Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2026-05-10
- Eric
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- on May 13, 2026
Does Test of Talents pass the test?
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Core and Differences
Main Core: 37 cards Side Core: 1 card
Core
| // CoreCombo (5) 4 Doomsday 1 Thassa’s Oracle // Counter (5) 4 Force of Will 1 Mental Misstep // Draw (6) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 1 Dig Through Time 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Gush 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 (1) 1 Demonic Tutor // AntiArtifact (1) 1 Steel Sabotage |
Tsubasa_Cat - 1st Place Differences
mononofu - 3rd Place Differences
Univerce - 17th Place Differences
DethFrmAbove - 1st Place Differences
Tsubasa_Cat - 11th Place Differences
| Main (23) 1 Daze 2 Flow State 3 Flusterstorm 3 Force of Negation 3 Mishra’s Bauble 4 Ponder 4 Psychic Frog 1 Thoughtseize 1 Treasure Cruise 1 Undercity Sewers | Sideboard (14) 2 Commandeer 2 Consign to Memory 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den 1 Mindbreak Trap 4 Unable to Scream |
Aced5 - 28th Place Differences
mononofu - 22nd Place Differences
blub_blub - 23rd Place Differences
tao_bye_bye - 26th Place Differences
ice_nine_BIGFAN - 10th Place Differences
mononofu - 28th Place Differences
SingPanMan - 16th Place Differences
| Main (23) 4 Consider 1 Daze 1 Demonic Consultation 3 Flusterstorm 1 Into the Flood Maw 1 Misdirection 1 Necropotence 4 Ponder 4 Street Wraith 1 Thassa’s Oracle 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Watery Grave | Sideboard (14) 2 Abhorrent Oculus 1 Duress 4 Leyline of the Void 1 Long Goodbye 1 Mindbreak Trap 2 Null Rod 1 Snuff Out 2 Unable to Scream |
mononofu - 5-0 Differences
Total Differences
| // CoreCombo (7) 7 Thassa’s Oracle // Counter (73) 9 Daze 35 Flusterstorm 17 Force of Negation 9 Misdirection 3 Spell Pierce // Creature (32) 28 Psychic Frog 4 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Discard (13) 4 Duress 9 Thoughtseize // Draw (141) 17 Consider 20 Flow State 16 Mishra’s Bauble 2 Necropotence 48 Ponder 6 Preordain 24 Street Wraith 8 Treasure Cruise | // LandsMana (13) 12 Undercity Sewers 1 Watery Grave // Removal (6) 2 Chain of Vapor 1 Into the Flood Maw 3 Unable to Scream // Tutor (14) 7 Demonic Consultation 7 Vampiric Tutor // AntiArtifact (10) 1 Energy Flux 1 Hurkyl’s Recall 4 Null Rod 4 Steel Sabotage // AntiGraveyard (54) 48 Leyline of the Void 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 4 Yixlid Jailer // Counter (46) 12 Commandeer 14 Consign to Memory 16 Mindbreak Trap 4 Test of Talents // Creature (20) 2 Abhorrent Oculus 7 Lurrus of the Dream-Den 11 Murktide Regent // Discard (1) 1 Duress // Removal (51) 6 Fatal Push 2 Long Goodbye 3 Snuff Out 7 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 33 Unable to Scream |
| Type | Main Avg | Side Avg |
|---|---|---|
| AntiArtifact | 0.00 | 1.77 |
| AntiGraveyard | 0.00 | 4.15 |
| CoreCombo | 5.54 | 0.00 |
| Counter | 10.62 | 3.54 |
| Creature | 2.46 | 1.54 |
| Discard | 1.00 | 0.08 |
| Draw | 16.85 | 0.00 |
| LandsMana | 21.00 | 0.00 |
| Removal | 0.46 | 3.92 |
| Tutor | 2.08 | 0.00 |
| Type | Main Difference | Side Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-Artifact | ±0 | -1.15 |
| Anti-Graveyard | ±0 | +0.08 |
| Core Combo | -0.38 | ±0 |
| Counter | +1.62 | +1.31 |
| Creature | +1.62 | +0.54 |
| Discard | +0.62 | -0.23 |
| Draw | -2.31 | ±0 |
| Lands/Mana | -0.15 | ±0 |
| Removal | -0.38 | -0.54 |
| Tutor | -0.54 | ±0 |
| Other | -0.08 | ±0 |
Thoughts
Okay, Test of Talents is interesting. Does work in the Doomsday mirror, against PO (all kinds), and hell, if you hit Force of Will that’s cool too.
We’re averaging about 1.5 Flow States right now, with 2 being the most common number. Makes sense to me.
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