Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.01.01

Happy New Year! We've got some interesting stuff going on already in these lists.

Super Qualifier

IdraftTheBeatz - 3rd Place

Vertyx_ - 20th Place

Alpha_Omega - 28th Place

Saturday Challenge

sixmp - 18th Place

Sunday Challenge

sixmp - 4th Place

discoverN - 11th Place

IdraftTheBeatz - 16th Place

desolutionist - 21st Place

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 (18)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
2 Flusterstorm
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 (3)
1 Fatal Push
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

IdraftTheBeatz (3rd Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Daze
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
1 Thought Scour
1 Thoughtseize
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (12)
1 Fatal Push
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Island
1 Opposition Agent
3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 Steel Sabotage
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Virtue's Ruin

Vertyx_ (20th Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
2 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (12)
2 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Steel Sabotage

Alpha_Omega (28th Place) Differences

Main (7)
2 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Peek
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
1 Dismember
1 Flusterstorm
1 Gaea's Blessing
2 Opposition Agent
1 Pithing Needle
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
3 Steel Sabotage

sixmp (18th Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
2 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
1 Gaea's Blessing
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 Steel Sabotage

sixmp (4th Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
2 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
1 Gaea's Blessing
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 Steel Sabotage

discoverN (11th Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
4 Mishra's Bauble
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (12)
3 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Snuff Out
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

IdraftTheBeatz (16th Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Daze
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
1 Thought Scour
1 Thoughtseize
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (12)
1 Fatal Push
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Island
1 Opposition Agent
3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 Steel Sabotage
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Virtue's Ruin

desolutionist (21st Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Daze
2 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Swamp
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
4 Dauthi Voidwalker
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

Draw (12)
4 Mishra's Bauble
1 Peek
4 Sleight of Hand
2 Thought Scour
1 Treasure Cruise

Counters (29)
8 Daze
11 Flusterstorm
9 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Dispute

Discard (6)
4 Duress
2 Thoughtseize

L⁣ands/Mana (9)
5 Fetch Lands
1 Lotus Petal
1 Swamp
2 Watery Grave
Graveyard (21)
16 Leyline of the Void
1 Pithing Needle
4 Surgical Extraction

Artifacts (15)
4 Hurkyl's Recall
11 Steel Sabotage

Creatures (28)
4 Dauthi Voidwalker
5 Murktide Regent
7 Opposition Agent
12 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Counters (10)
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Negation
2 Island
3 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (19)
9 Cut Down
1 Dismember
2 Fatal Push
3 Snuff Out
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Virtue's Ruin

Other (3)
3 Gaea's Blessing

Thoughts

Main Core: 53 cards Side Core: 3 cards

So last week discoverN tried two copies of Mishra's Bauble and thought, "I need four." This helps when playing Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time. On top of that, that little bit of information must give a slight edge. It's interesting and I'm looking forward to giving them a try. What got cut was three counter spells and the discard spell. Trading interaction for a bit of speed.


The cuts didn't stop there for discoverN who is down to 1 copy of Steel Sabotage, only one creature in Murktide Regent and is up to five pieces of removal and two copies of The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale. I'm not sure I get both Tabernacles, as they aren't as great against current Bazaar decks as they are Dredge. I don't see them doing anything against Initiative. I must be missing something. Or it's as simple as it is good enough versus Bazaar.
desolutionist dropped Leyline of the Void for four copies of Dauthi Voidwalker. This is interesting, and the card has play against almost every deck. The thing is it is a bit slow against Bazaar.
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is doing big numbers this week over Murktide Regent, a complete reversal of what we saw last week. Sheoldred is better against decks with Pyroblast, so if you're confident in your Initiative matchup, I'd say it is not a bad call at all.
Snuff Out is started to see an uptick as predicted. Virtue's Ruin does some work, but I worry not enough to make it a staple in sideboards.
With Doomsday's recent success I expect copies of Archive Trap to slowly increase.
Best of luck to everyone playing this weekend.


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