What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 28?

Use the relay lane to merge the divided middle color instead of opening one more shell bottle for short-term space.

What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 28?

When the relay lane is still carrying the first divided color, the next shell-side spill turns the whole center into parking.

Magic Sort level guide

medium Target: 15 moves 6 colors

Magic Sort Level 28 surrounds the middle with shell bottles, so one lower relay bottle has to keep the colored center from splitting apart.

Layout: Shell bottles line both sides of the board and the colored middle section only gets a couple of thin lanes to move through.
Goal: Consolidate the first color that is stretched across the middle before another shell-side release enters the same lane.
Opening: Use the relay lane to merge the divided middle color instead of opening one more shell bottle for short-term space.
Danger Zone: When the relay lane is still carrying the first divided color, the next shell-side spill turns the whole center into parking.
Mechanics: This level stops being generic when you notice this: Shell bottles line both sides of the board and the colored middle section only gets a couple of thin lanes to move through. Consolidate the first color that is stretched across the middle before another shell-side release enters the same lane.

Do this before anything else: Consolidate the first color that is stretched across the middle before another shell-side release enters the same lane.
Best opening line: Use the relay lane to merge the divided middle color instead of opening one more shell bottle for short-term space.
The board goes wrong when: Leaving the relay lane occupied after it has already done its first job.

Use the relay lane to merge the divided middle color instead of opening one more shell bottle for short-term space.
Reopen the relay lane immediately after that merge, then move the next blocker through it while the center is still organized.
Do not drift into side cleanup yet: Consolidate the first color that is stretched across the middle before another shell-side release enters the same lane.
Wrap up the board by keeping this failure state out: Leaving the relay lane occupied after it has already done its first job.

Colors in this level:

Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange, Pink

What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 28?
Use the relay lane to merge the divided middle color instead of opening one more shell bottle for short-term space.
What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 28?
When the relay lane is still carrying the first divided color, the next shell-side spill turns the whole center into parking.