Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2024.09.08

Only four lists this week. Is Restricted Saga bad for Doomsday?

Thursday Challenge

Tsubasa_Cat

haveaboavida

Sunday Challenge

discoverN

Tsubasa_Cat

Core and Differences

Main Core: 56 cards Side Core: 9 cards

Core

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

Counter (9)
1 Daze
3 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep

Draw (18)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Dig Through Time
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
1 Necropotence
4 Ponder
3 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
1 Time Walk

L⁣ands/Mana (21)
1 Black Lotus
4 Dark Ritual
8 Fetch Lands
1 Island
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Undercity Sewers
4 Underground Sea

Tutor (2)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
Sideboard (9)
2 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Tsubasa_Cat - 10th Place Differences

Main (4)
1 Force of Negation
1 Preordain
1 Psychic Frog
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (6)
2 Consign to Memory
1 Force of Negation
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Ray of Enfeeblement

haveaboavida - 12th Place Differences

Main (4)
1 Duress
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (6)
1 Null Rod
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN - 11th Place Differences

Main (4)
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Preordain
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (6)
2 Consign to Memory
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
2 Mindbreak Trap

Tsubasa_Cat - 25th Place Differences

Main (4)
1 Force of Negation
1 Preordain
1 Psychic Frog
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (6)
2 Consign to Memory
1 Force of Negation
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Ray of Enfeeblement

Total Differences

L⁣ands/Mana (1)
1 Lotus Petal

Counters (3)
3 Force of Negation

Draw (6)
3 Preordain
3 Treasure Cruise

Discard (1)
1 Duress

Creatures (2)
2 Psychic Frog

Tutors (3)
2 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
Anti-Artifacts (2)
1 Null Rod
1 Steel Sabotage

Creatures (2)
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Counters (15)
6 Consign to Memory
3 Force of Negation
6 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (5)
1 Fatal Push
2 Ray of Enfeeblement
1 Snuff Out
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 1.50
AntiGraveyard 0.00 4.00
CoreCombo 6.00 0.00
Counter 9.75 4.75
Creature 0.50 0.50
Discard 0.25 0.00
Draw 19.50 0.00
LandsMana 21.25 0.00
Removal 0.00 4.25
Tutor 2.75 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 -0.65
Anti-Graveyard ±0 -0.15
Counter +1.06 +1.60
Creature -0.65 -0.42
Discard -0.29 -0.15
Draw +0.19 ±0
Lands/Mana +0.17 ±0
Removal -0.15 -0.13
Tutor -0.33 ±0

Thoughts

The format is still settling, but Doomsday isn’t hitting the numbers to really say much yet.
I’m interested in how Consign to Memory popping up as much as it is. While it is extremely powerful against Doomsday, I’ve found it useful enough to try one copy in the main. So far, I’ve liked it.
We’ll see how the meta continues to shake, but so far I’ve been enjoying Vintage a lot.


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Best of luck to everyone playing this weekend!
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