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This episode, we discuss the ins and outs of the rules around triggered abilities. Avoid common rules pitfalls and learn weird corners like the infamous "to your graveyard from anywhere" triggers. Send your questions to JudgeCast@gmail.com!

Hang out with Jess, Bryan, and Brogan, as this episode we just sit back, relax, and talk about whatever comes up, and also judge shirts. Judge uniform guidelines: https://blogs.magicjudges.org/o/judge-uniform-guidelines/ Jess's take on Judge Program Rules: https://youtu.be/jl0hMfqNQ-g PC announcement about judge shirts: https://blogs.magicjudges.org/coordinators/2019/02/13/the-future-of-judge-shir...

We unpack the rather substantial rules and policy updates coinciding with Ravnica Allegiance, including changes to Missed Triggers and changes to the penalties for Bribery and Wagering.

Join us as the team breaks down the new mechanics and most complex cards from the newest magic set!

Bryan and Jess are joined by Samantha Harr (aka Samma) to talk about one of our favorite topics, how to run a prerelease! This is useful information for Organizers and Judges alike.

We return to the countdown format as we trek through 10 common mistakes judges make (most of which we've made ourselves) and talk about how to avoid them.

The team tackles the combat phase and goes in-depth on how it works.

Priority is the system that lets players take actions in Magic. On this episode, we explore that system, including how it works in the rules, how players actually use it, and the tournament shortcuts designed to bridge these two things.

There are four different types of information that exist in a game of Magic. The team breaks them down and goes over some examples of each, then talks about what happens when something goes wrong. When does a judge issue a warning for the (relatively rare) "Communication Policy Violation" Tournament Error?

Brogan has taken over and locked Jess and Bryan out of the show! (Not really, they'll be back next week). On this episode, she interviews two regional coordinators about what they do and why: Returning US-Southeast RC Nicolette Apraez and newly selected US-Midatlantic RC Eric Dustin Brown. If you'd like to contact your region's RC about anything judge-related, you can do so here: https://blogs.mag...

There have been a lot of Magic announcements the last two weeks, and in this episode, we talk about as many as we can fit into an hour. There are tournament policy changes, MagicFest has been announced alongside Grand Prix next year, new Regional Coordinators have been selected, and JudgeCast's own Bryan Prillaman was selected as the newest Judge Program Coordinator. And that doesn't even mention...

Join us as we discuss the new mechanics and interesting cards in Guilds of Ravnica! Check out the full Release Notes here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/guilds-ravnica-release-notes-2018-09-20

You won't believe number 3! Or maybe you will. Yeah, you probably will. JudgeCast picks their list of worst triggered abilities in Magic. We look at why triggers have sometimes caused problems in tournaments starting with Horizon Spellbomb and ending with... Well, you'll just have to listen and find out! Creative Commons Media used in this episode: "Tech Rythmic Sound" Copyright © 2011 Varazuvi™ w...

L3 judge and architect of tournament policy Toby Elliott joins us to discuss what loops are, how they're handled, and what's chief among the pantheon of breakfast cereals.

On this episode, the team tackles three policy topics that aren't big enough for their own episode: Electronic Devices, Notes, and Outside Assistance. Listen, learn, and send us questions to JudgeCast@Gmail.com.

On this episode, the team runs through the new mechanics and a few of the awesome cards in Commander 2018! Also... a bat-dragon? Full C18 Release Notes from WotC: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/commander-2018-edition-release-notes-2018-07-27

Feedback is a two-way street. We talk about why you should write reviews about peers and leaders that you feel are more experienced than you, and how you should do it. We also review the recent tournament policy changes, and promise we'll finally delve into loops in a future episode! You can always find the latest policy documents at www.judgecast.com/docs. Other stuff we talked about: General rev...

Prepare for your prerelease! There are no new mechanics, but there are plenty of fun interactions still to be had as we peruse the most interesting cards from the Magic 2019 Core Set release notes! Stuff we talked about: Lots of cards from the Release Notes: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/core-set-2019-release-notes-2018-06-22 JudgeCast Layers episodes: #197 - https://judgec...

Join us as we talk to Level 3 judge and Grand Prix Side Events expert Eric Dustin Brown, also known as EDB, about side events. We ask him what is the best side, and why is it cornbread? He tells us how side events work and why they're his favorite area of a GP to be working.

JudgeCast is taking the week off to make sure we're on track for the M19 release notes. But never fear! We've still brought you a great episode from the archive; it's an interview with Jared Sylva about investigations! JudgeCast will be back with new episodes next week. Stuff mentioned in the show: Great article series by Eric Shukan Part 1 - http://blogs.magicjudges.org/articles/2014/12/30/invest...

On this episode we talk about everything 2HG, including the upcoming Battlebond supplemental set!  We also introduce Judge Tales: record and send us your favorite judge stories to be on the show! Last, but certainly not least, we ask you what Jess should do with the newly acquired www.bprill.com! 2HG quick reference: https://blogs.magicjudges.org/2hg/faq/ Battlebond Release Notes (Unavailable when...

We're often asked about our conversations before and after the show. What do we talk about? How do we interact? Hang out with us as, on our 200th episode, we go in unscripted and unstructured. Our stories and silliness will give you a peek behind the curtain. For some reason, we'll talk a lot about food. Regular Magic learning content will resume in two weeks.

In a continuation from episode 197, we talk about layers and how effects interact using them. We also talk a bit about dependencies, and reference too many moons (Blood Moon, Bad Moon, Imprisoned in the Moon, etc)

The rules are changing, but the sky isn't falling. Along with new mechanics and weird cards, Dominaria brings with it rules changes that have caused the errata of many, many Magic cards. Additionally, we go card-by-card over some of the most interesting interactions in the set. Listen in as we explain it all! Links: Dominaria Release Notes (.docx): http://media.wizards.com/2018/downloads/DOM_Relea...

Judges talk about continuous effects until end of episode. We reference copy effects, discussed in more detail here: https://judgecast.com/archives/1034 We also reference our Types episodes, which are here:  https://judgecast.com/archives/651 and here: https://judgecast.com/archives/659