Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.02.19

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Saturday Challenge

SenpaiBlank - 15th Place

Vertyx_ - 20th Place

discoverN - 26th Place

Sunday Challenge

Preliminaries

Vertyx_ - 3-1

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
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 (5)
Leyline of the Void
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SenpaiBlank - 15th Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (10)
Cut Down
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Vertyx_ - 20th Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (10)
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN - 26th Place Differences

Main (6)
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Mishra's Bauble
Sideboard (10)
Cut Down
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Murktide Regent
Steel Sabotage
Subtlety
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN - 3rd Place Differences

Main (6)
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Mishra's Bauble
Sideboard (10)
Cut Down
Duress
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Murktide Regent
Steel Sabotage
Subtlety

SingPanMan - 5th Place Differences

Main (6)
Flusterstorm
Mishra's Bauble
Watery Grave
Sideboard (10)
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Energy Flux
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Shelldock Isle
Subtlety
Suspend

duke12 - 15th Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Land
Force of Negation
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (10)
Cut Down
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Gaea's Blessing
Hurkyl's Recall
Leyline of the Void
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage

SenpaiBlank - 19th Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (10)
Cut Down
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ecobaronen - 22nd Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Duress
Flusterstorm
Sleight of Hand
Treasure Cruise
Watery Grave
Sideboard (10)
Duress
Fatal Push
Mindbreak Trap
Mystical Dispute
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Vertyx_ - 3-1 Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (10)
Cut Down
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

Draw (19)
12 Mishra's Bauble
Sleight of Hand
Treasure Cruise

Counters (19)
Daze
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation

Discard (7)
Duress

L⁣ands (9)
Fetch Lands
Watery Grave
Sideboard (0)

Graveyard (8)
Leyline of the Void

Artifacts (9)
Energy Flux
Steel Sabotage

Discard (2)
Duress

Creatures (10)
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Murktide Regent
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Lands (1)
Shelldock Isle

Counters (19)
Force of Negation
Hurkyl's Recall
Mindbreak Trap
Mystical Dispute

Removal (40)
10 Cut Down
Fatal Push
Snuff Out
Subtlety
Suspend
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Other (1)
Gaea's Blessing

Thoughts

Main Core: 54 cards Side Core: 5 cards

There seem to be two paths for the mains now.

One is the Mishra's Bauble route. I am a fan of this as information is power. Plus drawing cards when you have to pass the turn is amazing. There are so many neat plays to be done when you Doomsday and have a draw coming during your opponent's upkeep. Other than that, people tend to be on the 3 Counterspells and a Draw spell plan. Sleight is still extremely popular, although I'm starting to wonder if Cling to Dust shouldn't get a little play to help with the problems Control Bazaar have been causing for the deck.


Compared to last week's lists, the only difference is someone playing a Mystical Dispute and no one playing an Island. Players with two copies of Tabernacle are up. Opposition Agent and Murktide Regent are down while Sheoldred is slightly up. Creatures overall are down, however. The big jumps are in Counters and Removal.
I'm curious how ecobaronen felt about three Leyline of the Void. I've been back on them myself since, well, if it ain't broke don't fix it, right? Still, I'm not completely sold on that being the right play for Doomsday. Maybe if we were packing Grief to pitch the extras drawn. Yes, the deck is supposed to win in the first few turns. That likely makes Leyline the right call. Still. Something feels off to me. Maybe that's my Bad Player Sense?


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