Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.03.19

Big congrats to gr33nashe for making top 8 (and then top 4!) to qualify with Doomsday in the Showcase Challenge! But it was a rough weekend for Doomsday overall.

Saturday Showcase Challenge

gr33nashe - 7th Place

notmi - 14th Place

SuperCow12653 - 27th Place

Sunday Challenge

SenpaiBlank - 4th Place

Mogged - 6th Place

Preliminaries

revenantkioku - 4-0

MaxMagicer - 3-1

League

Kilde - 5-0

bobol - 5-0

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

Sideboard (6)
Leyline of the Void
Steel Sabotage

gr33nashe - 7th Place Differences

Main (7)
Cut Down
Daze
Duress
Fetch Lands
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Necropotence
Sideboard (9)
Cut Down
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Snuff Out
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

notmi - 14th Place Differences

Main (7)
Daze
Flusterstorm
Lotus Petal
Necropotence
Spell Pierce
Watery Grave
Sideboard (9)
Cut Down
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SuperCow12653 - 27th Place Differences

Main (8)
Duress
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Lotus Petal
Mindbreak Trap
Necropotence
Sleight of Hand
Watery Grave
Sideboard (9)
Cut Down
Defense Grid
Hurkyl's Recall
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

SenpaiBlank - 4th Place Differences

Main (7)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Lands
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Necropotence
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (9)
Cut Down
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Snuff Out
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Mogged - 6th Place Differences

Main (7)
Duress
Fetch Lands
Mishra's Bauble
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Sideboard (9)
Cut Down
Duress
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Soul Rend
Subtlety
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

revenantkioku - 4-0 Differences

Main (7)
Duress
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Lotus Petal
Mishra's Bauble
Necropotence
Watery Grave
Sideboard (9)
Cut Down
Duress
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Subtlety
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

MaxMagicer - 3-1 Differences

Main (7)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Lands
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Necropotence
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (9)
Cut Down
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Kilde - 5-0 Differences

Main (7)
Daze
Flusterstorm
Necropotence
Spell Pierce
Watery Grave
Sideboard (9)
Cut Down
Dauthi Voidwalker
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

bobol - 5-0 Differences

Main (7)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Lands
Force of Negation
Necropotence
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (9)
Duress
Fatal Push
Island
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

Draw (17)
Mishra's Bauble
Necropotence
Sleight of Hand

Counters (26)
Daze
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Spell Pierce

Creatures (1)
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Discard (7)
Duress

Removal (1)
Cut Down

L⁣ands/Mana (12)
Fetch Lands
Lotus Petal
Watery Grave
Sideboard (0)

Artifacts (3)
Hurkyl's Recall
Steel Sabotage

Discard (3)
Duress

Creatures (18)
Dauthi Voidwalker
Opposition Agent
11 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Lands (1)
Island

Counters (14)
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap

Removal (40)
15 Cut Down
Fatal Push
Snuff Out
Soul Rend
Subtlety
14 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Other (2)
Defense Grid

Thoughts

Main Core: 53 cards Side Core: 6 cards


A main Cut Down and main Sheoldred, the Apocalypse show up this week. The Sheoldred replaced Necropotence in Mogged's list, and this makes sense if you're expecting lots of Bazaar. We're seeing a few people trying Spell Pierce, but I'm not sure where I'd want it.


Subtlety is phasing out while Removal goes up slightly overall. Sheoldred is the creature of choice du jour, and everything else is fairly stable.

Doomsday has been in a good place as of late, so pick your flex slots freely and have some fun!


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