Jungo is, in my experience, generally the best clan in
survivor elo.
You likely will need some form of dr once you get around
survivor 5 or so. You will want to use a deck that you can hypothetically win one in three rounds and pull off the match. When you get above
survivor ten, you have a large pill gap from the get-go, but also a decent life gap. You want a deck that can take advantage of that life gap with defensive cards.
Attack manipulation is good in every format, and
survivor elo is no different. Attack manipulation can turn around a pill gap pretty quickly, and thus set you on equal footing with an opponent who is not as far along in the
survivor numbers.
Sample deck that has done well in
survivor elo multiple times:
Jean,
Pegh,
Boohma,
Troompah, Bubba,
Rodney,
Radek,
Nyema (You can pick your favorite 3 stars, there are a lot of good ones in
Jungo). This deck has a lot of attack manipulation, walls in the form of
Buba and
Radek, and some great life gapping potential (
Nyema,
Troompah,
Buba, and
Boohma all make a 7 point life gap w/o fury), additionally it has some dr and a soa card for defensive abilities. It does have a much harder time against soa than many other decks, but the fact of the matter is,
GHEIST and
Roots are hit harder by the pill gap in later
survivor rounds, and thus are less popular in the
survivor room.
Survivor elo is probably my favorite format in UR. I hope you enjoy it as well.