Re: Crazy Balance deck

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: : I've just moved and people here play with stuff like 4 Sol Ring, 4 Wheel, 4 Dem. Tutor, etc. only thing that they play 1 is Mind Twist. I need to get them somehow to play type 1 (4 Sol Rings are wild), but I need some completely broken deck to demostrate the power of cards. I know about one - Timewalk deck (usually wins in 1 turn, sometimes in 2-3), but I don't have the cards (the deck has 4 of each of these: Ancestral Recall, Timewalk, Library of Alexandria, Timetwister, Fork, Mox Ruby, Mox Sapphire, etc. - this is the core of the deck). Recently I've traded away my second LoA (now I have only 1 left). I've thought about a Balance deck, which should be pretty devastating. Almost everybody plays counterspells (it could hurt, but not if I put in enough must-counter stuff). : : This is a sketch: : : Artifacts (14): : : 1 Black Lotus : : 1 Mox Ruby : : 1 Moss Diamond : : 1 Marble Diamond (these two Diamonds should be Moxes, but since I don't have them, I use these) : : 4 Sol Ring (he he he) : : 4 The Rack : : 1 Zuran Orb (maybe one more?) : : 1 Candelabra of Tawnos : : Green (2): : : 1 Regrowth : : 1 Sylvan Library : : Red (11): : : 4 Incinerate : : 3 Fireball : : 4 Lightning Bolt : : White (8): : : 4 Balance (obviously) : : 2 Moat (to hold off critters, and at least this or Balance should go off uncountered; although I'm not sure because of Mishra's Factories; or possibly replace with Icy Manipulators?) : : 2 Disenchant (I'm thinking about using Aura of Silence because I don't have to hold Aura in hand, I can just play it and wait; if Aura didn't have 2 white in cc, it would definitely go in) : : Blue (1): : : 1 Ancestral Recall (if I only had multiples of these :-0) : : Black (4): : : 3 Demonic Tutor : : 1 Mind Twist : : Multi-color (2): : : 2 Stormbind (to go down to 0 cards in response when Balance is cast; maybe I should use Cursed Scrolls) : : Lands (18): : : 4 City of Brass : : 1 Maze of Ith : : 2 Mishra's Factories : : 2 Undiscovered Paradise : : 1 Plateau (I definitely need to get more of these) : : 2 Savannah : : 2 Tundra : : 2 Badlands : : 1 Tropical Island : : 1 Scrubland : : I still need to get the right mana ratio, but so far it shouldn't be a problem - all but the Moat and Stormbind cost only 1 colored mana. : : If a Disk ever goes off, it would really hurt, but I have 2 Disenchants, 3 Tutors and Regrowth...and nobody here plays Disks anyway (don't ask me why). : : I know that Mind Twist and Ancestral don't go very well with Balance, but since almost everybody is playing with counterspells, this will be either one or the other spell, so I need more must-counter threats (and, btw, I can shoot anything from hand right away after Ancestral). : : I would really appreciate help on this deck. Thanks. : I have a deck that is based on 4 balances too. : The only difference is that I use more black in my deck and less red. : My deck also goes more towards speed than yours does. : 4- balances : 2- mystical tutors : 2- vampiric tutors : 1- demonic tutor : 3- hypnotic specters : 1- underworld dreams : 1- regrowth : 1- wheel of fortune : 1- sol ring : 1- zuron orb : 3- dark ritual : 1- black lotus : 2- cursed scroll : 2- disenchant : 3- mind twist : 4- lightning bolt : 1- psionic blast : 4- the rack : 4 mox diamond( yes mox diamond... this card is unbelievable in balance decks) : (Hand drops faster, mana of any color, doesn't leave when balance is cast) : 4-gemstone mine(dies after 3 uses, helps keep a low land total for balance, mana of any color : 4- scrubland : 1- volcanic island, bayou, savannah, strip mine, tundra, badlands. : the rest of the land are swamps and plains.. : try using it... I've never lost with this deck. : It is illegal, but.....