In this episode Bryan and Samma catch up on whats been happening with Judging during the pandemic, as well as discuss what they have (or haven’t) been doing to stay current.  We also talk about resources that might help you start to get your judge legs back under you.

Links

L2 and L3 Content has been uploaded at: https://judgeacademy.com/

Shirts and Name Badges https://mtgproshop.com/judge-academy/

Rules Questions: Cranial Insertion | Welcome to Cranial Insertion!

More Rules Questions: RulesGuru

Diffs of Rules and Tournament Docs: Venser’s Journal (vensersjournal.com)

Rules Q&A: Magic the Gathering Judge Rules Q&A Chat | MagicJudges.org

Annotated IPG:- Magic Infraction Procedure Guide – Rules Resources (magicjudges.org)

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Yes its been a while, but we are back! This episode we introduce new host Samantha Harr, L2 Judge from Tampa Florida, and go over both the mechanics and some of the more rule-complex cards from everyone’s favorite Wizarding World: Strixhaven.

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In this episode Bryan and Jacob are joined by former JudgeCast host Jess Dunks to go over cards of interest from M21 as well as talk about how wildly inconsistent P/T of whales are in relation to their size. Catch up with Jess as we cover intervening if clauses, copy effects, state based actions, playing additional lands, and all sorts of other rules minutia for the discerning rules nerd.

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Better late than never: In this episode Bryan and Jacob discuss the the recent WOTC bannings, companion rules change, and give first muddled impressions of the new Digital MTR and Digital IPG

Banning and Companion Rules Change – https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/june-1-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement?asp=4

Depictions of Racism in Magic – https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/depictions-racism-magic-2020-06-10

Digital Policy Docs – https://judgeacademy.com/policy-documents/

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In this episode Bryan and Jacob discuss a bevy of topics too small for their own episode. We discuss the ins and outs of the Multiplayer format Grand Melee, as well as the Notes Policy, Mana, and Proxies.

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In this episode Bryan and Jacob talk about the policy impacts of Companion, as well as go into more detail than you probably wanted on the rules updates with Ikoria. Were you aware that Sharks are no longer fish? Oops. I just spoiled 12 seconds.

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In the behemoth of an episode Bryan and Jacob discuss the ins and outs of Ikoria. And as long as you are not desperate to hear about how Companion works in subgames or Karn restarts (you’ll have to wait for the Comp Rules Update) we have you covered.

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In this episode Bryan and Jacob learn about MTGMelee, a new web based service that allows running and playing in online MTG Tournaments. The JudgeCast crew sit down with Steve Port and learn the ins-and-outs for Players, TOs, and Judges. Spoilers: It’s pretty slick in at least 6 feet in every direction.

MTGMelee Webpage: https://mtgmelee.com/
MTGMelee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mtgmelee
MTGMelee on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MTGMelee/
How to Use MTGMelee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn0FGtn-V-0

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Join Brogan, Bryan and new host Jacob Milicic (still has that new host smell) in discussing the types of mistakes judges can make and how to deal with them in the event and outside of the event as well. Also, Brogan has an announcement.

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