This episode is chock full of guest goodness. Riki returns for his second show in a row, Jose is also here. But wait, there’s more! We’re joined by Michael Jimenez, Californian L2 and fellow Canada-basher, and Andreas Jepsen, the intrepid Danish L3.

Contents include inspiring stories, rules discussions, poorly-read-in-accent listener questions, Magic Celebration, and deep philosophical tournament organizer questions. And banter. Yes, the banter.

Send your questions, comments, and feedback to judgecast@gmail.com and maybe you’ll have your message misread on air next time!

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Riki’s back for this extended-double-huge episode, and he brings the banter. In this mountain of content, we discuss the new changes to the Magic Infraction Procedure Guidelines, tons of great listener questions, Pro Tour Philly anticipation, and all manner of other things Judge. Riki tells us about a couple classic moments in SCG Open history, one of which is documented here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYh7cJAzHR4 and we also reference the Commander decks FAQ (yes, it exists!) here: http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=magic/rules/faqs

You can send your questions, comments, and other cheers and jeers to JudgeCast@gmail.com. We promise to get back to you sooner than our next recording session…

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For this episode, Sean and Jose discuss the new judge classes you can find here:http://wiki.dcifamily.org/index.php/Judge_Classes, changes to FNM’s offerings, listener questions, characteristic-defining abilities, and fixing the last episode where Sean cut a part out that he shouldn’t have.

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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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