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)
Street Wraith
Thassa's Oracle

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

Instants (18)
Ancestral Recall
Brainstorm
Dark Ritual
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Flusterstorm
Force of Will
Gush
Mental Misstep
Mystical Tutor
Vampiric Tutor
Lands (13)
Fetch Lands
Island
Underground Sea

Artifacts (3)
Black Lotus
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
Necropotence

Sideboard (3)
Fatal Push
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

IdraftTheBeatz (3rd Place) Differences

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

Vertyx_ (20th Place) Differences

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

Alpha_Omega (28th Place) Differences

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

sixmp (18th Place) Differences

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

sixmp (4th Place) Differences

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

discoverN (11th Place) Differences

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

IdraftTheBeatz (16th Place) Differences

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

desolutionist (21st Place) Differences

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

Total Differences

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

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

Discard (6)
Duress
Thoughtseize

L⁣ands/Mana (9)
Fetch Lands
Lotus Petal
Swamp
Watery Grave
Sideboard (0)

Graveyard (21)
16 Leyline of the Void
Pithing Needle
Surgical Extraction

Artifacts (15)
Hurkyl's Recall
11 Steel Sabotage

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

Counters (10)
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Island
Mindbreak Trap

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

Other (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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