The second five-week period of StarCityGames.com Magic Puzzles competition has ended, and we have a new champion! Although several more people scored points this time around, Gabrosin decimated his opposition by a wide margin, earning over a third of the total points. Congratulations, Gabrosin, on becoming the reigning puzzle master!
For this competition period, the rules for scoring points are changing. Submit all solutions to me via message board PM (I am jefftill). I will award points to all correct solutions, not just the first solution. Do NOT post solutions in the forums. Use the forums only for questions about the puzzle, whenever clarification is needed. Solutions are still due by midnight Monday night (EST), and I will only read the final solution submitted by each user.
Solution to last week’s puzzle.
1) Boom/Bust (B.F.M also accepted)
2) Gorilla Shaman
3) White
4) Dandan / Atogatog
5) ______ (or none)
6) Greg Janson
7) Niv Mizzet
8) Alpha (no CoP Black)
9) Squandered Resources
10) Patrol Hound
11) Unholy Strength
12) 91/92 or ~98.91%
13) 1/1 Dwarf tokens with Mountainwalk
14) Faceless Butcher / Faceless Devourer
15) Daraja Griffin
16) Acridian → Acid Rain
17) Aven Fisher → Shivan Reef
18) Counterspell → Spell Counter
19) Fallow Earth → Wall of Earth
20) Forest → Foster
21) Funeral Charm → Funeral March
22) Hunted Troll → Uthden Troll
23) Land Aid ’04 → Aladdin
24) Mwonvuli Acid-Moss → none
25) Rolling Stones → none
Scores for this puzzle:
Gabrosin – 7
Batadon – 5
TheOneEye – 4
RidiculousHat – 2
AProsak – 1
Ben Bleiweiss – 1
Cownose – 1
Hyperion – 1
kevinatcausa – 1
NeonBlack – 1
thecappen – 1
Vyolynce – 1
Final Scores:
Gabrosin – 42
Vyolynce – 16
NeonBlack – 15
NotTheOne – 10
thecappen – 6
Batadon – 5
TheOneEye – 4
VideogameD – 4
Gaeanewt – 2
guitarhero218 – 2
HermaphroGreg – 2
LoneGoat – 2
microStyles – 2
Mjlewis – 2
RidiculousHat – 2
AProsak – 1
Ben Bleiweiss – 1
Cownose – 1
Hyperion – 1
kevinatcausa – 1
This Week’s Puzzle (5 points per correct solution)
Difficulty: 5/5
Remember: do not post solutions to the forums. PM me the answers.
You have entered a Two-Headed Giant competition with your partner Kevin. Things are already looking pretty good this match, since you have Teferi in play as well as an active Urborg Syphon-Mage. To top it off, Kevin drew one of the format’s great cards, Volcanic Awakening. Your opponents, “Bad Beat” Phil and his partner Jill each have a menacing hand full of cards, though, so you do not to give them a chance to come back this game. Your mission is clear: win the game this turn. It is the beginning of your first main phase.
You (21 life)
7 Island
7 Swamp
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Vesuva (copying Plains)
Bog Serpent
Coral Trickster
Gossamer Phantasm
Teferi
Urborg Syphon-Mage
Viscid Lemures
You have Corpulent Corpse, Momentary Blink, and Pit Keeper in your hand. Vesuvan Shapeshifter is in your graveyard.
Kevin:
5 Forest
6 Mountain
Bogardan Rager
Ironclaw Buzzards
Spike Tiller (3 counters)
Thallid Shell-Dweller (2 counters)
Kevin has Shivan Meteor, Volcanic Awakening, and Word of Seizing in hand.
Phil (17 life)
6 Forest
4 Plains
Ana Battlemage
Aven Riftwatcher
Giant Dustwasp
2 Jedit’s Dragoons
Pentarch Paladin (naming Green)
Revered Dead
Spectral Force
Jill:
7 Island
8 Mountain
2 Aether Membrane
Errant Ephemeron
Crookclaw Transmuter
Fathom Seer
Jodah’s Avenger
Slipstream Serpent
Good luck!