Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2026-09-06

Goodbye, Reed.

Saturday Challenge

SPOCKVIDALOKA (6TH PLACE)

Sunday Challenge 16

BEALEWITHIT (27TH PLACE)

SINGPANMAN (31ST PLACE)

Core and Differences

Main Core: 45 cards Side Core: 1 card

Core

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

// Counter (6)
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep
1 Spell Pierce

// Draw (12)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
3 Flow State
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
4 Ponder
1 Time Walk
// LandsMana (20)
1 Black Lotus
4 Dark Ritual
7 Fetch Lands
1 Island
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Undercity Sewers
4 Underground Sea

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

// AntiArtifact (1)
1 Steel Sabotage

SpockVidaLoka - 6th Place Differences

Main (15)
1 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
1 Fetch Lands
1 Flow State
2 Preordain
4 Psychic Frog
2 Spell Pierce
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
3 Unable to Scream
2 Yixlid Jailer

Bealewithit - 27th Place Differences

Main (15)
3 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
1 Flow State
1 Lotus Petal
1 Preordain
4 Psychic Frog
2 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Spell Pierce
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Vexing Bauble
Sideboard (13)
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Long Goodbye
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Soul Rend
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Virtue's Ruin
2 Yixlid Jailer

SingPanMan - 31st Place Differences

Main (15)
2 Consider
1 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
1 Duress
1 Fetch Lands
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
1 Lórien Revealed
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
Sideboard (14)
2 Abhorrent Oculus
2 Consign to Memory
1 Karakas
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Long Goodbye
1 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Unable to Scream

Total Differences

// AntiGraveyard (2)
2 Soul-Guide Lantern

// CoreCombo (2)
2 Thassa's Oracle

// Counter (8)
2 Daze
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
3 Spell Pierce

// Creature (11)
3 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
8 Psychic Frog

// Discard (1)
1 Duress

// Draw (15)
2 Consider
2 Dig Through Time
2 Flow State
1 Lórien Revealed
3 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
1 Treasure Cruise
// LandsMana (3)
2 Fetch Lands
1 Lotus Petal

// Other (1)
1 Vexing Bauble

// Tutor (2)
2 Vampiric Tutor

// AntiArtifact (4)
3 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Steel Sabotage

// AntiGraveyard (13)
8 Leyline of the Void
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
4 Yixlid Jailer

// Counter (4)
2 Consign to Memory
2 Mindbreak Trap

// Creature (4)
2 Abhorrent Oculus
2 Lurrus of the Dream-Den

// Removal (16)
1 Karakas
3 Long Goodbye
1 Snuff Out
2 Soul Rend
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
5 Unable to Scream
2 Virtue's Ruin

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 2.33
AntiGraveyard 0.67 4.33
CoreCombo 5.67 0.00
Counter 8.67 1.33
Creature 3.67 1.33
Discard 0.33 0.00
Draw 17.00 0.00
LandsMana 21.00 0.00
Other 0.33 0.00
Removal 0.00 5.33
Tutor 2.67 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 +0.58
Anti-Graveyard +0.67 -0.17
Core Combo -0.33 ±0
Counter -0.33 -0.17
Creature +2.17 -0.92
Discard -0.42 -0.25
Draw -2.00 ±0
Lands/Mana -0.50 ±0
Removal ±0 +0.58
Tutor +0.42 ±0
Other +0.33 ±0

Thoughts

I'm curious if SingPanMan simply wanted to try Abhorrent Oculus again or if it simply performs better than Council of Reeds. But also there is a Karakas, so I am constantly kept on my toes.

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