Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2026-03-01
- Eric
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- on Mar 02, 2026
Can you guess what card made its first appearance this past week?
Thursday Challenge
Saturday Challenge
League
Core and Differences
Main Core: 48 cards Side Core: 6 cards
Core
| // CoreCombo (5) 4 Doomsday 1 Thassa's Oracle // Counter (8) 3 Flusterstorm 4 Force of Will 1 Mental Misstep // Draw (13) 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Brainstorm 1 Dig Through Time 1 Gitaxian Probe 1 Gush 4 Ponder 2 Preordain 1 Time Walk 1 Treasure Cruise | // LandsMana (21) 1 Black Lotus 4 Dark Ritual 8 Fetch Lands 1 Island 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Undercity Sewers 4 Underground Sea // Tutor (1) 1 Demonic Tutor // AntiGraveyard (4) 4 Leyline of the Void // Removal (2) 2 Unable to Scream |
Asa_Akira - 4th Place Differences
| Main (12) 1 Daze 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Fetch Lands 1 Necropotence 2 Preordain 4 Psychic Frog 1 Thassa's Oracle 1 Vampiric Tutor | Sideboard (9) 4 Commandeer 2 Hullbreacher 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 2 Yixlid Jailer |
Xenowan - 5th Place Differences
Chocolate_Branco - 5th Place Differences
| Main (12) 1 Daze 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Fetch Lands 1 Necropotence 2 Preordain 4 Psychic Frog 1 Thassa's Oracle 1 Vampiric Tutor | Sideboard (9) 4 Commandeer 2 Hullbreacher 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 2 Yixlid Jailer |
Xenowan - 9th Place Differences
_SickDraw - 29th Place Differences
| Main (12) 1 Demonic Consultation 2 Force of Negation 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Necropotence 1 Preordain 4 Street Wraith 1 Thassa's Oracle 1 Thoughtseize | Sideboard (9) 3 Consign to Memory 1 Hurkyl's Recall 2 Mindbreak Trap 1 Null Rod 2 Unable to Scream |
ice_nine_BIGFAN - 5-0 Differences
| Main (12) 1 Daze 1 Demonic Consultation 1 Fetch Lands 1 Necropotence 2 Preordain 4 Psychic Frog 1 Thassa's Oracle 1 Vampiric Tutor | Sideboard (9) 3 Commandeer 3 Hullbreacher 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 2 Yixlid Jailer |
Total Differences
| // CoreCombo (4) 4 Thassa's Oracle // Counter (11) 3 Daze 8 Force of Negation // Creature (22) 20 Psychic Frog 2 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Discard (1) 1 Thoughtseize // Draw (19) 4 Mishra's Bauble 4 Necropotence 7 Preordain 4 Street Wraith | // LandsMana (3) 3 Fetch Lands // Removal (2) 2 Unable to Scream // Tutor (10) 4 Demonic Consultation 3 Mystical Tutor 3 Vampiric Tutor // AntiArtifact (4) 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Null Rod 2 Steel Sabotage // AntiGraveyard (8) 2 Nihil Spellbomb 6 Yixlid Jailer // Counter (22) 11 Commandeer 5 Consign to Memory 6 Mindbreak Trap // Creature (9) 7 Hullbreacher 2 Lurrus of the Dream-Den // Discard (2) 2 Thoughtseize // Removal (9) 2 Snuff Out 3 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale 4 Unable to Scream |
| Type | Main Avg | Side Avg |
|---|---|---|
| AntiArtifact | 0.00 | 0.67 |
| AntiGraveyard | 0.00 | 5.33 |
| CoreCombo | 5.67 | 0.00 |
| Counter | 9.83 | 3.67 |
| Creature | 3.67 | 1.50 |
| Discard | 0.17 | 0.33 |
| Draw | 16.17 | 0.00 |
| LandsMana | 21.50 | 0.00 |
| Removal | 0.33 | 3.50 |
| Tutor | 2.67 | 0.00 |
| Type | Main Difference | Side Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-Artifact | ±0 | -0.33 |
| Anti-Graveyard | ±0 | +0.33 |
| Core Combo | -0.33 | ±0 |
| Counter | -0.17 | +1.17 |
| Creature | +1.67 | +1.00 |
| Discard | +0.17 | -0.67 |
| Draw | -0.83 | ±0 |
| Lands/Mana | ±0 | -0.50 |
| Removal | -0.17 | -1.00 |
| Tutor | -0.33 | ±0 |
Thoughts
Eleven copies of Commandeer out of nowhere.
That might explain why Psychic Frog instead of Street Wraith in these lists. I tend to prefer having Wraith instead of Necropotence if I'm not going to play Lurrus, but interesting choices nonetheless.
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