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Magic Match is an amazing puzzle game by Codeminion. You are Merlin traveling with your imp, Giggles, and you are battling a genie to save King Richard. This epic story takes place in the Lands of Arcane where you collect spell components and coins to help you in your journey. This land has a forest, a desert, and an ocean that you travel through. Magic match is an interesting puzzle game that involves matching components together in a unique new way. Try the game to find out how it works! Some other interesting parts to magic match is the storytelling done through sing-a-longs and the songs have some fun lyrics. I found this game to be challenging and addictive. Give magic match a try today!
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I would be so grateful if anyone has any tips or “cheats” for Magic Match - I am really stuck on a level and can’t get any further -
many thanks in anticipation………..
When you get stuck you can use the shuffle spell and then you can keep going! If you run low on magic you can always collect more by matching on blue tiles to gain magic before you finish the level. Some other tips are to use match the lightning components when they appear since they break all the boxes. Sometimes it’s worth it to use the swap spell so you can use the lightning, it really clears up the board!
What about that nasty froggy like creature? Is there a way to get rid of him, afterall I bought the game!
Colleen
Yes, we bought the game, so someone should tell us how to get past a level when we are stuck — pleeeese ????
If you get stuck you can always duel the wizard to earn more magic points. Then, you can play the stage you are stuck on and use those magic points to shuffle when you get stuck. Also, the blue meter movesfaster when you have more sets of components finished… If you want more time, don’t finish a component set if there’s a few left and work on component types that have a lot left to collect.
Keep watching for those lightning specials that clear all the boxes, those really help, and it’s usually worth a swap spell to get them.
Please someone answer me about the froggy creature!
You can’t get rid of the froggy creature. Your best bet is to save up magic points and orbs, and to be careful about when you use swap/shuffle, and try to get those purify spells with swaps. Remember you can swap any two tiles, not just adjacent ones. Hope that helps!
It is impossible, I have re-started the game 3 times but there is never enough magic to get rid of all the things - I just cannot make any progress - it must be possible to skip the level you are stuck on- and the wizard always wins the duel!
Aprille, You can definitely beat the wizard. There are things you have to take into consideration. At first I thought I was trying to get as many components as possible. Then I realized that you have to use pool playing strategy and play atleast 2 moves ahead, not trying to get components so much as trying to get magic (blue squares) which will make it possible for you to move more components to make longer strings to build higher numbers than the wizard.
Colleen
I am stuck on stage 5 level 7. I’ve must of played it a hundred times. Someone help, I’m stubborn so I’m losing sleep! I’ve got to get a life!
Deb, I don’t think anyone is getting my messages because no one seems to reply to them. I am on Difficulty 2 already. When I was on level stage 5 level 7 I had problems for a long time, too. First off, make sure you have plenty of magic. If you don’t have magic this will not help you. Try not to swap just because it will give you 5 components instead of three. When it says there isn’t any more moves, reshuffle. And try to get the skulls first. Follow that friggin frog around if you have to makke sure he doesn’t eat them. While you are trying to get the skulls you will inevitably get the rest somehow. And always make sure you’re blue level stays high. You can do this by contining to match even after you have all the blue squares cleared.
That should do it.
Colleen
Does anyone know what the Magic Orb does and the best way to use it? And what do the other power things like purify do???
Colleen, I took note of what you said thanks and am now on difficulty 2 -
Deb, I was stuck on that level too, I thought I was going to need therapy !
but it really is possible - keep at it.
Holly, I tried answering you yesterday but had problems with my computer. The magic orb is cool if you haven’t figured out what it is for yet. You can click on the orb and drag it only to a component you want to collect a bunch of. It will take sometimes 20 of the board, sometimes only a few. But it’s good to choose it wisely, make sure you have a lot of magic so you can reshuffle if it manages to take away one of your moves and leaves you baron. It will end up telling you “sorry” if you do that. The lightning purify makes it so all the boards and traps are out of your way, it puts stuff in order. Hope that was helpful! Colleen
Aprille, Cool! Glad to hear it! When you have time between levels go to the the study and get the silver ones you didn’t get when you were in Diff 1 and go for the gold! If you need anymore help, let me know. I have found that you can work that froggy creature off the page for a while but he comes back!
