(Episode written by Charles-Henri Turpin)

Hey there!

The last episode of our cycle about tournament operations is about a difficult situation in which judges often struggle: counting cards.

Sometimes players don’t know if they played a land for their turn, drew a card during their draw step, drew too many cards etc.

Fortunately for all of us, Antonio Zanutto comes to the rescue and delivers this awesome piece, giving a clear method and plenty of situations examples to help you improve in your quest to count cards:

https://blogs.magicjudges.org/articles/2016/12/06/investigations-counting-cards/

Sometimes, counting cards is the only thing preventing a unjustified disqualification. This should be an exercise every judge in trained into. With this article you’ll have the tools for any investigation needing you to count cards in the future.

And you may be able to test your skills during a Magic Fest or a judge conference at a Counting Card Challenge from Mikaël Rabie 😉 (Card Counting Challenge)

Enjoy your reading and see you next month for another cycle 🙂