Austin is playing a very long game against Nora at a GPT, and has no cards in hand. He draws for his turn, then windmill slams , and Nora says, “Man! That’s a good top-deck… Seems bad for me.” Austin says, “Well, it’s not GOOD for you, that’s for sure! Exile your , Beast token […]
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I knew I forgot something else….
While playing in (another) local PTQ against a familiar opponent, Alfred controls an , and 2 s, while Mr. Nigma has 3 s and a on the battlefield. As before, Alfred declares all four of his creatures as attacking. Before declaring blockers, Mr. Nigma again casts , then declares his Hamlet Captains as blocking the Angelic Skirmisher and each of the […]
I knew I forgot something…
While playing in a local PTQ, Alfred controls an , a and , while Mr. Nigma has 3 s and a . Alfred declares all three of his creatures as attacking, placing an Angel token on the battlefield tapped and attacking. Before declaring blockers, Mr. Nigma casts , then declares his Brushstriders as blocking the […]
What a Tangled Web We Weave
Aaron, Abby, and Acton are teammates in a Team Sealed Grand Prix. It’s late in the round; Abby and Acton have finished their matches and are watching Aaron’s match intently. He finishes Game 1, shuffles, and presents for Game 2. At this point, one of the players on the opposing team calls for a judge […]
I am Head Judge, hear me roar!
You find out you are the head judge of the Dragon’s Maze prerelease at your local store, problem is, you’ve never given head judge announcements before! What are some of the things we want to include or avoid when doing HJ announcements at Regular REL? Judges, feel free to discuss this scenario here! [expand title=”View […]
Two-“oh”
Ansel and Nicodemus are playing a match in a Pro Tour Qualifier. Ansel wins game 2 of the match, picks up the result slip, and starts to fill it out as a 2-0 win. Nicodemus interrupts and says, “You didn’t win game 1 – I did!” Ansel says “No, I’m pretty sure I won game […]
Trial by Fire
Your local game store is running a Sealed GPT next weekend, and they call you up. You’re flying to a Grand Prix out of the state that weekend, so you’ll have to delegate this event to another judge. Problem is, after searching high and low, the only available judge is a recently certified Level 1 […]
Let’s play an RPG
You are playing a Competitive REL Legacy event and, after you have finished your match, Anthony comes to you to ask you a question about a ruling he just received: He was solving a mulligan and drew again 7 cards and looked at them. Both players immediately realized the mistake and called Marcus, the only […]
The Enlightened Enigma
Adam is playing Nolan in a Legacy Grand Prix, Day 1. At the end of Adam’s turn, Nolan casts , searches for a card and places it on top of his library forgetting to reveal it. On Nolan’s turn, he draws his card and Adam realizes that Nolan did not reveal properly for . Nolan […]
The False Roman Spirit
You are the Head Judge of a Modern GPT. In his precombat main phase, Anthemius casts on Numerian’s , which he puts into his otherwise empty graveyard. Anthemius now animates his and attacks with it and some creatures. Post combat, Anthemius casts and resolves , draws 2 cards, then casts , putting a card from […]