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InQuest #26 · June 1997 · p.47

Just End It

Solution not available

Eugene T. Dudley vs. Dirk "The Destroyer" Rockney

You can't win.

You're going down. Once again you've taken over for Eugene T. Dudley, the sorriest Magic player in existence, and this time you really can't win. Dirk "The Destroyer" Rockney has been toying with Eugene all game long. He's got four Serra Angels, four Shivan Dragons, four Sengir Vampires and four Mahamoti Djinns in play, but he's held off on the attack just to grind salt into Eugene's wounds. Dirk finally decided to attack a couple of turns ago, but Eugene has managed to hold him off with three Fogs. Now Eugene is out of Fogs, and it's up to you to save a little face.

Help Eugene find a way to lose before Dirk's turn so Dirk regrets taunting Eugene for so long.

Keep in mind the following

  • You've got 18 life.
  • It's your main phase. You've already untapped and you've already drawn a card (the Electric Eel that's in your hand).
  • You have three cards left in your library. Eugene used his Soldevi Digger to put a Regrowth on the bottom of the library, and you know by elimination that the other two cards are Lightning Bolts.
  • To taunt Eugene further, Dirk just burned your graveyard with a Tormod's Crypt.

The board

Hover a card to enlarge it, or click through to Scryfall.

Hand6 cards

Demonic Tutor
Demonic Tutor
Electric Eel
Electric Eel
Fireball
Fireball
Time and Tide
Time and Tide
Manabarbs
Manabarbs
Time Elemental
Time Elemental

Cards in play8 cards

Ashnod's Altar
Ashnod's Altar
Concordant Crossroads
Concordant Crossroads
Deathgrip
Deathgrip
Jayemdae Tome
Jayemdae Tome
Mishra's Groundbreaker
Mishra's Groundbreaker
Soldevi Digger
Soldevi Digger
Teferi's Imp
Teferi's Impphased out
Zuran Orb
Zuran Orb

Land8 cards

City of Brass
City of Brass
Forest
Forest
Islandx4
Island
Mountain
Mountain
Swamp
Swamp

Remaining cards in library3 cards

Lightning Boltx2
Lightning Bolt
Regrowth
Regrowth

Solution

The answer ran in InQuest #27, which has not been scanned into the Internet Archive. This one is unsolved here — work it out yourself.