InQuest #41 · September 1998 · p.71 · by Jeff Hannes

Mad About Yoo-Hoo

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Eugene T. Dudley vs. Clint "The Fist" Canyon

You can't win.

Eugene T. Dudley, the world's worst Magic player, has done it this time. It took him over a year to get a rematch, but Eugene finally has a chance to beat his archnemesis, Clint "The Fist" Canyon. Unfortunately, in his excitement, Eugene knocked over his can of Yoo-hoo, spilling chocolate milk substitute all over the playing field.

To make matters worse, Eugene's cards are now floating in the mess and he doesn't know which cards are supposed to be tapped and which cards should be untapped. He knows that he was about to play a Seismic Assault to win the game, but now Clint won't let him. A stickler for the rules, Clint refuses to let Eugene continue unless he can figure out exactly how each of his cards should be positioned.

While Eugene is crying over spilt Yoo-hoo, figure out what Eugene has done so far this turn, and which of his cards should be tapped.

Keep in mind the following

Eugene remembers that he drew a Tarpan during his draw phase and, using his Sylvan Library, put two forests on top of his library.
At the beginning of his turn, there were no cards in Eugene's graveyard.
After taking a hit from Eugene's Jackalope Herd and Juzam Djinn last turn, Clint was at 12 life at the start of the turn; Eugene was at 2.
Last turn, when Eugene attacked with the Jackalope Herd, his Nurturing Licid was attached to it.
Clint played a Festival at the beginning of this turn to prevent Eugene from attacking, but he hasn't interfered in any other way.
Remember, in order to figure out which cards should be tapped, you must outline step-by-step what Eugene has done so far this turn.
The magazine's photo showed where things were when Eugene was about to cast the Seismic Assault, for which he had already tapped the mana.

The board

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

Cards in play at start of turn9 cards

Cards in hand at start of turn2 cards

Land in play at start of turn7 cards

Solution

The answer ran in InQuest #42, which has not been scanned into the Internet Archive. This one is unsolved here — work it out yourself.