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Puzzling Magic #13 – Commander Challenge, Part 1

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As you sit down to a five-player game of Commander, you realize that you left all your decks at home. Knowing your love of crazy combos, your friend Ed lets you borrow his craziest, most combotastic deck. It’s so combotastic, he hints, that it’s theoretically possible to win before you even draw a card for your first turn.

Challenge

You’re playing second in a five-player game. Win the game on turn zero (that is, before your first draw step).

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 opponents’ hands or libraries, except that they won’t play any spells.

Deck List*

* Deck list provided in table form at end of article.

[cardlist]

[Commander]

1 Atogatog

[/Commander]

[Creatures]

1 Academy Rector

1 Argothian Elder

1 Atog

1 Auratog

1 Cavern Harpy

1 Cephalid Sage

1 Chronatog

1 Cloud of Faeries

1 Elvish Spirit Guide

1 Fire Servant

1 Foratog

1 Lithatog

1 Megatog

1 Necratog

1 Phantatog

1 Priest of Gix

1 Priest of Urabrask

1 Psychatog

1 Sarcatog

1 Thaumatog

1 Vedalken Archmage

1 Viral Drake

1 Filigree Sages

1 Phyrexian Metamorph

1 Thopter Squadron

[/Creatures]

[Spells]

1 Animate Land

1 Cabal Ritual

1 Culling the Weak

1 Dark Ritual

1 Desperate Ritual

1 Hunting Pack

1 Manamorphose

1 Perilous Research

1 Read the Runes

1 Thirst for Knowledge

1 Apocalypse

1 Divination

1 Empty the Warrens

1 Enduring Ideal

1 Ideas Unbound

1 Inner Fire

1 Kaboom!

1 Kuldotha Rebirth

1 Mind Rot

1 Scarscale Ritual

1 Time Spiral

1 Barren Glory

1 Earthcraft

1 Foster

1 Furnace of Rath

1 Helix Pinnacle

1 Inexorable Tide

1 Intruder Alarm

1 Leyline of Anticipation

1 Mana Echoes

1 Sneak Attack

1 Squirrel Nest

1 Sterling Grove

1 Ashnod's Altar

1 Chromatic Sphere

1 Darksteel Reactor

1 Doubling Cube

1 Gemstone Array

1 Gilded Lotus

1 Lotus Petal

1 Mana Crypt

1 Mirror of Fate

1 Serum Powder

1 Sol Ring

[/Spells]

[Lands]

2 Forest

2 Island

2 Mountain

2 Plains

2 Swamp

1 Blood Crypt

1 Breeding Pool

1 Command Tower

1 Forbidden Orchard

1 Godless Shrine

1 Hallowed Fountain

1 Homeward Path

1 Maze of Ith

1 Mishra's Workshop

1 Overgrown Tomb

1 Sacred Foundry

1 Sorrow's Path

1 Steam Vents

1 Stomping Ground

1 Temple Garden

1 Watery Grave

1 Academy Ruins

1 Gaea's Cradle

1 Gemstone Caverns

1 Serra's Sanctum

[/Lands]

[/cardlist]

Send your solutions to nex342+puzzle@gmail.com with the subject line “Puzzle – Commander Challenge Part 1” 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

The most damage that can be dealt is 99; Joseph Zeiler was the first person to send in this solution. It is as follows:

To begin, you have 19 mana in your mana pool.

Play Forest, adding g to your mana pool from Lotus Cobra and tapping for g, for a total of 21 mana.

Tap Greenweaver Druid for a total of 23 mana.

Tap all remaining lands for a total of 31 mana.

Cast Comet Storm with x set to 4, kicked three times, and targeting both Halimar Excavators, Hedron Crab, and Stonework Puma, leaving 22 mana remaining.

Attack with all untapped creatures. Geyser Glider will be blocked to minimize damage.

Cast Strength of the Tajuru with x set to 15, kicked five times, targeting all five unblocked creatures.

Deck List for This Week’s Puzzle

Commander: Atogatog
Creatures Instants Sorceries
Academy Rector

Argothian Elder

Atog

Auratog

Cavern Harpy

Cephalid Sage

Chronatog

Cloud of Faeries

Elvish Spirit Guide

Filigree Sages

Fire Servant

Foratog

Lithatog

Megatog

Necratog

Phantatog

Phyrexian Metamorph

Priest of Gix

Priest of Urabrask

Psychatog

Sarcatog

Thaumatog

Thopter Squadron

Vedalken Archmage

Viral Drake

Animate Land

Cabal Ritual

Culling the Weak

Dark Ritual

Desperate Ritual

Hunting Pack

Manamorphose

Perilous Research

Read the Runes

Thirst for Knowledge

Apocalypse

Divination

Empty the Warrens

Enduring Ideal

Ideas Unbound

Inner Fire

Kaboom!

Kuldotha Rebirth

Mind Rot

Scarscale Ritual

Time Spiral

Enchantments Artifacts Lands
Barren Glory

Earthcraft

Foster

Furnace of Rath

Helix Pinnacle

Inexorable Tide

Intruder Alarm

Leyline of Anticipation

Mana Echoes

Sneak Attack

Squirrel Nest

Sterling Grove

Ashnod's Altar

Chromatic Sphere

Darksteel Reactor

Doubling Cube

Gemstone Array

Gilded Lotus

Lotus Petal

Mana Crypt

Mirror of Fate

Serum Powder

Sol Ring

Forest

Island

Mountain

Plains

Swamp

Blood Crypt

Breeding Pool

Command Tower

Forbidden Orchard

Godless Shrine

Hallowed Fountain

Homeward Path

Maze of Ith

Mishra's Workshop

Overgrown Tomb

Sacred Foundry

Sorrow's Path

Steam Vents

Stomping Ground

Temple Garden

Watery Grave

Academy Ruins

Gaea's Cradle

Gemstone Caverns

Serra's Sanctum

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