Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2025-09-21

75% Cat, er, Kevin. Well, both. And wait. Unable to Scream?

Thursday Challenge

Tsubasa_Cat

Friday Challenge

Tsubasa_Cat

Saturday Challenge

Tsubasa_Cat

League

YungGurt

Core and Differences

Main Core: 48 cards Side Core: 7 cards

Core

Core-Combo (6)
Doomsday
Thassa's Oracle

Counter (9)
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Force of Will
Mental Misstep

Draw (10)
Ancestral Recall
Brainstorm
Dig Through Time
Gitaxian Probe
Gush
Ponder
Time Walk

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

Tutor (2)
Demonic Consultation
Demonic Tutor
Sideboard (7)
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Snuff Out
Unable to Scream

Tsubasa_Cat - 3rd Place Differences

Main (12)
Flusterstorm
Mindbreak Trap
Mishra's Bauble
Preordain
Psychic Frog
Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (8)
Consign to Memory
Force of Negation
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Steel Sabotage
Thoughtseize
Unable to Scream

Tsubasa_Cat - 6th Place Differences

Main (12)
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Mishra's Bauble
Preordain
Psychic Frog
Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (8)
Consign to Memory
Dress Down
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Mindbreak Trap
Steel Sabotage
Thoughtseize
Unable to Scream

Tsubasa_Cat - 6th Place 2 Differences

Main (12)
Flusterstorm
Mishra's Bauble
Mystical Tutor
Preordain
Psychic Frog
Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (8)
Consign to Memory
Dress Down
Force of Negation
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Mindbreak Trap
Thoughtseize
Unable to Scream

YungGurt - 5-0 Differences

Main (12)
Chain of Vapor
Consider
Daze
Duress
Mindbreak Trap
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Street Wraith
Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (8)
Barrowgoyf
Dismember
Fatal Push
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

Counters (7)
Daze
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap

Draw (22)
Consider
Mishra's Bauble
Necropotence
Preordain
Street Wraith
Treasure Cruise

Discard (1)
Duress

Creatures (12)
12 Psychic Frog

Removal (1)
Chain of Vapor

Tutors (5)
Mystical Tutor
Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (0)

Anti-Artifacts (4)
Steel Sabotage

Discard (3)
Thoughtseize

Creatures (6)
Barrowgoyf
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

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

Removal (9)
Dismember
Dress Down
Fatal Push
Unable to Scream
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 1.00
AntiGraveyard 0.00 4.00
CoreCombo 6.00 0.00
Counter 10.75 3.50
Creature 3.00 1.50
Discard 0.25 0.75
Draw 15.50 0.00
LandsMana 21.00 0.00
Removal 0.25 4.25
Tutor 3.25 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Graveyard ±0 +0.25
Core Combo +0.25 ±0
Counter +1.13 -0.25
Creature +0.75 +0.13
Discard -0.50 +0.75
Draw -2.13 ±0
Removal -0.13 -2.88
Tutor +0.63 ±0

Thoughts

Rough days for Doomsday. But with MWI winning tournaments, and MWI being technically a good matchup for Doomsday, are enough people not playing it? Is Lurrus too prevalent?
Was Unable to Scream the piece that was missing?


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