Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2025.04.27

Spare us the (Cori-Steel) Cutter.

Thursday Challenge

Tsubasa_Cat

Friday Challenge

CrazyDiamond513

revenantkioku

Saturday Challenge

ecobaronen

Terribad

Sunday Challenge

Tsubasa_Cat

Jujkata

League

CrazyDiamond513

SingPanMan

Core and Differences

Main Core: 50 cards Side Core: 2 cards

Core

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

Counter (8)
3 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 (20)
1 Black Lotus
4 Dark Ritual
8 Fetch Lands
1 Island
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Underground Sea

Tutor (2)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
Sideboard (2)
2 Fatal Push

Tsubasa_Cat - 11th Place Differences

Main (10)
1 Duress
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
4 Preordain
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Undercity Sewers
Sideboard (13)
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
2 Null Rod
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

CrazyDiamond513 - 18th Place Differences

Main (10)
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Daze
4 Preordain
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (13)
1 Consign to Memory
4 Cori-Steel Cutter
1 Force of Negation
2 Pyroblast
2 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Volcanic Island

revenantkioku - 27th Place Differences

Main (10)
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Consider
1 Duress
1 Misdirection
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (13)
2 Consign to Memory
4 Cori-Steel Cutter
1 Force of Negation
2 Pyroblast
1 Snuff Out
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Volcanic Island

ecobaronen - 1st Place Differences

Main (10)
1 Daze
1 Force of Negation
1 Necropotence
4 Preordain
1 Thoughtseize
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (13)
1 Daze
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Murktide Regent
2 Snuff Out
2 Steel Sabotage

Terribad - 8th Place Differences

Main (10)
1 Consider
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Necropotence
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Thoughtseize
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (13)
2 Consign to Memory
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Pithing Needle
2 Psychic Frog
1 Snuff Out
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Tsubasa_Cat - 2nd Place Differences

Main (10)
1 Duress
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
4 Preordain
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Undercity Sewers
Sideboard (13)
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
2 Null Rod
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Jujkata - 20th Place Differences

Main (10)
1 Duress
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
3 Preordain
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Undercity Sewers
Sideboard (13)
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
2 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

CrazyDiamond513 - 5-0 Differences

Main (10)
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Daze
4 Preordain
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (13)
1 Consign to Memory
4 Cori-Steel Cutter
1 Force of Negation
2 Pyroblast
2 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Volcanic Island

SingPanMan - 5-0 Differences

Main (10)
4 Consider
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Force of Negation
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (13)
2 Abhorrent Oculus
1 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Null Rod
2 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

L⁣ands/Mana (9)
8 Undercity Sewers
1 Watery Grave

Counters (16)
7 Daze
2 Flusterstorm
6 Force of Negation
1 Misdirection

Draw (46)
9 Consider
5 Necropotence
23 Preordain
1 Sleight of Hand
8 Treasure Cruise

Discard (8)
6 Duress
2 Thoughtseize

Removal (3)
3 Chain of Vapor

Tutors (8)
3 Mystical Tutor
5 Vampiric Tutor
Anti-Graveyard (30)
24 Leyline of the Void
5 Mindbreak Trap
1 Pithing Needle

Anti-Artifacts (14)
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
5 Null Rod
8 Steel Sabotage

Discard (1)
1 Duress

Creatures (12)
2 Abhorrent Oculus
6 Murktide Regent
2 Opposition Agent
2 Psychic Frog

Lands (6)
6 Volcanic Island

Counters (19)
6 Consign to Memory
1 Daze
6 Force of Negation
6 Pyroblast

Removal (23)
7 Fatal Push
10 Snuff Out
6 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Other (12)
12 Cori-Steel Cutter


Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 1.56
AntiGraveyard 0.00 2.78
CoreCombo 6.00 0.00
Counter 9.78 2.67
Creature 0.00 1.33
Discard 0.89 0.11
Draw 19.11 0.00
LandsMana 21.00 0.67
Other 0.00 1.33
Removal 0.33 4.56
Tutor 2.89 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 -0.72
Anti-Graveyard ±0 -1.40
Counter +0.60 +1.03
Creature -0.64 -0.58
Discard +0.16 +0.02
Draw +0.57 ±0
Lands/Mana +0.18 +0.67
Removal -0.67 -0.26
Tutor -0.20 -0.09
Other ±0 +1.33

Thoughts

Pyroblast? Good card! Cori-Steel Cutter? Good card, but not something Doomsday will do much with as a sideboard juke. I mean, try it if you want, but eh… It was rough when I played it in the Challenge.
But we test to see how things work. It was interesting. Kind of fun. But! Please don’t.
Okay, let’s put that aside.
Flusterstorm numbers are high, people are daring to not play Necropotence. It’s quite a lot of little interesting differences in the decks.


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