What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 24?

Free the center match that also reopens the lower support lane, then leave the shell edges waiting.

What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 24?

If one shell edge is polished before the center chain is shortened, the opposite edge and the middle both end up fighting for the same route.

Magic Sort level guide

medium Target: 16 moves 5 colors

Magic Sort Level 24 splits shell bottles down both sides of a packed center column, making the middle chain the only honest first target.

Layout: Shell bottles frame the left and right edges, while standard bottles stack through the middle in two cramped rows with only thin recovery lanes.
Goal: Reduce the center chain until one side bottle can finish cleanly without stealing the lane needed by the opposite side.
Opening: Free the center match that also reopens the lower support lane, then leave the shell edges waiting.
Danger Zone: If one shell edge is polished before the center chain is shortened, the opposite edge and the middle both end up fighting for the same route.
Mechanics: The important mechanic in this layout: Shell bottles frame the left and right edges, while standard bottles stack through the middle in two cramped rows with only thin recovery lanes. Reduce the center chain until one side bottle can finish cleanly without stealing the lane needed by the opposite side.

Main target: Reduce the center chain until one side bottle can finish cleanly without stealing the lane needed by the opposite side.
First pour reminder: Free the center match that also reopens the lower support lane, then leave the shell edges waiting.
Avoid this: Letting an edge finish distract you from the center chain that still owns the board.

Free the center match that also reopens the lower support lane, then leave the shell edges waiting.
After the support lane is back, choose one side finish, complete it fully, and use it to relieve the remaining center traffic.
Stay on the main route here: Reduce the center chain until one side bottle can finish cleanly without stealing the lane needed by the opposite side.
For the final cleanup, keep this trap dead: Letting an edge finish distract you from the center chain that still owns the board.

Colors in this level:

Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Purple

Letting an edge finish distract you from the center chain that still owns the board.

What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 24?
Free the center match that also reopens the lower support lane, then leave the shell edges waiting.
What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 24?
If one shell edge is polished before the center chain is shortened, the opposite edge and the middle both end up fighting for the same route.