Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.01.22

Fifteen lists this week and three in the Top 8s. Be ready for Archive Traps next week, fellow players.

Saturday Challenge

sixmp - 5th Place

MaxMagicer - 16th Place

Vertyx_ - 21st Place

ejk - 30th Place

Sunday Challenge

musasabi - 2nd Place

Vertyx_ - 5th Place

shir kahn - 10th Place

SenpaiBlank - 17th Place

revenantkioku - 19th Place

discoverN - 20th Place

Enrichetta - 25th Place

sixmp - 28th Place

ejk - 31st Place

Preliminaries

Vertyx_ - 3-1

shir kahn - 3-1

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 (19)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 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 (0)

sixmp - 5th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Fetch Land
1 Force of Negation
1 Imperial Seal
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mishra's Bauble
Sideboard (15)
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage

MaxMagicer - 16th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (15)
2 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Vertyx_ - 21st Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (15)
2 Cut Down
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Snuff Out
2 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ejk - 30th Place Differences

Main (6)
2 Daze
1 Flusterstorm
1 Island
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (15)
2 Duress
4 Fatal Push
1 Island
2 Mystical Dispute
4 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

musasabi - 2nd Place Differences

Main (6)
2 Daze
2 Force of Negation
1 Thought Scour
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (15)
1 Energy Flux
2 Fatal Push
1 Gaea's Blessing
1 Island
1 Opposition Agent
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
3 Steel Sabotage
2 Surgical Extraction
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Virtue's Ruin

Vertyx_ - 5th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (15)
1 Cut Down
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 Snuff Out
2 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

shir kahn - 10th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Force of Negation
1 Mishra's Bauble
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (15)
1 Archive Trap
3 Cut Down
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SenpaiBlank - 17th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (15)
2 Cut Down
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Snuff Out
2 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

revenantkioku - 19th Place Differences

Main (6)
4 Mishra's Bauble
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (15)
2 Cut Down
2 Force of Negation
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
1 Snuff Out
3 Subtlety
2 Surgical Extraction
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN - 20th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
4 Mishra's Bauble
Sideboard (15)
1 Cut Down
2 Duress
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Snuff Out
3 Subtlety
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Enrichetta - 25th Place Differences

Main (6)
2 Daze
2 Force of Negation
1 Thought Scour
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (15)
1 Energy Flux
2 Fatal Push
1 Gaea's Blessing
1 Island
1 Opposition Agent
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
3 Steel Sabotage
2 Surgical Extraction
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Virtue's Ruin

sixmp - 28th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Fetch Land
1 Force of Negation
1 Imperial Seal
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mishra's Bauble
Sideboard (15)
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage

ejk - 31st Place Differences

Main (6)
2 Daze
1 Flusterstorm
1 Lotus Petal
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (15)
2 Duress
4 Fatal Push
1 Island
2 Mystical Dispute
4 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

shir kahn - 3-1 Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
2 Mishra's Bauble
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (15)
3 Cut Down
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Vertyx_ - 3-1 Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (15)
2 Cut Down
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Snuff Out
2 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

Tutors (2)
2 Imperial Seal

Draw (25)
13 Mishra's Bauble
5 Sleight of Hand
2 Thought Scour
5 Treasure Cruise

Counters (37)
17 Daze
8 Flusterstorm
12 Force of Negation

Discard (7)
7 Duress

L⁣ands/Mana (19)
10 Fetch Lands
1 Island
3 Lotus Petal
5 Watery Grave
Sideboard (0)

Graveyard (46)
40 Leyline of the Void
6 Surgical Extraction

Artifacts (35)
2 Energy Flux
3 Hurkyl's Recall
30 Steel Sabotage

Discard (8)
8 Duress

Creatures (21)
7 Murktide Regent
5 Opposition Agent
9 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Lands (9)
7 Island
2 Library of Alexandria

Counters (26)
11 Force of Negation
11 Mindbreak Trap
4 Mystical Dispute

Removal (77)
16 Cut Down
22 Fatal Push
10 Snuff Out
6 Subtlety
21 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Virtue's Ruin

Other (3)
1 Archive Trap
2 Gaea's Blessing

Thoughts

Main Core: 54 cards Side Core: 0 cards


Mishra's Bauble adoption is climbing, but slowly. sixmp's use of Imperial Seal is interesting, and their results are quite nice. But I doubt that one card is doing a lot of heavy lifting.


shir kahn is ahead of the game with Archive Trap in the side. Snuff Out is slowly taking over Cut Down and Fatal Push, but don't leave home without a mix. People are still mostly all in on Leyline of the Void, but my doubts remain. Maybe if we start playing Grief in the main I'll warm up to Leyline again.
Subtlety, an idea I took from discoverN, has been doing great for me. I recommend giving it a spin in a league, because it has the versatility Doomsday needs as the meta changes and sets release fewer cards we would ever consider in the main deck.

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