Challenge

Using only cards from Innistrad block, cast Ghoultree as quickly as possible. You may use only Dark Ascension cards spoiled before the day this was posted (Wednesday, January 18). MTGSalvation’s spoiler lists the date each card was spoiled.

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.

“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.

Send your solutions to nex342+puzzle at gmail dot com with the subject line “Puzzle – Tree’s a Crowd”, and I’ll include the best ones in next week’s article along with the next puzzle!

Good luck!

Solution to Last Week’s Puzzle

This week’s solution comes from Nick Tower for turn one on the play. It really illustrates the explosive power of fast mana:

Play	Mana	Cards in Hand
		7
Swamp		6
Dark Ritual		5
Lion's Eye Diamond		4
Lion's Eye Diamond		3
Lion's Eye Diamond		2
Lion's Eye Diamond		1
Infernal Contract		0
In response, sacrifice all four Diamonds		0
Infernal Contract resolves		4
Dark Ritual		3
Dark Ritual		2
Dark Ritual		1
Infernal Contract		4
Xanthic Statue		3
Activate Xanthic Statue		3
Chaos Charm giving Xanthic Statue haste		2