I am a woman that her children are all grown and husband to work. So I have plenty of time to learn the puzzles.
Colleen
This is a bit advanced… I’ve already completed the game (three difficulty realms) but have yet to figure out how to get the Quickness Trophy. It says that you need to complete a level before without any “potion warnings”. What the heck is a “potion warning” and is a level each board, or a whole realm? It’s very ambiguous, and there are no instructions.
What I think it is, is when they tell you “you have no moves, you should use a magical spell or potion.” I haven’t seen that since the beginning, so I believe you would have to start from the begining knowing you could use magic and not let that annoying little fellow tell you.
Maybe not, I will ask someone on real arcade to be sure.
Colleen
Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately, I’ve gone through levels with no use of magic (swap or scramble), and I think I’ve gone through levels with no “help” from Giggles (highlighted matches before you found one on your own). I could be wrong… Giggles helps out VERY quickly, so he may have helped while I was busy matching somewhere else on the board. And yet, no trophy. The only other thing this may be is when you have magic powers on potions, and it starts flashing before the third turn is up. I have yet to get all of the powers before the flashing begins. *sigh* It would be easier if there were clearer instructions.
Hi, I think that quick trophy is for completing the game without the time/blue potion dropping too low, i.e. to the level it sounds a warning. =) Which personally I could never do, since the very last level is sooo hard.
IVE PLAYED THIS QUITE A FEW TIMES NOW, AND HERE ARE THE THINGS IVE FIGGURED OUT. THE CLOSER YOU GET TO THE END OF THE TRAIL, DONT USE THE COINS TO MAKE YOUR CHAINS IF YOU DONT HAVE TO. THE FEWER YOU USE, THE EASIER IT IS TO CLEAR THE BOARD. TRY TO USE THE COINS ONLY IF YOU DONT HAVE ANY OTHER MATCHES.
WHEN YOU FIRST START THE TRAILS, DONT TRY AND HURRY TO GET ALL OF YOUR COMPONENTS. KEEP TRYING TO GET BLUE SQUARES, THE MORE THE BETTER. SO FAR IVE HAD OVER 1500 POINTS AND THAT GETS ME TO THE END OF THE TRAIL WITHOUT HAVING TO DUEL. THATS THE WAY YOU GET THAT TROPHY.
Sheltie Mom,
You are very very right I seem to have gone through a lot of levels with never useing Giggles, as I said earlier, it might have only been in the tutorial or at the beginning of the game when he told me that. So, I am really not sure and no one and real arcade knew..
Glad to know we have smart people here ,Such as Jari. I wish I could find instructions anywhere. That is how I found this place, looking for codeminion. I am glad I found this place, though.
Colleen
Jari, Thanks a lot. You’re help is great. I never can do anything with the sound warning because I turn down my sound due to Giggles. Maybe I will turn my sound up, and just turn giggles off.
But I hated it when he was going OH NO!!!
Colleen
Katie,
I have also found out that if you use the coins multiple times you will end up out of time, if you know what I mean. Say I have Two goat heads and two coins but that one coin could be used for the next play, for instance 2 waters, I feel you have to think ahead because those might be your last two moves and if you take the four on one it might make room or move stuff around, or it might not. This is especially important to know when you have all the coins in the middle. (Along with the power star, of course.) As I said before, I play this game as my Dad taught me how to play pool. In pool you don’t have this wicked timer on your behind all the time…but in pool the best way to win is to play 2 shots ahead.
Colleen
ahhhhhhh. I think you may be right, Jari. Of course, if that is the case, I’ll never get it either. That last level is a doozy, even in difficulty level 1! Thanks to everyone for their ideas. Back to cursing Giggles to try this out….
You have to beat a whole difficulty level without getting low on potion ( that vile of blue stuff that works as a timer). When you get low on that stuff it warns you, and then you wont get that trophy.
oh me too, I can’t get past level 4 stage5 and I cannot find any way around it at all!
