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Announcing Judge Foundry’s Exemplar

June 16, 2025June 16, 2025 | Bryan Prillaman

Hello all,  One of Judge Foundry’s core tenets is “Give judges a sense of pride, ownership and community that inspires them to invest in their peers and in their work”, to support that ideal we are happy to announce a new iteration of the Exemplar Program. For many of you, this may be the first […]

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Exemplary Nominations, Vanguard

Wave 18 Vanguard: Jeff Zandi

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 | Bryan Prillaman

Written by David Hibbs Level 3, Texas, USA Four years ago, I joined the Exemplar Program team.  Since that time, I have reviewed a tremendous number of nominations, and I have read an even larger number of them when they have been posted.  I have smiled, and I have said things like “that’s amazing!” I […]

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Announcements, Exemplary Nominations, Recognition Windows

Exemplar Wave 18 (Spring 2019) is live!

September 10, 2019 | Bryan Prillaman

Written by Bryan Prillaman Level 3, United States, Florida The Summer 2019 Exemplar Wave (Wave #18) is live. The Wave 18 review is complete and the nominations are posted on Judgeapps! You can see nominations you gave and received here or use the search tool to see all the awesome things your fellow judges are […]

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Exemplar Wave 18 and Beyond

July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 | Bryan Prillaman

Written by Bryan Prillaman Level 3, Orlando FL, USA Hi Everybody! If you haven’t already read the announcements from Wizards of the Coast, Judge Academy, or the PCs,  go ahead and do that now. You are going to need that context for this blog post to make sense.  The announcement of the new Judge Academy […]

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Wave 17 is live and Vanguard Preview

June 18, 2019 | Bryan Prillaman

Written by Bryan Prillaman Level 3, Orlando FL, USA Hello all, The Spring 2019 Exemplar Wave (Wave #17) is published and available for your perusal. The Wave 17 review is complete and the nominations are posted on Judgeapps! You can see nominations you gave and received here or use the search tool to see all […]

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Announcing the Wave 16 Vanguard

March 27, 2019March 28, 2019 | Bryan Prillaman

Written by Lev Kotlyar Level 3, Moscow Russia The spring is in full sway meow and the time has come to recollect the events of the past winter. Join me on this journey: I suggest taking a paws to grab your favorite beverage of choice, sit down somewhere comfy,and enjoy the kind words of recognition […]

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Exemplary Nominations, Recognition Windows

Exemplar Wave 16 (Winter 2019) is live!

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 | Bryan Prillaman

Written by Bryan Prillaman Level 3, United States, Florida The Winter 2019 Exemplar Wave (Wave #16) is live. The Wave 16 review is complete and the nominations are posted on Judgeapps! You can see nominations you gave and received here or use the search tool to see all the awesome things your fellow judges are […]

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Exemplary Nominations

Exemplar Community Survey #1: Results

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 | Bryan Prillaman

Written by Daniel Sole Garcia Level 3, Barcelona, Spain Hello fellow judges! Almost 300 judges from all around the world answered the survey the Exemplar Team presented some weeks ago. Thank you very much! Today we want to present you the results from this survey, and analyse them from the Exemplar guidelines. Before we start […]

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Wave 15 Exemplar Vanguard Token Creation Video

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 | Bryan Prillaman

Three weeks ago, we announced that Alistair Crook would be the Vanguard for Wave 15.  For this wave, Alistair selected a Goblin as his creature of choice.  The token art was created by Ken Meyer Jr. Ken has drawn several Magic Cards including the OG Kird Ape. For this waves tokens we have an unexpected treat.  Ken […]

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Announcements, Recognition Windows

Exemplar Wave 15 (Fall 2018) is live!

December 28, 2018 | Bryan Prillaman

Written by Bryan Prillaman Level 3, United States, Florida The Fall 2018 Exemplar Wave (Wave #15) is live. The Wave 15 review is complete and the nominations are posted on Judgeapps! You can see nominations you gave and received here or use the search tool to see all the awesome things your fellow judges are […]

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Recent Posts

  • Exemplar Wave 4 Submissions Close 30 September & the next Vanguard Token!
  • Judge Foundry Exemplar Program Wave 3 is Released and Wave 4 Begins!
  • Exemplar Wave 3 Submissions Close 30 June & the first Vanguard Award Token!
  • Judge Foundry Exemplar Program Wave 3 Begins and a Token Update!
  • Judge Foundry Wave 2 Recognitions Published
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