Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2026-10-18

Holy crap, decklists!

Thursday Challenge

TSUBASA_CAT (20TH PLACE)

Sunday Challenge 16

_SICKDRAW (4TH PLACE)

Sunday Challenge

ENRICHETTA (15TH PLACE)

SPOCKVIDALOKA (26TH PLACE)

TIENMTG (28TH PLACE)

Main Core: 40 cards Side Core: 1 card

Core

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

// Counter (6)
1 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 (18)
1 Black Lotus
4 Dark Ritual
6 Fetch Lands
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Undercity Sewers
4 Underground Sea

// Tutor (1)
1 Demonic Tutor

// AntiArtifact (1)
1 Null Rod

Tsubasa_Cat - 20th Place Differences

Main (20)
1 Daze
2 Fetch Lands
2 Flusterstorm
3 Force of Negation
1 Island
3 Mishra's Bauble
4 Psychic Frog
1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
1 Thoughtseize
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
1 Consign to Memory
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
4 Unable to Scream

_SickDraw - 4th Place Differences

Main (20)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Demonic Consultation
2 Fetch Lands
2 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Thoughtseize
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
3 Consign to Memory
1 Dismember
2 Null Rod
3 Psychic Frog
2 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Thoughtseize
2 Unable to Scream

Enrichetta - 15th Place Differences

Main (20)
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dress Down
3 Fetch Lands
2 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
1 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
2 Dress Down
2 Force of Negation
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Island
1 Null Rod
2 Pithing Needle
1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Yixlid Jailer

SpockVidaLoka - 26th Place Differences

Main (20)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
2 Fetch Lands
1 Flow State
1 Island
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
2 Preordain
2 Spell Pierce
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (14)
1 Force of Negation
1 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Unable to Scream

Tienmtg - 28th Place Differences

Main (20)
3 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
1 Chain of Vapor
2 Consider
1 Demonic Consultation
3 Flow State
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
2 Island
1 Thassa's Oracle
4 Theorist's Proxy
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (14)
1 Dismember
2 Long Goodbye
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
3 Null Rod
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Thoughtseize
2 Unable to Scream
1 Virtue's Ruin

Total Differences

// CoreCombo (4)
4 Thassa's Oracle

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

// Creature (12)
3 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
4 Psychic Frog
1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
4 Theorist's Proxy

// Discard (3)
3 Thoughtseize

// Draw (30)
2 Consider
4 Flow State
3 Mishra's Bauble
2 Necropotence
5 Preordain
12 Street Wraith
2 Treasure Cruise
// LandsMana (15)
9 Fetch Lands
5 Island
1 Watery Grave

// Removal (4)
3 Chain of Vapor
1 Dress Down

// Tutor (10)
4 Demonic Consultation
2 Mystical Tutor
4 Vampiric Tutor

// AntiArtifact (12)
1 Hurkyl's Recall
6 Null Rod
5 Steel Sabotage

// AntiGraveyard (14)
1 Grafdigger's Cage
8 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
2 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Yixlid Jailer

// Counter (11)
4 Consign to Memory
3 Force of Negation
4 Mindbreak Trap

// Creature (7)
2 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Murktide Regent
3 Psychic Frog
1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun

// Discard (3)
3 Thoughtseize

// LandsMana (1)
1 Island

// Removal (22)
2 Dismember
2 Dress Down
2 Long Goodbye
2 Snuff Out
3 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
10 Unable to Scream
1 Virtue's Ruin

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 3.40
AntiGraveyard 0.00 2.80
CoreCombo 5.80 0.00
Counter 10.40 2.20
Creature 2.40 1.40
Discard 0.60 0.60
Draw 16.00 0.00
LandsMana 21.00 0.20
Removal 0.80 4.40
Tutor 3.00 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 -0.60
Anti-Graveyard ±0 -1.20
Core Combo -0.20 ±0
Counter +3.40 -0.80
Creature +2.40 -1.60
Discard -1.40 +0.60
Draw -3.00 ±0
Lands/Mana -2.00 +0.20
Removal +0.80 +3.40

Thoughts

Now that's some variety! I like seeing Theorist's Proxy getting tested but I'm unsure if we are getting to the point where there are too many 2 drops in Doomsday. Gotta cut back to Preordains, maybe. Also, restrict Ponder again so we can open up slots.

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