer (1st Place) Differences

Main (8)
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Necropotence
Sleight of Hand
Underground Sea
Sideboard (15)
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Island
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Murktide Regent
Opposition Agent
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

s063 (4th Place) Differences

Main (8)
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Merchant Scroll
Necropotence
Underground Sea
Sideboard (15)
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Gaea's Blessing
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Monastery Mentor
Murktide Regent
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Tundra

sixmp (5th Place) Differences

Main (8)
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Necropotence
Sleight of Hand
Underground Sea
Sideboard (15)
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Hurkyl's Recall
Island
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Murktide Regent
Opposition Agent
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Clone9 (9th Place) Differences

Main (8)
Daze
Flusterstorm
Mystic Sanctuary
Necropotence
Portent
Tundra
Underground Sea
Sideboard (15)
Fatal Push
Leyline of the Void
Monastery Mentor
Serenity
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage
Surgical Extraction
Tundra

haveaboavida (15th Place) Differences

Main (8)
Duress
Flusterstorm
Hurkyl's Recall
Necropotence
Underground Sea
Watery Grave
Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard (15)
Cut Down
Fatal Push
Island
Leyline of the Void
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Thoughtseize

FedericoIIMadao (29th Place) Differences

Main (8)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Land
Necropotence
Portent
Watery Grave
Sideboard (15)
Dress Down
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Liliana, the Last Hope
Murktide Regent
Pithing Needle
Steel Sabotage
Surgical Extraction
Yixlid Jailer

sixmp (5th Place) Differences

Main (8)
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Necropotence
Sleight of Hand
Underground Sea
Sideboard (15)
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Hurkyl's Recall
Island
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Murktide Regent
Opposition Agent
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN (15th Place) Differences

Main (8)
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Necropotence
Portent
Underground Sea
Sideboard (15)
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Gaea's Blessing
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Monastery Mentor
Murktide Regent
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Tundra

revenantkioku (29th Place) Differences

Main (8)
Duress
Flusterstorm
Opposition Agent
Sleight of Hand
Underground Sea
Watery Grave
Sideboard (15)
Cut Down
Force of Negation
Hurkyl's Recall
Island
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Murktide Regent
Opposition Agent
Pithing Needle
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

Tutors (1)
Merchant Scroll

Draw (15)
Necropotence
Portent
Sleight of Hand

Counters (24)
Daze
22 Flusterstorm

Creatures (1)
Opposition Agent

Removal (1)
Hurkyl's Recall

Discard (10)
10 Duress

L⁣ands (19)
Fetch Lands
Mystic Sanctuary
Tundra
Underground Sea
Watery Grave

Other (1)
Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard (0)

Graveyard (39)
32 Leyline of the Void
Pithing Needle
Surgical Extraction
Yixlid Jailer

Artifacts (20)
Hurkyl's Recall
16 Steel Sabotage

Discard (1)
Thoughtseize

Creatures (22)
Monastery Mentor
11 Murktide Regent
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Lands (8)
Island
Tundra

Counters (13)
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap

Removal (29)
Cut Down
Dress Down
15 Fatal Push
Serenity
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Other (3)
Gaea's Blessing
Liliana, the Last Hope

Thoughts

Main Core: 52 cards Side Core: 0 cards

Not even one card is the same across all nine sideboards! Everyone was trying to find what worked, but it seems timing and skill are the most important things.


One asshole didn't run Necropotence. Other than that, there's not much difference between the mains. Yawgmoth's Will is still in haveaboavida's main. They also have a maindeck Hurkyl's Recall, which is interesting. The idea must be that it is good against most non-Bazaar decks. (And yet this was a big weekend for Bazaar as well as Doomsday.) FedericoIIMadao leant heavily on Duress instead of Flusterstorm and Clone9 playing main Tundra. Wait, why?


Ah, here we go. Main Tundra to allow for three copies of Serenity in the side. It can be a little slow, but does a good cleanup. Murktide Regent is very popular this week, and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is practically gone. I am intrigued by FedericoIIMadao's sideboard plan of focusing on Yixlid Jailer and Pithing Needle, but looking a their matchup data, they lost to Doomsday and Dredge twice. So unfortunately I think Leyline of the Void needs to stick in Doomsday's sideboard.


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