Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.09.03

It was a very rough week for Doomsday. Sadly, no good cards are on the horizon.

Saturday Challenge

thepowernine - 29th Place

Sunday Challenge

duke12 - 8th Place

Hareruya Nipponbashi Cup

Eric Koziol - 1st Place

Core and Differences

Core

Core-Combo (6)
Doomsday
Thassa's Oracle

Counter (6)
Flusterstorm
Force of Will
Mental Misstep

Draw (17)
Ancestral Recall
Brainstorm
Dig Through Time
Gitaxian Probe
Gush
Necropotence
Ponder
Preordain
Street Wraith
Time Walk
Treasure Cruise

L⁣ands/Mana (21)
Black Lotus
Dark Ritual
Fetch Lands
Island
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire
Underground Sea
Watery Grave

Tutor (4)
Demonic Consultation
Demonic Tutor
Mystical Tutor
Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (2)
Mindbreak Trap
Snuff Out

thepowernine - 29th Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Flusterstorm
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (13)
Cut Down
Daze
Duress
Force of Negation
Island
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage

duke12 - 8th Place Differences

Main (6)
Dress Down
Duress
Fetch Lands
Force of Negation
Narset, Parter of Veils
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (13)
Chain of Vapor
Dress Down
Hurkyl's Recall
Leyline of the Void
Murktide Regent
Subtlety
Surgical Extraction

Eric Koziol - 1st Place Differences

Main (6)
Dress Down
Duress
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Mystical Dispute
Sideboard (13)
Chain of Vapor
Dress Down
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Murktide Regent
Opposition Agent
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

L⁣ands/Mana (1)
Fetch Lands

Counters (10)
Daze
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Mystical Dispute

Draw (2)
Sleight of Hand

Discard (2)
Duress

Removal (2)
Dress Down

Other (1)
Narset, Parter of Veils
Sideboard (0)

Anti-Graveyard (9)
Leyline of the Void
Surgical Extraction

Anti-Artifacts (7)
Hurkyl's Recall
Steel Sabotage

Discard (2)
Duress

Creatures (4)
Murktide Regent
Opposition Agent

Lands (1)
Island

Counters (3)
Daze
Force of Negation

Removal (13)
Chain of Vapor
Cut Down
Dress Down
Snuff Out
Subtlety
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Main Core: 54 cards Side Core: 2 cards

Main Averages Side Averages
CoreCombo 6.0 AntiArtifact 2.33
Counter 9.33 Counter 2.0
Discard 0.67 Discard 0.67
Draw 17.67 AntiGraveyard 3.0
LandsMana 21.33 LandsMana 0.33
Removal 0.67 Removal 5.33
Tutor 4.0 Creature 1.33
Other 0.33
Main Difference Side Difference
Draw +0.83 Anti-Artifact +0.67
Tutor -0.33 Anti-Graveyard -0.67
Lands/Mana -0.50 Lands/Mana +0.33
Counters +0.50 Counter +0.50
Discard -0.17 Discard +0.50
Removal -0.17 Removal -0.83
Other -0.17 Creature -0.50

Thoughts

With Lavinia decks (12/64), Initiative (17/64), and Urza's Saga (31/64) decks being quite high, Doomsday is having some trouble. (Yes, some of those decks overlap.) Squee is quite low, so the plan of dropping Leyline of the Void for a Surgical Extraction or two and some extra removal does not seem like the worst idea right now.
But then again, you don't want to over-sideboard. So what do you do? Mull to fast hands. What do you do against Chancellor of the Annex into uncounterable Thalia and Anointed Peacekeeper, and I dunno. There is a reason I went to play paper this Sunday instead of doing the challenge. MWI is far less represented than it probably should be. So, naturally, I'm only including my win in a nine-person tournament because I'm proud of it. As I should be.


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Best of luck to everyone playing this weekend!
Remember: Always Be Casting Doomsday.
And thanks! I love you.