Heya,
At the very end of his article today (
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/ld/28) Tom Lapille poses a very interesting puzzle:
Before I go, I’d like to share a Magic puzzle that might be fun for some of you to work on. Earlier this week in the Pit, developer Erik Lauer talked about a puzzle he solved in 1995. Build a Vintage-legal deck, then stack it in any order you choose. Your opponent gets to cut it exactly once before you draw your opening hand. You will take the first turn, and your opponent has no way to interact with you during your first turn. Can you stack your deck so that you win the game on that first turn no matter where your opponent chooses to cut the deck? Erik managed to do it in 1995....Can it still be done? Sound off in the forums!
This is interesting for several reasons. First, it's a really cool idea to try. Second, it means that Vintage does come up every now and then in design discussions. And third, they felt it was nifty enough to put in their official article and challenge readers to solve it on their official forums. That's pretty cool IMO.
Here's the link to the thread on WotC's forums:
http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1158221Peace,
-Troy
