Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.05.14

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Saturday Challenge

Tsubasa_Cat – 26th Place

Sunday Challenge

Tsubasa_Cat – 5th Place

discoverN – 13th Place

revenantkioku – 25th Place

Core and Differences

Core

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (20)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
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 (5)
1 Black Lotus
2 Mishra’s Bauble
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence

Sideboard (11)
1 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Ray of Enfeeblement
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Tsubasa_Cat - 26th Place Differences

Main (2)
1 Fetch Lands
1 Portent
Sideboard (4)
1 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Soul Rend

Tsubasa_Cat - 5th Place Differences

Main (2)
1 Fetch Lands
1 Mindbreak Trap
Sideboard (4)
1 Dream Salvage
1 Force of Negation
1 Murktide Regent
1 Soul Rend

discoverN - 13th Place Differences

Main (2)
1 Fetch Lands
1 Portent
Sideboard (4)
1 Cut Down
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Ray of Enfeeblement
1 Steel Sabotage

revenantkioku - 25th Place Differences

Main (2)
1 Opposition Agent
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (4)
1 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Steel Sabotage

Total Differences

L⁣ands/Mana (4)
3 Fetch Lands
1 Watery Grave

Counters (1)
1 Mindbreak Trap

Draw (2)
2 Portent

Creatures (1)
1 Opposition Agent![](../../../Desktop/main-2023.05.14.png “Screenshot”)
Anti-Artifacts (2)
2 Steel Sabotage

Draw (1)
1 Dream Salvage

Creatures (2)
2 Murktide Regent

Counters (6)
3 Force of Negation
3 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (5)
2 Cut Down
1 Ray of Enfeeblement
2 Soul Rend

Thoughts

Main Core: 58 cards Side Core: 11 cards

Very subtle differences this week.


Do you choose: Draw, Counter, or Creature?
I played Opposition Agent in the main. Never drew it. Remember: That last card you spend hours thinking about may never be drawn.
Mindbreak Trap is an interesting choice but there is a lot of combo right now, so I get it.
Portent? Up that Blue count.


Everyone likes Ray of Enfeeblement! Or are trying it. discoverN even went up to two. I felt like I missed Murktide Regent in the Prison Shops matchups. But going to three Steel Sabotage felt right. Jewel Shoppes (it’s too fancy to spell it Shops) is such a weird matchup that I feel like I need the extra juice. Doesn’t hurt against the increasing Prison Shops decks coming up as well.

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