Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2025-12-21

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Friday Challenge

IAMACTUALLYLVL1 – 1ST PLACE

UNIVERCE – 3RD PLACE

ECOBARONEN – 6TH PLACE

Saturday Challenge

JUJKATA – 4TH PLACE

Sunday Challenge

TSUBASA_CAT – 22ND PLACE

DEATHNOTE1999 – 25TH PLACE

League

Core and Differences

Main Core: 46 cards Side Core: 8 cards

Core

// CoreCombo (5)
4 Doomsday
1 Thassa’s Oracle

// Counter (8)
3 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep

// Draw (11)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Dig Through Time
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
4 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise
// LandsMana (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 (1)
1 Demonic Tutor

// AntiGraveyard (4)
4 Leyline of the Void

// Counter (1)
1 Consign to Memory

// Removal (3)
3 Unable to Scream

IamActuallyLvL1 - 1st Place Differences

Main (14)
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Force of Negation
3 Mishra’s Bauble
2 Preordain
4 Psychic Frog
1 Thassa’s Oracle
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (7)
1 Force of Negation
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Thoughtseize
1 Unable to Scream

Univerce - 3rd Place Differences

Main (14)
1 Daze
3 Force of Negation
3 Mishra’s Bauble
4 Psychic Frog
1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
1 Unable to Scream
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (7)
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Snuff Out
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Thoughtseize

ecobaronen - 6th Place Differences

Main (14)
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Fetch Lands
1 Necropotence
4 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa’s Oracle
1 Thoughtseize
Sideboard (7)
2 Consign to Memory
2 Force of Negation
2 Murktide Regent
1 Unable to Scream

Jujkata - 4th Place Differences

Main (14)
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Duress
1 Force of Negation
1 Necropotence
4 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa’s Oracle
Sideboard (7)
1 Consign to Memory
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
2 Murktide Regent
1 Steel Sabotage

Tsubasa_Cat - 22nd Place Differences

Main (14)
1 Demonic Consultation
2 Force of Negation
3 Mishra’s Bauble
2 Preordain
4 Psychic Frog
1 Thassa’s Oracle
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (7)
1 Consign to Memory
1 Force of Negation
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Thoughtseize
1 Unable to Scream

Deathnote1999 - 25th Place Differences

Main (14)
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Force of Negation
3 Mishra’s Bauble
2 Preordain
4 Psychic Frog
1 Thassa’s Oracle
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (7)
1 Force of Negation
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Thoughtseize
1 Unable to Scream

Total Differences

// CoreCombo (5)
5 Thassa’s Oracle

// Counter (13)
5 Daze
8 Force of Negation

// Creature (17)
16 Psychic Frog
1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

// Discard (2)
1 Duress
1 Thoughtseize

// Draw (36)
12 Mishra’s Bauble
2 Necropotence
14 Preordain
8 Street Wraith
// LandsMana (1)
1 Fetch Lands

// Removal (1)
1 Unable to Scream

// Tutor (9)
5 Demonic Consultation
4 Vampiric Tutor

// AntiArtifact (4)
4 Steel Sabotage

// AntiGraveyard (1)
1 Soul-Guide Lantern

// Counter (18)
4 Consign to Memory
6 Force of Negation
8 Mindbreak Trap

// Creature (8)
4 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
4 Murktide Regent

// Discard (5)
1 Duress
4 Thoughtseize

// Removal (6)
1 Fatal Push
1 Snuff Out
4 Unable to Scream

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 0.67
AntiGraveyard 0.00 4.17
CoreCombo 5.83 0.00
Counter 10.17 4.00
Creature 2.83 1.33
Discard 0.33 0.83
Draw 17.00 0.00
LandsMana 21.17 0.00
Removal 0.17 4.00
Tutor 2.50 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 -1.93
Anti-Graveyard ±0 -0.03
Core Combo -0.17 ±0
Counter +0.17 +1.80
Creature +1.23 +0.13
Discard -0.07 +0.43
Draw +0.20 ±0
Lands/Mana +0.17 -0.20
Removal -0.43 -0.20
Tutor -1.10 ±0

Thoughts

Despite Doomsday Cat doing well, the deck hasn’t taken the format by storm, despite its top placing at EW Asia. I have a feeling that we’re not going to see much change until something format defining drops or we finally get some well-deserved restrictions to the Vintage format. Insert wistful sigh here.


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Best of luck to everyone playing this weekend!
Remember: Always Be Casting Doomsday.
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