What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 3?

Choose the move that completes the first clean bottle instead of the move that merely shifts a top layer sideways.

What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 3?

The level gets ugly on move two if one color is spread across three tubes before any bottle is actually finished.

Magic Sort level guide

easy Target: 5 moves 4 colors

Magic Sort Level 3 is the first four-tube intro board where one opening creates a finish and the other only spreads the mess.

Layout: The board widens to four slim tubes, with mirrored mixed stacks in the middle and one edge bottle already close to becoming clean space.
Goal: Take the finish-producing pour first so one tube becomes permanent room before the second crossover starts.
Opening: Choose the move that completes the first clean bottle instead of the move that merely shifts a top layer sideways.
Danger Zone: The level gets ugly on move two if one color is spread across three tubes before any bottle is actually finished.
Mechanics: This level stops being generic when you notice this: The board widens to four slim tubes, with mirrored mixed stacks in the middle and one edge bottle already close to becoming clean space. Take the finish-producing pour first so one tube becomes permanent room before the second crossover starts.

Do this before anything else: Take the finish-producing pour first so one tube becomes permanent room before the second crossover starts.
Best opening line: Choose the move that completes the first clean bottle instead of the move that merely shifts a top layer sideways.
The board goes wrong when: Choosing the prettier-looking pour instead of the pour that creates real space.

Choose the move that completes the first clean bottle instead of the move that merely shifts a top layer sideways.
Use the newly cleared tube to park the next blocker and close the second pair before reopening the original source.
Do not drift into side cleanup yet: Take the finish-producing pour first so one tube becomes permanent room before the second crossover starts.
Wrap up the board by keeping this failure state out: Choosing the prettier-looking pour instead of the pour that creates real space.

Colors in this level:

Red, Blue, Yellow, Green

What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 3?
Choose the move that completes the first clean bottle instead of the move that merely shifts a top layer sideways.
What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 3?
The level gets ugly on move two if one color is spread across three tubes before any bottle is actually finished.