I also think having owyn as the leader of the deck doesnt suit all that well thematically considering she wasnt the leader of her army, but rather had to hide herself so she could actually march to battle
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While there were several competing styles of Survival decks around the time of its banning, the one that really ignited the controversy was Calebs Vengevine/Survival deck that would quickly put all its Vengevines into the graveyard, then play a couple of Basking Rootwallas for free, leading to extremely backbreaking assaults (frequently in the air, thanks to Wonder) that were immune to most forms of interaction
While I miss seeing it in tournament play, it still keeps Umezawas Jitte company in the colorless two-drop windmill slam slot in Cubes across the globe
"Artifacts matter" is a particularly strong archetype, with commanders like Urza, Lord High Artificer at the hounds, but no effective energy commanders exist outside the Science