Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2023.10.15

Three decks, two players, one Watery Grave.

Saturday Challenge

XShockWaveX – 6th Place

ecobaronen – 12th Place

League

XShockWaveX – 5-0

Core and Differences

Main Core: 55 cards Side Core: 7 cards

Core

Core-Combo (6)
4 Doomsday
2 Thassa’s Oracle

Counter (9)
2 Daze
2 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep

Draw (16)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Dig Through Time
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
1 Necropotence
1 Ponder
4 Preordain
4 Street Wraith
1 Time Walk

L⁣ands/Mana (20)
1 Black Lotus
4 Dark Ritual
8 Fetch Lands
1 Island
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Underground Sea

Tutor (4)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (7)
1 Duress
1 Island
1 Mindbreak Trap
4 Steel Sabotage

XShockWaveX - 6th Place Differences

Main (5)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Fetch Lands
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Peek
Sideboard (8)
1 Flusterstorm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

ecobaronen - 12th Place Differences

Main (5)
1 Sleight of Hand
2 Spell Pierce
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Watery Grave
Sideboard (8)
3 Cut Down
1 Daze
1 Duress
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Snuff Out

XShockWaveX - 5-0 Differences

Main (5)
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Fetch Lands
1 Force of Negation
1 Mystical Dispute
1 Peek
Sideboard (8)
1 Flusterstorm
1 Hurkyl’s Recall
4 Leyline of the Void
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Total Differences

L⁣ands/Mana (3)
2 Fetch Lands
1 Watery Grave

Counters (6)
2 Force of Negation
2 Mystical Dispute
2 Spell Pierce

Draw (4)
2 Peek
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Treasure Cruise

Removal (2)
2 Chain of Vapor
Sideboard (24)
3 Cut Down
1 Daze
1 Duress
2 Flusterstorm
2 Hurkyl’s Recall
8 Leyline of the Void
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Snuff Out
4 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Main Averages Side Averages
CoreCombo 6.0 Discard 1.33
Counter 11.0 Counter 2.33
Draw 17.33 AntiArtifact 4.67
LandsMana 21.0 LandsMana 1.0
Removal 0.67 Removal 3.0
Tutor 4.0 AntiGraveyard 2.67
Main Difference Side Difference
Counter +0.17 Counter +0.33
Creature ±0 Creature -1.00
Discard -0.33 Discard +1.17
Lands/Mana +0.33
Removal +0.17 Removal -0.67
Anti-Artifact +1.17
Anti-Graveyard -1.33

Thoughts

The cycle continues. Doomsday having problems with Wasteland decks and those decks are prevalent. Less win-rate, less people play, less people place.
Unless something gets printed that finds a permanent home in Doomsday, this cycle is going to repeat for the coming years. And that’s fine. As much as I love playing Doomsday, I don’t want it to be the only good deck in the format.

There’s not much to add this week except that Dredge seeing an uptick (as it’s good versus Orcs), means I wouldn’t go taking Leyline of the Void out of your sideboard anytime soon.

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