Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.10.22

Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.10.22

XShockWaveX proves Doomsday can still win tournaments. Some Daze are just better than others.

Saturday Challenge

XShockWaveX - 6th Place

ecobaronen - 9th Place

Tsubasa_Cat - 28th Place

Sunday Challenge

SingPanMan - 17th Place

ecobaronen - 20th Place

Core and Differences

Main Core: 54 cards Side Core: 3 cards

Core

Core-Combo (6)
4 Doomsday
2 Thassa's Oracle

Counter (8)
1 Daze
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep

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

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

Tutor (4)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (3)
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Steel Sabotage

XShockWaveX - 6th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Daze
1 Fetch Land
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Peek
Sideboard (12)
1 Duress
1 Flusterstorm
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Steel Sabotage
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ecobaronen - 9th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
2 Flusterstorm
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (12)
2 Cut Down
1 Daze
2 Duress
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Snuff Out
2 Steel Sabotage

Tsubasa_Cat - 28th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
2 Flusterstorm
1 Mishra's Bauble
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (12)
2 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Murktide Regent
1 Ray of Enfeeblement
1 Soul Rend
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SingPanMan - 17th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
2 Dress Down
1 Fetch Land
2 Spell Pierce
Sideboard (12)
2 Cut Down
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Murktide Regent
2 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ecobaronen - 20th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
2 Flusterstorm
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (12)
2 Cut Down
1 Daze
2 Duress
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Snuff Out
2 Steel Sabotage

Total Differences

L⁣ands/Mana (5)
3 Fetch Lands
2 Watery Grave

Counters (14)
4 Daze
6 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Dispute
2 Spell Pierce

Draw (7)
1 Mishra's Bauble
1 Peek
3 Sleight of Hand
2 Treasure Cruise

Discard (1)
1 Duress

Removal (3)
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Dress Down
Sideboard (0)

Anti-Graveyard (12)
12 Leyline of the Void

Anti-Artifacts (8)
1 Hurkyl's Recall
7 Steel Sabotage

Discard (5)
5 Duress

Creatures (3)
3 Murktide Regent

Lands (4)
4 Island

Counters (6)
2 Daze
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
2 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (22)
8 Cut Down
1 Ray of Enfeeblement
8 Snuff Out
1 Soul Rend
4 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Main Averages Side Averages
CoreCombo 6.0 AntiArtifact 3.6
Counter 10.8 Counter 2.2
Discard 0.2 Discard 1.0
Draw 17.4 AntiGraveyard 2.4
LandsMana 21.0 LandsMana 0.8
Removal 0.6 Removal 4.4
Tutor 4.0 Creature 0.6
Main Difference Side Difference
Counter -0.20 Counter -0.13
Removal -0.07 Removal +1.40
Creature +0.60
Discard +0.20 Discard -0.33
Draw +0.07
Lands/Mana -0.20
Anti-Artifact -1.07
Anti-Graveyard -0.27

Thoughts

I'm still not hot on Daze, but I could be behind the times. The best Daze is the one you don't have that your opponent plays around, but can quickly be dispelled after the first time you resolve Doomsday.
I'm awfully curious about the amount of players with four copies of Steel Sabotage, since Shops numbers are kind of low. But perhaps it is right to have the cards. We're a combo deck. We want to be prepared for the worst.

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