Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2022.10.08-09

What looks dead may actually only be sleeping.

Saturday Challenge


hardi (2nd 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
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
4 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 Force of Negation
1 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
1 Fatal Push
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Snow-Covered Island
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

haveaboavida (11th Place)

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

Sorceries (15)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Instants (20)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
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 (15)
3 Flooded Strand
1 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
2 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
1 Force of Negation
1 Gaea's Blessing
2 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Opposition Agent
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

bennybo (23rd Place)

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

Sorceries (14)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
1 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk

Instants (22)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
2 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
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Energy Flux
2 Fatal Push
1 Gaea's Blessing
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Murktide Regent
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Sunday Challenge


discoverN (21st Place)

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

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

Instants (22)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
4 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
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
4 Underground Sea

Sideboard (15)
1 Force of Negation
2 Fatal Push
1 Gaea's Blessing
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Monastery Mentor
1 Murktide Regent
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Tundra

FedericoIIMadao (23rd Place)

Creatures (5)
3 Street Wraith
2 Thassa's Oracle

Sorceries (17)
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Doomsday
3 Duress
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Ponder
1 Portent
4 Preordain
1 Time Walk
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Instants (20)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
2 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
1 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)
1 Flooded Strand
1 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Underground Sea
1 Watery Grave

Sideboard (15)
1 Dress Down
2 Fatal Push
1 Liliana, the Last Hope
2 Murktide Regent
2 Null Rod
2 Pithing Needle
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Yixlid Jailer

Core and Differences

Core

Creatures (5)
3 Street Wraith
2 Thassa's Oracle

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

Instants (18)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Gush
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
Lands (13)
9 Fetch Lands
1 Island
3 Underground Sea

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

Enchantments (1)
1 Necropotence

hardi (2nd Place) Differences

Main (7)
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Street Wraith
1 Underground Sea
Sideboard (15)
1 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Island
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

haveaboavida (11th Place) Differences

Main (7)
2 Flusterstorm
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Street Wraith
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Underground Sea
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard (15)
2 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
1 Force of Negation
1 Gaea's Blessing
2 Hurkyl's Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Opposition Agent
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

bennybo (23rd Place) Differences

Main (7)
2 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Street Wraith
1 Underground Sea
Sideboard (15)
1 Energy Flux
2 Fatal Push
1 Gaea's Blessing
1 Island
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Murktide Regent
3 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN (21st Place) Differences

Main (7)
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Portent
1 Street Wraith
1 Underground Sea
Sideboard (15)
2 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Gaea's Blessing
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Monastery Mentor
1 Murktide Regent
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Tundra

FedericoIIMadao (23rd Place) Differences

Main (7)
1 Daze
2 Duress
1 Force of Negation
1 Portent
1 Watery Grave
1 Yawgmoth's Will
Sideboard (15)
1 Dress Down
2 Fatal Push
1 Liliana, the Last Hope
2 Murktide Regent
2 Null Rod
2 Pithing Needle
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Yixlid Jailer

Total Differences

Tutors (1)
1 Merchant Scroll

Draw (7)
2 Portent
1 Sleight of Hand
4 Street Wraith

Counters (16)
1 Daze
10 Flusterstorm
5 Force of Negation

Discard (2)
2 Duress

Other (3)
1 Tendrils of Agony
2 Yawgmoth's Will

L⁣ands (6)
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Underground Sea
1 Watery Grave
Graveyard (18)
15 Leyline of the Void
2 Pithing Needle
1 Surgical Extraction

Artifacts (15)
1 Energy Flux
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Null Rod
10 Steel Sabotage

Creatures (13)
1 Monastery Mentor
6 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 Yixlid Jailer

Lands (3)
2 Island
1 Tundra

Counters (5)
3 Force of Negation
2 Mindbreak Trap

Removal (17)
3 Cut Down
3 Dress Down
7 Fatal Push
4 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Other (4)
3 Gaea's Blessing
1 Liliana, the Last Hope

Thoughts

Main Core: 53 cards Side Core: 0 cards
Yawgmoth's Will? Showing up twice? By two different players?

I never played Doomsday before Thassa's Oracle, so I may be wrong in saying there is no "Doomsday into Tendrils of Agony" line. Or at least not a pile that I can think of that starts with Doomsday. Likely you build up some storm with Yawgmoth's Will, cast Doomsday, then do what is necessary to make a lethal Tendrils pile. Then again, that's the Magic™ of Doomsday: Make the pile that suits the situation. All said, an interesting alternative route. I wish I knew how many times haveaboavida put a lethal amount of Tendrils on the stack.
FedericoIIMadao playing a Watery Grave instead of an Underground Sea makes no sense to me. Budget and/or mistake? Yawgmoth's Will and Duress is interesting. A Dark Ritual into Duress gives enough information, assuming you have enough mana and Yawgmoth's Will, to start a good loop to win. Quite a lot of resources, though. I'm not surprised that Merchant Scroll shows up this week, but I am surprised that is is in neither of the lists with Will. I think discoverN played it safe and was paid off with skill. I am sad my prediction of some new juicy card showing up was wrong.


I have to wonder if Steel Sabotage isn't a relic of the past. I fear it doesn't do enough for the current meta.
Leyline of the Void is also in a weird spot as while it is still great against Dredge, Hogaak numbers are higher and I don't think I want to be looking for it in my opener versus Grixis Breach. They'll kill me with Construct tokens. Speaking of said tokens, Dress Down made a bit of a comeback.
I have no idea where Liliana, the Last Hope would be good. There's not much control in Vintage right now and if you resolve it against what exactly do you get to activate her ultimate and win. Sure, she kills Ragavan, if he's on the board. And she could mill Oracle and put it back in your hand post Doomsday, but that seems weird. I don't get it. I'd like to, though! I have a think for casting planeswalkers with a simple Dark Ritual.

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