Yeah right, I bought the game too and I’ve tried getting the lighten bolts and used the magic shift and still lost and am still stuck …I am beginging to hate this darn game!
Hiya x lm glad lm not the only one to have been playing stage 5 level 7 (difficulty 2) for what seems hours … never realised just how much this game gave u a crooked neck either haha …. but yeah lm getting pretty frustrated with this level now … and l cant beat the wizard … feel like giving up now.
Wow, I thought I was the only one that thought that this game was a little weird side-ways…
Colleen
5 level 7 (difficulty 2) ……. grr how infuriating … lve just taken 4 days out of this game, returned to it today …….. got to needing only 5eggs and got no more moves, level over …. has anyone actually succeeded with this level??? lve read the comments about the coins, so will have to give that a go x
You can beat it. I did finally, but it took about 500 magic points and a LOT of reshuffling! I just kept dueling the guardian until I had enough points. I always ran out of time, so I only matched the ones that were giving me problems. (There’s good tips on beating the guardian in previous posts.)
This game is so much fun. when i get started playing it’s hard to get off. I’m a grown up, but i enjoy it as much, if not more than my kids, try it , you’ll agree that its a good way to have a great time with your kids.
wow lve finally succeeded ……………. only to find l now get stuck on Level 7 stage 6 ……. please tell me its possible to get 100 scrolls …. lve noticed it puts very few on the grid ???
I envy you I am so frustrated! I am on 5-6 but can’t seem to beat the Guardian Wizard and only have 17 magic points left!
just keep going … l wanted to give in so many times …. but l persisted, dont like to be beaten … worked out in the end … took some time trying to master the wizard, and duelled him everytime, l succeeded some of the time, but when u do, the additional points really do help …. lm now on difficulty level 3 stage 2 level 2 … good luck x
Janice, I am a grown up and can’t get my “kids” to play this. Maybe it’s because what I consider my kids to be kids are not kids anymore. They are 23, 18, and 16. My 23 year old is constantly connected to some cyberwar. My 18 year old boy and 16 year old daughter like the adultish versions on the Sims Nightlife, College, etc. when they are not talking girlfriends or boyfriends.
My games are rather muddy to them. My husband however, thinks its grand!
Colleen
How did you get out of 5-6 difficulty 2
l cant remember sorry, seems awhile back now … seem to whiz thru the levels … the last level of each stage is always the most difficult, just as before. if you can master the the wizard ur ok … another thing l learnt was … dont be keen to use ur coins first, use them when u really need them, and try to use only one at a time … good luck x
To those of you who were asking about how to get rid of the frog creature, there is a way to do it! If you move the frog to the edge of the board and it tries to eat a square off the board, the frog will leave! You can do this if you make matches so that the frog is moved to the edge of the board. It’s also a little easier if you learn the pattern the frog makes so you know when to move it to the side so that it will explode!
But doesn’t it come back? And what do you mean explode?
Colleen
It doesn’t come back during that stage… but you might be visited again by it on a later stage. By explode I just mean when it hops off the board there is some flourish as it croaks, but all it really does is just leave and the components shift over to fill in the space it used to occupy.
How do you beat the wizard??? I am stuck at the castle on 2 difficulty and giggles says i dont have enough magic points. I have been sent to the wizard over 100 times, it seems impossible. I won in points but did not have all of my items in one game, so i lost, but in one game neither of us had all of our items, and i had more points, they still said the wizard won!!! I am pulling my hair out!!! HELP!!!
It sounds to me like there’s a bug in the game for you. To beat the wizard you need the most points at the end of the match. You get 2 points for each magic point, 50 points for each component you complete, and then of course the points you collect when you match components directly. You don’t have to have all the items to win, you just need the most points. The wizard duel ends and the winner is decided based off the total points when either you or the wizard you are dueling has completed all the components or there are no moves left on the board and no one can cast a spell. Here is a link to the Codeminon support page where you could contact them directly (they made the game) and perhaps they would fix the bug at some point! http://www.magicmatch.codeminion.com/support.html.
