Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.05.14-15

Only a few lists this week, but they did get fairly good results.

Saturday Challenge


Clone9 (2nd Place)

Creatures (7)
1 Opposition Agent
4 Street Wraith
2 Thassa's Oracle

Sorceries (14)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Time Walk

Instants (21)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
2 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mindbreak Trap
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 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
2 Energy Flux
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Murktide Regent
2 Null Rod
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
3 Steel Sabotage

iloveyou (14th Place)

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

Sorceries (14)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Time Walk

Instants (22)
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 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 Energy Flux
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

MaxMagicer (15th Place)

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

Sorceries (14)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Time Walk

Instants (22)
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 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 Duress
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
4 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Sunday Challenge

Core and Differences

Core

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

Sorceries (14)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Time Walk

Instants (20)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Dig Through Time
2 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
Lands (13)
8 Fetch Lands
1 Island
4 Underground Sea

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

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence

Sideboard (9)
2 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Steel Sabotage

Clone9 (2nd Place) Differences

Main (3)
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
Sideboard (6)
2 Energy Flux
1 Murktide Regent
2 Null Rod
1 Soul-Guide Lantern

iloveyou (14th Place) Differences

Main (3)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
Sideboard (6)
1 Energy Flux
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

MaxMagicer (15th Place) Differences

Main (3)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
Sideboard (6)
1 Duress
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Vertyx_ (1st Place) Differences

Main (3)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
Sideboard (6)
1 Duress
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

Tutors (3)
3 Demonic Consultation

Counters (4)
3 Flusterstorm
1 Mindbreak Trap

Creatures (1)
1 Opposition Agent

L⁣ands (4)
3 Fetch Lands
1 Island
Sideboard (24)
2 Duress
3 Energy Flux
3 Island
3 Mindbreak Trap
3 Murktide Regent
2 Null Rod
3 Opposition Agent
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Steel Sabotage
3 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Thoughts

Main Core: 57 cards Side Core: 9 cards


I do not understand Clone9's choice to not play Demonic Consultation. Clone9, if you're out there, please let me know. Other than that, the main lists are very close to each other this week. Everyone even chose to play Sleight of Hand!


Clone9 really went in on the Artifact hate. The Soul-Guide Lantern also tells me the plan was to have some flexibility against Blue decks while also having solid options for Shops and Bazaar. Murktide Regent is also quite prevalent and Fatal Push numbers are up.

With Bazaar decks splitting mostly into Hogaak and Dredge at the moment, I wonder if Leyline of the Void is still the right choice for Doomsday. Turn zero options are useful, but there is also the problem of dealing with Hollow One and Madness creatures when the Bazaar deck also plays mana producing lands that can help stop Tabernacle.
I wrote this before giving Hogaak a spin myself, and found myself losing to Doomsday playing a Murktide Regent. However, some Hogaak versions are splashing Red for their own Pyroblasts, so we'll see how long that option holds out.

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