In the Mountains

You are head judging a Guilds of Ravnica Sealed PPTQ with a store owner (who is L0) as a helper, who is doing deck checks for the first time. You’re deck checking, and your helper tells you the deck he is checking is about half blue cards and half black cards, but on the checklist player has registered 7 Mountains and 9 Forests. He is actually playing 7 Islands and 9 Swamps, and everything else is correct. He doesn’t know what to do and asks for your help. What do you do? Judges

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Champion of What?

Patrick is playing his God-Pharoah's Gift Deck at a Standard 5k event run at Competitive REL. This is Patrick's Deck List 22 LANDS 4 Glacial Fortress 2 Hostile Desert 2 Ipnu Rivulet 3 Irrigated Farmland 5 Island 6 Plains 14 CREATURES 4 Angel of Invention 4 Champion 3 Minister of Inquiries 3 Sacred Cat 14 INSTANTS and SORC. 4 Chart a Course 1 Fumigate 2 Opt 4 Refurbish 3 Strategic Planning 10 OTHER SPELLS 2 Cast Out 4 God-Pharaoh's Gift 2 Legion's Landing 2 Search

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It’s Time to Drain the _________

You are the Head Judge of your local Standard PPTQ. You have collected all the decklists and round 1 has begun. While ensuring that all of the lists are present, you notice that one player has a blank line with a number next to it on his decklist. He is playing Black/White control, and has registered (42 other cards) 4 6 8 What do you do? Consider when you would like to talk to the player, what you're going to tell them, and what infractions and/or penalties they will receive. Judges

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Making the Cut

You are judging at a standard PPTQ. While performing a beginning of round deck check, you see that Osiris is playing with 59 cards in his main deck and 16 in his sideboard. Upon counting his decklist, you read there are actually 59 main deck and 16 sideboard registered. His sideboard lists the following: 3 2 3 4 2 2 You bring Osiris to the deck check table and ask him about the problem. He tells you he thought he registered 60 cards main deck and 15 sideboard. He quickly gathered

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