Your Guide to the Festival: Battle Royale Event

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Kagros May 16, 2020 1 min

The Festival: Battle Royale event is running this weekend on MTGA. Here's a quick run-down on how to quickly get 5 wins or your daily wins throughout the weekend.

Overview

Runtime: May 16, 2020 at 12:00 AM PST – May 18, 2020 at 12:00 AM PST

Format: Omniscience Preconstructed Best-of-1 Singleton

Entry Fee: 500 Gems or 2500 Gold

Rewards:

Comicbook alt-art of the following cards:

Deck

The deck consists of 160 cards, meaning every game will definitely be different. Becoming familiar with the decklist is not necessary; we're here to quickly give you wins after all.

Festival: Battle Royale Decklist

Main 160 cards (160 distinct)

Main 160 cards (160 distinct)

Creature (85)
1 Lava Serpent			$0.15€0.070.04
1 Pouncing Shoreshark			$0.25€0.110.03
1 Prophet of the Peak			$0.15€0.020.03
1 Quartzwood Crasher			$1.25€0.850.02
1 Questing Beast			$4.54€4.220.55
1 Rakdos, the Showstopper			$2.00€2.070.02
1 Riddlemaster Sphinx			$0.250.02
1 Roalesk, Apex Hybrid			$0.55€0.390.02
1 Sanctuary Smasher			$0.20€0.150.03
1 Scholar of the Ages			$0.24€0.080.03
1 Sephara, Sky's Blade			$3.68€1.230.02
1 Serra's Guardian			$0.450.02
1 Parcelbeast			$0.29€0.160.03
1 Lurking Deadeye			$0.15€0.050.03
1 Meteor Golem			$0.25€0.110.03
1 Midnight Reaper			$0.50€0.330.02
1 Nethroi, Apex of Death			$0.99€0.620.02
1 Niv-Mizzet Reborn			$1.02€0.930.03
1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun			$1.47€0.600.02
1 Nessian Boar			$0.25€0.170.02
1 Tithebearer Giant			$0.15€0.010.05
1 Tome Raider			$0.15€0.040.03
1 Victory's Envoy			$0.500.09
1 Titanoth Rex			$0.44€0.250.03
1 Vivien's Grizzly			$0.19€0.120.03
1 Vorstclaw			$0.18€0.050.04
1 Winota, Joiner of Forces			$4.68€5.600.38
1 Wrecking Beast			$0.15€0.070.03
1 Void Beckoner			$0.25€0.100.03
1 Thryx, the Sudden Storm			$0.40€0.350.02
1 Thorn Mammoth			$1.000.02
1 Shimmer Dragon			$0.630.02
1 Silverback Shaman			$0.17€0.040.05
1 Skarrgan Hellkite			$0.63€0.640.02
1 Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt			$0.50€0.600.02
1 Sphinx of Foresight			$0.40€0.230.02
1 Sphinx of the Guildpact			$0.19€0.060.03
1 Splendor Mare			$0.25€0.090.03
1 Terror of Mount Velus			$1.260.02
1 Lore Drakkis			$0.25€0.090.03
1 Yarok, the Desecrated			$3.14€2.110.02
1 Yidaro, Wandering Monster			$0.37€0.230.02
1 Kogla, the Titan Ape			$2.10€2.900.02
1 Cavern Whisperer			$0.15€0.060.03
1 Challenger Troll			$0.20€0.110.03
1 Chevill, Bane of Monsters			$1.26€1.730.12
1 Boneyard Lurker			$0.24€0.100.03
1 Chittering Harvester			$0.20€0.090.03
1 Clackbridge Troll			$0.65€0.330.02
1 Citywatch Sphinx			$0.20€0.040.04
1 Acolyte of Affliction			$0.20€0.100.03
1 Aggressive Mammoth			$0.540.02
1 Amplifire			$0.25€0.090.02
1 Angelic Guardian			$7.560.02
1 Archipelagore			$0.20€0.070.03
1 Blade Juggler			$0.15€0.070.04
1 Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths			$0.27€0.100.02
1 Avian Oddity			$0.20€0.090.03
1 Azorius Skyguard			$0.20€0.100.05
1 Atemsis, All-Seeing			$0.40€0.240.02
1 Demon of Loathing			$0.500.02
1 Haktos the Unscarred			$0.26€0.100.02
1 Harmonious Archon			$0.49€0.290.02
1 Honey Mammoth			$0.14€0.040.03
1 Howling Giant			$0.20€0.090.03
1 Illuna, Apex of Wishes			$0.65€0.530.02
1 Gyruda, Doom of Depths			$0.53€0.370.02
1 Immortal Phoenix			$1.150.02
1 Invading Manticore			$0.15€0.040.04
1 Keeper of Fables			$0.25€0.100.03
1 Knight of the Last Breath			$0.20€0.080.03
1 Greater Sandwurm			$0.15€0.100.03
1 Grasping Giant			$0.500.28
1 God-Eternal Bontu			$3.39€2.320.02
1 Dragon Mage			$0.35€0.170.03
1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames			$1.07€0.720.02
1 Dreamtail Heron			$0.19€0.090.03
1 Dungeon Geists			$0.25€0.100.02
1 End-Raze Forerunners			$0.62€0.300.02
1 Fblthp, the Lost			$0.37€0.120.02
1 Feasting Troll King			$0.70€0.530.02
1 Gargos, Vicious Watcher			$0.89€0.930.02
1 Giant Killer			$0.400.02
1 Gnarlback Rhino			$0.267.64
1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King			$10.440.02
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (75)
1 Prison Realm			$0.20€0.130.03
1 Ral's Outburst			$0.20€0.080.03
1 Planar Cleansing			$0.35€0.170.02
1 Ram Through			$0.25€0.190.03
1 Role Reversal			$0.41€0.240.02
1 Season of Growth			$0.30€0.410.03
1 Rhythm of the Wild			$2.99€1.930.03
1 Pharika's Libation			$0.19€0.120.03
1 Mantle of the Wolf			$0.29€0.130.02
1 Mirror March			$1.04€0.500.02
1 Moldervine Reclamation			$0.49€0.230.03
1 Mortify			$0.25€0.150.03
1 Parhelion II			$0.62€0.460.02
1 Negate			$0.25€0.110.04
1 Neutralize			$0.23€0.170.03
1 Notion Rain			$0.19€0.110.03
1 Omen of the Sea			$0.20€0.110.03
1 Pacifism			$0.15€0.080.03
1 Setessan Training			$0.18€0.050.03
1 Shark Typhoon			$2.25€2.791.36
1 Shatter the Sky			$0.30€0.230.02
1 Totally Lost			$0.15€0.010.04
1 Treacherous Blessing			$0.35€0.240.02
1 Triumphant Surge			$0.15€0.070.03
1 Uncaged Fury			$0.20€0.090.03
1 Warbriar Blessing			$0.15€0.050.03
1 Whirlwind of Thought			$1.00€0.710.02
1 Wilt			$0.24€0.160.03
1 Wolfrider's Saddle			$0.20€0.060.03
1 Time Wipe			$0.32€0.200.02
1 Shimmer of Possibility			$0.19€0.130.03
1 Staggering Insight			$0.25€0.200.04
1 Startling Development			$0.15€0.040.03
1 Survivors' Bond			$0.15€0.050.03
1 Swallow Whole			$0.20€0.060.03
1 Swirling Torrent			$0.20€0.030.05
1 The Akroan War			$0.48€0.270.02
1 The Circle of Loyalty			$1.35€0.580.02
1 The First Iroan Games			$0.50€0.380.02
1 Bounty of Might			$0.25€0.090.02
1 Brought Back			$1.58€1.480.03
1 Captive Audience			$4.00€2.260.02
1 Capture Sphere			$0.15€0.020.03
1 Clash of Titans			$0.16€0.050.03
1 Clear the Stage			$0.19€0.040.05
1 Colossification			$1.88€0.490.02
1 Command the Dreadhorde			$0.57€0.340.02
1 Crushing Canopy			$0.15€0.010.03
1 Dark Bargain			$0.15€0.060.03
1 Death's Oasis			$0.26€0.160.02
1 Bond of Passion			$0.20€0.070.04
1 Blade Banish			$0.17€0.060.03
1 Aerial Assault			$0.18€0.040.03
1 Angelic Gift			$0.18€0.070.03
1 Arrester's Admonition			$0.15€0.030.05
1 Back for More			$0.20€0.110.03
1 Bake into a Pie			$0.20€0.080.03
1 Band Together			$0.15€0.090.03
1 Biogenic Upgrade			$0.21€0.090.03
1 Despark			$0.46€0.240.03
1 Dire Tactics			$0.25€0.160.03
1 Heartless Act			$0.25€0.240.03
1 Hypothesizzle			$0.15€0.120.03
1 Inevitable End			$0.20€0.040.03
1 Join Shields			$0.20€0.150.03
1 Justice Strike			$0.25€0.130.03
1 Kenrith's Transformation			$1.32€0.910.03
1 Inescapable Blaze			$0.19€0.100.03
1 Domri's Ambush			$0.24€0.130.03
1 Embercleave			$7.19€5.330.17
1 Eternal Isolation			$0.20€0.060.05
1 Fling			$0.19€0.120.03
1 Get the Point			$0.15€0.080.04
1 Glimpse of Freedom			$0.19€0.030.03
1 Go for Blood			$0.16€0.100.03

