Hey, look! I got a quote in your post!
Survival Mode is great! I keep saying that it might be how gameplay should've always worked, though maybe that would've been tough because we had so many sets and cards.
It gives me a reason to think about my collection in a different way. Maybe it's not all about the most powerful cards that really stretch my budget, but about figuring out which cards out of the entire available cards make the most sense for me to buy.
I've been loving all your color commentary about Survival :D