You’re the Head Judge of a Standard PPTQ and notice a match where Albert has a in play with no counters on it. You inspect the match and see no other toughness pumping effect keeping it in play, so you step in and ask what’s going on. Albert quickly realizes his error, picks up a […]
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Seas the Moment
Ajit is playing against Niko at a Modern PPTQ. Ajit casts targeting Niko’s and says “Trigger, draw a card”. Niko stops Ajit from drawing, floats one white mana, then allows to resolve. Ajit thinks for a minute, then says “Go to Combat?” Niko taps one and casts targeting Ajit’s . The players put their cards […]
A Latecomer to the Breakfast Club
You are the head judge of a PPTQ and entering into the final round when floor judge Emily approaches you with an appeal. Emily has issued a game loss for Tardiness to Harley. Harley says that they was not in their seat at the start of the round, as they had gone off site with […]
埋葬された宝物
AndreaとNormanは地元のモダンPPTQで、お互いに第１ゲームのためにデッキを提示した。NormanはAndreaのデッキをディール・シャッフルし、その後で「ん、61枚でプレイするの？」と聞いた。Andreaは「えっ！？ いや……」と言い、手早くサイドボードが15枚あることを確認した。彼らはジャッジを呼び、状況の解決を頼んできた。 Andreaのデッキを確認したところ、提示されたデッキの中にそれと同じ色のスリーブに入った宝物・トークンがあることがわかった。どうすべきか。
Tesoro Enterrado
Andrea y Norman han presentado sus respectivos mazos en el primer juego en un PPTQ local de Modern. Norman hace pilas para mezclar el mazo de Andrea y cuando termina, ‘Estás jugando con 61 cartas?’ y Andrea responde ‘Cómo?! No…’ y rapidamente comprueba su banquillo: Hay 15 cartas. Eres llamado a la mesa para ayudar […]
Buried Treasure
Andrea and Norman have presented their decks to each other for Game 1 at their local Modern PPTQ. Norman does a pile shuffle of Andrea’s deck and asks afterwards, ‘So you are playing with 61 cards?’ Andrea replies, ‘What?! No…’ and quickly checks her sideboard: There are 15 cards. They call you over as a […]
Don’t short-sleeve yourself!
Amy has sat down to play her round 1 match at a Sealed PPTQ against Neve and the round has just begun. Amy calls for a judge because she discovered that she has an extra card in her deck. She knows she has exactly 40 sleeves, but while sleeving, she ended up with an extra […]
Absento Vanguard
You are head judge of an Ixalan sealed PPTQ. At the end of round 2, a player turns in an in a matte black sleeve that he found it on the floor. He has no idea whose it is, and there are a couple dozen players with matte black sleeves. When you announce the card […]
Back to the Drawing Board
With 12 minutes left in the last swiss round of a PPTQ you’re head judging, two players, Allison and Nate, call you over. They tell you that they intentionally drew their match during game 5, and didn’t know how to report it. You ask what happened, and Allison tells you, “Well, we’re best friends, and […]