What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 13?

Pull the cap off the most crowded middle bottle first instead of cashing in the clean-looking side color.

What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 13?

If the side stack is polished before the center lane is stabilized, the middle section turns into a three-bottle traffic jam.

Magic Sort level guide

medium Target: 11 moves 5 colors

Magic Sort Level 13 turns the board into a true center-lane puzzle, with stacked middle bottles that all want the same escape route.

Layout: The board is packed across two rows, and the busiest middle bottles sit between a few half-built edge stacks that only matter later.
Goal: Open the middle stack that is hiding the first real match so the board finally gains one usable center lane.
Opening: Pull the cap off the most crowded middle bottle first instead of cashing in the clean-looking side color.
Danger Zone: If the side stack is polished before the center lane is stabilized, the middle section turns into a three-bottle traffic jam.
Mechanics: This level stops being generic when you notice this: The board is packed across two rows, and the busiest middle bottles sit between a few half-built edge stacks that only matter later. Open the middle stack that is hiding the first real match so the board finally gains one usable center lane.

Do this before anything else: Open the middle stack that is hiding the first real match so the board finally gains one usable center lane.
Best opening line: Pull the cap off the most crowded middle bottle first instead of cashing in the clean-looking side color.
The board goes wrong when: Taking the outside finish before the center bottle has finished its reveal.

Pull the cap off the most crowded middle bottle first instead of cashing in the clean-looking side color.
Merge the exposed center pair at once, then use that new lane to separate the last blocker from the opposite middle bottle.
Do not drift into side cleanup yet: Open the middle stack that is hiding the first real match so the board finally gains one usable center lane.
Wrap up the board by keeping this failure state out: Taking the outside finish before the center bottle has finished its reveal.

Colors in this level:

Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Pink

What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 13?
Pull the cap off the most crowded middle bottle first instead of cashing in the clean-looking side color.
What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 13?
If the side stack is polished before the center lane is stabilized, the middle section turns into a three-bottle traffic jam.