Grand Prix Phoenix 2017

| Io Hughto

This weekend in Phoenix, we have seven new judges to Welcome to the Fold!

Tim Daldrup

  • Name: Tim Daldrup
  • Level: Level 1
  • Location: Phoenix, Arizona
  • Region: USA – Southwest

Garrison Fogt

  • Name: Garrison Fogt
  • Level: Level 1
  • Location: Julian, California
  • Region: USA – Southwest
  • Approximate date/month/year you started playing Magic: October 5, 2012 (RTR release)
  • L1 Certification Date: 2/11/2015
  • Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic: Life from the Loam and Raven’s Crime
  • Occupation: Camp Counselor
  • Random fact about yourself: i grew up in Ohio.
  • Why did you become a judge?: I’ve always liked helping players with rules questions, but I hated the phrase “”I’m not a judge, but …””. I saw the judge program as a way to provide some credibility to my words.
  • What excites you most about this event?: Getting to experience a GP for the first time (as a player or a judge)
  • What worries you most about this event?: Getting calls wrong and affecting player experience negatively.
  • What are you hoping to learn at this event?: How to interact with judges at such a large event, working together.
  • Who is your mentor?: Judge buddy is Ben Lurie.
  • What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?: Finding time for magic, splitting my time between playing and judging, and buckling down to study.
  • How have you worked to overcome those challenges?: Taking more time off from my weekend job, applying for events to judge at and getting into a judge role at my FNM LGS, and setting expectations for myself to spend more time reading rules documents.
  • What is the best part about your local Magic community?: The size and how many LGSs/communities available to different players.
  • What is your favorite Magic memory?: My first game of RTR draft against a really animated opponent, or my first PPTQ top 8 with Haakon in Modern.

David Godfrey

  • Name: David Godfrey
  • Level: Level 2
  • Location: Gilbert, Arizona
  • Region: USA – Southwest

Shoshana Krishel

  • Name: Shoshana Krishel
  • Level: Level 1
  • Location: San Diego
  • Region: USA – Southwest
  • Approximate date/month/year you started playing Magic: March 2012
  • L1 Certification Date: 7/3/2017
  • Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic: Community
  • Occupation: Student
  • Random fact about yourself: My hair is pink
  • Why did you become a judge?: To be more involved with and to help my community
  • What excites you most about this event?: It is the first GP I am attending!
  • What is the best part about your local Magic community?: Everyone is so welcoming! When I first started playing, I walked up to a group of people I didn’t know and asked to play EDH with them, and they all welcomed me. I have met my best friends through magic.
  • What is your favorite Magic memory?: Playing EDH until the sun came up!

John Lawson

  • Name: John Lawson
  • Level: Level 1
  • Location: San Diego, California
  • Region: USA – Southwest

Wesley Norman

  • Name: Wesley Norman
  • Level: Level 1
  • Location: Maple Ridge, Canada
  • Region: Canada

Aubrey White

  • Name: Aubrey White
  • Level: Level 1
  • Location: Surprise, Arizona
  • Region: USA – Southwest