Challenge

Using only cards from Tempest block (Tempest, Stronghold, and Exodus), deal 100 damage in a single turn as quickly as possible.

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.

Attacking “quickly” refers to both the turn of the game and whether you’re playing or drawing first. Turn three on the draw is faster than turn four on the play, but it’s not as fast as turn three on the play.

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

Good luck!

Solution to LastWeek’sPuzzle

The fastest solution to last week’s puzzle was provided first by Michael Czubek. Mike managed to cast Autochthon Wurm on turn three on the play as follows:

Play	Mana	Cards in Hand
Turn 1		7
Forest		6
Birds of Paradise		5
Turn 2		6
Forest		5
Birds of Paradise		4
Birds of Paradise		3
Birds of Paradise		2
Turn 3		3
Izzet Guildmage		2
To Arms!, tap all Birds for mana		2
To Arms!		1
In response, copy it using Izzet Guildmage and tap all Birds for mana.		2

Continue to copy To Arms! until you generate enough mana to cast Autochthon Wurm, then let the original copy resolve and cast the Wurm.