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Niemira, Golgari Swarm Advisor
Here is the solution for last week’s puzzle, Tapped Out. If you missed it, you can find it here.
Alright, for this puzzle, the key to solving it is not just figuring out how to tap everything, but when to tap everything. There are many ways you can tap a permanent, but if you don’t tap things in the proper order, tapping the entire field will be impossible.
So how is it done? Let me show you!
- Pay UUU to cast Toils of Night and Day targeting both Kior’as Followers. If we don’t tap both Followers at the same time, their untap ability will be quite troublesome to stop. Because Toils of Night and Day is an Arcane spell, we can splice Psychic Puppetry onto it by paying an additional U, targeting Spectral Guardian. This will tap all three creatures. (9U left to spend.)
- Since Spectral Guardian is now tapped, lets pay U to activate Icy Manipulator’s ability, tapping down Trinisphere. (8U left)
- Pay UU to cast Press for Answers, tapping down Goblin Razerunner’s. Investigate gives us a clue token. (6U left)
- Tap the new Clue Token and Clock of Omens to activate the Clock’s ability, untapping Icy Manipulator. Pay U to activate Icy Manipulator one more time tapping down Masako the Humorless. (5U left)
- Pay UU to cast Psychic Puppetry tapping the Levitation. (3U left)
- Pay U to cast Rush of Ice tapping down our own Alabaster Kirin. (2U left)
- Here’s where things get fun. Move to combat and attack with Bazaar Krovod and Pristine Angel. Krovod’s attack trigger triggers, targeting Pristine Angel. Pristine Angel untaps.
- Because Pristine Angel is untapped, it has protection from creatures and artifacts. Meaning that even with Asako out, Pristine Angel can’t be blocked. Because the Angel is unblocked, we use the last of our mana to pay UUB for Throat Slitter’s Ninjutsu ability, swapping the Angel for it.
- Throat Slitter deals combat damage to the ruffians, triggering her ability. We’ll have the ability destroy Mossbridge Troll. Mossbridge Troll regenerates, removing all damage from it and tapping itself.
- All permanents are now tapped!
Regardless of whether or not the Ruffians decide to block your Bazaar Krovod or not, everything on the field will be tapped. And because we tapped both Kiora’s Followers at the beginning simultaneously, there is nothing they can do to stop you!
The Azorius senate is very pleased with your work. They sent 55 Thopters as reward for solving this puzzle.