House of Cards

House of Cards is a recurring challenge in Survivor

Description
Each competitor has 150 to 200 wooden tiles. They must use the tiles to build a house of cards up to certain height. The first person to reach the target height wins.

Gabon
This challenge was first used in Say Goodbye to Gabon as the Final immunity challenge. In this case, each person has 200 tiles and had 30 minutes to reach ten feet. The person who reaches ten feet with the tallest house of cards win immunity and a spot in the finals. Bob struggled in the challenge, unable to built a stable house of cards. Sugar built a tall house of cards, but its instability cause it to fall at the last minute. Matty built a stable house of cards seven feet tall. In the end, Susie built the tallest house of cards, at eight feet tall, within 30 minutes and won immunity.

Heroes vs. Villains
This challenge was used in Jumping Ship as a immunity challenge. In this case, there was no time limit, and contestants has 150 tiles. Russell and Jerri gotten an early lead and ultimately it came to down them. In the end, Jerri edged out Russell when he ran out of cards in his hand and she won immunity.

Redemption Island
This challenge was used in Rice Wars as a duel between Matthew Elrod, Mike Chiesl, and David Murphy.  The rules for this duel is that contestants had 150 tiles to build a eight foot tall house of cards. Mike had a steady with Matt right behind him. Mike's house of cards however, threaten to collapse at the eight foot mark, allowing Matt to finish first. Mike was able to finish his house of cards, eliminating David from the competition. As soon as Mike was finish, it fell down immediately.

Trivia

 * This challenge usage is the first time Jerri was won immunity. She happily pointed it out and it was the first time a player who competed in three season won their first immunity on their third season.