Can you solve the Wizard's Dead End riddle? -Dan Finkel

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You have been chosen as champion to represent your house of wizards in a deadly duel against two rival schools of magic. Your opponents are a powerful wizard who wields a wand that can turn people into fish, and a powerful enchantress who wields a wand that turns people into statues. Can you choose a wand and come up with a strategy that will guarantee you win the duel? Dan Finkel shows how.

Lesson by Dan Finkel, animation by Artrake Studio.

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