Does anyone else find that the Wizard cheats?
I keep getting sent to play the wizard and thats fine. but i notice that when i move say 7 components i get maybe 28 points…. and when the wizard moves 7 components he gets like 120 pts!!!!!!!!! whats up with that!!!!!! and the better im doing the more he cheats!!!!!!!!!!! i also notice that i can study the board a good 5 minutes and there will be no matches and all of a sudden the wizard has a string of like 15 components for 250pts!!!!!!!!!!
the wizard cheats i tell ya!
can any one help me get past the final level it says if i do this i win the whole game but iv been trying for 2 weeks HELP!!!!!!!!! i dont know how it can be done when you have to collect 100 eggs and 100 skulls its impossdiable
It is ridiculously sideways! It makes my neck hurt
The game is bugging me. I am stuck on level seve, stage six of the Difficulty Two level. And have been stuck for three days…
I’ve tried all sorts of strategies. It is beginning to tear apart my soul
Has anybody got any hints or ideas? I mean, asides from the usual - make blue tile matches, gain lots of magic points and so forth…
I’ve finally completed the whole game WITHOUT needing to battle the wizard for more points, and this is what I’ve learned:
-GAIN as many magic points (blue squares) as you can in the early stages of each level. Those are the stages where you can get through it without needing to use either swapping or reshuffling. Even if you are close to being done, if you can safely do it, get more points before clearing out your last component. You WILL need every point before the end of the game.
-MINIMIZE using the swap or reshuffle to save points. You may need to only take 3 components instead of 4 or 5, but while moving the board, taking only 3 opens up other matches, while taking 5 may end up costing you a reshuffle. You really do need to play two moves at a time. You really can’t do much more than that in the later stages with frogs and towers popping up out of nowhere.
-MINIMIZE using the coins, especially later in the stages. For some reason, the coins seem to penalize you by adding more shields as the move happens.
-MAXIMIZE eliminating frozen tiles. I can’t stress this enough. I don’t know why, but a great majority of the time when I do get rid of frozen tiles by matching them, they open up more matches. It also seems to not create any shields as well.
-Work on eliminating components with the HIGHEST total amount to match FIRST. This may seem trivial, but matching 3 of a high total component is much more strategic than matching 7 of a low total component. This is mainly to slow down how quickly the potion level drops. For example, if you are required to match 75 skulls and only 15 books, matching 3 skulls helps to prolong the game over matching 7 books, because once you eliminate a component, the potion level drops FASTER.
-If you have a chance to get the lightning bolt component free (without swapping), by all means, DO IT! But, if you have to swap to get it, take care when you do it because it does cost you 25 points. If you seem close to needing a reshuffle (there are a lot of shields and frozen tiles), get the bolt sooner rather than later. If you still seem to have a lot of matches, and not too many blocks, skip it altogether. It is a give-and-take sort of bonus and each situation will dictate when to use it.
-For those of you with the power star: notice how it moves when you make a match? It emerges out of the side of the board from the direction the move is made. It can also emerge out of a shield if that is where the movement begins. If you take care, you can move a star out of a congested area (full of shields and frozen tiles) into a more open area with matches just by adjusting where you start your match. This can prolong the time before you really need to reshuffle, thus saving those points for later. For example, if you start your match at the power star, it will move in the direction you moved your mouse from the power star onward. You can change the direction of the movement just by starting the match at the other end (away from the power star), or anywhere in between. You really have quite a few options, and figuring out the movement of the star will really help you minimize reshuffles. I hope this was clear. It really is hard to describe. You need to play and see it for yourself.
-You can’t get rid of the frog, but you can sort of dictate what damage it does to you. Watch that silly little thing: it sometimes changes directions based on where your matches move. Also, you can move the frog if you make matches that will move its row or column. Thus, you can sometimes move it out from the middle to the outskirts of the board, thus hopefully making it go away faster.
