This week’s Judge of the Week is level 1 Victor Antonio Padilla Prado from Lima, Peru. Victor started playing in 2001 with the release of Planeshift and started judging seriously since 2009. I suppose that means he judged casually before 2009. Victor always wanted to learn the rules deeply but got into judging through a wish to help the Magic community by organizing tournaments, and then one thing lead to the other. Here is what Victor said about his most memorable judging experience:

“Two of the most memorable experiences in judging happened to me the same day during 2009 Nats. I got there to take the L1 exam and I didn’t expect at all that I was going to HJ all the side events (They are not that big like in US but nevertheless I had never judged such big events). That was one thing, the other one was failing the written test that day, which really helped me to be the judge I am today, after I failed I had a very good conversation with Alejandro Raggio and that changed the way I saw judging”.

Favourite Magic format? Planechase

Favourite Magic storyline character / Favourite Magic card? Kamahl, Pit Fighter of course, the character has a deep strong background.

What do you do outside of judging? Indoors I play a lot of casual magic and a lot of board games. Outdoor I like to go hiking and taking photos. Also I go to law school

Favourite Board / video game? The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Name one Planeswalker that you would want to have while stranded on a desert island. Jeska, Warrior Adept – thrice sliced by infinity

If you could play any one game with any one real person – living or dead – what and who would it be? I would like to play Pong with the creator of the game.

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

1) I am currently trying to follow Charlie Sheen’s Winning philosophy
2) Once every year I talk like a pirate during a whole day
3) Every year in Christmas, I just go to sleep and wait for the next day to arrive

Unfortunately, Victor did not provide an answer to which statement was false.