Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2021.10.30-31

Congrats to sixmp for the Sunday win. discoverN is back, and proving that good play is always better than those little sideboard tweaks. I know you know this. I know I know this, but we have to be reminded of the things we know.

Saturday Challenge

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sixmp (19th Place)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (12)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (4)
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
3 Flooded Strand
1 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Island
1 Duress
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
4 Steel Sabotage

discoverN (20th Place)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
2 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Force of Negation
1 Fatal Push
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
4 Steel Sabotage

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Sunday Challenge

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sixmp (1st Place)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (12)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (4)
1 Black Lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
3 Flooded Strand
1 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Island
1 Duress
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
4 Steel Sabotage

discoverN (8th Place)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
2 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Force of Negation
1 Fatal Push
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
4 Steel Sabotage

ZYURYO (19th Place)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
2 Flooded Strand
1 Island
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Island
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

s063 (24th Place)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
2 Flooded Strand
1 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Island
1 Force of Negation
1 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
4 Steel Sabotage

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Preliminaries

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duke12 (3-1)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
3 Flooded Strand
1 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Island
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Null Rod
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

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League

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discoverN (5-0)

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (13)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence
Lands (14)
2 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Force of Negation
1 Fatal Push
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
4 Steel Sabotage

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Core and Differences

Core

Creatures (6)
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Sorceries (12)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (23)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
Lands (14)
9 Fetch Lands
1 Island
4 Underground Sea

Artifacts (3)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence

Sideboard (11)
1 Fatal Push
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Steel Sabotage

sixmp (19th Place) Differences

Main (1)
1 Lotus Petal
Sideboard (4)
1 Duress
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Murktide Regent

discoverN (20th Place) Differences

Main (1)
1 Portent
Sideboard (4)
1 Force of Negation
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent

sixmp (1st Place) Differences

Main (1)
1 Lotus Petal
Sideboard (4)
1 Duress
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Murktide Regent

discoverN (8th Place) Differences

Main (1)
1 Portent
Sideboard (4)
1 Force of Negation
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent

ZYURYO (19th Place) Differences

Main (1)
1 Portent
Sideboard (4)
1 Duress
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

s063 (24th Place) Differences

Main (1)
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (4)
1 Force of Negation
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent

duke12 (3-1) Differences

Main (1)
1 Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (4)
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
1 Null Rod
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN (5-0) Differences

Main (1)
1 Portent
Sideboard (4)
1 Force of Negation
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent

Total Differences

Draw (6)
4 Portent
2 Treasure Cruise

Mana (2)
2 Lotus Petal
Artifacts (1)
1 Null Rod

Discard (4)
4 Duress

Creatures (9)
4 Murktide Regent
5 Opposition Agent

Lands (5)
5 Library of Alexandria

Counters (8)
4 Force of Negation
4 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (5)
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Fatal Push
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Thoughts

A 59-11 core is pretty compact. Granted, there were nine Bazaar of Baghdad players over the two challenges, so my thinking that we are wasting four slots on Leyline of the Void might have some truth to it. On the other hand, I accidentally played a league with a thirteen card sideboard and went 4-1, so what do I know?


sixmp believes in speed or at least the little jolts a Lotus Petal can bring. Other than that it’s the eternal Portent or Treasure Cruise question. Follow your heart.


The sideboard differences here are Library of Alexandria, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale, Opposition Agent, Murktide Regent, Duress, Null Rod, Force of Negation, and Engineered Explosives. And how many copies of Mindbreak Trap or Fatal Push.
Murktide is a solid beater. I don’t like how it fights with Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time, but as sixmp is not playing Cruise, that seems to be a fair choice. Although Thing in the Ice is my current darling, I think the lack of upfront investment and the bounce makes it a better choice. Casting Doomsday does make the Regent bigger, though, which is awesome.
Engineered Explosives still seems quite solid in a world of Urza’s Saga Construct tokens, although Dress Down effectively costs the same and draws a card. Doesn’t have the flexibility though.

With Eternal Weekend coming up, and likely no restrictions hitting before that, I think we’ll just have to watch the meta and play our sideboards by ear. Unless Crimson Vow has something up its sleve for us. Sadly, I doubt that.

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