-Use the magic orb SPARINGLY. Only use it when you can get a whole bunch of matches of a high total component. For example, if you can get more than 10 skulls (out a high total of 75), use it! But only if you have no more matches to make (i.e., when giggles tells you you have no more matches). Also, keep track of the frog. It will eat your precious orb if you let it. If it gets close to your orb, and you can’t move the frog out of harms way, use it regardless of what component you will match. Most of the time, this will at least get you a few more (blue) points, and maybe a few component matches. It may also open up more matches for you, thus minimizing reshuffles. It may not, of course, but at least you had a fighting chance.
-If you have a DONE next to a component, and others that are close to done, but a lot of a high total componet left, try to match more of that DONE component than the ones that are close to completion (if you have an option) while you try to whittle down the amount of high total component. This will help keep the potion from speeding up.
For example, you have 60 skulls, 5 books, and 4 rocks, but have completed the blood. If you have an option, get more blood components over the books and rocks, while you keep gathering more skulls. This way you keep the potion level from dropping faster, thus prolonging the stage, while you still try to get the skull components down to a reasonable amount before the potion starts dropping at an amazing rate of speed. It may seem silly to keep collecting components you don’t need, but in the overall scheme of the stage, you really are keeping yourself alive while opening up meaningful matches, too.
Well, that’s all I have for now… I can’t think of any other hints off the top of my head. I hope this helps those of you stuck at higher levels. Remember, it is do-able. You just can’t keep charging straight; you sometimes have to sit back and strategize. Good luck to you all!
When playing the wizard make sure you use the coin. The high points are given with the long runs useing the coin.
When the frog is at the edge of the board with his mouth facing that edge, if you get a chain real quick, he’ll fall off. So you get rid of him for a bit. But he does come back.
I’ve gone back to the main menu, clicked on profiles and created a new player name. This works to get you more practice and lots of spell points because now you know the game better. You can start from the beginning as many times as you want. Just create a new name. You can also delete names you don’t want.
I was stuck on that level for days. Finally, I got through it. I’ve also created a new name and started from the beginning so I get more practice. During your play you can also click on menu, leave the game and then go back in. Sometimes I have better luck that way.
o that wizard is quite tough. I’ve done it even for 200 pts. I was shocked. That wizard sees all the chain moves and more!
Hey Colleen, you got some good stuff there. I haven’t been in the study. What do you mean by going to the Study, Diff 1? and getting the silver?
Thanks
your comments are great. what is diff 1?
I’m at level 7 stage 5 and stuck by one month! Need help!
If you make longer chains, you can beat the dueling wizard…sometimes I swapped, just to make chains longer before clearing them
I’,m at EXACTLY the same place. Glad to know I’m not alone! Did anyone help you here? If so pass on the wisdom…. PLEASEEEEEEEeeeeee!
I’m actually at level 3 here! But can’t move any longer! Gads!
Level 7 stage 5, stage 5 of 6 , difficulty level 3!
Well said!!! Terrific summary!
I have a question. How do you get a gold medal?
Well, I’ve figured out that in the wizard duel, coins are a major step to winning. Don’t make chains of over 5, because that will produce a coin, which the wizard will then use to gain more points. When a coin DOES appear, make sure you use it. It also seems to be important to finish gathering all your items first, and to gather as many magic points as possible. It all counts in the final score.
Magic Orb
Can someone please explain how to use the Magic Orb? I have been down to that with lots of time left, but NO IDEA how to use the darn thing!
Side note - I am a grown-up too and I love this game!!
If I remember you use it by clicking on it and then any tile and it removes all tiles of that type from the board.
OK, got the Magic Orb trick down pat. Thanks.
I am on to Diff 2!
New question: Is there any way to QUICKLY get out of the game and back to work?
On the “Study” page, I notice that when you collect more than 350 of an item, a little ribbon (?) appears beside that item. What significance is this? How can I best use that to my advantage?
Also, what can I do to get magic points?
Hi Darlene,
The blue ribbon is just a reward for matching so many and it doesn’t change the gameplay. Feeling accomplished about it is the best you can do
As for magic points, when you collect spell components over blue tiles you gain a magic point. You can collect more magic points if you avoid completing a stage and instead focus on collecting magic before you continue on.
