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Challenge
Win the game as quickly as possible using only cards in Return to Ravnica from a single guild. To make it interesting, you may not use either Fencing Ace or Giant Growth.
Assumptions
You have perfect luck. For example, even after you shuffle your library, it’s ordered how you want. You may not assume anything about your opponent’s hand or library except that he won’t do anything relevant.
Winning “quickly” refers to both the turn of the game and whether you’re playing or drawing first. Turn three on the draw is quicker than turn four on the play but not as quick as turn three on the play.
You may only use four copies of any individual card other than basic lands.
Send your solutions to nex342+puzzle at gmail dot com with the subject line “Puzzle – Tabulation of the Guilds”, and I’ll include the best ones for each guild in next week’s article along with the next puzzle!
Good luck!
Solution to Last Week’s Puzzle
Jen Wong was the first to send in a solution for last week’s puzzle, solving all three of the branches. Here’s her solution for Temporal Mastery:
- Cast Temporal Mastery for its miracle cost.
- Use Ulvenwald Tracker to make Howlgeist fight Treacherous Pit-Dweller. Both creatures undie, and you gain control of Pit-Dweller.
- On your extra turn, double Yew Spirit’s power and toughness.
- Attack with everything but Tracker for 27. Marshall can block at most 12 damage, so he takes 15 and loses.
Here’s Jen’s solution for Vanishment:
- Cast Vanishment for its miracle cost targeting Hound of Griselbrand.
- Use Ulvenwald Tracker to make Rotcrown Ghoul fight Treacherous Pit-Dweller. Pit-Dweller undies, and you gain control of it.
- Double Yew Spirit’s power and toughness.
- Attack with everything but Tracker for 18. Marshall can block at most 6 damage, so he takes 12 and loses.
And finally, her solution for Blessings of Nature:
- Cast Blessings of Nature, putting 1 +1/+1 counter on Hound of Griselbrand and 3 on Howlgeist.
- Use Ulvenwald Tracker to make Howlgeist fight Hound of Griselbrand. Hound dies, but Howlgeist survives.
- Double Yew Spirit’s power and toughness.
- Attack with everything but Tracker for 24. Marshall can block at most 12 damage, so he takes 12 and loses.
