This weekend in Sydney #1, we have 6 new judges to Welcome to the fold!
Andrew Anastasi
- Name: Andrew Anastasi
- Level: Level 1
- Location: Rowsley, Australia
- Region: Australia and New Zealand
Jonathan Ash
- Name: Jonathan Ash
- Level: Level 0
- Location: North Parramatta, Australia
- Region: Australia and New Zealand
Jan De Wet
- Name: Jan De Wet
- Pronouns He/him/his
- Level: Level 1
- Location: Parramatta, Australia
- Region: Australia and New Zealand
- Approximate date/month/year you started playing Magic: 2012
- L1 Certification Date: March 3, 2018
- Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic: Bolt Snap Bolt to end a gane
- Occupation: Broker Analytics
- Random fact about yourself: Every B&R announcement i always hope Twin will return
- Why did you become a judge?: To help others and myself understand the rules better and to solve any confusing rules questions for my community.
- What excites you most about this event?: The interaction with so many people and to learn from there experiences.
- What worries you most about this event?: That i may come away with not learning one or two super weird situations that happend.
- What are you hoping to learn at this event?: How to be a better judge and better support my community.
- Who are your mentors?: All the Sydney region judges as they all have helped me in one way or another.
- What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?: The work life balance is always a challenge
- How have you worked to overcome those challenges?: Spoken to my fellow judges asked there advice and take a more proactive approach in terms of finding time for judging.
- What is the best part about your local Magic community?: The love and dedication they have for there game and formats.
- What is your favorite Magic memory?: Turn 4 twin into open mana, no responces, and making it into a top 8 of a PTQ
Bryan Hamilton
- Name: Bryan Hamilton
- Pronouns He/him/his
- Level: Level 1
- Location: Yuanlin, Taiwan
- Region: Greater China
- Approximate date/month/year you started playing Magic: April 1994
- L1 Certification Date: June 17, 2017
- Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic: Interacting with other players
- Occupation: Teacher
- Random fact about yourself: I was part of the Guru program.
- Why did you become a judge?: I love this game and wanted to be more active in the community.
- What excites you most about this event?: Getting to learn more about large tournaments
- What worries you most about this event?: Making a major mistake.
- What are you hoping to learn at this event?: As much as possible!
- Who are your mentors?: Christian Aguilar, YI-XUN WANG and Sugeng Hartawan
- What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?: Getting more experience and living in a country where I don’t speak the language.
- How have you worked to overcome those challenges?: I have been studying the language and applying to every large event I could possibly attend.
- What is the best part about your local Magic community?: They are all newer players and it reminds me of when I first started.
- What is your favorite Magic memory?: Going to the Exodus pre-release in California.
Aaron Nicastri
- Name: Aaron Nicastri
- Level: Level 1
- Location: Liverpool, Australia
- Region: Australia and New Zealand
Gabriel Rached
- Name: Gabriel Rached
- Pronouns He/him/his
- Level: Level 1
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Region: Australia and New Zealand
- Approximate date/month/year you started playing Magic: 2012
- Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic: The community
- Occupation: Retail
- Why did you become a judge?: To try to give back to the community in any way I can
- What is the best part about your local Magic community?: It is very inclusive
- What is your favorite Magic memory?: First ever game playing a funny angel tribal deck with everything costing 4 minimum