Kevin Binswanger re-joins our crew for this riveting, timely episode! Your intrepid hosts cover myriad varied subjects this time around, including the May rules changes and updates (http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/141a) and the NPH FAQ just in time for your local prerelease (http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/703). We’ll also discuss at length the changes to definining what a Level 1 judge is, and what’s in store for the Magic Judge program going forwardhttp://community.wizards.com/judge/blog/2011/05/04/level_requirements_and_testing_sphere_report

We’re proud to announce the California-Canada Magic Judge Challenge, where teams of judges from each region are challenging one another in a race to 100 judges and 5 new promotions. If you’re a prospective judge in California, send us a note at JudgeCast@gmail.com and we’ll get you in touch with your local Level 2 judge to start you on the path (Canadians can politely ignore this message).

As always, we finish up with a couple listener questions, and are happy to take yours, just send it to judgecast@gmail.com!

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We’ve been a long time gone…and a lot’s happened during our time away.  Nonetheless, send your rules questions tojudgecast@gmail.com (we’ve been answering them even on hiatus).

In this episode, Sean and Jose cover new developments in the DCI, including a mass of levels-up, premier event changes, and – part of the reason for our hiatus – California’s victory over Spain in getting to 75 certified judges (with 5 more in the last month!).

Sean Head Judged Regionals and Jose led Logistics there, so Jose gets an on-air mini-review of his performance.

We’ll also discuss the New Phyrexia spoiler fiasco and a few of the more rules-intensive cards the set has to offer.

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Our guest in this episode is Kevin Binswanger, DCI Regional Coordinator for the Southwest United States. We chat about remote judge certification, regional conferences, and his war with northern Europe.

Jose’s battery dies midway (or the DCI ninjas got to him, we don’t really know), so Kevin takes on co-host banter duties.

Rules questions abound in this episode, but we’re always up for more. Send your questions to JudgeCast@gmail.com.

DCI Rules Website: http://dcirules.org
Regional Coordinator Contact Information: http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/events.aspx?x=judge/resources/coords
Remote Certification Details: http://www.wizards.com/wpn/News/Article.aspx?x=Remote_Certification_February
Sean’s Judgebreaker Commander Deck: http://deckbox.org/sets/31969

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For BanterCast (Episode #25), Riki returns for the SCG Open in San Jose. We cover his spin out in Nebraska, interesting rulings from the tournament floor, and a host of banter. When Jose and Riki get started, Sean doesn’t stand a chance. Rules and policy questions can be sent to judgecast@gmail.com, and be discussed in future shows (or Sean will cut them out, one or the other).

Thanks, as always, to our wonderful hosts at MTGCast.com and ManaNation.com.

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Worlds Interviews in #24, including Fabian Peck, Edwin Zhang (China’s DCI Regional Coordinator), and a great review of how logistics works at a large event from Australian Level 4 Judge James Mackay. Rules and policy questions can be sent tojudgecast@gmail.com, and be discussed in future shows (or Sean will cut them out, one or the other).

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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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