When it comes to video games, I am a big fan of the “lost game” genre. For example, Mario the Lost Levels, and all of the previously unreleased Final Fantasy games are among my favorites. When it comes to Magic cards? Let’s just say that Coldsnap was not my choice set. Today, and next week, we will explore a different direction with lost Magic cards: the lost puzzle. Enjoy!
Solution to last week’s puzzle.
There was a much easier solution than I intended to this puzzle, so the difficulty is actually much closer to 1/5 than 5/5. Fortunately, it allowed many people to submit correct answers, leading the third competition into quite a race.
- Play Word of Seizing on Jodah’s Avenger.
- Move all three counters from the Spike Tiller.
- Give the Avenger Shadow and Double Strike, and swing with it (5/5) and a Swampwalking Lemures (due to Urborg).
- Activate the Syphon-Mage to finish them off.
Alternately:
- Activate Urborg Syphon-Mage, discarding Corpulent Corpse. Opponents go to 13 life.
- Kevin activates Spike Tiller targeting Gossamer Phantasm. Phantasm dies.
- Kevin casts Shivan Meteor targeting Urborg Syphon-Mage. Syphon-Mage dies.
- Cast Pit Keeper, returning Vesuvan Shapeshifter to hand.
- Cast Vesuvan Shapeshifter, copying Bogardan Rager. Viscid Lemures gets +4/+0 (8/3).
- Cast Momentary Blink, targeting Vesuvan Shapeshifter. Shapeshifter returns to copy -Rager. Viscid Lemures gets +4/+0 (11/3).
- Flashback Momentary Blink, targeting Vesuvan Shapeshifter. Shapeshifter returns to copy Rager. Viscid Lemures gets +4/+0 (15/3).
- Activate Viscid Lemures to give it Swampwalk (14/3). Attack for the win.
Scores for this puzzle:
aumdiene — 5
CaptainNapalm — 10
carrolln — 5
DougieFresh — 5
funkyninja — 5
gabrosin — 10
Gwendly — 5
Hearts_Regime — 5
IceOnGrass — 10
Jinx_Talaris — 5
kenth — 5
lord atog — 5
microStyles — 5
NeonBlack — 5
NotTheOne — 5
PeteBDawg — 5
qqzm — 5
RidiculousHat — 5
RobRoy — 5
TheOneEye — 10
VipExX — 5
Vyolynce — 5
This Week’s Puzzle (17 points total)
Difficulty: 3/5
Remember: do not post solutions to the forums. PM me (jefftill) the answers. Your final PM is the only one that counts.
Lost from week 2: First Turn Kills.
[3 points] What first turn kill (in any format) requires you to add the fewest mana to your mana pool? (assuming no help from your opponent, etc.)
Lost from week 3: Planar Chaos
[2 points] Which cards were both Timeshifted and Planeshifted? (Name both the original card and the reprinted version).
Lost from week 4: Real Scenarios
[2 points]
“Bad Beat Phil” is destroying you with his fliers in the third game of your match. Luckily, you just drew one of the format’s silliest cards: Pyrohemia. Win the game this turn.
Phil (6 life):
3 Forest (tapped)
4 Island (tapped)
Nantuko Shaman
2 Giant Dustwasp (tapped)
You (3 life):
2 Mountain
4 Swamp
Prismatic Lens
2 Prodigal Pyromancer (one tapped and enchanted with Eternity Snare)
Skulking Knight
In Hand:
Pyrohemia, Undying Rage, Mountain
*Thanks to Danny and Tony for finding themselves in this situation.
Lost from week 5: Crossword
[10 points] Fill in the following crossword puzzle with 6 different Magic cards:
Good luck.