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)
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

Sideboard (6)
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Steel Sabotage

gr33nashe - 7th Place Differences

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

notmi - 14th Place Differences

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

SuperCow12653 - 27th Place Differences

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

SenpaiBlank - 4th Place Differences

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

Mogged - 6th Place Differences

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

revenantkioku - 4-0 Differences

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

MaxMagicer - 3-1 Differences

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

Kilde - 5-0 Differences

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

bobol - 5-0 Differences

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

Total Differences

Draw (17)
5 Mishra’s Bauble
8 Necropotence
4 Sleight of Hand

Counters (26)
9 Daze
7 Flusterstorm
6 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Spell Pierce

Creatures (1)
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Discard (7)
7 Duress

Removal (1)
1 Cut Down

L⁣ands/Mana (12)
5 Fetch Lands
3 Lotus Petal
4 Watery Grave
Artifacts (3)
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
2 Steel Sabotage

Discard (3)
3 Duress

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

Lands (1)
1 Island

Counters (14)
7 Force of Negation
7 Mindbreak Trap

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

Other (2)
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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