What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 38?

Work the lower colored pair first and leave the shell-covered top row closed until the lower anchor is ready.

What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 38?

The board spirals when the top shell row is opened before the lower row has any bottle that can accept the spill.

Magic Sort level guide

hard Target: 18 moves 6 colors

Magic Sort Level 38 stacks shell bottles across most of the top row, so the colored lower row must be organized before the lid comes off.

Layout: Shell bottles fill much of the upper half, while the lower row holds the colored working bottles and one thin recovery route.
Goal: Use the lower row to build an anchor bottle that can catch the first shell-side release cleanly.
Opening: Work the lower colored pair first and leave the shell-covered top row closed until the lower anchor is ready.
Danger Zone: The board spirals when the top shell row is opened before the lower row has any bottle that can accept the spill.
Mechanics: This level stops being generic when you notice this: Shell bottles fill much of the upper half, while the lower row holds the colored working bottles and one thin recovery route. Use the lower row to build an anchor bottle that can catch the first shell-side release cleanly.

Do this before anything else: Use the lower row to build an anchor bottle that can catch the first shell-side release cleanly.
Best opening line: Work the lower colored pair first and leave the shell-covered top row closed until the lower anchor is ready.
The board goes wrong when: Cracking the top shell row before the lower row has an anchor.

Work the lower colored pair first and leave the shell-covered top row closed until the lower anchor is ready.
After the anchor is finished, open one top shell bottle, empty it into the anchor, and reopen the recovery route immediately.
Do not drift into side cleanup yet: Use the lower row to build an anchor bottle that can catch the first shell-side release cleanly.
Wrap up the board by keeping this failure state out: Cracking the top shell row before the lower row has an anchor.

Colors in this level:

Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange, Pink

What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 38?
Work the lower colored pair first and leave the shell-covered top row closed until the lower anchor is ready.
What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 38?
The board spirals when the top shell row is opened before the lower row has any bottle that can accept the spill.