Enjoy!
THANKS A LOT!!!!!! I WOULD NEVER GUESS IT. I STUCK ON L7 STAGE 5.
would like more free trial
I am having a vey hard time with this game still on level
one stage 4 of 6.
Help
stuck 4 of6
I am having tough time dualing the wizard for the extra points also. I have read the tips here. What I want to know is what is gather x2? I seem to get the most points except for that and I have no idea what it is? Any other hints?
Can someone explain to me how the Transform Spell works ? Thanks
love magic match game amd puzzle games like it where you have to think to figure out the game
Anytime you need help let me know.
I played that game for hours a couple of years ago.
If you like that game I found another game that was reminiscent of Magic Match.
Let me know and I will tell you about it.
Colleen
help
Dual the computer. Keep doing that and eventually you will finish 50 levels. It’s after that when you start having trouble. Every time you start stage 2, no matter how far you get, it start all over agin every time you turn the computer off. Any suggestions
hi i’m at stage 6 level 5… i’m stuck,still sane but i keep needing more magic points. i never have enough when there are only 5 components left. my only option, duel the master
, not going well. any help? please 
what they mean by gather x2 is to collect as many blue tiles because for each one you collect you recieve an additional 2 bonus points… get as many on the board as possible before completing your components. it’s hard, i’m still trying. stage 6 level 5.
I finished the game also and I noticed that you can’t replay in “Free” every level. You can only play the main stages of every level. So you can only play where there is a flag on the map, not the in-between games (hard to explain, you cna’t play all 126 levels. Only 18 levels. Am I doing soemthing wrong, I tried to click in-between the flags and no-way doesn’t let me only on the flags, and when I get in it does say “free play” so I know I am on my profile of winning the game. Does anyone know a way of playing and all the levels or picking any level once you have ocmpelted the game? let me know Magic MAtch Genie lets you do that…
IS ANY ONE ON LEVEL 2?STAGE 5 LEVEL 7,WOW IF YOU ALL THOUGH LEVEL 1 WAS HARD WAIT TILL YOU GET TO LEVEL 2
If someone knows the trick as to how to get enough components to get the “Gold” trophy I’d sure like to hear about it.I’ve gotten all the rest of the trophies except that one. Thanks ,Rick
On the map page, click on the Difficulty Level. If you want an ‘easier’ way to collect components, set it to Level 1. Then, click on the flag on the map for the section you want to work on. You will be given a choice of how you want your practice game to go. I have selected the largest number, with the orb, if I have a lot of components to collect, otherwise, I select fewer. Also, I give myself enough magic (usually the largest amount) so I don’t fail. Then, if I know that I need more of one component, I try to get as many of that one before the end of the game. Remember, though, that you MUST win the game to actually add the components to your gold trophy total. If you lose, you start from the beginning. Also, the practice game alternates between the missing components (since the missing components are usually the ones that don’t show up in every game in a section), so you may have to play a ‘worthless’ game to get back to the one you need. You can’t tell the game which components to put in the game, unfortunately. Good luck.
Hope folks are still reading these - anyway, I’ve found that to build magic, I’ve had to exit a level and start it over if it looks like I’m going to be down magic points from the level before. Doing that, replaying each level until I get MORE magic than I started with, I’ve been able to build up something like 2600 magic points by the time I’ve gotten to Difficulty 2, Stage 1, Level 5. (so far).
Re Diff. 1, Stage 5, Level 7, you must work on those skulls (scrolls? I forget which component needs the most) like crazy! Having an orb handy helps when you’re really stuck.
What I currently need help with (Diff. 2, Stage 5, Levels 2 and 3) is clearing the damn shields. Even if I use a lightning bolt, they come right back and I’m stuck again. It seems like I’d have to reshuffle 10 times! I don’t EVER want to have to reshuffle or swap more than 5 if I can help it, to conserve magic. How best to clear those? Thanks for all the tips!
Please explain to me how to use the transform spell.