Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.02.19

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Saturday Challenge

SenpaiBlank – 15th Place

Vertyx_ – 20th Place

discoverN – 26th Place

Sunday Challenge

Preliminaries

Vertyx_ – 3-1

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 (19)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
3 Flusterstorm
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 (5)
3 Leyline of the Void
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

SenpaiBlank - 15th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (10)
2 Cut Down
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Vertyx_ - 20th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (10)
2 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN - 26th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
4 Mishra’s Bauble
Sideboard (10)
2 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Subtlety
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN - 3rd Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
4 Mishra’s Bauble
Sideboard (10)
2 Cut Down
1 Duress
1 Force of Negation
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Steel Sabotage
2 Subtlety

SingPanMan - 5th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Flusterstorm
4 Mishra’s Bauble
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (10)
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Energy Flux
1 Force of Negation
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Shelldock Isle
2 Subtlety
2 Suspend

duke12 - 15th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
2 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (10)
1 Cut Down
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Gaea’s Blessing
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Opposition Agent
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Steel Sabotage

SenpaiBlank - 19th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (10)
2 Cut Down
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ecobaronen - 22nd Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Flusterstorm
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (10)
1 Duress
2 Fatal Push
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Mystical Dispute
2 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Vertyx_ - 3-1 Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (10)
1 Cut Down
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

Draw (19)
12 Mishra’s Bauble
6 Sleight of Hand
1 Treasure Cruise

Counters (19)
6 Daze
8 Flusterstorm
5 Force of Negation

Discard (7)
7 Duress

L⁣ands (9)
7 Fetch Lands
2 Watery Grave
Graveyard (8)
8 Leyline of the Void

Artifacts (9)
1 Energy Flux
8 Steel Sabotage

Discard (2)
2 Duress

Creatures (10)
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
2 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
6 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Lands (1)
1 Shelldock Isle

Counters (19)
8 Force of Negation
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
9 Mindbreak Trap
1 Mystical Dispute

Removal (40)
10 Cut Down
8 Fatal Push
8 Snuff Out
6 Subtlety
2 Suspend
6 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Other (1)
1 Gaea’s Blessing

Thoughts

Main Core: 54 cards Side Core: 5 cards

There seem to be two paths for the mains now.

One is the Mishra’s Bauble route. I am a fan of this as information is power. Plus drawing cards when you have to pass the turn is amazing. There are so many neat plays to be done when you Doomsday and have a draw coming during your opponent’s upkeep. Other than that, people tend to be on the 3 Counterspells and a Draw spell plan. Sleight is still extremely popular, although I’m starting to wonder if Cling to Dust shouldn’t get a little play to help with the problems Control Bazaar have been causing for the deck.


Compared to last week’s lists, the only difference is someone playing a Mystical Dispute and no one playing an Island. Players with two copies of Tabernacle are up. Opposition Agent and Murktide Regent are down while Sheoldred is slightly up. Creatures overall are down, however. The big jumps are in Counters and Removal.
I’m curious how ecobaronen felt about three Leyline of the Void. I’ve been back on them myself since, well, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, right? Still, I’m not completely sold on that being the right play for Doomsday. Maybe if we were packing Grief to pitch the extras drawn. Yes, the deck is supposed to win in the first few turns. That likely makes Leyline the right call. Still. Something feels off to me. Maybe that’s my Bad Player Sense?

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