Iowa legend Dan Skinner once had a thing he used to do on MTGiowa, our state community message board, where he would post a screenshot of a modo game. He would then prompt the community to realize the correct play based on board position, knowledge of the format, etc in order to challenge the competitive players to look for the right answer. Some of these YMTP articles were fun, intricate logic puzzles, whereas others were judgmental plays that forced us into lengthy debates about maximizing potential.
I've recently taken up playing TEPS, and I found a really difficult situation that I don't think a lot of players would be able to get out of given a real event. During a solo test session, I decided to basically create a senario where my opponent was playing a deck that had the god draw against me, and that I would need to combo off or risk the chance of dying on my opponent's fourth turn.
In true Kuan style:
As you can see, we are on the draw against Zoo. They have probably the scariest draw possible, and after revealing Gaea's Might off of Confidant in the previous turn, they can bring us down to a mere two life next turn and kill us if they have one of their eight burn spells. Don't forget, they have confidant, so the chances of them having either Helix or Flames is not worth the risk. Let's try to go off this turn.
But damn! That stupid Gaddock Teeg! Our lives would be so much easier if WotC didn't hate us so. Regardless, we will have to combo out through the teeg, dealing with it eventually.
Here is our decklist, for those who wish to know what to tutor for and wish for:
http://www.deckcheck.net/deck.php?id=13484
So, have you come up with our route to victory? Post the step by step in the comments. First person to come up with the correct play by play gets a trophy.
If you happen to come across this article later, I highly recommend trying to solve it yourself, rather than just looking at the answers below. If no one gets it, I'll post the correct combo, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this one is easier than it looks.
