Premodern Survival Madness
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Survival Madness has slipped from ~2.5% to 0.6% of the Premodern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~2.5% to 0.6% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Typical Premodern Survival Madness maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 66 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Arrogant Wurm | 2.4 | 100% |
| Basking Rootwalla | 3.9 | 100% |
| Survival of the Fittest | 4.0 | 100% |
| Wild Mongrel | 3.9 | 100% |
| Forest | 4.7 | 98% |
| Wasteland | 3.2 | 92% |
| Squee, Goblin Nabob | 1.7 | 88% |
| Anger | 1.0 | 77% |
| Mountain | 3.8 | 77% |
| Wooded Foothills | 4.0 | 77% |
| Karplusan Forest | 4.0 | 74% |
| Lightning Bolt | 4.0 | 74% |
| Grim Lavamancer | 3.0 | 73% |
| Treetop Village | 2.3 | 67% |
| Goblin Tinkerer | 1.0 | 47% |
| Call of the Herd | 3.3 | 39% |
| Incinerate | 4.0 | 39% |
| Lava Dart | 4.0 | 38% |
| Nantuko Vigilante | 1.0 | 38% |
| Quirion Dryad | 3.4 | 36% |
| Deranged Hermit | 1.1 | 35% |
| Sylvan Library | 2.6 | 35% |
| Windswept Heath | 1.1 | 32% |
| Bloodstained Mire | 1.0 | 29% |
| Uktabi Orangutan | 1.0 | 27% |
| Careful Study | 4.0 | 24% |
| City of Brass | 1.3 | 24% |
| Daze | 2.8 | 24% |
| Frantic Search | 3.0 | 24% |
| Wonder | 1.0 | 24% |
| Yavimaya Coast | 3.9 | 24% |
| Gaea's Cradle | 1.8 | 23% |
| Island | 7.3 | 23% |
| Mogg Fanatic | 3.7 | 23% |
| Waterfront Bouncer | 1.6 | 23% |
| Gilded Drake | 1.2 | 21% |
| Counterspell | 2.8 | 18% |
| Gigapede | 1.0 | 15% |
| Birds of Paradise | 4.0 | 14% |
| Genesis | 1.0 | 9% |
Typical Premodern Survival Madness sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 66 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 66 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Naturalize | 2.6 | 97% |
| Pyroblast | 2.5 | 73% |
| Red Elemental Blast | 2.6 | 68% |
| Reverent Silence | 2.9 | 56% |
| Cave-In | 3.8 | 50% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 2.6 | 45% |
| Goblin Sharpshooter | 1.0 | 33% |
| Uktabi Orangutan | 1.0 | 33% |
| Ravenous Baloth | 1.1 | 26% |
| Gilded Drake | 1.0 | 18% |
| Crumble | 1.0 | 14% |
| Phyrexian Furnace | 1.1 | 12% |
| Pyrokinesis | 3.1 | 12% |
| Blue Elemental Blast | 3.7 | 11% |
| Tranquil Domain | 1.6 | 11% |
| Call of the Herd | 1.2 | 9% |
| Counterspell | 2.5 | 9% |
| Nantuko Vigilante | 1.0 | 9% |
| Pyroclasm | 2.2 | 9% |
| Spike Feeder | 1.0 | 9% |
| Back to Basics | 2.6 | 8% |
| Gaea's Blessing | 1.8 | 8% |
| Goblin Tinkerer | 1.0 | 8% |
| Masticore | 1.0 | 6% |
| Caller of the Claw | 1.0 | 5% |
| Phyrexian Dreadnought | 1.0 | 5% |
| Sylvan Safekeeper | 1.0 | 5% |
| Xantid Swarm | 1.0 | 5% |
| Blastoderm | 1.0 | 3% |
| Harmonic Convergence | 1.0 | 3% |
| Hibernation | 1.5 | 3% |
| Powder Keg | 1.0 | 3% |
| Vision Charm | 1.0 | 3% |
| Waterfront Bouncer | 1.0 | 3% |
| Armadillo Cloak | 2.0 | 2% |
| Compost | 2.0 | 2% |
| Cursed Scroll | 1.0 | 2% |
| Disenchant | 2.0 | 2% |
| Dominate | 1.0 | 2% |
| Flametongue Kavu | 1.0 | 2% |
Survival Madness Premodern FAQ
Is Survival Madness good in Premodern right now?
Survival Madness is 0.6% of Premodern decklists, though it's fallen sharply (−52%) over the last two weeks. Best recent finish: 31st (1-2) at Premodern Challenge 32 on Jul 25, 2026.
What are the key cards in Premodern Survival Madness?
Nearly every list runs Arrogant Wurm, Basking Rootwalla, Survival of the Fittest, and Wild Mongrel (99%+ of Premodern Survival Madness decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 26 Gruul vs 7 Simic lists.
What's a typical Premodern Survival Madness sideboard?
The most common Premodern Survival Madness sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Naturalize (97% of lists), Pyroblast (73% of lists), Red Elemental Blast (68% of lists), and Reverent Silence (56% of lists).
Are there different builds of Premodern Survival Madness?
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Premodern Survival Madness decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 100 Premodern Survival Madness decklists all-time (2 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Survival Madness result Jul 25, 2026.