Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.04.16

Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.04.16

Big congrats to notmi for making the top 4 of the Super Qualifier this week.

Saturday Challenge

discoverN – 4th Place

Sunday Challenge

discoverN – 21st Place

Sunday Super Qualifier

notmi – 5th Place

Diem4x – 21st Place

MentalMisstep – 23rd Place

Preliminaries

Terribad – 4-0

Kazuga – 3-1

League

7991ociR – 5-0

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 (3)
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

discoverN - 4th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
4 Mishra’s Bauble
Sideboard (12)
2 Cut Down
1 Dream Salvage
2 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Soul Rend
1 Subtlety

discoverN - 21st Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
4 Mishra’s Bauble
Sideboard (12)
2 Cut Down
2 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Murktide Regent
1 Soul Rend
1 Subtlety

notmi - 5th Place Differences

Main (6)
2 Daze
1 Flusterstorm
1 Lotus Petal
1 Spell Pierce
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (12)
1 Dismember
1 Dress Down
1 Fatal Push
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Diem4x - 21st Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (12)
2 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

MentalMisstep - 23rd Place Differences

Main (6)
2 Daze
1 Fatal Push
1 Fetch Land
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Thoughtseize
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Gaea’s Blessing
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Terribad - 4-0 Differences

Main (6)
2 Daze
1 Fatal Push
1 Fetch Land
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Thoughtseize
Sideboard (12)
1 Cut Down
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
1 Gaea’s Blessing
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Kazuga - 3-1 Differences

Main (6)
2 Daze
1 Flusterstorm
1 Lotus Petal
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (12)
2 Duress
4 Fatal Push
1 Island
2 Mystical Dispute
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

7991ociR - 5-0 Differences

Main (6)
2 Daze
1 Fatal Push
1 Fetch Land
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Thoughtseize
Sideboard (12)
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Opposition Agent
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Soul Rend
1 Subtlety

Total Differences

Draw (10)
8 Mishra’s Bauble
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Treasure Cruise

Counters (16)
11 Daze
3 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Spell Pierce

Creatures (3)
3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Discard (6)
3 Duress
3 Thoughtseize

Removal (3)
3 Fatal Push

L⁣ands/Mana (10)
6 Fetch Lands
2 Lotus Petal
2 Watery Grave
Anti-Graveyard (28)
28 Leyline of the Void

Anti-Artifacts (2)
2 Steel Sabotage

Discard (5)
5 Duress

Draw (1)
1 Dream Salvage

Creatures (13)
1 Murktide Regent
5 Opposition Agent
7 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Lands (1)
1 Island

Counters (17)
8 Force of Negation
7 Mindbreak Trap
2 Mystical Dispute

Removal (27)
8 Cut Down
1 Dismember
1 Dress Down
8 Fatal Push
3 Soul Rend
3 Subtlety
3 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Other (2)
2 Gaea’s Blessing

Thoughts

Main Core: 54 cards Side Core: 3 cards


discoverN is back to being the only one championing Mishra’s Bauble. The more I play it the less sure I am of it. Slowtrip that it is, it’s still free draw and most other players are only playing 1, and sometimes 0, extra pieces of draw.


All the numbers this week are such slight changes. A little less Creatures and Removal, and a little bit more of Lands and Discard. Kazuga decided to ignore Anti-Graveyard cards in favor of a clean sideboard that deals with big problems in a broad way. It was only there for one day, but discoverN playing [[Dream Salvage]] made me first look up what the hell it was. Then I got excited to try it. If I get six cards against Bazaar one day, it will be worth the money I spent on the foil copy I ordered.


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Best of luck to everyone playing this weekend!
Remember: Always Be Casting Doomsday.
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