Hello and welcome to JudgeCast! This time, Sean and Jose discuss Sean’s recent trip to Magic’s World Championship in Chiba, Japan. We also bring you interviews recorded on the event floor and elsewhere (stay tuned for more in future episodes). Interviewees include Takanori Nakamura, DCI Regional Coordinator for Japan; and Alexis Rassel and Clair Dupre, two outstanding French judges promoted to Level 3 at Worlds.

We also answer listeners’ rules questions and debate the merits of changing the fix for Deck Problems. You can submit your rules and policy questions to be answered on the air (and faster via e-mail) to judgecast@gmail.com.

Finally, we leave you with a poem recited from Glenn White, Level 4 Judge from the UK.

Look for us on Facebook, where you can see pictures from Worlds, get updates on the show, and send us your feedback.

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In this episode, the Sean (newly relocated to Berkeley, CA) and Jose (still in Sacramento) cover the hottest new things in the world of judging Magic, ahead of Sean’s trip to Chiba later this week. Is Saito Magic’s new Pete Rose? What is “Stalling” after all? Your rules questions, up-to-the minute EDH announcements from Wizards, and maybe some more griping about WPN and MPR dying, but at least we end on a high note!

You can send your rules questions to judgecast@gmail.com, also feel free to send in things you want to hear asked of our interviewees at the Magic World Championships next week!

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In this episode, our intrepid JudgeCast crew is dragged back to the mike, kicking and screaming to talk about recent changes to the Wizards Play Network that may impact events near you. Sean and Jose also cover California State Champs (for which Sean was Head Judge) and Grand Prix Toronto from the account of newly promoted Canadian L2 judge Charlotte Sable. But that’s not all! We have new listener questions on rules and tournaments, including a potential MTGO bug and a “What happens when I screw up my matchslip?” story. Finally, to top it all off, we’re giving away a handful of iPhone app licenses from an industrious judge from Down Under who’s made a great app for judges, and Sean forgot to cut a part out.

Send us your stories from the trenches, feedback, and “WPN changes are a travesty” rants! Aim them squarely at:judgecast@gmail.com

We’d like to thank our gracious hosts at Mananation and MTGcast for putting our show on their bandwidth, Carbon Leaf for our the intro music we sample in each episode, and of course our loyal listeners and Facebook fans (search for JudgeCast…you’ll find us!).

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Episode 20 here where L2 judge Sean Catanese and L1 judge Jose Boveda finish our largest pack giveaway contest, talk about GP Portland and Worlds coming up, talk about pro tour resources, kick off a new contest and of course answer rules questions from our listeners!

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Jose Boveda from JudgeCast here, with a brand spankin new episode! I know, I’m as surprised as you are. Anyway here it is. Sean has given me the job of sending this, but he was mum on additional details so if you need anything else from me, please let me know by responding to judgecast@gmail.com.

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The JudgeCast crew took a short road trip to the Bay Area to interview Toby Elliott, Level 5 judge and all-around policy guru. They talk at length about the new Magic Infraction Procedure Guide, Tournament Rules, and Guide to Fixing Common Errors that went live on July 1. They also cover how Progenitus can legally end up in the graveyard, how Emrakul can turn into a 0/4 tree, and why it’s sometimes a bad idea to cast Emerge Unscathed on a your Kor Spiritdancer. Finally, yes, the crew talks about Esper Charm in all its glory. Suffice it to say, if you were an enchantment, you’d be destroyed (not!).

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Sean, Riki, and Jose are back with a plan for this episode, including:
– Reviewing the changes in the new Magic Infraction Procedure Guidelines, Magic Tournament Rules, and brand spankin’ new Fixing Common Errors document
– What do you do if you want to judge but don’t have any local tournaments?
– A major newspaper really really messes up a story on Magic
– Listener questions, including one from a soldier in an overseas warzone, different Ascensions working differently in 2HG, and others
– Declaring a winner in the “You Design the Pro’s Candy Bar” contest!
– Archenemy first impressions and the pitfalls of running Emrakul in an anti-Archenemy deck

Thanks as always to our hosts!

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In this episode, Sean, Riki, and Jose are back with listeners’ questions, stories, and rules and tournament quandries. They discuss how to not kill a Tarmogoyf with the slowest Lightning Bolt ever. Other things covered in this episode include upgrading penalties, split cards, why Jace doesn’t often make you draw extra cards, and much more!

We have a new contest, too. Design a candy bar based on the personality of a Magic pro, and you can win some packs of…the first set of the 21st century! Listen for details.

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This time Sean, Jose, and Riki discuss JudgeCast #15!

Send us your questions, stories, and contest entries at judgecast@gmail.com!

Thanks, as always, to our hosts at MTGCast and the folks at Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com) for providing podsafe bumper music by Carbon Leaf. Also look for us on Facebook!

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This time Sean, Jose, and Riki delve into the realm of what you can and can’t say at the end of a tournament when all you want to do is win something or make top 8, using a fellow podcasting team’s examples. The also cover how to break through a Glen Elendra Archmage, fun and useless ways to build a Hellcarver Demon deck, what happens when you play the wrong opponent, and much more.

Send us your questions, stories, and contest entries at judgecast@gmail.com!

Thanks, as always, to our hosts at MTGCast and the folks at Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com) for providing podsafe bumper music by Carbon Leaf. Also look for us on Facebook!

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