[question] Are TNT decks still playable?

[Alucard]

Hello. As you can see this is my 1st post. I never really made my own deck when playing this game, but I'd like to start. I know majority of the basics and such, and still learning as we speak. The last time I played this game a friend of mine let me use his TNT deck, and I liked it very much. (That was about a year or 2 ago)

So I'm wondering if TNT decks are still playable. If not, are there any decks similar to it that can be competitive? And how would one go about building their own deck? (can I get a sample if possible) Thanks in advance.

[Ifflejink]

Unfortunately, traditional TnT decks aren't exactly viable anymore, primarily due to metagame shifts and the recent restriction of Trinisphere. However, if you're looking for something similar to TnT, you could try a Type 1 variant of Welder-Survival. Here's a list I've been working on. It's five proxy, so it doesn't run power, but it does have decent matchups.

2 Mountain
4 Forest
4 Taiga
4 Wooded Foothills
2 Darksteel Citadel
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
1 Black Lotus
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Goblin Welder
1 Viridian Zealot
1 Shield Sphere
1 Platinum Angel
2 Sundering Titan
1 Triskelion
1 Duplicant
4 Sphere of Resistance
4 Xantid Swarm
1 Genesis
1 Anger
4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
4 Bazaar of Baghdad
4 Survival of the Fittest

As you can see, this is a Survival deck rather then a Workshop/Survival deck. It has some disadvantages over TnT, such as it's lower artifact count, but it has much more draw, faster access to green mana for Survival, and it's five proxy.
Some questionable choices-
Sphere of Resistance- Ups the artifact count, helps the game against combo, and doesn't affect you that much.
Xantid Swarm- Protection against control, both pitchable and tutorable with Survival, and is recurable with Genesis.
Genesis- Recurs Welders, Xantids, Viridian Zealot, and any other creature you may need to use. It can even be used as an expensive Squee in a pinch.
Birds of Paradise- Provides decent mana acceleration, pitchable to Survival.
Viridian Zealot- Destorys both artifacts and enchantments, can be used the turn it comes into play, recurable with Genesis.
Darksteel Citadel- Ups artifact count, indestructible.
Shield Sphere- Primarily used in situations where you have Survival but no artifacts in play.

I hope this helps, and good luck finding the deck you're looking for!