This August, Southeast Asia’s Magic Judges proudly brings to you 5 Saturdays of enriching seminars prepared by some of the region’s most experienced presenters - all from the safety of your home. The best part is: this is a thematic series! The presentations are organized per week based on niches of knowledge in judging. You can choose which area/(s) you need to focus on and attend seminars related to that niche. For this installment of the series we have the following themes: August 1:
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Announcing The SEA Judges Online Seminar Series !!!
Hello Everyone, We've recently wrapped up the L1 Development Conference and we're glad to share that we're doing it again next month! The SEA Judges Online Seminar is a conference series that aims to promote the continuous learning of the judges in the region. Each session is scheduled every Saturday of August. There will be a theme for each week so judges can select which theme they'll be most interested in. Please be informed that each session will run for 2 to 3 hours. We are organizing
PH Judge Conference Goes Online
You might be wondering: What is a Judge Conference? A Judge Conference is an excellent way to help you and your peers grow and advance as Judges. At a Judge Conference, you will meet old friends, make new ones, expose yourself to innovative new judging techniques, engage in fun activities, and leave even more excited about our community and judging. (from Judge Academy) June 27-28, 2020 was a milestone moment. The first-ever online Judge Conference in the Southeast Asia region focused on L1
Mutated Mutations
Good day Judges, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths was recently released with a good number of updates that came along with it. That being L2 judge from Singapore, would like to guide us as we all look into the mutations happening at Ikoria. Ikoria is full of mutated mutations, as a set that seemingly designed for the digital space, we got loads of questions from deterring cheaters using companions to how on Earth do I mutate stuff. Here we are going to focus on mutations mostly in the Commander
2020 Magic Judge Online Seminars
Hello Judges, Last April 23, 2020, an announcement was made by the Coaching Sphere. 28 days of online conference that would start on May 4, 2020. An incredible project that would definitely unite and engage us as a community. The series is sponsored by Judge Academy, CFB Events and tournamentcenter.eu. We had the opportunity to ask the man who initiated it a few quick questions but before the interview, let me introduce the judges behind this project. Allow me to introduce the members of
But Judge, It Works This Way in Arena?!?!
You're one of the staff of an event and you hear the word "JUDGE!". You raised your hand to acknowledge and quickly approached the table, You asked what is going on and soon enough delivered your ruling. Then one of the players said, "But judge, it works this way in Arena?". It is safe to say that we've all encountered a similar situation. We asked some of our judge friends on what is their take on how to handle a situation as such. How would you handle the scenario
A Send-Off to the Exemplar Program part 2
Hello everyone and thank you for joining me once again. 🙂 If you've missed the first part of our send-off to the Exemplar Program, here is the link to it. Do check it out. Let's continue to take a look at the memorable exemplar nominations that some of our fellow judges have authored, shall we? Of all the nominations you've authored what nomination is the most memorable to you? * Wave #12. For . :During GP Singapore 2017, you were my team lead for the deck check team. Halfway through
A Send-Off to the Exemplar Program part 1
Hello everyone, here. wishing everyone a Happy New Year! Soon enough, our region will be part of the Judge Academy and as we journey into a new chapter of Judge Life, let's all look into a project which played a major role in the Judge Program. The Exemplar Project. The Exemplar Program, was a project that is commonly linked to judge foils is a program of recognition. A program that highlights the "exemplary" actions of various judges. It is very important to note here that it is the "action"
Judge Story: Paying it Forward!
For three years, the Bolas Club Philippines, a group of friends who are of fans of the game Magic: the Gathering, members of which varies from players, store owners and judges. Currently, two judges are members of the group and , the group has been organizing a charity fundraising event which they call Season's Beatings. The goal of the event is to raise funds for the kids who call Virlanie Foundation, home. Virlanie Foundation takes care of abandoned kids with special needs. Last Saturday,
Delving Deeper… Yixlid Jailer and other Grave Shenanigans
Hello everyone, for this month's Delving Deeper, we will be delving into graveyards. Wait! What? Relax we're talking about one of the main zones of the game, "the Graveyard zone" and to guide us more about it, we have L2 from Singapore. You know in Magic we got loads of fun cards saying certain other cards lose abilities or becoming something else. Today we visit a once again rising superstar this time in Modern. Blanking the minds of L3s since Future Sight Oracle Text of is well