Is Spies' Emerald Cell The Strongest Challenge Team Ever?

If green is, indeed, the color of cash, then The Challenge’s new powerhouse — Emerald Cell — is definitely doing its assigned color justice and could educated be a smart decision to create its bank account for a sizable deposit. Still, there’s a lot of game left to play, and anything can change, nevertheless is it possible Tori, Kaycee, Nany, Devin, Josh and Emanuel already rank among the perfect of the Challenge best?


On tonight's episode, all eyes were on the sixsome ahead of “Sunken Intelligence,” a mission that challenged every one of the game’s three teams to untangle a large, heavy rope that had been expertly threaded through a sunken ship. With three victories to its name, Emerald Cell had left Emerald and Ruby Cells shut out from wins, and so they were decided to remain undefeated.


And remain undefeated, they did.


While morale collapsed among the Red and Blue squads (Ashley called Sapphire Cell a “sh*t sandwich,” while Emanuel likened Ruby’s efficiency to a shipwreck) Green only saw their teamwork improve, and soon considering that was mentioned and done, Emerald Cell improved its record to 4-0, while Ruby and Sapphire Cells both fell to 0-4.


“Who wins four times in a row?” Devin asked. “This guy… Have we been stopped? No.”


And the subsequent elimination proved Emerald Cell might remain unstoppable. Immediately after Logan defeated his fellow Ruby Cell teammate Cory in “Rope Burn,” a game of tug-of-war played atop two halved spheres (poor guys are likely in for some ankle pain), he — like three Lair-winners before him — neglected to join Season 37’s most powerful team and, as a substitute, defected to Sapphire Cell.


And Nany, who’d prayed Emerald Cell would proceed by means of the game unchanged, breathed a sigh of relief. Still, she saw Sapphire Cell, a team right now made up of the game’s only two remaining champions and its two strongest rookies, as a newly threatening roadblock.


“Emerald is a strong team,” she mentioned. “I love my team, nevertheless with every elimination, Sapphire Team gets stronger and stronger. We certainly have some competition.”


Yet can Emerald keep staving off its rivals? And if it may, would that make it the strongest Challenge team ever? Let's not forget that Paula and Emily won five out of the opening six Rivals II missions or that Coral did the same on Fresh Meat. And Battle of the Sexes 2’s males won 13 out of 16 missions, while The Inferno’s Road Rules outfit only allowed Real World four wins out of a possible 16. Where do you suggest Emerald Cell sits on the pantheon of most dominant Challenge teams? Tell us your thoughts, then catch Spies, Lies and Allies on Wednesday!