Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.10.15

Three decks, two players, one Watery Grave.

Saturday Challenge

XShockWaveX - 6th Place

ecobaronen - 12th Place

League

XShockWaveX - 5-0

Core and Differences

Main Core: 55 cards Side Core: 7 cards

Core

Core-Combo (6)
Doomsday
Thassa's Oracle

Counter (9)
Daze
Flusterstorm
Force of Will
Mental Misstep

Draw (16)
Ancestral Recall
Brainstorm
Dig Through Time
Gitaxian Probe
Gush
Necropotence
Ponder
Preordain
Street Wraith
Time Walk

L⁣ands/Mana (20)
Black Lotus
Dark Ritual
Fetch Lands
Island
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire
Underground Sea

Tutor (4)
Demonic Consultation
Demonic Tutor
Mystical Tutor
Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (7)
Duress
Island
Mindbreak Trap
Steel Sabotage

XShockWaveX - 6th Place Differences

Main (5)
Chain of Vapor
Fetch Lands
Force of Negation
Mystical Dispute
Peek
Sideboard (8)
Flusterstorm
Hurkyl's Recall
Leyline of the Void
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ecobaronen - 12th Place Differences

Main (5)
Sleight of Hand
Spell Pierce
Treasure Cruise
Watery Grave
Sideboard (8)
Cut Down
Daze
Duress
Mindbreak Trap
Snuff Out

XShockWaveX - 5-0 Differences

Main (5)
Chain of Vapor
Fetch Lands
Force of Negation
Mystical Dispute
Peek
Sideboard (8)
Flusterstorm
Hurkyl's Recall
Leyline of the Void
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

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

Counters (6)
Force of Negation
Mystical Dispute
Spell Pierce

Draw (4)
Peek
Sleight of Hand
Treasure Cruise

Removal (2)
Chain of Vapor
Sideboard (24)
Cut Down
Daze
Duress
Flusterstorm
Hurkyl's Recall
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Snuff Out
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Main Averages Side Averages
CoreCombo 6.0 Discard 1.33
Counter 11.0 Counter 2.33
Draw 17.33 AntiArtifact 4.67
LandsMana 21.0 LandsMana 1.0
Removal 0.67 Removal 3.0
Tutor 4.0 AntiGraveyard 2.67
Main Difference Side Difference
Counter +0.17 Counter +0.33
Creature ±0 Creature -1.00
Discard -0.33 Discard +1.17
Lands/Mana +0.33
Removal +0.17 Removal -0.67
Anti-Artifact +1.17
Anti-Graveyard -1.33

Thoughts

The cycle continues. Doomsday having problems with Wasteland decks and those decks are prevalent. Less win-rate, less people play, less people place.
Unless something gets printed that finds a permanent home in Doomsday, this cycle is going to repeat for the coming years. And that's fine. As much as I love playing Doomsday, I don't want it to be the only good deck in the format.

There's not much to add this week except that Dredge seeing an uptick (as it's good versus Orcs), means I wouldn't go taking Leyline of the Void out of your sideboard anytime soon.


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Remember: Always Be Casting Doomsday.
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