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)
2 Thassa’s Oracle

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

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

Diem4x - 1st Place Differences

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

MaxMagicer - 3rd Place Differences

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

discoverN - 9th Place Differences

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

kauffj - 10th Place Differences

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

Tsubasa_Cat - 11th Place Differences

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

Tsubasa_Cat - 3rd Place Differences

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

discoverN - 12th Place Differences

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

notmi - 3-1 Differences

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

sandydogmtg - 4-0 Differences

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

discoverN - 3-1 Differences

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

Falkoneye - 3-1 Differences

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

discoverN (5-0) Differences

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

Total Differences

Tutors (12)
11 Demonic Consultation
1 Tinker

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

Counters (15)
7 Daze
4 Flusterstorm
3 Force of Negation
1 Spell Pierce

Creatures (4)
4 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Discard (8)
7 Duress
1 Thoughtseize

Removal (1)
1 Fatal Push

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

Other (1)
1 Bolas’s Citadel
Sideboard (96)
20 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
4 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Force of Negation
1 Gaea’s Blessing
1 Hullbreacher
11 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
5 Opposition Agent
10 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
12 Soul Rend
11 Steel Sabotage
4 Subtlety
8 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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