What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 45?

Finish the easiest colored pair first and keep the crossover lane free for building a second anchor instead of opening the shell row immediately.

What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 45?

If the shell row starts spilling before the second anchor is ready, the colored lower row loses the lane it needed to finish.

Magic Sort level guide

expert Target: 22 moves 6 colors

Magic Sort Level 45 opens with a long shell row over a tight colored row, and the board only calms down after two anchor bottles exist.

Layout: A broad top row of shell bottles hangs above a lower row of short colored bottles with only a couple of workable lanes between them.
Goal: Use the colored lower row to build the first anchor bottle, then a second one, before the shell traffic is allowed to spread.
Opening: Finish the easiest colored pair first and keep the crossover lane free for building a second anchor instead of opening the shell row immediately.
Danger Zone: If the shell row starts spilling before the second anchor is ready, the colored lower row loses the lane it needed to finish.
Mechanics: Level-specific mechanic: A broad top row of shell bottles hangs above a lower row of short colored bottles with only a couple of workable lanes between them. Use the colored lower row to build the first anchor bottle, then a second one, before the shell traffic is allowed to spread.

First priority: Use the colored lower row to build the first anchor bottle, then a second one, before the shell traffic is allowed to spread.
Opening rule: Finish the easiest colored pair first and keep the crossover lane free for building a second anchor instead of opening the shell row immediately.
Common trap: Opening the shell row after only one anchor bottle is complete.

Finish the easiest colored pair first and keep the crossover lane free for building a second anchor instead of opening the shell row immediately.
Lock the second anchor next, then unload the shell row into those two finished homes one release at a time.
Keep the board pointed at its real job: Use the colored lower row to build the first anchor bottle, then a second one, before the shell traffic is allowed to spread.
Close the board without reintroducing the trap: Opening the shell row after only one anchor bottle is complete.

Colors in this level:

Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange, Pink

What should you do first in Magic Sort Level 45?
Finish the easiest colored pair first and keep the crossover lane free for building a second anchor instead of opening the shell row immediately.
What usually goes wrong in Magic Sort Level 45?
If the shell row starts spilling before the second anchor is ready, the colored lower row loses the lane it needed to finish.