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On this episode we cover Tournament Shortcuts! These are used in almost every single game, yet many players aren’t even aware they are using them.

We additionally have special guest Paul Baranay (L2 judge and all around Harvard superstar) on to help us out!

You can find the shortcuts in the Magic Tournament Rules at judgecast.com/docs

Paul Baranay’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/twotwobearz

Magic Judge Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/mtgjudge

Merry Christmas and happy holidays! We clearly don’t like our listeners very much so this year everyone is getting a lump of coal in the form of this episode.

We cover the most awful and defunct mechanics from Magic’s past. Looking for something you can use in your everyday Magic games? Nope! Not this episode. Looking for how bestow and phasing interact? Or want to finally learn how banding works? This is the episode for you!

We also of course cover the latest judge news and answer listener e-mails.

JudgeCast is now on iTunes! To find us, just search for JudgeCast on iTunes and and click the one with the JudgeCast logo (The others are related to mtgcast.com). Why subscribe to our site over mtgcast? You’ll get higher quality episodes posted the day the were meant to come out!

On this episode, the judgefellas team up to cover all the rules and procedures around two headed giant. Never again can you make the excuse of not knowing 2HG on those test questions. NEVER AGAIN

We also talk about CJ’s cats and pancakes because that is surely why you’re tuning in. And of course we read e-mails from listeners just like you!

2HG FAQ

On this episode we have very special guest John Temple on to talk about the Judge of the Week project. In a shocking twist, we’ve been nominated Judge of the Week and so John interviews us about JudgeCast’s past, present, and future!

Judge of the Week: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/jotw/

We also announce our build-a-bear contest winners! The winners and their winning submissions can be found below:

Hideaway Cub by Jeff Simmers

Bear Cubling by Phil Miller

Bear Cubmander by Tim Sargent

Thanks to everyone for all the great entries! All entries can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.644870622202765.1073741825.105788072777692&type=1

We have super duper special guest and rules manager for all of Magic Matt Tabak on to discuss his life at Wizards and his opinions on punctuation. Truly, we waste our too-short time with him. But he did sing the Duck Tales theme so we certainly can’t say it was all a waste.

This episode is easily one of our favorites and a great look at the behind-the-scenes of how the rules get made. We can’t wait to have Matt on again.

Our Build-A-Bear contest is still going! To enter, please submit your bear cub to [email protected] or here: https://www.facebook.com/JudgeCast/posts/641879652501862

The deadline for this contest is Sunday, November 24th.

Tabak’s Tumblr: http://tabakrules.tumblr.com/

Tabak’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/tabakrules

Gather you ghouls and goblins and other Halloween stereotypes you hear on costume commercials and prepare for a spooooooky episode on the combat phase! We cover such creepy topics as the beginning of combat step, the end of combat step, and everything in between.

We also announce a new contest! Create a bear cub card of your choosing, showcasing a unique picture or idea or name or anything! If we choose yours as the winner, you will win a judge foil to be announced! To enter please post the image to our facebook page or send it to [email protected].

An example card:

Links from the show:

Previous episode on steps of a turn: https://judgecast.com/?p=425

A possible image to use for contest: http://www.wildnatureimages.com/images%202/050612-100..jpg

On this episode we talk about the “being a jerk” portion of Unsporting Conduct in the IPG: Aggressive Behavior, Major, and Minor. Want to know what happens when someone literally flips a table? This episode is for you!

As always we read e-mails from the listeners, including such hot topics as Master of Waves, bestow, and…Abu Ja’far?

Motel California series:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HztAWVUO1Zo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6uPN30plvM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJeqDV_j48g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qze4djzyIQ

Sneetches for some reason:

http://www.amazon.com/Sneetches-Other-Stories-ebook/dp/B00ESF28YY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382029614&sr=8-1&keywords=sneetches

We got so behind on e-mails we decided to dedicate an entire episode to them! Listen as we discuss bestow some more, talk tournament policy, CJ fails to pronounce anything correctly, and answer a whopping 24 e-mails from listeners around the world.

Links from the show:

Yawgatog Changes: http://yawgatog.com/resources/rules-changes/m14-ths/

MTGCast Announcement: http://mtgcast.com/the-new-face-of-mtgcast

Very special thanks to Josh Carr and Rob Chronister for the JudgeCast e-mail praise/song. You can find the song and the lyrics at the following link: https://judgecast.com/?attachment_id=559

Your devotion to JudgeCast has been strong and so we bestow upon you a special gift! This FAQ episode is a heroic undertaking to answer all of the major rules questions that might come up at your prerelease and beyond. Want to know how bestow works with almost anything? Wondering if equipment will trigger heroic? You won’t need to scry into a crystal ball to find out, just listen here!

Not knowing the rules can be monstrous, so make sure to listen as soon as you can.

FAQ: http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/faq/ths

We have brand new fancy pants L4 and former host Sean Catanese on this very special episode! We discuss his rise to L4, his new roles and responsibilities, and how if it weren’t for the continuation of JudgeCast he never would have made it. Basically we made SeaCat an L4.

We also discuss the next steps for a new L1 to take after passing that test. What should you bring to an event? How do you find an event? This and many more questions are answered!

Hyperlinked rules: http://yawgatog.com/resources/magic-rules/

Cranial Insertion: cranialinsertion.com