Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2026-04-26

And here comes Flow State!

Thursday Challenge

TSUBASA_CAT (2ND PLACE)

Friday Challenge

RAYDAN (28TH PLACE)

Saturday Challenge

GUSTI99 (26TH PLACE)

Sunday Challenge

SINGPANMAN (7TH PLACE)

WEAREVENOM (14TH PLACE)

League

WEAREVENOM (5-0)

Core and Differences

Main Core: 45 cards Side Core: 5 cards

Core

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

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

// Draw (10)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Dig Through Time
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
4 Ponder
1 Time Walk
// LandsMana (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 Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

// AntiArtifact (1)
1 Steel Sabotage

// Counter (1)
1 Mindbreak Trap

// Removal (3)
1 Snuff Out
2 Unable to Scream

Tsubasa_Cat - 2nd Place Differences

Main (15)
1 Daze
2 Force of Negation
1 Misdirection
3 Mishra's Bauble
4 Psychic Frog
1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
1 Thoughtseize
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Undercity Sewers
Sideboard (10)
2 Consign to Memory
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Unable to Scream

Raydan - 28th Place Differences

Main (15)
1 Daze
2 Force of Negation
1 Misdirection
3 Mishra's Bauble
4 Psychic Frog
1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
1 Thoughtseize
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Undercity Sewers
Sideboard (10)
2 Consign to Memory
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Unable to Scream

gusti99 - 26th Place Differences

Main (15)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Demonic Consultation
2 Flow State
2 Force of Negation
1 Necropotence
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Thoughtseize
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Undercity Sewers
Sideboard (10)
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Long Goodbye
3 Murktide Regent
1 Null Rod
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SingPanMan - 7th Place Differences

Main (15)
4 Consider
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Into the Flood Maw
1 Misdirection
1 Necropotence
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (10)
2 Abhorrent Oculus
1 Duress
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Long Goodbye
2 Null Rod

WeareVenom - 14th Place Differences

Main (15)
4 Consider
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Fetch Lands
1 Misdirection
1 Necropotence
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Unable to Scream
Sideboard (10)
2 Abhorrent Oculus
1 Duress
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Long Goodbye
2 Null Rod

WeareVenom - 5-0 Differences

Main (15)
4 Consider
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Fetch Lands
1 Misdirection
1 Necropotence
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Unable to Scream
Sideboard (10)
2 Abhorrent Oculus
1 Duress
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Long Goodbye
2 Null Rod

Total Differences

// CoreCombo (4)
4 Thassa's Oracle

// Counter (16)
5 Daze
6 Force of Negation
5 Misdirection

// Creature (10)
8 Psychic Frog
2 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

// Discard (3)
3 Thoughtseize

// Draw (43)
12 Consider
2 Flow State
6 Mishra's Bauble
4 Necropotence
16 Street Wraith
3 Treasure Cruise
// LandsMana (6)
2 Fetch Lands
3 Undercity Sewers
1 Watery Grave

// Removal (4)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Into the Flood Maw
2 Unable to Scream

// Tutor (4)
4 Demonic Consultation

// AntiArtifact (8)
1 Hurkyl's Recall
7 Null Rod

// AntiGraveyard (22)
2 Grafdigger's Cage
20 Leyline of the Void

// Counter (6)
4 Consign to Memory
2 Mindbreak Trap

// Creature (12)
6 Abhorrent Oculus
2 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
3 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent

// Discard (3)
3 Duress

// Removal (9)
4 Long Goodbye
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
4 Unable to Scream

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 2.33
AntiGraveyard 0.00 3.67
CoreCombo 5.67 0.00
Counter 10.67 2.00
Creature 1.67 2.00
Discard 0.50 0.50
Draw 17.17 0.00
LandsMana 21.00 0.00
Removal 0.67 4.50
Tutor 2.67 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 -0.67
Anti-Graveyard ±0 -0.33
Core Combo -0.33 ±0
Counter +0.67 +1.00
Creature +1.67 ±0
Discard +0.50 -0.50
Draw -1.83 ±0
Removal -0.33 +0.50
Tutor -0.33 ±0

Thoughts

Flow State is interesting, even if slightly expensive. Sure, it's not great post Doomsday, but Stock Up is slightly out of range for a Two-Moxen deck, and not drawing can matter for a lot of situations these days. Will it be the next Tainted Indulgence?


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