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Protected: The One About Card Names
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All Things Agatha’s
So, the thing about Agatha is she’s an ancient red dragon who is holding the adventurer’s home village hostage, demanding they- Hmmm? Uh, ok, my bad – that’s Argethra the Vicious. Must have gotten my DnD campaign notes mixed in here by accident. Agatha’s Soul Cauldron is a hilarious black and white movie about two […]
On Shadowing
Watching another judge take a call is often referred to as “shadowing.” There’s a lot of slang in judging but this is one of my favorite bits. Like all the best jargon, its meaning is immediately clear when you hear it, even if you’ve never heard the term before. A shadow sticks near the original, […]
Against Courtesy Deckchecks
As time marches ever onward, we’re in a constant state of re-teaching. Old folks retire and take their knowledge with them, and newer faces need to be taught the stuff that established folks can sometimes take for granted. This came to mind recently when I saw a post on that most-cursed of social media sites, […]
Phasing, Tidebinders, and Bats, oh my!
The current Standard format is pretty great. There’s a new “best deck” every week or two, nearly any preferred play style is available as a viable choice, and most matchups seem to have a lot of play to them. And judging the format is fairly easy at the moment, as the rules interactions at the […]
Running EOR with MTGMelee
End of Round has always been one of the most important tasks at a Magic event. Players came to the event and paid their entry fee to play Magic, so they’re looking to – gasp – play Magic. When rounds take too long to turn over, players are unhappy, staff get tired, and you might […]
L3 Thoughts
With the recent changeover from Judge Academy to Judge Foundry and the International Judge Program, both new certifying bodies have taken the opportunity to update the level structure. What was old is new again, five levels became three became five, and now we have a bit of a transitional period where the levels don’t make […]
A Year in Review – Part 2
This post will be a continuation of my last post, going over the second half of the year, and some broad lessons to be learned. In later posts I plan to go more in depth on specific calls, policies, or tournaments, but for now I’m mostly going to continue waxing poetic. If the first half […]
A Year in Review – Part 1
As the year comes to a close, I’ve been getting contemplative. 2023 has been a turbulent year in Judge World, but it was also my personal best year. I was lucky to get a number of great opportunities, and some hard work I’d invested over the last while started paying dividends. After my last event […]