3 Card Blind Puzzle - Pre-Game Problems 

I know the last puzzle ends in a stalemate anyway because the tie would happen earlier than that but the way you presented it in the video is misplayed because you would just target your opponent with the broadside bombardiers ability if they let themselves get to two life

Slight clarification for at 5:55. Random effects are least favorable to the *owner* of the effect, not the controller

I don't think it matters for the result, but in the final game, the shoal player would need to cast it before being at two life, otherwise the bombardier can sack the furnace in response aimed at the face to finish the game

I'm the guy of the chancellor+Jace+store land. Second time I participate and second time my deck is in a video for a weird scenario. I don't win a lot but I guess we all have a good time with my stall strategies 😅

i didn't even consider the may ability of forgechan. I did see that they can solitude their own token, though.

i was player 2 in the 2nd puzzle!

3 puzzle is a win for the shining shoal player. That card can redirect combat dmg, so if the broadside attack or block the shining shoal player can use it to kill it without losing the goblin.

I screwed up in the last one because i forgot great furnace is an artifact and that mana crypt is a spell xD

The one time I skip over a puzzle video for a month and I've got a deck in it. (Dread deck) Glad to see my deck in a video, even if it is one of my worst meta calls.

Wow, I am not very good at these. I enjoy the challenge, though, it almost feels like my years of magic experience get in the way here, since you need to think outside the box!

In the third puzzle, if P2 the Shining Shoals player waits until they're at 2 life to play Shoals, they lose the game. ex. Bombadier attacke, P2 casts Shoals to redirect damage, P1 sacks Forge in response targeting P2 face (not the goblin) for 2 before Shoals resolves. P2 can't play Shoals before the attack is commited either, as P1 could just delay attacking for the round as they have enough health buffer to lose a round of damage. P2 would have to make the Shoals play on the round they're at 4 life to force a Draw like is described in the video.

I wish you would explain how the order of the exile and opponent drawing a card would be determined by the rules text in the first puzzle. And if they happen at the same time, why does the jace deck still win?

I think I'm missing something but why is the skrelv player able to play anything? Don't they have to tap remote farm once per turn for 2 mana, and that mana is lost between phases?

This sort of thing would be great for testing a rules engine lol

Player 2 wouldn't even have to activate the +1 ability. Player 1 only has 4 mana on his turn so the same problem remains. If he taps his land to put a 5th counter on it and passes player 2 will draw for turn and win.

I didn’t see the line in the third one

I'm clearly missing something obvious, but why can the Skrelv player not just collect three storage counters, cast the hive, and pay the tax?

Why does Shining Shoal not redirect both the attack damage and the sacrifice ability of Broadside Bombardiers? SS doesn't specify that it only redirects a single instance of damage just the next X damage so it should redirect 7 total. All the damage is also from the chosen source of BB 2 from attack and 2 from ability. I tried to look up any rulings for this and found 614.9 which is a description of redirection and 615.7 which is about damage prevention but describes the same kind of ability that SS has. 615.7 says "Such effects count only the amount of damage; the number of events or sources dealing it doesn’t matter." and without any specific rules for damage redirection specifying otherwise I don't understand why it would work any differently than damage prevention.

An AI should be trained how to calculate the results of these matches