At Magic tournaments, spectators are expected to be quiet and not interfere in matches or others portions of an event, like drafting and deck construction. However, if at any time a spectator believes that they may have witnesses something illegal happen they are encouraged to bring it to the attention of a judge as soon as possible. At a Regular and Competitive REL events spectators are allowed to ask players to pause their match so a judge can be called.

Spectators are also expected to follow instructions of tournament officials. Players can request to the head judge of an event that specific spectators cannot be witness to a match, but that decision is ultimately up to the head judge.