Chapin's survival decklist

ejv · Joined: 27 Nov 2004 Posts: 47

I am trying to figure out Chapin's survival decklist he played at the last gp I would be glad if anyone would help me out filling the holes I have, and check if the manabase is correct, I figured it out by looking at the deck tech video posted on sideboard; or if anyone has the exact decklist I would be glad to have it, thank you.

4 birds of paradise
4 survival of the fittest
4 sensei's divining top
4 fauna shaman
4 cabal therapy
4 aether vial
2 mesmerc fiend
1 magus of the moon
1 emrakul the aeons torn
1 iona shield of emeria
1 harmonic sliver
1 anger
1 loyal retainers
1 eternal witness
1 wall of roots
1 bone shredder
1 squee goblin nabob
1 (some black creature I can't figure out, a creature removal costing 3 or 4 mana with BB with some ability costing B)

2 forest
4 misty rainforest?
3 wooded foothills
3 bayou
3 savannah
3 verdant catcombs
2 wasteland
1 taiga
1 windswept heath
1 dryad arbor

side
3 thoughtseize
3 krosan grip
1 harmonic sliver
1 goblin pyromancer
1 spore frog
1 ethersworn canonist
1 lone missionary
1 vexing shusher
1 gaddock teeg
1 faerie macabre
1 wickerbough elder

any help will be very appreciated, thank you.

kfcman · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 733

haha. I did just what you did. Watched that video probably 10 times. And then did some narrowing using mws and looking at a bunch of black creatures.

Here is his decklist:

// Lands
1 [ON] Windswept Heath
3 [ON] Wooded Foothills
3 [ZEN] Verdant Catacombs
4 [ZEN] Misty Rainforest
2 [TE] Wasteland
3 [A] Savannah
3 [B] Bayou
1 [FUT] Dryad Arbor
1 [A] Taiga
2 [A] Forest (2)

// Creatures
1 [UL] Bone Shredder
1 [P3] Loyal Retainers
1 [TSP] Harmonic Sliver
1 [JU] Anger
4 [M11] Fauna Shaman
2 [TO] Mesmeric Fiend
1 [PLC] Big Game Hunter
1 [ZEN] Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 [ROE] Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 [MM] Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 [FUT] Magus of the Moon
1 [FD] Eternal Witness
4 [A] Birds of Paradise
1 [MI] Wall of Roots

// Spells
4 [EX] Survival of the Fittest
4 [DS] AEther Vial
4 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top
4 [JU] Cabal Therapy

// Sideboard
SB: 1 [TSP] Harmonic Sliver
SB: 1 [EVE] Wickerbough Elder
SB: 1 [SHM] Vexing Shusher
SB: 3 [TSP] Krosan Grip
SB: 1 [PY] Spore Frog
SB: 1 [ON] Goblin Pyromancer
SB: 3 [LRW] Thoughtseize
SB: 1 [ALA] Ethersworn Canonist
SB: 1 [LRW] Gaddock Teeg
SB: 1 [ROE] Lone Missionary
SB: 1 [SHM] Faerie Macabre

Rikets · Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Posts: 45

im pretty sure that black creature was shriekmaw

kfcman · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 733

It was definitely not a shriekmaw.

Shriekmaw would be horrible in this deck. There would be very few ways for it to be useful. On aether vial you would have to wait 5 turns and make your vial useless for other creatures, or mainphase 2 mana to not even stick a blocker.

gypsy · Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 1671

Artifacts
4 Aether Vial
4 Sensei's Divining Top

Creatures
1 Anger
1 Big Game Hunter
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Bone Shredder
1 Eternal Witness
4 Fauna Shaman
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Loyal Retainers
1 Magus of the Moon
2 Mesmeric Fiend
1 Wall of Roots

Enchantments
4 Survival of the Fittest

Legendary Creatures
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob

Sorceries
4 Cabal Therapy

Basic Lands
2 Forest

Lands
3 Bayou
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Savannah
1 Taiga
3 Verdant Catacombs
2 Wasteland
1 Windswept Heath
3 Wooded Foothills

Land Creatures
1 Dryad Arbor
Sideboard:

1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Faerie Macabre
1 Goblin Pyromancer
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Lone Missionary
1 Spore Frog
1 Vexing Shusher
1 Wickerbough Elder
3 Krosan Grip
1 Gaddock Teeg
3 Thoughtseize

Varsuvius · Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 2

He posted the full deck-list on his facebook site if you want to try to find it there.

Linkman · Level 1 Judge Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 82

There def was a shriekmaw in his sb. I was working on the deck with him in my hotel and I believe he put one in.

gypsy · Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 1671

i posted his list from his article

yokai · Joined: 08 Nov 2008 Posts: 77

SotF AND Fauna Shaman? lol

gypsy · Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 1671

ya having 8 survivals is really good dunno why your laughing

yokai · Joined: 08 Nov 2008 Posts: 77

survival flood ftw
anyway , fauna shaman in legacy i dont think it is good

gypsy · Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 1671

chapin seems to disagree, you can also pitch fauna shaman to survival if you have it

wisdomhappy · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 27

The Emerikul is just for the reshuffles and the bluff right? Really no way to play the big 15/15, correct?

Duodax · Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 354

loyal retainers?

tkgons4st · Joined: 15 Mar 2010 Posts: 10

This deck is pretty solid. You have to watch the deck tech to see how it interacts. The loyal retainers is used to pop in Iona or emrakul with the shuffle on the stack. He says he uses the shamans because your not always going to get a survival within the first few turns, so having a slower survival can be enough to win especially if you can slow your opponent down.