{"id":258,"date":"2016-06-01T08:51:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T08:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/?p=258"},"modified":"2016-11-04T09:40:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T09:40:30","slug":"notes-and-electronic-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/playerexperience\/2016\/06\/01\/notes-and-electronic-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes and Electronic Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Written by Mauro Cacchioni
\nLevel 2, Italy<\/p><\/div>

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Written by Alberto Laurenzi
\nLevel 2, Italy<\/p><\/div> Hi everyone! In this article we are going to analyze what players can and cannot do with notes during a Magic tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

To make things clear, let\u2019s see all the cases. Please note how many they are!<\/span><\/p>\n

1) During a match<\/b><\/p>\n

Players<\/span> CAN<\/b> – Take notes and refer to them later into the same match, but each player\u2019s note sheet must be empty at the start of the match and must remain visible throughout the match. Even if players are under no obligation to show or explain their notes to their opponents they are required to show those notes when requested from a judge.<\/span><\/p>\n

A typical example regards note sheet that are given to players before a Grand Prix or sold by Magic vendors. They are composed of 3 columns, one for each game of a match, and players have to use a new sheet for each round.<\/span><\/p>\n

Players<\/span> CAN\u2019T –<\/b> Use notes provided by another player or taken during another match.<\/span><\/p>\n

2) Between games<\/b><\/p>\n

Players<\/span> CAN – <\/b>\u00a0Refer to brief notes taken before the match (if a player takes too long looking at notes it may be penalized as Slow Play). If a player uses such kind of notes, he or she must remove them from the play area before the next game starts.<\/span><\/p>\n

3) During the Draft<\/b><\/p>\n

Players and Spectators <\/span>CAN\u2019T<\/b> – take notes (with the exception of authorized press); furthermore, players can\u2019t use notes during draft, pool registration and deck construction portions of a tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n

4) At any time<\/b><\/p>\n

Players <\/span>CAN<\/b> check for the Oracle text of a card. If a player wants to consult an Oracle text, he or she must ask to a judge for it. He or she may ask to the judge to consult the text <\/span>in private<\/span><\/i> (maybe because he or she needs information about a card his or her opponent hasn\u2019t seen yet).<\/span><\/p>\n

5) Artwork<\/b><\/p>\n

Magic Tournament Rules<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
2.11 <\/b>Artistic modifications to cards that indirectly provide minor strategic informations are acceptable. The Head Judge is the final arbiter on what cards and notes are acceptable for a tournament.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

These are two examples of Artworks that contain minor strategic informations:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"dreadmaw\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"dreadmaw\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Anyway we recommend to ask the Head Judge before the start of each tournament for authorization!<\/span><\/p>\n

What if someone breaks the rules?<\/b><\/p>\n

Let’s\u2019 take a look at what the MIPG says about that.<\/span><\/p>\n

Infraction Procedures Guide<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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3.2 \u00a0Tournament Error \u2014 Outside Assistance<\/b>Definition<\/b><\/p>\n

A player, spectator, or other tournament participant does any of the following: <\/span><\/p>\n