Balancing 'Tings

Amaterasu · Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 70

Has anyone else tried the deck??
I tried it out a few days ago, and found it to be amazing! it tends to completely dominate aggro but has a bit of trouble with control match ups, but that's easily fixed with a simple quickened balancing act or taping mana at eot with ice or, still yet, remanding counterspells!

yavin1 · Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 143

i could be wrong but isn't balancing tings insideous dreams + draco + that card that makes u reveal the top card of ure library and deal dmg equal to itst converted mana cost to target player

kby · Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 145

No

Balencing Tings is the following, or use to be:

-Obliderate
-Balancing Act
-Sac lands that produce enemy color of land it regular taps for
-Terrivore

...now i could be wrong... but this was the deck...

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found a link! here is a list of the deck a while back, but a while ago.
http://www.magic-league.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=3790

googa · Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 35

yavin is sorta right...

the "new" tings lists use insideous dreams with the traditional tings package, and throw in the uber-combo of draco + erratic explosion. it's really quite good and plays numerous cantrips to be able to tings at eot with quicken and set up the lotus bloom + terravore on the top of ur deck. can always play the control game with fire/ice, remand, tings, etc.

st4x · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 358

the deck is really hard to play so mos of the people here who have tried it probbaly suck with it.

Amaterasu · Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 70

Aditeojr · Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 29

i play tings quite often......

aggro could be quite heavy if u do not find balancing tings quickly (even with moment's peace)

against control (duress, seedtime, mana short, chant)

hardest match-ups are by far the psychatog and G/x madness (psychatog on table even if u resolve tings or obliterate they will discard all to teeth and u cannot paly terra, same with aquamoeba or mongrel) ..and also duress/therapy wrecks you.....
counterspell are teh last thing u could care.....

Insidious comes in for FoF......and brings draco..because most decks run duals, and agro is easily beaten by this combo (draco , erratic)

Amaterasu · Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 70

Amaterasu · Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 70

has anyone worked on a better list for T'ings?? Just wondering...

lahiri89 · Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 11

I've been playing T'ings for over a year and it still is my favourite deck. My decklist:

20 Saclads
3 Timberland Ruins

4 Lotus Bloom
4 Chromatic Star
4 Terrarion
1 Quicken
3 Mana Short
4 Moment's Peace
3 Balancing Act
4 Burning Wish
3 Insidious Dreams
2 Anurid Brushhopper
1 Nimble Mongoose
4 Terravore

SIDEBOARD
1 Balancing Act
1 Mana Short
3 Obliterate
1 Roar of the Wurm
3 Krosan Grip
1 Bitter Ordeal
2 Tangle
3 Sudden Shock (this because I lost my last top 8 against Counterbalance: he played two Meddling Mages for Balancing Act and Obliterate... twice... however now there is Gaddock Teeg, too. Something like Sudden Shock is needed)

R3wind · Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 884

Would Sudden Death be better then Sudden Shock. It does also kill Loxodon, Teferi, and other stuff.

lahiri89 · Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 11

Actually Loxodon is not a problem for T'ings because you can just reset the game with Balancing Act. The same for Teferi.
So the creatures that are really a problem for this decks are Meddling Mage and Gaddock (or Wild Mongrel and Psychoatog that empty opponent's hand).
In addition to this the cost of Sudden Death is 1BB so it is harder to play.
However this is my choice and I don't know if it is the best one!

R3wind · Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 884

I understand that it is harder to cast. My point is that you can not combo off when you are looking at a Mage and Counterbalance. Most players that have played vs 'tingz will set the Counterbalance at 2 in case of Sudden Shock. So I would play the undervalued card. Most control decks are going to have the Counter-Top combo in the deck. Sometimes undervauled cards are great in the sb. In my experiance the undervauled cards only become underpowered if the match is 3 out of 5. That is only going to matter in very high level play when you are going to have your deck so tested, tuned, and teched (the three "T's" of deck building) that you may have even more "rouge" cards in your sb or you will take a much more standard sb method.

lennin · Guest

tings is bad, and really hard to play

lahiri89 · Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 11

I agree, T'ings is hard to play, but it is very good... if you don't like it, don't play it Smile