Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2026-05-24

The cat came back. Well, it never really went away.

Thursday Challenge

TSUBASA_CAT (12TH PLACE)

MONONOFU (24TH PLACE)

Friday Challenge

TSUBASA_CAT (22ND PLACE)

MONONOFU (30TH PLACE)

Saturday Challenge

GUSTI99 (7TH PLACE)

Sunday Challenge

TSUBASA_CAT (3RD PLACE)

Core and Differences

Main Core: 53 cards Side Core: 7 cards

Core

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

// Counter (11)
1 Daze
3 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep

// Creature (4)
4 Psychic Frog

// Discard (1)
1 Thoughtseize

// Draw (10)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Dig Through Time
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 (1)
1 Demonic Tutor

// AntiArtifact (1)
1 Steel Sabotage

// Counter (2)
1 Consign to Memory
1 Mindbreak Trap

// Creature (1)
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den

// Removal (3)
3 Unable to Scream

Tsubasa_Cat - 12th Place Differences

Main (7)
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Misdirection
3 Mishra's Bauble
1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (8)
1 Consign to Memory
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Snuff Out
1 Unable to Scream

mononofu - 24th Place Differences

Main (7)
4 Flow State
1 Misdirection
1 Mishra's Bauble
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (8)
2 Commandeer
1 Consign to Memory
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Test of Talents

Tsubasa_Cat - 22nd Place Differences

Main (7)
1 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Mishra's Bauble
1 Preordain
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (8)
1 Commandeer
1 Consign to Memory
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Snuff Out
1 Unable to Scream

mononofu - 30th Place Differences

Main (7)
3 Flow State
1 Misdirection
1 Mishra's Bauble
1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (8)
2 Commandeer
1 Consign to Memory
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Test of Talents

gusti99 - 7th Place Differences

Main (7)
4 Flow State
1 Unable to Scream
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Vexing Bauble
Sideboard (8)
1 Dismember
3 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Null Rod
1 Snuff Out
1 Soul-Guide Lantern

Tsubasa_Cat - 3rd Place Differences

Main (7)
2 Flow State
1 Force of Negation
3 Mishra's Bauble
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (8)
1 Consign to Memory
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Snuff Out
1 Unable to Scream

Total Differences

// Counter (7)
2 Force of Negation
2 Mindbreak Trap
3 Misdirection

// Creature (2)
2 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

// Draw (30)
13 Flow State
11 Mishra's Bauble
1 Preordain
5 Treasure Cruise

// Other (1)
1 Vexing Bauble

// Removal (1)
1 Unable to Scream

// Tutor (1)
1 Vampiric Tutor
// AntiArtifact (1)
1 Null Rod

// AntiGraveyard (25)
3 Grafdigger's Cage
20 Leyline of the Void
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Soul-Guide Lantern

// Counter (14)
5 Commandeer
5 Consign to Memory
1 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Test of Talents

// Removal (8)
1 Dismember
4 Snuff Out
3 Unable to Scream

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 1.17
AntiGraveyard 0.00 4.17
CoreCombo 5.00 0.00
Counter 12.17 4.33
Creature 4.33 1.00
Discard 1.00 0.00
Draw 15.00 0.00
LandsMana 21.00 0.00
Removal 0.17 4.33
Tutor 1.17 0.00
Other 0.17 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 -0.63
Anti-Graveyard ±0 +0.07
Core Combo -0.20 ±0
Counter +0.77 +1.03
Creature +1.23 -0.20
Discard +0.20 -0.10
Draw -1.50 ±0
Removal -0.13 -0.17
Tutor -0.43 ±0
Other +0.07 ±0

Thoughts

Seems like Flow State is in a state of flow. How will it turn out? My gut instinct is that Lurrus wants it less than Doomsday Classic. We'll have to see if things flow back to the state of Doomsday Classic being played before we can make more judgements, though.

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