JudgeCast #345 – Drafts are best when there are three rounds of them

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In this episode Bryan, Charles, and Marcos go over how to run a successful draft at your LGS. Drafting is a very common way players can enjoy new sets, and running a smooth draft is a skill all judges need to develop. Like many things in running events, preparation and watchfulness will help you detect small problems before they can become big ones. We talk about how to prepare product, how to prepare the drafting area, and how to administer and watch the draft itself.

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JudgeCast #344 Tarkir: Dragonstorm Release Notes

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BEHOLD… A PODCAST. In this episode, Bryan Charles, and Marcos go over the mechanics from Tarkir: Dragonstorm and a dragon-sized clawful of cards that tickled our collective fancy. Join us as we go over more cards in more detail than you though you needed and perhaps more than you actually wanted. But don’t worry, there’s lots of big old dragons to give you that dopamine hit we all so desperately crave these days.

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JudgeCast #343 – Taking the Call explains the Call

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Join Bryan, Charles, and Marcos as they spend entirely too much time and go into entirely too much detail on all the things you need to consider when taking a call as a Judge.
Quick, what are the first three things you should do when you hear “Judge!”. Did you know there are things were supposed to be doing even before that?
There are many types of calls you might get at an event. Running all the way from requests to go to the bathroom/request for oracle text, all the way up to having to de-escalate players calling each other cheaters. We spend this episode talking about the tips and tricks you need in order to successfully navigate all these different types of calls at your LGS all the way up to the Pro Tour

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JudgeCast #342 Hidden Card Error: The Flow Chartening

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In this episode Charles and Marcos troll Bryan by making him hype his least favorite infraction: Hidden Card Error, aka HCE, aka GRV-Private, aka Super Obnoxious Error.
We go over how to recognize when HCE has occurred and when it hasn’t as well as the flow chart that handles all the exceptions and variables.

It’s a fun time.

If your last name is De Sade.

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JudgeCast #341 – Aetherdrift Release Notes

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Are you expecting a racing pun here? Too bad, because our special guest, Perry Kraker used them all in the episode. Like I would have to resort to Smokey and the Bandit, Days of Thunder, or maybe even Christine puns. And no one wants that. Join Bryan, Charles, and Perry as we talk about all the mechanics in Aetherdrift, and several of the cards you might see in your prerelease.

Aetherdrift Missed Trigger Guide: Aetherdrift Missed Triggers Guide – Rules Resources

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JudgeCast #340 – Top 10 Worst <This Space Intentionally Left Blank> in Magic

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Hello and Welcome to JudgeCast.
Join Bryan, Charles, and Marcos as we take a somewhat tongue-in-cheek take on the Top 10 worst rules/mechanics in Magic. We pull from the IPG, MTR, and Comprehensive Rules on this tour-de-force of utter nonsense. We talk about rules, mechanics, and policy that are hard to keep straight or cause problems with judges or events.

And no, banding does not make the list. Get out of here. Banding is easy.

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JudgeCast #339 – Studying the CR and Policy Docs

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Whether you are an judge candidate trying to learn the comprehensive rules, or an established L1 trying to learn the IPG, there are certain approaches that can help you learn the materials. One of those approaches involves listening to this podcast, but there are others as well. Join Bryan, Charles, and Marcos talk about study tips and advice in tackling the massive amounts of documentation out there and how you can best make use of whats available.

Links mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/@JudgingFtW – Rules YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@keepingitcasualmtg – Rules and occasional MTG Skit Rules channel
https://www.cranial-insertion.com/ – Weekly Rules questions
https://blogs.magicjudges.org/rules/ipg/ – Annotated IPG – Line by Line deconstruction of the Magic Infraction Procedure Guide

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JudgeCast #338 – The Festivus Airing of Grievances (And other more positive things)

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Happy Festivus listeners! Bryan, Charles, and Marcos are feeling festive, and you all know what that means. Time for an airing of grievances! Modeled after the incredibly relevant and timely episode of Seinfeld from 1997, we share how we find tinsel too distracting, how you’ve all disappointed us in the last year, and finish off with the feats of strength, where we wrestle an actual bear cub before the festivities can properly begin.

Or you know, we share our accomplishments over the last year in our feats of strength, share things that we have genuine grievances over, and round things off with a Festivus Miracle because we like positive endings, even when we make the theme of an episode “airing grievances.” Happy Holidays and looking forward to even more JudgeCast shenanigans in 2025!!

Links:

Pendragon: https://sites.google.com/view/pendragonmtg/basic-rules-guidelines

Pendragon Discord: https://bit.ly/PendragonMTGDiscord

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JudgeCast #337 – Preparedness is Next to Judgeliness

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Join Bryan, Charles, and Marcos as we talk about the things you can do to prepare for a big event. Starting with the application itself, we talk about all phases that lead up to the big day. Be sure to share your own tips via skeet or eXcreet.

Links referenced:

Annotated IPG: Magic Infraction Procedure Guide – Rules Resources

Academy Ruins: Academy Ruins

Previous episode on Cover Letters: JudgeCast #295 – MTG Event Cover Letters | JudgeCast

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JudgeCast #336 – JudgeCast Thanksgiving: It’s All Gravy

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Warning: This episode is light on technical rules/policy content.

In the spirit of the US Thanksgiving holiday, Bryan, Charles, and Marcos look back over the last year and reflect on what we are thankful for within the Judging and larger M:TG community. It’s a bit sappy, but each host brings several items we are thankful for, and some of us didn’t even need to stretch or say the same thing twice only with different words.

If you want to share something you are thankful for, join our discord at https://discord.gg/hQd48guKFR

Also, since BlueSky is more of a thing now
@judgecast.bsky.social
@mtgdad.bsky.social
@mj6music.bsky.social
@bprill.bsky.social

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