---
name: "Defiant Survivor"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Survivor"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Manifest", "Survival", "Manifest dread"]
set: "DSK"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror"
collector_number: "175"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jessica Fong"
oracle_id: "7b62c53a-46a2-4c57-9eab-0c6706795b4e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/defiant-survivor-dsk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Defiant Survivor
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Survivor
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Manifest, Survival, Manifest dread

## Oracle Text
Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

> *„Die Dunkelheit sollte Angst vor mir haben!"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wildcall](/printing/wildcall-ugin.md) — Sorcery
2. [Cloudform](/printing/cloudform-c18.md) — Enchantment
3. [Fierce Invocation](/printing/fierce-invocation-frf.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rageform](/printing/rageform-frf.md) — Enchantment
5. [Dissection Tools](/printing/dissection-tools-pdsk.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Kozilek, the Broken Reality](/printing/kozilek-the-broken-reality-mh3.md) — Legendary Creature — Eldrazi

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #175
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jessica Fong
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`