Vintage Doomsday Removal Comparison

Last Updated August 12, 2024

Psychic Frog has changed Vintage. This is leading more reason to run Fatal Push with an extra piece for Mono-White Initiative. As long as Lurrus is one of the highest-played decks, Fatal Push will serve Doomsday better. I only worry that this makes us more susceptible to 3-drops out of BUG, but this is why we play counterspells.

✅ : Will almost always kill the creature.
🚫 : Will never kill the creature.
❓ : Conditionally can kill the creature.

Creatures that Doomsday Wants to Remove

✅ 🚫 ❓
Fatal Push 7 7 0
Revolt Fatal Push 14 0 0
Cut Down 8 4 2
Dismember 12 0 2
Snuff Out 9 5 0
Soul Rend 4 10 0
Ray of Enfeeblement 6 7 1
Long Goodbye 12 2 0
Creature Fatal Push Revolt Push Cut Down Dismember Snuff Out Soul Rend Ray of Enfeeblement Long Goodbye
Saga Construct ✅ ✅ ❓ ❓ ✅ 🚫 ❓ ✅
Psychic Frog ✅ ✅ ❓ ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅
Orcish Bowmasters ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅ ✅
Hullbreacher 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅
Archon of Emeria 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Anointed Peacekeeper 🚫 ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Collector Ouphe ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅
Lodestone Golem 🚫 ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Phyrexian Revoker ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 🚫 ✅ 🚫 ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫
Leovold, Emissary of Trest 🚫 ✅ 🚫 ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Opposition Agent 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅

Note on "Wants to Remove":

There are a few creatures, such as Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, Deathrite Shaman, and Dreadhorde Arcanist, which are not good for Doomsday, but fall into an "Incidental" category. You'll usually have removal for other things in those decks (Collector Ouphe, Lavinia, Azorius Renegade) that will work fine in the cases you need to get rid of them.

Top 50 Played Vintage Creatures

✅ 🚫 ❓
Fatal Push 22 30 0
Revolt Push 41 11 0
Cut Down 27 19 6
Dismember 41 5 6
Snuff Out 33 19 0
Soul Rend 14 38 0
Ray of Enfeeblement 23 24 5
Long Goodbye 32 20 0
Creature Fatal Push Revolt Push Cut Down Dismember Snuff Out Soul Rend Ray of Enfeeblement Long Goodbye
Saga Construct ✅ ✅ ❓ ❓ ✅ 🚫 ❓ ✅
Psychic Frog ✅ ✅ ❓ ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅
Lurrus of the Dream-Den 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅
Phyrexian Metamorph 🚫 ✅ ❓ ❓ ✅ 🚫 ❓ 🚫
Wurmcoil Engine 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫
Containment Priest ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Orcish Bowmasters ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅ ✅
Orc Army ✅ ✅ ❓ ❓ 🚫 🚫 ❓ ✅
Argentum Masticore 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫
White Plume Adventurer 🚫 ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Seasoned Dungeoneer 🚫 ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫
Hullbreacher 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅
Chancellor of the Annex 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫
Archon of Emeria 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Witch Enchanter 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫
Anointed Peacekeeper 🚫 ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Archon of Absolution 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫
Thassa's Oracle ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅
Deathrite Shaman ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅
Collector Ouphe ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅
Street Wraith 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫
Atraxa, Grand Unifier 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅ 🚫 🚫
Lodestone Golem 🚫 ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫
Sphinx of the Steel Wind 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅ 🚫 🚫
Patchwork Automaton ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅
Grief 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫
Golos, Tireless Pilgrim 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅
Hollow One 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Narcomoeba ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅
Shambling Shell 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅ ✅
Serra's Emissary 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫
Ichorid 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅ 🚫
Golgari Thug ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅ ✅
Golgari Grave-Troll 🚫 🚫 ❓ ❓ ✅ 🚫 ❓ 🚫
Stinkweed Imp 🚫 ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅
Prized Amalgam 🚫 ✅ 🚫 ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅
Knight of Infamy ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅ ✅
Phyrexian Revoker ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 🚫 ✅ 🚫 ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫
Stonecoil Serpent ✅ ✅ ❓ ❓ ✅ 🚫 ❓ ✅
Snapcaster Mage ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅
Endurance 🚫 ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅
Leovold, Emissary of Trest 🚫 ✅ 🚫 ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅
Yixlid Jailer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 ✅ ✅
Haywire Mite ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅
Dauntless Dismantler ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Basking Rootwalla ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅
Troll of Khazad-dum 🚫 🚫 🚫 ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅
Vengevine 🚫 ✅ 🚫 ✅ ✅ 🚫 🚫 🚫

October 23rd, 2023 Notes

Metas change, and it's worth checking out what Removal Spells do the job.
You may not agree with the Removal listed, or what counts as "Important" to Doomsday. And if you do, let me know!

I still favor Cut Down over Fatal Push as it cleanly gets rid of the 3 mana creatures that can stop Doomsday from operating. Relying on Fetch Lands for Revolt is not great. If you're playing multiple Mishra's Baubles, this of course changes things. Dismember versus Snuff Out is an interesting comparison, but being absolutely free against Mono-White Initiative matters a lot.

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