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Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier

Judging with Your Spouse: A Tournament Report of Sorts

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 | matthewmw64

Erin Leonard shares her unique perspective judging a tournament, explaining what it's like to prepare for and work at an event with your spouse with many thoughtful suggestions!

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Tagged Erin Leonard
Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier, Standard

The Shadows Over Innistrad Experience – A PPTQ Report from 2016-04-17

May 25, 2016May 25, 2016 | matthewmw64

John White brings us a fun look into a PPTQ he recently judged. An interesting read including many common questions and scenarios you might encounter from the current season of Standard!

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Tagged John White
Competitive REL, Legacy, Modern, Multi-Format, Vintage

Prague Eternal (2016 #1)

May 11, 2016May 18, 2016 | matthewmw64

Zoltán Tóth-Bajnóczi wrote an in-depth account of his experiences judging a 3 day series of eternal tournaments. A rare treat as tournament reports of eternal formats are hard to come by!

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Tagged Zoltán Tóth-Bajnóczi
SCG Tour, Side Events

SCG Philly – Sunday Sides – Team Lead

May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 | matthewmw64

Jonah Kellman provides us an excellent report detailing his logistical planning mistakes he made while being Sunday Sides Team Lead at SCG Philly. Read about the lessons he learned from them and how you can avoid the same mistakes!

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Tagged Jonah Kellman
Grand Prix, Modern

GP Meldrazi – Modern Musings from the Grand Prix Weekend

April 20, 2016April 20, 2016 | matthewmw64

Alan Peng provides us with another one of his excellent tournament reports, this time from GP Melbourne (or GP Meldrazi as it was also known). Full of anecdotes, there's something for any level of judge to learn from in this report.

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Tagged Alan Peng
Regional Pro Tour Qualifier, Standard

RPTQ San Diego Head Judge Report

March 30, 2016March 30, 2016 | matthewmw64

Joe Wiesenberg goes over a recent RPTQ where he was the head judge, in which he talks about some of the more interesting situations that came up. He went deep into an investigation that occurred in the finals, and that alone is very well worth reading.

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Tagged Joe Wiesenberg
Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier, Standard

PPTQ Metropolis Centre (Madrid, Spain) for PT Sydney 2016

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 | matthewmw64

Aruna Prem Bianzino gives us an indepth look at a recent PPTQ held in Madrid. Some excellent insights and rules questions await within.

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Tagged Aruna Prem Bianzino
Legacy, Limited, Modern, Standard

OGW Release Day at Hareruya

February 4, 2016 | matthewmw64

Kentaro Guthrie goes over a busy launch day of tournaments, and shows that there's still many valuble lessons to be learned at all levels of events.

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Tagged Kentaro Guthrie
Legacy, SCG Tour

Owning Your Mistakes – SCG Open Somerset

January 6, 2016January 12, 2016 | matthewmw64

Christopher Cahill has a report from a recent Legacy Open, and looks back at some of the situations that occurred, specifically, one where a mistake was made, and the importance of owing up to it.

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Tagged Christopher Cahill
Standard

Polishing Up Deck Check Technique @ San Diego SIQ 2015

November 4, 2015November 4, 2015 | matthewmw64

Greg Lauro gave the Polish Deck Check technique a try and shares with us his experiences with it, along with some thoughts and things to look out.

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Tagged Greg Lauro

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