MSE Survivor S6: March Highlights

Written by CanterburyEgg

Welcome back to the first month of MSE Survivor! With three challenges in the books and a fourth underway, it's been an action-packed month of contest. To walk through each challenge, I'll present the challenge as well as the highest-scoring entries from the week! Without further ado...

Survivor S6 Round 1

As is tradition, for your first round of MSE Survivor, we're going to ask you to showcase a limited archetype in a four card submission.

Wait, what?

That's right! We're in the play booster era now baby!

Your submission should include two multicolored uncommons that act as signposts for a limited archetype, one of them a creature and the other a noncreature, as well as two monocolored commons  for the same archetype that share different colors with those signposts. All of these cards are expected to be from the same set in terms of flavor and mechanics. Additionally, cards are expected to be appropriate for a play booster style standard set in terms of design and balance for their rarities. 

Highest-scoring entries

Andante

cool_beens

Curio

EpicToast

ItaiUukl

Littlelaw

mattelonian

piguy

viola.exe

Additionally, you can watch Provocative's S6 Round 1 Review here on YouTube.

Survivor S6 Round 2

For the first round, you designed a tried-and-true entry for a limited archetype. But who plays limited, anyways? In fact, if memory serves, there's really only one format in Magic the Gathering...

Commander.

For this challenge, we're going straight to the EDH mines. Your submission should include a face Commander for an EDH precon, an alternate Commander with the same color identity, a noncreature card designed for multiplayer in some way, and a card that references "your commander". The colors, costs, and characters are entirely up to you. This submission should include exactly four cards, so no Partners and no bonus tokens.

Highest-scoring entries

cool_beens

Crashington

OHMYGOD

Provocative

Survivor S6 Round 3

Congratulations to all of you who have made it to Round 3. In Round 1, we tested you on limited, in round 2 we tested you on commander, so your task for round 3 is to show off your skills for 60 card Constructed! In particular, you'll be designing four cards that would be constructed playable in a hypothetical standard environment.

In addition, your cards must fit two sets of restrictions. Among your four cards, all five colors should be represented (which means at least one will have to be multicolored). Finally, your cards must cover a variety of types: a Creature, an Instant or Sorcery, a noncreature Artifact or Enchantment, and a Planeswalker or Battle card.

Highest-scoring entries

Dodo Axolotl

Littlelaw

MsMaeve

piguy

Provocative

Challenge 4 is being judged now, so if you'd like to take a sneak peek at this week's entries, join us on Discord. Otherwise, you can wait for next month's magazine installment where we'll continue to cover the best of the best on their way towards Season 6's crown!