I’m thrilled to present a guest post from Spanish judge extraordinaire with an explanation of the annual L2 maintenance requirements. Take it away Alfonso! Hello! A few months ago, the L2 definition changed. This change happened to ensure that L2 judges are capable of Head Judging a Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier (PPTQ) to the standard […]
FTR Policy Changes
[cets_callout_box style=’yellow’ align=’right’ title=’The New Docs’]IPG | MTR [/cets_callout_box] Apologies for the delay in getting this out. I came down with a nasty flu yesterday and that kept me off the internets. Happily it waited until after the prereleases to, um, manifest. The good news is that there’s not a lot in the new documents […]
Changing Morph Handling in the IPG
The TLDR: Effective immediately, failing to reveal your morph is now a Warning. A non-morph played as a morph, unless it’s caught by the player almost immediately, remains a Game Loss. That’s it. Fuller explanation below. Boy, this one was unexpectedly complicated. The no-reveal problem took us by surprise. A lot of us were judging […]
How to Avoid Game Losses with Morph
[EDIT – note that some of the policy in here is outdated. See here for more recent policy.] Reveal your morphs. OK, that probably wasn’t what you came here for, though it is the best answer (and one I announced over and over at the PT). But, looking at some other ways in which a […]
KTK Policy Changes
[cets_callout_box style=’yellow’ align=’right’ title=’The New Docs’]IPG | MTR Translations Spanish [/cets_callout_box] Before we dive into the document update, an important announcement about how we handle morph at Competitive REL: In the past, we’ve applied a Game Loss for not revealing morphs at the end of the game, and have said if you lost the game, […]
A Change to the L2 Certification Process
We’re announcing a change to the L2 requirements today. You can read them here. In order to talk about why we’re making this change, we first have to talk about what it means to be a new L2 and the Organized Play changes that prompted adjusting the definition. Under the old system, the distinction between […]
M15 Policy Changes
IPG | MTR There’s no update for players; no policy changed that affects them, though we’re officially taking a dim view of players who create a toxic play environment. Carry on being awesome at Magic tournaments and you don’t have anything new to worry about. There are a few implementation changes to talk about, though, […]
Conspiracy Policy Changes – For Players and Judges
MTR Surprise! We normally don’t issue updates for the summer special set, but, well, this one’s really special and required us to make a couple of MTR tweaks. Obviously, cards with the Conspiracy type aren’t legal in Vintage (and, by extension, Commander) or Legacy, and the lists have been updated to reflect that. Also, it’s […]
Of Course They Do, It Must Be Obvious
We’ve had the new decklist rules out for about a month now, and I’m seeing some evidence that judges are taking it further than is supported by the IPG. The idea is not “oh yeah, I can see how the player might have made that error”. Players are still responsible for filling out a clear […]
Journey Into Nyx Policy Changes – For Judges
First of all, go read the Policy Changes – For Players. That’ll cover those pretty clearly. Don’t worry, we’ll still be here when you return. Back? Great, we have three more meaty topics to dive into. It looks like more in the changelog, but some of that was just grammatical cleanup and clarifications, and having […]