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JudgeCast #63 – Head Judging Your First Competitive Event

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On this episode the JudgeBros have special guest L1 Mark Bush on to discuss everything you need to know to be head judge of your first competitive level event. We cover everything from announcements, to talking to the tournament organizer, to what to do when the event is wrapped up. We could never impart everything you learn through experience in one show but we sure gave it our best shot!

(Midway through the episode Skype decided it didn’t want the quality of Jess/Bryan to be good anymore. Sorry about that, it’s still plenty listenable, just not the high quality we usually like).

Infinite links from the show:

IPG Flash Cards – http://www.bluewizard.net/flashcards.html

Decklists – judgecast.com/docs

Wizard’s Event Reporter – http://www.wizards.com/WPN/Events/Tools.aspx

Guide to WER – http://www.wizards.com/dci/downloads/wer_guide_%20V2_7may11.pdf

IRC – http://chat.magicjudges.org/ (After joining, type /join #mtgjudge to join the #mtgjudge chatroom. For the IRC-savvy, we are on EFNET)

Sean Catanese’s Judgebreaker deck – http://deckbox.org/sets/31969

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JudgeCast #62: Welcome to my “Layer” – Part 2

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The boys are back in town with the second part of their two-part series on layers! This time, they cover the more complicated aspects of layers including dependencies and what happens when you remove an ability after it’s already done its thing.

Will you learn a lot from this episode? It depends! (An ol’ layer joke for you)

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JudgeCast #61: Welcome to my “Layer” – Part 1

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Copy the URL to this one down! Try to control your excitement! Text all of your friends who are rules-loving types and tell them to listen to our very special episode on layers (Or, “Interaction of Continuous Effects”). Never heard of layers? Color us impressed! Part of the greatness of layers is their ability to reach intuitive results without the players needing to think about them. It’s a powerful tool, and it’s tough sometimes to even see where the layers are working.

As is characteristic of all our episodes, we set out to educate you, the listener, on all the basics of layers. Is there anything you’d like us to modify about this episode? Did we say something counter to what you’d expect? This episode is all about the basics (What someone going for L1 would need to know) and next episode we switch it up with the advanced stuff.

Have something you want to hear on the next episode? E-mail us at judgecast@gmail.com.

Links from the show:

Our episode on copy effects: http://www.mtgcast.com/mtgcast-podcast-shows/active-podcast-shows/judgecast/judgecast-53-do-you-copy

Our episode on resources (Ignore mentions of lapsing abilities): http://www.mtgcast.com/mtgcast-podcast-shows/active-podcast-shows/judgecast/judgecast-37-unlimited-resources

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JudgeCast #60 – Billy Willy’s Public Events Fun Hour

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GP Charlotte was the largest Magic event to date (And much bigger than estimated), which had some unique judging challenges. We have L2 Matt Williams (lovingly referred to as Billy Willy) on to discuss being at the GP with a focus on being the Public Events lead for an event with so very many people. We also talk paper cutters for much longer than rational people should.

As always, we read e-mails from listeners like you! This week had some real doozies, including a rant and proclamation by CJ about Hive Mind and/or Knowledge Pool.

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JudgeCast #59 – Sheldon Menery Explains It All

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This is a good one! We have Level Emeritus…Emeritused…the former L5 Sheldon Menery on to talk about whatever we want! We discuss cats, the history of the judge program, being an L5, naming beasts, and anything else that comes to mind. We also ask questions from our readers!

This episode is one of our favorites and is extremely full of fun and wisdom, so please give it a listen.

Links from the show:
Sheldon’s Food and Wine Blog – http://discoveriesinfoodandwine.com/
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JudgeCast #58 – Missed Triggers in Little China

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Okay. You people sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning. And if we’re not back by dawn… call the president.

On this episode we have special guest L3 James Bennett on to discuss the new (super new) IPG! We talk triggers (Everyone loves triggers!), the other policy changes (We should rename a past episode due to some of these changes), and the newest MTR. Also for some reasons we make a lot of references from Big Trouble in Little China!

And of course we read all the e-mails from listeners just like you.

 

Here is a list of all the many and varied articles about the new IPG:

Toby Elliott’s post for judges: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/telliott/2013/02/03/gatecrash-policy-changes-for-judges/

Toby Elliott’s commentary on Trigger changes: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/telliott/2013/02/03/missed-triggers-3-the-bonus-disc/

James Bennett’s lovely write up on the new IPG: http://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/17umqb/the_gatecrash_ipg_and_triggers/

Article from Rules Manager Matt Tabak: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/233

And an article from former host, Riki Hayashi! http://www.starcitygames.com/article/25624_Trigger-Me-This.html

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JudgeCast #57 – Things About Stuff (Gatecrash Edition)

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Fathom-Mage-GatecrashGet ready for judging and playing Gatecrash with this episode of JudgeCast! We cover all of the new mechanics and a lot of the cards that may be interesting rules-wise during the prerelease!

We also answer all our Gatecrash-related mails. Other mails, your day will come! Aren’t you interested to hear how Phasing and Cipher interact?

Click Here for the full Gatecrash FAQ

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JudgeCast #56 – OoOS it or Lose it!

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On this episode we discuss the intricacies of Out of Order Sequencing, a concept that comes up a lot in games but is rarely actually noticed or called out.

We also discuss some of our resolutions for the new year and make stupid jokes! And of course we answer listener e-mails from listeners around the world.
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JudgeCast #55 – Testing Techniques with Allister and Nicodemus

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On this episode we have special guest Calvis Laprarie on to discuss tips for studying and taking the Judge exam. We also discuss testing candidates with dyslexia and how judge candidates with dyslexia can give themselves a boost while testing.

We also spend a few minutes discussing triggers again (And the act of forgetting them), and of course answer e-mails from listeners like you!
Toby’s articles mentioned on the show:
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JudgeCast #54 – McDoling out some Tournament Errors

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On this episode of JudgeCast the JudgeBros have special guest L3 Ben McDole on to discuss anything and everything about the Tournament Errors section of the IPG! Listen as Ben cleverly ruins all of CJ’s good segues (That word is spelled weird).

We also now have judgecast.com for those wanting a direct link to our podcasts without having to find them on mtgcast.com!
We discussed a few past episodes this show, here is where you can listen to those again:
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