Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2024.05.26

The seas are spreading less than before.

Thursday Challenge

Jujkata

Surv

Friday Challenge

ScreenwriterNY

revenantkioku

Tsubasa_Cat

Ghost_wheel

Saturday Challenge

Ghost_wheel

ScreenwriterNY

Sunday Challenge

discoverN

Preliminaries

ScreenwriterNY

FarmerLGG

Core and Differences

Main Core: 53 cards Side Core: 6 cards

Core

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

Counter (7)
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep

Draw (17)
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
1 Treasure Cruise

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 (3)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
Sideboard (6)
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Jujkata (2nd Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
3 Ponder
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
2 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
1 Duress
1 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Surv (37th Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Dress Down
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
3 Ponder
1 Undercity Sewers
Sideboard (9)
2 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
2 Force of Negation
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Vampiric Tutor

ScreenwriterNY (4th Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Daze
2 Duress
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Lórien Revealed
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
1 Dismember
1 Duress
1 Opposition Agent
1 Slaughter Pact
2 Snuff Out
3 Steel Sabotage

revenantkioku (9th Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Misdirection
3 Ponder
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
2 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
1 Force of Negation
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Null Rod
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Snuff Out

Tsubasa_Cat (16th Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
3 Ponder
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
2 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
1 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Ghost_wheel (39th Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
3 Ponder
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
2 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
2 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Snuff Out

Ghost_wheel (30th Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
3 Ponder
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
2 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
2 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Snuff Out

ScreenwriterNY (37th Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Daze
2 Duress
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Lórien Revealed
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
2 Dismember
1 Duress
1 Opposition Agent
1 Slaughter Pact
2 Snuff Out
2 Steel Sabotage

discoverN (1st Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
3 Ponder
1 Spreading Seas
1 Undercity Sewers
Sideboard (9)
2 Fatal Push
2 Force of Negation
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Vampiric Tutor

ScreenwriterNY (2-2) Differences

Main (7)
1 Daze
2 Duress
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Lórien Revealed
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
1 Opposition Agent
2 Snuff Out
3 Steel Sabotage

FarmerLGG (1-2) Differences

Main (7)
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
3 Ponder
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
3 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
1 Force of Negation
2 Null Rod
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

L⁣ands/Mana (8)
8 Undercity Sewers

Counters (24)
3 Daze
10 Flusterstorm
10 Force of Negation
1 Misdirection

Draw (27)
3 Lórien Revealed
24 Ponder

Discard (6)
6 Duress

Removal (3)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Dress Down
1 Spreading Seas

Tutors (9)
9 Vampiric Tutor
Anti-Artifacts (13)
3 Null Rod
10 Steel Sabotage

Discard (4)
4 Duress

Creatures (15)
3 Opposition Agent
12 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Counters (22)
12 Force of Negation
10 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (43)
15 Cut Down
3 Dismember
7 Dress Down
4 Fatal Push
2 Slaughter Pact
9 Snuff Out
3 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Tutors (2)
2 Vampiric Tutor

Main Averages Side Averages
CoreCombo 6.0
Counter 9.18 Counter 2.0
Creature 1.36
Discard 0.55 Discard 0.36
Draw 19.45
LandsMana 20.73
Removal 0.27 Removal 4.91
Tutor 3.82 Tutor 0.18
AntiArtifact 2.18
AntiGraveyard 4.0
Main Difference Side Difference
Counter +0.18 Counter -0.33
Creature ±0 Creature -0.30
Discard +0.55 Discard +0.36
Draw -0.55
Lands/Mana -0.27
Removal -0.06 Removal +0.24
Tutor +0.15 Tutor -0.15
Anti-Artifact +0.35
Other -0.17

Thoughts

Alright, I'll play Leyline of the Void. I had a few matches where it would have won me the game, and I found I have been over-sideboarding with Surgical Extraction and Dauthi Voidwalker. So, there you go. Watch your sideboard.
To which we see little changes this week. Lots of people going back to Vampiric Tutor in the main. It's a judgment call. How many games do you want to be pre-sideboarded for Lurrus? It's your call to make.
You'll have to pry that Misdirection out of my old-man hands, though. Seems to be the same with discoverN's Spreading Seas. There's very few bits of spice as of late, but ScreenwriterNY's Lórien Revealed is a very curious choice. It does help with the double Delve spells that Doomsday seems to be all in on right now.


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