Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.04.09

Saturday Challenge

Diem4x - 1st Place

MaxMagicer - 3rd Place

discoverN - 9th Place

kauffj - 10th Place

Tsubasa_Cat - 11th Place

Sunday Challenge

Tsubasa_Cat - 3rd Place

discoverN - 12th Place

Preliminaries

notmi - 3-1

sandydogmtg - 4-0

[Falkoneye - 3-1

discoverN - 3-1

League

discoverN (5-0)

Core and Differences

Core

Creatures (2)
Thassa's Oracle

Sorceries (8)
Demonic Tutor
Doomsday
Gitaxian Probe
Ponder
Time Walk

Instants (17)
Ancestral Recall
Brainstorm
Dark Ritual
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 (7)
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Diem4x - 1st Place Differences

Main (17)
Daze
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Duress
Fetch Lands
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Necropotence
Preordain
Sleight of Hand
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Cut Down
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

MaxMagicer - 3rd Place Differences

Main (17)
Daze
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Duress
Fetch Lands
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Necropotence
Preordain
Sleight of Hand
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Cut Down
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN - 9th Place Differences

Main (17)
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Duress
Fetch Lands
Mishra's Bauble
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Cut Down
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Soul Rend
Subtlety
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

kauffj - 10th Place Differences

Main (17)
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Duress
Fetch Lands
Mishra's Bauble
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Cut Down
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Soul Rend
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Tsubasa_Cat - 11th Place Differences

Main (17)
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Fetch Lands
Mishra's Bauble
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (8)
Cut Down
Duress
Mindbreak Trap
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Soul Rend
Steel Sabotage

Tsubasa_Cat - 3rd Place Differences

Main (17)
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Fetch Lands
Mishra's Bauble
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (8)
Cut Down
Duress
Mindbreak Trap
Murktide Regent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Soul Rend
Steel Sabotage

discoverN - 12th Place Differences

Main (17)
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Duress
Fetch Lands
Mishra's Bauble
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Cut Down
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Soul Rend
Steel Sabotage
Subtlety

notmi - 3-1 Differences

Main (17)
Daze
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Flusterstorm
Lotus Petal
Necropotence
Preordain
Spell Pierce
Street Wraith
Watery Grave
Sideboard (8)
Cut Down
Dress Down
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

sandydogmtg - 4-0 Differences

Main (17)
Daze
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Fatal Push
Fetch Lands
Necropotence
Preordain
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Street Wraith
Thoughtseize
Sideboard (8)
Cut Down
Duress
Fatal Push
Gaea's Blessing
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage

discoverN - 3-1 Differences

Main (17)
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Duress
Fetch Lands
Mishra's Bauble
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Cut Down
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Soul Rend
Subtlety
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Falkoneye - 3-1 Differences

Main (17)
Bolas's Citadel
Daze
Fetch Lands
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Mana Crypt
Mox Emerald
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Sensei's Divining Top
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Sol Ring
Tinker
Sideboard (8)
Duress
Fatal Push
Hullbreacher
Murktide Regent
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN (5-0) Differences

Main (17)
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Duress
Fetch Lands
Mishra's Bauble
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Sideboard (8)
Cut Down
Mindbreak Trap
Soul Rend
Steel Sabotage
Subtlety
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

Tutors (12)
11 Demonic Consultation
Tinker

Draw (145)
11 Dig Through Time
28 Mishra's Bauble
11 Necropotence
44 Preordain
Sensei's Divining Top
Sleight of Hand
44 Street Wraith
Treasure Cruise

Counters (15)
Daze
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Spell Pierce

Creatures (4)
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Discard (8)
Duress
Thoughtseize

Removal (1)
Fatal Push

L⁣ands/Mana (18)
11 Fetch Lands
Lotus Petal
Mana Crypt
Mox Emerald
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Sol Ring
Watery Grave

Other (1)
Bolas's Citadel
Sideboard (96)
20 Cut Down
Dress Down
Duress
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Gaea's Blessing
Hullbreacher
11 Mindbreak Trap
Murktide Regent
Opposition Agent
10 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
12 Soul Rend
11 Steel Sabotage
Subtlety
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Thoughts

Main Core: 43 cards Side Core: 7 cards

Hey, Tinker Doomsday! That fudges the numbers a little bit.


Tinker Doomsday is a thing to discuss, but first, look at all those Baubles! This leads to quite a reduction of mostly Counters, but that's the trade for information and speed. Interestingly, this week everyone is either all-in on Bauble or running zero – quite a difference from recent weeks.

When people talk about a future of restricting Doomsday, I fear it will become another Tinker flavor, becuase that's how you do decks in this format. While it's a lot of life, Doomsday with a Citadel out is pretty much a guaranteed win that turn.


A slight shift up in Counters and Removal this week. Outside of Hullbreacher, even the Tinker Doomsday has a fairly standard sideboard.
Two Sheoldred, the Apocolypse – sometimes split between main and side – is becoming more common, showing that this deck is at its core a Dark Ritual deck, and likely the path it will actually take if Doomsday is restricted.


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