****WARNING: POTENTIAL TRAUMA TRIGGER LANGUAGE**** You’re Head Judge of a PTQ. One of the players – who also happens to be a judge that you know – comes up to you and says, “Hey, Freddy is over there telling everyone how he ‘bent over and raped’ his last opponent. I don’t know about you, but […]
The Zombies Are Coming!
In a Legacy GPT, Nathan is playing Dredge and has a , , and in his graveyard. Alex is playing Sneak and Show and has a in play. Alex uses Sneak Attack to put into play and attacks with it. Nathan sacrifices the rest of his permanents (3 lands) and takes 15 damage. Alex passes […]
Stacked and Pact
Arthur and Neil are playing in a Modern GPT. At the end of Arthur’s turn, Neil taps out to cast . Arthur responds with . Neil responds with . Arthur thinks for a moment, then casts . Neil pauses, says “Ah, nuts…” then puts his spells in his graveyard. Arthur does the same. Neil untaps […]
Chronicler of Uh-Ohs
Apple and Nectarine are playing at a PTQ. Apple controls a with a +1/+1 counter on it. He casts and says “Trigger both guys.” Nectarine replies, “Before she evolves, kill her with .” “Sure. Take 3. Draw for the Chronicler?” “Sure.” Apple draws his card, then looks down and realizes that the doesn’t have a creature with a […]
You can choose any color you want, as long as it’s black.
Aaron and Nadine are playing in a Legacy Grand Prix. Aaron has a and a in his graveyard. He announces, “I’m going to my Tyrant.” Nadine says, “OK, resolves. I choose my “. Aarons says “Oh, I didn’t realize you had that… then on resolution I’m going to pick my instead.” Nadine calls you over. […]
Christmas time is here!
‘Twas the EDH before Christmas, and all on the table, Not a creature type missing, casting all we were able. Stocking Tiger was placed by the chimney (such glory!) Hoping St. Nicol Bolas would come read us a story. My opponent was smiling, tapping all of his lands, Then Myojin of Night’s Reach annihilated […]
Setessan… Something
You perform a mid-round deck check on Alex during round 6 of a Theros sealed 5k, of which you are head judge. You quickly discover that he is playing a in his deck, but no copies of this card are marked in the Total column on his deck registration sheet. When you investigate further, you […]
So… Where is he?
You’re walking the floor at a PTQ when you notice a table with only one player. You glance at the clock and see that just over 10 minutes have elapsed, so you step in, pick up the match slip, and ask the player across from you “Are you Anton or Nikolai?” He replies “Oh, Nikolai’s […]
This seems a bit light…
At a Constructed GP, Chris calls you over to his table. He has five stacks of cards sitting in front of him and indicates to you that upon mulliganing away his initial seven card hand prior to starting game 1, he pile shuffled, only to discover that he only has 59 cards in his main […]
Houston, We’ve Got a Bribe
Going into the last round of Swiss in a $5k cash tournament run at Competitive REL, you, the Head Judge, send your floor judges out to watch and listen for “unfortunate conversations” that might happen with the players battling to get into the Top 8. As the round is coming to a close, one of […]