Recurring Survival...

[Das Boot]

Ok, while through my old cards to assemble my necro deck I stumbled upon recurring nightmare in all its glory. I need a second deck to play with "its in our rules so we dont get bored" so I decided on this one. However its been a long time since ive played the deck so im not really sure how to go about building i, so I was wondering if anyone could help me assemble a deck list. All sets up to mirrodin are allowed. In addition, lotus petal, mox diamond, grim monolith, mana vault, and other semi decent fast mana producers are allowed but only if they help to speed up the deck and arent used to power a combo.

Oh and nonbasic land hate is pretty much unknown in my play group so dual lands, and other multiicolored producing lands are safe so dont be afraid to suggest them to make a smooth manabase.

[Hi-Val]

Cards that I suggest, with extensive experience with the archetype:

Uktabi Orangutan
Wall of Roots
Wall of Blossoms
Bone Shredder
Ravenous Baboons
Mogg Fanatic
Masticore
Rofellos
Flametongue Kavu
Anger
Squee (obv)
Genesis
Monk Realist
Monk Idealist
Ravenous Baloth
Spike Feeder
Spike Weaver
Spore Frog

and so many others


If you want to actually combo and kill with RecSur, run two Palinchrons. You'll need 4 lands in play, one of which makes black. Recur Palinchrons with each other, netting a mana each time. Pump that mana into recurring Wall of Blossoms until you draw your kill card, which can be Stroke of Genius, Shivan Hellkite, Thrashing Wumpus, Ghitu Slinger, etc.

If you're in a multiplayer format, then Wall of Roots is real tech because it gives you so much mana to Survival with when it's not your turn. If you're feeling like running 5 colors, a single Tradewind Rider and probably a Mystic Snake are fine too.

[Das Boot]

Aha, I forget some of these creatures. Thanky you

[Hi-Val]

Here's a link with Selden's deck:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/daily/bd58

Also:
Firestorm
Scroll Rack
Oath of Ghouls/Oversold Cemetary
Ravenous Rats
Nekrataal
Avalanche Riders

[Das Boot]

Ive decided to change things up a bit. I found a old Jamie Wakefield deck that looks more suitable for casual play. What do you think?

4x Living Death
4x Dark Ritual
2x Puppet Strings
2x Vampiric Tutor
4x Carrion Beetles
4x Bottle Gnomes
4x Phyrexian Ghoul
4x Mindless Automaton
4x Mind Maggots
4x Phyrexian Colossus
18x Swamp
2xPhyrexian Tower
4x Wasteland

The deck is quite fun to play actually, living death is one of those amazing cards that is effective but makes you smile when you play it. The deck does need some tweaking though, im pretty sure I could replace Collossus with spirit of the night or some other big creature and exchange the puppet strings for two new tutors. 'Bottle gnomes maybe replaced with Thrull Surgeons and I was thinking replace the wastelands "nonbasics are rare in my play group" with some fast mana.

[blitz]

^ I like that list, for some reason...

[Shake]

     I've been messing about with a non-survival reoccurring nightmare ideas and I found a hard lock if you hit 6 mana and Yosei, the Morning Star.  Like some of the recent dragon/reanimation decks you don't need to put Yosei in the graveyard, just run wrath of god, some Solum Simulacrum, and artifact accelaration to get to 6 mana on turn 4 and control until you get there.  I've just built it as black and white, but it could add blue for counters, gifts ungiven, or fact or fiction, or green for a faster lock through birds, wood elves, survival of the fittest, etc.
     For multiplayer I've found Kokusho/Great Whale combo, or Gravepact work wonders.