Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2026-07-26

So few lists.

Thursday Challenge

YES_I_ACCEPTSPLIT (11TH PLACE)

TSUBASA_CAT (19TH PLACE)

Friday Challenge

TSUBASA_CAT (29TH PLACE)

Saturday Challenge

WALL-E1 (16TH PLACE)

Core and Differences

Main Core: 44 cards Side Core: 3 cards

Core

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

// Counter (5)
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep

// Draw (12)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Dig Through Time
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
4 Ponder
2 Preordain
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

// AntiGraveyard (3)
3 Leyline of the Void

YES_i_accept_SPLIT_ - 11th Place Differences

Main (16)
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
4 Flow State
4 Psychic Frog
3 Spell Pierce
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (12)
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
3 Unable to Scream
2 Yixlid Jailer

Tsubasa_Cat - 19th Place Differences

Main (16)
1 Daze
3 Flusterstorm
3 Force of Negation
3 Mishra's Bauble
4 Psychic Frog
1 Thoughtseize
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (12)
3 Consign to Memory
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Steel Sabotage
4 Unable to Scream

Tsubasa_Cat - 29th Place Differences

Main (16)
1 Daze
3 Flusterstorm
3 Force of Negation
3 Mishra's Bauble
4 Psychic Frog
1 Thoughtseize
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (12)
3 Consign to Memory
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
3 Unable to Scream

Wall-E1 - 16th Place Differences

Main (16)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Demonic Consultation
2 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (12)
3 Fatal Push
2 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Null Rod
2 Snuff Out
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

// CoreCombo (2)
2 Thassa's Oracle

// Counter (22)
3 Daze
8 Flusterstorm
7 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Spell Pierce

// Creature (12)
12 Psychic Frog

// Discard (3)
3 Thoughtseize

// Draw (19)
4 Flow State
6 Mishra's Bauble
2 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
3 Treasure Cruise
// LandsMana (1)
1 Lotus Petal

// Removal (1)
1 Chain of Vapor

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

// AntiArtifact (7)
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Null Rod
3 Steel Sabotage

// AntiGraveyard (5)
3 Leyline of the Void
2 Yixlid Jailer

// Counter (15)
6 Consign to Memory
2 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
6 Mindbreak Trap

// Creature (3)
3 Lurrus of the Dream-Den

// Removal (18)
3 Fatal Push
3 Snuff Out
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
10 Unable to Scream

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 1.75
AntiGraveyard 0.00 4.25
CoreCombo 5.50 0.00
Counter 10.50 3.75
Creature 3.00 0.75
Discard 0.75 0.00
Draw 16.75 0.00
LandsMana 21.25 0.00
Removal 0.25 4.50
Tutor 2.00 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 -0.25
Anti-Graveyard ±0 +0.42
Core Combo -1.33 -0.50
Counter +1.67 +1.75
Creature +2.33 -1.08
Discard +0.25 -0.17
Draw -2.25 -0.33
Lands/Mana -0.25 ±0
Removal -0.08 +0.17
Tutor -0.33 ±0

Thoughts

Lurrus? In this Fantasticar meta? Well, we shall see how much longer we have to put up with this. Honestly, Doomsday shouldn't be in that bad of a position. People just aren't playing it for some reason.

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