Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2026-03-08

Cats and Fish.

Thursday Challenge

FILHO_DO_MOL (26TH PLACE)

Sunday Challenge

M_HIMUKAI (3RD PLACE)

COMBO-BOY (11TH PLACE)

CHO_MANNO (28TH PLACE)

League

Core and Differences

Main Core: 48 cards Side Core: 4 cards

Core

// CoreCombo (6)
4 Doomsday
2 Thassa’s Oracle

// Counter (5)
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep

// Creature (4)
4 Psychic Frog

// Draw (11)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Dig Through Time
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
4 Ponder
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Cruise
// LandsMana (20)
1 Black Lotus
4 Dark Ritual
7 Fetch Lands
1 Island
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Undercity Sewers
4 Underground Sea

// Tutor (2)
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Demonic Tutor

// AntiGraveyard (4)
4 Leyline of the Void

// Removal (2)
2 Unable to Scream

Filho_do_MOL - 26th Place Differences

Main (12)
1 Daze
2 Fetch Lands
1 Necropotence
4 Preordain
3 Spell Pierce
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
4 Commandeer
2 Hullbreacher
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Yixlid Jailer

m_himukai - 3rd Place Differences

Main (12)
1 Daze
2 Fetch Lands
3 Flusterstorm
1 Mishra’s Bauble
3 Preordain
1 Unable to Scream
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
1 Consign to Memory
2 Force of Negation
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Thoughtseize
2 Yixlid Jailer

COMBO-BOY - 11th Place Differences

Main (12)
1 Daze
2 Fetch Lands
1 Necropotence
4 Preordain
3 Spell Pierce
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (9)
3 Commandeer
3 Hullbreacher
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Yixlid Jailer

Cho_Manno - 28th Place Differences

Main (12)
1 Dress Down
2 Flusterstorm
1 Island
3 Mystic Remora
3 Peek
1 Swamp
1 Unable to Scream
Sideboard (9)
1 Consign to Memory
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
1 Mystic Remora
4 Null Rod
1 Snuff Out
1 Unable to Scream

Total Differences

// Counter (14)
3 Daze
5 Flusterstorm
6 Spell Pierce

// Draw (20)
1 Mishra’s Bauble
3 Mystic Remora
2 Necropotence
3 Peek
11 Preordain
// LandsMana (8)
6 Fetch Lands
1 Island
1 Swamp

// Removal (3)
1 Dress Down
2 Unable to Scream

// Tutor (3)
3 Vampiric Tutor

// AntiArtifact (5)
4 Null Rod
1 Steel Sabotage

// AntiGraveyard (6)
6 Yixlid Jailer

// Counter (11)
7 Commandeer
2 Consign to Memory
2 Force of Negation

// Creature (7)
5 Hullbreacher
2 Lurrus of the Dream-Den

// Discard (1)
1 Thoughtseize

// Draw (1)
1 Mystic Remora

// Removal (5)
1 Snuff Out
3 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Unable to Scream

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 1.25
AntiGraveyard 0.00 5.50
CoreCombo 6.00 0.00
Counter 8.50 2.75
Creature 4.00 1.75
Discard 0.00 0.25
Draw 16.00 0.25
LandsMana 22.00 0.00
Removal 0.75 3.25
Tutor 2.75 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 +0.58
Anti-Graveyard ±0 +0.17
Core Combo +0.33 ±0
Counter -1.33 -0.92
Creature +0.33 +0.25
Discard -0.17 -0.08
Draw -0.17 +0.25
Lands/Mana +0.50 ±0
Removal +0.42 -0.25
Tutor +0.08 ±0

Thoughts

A couple of interesting choices to mull about this week. 4 Commandeer? Mystic Remora? Frogs instead of Wraiths? Lots of stuff being tried.


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