What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 40?

Finish the easiest lower colored pair first and keep the lone empty lane free until that home bottle exists.

What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 40?

If the empty lane is borrowed by the shell row before the lower pair is done, the board has no honest recovery move left.

Magic Sort level guide

hard Target: 20 moves 6 colors

Magic Sort Level 40 puts a long shell row above the board, but the winning line still begins with the colored bottles in the lower half.

Layout: A broad row of shell bottles stretches across the top, while a few colored bottles and one narrow empty lane sit underneath them.
Goal: Use the lower colored bottles to create one safe home before the top shell row starts unloading into the board.
Opening: Finish the easiest lower colored pair first and keep the lone empty lane free until that home bottle exists.
Danger Zone: If the empty lane is borrowed by the shell row before the lower pair is done, the board has no honest recovery move left.
Mechanics: Level-specific mechanic: A broad row of shell bottles stretches across the top, while a few colored bottles and one narrow empty lane sit underneath them. Use the lower colored bottles to create one safe home before the top shell row starts unloading into the board.

First priority: Use the lower colored bottles to create one safe home before the top shell row starts unloading into the board.
Opening rule: Finish the easiest lower colored pair first and keep the lone empty lane free until that home bottle exists.
Common trap: Giving the only empty lane to the top shell row too early.

Finish the easiest lower colored pair first and keep the lone empty lane free until that home bottle exists.
Then open the first shell bottle into the new home, clear the empty lane again, and repeat from the lower center.
Keep the board pointed at its real job: Use the lower colored bottles to create one safe home before the top shell row starts unloading into the board.
Close the board without reintroducing the trap: Giving the only empty lane to the top shell row too early.

Colors in this level:

Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange, Pink

What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 40?
Finish the easiest lower colored pair first and keep the lone empty lane free until that home bottle exists.
What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 40?
If the empty lane is borrowed by the shell row before the lower pair is done, the board has no honest recovery move left.