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Aug 1 – Oct 29, 2026 · 6,531 decks · 698 events · updated Oct 29

control · Balancing Act

Balancing Tings

0.1% of decks (#63)±0.0 pts9 decks, 2 winsmedian list €2,319

Key cards

  • Balancing Act, art by Scott M. Fischer

    100% · 3.0×

  • Orim's Chant, art by Kev Walker

    100% · 3.0×

  • Burning Wish, art by Scott M. Fischer

    100% · 4.0×

  • Quiet Speculation, art by John Avon

    100% · 2.0×

  • Lion's Eye Diamond, art by Margaret Organ-Kean

    100% · 4.0×

  • Roar of the Wurm, art by Kev Walker

    100% · 4.0×

Share of lists playing each card main deck, and copies when played. Card art by Scott M. Fischer, Kev Walker, John Avon, Margaret Organ-Kean; images from Scryfall, ©Wizards of the Coast.

What changed

No big changes to report: no card moved by 20 points or more across months with at least 20 lists.

The list over time

Share of Balancing Tings lists playing each card (main deck), by month (last 12 months). Cards that moved most are on top; basic lands are left out.

MainSideboard
MonthWeek
% of listsAvg copies
Balancing Tings main deck: % of lists playing each card, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. Rows grouped Moving, Flex and Core; n = card lists per month.
20252026
CardNovn=1Decn=1Jan (ban-list change: Parallax Tide banned (2026-01-18))n=1Febn=6Marn=0Aprn=1Mayn=2Junn=0Juln=3Augn=2Sepn=1Octn=0Nov→Sep
Moving · inclusion swung ≥ 20 points
Ancient Spring0100100100–0100–100100100–+100
Deep Analysis000100–0100–100100100–+100
Lion's Eye Diamond000100–0100–100100100–+100
Lotus Petal000100–0100–100100100–+100
Quiet Speculation000100–0100–100100100–+100
Roar of the Wurm000100–0100–100100100–+100
Svyelunite Temple00083–0100–67100100–+100
Abeyance00017–0100–67100100–+100
Chain of Vapor0000–00–0100100–+100
Intuition00033–00–330100–+100
Dwarven Ruins100100100100–100100–670100–±0
Fire // Ice1000067–100100–67100100–±0
Crystal Vein10010010067–1000–330100–±0
Orim's Chant1000017–100100–67100100–±0
Barbed Sextant1000067–1000–330100–±0
Geothermal Crevice00083–0100–671000–±0
Recoup00083–0100–100500–±0
Ravaged Highlands00017–0100–671000–±0
Seafloor Debris00017–0100–671000–±0
Careful Study00017–0100–33500–±0
Draco01001000–00–000–±0
Erratic Explosion01001000–00–000–±0
Insidious Dreams01001000–00–000–±0
Overmaster01001000–00–000–±0
Sungrass Egg01001000–00–000–±0
Timberland Ruins01001000–00–000–±0
Grizzly Fate00017–050–000–±0
Swords to Plowshares00067–00–000–±0
Frantic Search0000–00–0500–±0
Powder Keg0000–00–0500–±0
Urza's Bauble00017–00–3300–±0
Ray of Revelation0000–00–3300–±0
Volcanic Spray0000–00–3300–±0
Anurid Brushhopper10010010050–1000–000–−100
Obliterate10010010017–1000–3300–−100
Chromatic Sphere1001001000–1000–000–−100
Havenwood Battleground1001001000–1000–000–−100
Terravore1001001000–1000–000–−100
Tinder Wall1001001000–1000–000–−100
Irrigation Ditch1000067–1000–000–−100
Flex slots · 2 cards
Elvish Spirit Guide00017–00–000–±0
Gamble00017–00–000–±0

Core · in ≥ 84% of lists every month · 5 cards · show as rows

0%100% of listsn = card lists that month (dimmed under 50; months under 20 are faded and ignored for grouping). ⊘ = ban-list change. Select a cell to see those decks.

Share of the field

Nov 2025 – Oct 2026; the shaded band is the selected range, dashed lines are ban-list changes.

View as table
Balancing Tings share of the field by month
MonthShare
Nov 20250.1%
Dec 20250.1%
Jan 20260.1%
Feb 20260.4%
Mar 20260.1%
Apr 20260.0%
May 20260.2%
Jun 20260.0%
Jul 20260.1%
Aug 20260.2%
Sep 20260.1%
Oct 20260.1%

Cost to build

€2,319 median of 3 lists

80% of lists cost €2,250–€2,426 (range €2,233–€2,453). Cheapest printings, Cardmarket 2026-10-30.

Where the money goes

Lion's Eye Diamond is 83% of the cost. Lists without it →

Typical list (closest to the average): Pedro Rodrigues, Domingão do Atogão at Nacional @ São Paulo (Brazil) (opens MTGTop8) · €2,233

Results 9

Aug 2026 – Oct 2026

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Decks and events open on tcdecks.net or MTGTop8. Price: the list (main + sideboard) at each card's cheapest Cardmarket printing (2026-10-30); ≈ when a card has no price; – when the deck has no card list.

About this data: variant names, source labels, classification

Variant names

MTGTop8 deck names

  • Balancing Act3

Source labels

names the sources gave decks mapped here

  • Balancing Tings9

How decks were classified

see Methodology

  • tcdecks label9