Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.10.29

And the cycle continues.

Saturday Challenge

ecobaronen - 9th Place

sixmp - 17th Place

Sunday Challenge

SingPanMan - 3rd Place

Core and Differences

Main Core: 53 cards Side Core: 3 cards

Core

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

Counter (7)
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 Cut Down
2 Steel Sabotage

ecobaronen - 9th Place Differences

Main (7)
2 Daze
2 Flusterstorm
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
1 Daze
2 Duress
1 Island
2 Mindbreak Trap
3 Snuff Out
2 Steel Sabotage

sixmp - 17th Place Differences

Main (7)
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Mishra's Bauble
Sideboard (12)
1 Dress Down
1 Fatal Push
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Murktide Regent
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SingPanMan - 3rd Place Differences

Main (7)
2 Daze
2 Dress Down
1 Fetch Land
2 Spell Pierce
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
2 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

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

Counters (11)
4 Daze
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Spell Pierce

Draw (4)
2 Mishra's Bauble
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Treasure Cruise

Discard (1)
1 Duress

Removal (2)
2 Dress Down
Sideboard (0)

Anti-Graveyard (9)
8 Leyline of the Void
1 Nihil Spellbomb

Anti-Artifacts (4)
1 Hurkyl's Recall
3 Steel Sabotage

Discard (2)
2 Duress

Creatures (4)
3 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent

Lands (2)
2 Island

Counters (4)
1 Daze
3 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (11)
2 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
1 Fatal Push
5 Snuff Out
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Main Averages Side Averages
CoreCombo 6.0
Counter 10.67 Counter 1.33
Discard 0.33 Discard 0.67
Draw 17.33
LandsMana 21.0 LandsMana 0.67
Removal 0.67 Removal 4.67
Tutor 4.0
AntiArtifact 3.33
AntiGraveyard 3.0
Creature 1.33
Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact -0.27
Anti-Graveyard +0.60
Counter -0.13 Counter -0.87
Creature +0.73
Discard +0.13 Discard -0.33
Draw -0.07
Lands/Mana -0.13
Removal +0.07 Removal +0.27

Thoughts

I really like SingPanMan's list this week. Heavy into counters but still has Draw via Dress Down as removal. Spell Pierce does lots of work as we are seeing a tick-up in Artifact heavy decks that are not Shops as well as a continued heavy presence of Oath.
I want the confidence that ecobaronen has to not run Anti-Graveyard cards. While it's true that Doomsday is attempting to go for speed, so why bother with the Leylines?
It's worth looking into. I'll be sure to try it myself. I'm a bit scared, but hey, you have to challenge yourself.

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Best of luck to everyone playing this weekend!
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