Vintage Doomsday Deck List Analysis for 2026-08-23

Three decks and something… interesting.

Thursday Challenge

GUSTI99 (22ND PLACE)

UNEMPLOYMENT (32ND PLACE)

Sunday Challenge 16

SINGPANMAN (3RD PLACE)

Sunday Challenge

CHESSNIGHT5030 (14TH PLACE)

Core and Differences

Main Core: 35 cards Side Core: 2 cards

Core

// CoreCombo (3)
2 Doomsday
1 Thassa’s Oracle

// Counter (6)
1 Flusterstorm
4 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep

// Draw (9)
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Gush
4 Ponder
1 Time Walk
// LandsMana (16)
1 Black Lotus
8 Fetch Lands
1 Island
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Underground Sea

// Tutor (1)
1 Demonic Tutor

// Counter (2)
2 Consign to Memory

gusti99 - 22nd Place Differences

Main (25)
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Dark Ritual
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
2 Doomsday
2 Flow State
2 Flusterstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa’s Oracle
1 The Fantasticar
1 Thoughtseize
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (13)
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Long Goodbye
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
1 Null Rod
1 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage

unemployment - 32nd Place Differences

Main (25)
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Dark Ritual
1 Daze
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
2 Doomsday
2 Flow State
2 Flusterstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Necropotence
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa’s Oracle
1 The Fantasticar
1 Thoughtseize
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (13)
1 Fatal Push
1 Force of Negation
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Long Goodbye
1 Mindbreak Trap
2 Murktide Regent
1 Null Rod
1 Snuff Out
1 Steel Sabotage

SingPanMan - 3rd Place Differences

Main (25)
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Dig Through Time
2 Doomsday
1 Duress
3 Flow State
2 Force of Negation
4 Preordain
1 Spell Pierce
4 Street Wraith
1 Thassa’s Oracle
1 Undercity Sewers
Sideboard (13)
2 Council of Reeds
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Long Goodbye
1 Snuff Out
2 Steel Sabotage
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Unable to Scream

ChessNight5030 - 14th Place Differences

Main (25)
4 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
1 Flusterstorm
3 Force of Negation
1 Lórien Revealed
2 Mishra’s Bauble
4 Psychic Frog
1 Raffine’s Tower
1 Swamp
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Tundra
1 Urza’s Saga
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard (13)
2 Commandeer
1 Consign to Memory
4 Containment Priest
1 Flusterstorm
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
4 Orcish Bowmasters

Total Differences

// CoreCombo (11)
6 Doomsday
3 Thassa’s Oracle
2 The Fantasticar

// Counter (13)
2 Daze
5 Flusterstorm
5 Force of Negation
1 Spell Pierce

// Creature (8)
4 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
4 Psychic Frog

// Discard (3)
1 Duress
2 Thoughtseize

// Draw (31)
3 Dig Through Time
7 Flow State
1 Lórien Revealed
2 Mishra’s Bauble
2 Necropotence
4 Preordain
12 Street Wraith
// LandsMana (20)
12 Dark Ritual
1 Raffine’s Tower
1 Swamp
2 Tundra
3 Undercity Sewers
1 Urza’s Saga

// Removal (6)
2 Chain of Vapor
4 Swords to Plowshares

// Tutor (8)
3 Demonic Consultation
2 Mystical Tutor
3 Vampiric Tutor

// AntiArtifact (6)
2 Null Rod
4 Steel Sabotage

// AntiGraveyard (16)
4 Containment Priest
12 Leyline of the Void

// Counter (8)
2 Commandeer
1 Consign to Memory
1 Flusterstorm
2 Force of Negation
2 Mindbreak Trap

// Creature (11)
2 Council of Reeds
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
4 Murktide Regent
4 Orcish Bowmasters

// Removal (11)
2 Fatal Push
3 Long Goodbye
3 Snuff Out
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
2 Unable to Scream

Type Main Avg Side Avg
AntiArtifact 0.00 1.50
AntiGraveyard 0.00 4.00
CoreCombo 5.75 0.00
Counter 9.25 4.00
Creature 2.00 2.75
Discard 0.75 0.00
Draw 16.75 0.00
LandsMana 21.00 0.00
Removal 1.50 2.75
Tutor 3.00 0.00
Type Main Difference Side Difference
Anti-Artifact ±0 -1.25
Anti-Graveyard ±0 -0.38
Core Combo -0.63 ±0
Counter -0.13 +2.25
Creature +1.00 +1.38
Discard +0.38 ±0
Draw -1.13 -0.25
Lands/Mana ±0 -0.25
Removal +0.75 -1.50
Tutor -0.25 ±0

Thoughts

I might have to cut off these 2 copy of Doomsday decks. I gave it a run this week and most of the time I simply cut Doomsday and Oracle post board to lean more into the Lurrus Control angle. But that’s another story for another time.

Council of Reeds! Now that’s some good shit.


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