Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2026-08-16

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Saturday Challenge

MONSTROUSRAGE (3RD PLACE)

ENRICHETTA (8TH PLACE)

OHDEE402 (15TH PLACE)

TAO_BYE_BYE (28TH PLACE)

Sunday Challenge

SINGPANMAN (18TH PLACE)

OHDEE402 (25TH PLACE)

League

GUSTI99 (5-0)

ENRICHETTA (5-0)

Core and Differences

Main Core: 41 cards Side Core: 0 cards

Core

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

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

// Draw (9)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
4 Ponder
1 Time Walk
// LandsMana (20)
1 Black Lotus
4 Dark Ritual
8 Fetch Lands
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Undercity Sewers
4 Underground Sea

// Tutor (2)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor


MonstrousRage - 3rd Place Differences

Main (19)
3 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
4 Flow State
1 Island
3 Mishra's Bauble
1 Preordain
4 Psychic Frog
2 Spell Pierce
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (15)
1 Dig Through Time
1 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Long Goodbye
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Soul Rend
3 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Treasure Cruise
2 Yixlid Jailer

Enrichetta - 8th Place Differences

Main (19)
2 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
1 Dress Down
1 Fetch Lands
3 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
1 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (15)
2 Dress Down
2 Force of Negation
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Island
2 Null Rod
2 Pithing Needle
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Surgical Extraction
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Yixlid Jailer

OhDee402 - 15th Place Differences

Main (19)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Dig Through Time
2 Flow State
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Island
2 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 The Fantasticar
1 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (15)
2 Consign to Memory
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Null Rod
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
3 Unable to Scream
1 Virtue's Ruin

tao_bye_bye - 28th Place Differences

Main (19)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Dig Through Time
2 Flow State
1 Flusterstorm
1 Island
1 Laboratory Maniac
1 Misdirection
4 Preordain
1 Spell Pierce
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 The Fantasticar
Sideboard (15)
2 Consign to Memory
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Long Goodbye
2 Murktide Regent
1 Snuff Out
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Unable to Scream

SingPanMan - 18th Place Differences

Main (19)
1 Dig Through Time
1 Duress
3 Flow State
2 Flusterstorm
1 Island
1 Misdirection
4 Preordain
1 Spell Pierce
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
Sideboard (15)
2 Council of Reeds
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Long Goodbye
2 Null Rod
1 Snuff Out
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Unable to Scream

OhDee402 - 25th Place Differences

Main (19)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Island
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 The Fantasticar
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (15)
2 Consign to Memory
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Null Rod
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
3 Unable to Scream
1 Virtue's Ruin

Enrichetta - 5-0 Differences

Main (19)
2 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
1 Dress Down
1 Fetch Lands
3 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
1 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (15)
2 Dress Down
2 Force of Negation
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Island
2 Null Rod
2 Pithing Needle
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Surgical Extraction
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Yixlid Jailer

gusti99 - 5-0 Differences

Main (19)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
2 Flow State
3 Flusterstorm
1 Island
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 The Fantasticar
1 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (15)
2 Consign to Memory
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Long Goodbye
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
1 Null Rod
1 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage

Total Differences

// CoreCombo (11)
7 Thassa's Oracle
4 The Fantasticar

// Counter (35)
5 Daze
18 Flusterstorm
6 Force of Negation
2 Misdirection
4 Spell Pierce

// Creature (8)
3 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
1 Laboratory Maniac
4 Psychic Frog

// Discard (3)
1 Duress
2 Thoughtseize

// Draw (71)
7 Dig Through Time
13 Flow State
3 Mishra's Bauble
3 Necropotence
17 Preordain
28 Street Wraith
// LandsMana (8)
2 Fetch Lands
6 Island

// Removal (6)
4 Chain of Vapor
2 Dress Down

// Tutor (10)
4 Mystical Tutor
6 Vampiric Tutor

// AntiArtifact (22)
3 Hurkyl's Recall
9 Null Rod
10 Steel Sabotage

// AntiGraveyard (35)
2 Grafdigger's Cage
20 Leyline of the Void
4 Pithing Needle
3 Soul-Guide Lantern
2 Surgical Extraction
4 Yixlid Jailer

// Counter (14)
8 Consign to Memory
5 Force of Negation
1 Mindbreak Trap

// Creature (11)
2 Council of Reeds
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
4 Murktide Regent
4 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

// Draw (2)
1 Dig Through Time
1 Treasure Cruise

// LandsMana (2)
2 Island

// Removal (34)
4 Dress Down
1 Fatal Push
5 Long Goodbye
3 Snuff Out
2 Soul Rend
7 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
10 Unable to Scream
2 Virtue's Ruin

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 2.75
AntiGraveyard 0.00 4.38
CoreCombo 6.38 0.00
Counter 9.38 1.75
Creature 1.00 1.38
Discard 0.38 0.00
Draw 17.88 0.25
LandsMana 21.00 0.25
Removal 0.75 4.25
Tutor 3.25 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact -0.14 +0.18
Anti-Graveyard ±0 +0.66
Core Combo +0.52 -0.43
Counter -0.63 -1.25
Creature +0.43 -0.05
Discard -0.05 -0.29
Draw -0.27 +0.25
Lands/Mana -0.43 +0.25
Removal +0.32 +0.68
Tutor +0.39 ±0
Other -0.14 ±0

Thoughts

I expected to add Bilbo, Thief in the Night this week, but not Council of Reeds. Oh, SingPanMan.

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