The Judge of the Week is Neil Pendon from Guam. Neil began playing Magic in 2004 with the release of Darksteel, and began judging in 2009. He wasn’t too sure about judging or judges, so he just decided to ask to become one and discovered he loved it. His favourite judging experience was Worlds 2010, where the highlight was meeting all of his friends from over the world supporting the game. Outside of judging Neil is a teacher, and works for a card store. Here is what Neil had to say:

Favourite Magic Card? Phyrexian Plaguelord

Your top 5 games of all time? Magic, Scrabble, FF, D&D, and Hind and Seek

If you could play any one game with any one real person – living or dead – who would it be? Richard Garfield

What one planeswalker would you want to have while stranded on a desert island? Chandra Nalaar

Reader Challenge – Two Truths and a Lie
Two of the following are true and one is false! Work it out!

1. Memorized 80% of the rules and game regulations.
2. My wife was the one who pushed me into playing my first MTG game.
3. Reported and help catch people responsible for the break in, vandalism, and robbery of a local middle school through recognizing the Magic cards that were stolen.

(Highlight the blank space between the brackets to see the answer.)
The false statement is [#1! Memorizing that many rules verbatim is “beyond his brain set”.]