JudgeCast

The JudgeCast crew took a short road trip to the Bay Area to interview Toby Elliott, Level 5 judge and all-around policy guru. They talk at length about the new Magic Infraction Procedure Guide, Tournament Rules, and Guide to Fixing Common Errors that went live on July 1. They also cover how Progenitus can legally end up in the graveyard, how Emrakul can turn into a 0/4 tree, and why it’s sometimes a bad idea to cast Emerge Unscathed on a your Kor Spiritdancer. Finally, yes, the crew talks about Esper Charm in all its glory. Suffice it to say, if you were an enchantment, you’d be destroyed (not!).

Sean, Riki, and Jose are back with a plan for this episode, including:

- Reviewing the changes in the new Magic Infraction Procedure Guidelines, Magic Tournament Rules, and brand spankin’ new Fixing Common Errors document

- What do you do if you want to judge but don’t have any local tournaments?

- A major newspaper really really messes up a story on Magic

- Listener questions, including one from a soldier in an overseas warzone, different Ascensions working differently in 2HG, and others

- Declaring a winner in the “You Design the Pro’s Candy Bar” contest!

- Archenemy first impressions and the pitfalls of running Emrakul in an anti-Archenemy deck

Thanks as always to our hosts!

In this episode, Sean, Riki, and Jose are back with listeners’ questions, stories, and rules and tournament quandries. They discuss how to not kill a Tarmogoyf with the slowest Lightning Bolt ever. Other things covered in this episode include upgrading penalties, split cards, why Jace doesn’t often make you draw extra cards, and much more!

We have a new contest, too. Design a candy bar based on the personality of a Magic pro, and you can win some packs of…the first set of the 21st century! Listen for details.

This time Sean, Jose, and Riki discuss JudgeCast #15!

Send us your questions, stories, and contest entries at [email protected]!

Thanks, as always, to our hosts at MTGCast and the folks at Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com) for providing podsafe bumper music by Carbon Leaf. Also look for us on Facebook!

This time Sean, Jose, and Riki delve into the realm of what you can and can’t say at the end of a tournament when all you want to do is win something or make top 8, using a fellow podcasting team’s examples. The also cover how to break through a Glen Elendra Archmage, fun and useless ways to build a Hellcarver Demon deck, what happens when you play the wrong opponent, and much more.

Send us your questions, stories, and contest entries at [email protected]!

Thanks, as always, to our hosts at MTGCast and the folks at Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com) for providing podsafe bumper music by Carbon Leaf. Also look for us on Facebook!

Sean, Riki, and Jose are back with more from the world of judging Magic! They discuss listener e-mails, rules questions, and tournament scenarios. They field a couple questions from the Yo! MtG Taps hosts, and Sean promises to cut some part of the show out, but forgets…again. Send your rules questions, tournament stories, and contest entries to [email protected]. Also look for us on Facebook!

Thanks as always to our hosts!

Thanks, as always, to our hosts at MTGCast and the folks at Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com) for providing podsafe bumper music by Carbon Leaf.

Once again, Riki and Sean talk rules, policy, tournaments, and give away packs! They go in-depth on Riki’s future with StarCity Games (he’s got a real job there!) and what it means for JudgeCast. They also cover a ton of listeners’ questions, including taking a closer look at Eye of the Storm, levelers and layers, and many more. Riki decided to get generous with his packs this time, hitting up five lucky listeners with Shards block draft sets! Send us your questions, stories, and contest entries at [email protected]!

Thanks, as always, to our hosts at MTGCast and the folks at Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com) for providing podsafe bumper music by Carbon Leaf.

After a longer-than-expected delay (Sean’s fault, not our hosts’!), Riki and Sean are back with more stories from the trenches and answers to your questions. What happens when Experiment Kraj adds 2 loyalty counters and taunts your opponent? How did Riki lose to Jose at the prerelease? It’s all here!

If you want to hear your question answered on the air, or have us settle a dispute in your playgroup (Warning: Thunderdome rules may be invoked!), send us an e-mail at [email protected]. You can also become a fan of JudgeCast on Facebook now where you can submit questions, and keep in touch with the latest news on the show!

Thanks, as always, to our hosts at www.mtgcast.com andthe folks at Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com) for providing podsafe bumper music by Carbon Leaf.

We test a power 9 card for authenticity (thanks to our guest DCI L1 Judge Jose Boveda), answer tons of rules questions, and pick a winner of our “worst mangling of the rules” story contest. We also pick a winner for our next contest question, and Riki sticks his foot in his mouth. Mmmm, tasty!

We’re always interested to hear your rules questions and quandaries, so send them to us at [email protected]. You can also become a fan of JudgeCast on Facebook now where you can submit questions, and keep in touch with the latest news on the show’s coming attractions!

As always, we’d like to thank our wonderful hosts at MTGCast.com and the folks at Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com) for providing podsafe bumper music by Carbon Leaf.

Riki and Sean have a special guest this time, Toby Elliott, one of four Level 5 judges in the world! Toby discusses the new edition of the Magic Infraction Procedure Guidelines in depth, as he’s known as the “policy guy” for the DCI and a primary editor for the MIPG. Together, they traverse listeners’ queries, both simple and complex, eventually arriving at the extremes of “What happens when the rules of the game don’t cover an interaction between cards?” They also discuss how the MIPG gets made and what goes into the process of editing it.

Toby also chooses a question from a listener to serve as our newest contest question! The best answer will win you a draft set, so listen up and send us your answers (and more rules questions!).

We’re always interested to hear your rules questions and quandries, so send them to us at [email protected]. You can also become a fan of JudgeCast on Facebook now where you can submit questions, and keep in touch with the latest news on the show’s coming attractions!

As always, we’d like to thank our wonderful hosts at MTGCast.com and the folks at Music Alley (http://music.mevio.com) for providing podsafe bumper music by Carbon Leaf.