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Squee has always been a staple in Survival decks, but what sets Survival Madness apart is that it's the only variant I know that runs multiples, aside from the occasional rogue Zombie Infestation / Survival deck. I actually started playing Premodern about a year ago, so I don't have first-hand knowledge about the early days of the format, but most current Rock decks do not run Survival while most current Elf decks do, though some actually run Food Chain instead. Anyway, on the topic of all green decks being Survival decks, that isn't really the case, though it is true that the best green cards are generally enchantments. There's Survival itself, but also Oath of Druids, Sylvan Library, and Pernicious Deed. All of these can serve as the strategic foundation of a deck, influencing all other downstream card choices during the deckbuilding process.

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Thanks, I'll look into that for future videos.

Here's the list I used in that league. There are pros and cons when compared to a more conventional rock deck, but this version feels like it's functioning a bit better. 9 Forest 5 Swamp 4 Llanowar Wastes 4 Wall of Blossoms 4 Cabal Therapy 1 City of Brass 4 Wall of Roots 1 Deranged Hermit 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob 1 Genesis 4 Duress 2 Recurring Nightmare 1 Bone Shredder 2 Natural Order 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Phantom Nishoba 1 Darigaaz's Caldera 1 Yavimaya Elder 4 Survival of the Fittest 1 Withered Wretch 1 Braids, Cabal Minion 1 Nantuko Vigilante 1 Mesmeric Fiend 1 Masticore 1 Graveborn Muse 3 Naturalize 1 Spike Feeder 2 Mesmeric Fiend 1 Uktabi Orangutan 1 Elvish Lyrist 4 Engineered Plague 2 Tsabo's Web 1 Faceless Butcher

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Glad you liked the video. In regard to that Therapy decision, leaving the Arenas in the opponent's hand would have left me vulnerable if the opponent got a discard spell before casting both Arenas, and the opponent keeping Arena around for a few turns would probably win them the game. That was the main rationale - I also had very little time to mull it over, and Decree was far from useful at that point.

4 Flooded Strand 3 Fact or Fiction 4 Counterspell 4 Swords to Plowshares 4 Adarkar Wastes 4 Standstill 2 Faerie Conclave 4 Impulse 2 Stifle 5 Island 4 Mishra's Factory 2 Plains 3 Seal of Cleansing 3 Decree of Justice 2 Dust Bowl 4 Wasteland 2 Miscalculation 2 Powder Keg 2 Parallax Tide 2 Warmth 2 Arcane Laboratory 1 Blue Elemental Blast 1 Hydroblast 2 Annul 2 Phyrexian Furnace 2 Cursed Totem 3 Teferi's Response

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed watching. I think the white splash is definitely the way to go right now. Ray of Revelation is really powerful, and it costs very little to make the splash happen. Plus, with 8 fetch lands, Sylvan Library becomes much better than it would otherwise be. I'm happy to be running 3.

For reference, here's the full list in its current form: 4 Forest 4 Wooded Foothills 3 Sylvan Library 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob 1 Genesis 4 Birds of Paradise 2 Quirion Ranger 4 Survival of the Fittest 1 Uktabi Orangutan 2 Tsabo's Web 2 Gaea's Cradle 2 Shield Sphere 2 Wall of Roots 4 Tangle Wire 1 Yavimaya Granger 2 Winter Orb 1 City of Brass 1 Masticore 1 Phyrexian Furnace 4 Goblin Welder 2 Mountain 1 Anger 2 Triskelion 1 Phyrexian Colossus 1 Deranged Hermit 1 Monk Realist 4 Windswept Heath 1 Plains 1 Ray of Revelation 4 Goblin Sharpshooter 2 Naturalize 1 Pyroblast 1 Red Elemental Blast 1 Ravenous Baloth 1 Tormod's Crypt 1 Bottle Gnomes 1 Flametongue Kavu 2 Ray of Revelation 1 Auramancer

6 Forest 8 Swamp 4 Llanowar Wastes 4 Treetop Village 4 Wall of Blossoms 2 Yavimaya Elder 4 Phyrexian Rager 4 Deranged Hermit 2 Naturalize 4 Cabal Therapy 4 Duress 2 Chainer's Edict 3 Recurring Nightmare 4 Pernicious Deed 1 Volrath's Stronghold 2 Birds of Paradise 1 Dust Bowl 1 Vendetta 4 Engineered Plague 2 Withered Wretch 1 Dust Bowl 2 Naturalize 2 Phyrexian Arena 4 Ravenous Baloth

You're right - that would have been a better play.

At that point in the game, the opponent could still have come back with Parallax Tide + Chain of Vapor, removing all my lands, bouncing the squirrel with a copy of Chain, and then playing the Parallax Tide again. Duress + Therapy proved to be enough discard to outclass the card advantage from Standstill, so it worked out. The opponent may have burned through all the Parallax Tides by that point, but I didn't know how many were in the deck, and I couldn't afford to spend time mulling it over.

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