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Strategy

Here are some basics you need to remember first:

30 Starting Life Total
Since this is Omniscience, you can cast any cards from your hand for free. Every turn, you may create WUBRG for free to use activated abilities on your cards
Your starting hand size is reduced to 3
Free mulligan because this is Singleton

And now here are the gameplay tips you should keep in mind:

Card advantage is king. Whichever player ends up casting more cards will usually end up winning the game.
Mutate and cycling are NOT free. Because of this, you may not actually be able to activate some creature's Mutate ability because the Omniscience emblem won't provide you enough mana to do so. Some examples are Archipelagore and Auspicious Starrix.
Starting life totals are 30, so you shouldn't be dumping your hand right out the gate trying to kill your opponent. There are board wipes like Time Wipe and ways of recurring them, so do not dump your hand unless you are backed by a Negate or other counter-magic.
There is the uncommon cycling cycle that gives one of your creatures a certain token when the card is cycled. Splendor Mare and maybe Avian Oddity as creatures are unremarkable, but all the others should be played out. Cycling isn't technically card advantage, especially in this format.
Scholar of the Ages is in the deck and you can loop it with Survivors' Bond
There is a lot of removal in the decks, so using Mutate is usually not correct unless you really want Mutate triggers. It's best to go wide to force removal out of your opponent's hand. Usually the right time to Mutate is only when you get multiple Mutate triggers to make it worth it.
There are several graveyard recursion cards. Use your Exile effects accordingly.
If you are topdecking and your opponent is not, you've probably lost unless your opponent is at a very low life total.