Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2025.04.13

Look at those two first-place wins! Doomsday is back.

Thursday Challenge

JamesKisau

Friday Challenge

Bullwinkkle6705

Saturday Challenge

Jujkata

Sunday Challenge

sixmp

Tsubasa_Cat

League

Jujkata

Core and Differences

Main Core: 50 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 (14)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Dig Through Time
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
4 Ponder
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 (6)
2 Fatal Push
3 Leyline of the Void
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

JamesKisau - 26th Place Differences

Main (10)
2 Daze
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Preordain
2 Psychic Frog
2 Stock Up
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Consign to Memory
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
2 Force of Negation
1 Murktide Regent
1 Psychic Frog

Bullwinkkle6705 - 2nd Place Differences

Main (10)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Flusterstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
4 Preordain
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
2 Force of Negation
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Steel Sabotage
1 Yixlid Jailer

Jujkata - 1st Place Differences

Main (10)
1 Duress
2 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
3 Preordain
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (9)
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
2 Force of Negation
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Steel Sabotage

sixmp - 1st Place Differences

Main (10)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Force of Negation
1 Necropotence
4 Preordain
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
2 Fatal Push
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
2 Null Rod
1 Subtlety

Tsubasa_Cat - 23rd Place Differences

Main (10)
1 Duress
2 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
3 Preordain
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (9)
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
2 Force of Negation
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Steel Sabotage

Jujkata - 5-0 Differences

Main (10)
1 Duress
2 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
3 Preordain
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (9)
1 Fatal Push
2 Force of Negation
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
2 Steel Sabotage

SingPanMan - 5-0 Differences

Main (10)
4 Consider
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
2 Abhorrent Oculus
1 Fatal Push
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Null Rod
2 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage

Total Differences

Counters (17)
4 Daze
8 Flusterstorm
5 Force of Negation

Draw (35)
4 Consider
5 Necropotence
18 Preordain
2 Stock Up
6 Treasure Cruise

Discard (5)
5 Duress

Creatures (2)
2 Psychic Frog

Removal (2)
2 Chain of Vapor

Tutors (9)
5 Mystical Tutor
4 Vampiric Tutor
Anti-Graveyard (7)
6 Leyline of the Void
1 Yixlid Jailer

Anti-Artifacts (16)
3 Null Rod
13 Steel Sabotage

Discard (3)
3 Duress

Creatures (8)
2 Abhorrent Oculus
5 Murktide Regent
1 Psychic Frog

Counters (18)
2 Consign to Memory
10 Force of Negation
6 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (11)
1 Chain of Vapor
7 Fatal Push
2 Snuff Out
1 Subtlety

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 2.29
AntiGraveyard 0.00 4.00
CoreCombo 6.00 0.00
Counter 9.43 2.57
Creature 0.29 1.14
Discard 0.71 0.43
Draw 19.00 0.00
LandsMana 21.00 0.00
Removal 0.29 4.57
Tutor 3.29 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 +0.71
Anti-Graveyard ±0 -0.57
Counter -0.86 ±0
Creature +0.29 -0.43
Discard -0.57 +0.43
Draw +1.14 ±0
Removal -0.14 +0.14
Tutor +0.14 ±0

Thoughts

The two first-place lists have some subtle but interesting differences. The main similarities are the high number of Fatal Pushes in the Sideboard and then the choice of Null Rod or Steel Sabotage, Flusterstorm or Chain of Vapor. Both on Duress. How good is Discard now? Probably fairly good, as I've been seeing people playing Thoughtseize in decks in leagues. Not in Doomsday, but still.

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