Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.01.29

Another good showing for Doomsday this week. Archive Trap numbers have yet to seriously increase. Will they, or are people looking for a different angle?

Saturday Challenge

sixmp - 4th Place

ejk - 24th Place

kasa - 25th Place

Sunday Challenge

discoverN - 1st Place

SenpaiBlank - 5th Place

Vertyx_ - 9th Place

revenantkioku - 20th Place

shir kahn - 26th Place

SingPanMan - 30th Place

DemonicTutors - 31st Place

Super Qualifier

MaxMagicer - 1st Place

musasabi - 16th Place

League

7991ociR - 5-0

Core and Differences

Core

Creatures (6)
Street Wraith
Thassa's Oracle

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

Instants (19)
Ancestral Recall
Brainstorm
Dark Ritual
Demonic Consultation
Dig Through Time
Flusterstorm
Force of Will
Gush
Mental Misstep
Mystical Tutor
Vampiric Tutor
Lands (13)
Fetch Lands
Island
Underground Sea

Artifacts (3)
Black Lotus
Mox Jet
Mox Sapphire

Enchantments (1)
Necropotence

Sideboard (0)

sixmp - 4th Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Fetch Land
Force of Negation
Imperial Seal
Lotus Petal
Mishra's Bauble
Sideboard (15)
Fatal Push
Hurkyl's Recall
Island
Leyline of the Void
Library of Alexandria
Mindbreak Trap
Murktide Regent
Opposition Agent
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage
Subtlety

ejk - 24th Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Flusterstorm
Lotus Petal
Treasure Cruise
Watery Grave
Sideboard (15)
Duress
Fatal Push
Island
Mystical Dispute
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

kasa - 25th Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (15)
Cut Down
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN - 1st Place Differences

Main (6)
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Mishra's Bauble
Sideboard (15)
Cut Down
Duress
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Snuff Out
Subtlety
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SenpaiBlank - 5th Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (15)
Cut Down
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Vertyx_ - 9th Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (15)
Cut Down
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

revenantkioku - 20th Place Differences

Main (6)
Mishra's Bauble
Treasure Cruise
Watery Grave
Sideboard (15)
Cut Down
Force of Negation
Hurkyl's Recall
Mindbreak Trap
Murktide Regent
Snuff Out
Subtlety
Surgical Extraction
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

shir kahn - 26th Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Land
Force of Negation
Mishra's Bauble
Treasure Cruise
Sideboard (15)
Cut Down
Duress
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SingPanMan - 30th Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Flusterstorm
Grief
Sleight of Hand
Watery Grave
Sideboard (15)
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Energy Flux
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Opposition Agent
Shelldock Isle
Steel Sabotage
Suspend
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

DemonicTutors - 31st Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (15)
Cut Down
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

MaxMagicer - 1st Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Duress
Fetch Land
Flusterstorm
Force of Negation
Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (15)
Fatal Push
Force of Negation
Island
Leyline of the Void
Mindbreak Trap
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

musasabi - 16th Place Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Force of Negation
Thought Scour
Watery Grave
Sideboard (15)
Gaea's Blessing
Hurkyl's Recall
Leyline of the Void
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Snuff Out
Steel Sabotage
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Virtue's Ruin

7991ociR - 5-0 Differences

Main (6)
Daze
Force of Negation
Thought Scour
Watery Grave
Sideboard (15)
Energy Flux
Fatal Push
Gaea's Blessing
Island
Opposition Agent
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Steel Sabotage
Surgical Extraction
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Virtue's Ruin

Total Differences

Tutors (1)
Imperial Seal

Draw (21)
10 Mishra's Bauble
Sleight of Hand
Thought Scour
Treasure Cruise

Counters (33)
14 Daze
Flusterstorm
11 Force of Negation

Discard (8)
Duress
Grief

L⁣ands/Mana (15)
Fetch Lands
Lotus Petal
Watery Grave
Sideboard (0)

Graveyard (44)
40 Leyline of the Void
Surgical Extraction

Artifacts (30)
Energy Flux
Hurkyl's Recall
25 Steel Sabotage

Discard (5)
Duress

Creatures (20)
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Murktide Regent
Opposition Agent
10 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Lands (6)
Island
Library of Alexandria
Shelldock Isle

Counters (21)
10 Force of Negation
Mindbreak Trap
Mystical Dispute

Removal (67)
12 Cut Down
14 Fatal Push
12 Snuff Out
Subtlety
Suspend
18 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Virtue's Ruin

Other (2)
Gaea's Blessing

Thoughts

Main Core: 54 cards Side Core: 0 cards


The core has been very consistant. The Counters rows are quite interesting, as there seem to be some consistency here. Draw is still all over the place, and Discard seems to be based on how many Counters you want to be playing. sixmp has a bit of spice with Imperial Seal, which honestly is a bit more attractive with Mishra's Bauble.


But we can't agree on a sideboard card, can we? Well, mostly everyone is still on Leyline of the Void. I blame no one, but I still want those extra two sideboard slots. Any of my post-board losses to Bazaar decks lately have not been because of lack of Leyline. Surgical Extraction has also helped out in other matches.
Removal is still fairly all over the place. I've been finding The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale to be less and less useful, but I'm sure there's some luck to that as well.
And Creatures! Three players eschewed them this week to various degrees of success. Looking at Top 8s only doesn't change much. As always, it comes down to personal choice.


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Best of luck to everyone playing this weekend!
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