Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2026-01-04

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Thursday Challenge

CHOCOLATE_BRANCO - 4TH PLACE

Friday Challenge

BLUB_BLUB - 7TH PLACE

TERRIBAD - 12TH PLACE

REVENANTKIOKU - 26TH PLACE

Saturday Showcase Challenge

NADU - 9TH PLACE

League

EUREKA22422 (5-0)

ICE_NINE_BIGFAN (5-0)

EUREKA22422 (5-0)

Core and Differences

Main Core: 46 cards Side Core: 1 card

Core

// CoreCombo (6)
4 Doomsday
2 Thassa's Oracle

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

// Draw (9)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
4 Ponder
1 Time Walk
// 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 (2)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor

// AntiArtifact (1)
1 Steel Sabotage

Chocolate_Branco - 4th Place Differences

Main (14)
1 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
1 Fetch Lands
4 Preordain
4 Psychic Frog
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Unable to Scream
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
2 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
3 Unable to Scream
2 Yixlid Jailer

blub_blub - 7th Place Differences

Main (14)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
1 Duress
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
1 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
1 Deathmark
4 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Terribad - 12th Place Differences

Main (14)
1 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
1 Edge of Autumn
1 Force of Negation
2 Mishra's Bauble
4 Psychic Frog
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Thoughtseize
1 Unable to Scream
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
1 Consign to Memory
1 Duress
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Snuff Out
1 Strip Mine
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Unable to Scream

revenantkioku - 26th Place Differences

Main (14)
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Consider
1 Dig Through Time
1 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Misdirection
4 Street Wraith
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (14)
1 Consign to Memory
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
1 Null Rod
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
3 Unable to Scream

Nadu - 9th Place Differences

Main (14)
1 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
2 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Mishra's Bauble
4 Psychic Frog
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Unable to Scream
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
1 Consign to Memory
1 Dress Down
1 Force of Negation
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Pithing Needle
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
3 Unable to Scream
1 Yixlid Jailer

Eureka22422 - 5-0 Differences

Main (14)
1 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
1 Force of Negation
3 Mishra's Bauble
2 Preordain
4 Psychic Frog
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
1 Consign to Memory
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Thoughtseize
4 Unable to Scream

ice_nine_BIGFAN - 5-0 Differences

Main (14)
1 Daze
1 Fetch Lands
1 Necropotence
4 Preordain
4 Psychic Frog
2 Street Wraith
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
2 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
4 Unable to Scream
1 Yixlid Jailer

Eureka22422 - 5-0-2 Differences

Main (14)
1 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
1 Force of Negation
3 Mishra's Bauble
2 Preordain
4 Psychic Frog
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
1 Consign to Memory
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Thoughtseize
4 Unable to Scream

Total Differences

// Counter (17)
7 Daze
7 Force of Negation
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Misdirection

// Creature (24)
24 Psychic Frog

// Discard (2)
1 Duress
1 Thoughtseize

// Draw (54)
4 Consider
7 Dig Through Time
1 Edge of Autumn
10 Mishra's Bauble
2 Necropotence
13 Preordain
1 Sleight of Hand
10 Street Wraith
6 Treasure Cruise
// LandsMana (2)
2 Fetch Lands

// Removal (5)
2 Chain of Vapor
3 Unable to Scream

// Tutor (8)
1 Mystical Tutor
7 Vampiric Tutor

// AntiArtifact (5)
1 Null Rod
4 Steel Sabotage

// AntiGraveyard (37)
1 Grafdigger's Cage
28 Leyline of the Void
2 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Pithing Needle
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
4 Yixlid Jailer

// Counter (20)
5 Consign to Memory
8 Force of Negation
7 Mindbreak Trap

// Creature (10)
5 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
4 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent

// Discard (3)
1 Duress
2 Thoughtseize

// Removal (37)
1 Deathmark
1 Dress Down
4 Fatal Push
1 Snuff Out
1 Strip Mine
6 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
23 Unable to Scream

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 1.62
AntiGraveyard 0.00 4.62
CoreCombo 6.00 0.00
Counter 10.12 2.50
Creature 3.00 1.25
Discard 0.25 0.38
Draw 15.75 0.00
LandsMana 21.25 0.00
Removal 0.62 4.62
Tutor 3.00 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 -0.04
Anti-Graveyard ±0 +0.04
Counter +0.04 -0.33
Creature +0.33 ±0
Discard -0.25 -0.21
Draw +0.08 ±0
Lands/Mana ±0 -0.08
Removal -0.38 +0.63
Tutor +0.17 ±0
Other -0.17 ±0

Thoughts

And it's 2026! Nothing much to report until we start seeing some new sets changing up the format.


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