Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.04.23

Bauble’s back, bay-bee.

Saturday Challenge

Tsubasa_Cat – 9th Place

discoverN – 13th Place

Sunday Challenge

Tsubasa_Cat – 2nd Place

Diem4x – 11th Place

revenantkioku – 23rd Place

discoverN – 31st Place

Preliminaries

revenantkioku – 3-1

League

discoverN – 5-0

Alrawn – 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 (9)
1 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Tsubasa_Cat - 9th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
3 Mishra’s Bauble
Sideboard (6)
1 Cut Down
2 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 Soul Rend
1 Steel Sabotage

discoverN - 13th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
4 Mishra’s Bauble
Sideboard (6)
1 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
1 Opposition Agent
1 Soul Rend
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Subtlety

Tsubasa_Cat - 2nd Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
3 Mishra’s Bauble
Sideboard (6)
1 Cut Down
2 Murktide Regent
1 Opposition Agent
1 Soul Rend
1 Steel Sabotage

Diem4x - 11th Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
Sideboard (6)
2 Fatal Push
1 Opposition Agent
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

revenantkioku - 23rd Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
4 Mishra’s Bauble
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (5)
1 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
1 Soul Rend
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Subtlety

discoverN - 31st Place Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
1 Force of Negation
2 Mishra’s Bauble
1 Portent
Sideboard (6)
1 Cut Down
1 Opposition Agent
1 Soul Rend
2 Steel Sabotage
1 Subtlety

revenantkioku - 3-1 Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Spell Pierce
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (6)
1 Cut Down
1 Dream Salvage
1 Dress Down
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Steel Sabotage

discoverN - 5-0 Differences

Main (6)
1 Duress
1 Fetch Land
4 Mishra’s Bauble
Sideboard (6)
1 Cut Down
1 Force of Negation
1 Opposition Agent
1 Soul Rend
1 Steel Sabotage
1 Subtlety

Alrawn - 5-0 Differences

Main (6)
2 Daze
1 Fatal Push
1 Fetch Land
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Thoughtseize
Sideboard (6)
1 Duress
1 Fatal Push
1 Gaea’s Blessing
1 Opposition Agent
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Steel Sabotage

Total Differences

L⁣ands/Mana (9)
7 Fetch Lands
2 Watery Grave

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

Draw (23)
20 Mishra’s Bauble
1 Portent
2 Sleight of Hand

Discard (9)
8 Duress
1 Thoughtseize

Creatures (1)
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Removal (1)
1 Fatal Push
Anti-Artifacts (9)
9 Steel Sabotage

Discard (1)
1 Duress

Draw (1)
1 Dream Salvage

Creatures (16)
4 Murktide Regent
7 Opposition Agent
5 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Counters (3)
3 Force of Negation

Removal (22)
7 Cut Down
1 Dress Down
3 Fatal Push
6 Soul Rend
4 Subtlety
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Other (1)
1 Gaea’s Blessing

Thoughts

Main Core: 54 cards Side Core: 9 cards

It’s been well over a month since we had this many cards similar between sides.


Mishra’s Bauble numbers are up, but getting a bit more flexible. I’m curious as to why discoverN put Portent back in – the answer is likely Blue count. Tsubasa_Cat trimming one for Flusterstorm makes sense. discoverN chose Force of Negation. Everyone played discard, and maindeck Sheoldred is on a sharp decline.


Removal, Discard and Counters increased a bit this week. Multiple Force of Negations in the side tells me that with Shops on the rise, trimming a Bauble or two for Force of Negation is good. I expect Steel Sabotage to be a little more useful in the coming weeks with Jewel Shops still doing well and people going in on Prison Shops as well. The only question is if Breach decks, in Lurrus and traditional Grixis come back, and if so that will put a hurting on Doomsday’s numbers.


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