Possibility Storm Puzzle: How Much Damage Can You Deal?
We’re doing things a little different in this week’s puzzle. This is about finding just how insane a damage total you can accumulate.
Puzzle: Death’s Shadow 2.0 [Difficulty: Mythic]
Ready for another mind-melting puzzle? At the center of today’s puzzle is one of Zendikar Rising’s spiciest creatures – Scourge of the Skycleaves. Can you figure out how to mess around with it to hit for lethal, regardless of however the opponent might try to stop you?
Puzzle: Two Minutes for Instigating [Difficulty: Mythic]
This is one of our favourite kind of puzzles. The ones where you look at the board and think “There’s no way I could deal 19 this turn!”. (Also, the ones with Clone effects!)
Puzzle: Many Close Paths [Difficulty: Uncommon]
We’re back with another puzzle! This week you’re presented with a pretty strange board state, and are up against a big challenge of dealing a huge 16 damage this turn. There are a ton of different ways to try, but only one that works. Can you find it?
Ikoria Puzzle – Mutate This!
We’re back with another puzzle! This time, the board on both sides has been slowly dominated by Mutate effects, and if you don’t win this turn, it looks like your opponent might run away with victory soon. But they’re at 16 life, you can’t possibly hit them for that much this turn… can you?
Puzzle: Big Board Commander Puzzle [Feat. Jimmy Wong]
Weird times call for weird puzzles, so we ventured into the world of 100-card singleton for a change with a little help from Commander aficionado Jimmy Wong! Come see if you can pilot this Marchesa madness to deal a smashing 105 damage this turn.
Puzzle: Win Before You LOSE!
We’re doing things a little different this week. We start the puzzle on our opponent’s turn, and we’re under attack! Not only that, but they’re packing three Underworld Dreams that’ll finish us off the next time we draw a card.
Puzzle: Big Pig
Heeee’s a big pig! You can be a big pig too. Are Lion King references too old? Regardless, in this week’s puzzle you’ve got Pumbaa on your side and several ways to generate a lot of damage triggers. See if you can piece it all together to win this turn!
Puzzle: Finding Fblthp
Help – Fblthp stumbled his was into this week’s puzzle! Poor little guy looks so lost. Come help him find his way home, and see if you can solve this week’s Possibility Storm “Rare”-difficulty puzzle while you’re at it. (Featuring an [almost] infinite combo.)
Puzzle: Dream Trawlin’
Tired of losing to Dream Trawler? Hexproof and big swings got you down? This week’s puzzle is here to help. Get behind your own flying untouchable damage machine and figure out how to deal lethal damage to your opponent this turn. (Oh, and bring your abacus.)
Puzzle: Send in the Clones
This week’s puzzle is the first “Mythic” difficulty challenge of the THB season, and this one is full to the brim with tricky moves you’ll need to use to win. Only about a dozen people solved it so far. Can you make it 13?
Puzzle: Deputy of Buzzkillery
Just when you were ready to have fun with Nyxbloom Ancient and some big mana effects, your buzzkill opponent detained it with their Deputy of Detention.
Cleaning Up with Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
Another week, another puzzle! Here is our second “pre-season” puzzle from Theros Beyond Death, featuring multiple Mardu bombs for you to win with. Can you solve it and win this turn?
A First Look at Puzzling with Theros Beyond Death
Antsy to start experimenting with new cards from Theros Beyond Death? Here’s a sample including Woe Strider (the new Viscera Seer) and Heliod, Sun-Crowned, which seems well positioned to accomplish many silly things over the coming months. Enjoy!
Two “Rare” Puzzles from The Great (Puzzle) Designer Search [Solutions Added]
Theros: Beyond Death season is still a few weeks away, but we’ve got some bonus puzzles for you in the meantime. Check out these “Rare”-level submissions to our 2019 Great Designer Search contest from two of our Top 4 finalists!
Superfriends’ Winter Vacation
One more puzzle to close out the year, might as well make it one with up to SEVEN planeswalkers to make use of. The solution to this one is oh-so-satisfying, too, if you’re one to enjoy some good old fashioned poetic justice. [Solution Added]
Puzzle: Throne of Eldraine Season Finale (a.k.a. “The Uber Mythic”)
[Solution Added] On the first day of Christmas, Oko gave to me: Eight cards for playing, counterspells to nerf them, another Lucky Clover, trampling Elementals, several static abilities, 9 mana for antics, and a big flippin’ Emmmbeercleeeave.
Puzzle: Gettin’ Lucky (Difficulty – Mythic)
[Solution Added] It’s been one of those games where you’ve grinded the opponent down to their final life points, but now the board appears to be totally gummed up. Rest assured though, there’s a way to win it if you find luck on your side.
Puzzle: Dovin’s Thopter Army
With three beefy fliers, victory appears to be within your grasp. But your opponent’s Dovin just won’t stop making more Thopters. Can you find a way to get through the wall of robot bees and win this turn?
Puzzle: Twice Smitten! (Solution Added)
Back-to-back puzzles with Curry Favor/Smitten Swordmaster? It’s true, but this time it’s a whole different barrel of monkeys with Syr Gwyn and some exciting equipment shenanigans afoot. Can you solve it faster than our quickest competitor did in 10 minutes 10 seconds?