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Un-Dying for More Puzzles?

Both these puzzles occurred in Hawaii. The first one is from our play test session, and the second is from a match I played at the Pro Tour. Both happened in real games, with no knowledge if there WERE even solutions. Still, being able to solve something you know is a puzzle will train your mind so that when you encounter another difficult situation ‘in the field’ as it were, you might just be able to solve it, like I did. Special thanks to Mani Davoudi, for help solving the 1st puzzle, and to Dan Lanthier, for the graphics.

Puzzle 1

Q: How do you not die on your opponent’s next attack?

Opponent: 13 life

[card]Gavony Township[/card] tapped
[card]Plains[/card] untapped
2 [card]Razorverge Thicket[/card] tapped
2 [card]Sunpetal Grove[/card] tapped
[card]Plains[/card] tapped

[card]Hero of Bladehold[/card] x 2 (with 3 +1/+1 counters) tapped
[card]Doomed Traveler[/card] (with 4 +1/+1 counters) tapped
[card]Fiend Hunter[/card] ( with 3 +1/+1 counters) tapped (removing strangleroot geist)
[card]Gideon’s Lawkeeper[/card] (with +1/+1 counter) untapped, summoning sick
[card]Honor of the Pure[/card]

No cards in hand

You: 9 life

[card]Rootbound Crag[/card]
2 [card]Woodland Cemetery[/card]
2 [card]Forest[/card]
[card]Copperline Gorge[/card]

[card]Birthing Pod[/card]
2 [card]Huntmaster of the Fells[/card] (NOT FLIPPED)
[card]Birds of Paradise[/card]
[card]Strangleroot Geist[/card]
[card]Llanowar Elves[/card]

Graveyard relevant cards: [card]Ratchet Bomb[/card]

Hand/draw for turn: [card]Phyrexian Metamorph[/card]

[deck title=Pod]
[Creatures]
2 Glissa, the Traitor
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Geralf’s Messenger
4 Strangleroot Geist
3 Huntmaster of the Fells
2 Acidic Slime
1 Vorapede
1 Grave Titan
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Massacre Wurm
1 Sylvok Replica
3 Llanowar Elves
4 Birds of Paradise
3 Viridian Emissary
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Birthing Pod
3 Ratchet Bomb
[/Spells]
[Land]
4 Copperline Gorge
4 Woodland Cemetery
3 Evolving Wilds
4 Swamp
2 Rootbound Crag
1 Mountain
6 Forest
[/Land]
[/deck]

Us figuring out this puzzle in real-time

Puzzle 2

This happened to me at the Pro Tour

Opponent: 6 life

4 Forest, [card]Copperline Gorge[/card], [card]Kessig Wolf Run[/card] all tapped.

[card]Thrun, the Last Troll[/card], [card]Dungrove Elder[/card]

4 cards in hand ([card]Incinerate[/card], [card]Strangleroot Geist[/card], [card]Phyrexian Metamorph[/card], [card]Huntmaster of the Fells[/card]) known from [card]Gitaxian Probe[/card].

You: 3 Life

2 [card]Phantasmal Image[/card], both copies of [card]Strangleroot Geist[/card]
1 [card]Glacial Fortress[/card], 1 [card]Seachrome Coast[/card], 2 Island untapped

Hand: [card]Sword of War and Peace[/card], [card]Gut Shot[/card], [card]Vapor Snag[/card]

Top card of library (from [card]Ponder[/card]): [card]Island[/card]

Your opponent has just shipped the turn after playing a [card]Green Sun’s Zenith[/card] for Thrun and a Copperline Gorge. Little does he know that he is actually just dead. It is your opponent’s end step. How do you win?

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