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
One downside to grading though is that as it gets way more popular, the turnaround time for grading can be longer than a month
Yamato is a 6,000 Power Character you can have in play early into the game, drawing you a card whenever he goes for the attack and demanding your opponent remove him
Atem, after reclaiming his father, Akhenamkhanen's mummy from Bakura, Summons one of the three gods from the Shrine of Wedju, "The God of the Obelisk" and soon Bakura finds himself on the receiving end of an easy overpowering
(Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it
Mo Ye is powerful, getting to draw a card is great and our main extender out of the Extra Deck is a Synchro 8 that counts as an interruption, very beautiful