Legacy Doomsday
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Doomsday has climbed from ~4.9% to 9.9% of the Legacy metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~4.9% to 9.9% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Doomsday cards
Cards gaining share within Doomsday vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teferi, Time Raveler | New | 7% | +6.6% |
| Duress | 12% | 21% | +9.4% |
| Bloodstained Mire | 31% | 36% | +5.1% |
| Tundra | 5% | 8% | +3.4% |
| Engineered Explosives | New | 5% | +4.9% |
| Snow-Covered Swamp | 7% | 13% | +6% |
| Flow State | 71% | 90% | +18.7% |
| Snow-Covered Island | 7% | 13% | +6% |
| Night's Whisper | 5% | 10% | +5.1% |
| Scrubland | 5% | 8% | +3.4% |
| Marsh Flats | 21% | 26% | +4.8% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orcish Bowmasters | 10% | 46% | +36.4% |
| Jace, Wielder of Mysteries | 48% | 69% | +21.2% |
| Thoughtseize | 7% | 16% | +9.3% |
| Prismatic Ending | 2% | 8% | +5.8% |
| Engineered Explosives | 17% | 30% | +12.8% |
| Phyrexian Arena | New | 7% | +6.6% |
| Swords to Plowshares | 5% | 11% | +6.7% |
| Fatal Push | 48% | 59% | +11.4% |
| Snuff Out | 7% | 16% | +9.3% |
| Murktide Regent | 48% | 54% | +6.5% |
Typical Legacy Doomsday maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 253 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Brainstorm | 4.0 | 100% |
| Dark Ritual | 4.0 | 100% |
| Daze | 2.8 | 100% |
| Doomsday | 4.0 | 100% |
| Force of Will | 4.0 | 100% |
| Lotus Petal | 3.2 | 100% |
| Polluted Delta | 4.0 | 100% |
| Ponder | 3.9 | 100% |
| Thassa's Oracle | 1.4 | 100% |
| Underground Sea | 3.7 | 100% |
| Consider | 1.0 | 100% |
| Edge of Autumn | 1.2 | 100% |
| Lion's Eye Diamond | 1.0 | 100% |
| Street Wraith | 1.3 | 100% |
| Cavern of Souls | 1.0 | 99% |
| Undercity Sewers | 1.0 | 99% |
| Thoughtseize | 2.8 | 96% |
| Island | 1.1 | 94% |
| Flow State | 3.6 | 82% |
| Flooded Strand | 1.5 | 81% |
| Swamp | 1.0 | 80% |
| Misty Rainforest | 1.4 | 79% |
| Scalding Tarn | 1.2 | 70% |
| The Fantasticar | 3.8 | 46% |
| Mishra's Bauble | 2.5 | 37% |
| Verdant Catacombs | 1.0 | 35% |
| Marsh Flats | 1.1 | 31% |
| Duress | 1.0 | 25% |
| Bloodstained Mire | 1.1 | 25% |
| Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student | 3.7 | 25% |
| Personal Tutor | 2.1 | 19% |
| Unearth | 1.0 | 17% |
| Murktide Regent | 2.0 | 16% |
| Flusterstorm | 1.1 | 15% |
| Tropical Island | 1.1 | 13% |
| Cabal Ritual | 1.1 | 13% |
| Jace, Wielder of Mysteries | 1.0 | 13% |
| Wasteland | 2.8 | 12% |
| Bayou | 1.0 | 11% |
| Witherbloom Charm | 1.6 | 10% |
Typical Legacy Doomsday sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 253 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 253 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Force of Negation | 2.1 | 99% |
| Barrowgoyf | 3.9 | 79% |
| Consign to Memory | 1.7 | 78% |
| Dauthi Voidwalker | 2.0 | 63% |
| Long Goodbye | 1.1 | 59% |
| Fatal Push | 1.6 | 58% |
| Jace, Wielder of Mysteries | 1.0 | 51% |
| Duress | 1.2 | 28% |
| Murktide Regent | 2.0 | 22% |
| Flusterstorm | 1.2 | 18% |
| Carpet of Flowers | 2.5 | 17% |
| Bitter Triumph | 1.1 | 16% |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 2.6 | 16% |
| Hydroblast | 1.2 | 15% |
| Brazen Borrower | 1.2 | 15% |
| Surgical Extraction | 1.4 | 13% |
| Sheoldred, the Apocalypse | 1.2 | 11% |
| Engineered Explosives | 1.0 | 10% |
| Thoughtseize | 1.3 | 9% |
| Veil of Summer | 1.3 | 9% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 1.0 | 9% |
| Swords to Plowshares | 2.4 | 8% |
| Spectral Restitching | 1.2 | 7% |
| Prismatic Ending | 1.7 | 6% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 1.1 | 6% |
| Inquisition of Kozilek | 1.3 | 5% |
| Snuff Out | 1.1 | 5% |
| Tropical Island | 1.0 | 5% |
| Voice of Victory | 1.7 | 4% |
| Containment Priest | 1.6 | 4% |
| Portable Hole | 1.0 | 4% |
| Vision Charm | 1.0 | 4% |
| Cavern of Souls | 1.0 | 3% |
| Moonshadow | 4.0 | 3% |
| Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student | 1.9 | 3% |
| Witherbloom Charm | 1.1 | 3% |
| Abrupt Decay | 1.5 | 2% |
| Blue Elemental Blast | 1.3 | 2% |
| Chancellor of the Annex | 3.7 | 2% |
| Cling to Dust | 1.2 | 2% |
Doomsday Legacy FAQ
Is Doomsday good in Legacy right now?
Yes — and rising fast. Doomsday is 9.9% of Legacy decklists in the last two weeks (up 46% vs the prior window), with 4 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 3rd (7-1) at Legacy Challenge 32 on Jul 18, 2026.
What are the key cards in Legacy Doomsday?
Nearly every list runs Brainstorm, Dark Ritual, Daze, and Doomsday (99%+ of Legacy Doomsday decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 164 Dimir vs 17 Sultai lists.
What's a typical Legacy Doomsday sideboard?
The most common Legacy Doomsday sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Force of Negation (99% of lists), Barrowgoyf (79% of lists), Consign to Memory (78% of lists), and Dauthi Voidwalker (63% of lists). Orcish Bowmasters is the fastest riser, up from 10% to 46% of sideboards.
Are there different builds of Legacy Doomsday?
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Legacy Doomsday decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 703 Legacy Doomsday decklists all-time (61 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Doomsday result Jul 28, 2026.