Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2026-05-17

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Thursday Challenge

HAVEABOAVIDA (7TH PLACE)

TSUBASA_CAT (11TH PLACE)

Friday Challenge

DETHFRMABOVE (21ST PLACE)

TSUBASA_CAT (29TH PLACE)

BLUB_BLUB (32ND PLACE)

Saturday Challenge

GUSTI99 (14TH PLACE)

TIENMTG (16TH PLACE)

Sunday Challenge

SINGPANMAN (22ND PLACE)

2PLUS2ISFIVE (31ST PLACE)

League

DETHFRMABOVE (5-0)

Core and Differences

Main Core: 43 cards Side Core: 1 cards

Core

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

// Counter (7)
2 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 (1)
1 Demonic Tutor

// AntiArtifact (1)
1 Steel Sabotage

haveaboavida - 7th Place Differences

Main (17)
1 Daze
3 Flow State
2 Force of Negation
1 Mishra’s Bauble
2 Preordain
4 Psychic Frog
1 Spell Pierce
1 Thoughtseize
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Undercity Sewers
Sideboard (14)
2 Consign to Memory
1 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Unable to Scream

Tsubasa_Cat - 11th Place Differences

Main (17)
1 Daze
2 Flow State
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
1 Misdirection
3 Mishra’s Bauble
4 Psychic Frog
1 Thoughtseize
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Undercity Sewers
Sideboard (14)
1 Commandeer
2 Consign to Memory
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Snuff Out
4 Unable to Scream

DethFrmAbove - 21st Place Differences

Main (17)
1 Daze
2 Flow State
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
1 Misdirection
3 Mishra’s Bauble
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

Tsubasa_Cat - 29th Place Differences

Main (17)
2 Flow State
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
2 Mindbreak Trap
3 Mishra’s Bauble
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 Snuff Out
4 Unable to Scream

blub_blub - 32nd Place Differences

Main (17)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Duress
2 Flow State
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Necropotence
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa’s Oracle
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
4 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

gusti99 - 14th Place Differences

Main (17)
1 Daze
4 Flow State
2 Force of Negation
1 Misdirection
4 Psychic Frog
1 Thoughtseize
1 Unable to Scream
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Vexing Bauble
Sideboard (14)
1 Consign to Memory
1 Dismember
3 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Null Rod
1 Snuff Out
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
3 Unable to Scream

Tienmtg - 16th Place Differences

Main (17)
4 Consider
3 Flow State
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
3 Psychic Frog
2 Spell Pierce
1 Thoughtseize
1 Undercity Sewers
Sideboard (14)
2 Consign to Memory
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Long Goodbye
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Null Rod
2 Unable to Scream
1 Virtue’s Ruin

SingPanMan - 22nd Place Differences

Main (17)
4 Consider
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Flusterstorm
1 Into the Flood Maw
1 Misdirection
1 Necropotence
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

2plus2isfive - 31st Place Differences

Main (17)
1 Daze
4 Flow State
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
1 Lórien Revealed
1 Misdirection
1 Mishra’s Bauble
4 Psychic Frog
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
2 Consign to Memory
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Snuff Out
4 Unable to Scream

10-DethFrmAbove - 5-0 Differences

Main (17)
1 Daze
2 Flow State
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
1 Misdirection
3 Mishra’s Bauble
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

Total Differences

// CoreCombo (2)
2 Thassa’s Oracle

// Counter (44)
8 Daze
8 Flusterstorm
17 Force of Negation
2 Mindbreak Trap
6 Misdirection
3 Spell Pierce

// Creature (31)
31 Psychic Frog

// Discard (8)
1 Duress
7 Thoughtseize

// Draw (65)
8 Consider
24 Flow State
1 Lórien Revealed
14 Mishra’s Bauble
2 Necropotence
2 Preordain
8 Street Wraith
6 Treasure Cruise
// LandsMana (10)
9 Undercity Sewers
1 Watery Grave

// Other (1)
1 Vexing Bauble

// Removal (3)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Into the Flood Maw
1 Unable to Scream

// Tutor (6)
2 Demonic Consultation
4 Vampiric Tutor

// AntiArtifact (8)
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
5 Null Rod
2 Steel Sabotage

// AntiGraveyard (41)
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
35 Leyline of the Void
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Soul-Guide Lantern

// Counter (33)
7 Commandeer
15 Consign to Memory
11 Mindbreak Trap

// Creature (12)
2 Abhorrent Oculus
8 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Murktide Regent

// Discard (1)
1 Duress

// Removal (45)
1 Dismember
4 Fatal Push
2 Long Goodbye
5 Snuff Out
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
31 Unable to Scream
1 Virtue’s Ruin

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 1.80
AntiGraveyard 0.00 4.10
CoreCombo 5.20 0.00
Counter 11.40 3.30
Creature 3.10 1.20
Discard 0.80 0.10
Draw 16.50 0.00
LandsMana 21.00 0.00
Removal 0.30 4.50
Tutor 1.60 0.00
Other 0.10 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 +0.03
Anti-Graveyard ±0 -0.05
Core Combo -0.34 ±0
Counter +0.78 -0.24
Creature +0.64 -0.34
Discard -0.20 +0.02
Draw -0.35 ±0
Removal -0.16 +0.58
Tutor -0.48 ±0
Other +0.10 ±0

Thoughts

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