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Head Judging a GPT (traduzione)
Essere Capo Arbitro ad un GP Trial di Evan Cherry E così, sei un collaboratore esperto del tuo negoziante di zona e auspicabilmente hai preso la decisione di diventare un Judge certificato. Il tuo TO sarà sicuramente emozionato perché da ora in poi potrà organizzare i Gran Prix Trials (GPTs) con il suo Judge L1 personale! Questi eventi competitivi &ld ...Read all
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Grand Prix Ghent – Organizing Last Chance Trials
Arnaud Bourdoux Grand Prix—Ghent was my first shot at leading Public Events (PE) on the Friday of a Grand Prix. While I had experience running the PE show from other Grand Prix, the never-ending flow of 32-player GP Trials was kind of new to me, and generally presented by my predecessors as an "organized mess". This article aims at presenting the organization of GP Fridays, because they are quite unique in terms of tournament organization. While any judge may ...Read all
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Failure to Reveal - Kevin Binswanger
Kevin Binswanger Magic: the Gathering is a game of hidden information. Failure to Reveal (FtR) is the infraction that enforces playing correctly with hidden information. Failure to Reveal is one of the least understood penalties in the entire Infraction Procedure Guide (IPG). Difficulties arise in part because Failure to Reveal doesn't occur often. And even when it does, there is also a lot of complexity here, with separate provisions for downgrade and an additional reme ...Read all
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Deck/Decklist Problem - Paul Smith and Kim Warren
Kim Warren Paul Smith Tournament Error — Deck/Decklist Problem Definition A player commits one or more of the following errors involving their deck: The deck and/or decklist contain an illegal number of cards for the format. The deck and/or decklist contain one or more cards that are illegal for the format. A card listed on a decklist is not identified by its full name, and could be interpreted as ...Read all
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Game Rule Violation - Claire Dupré
Claire Dupré Magic is a game that involves a large number of interactions, both between players and between cards. Sometimes, these interactions lead to players making mistakes and accidentally deviating from the rules. These errors are gathered in the IPG under the label "Game Play Errors (GPE)". What are GPEs? These are errors committed by at least one player during a match by unintentionally not respecting the rules of the game. For intentional inf ...Read all
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Improper Drawing at the Start of the Game - Jens Strohaeker
Jens Strohaeker 3.5. Game Play Error — Improper Drawing at the Start of the Game Definition A player draws too many cards (or not enough cards) in his or her opening hand, while resolving a mulligan, or before taking his or her first game action. Once legal game actions have been taken, this infraction no longer applies and the infraction is Drawing Extra Cards. Examples A. A player draws eight cards in her initial hand (instead of seven). ...Read all
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Tardiness - Kevin Desprez
Kevin Desprez What is the rule? To fully understand how to apply a penalty and a remedy, it is important to start from the rules. Tournament Error — Tardiness Definition A player fails to comply with announced time limits. Examples A. A player arrives to her seat 5 minutes after the round begins. B. A player hands in his decklist after the time designated by the judge or organizer. C. A player loses his or her deck and must find rep ...Read all
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Handling Player Miscommunication - Jeremie Granat
Jeremie Granat Who hasn't been called to a table because a player did something without communicating it explicitly enough and the other player assumed something completely different? Depending on the situation and the players, the situation can get confusing very fast. Here is one example: Alice controls an Eldrazi Spawn token and says "Go" to announce her end of turn. Nicole casts Cryptic Command saying "Draw and bounce" and Alice puts her toke ...Read all
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So You Want to Become an MTG Judge? - Frank Chafe
So You Want to Become an MTG Judge? How I did it, and what you can do to prepare for your journey to Judgeship! I was a player like any other. I played the game, participated in FNM, and was a regular at a local game store. I had a healthy collection and had a reputation for knowing the rules and playing by them. I had already been assisting my local store with events for the better part of a year, working Wizards Event Reporter for tournaments, acting as a floor judge f ...Read all
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What's a Level 3 - Pierre Laquerre
Introduction Pierre Laquerre This article started as a quest for information on the famous Level 3. At the time, late 2010, finding information on what Level 3 meant was much harder to collect. Compared to Levels 1 and 2, there are fewer judges you can ask questions of, and fewer articles on the subject. This is why I decided to spend some of my time working international events to interview several high-level judges and get their opinions on what being a Level ...Read all
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Missed Triggers: The DVD Commentary
Download this article as HTML as PDF Toby ElliottSo, how did we get here? It all started because Wizards made the decision to remove 'may' from cards where it didn't make intuitive sense. There are lots of good reasons for this—think about the number of clicks saved on Magic Online alone—but making judges' lives easier was not one of them. For years, judges have used 'may' on cards as a sign that the player could choose to forget a trigger. The rules were written with this is mind, pa ...Read all
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July 2011 IPG update - Toby Elliott
It's the 20th, so we have a lot to talk about today. After a ton of discussion, we're concerned about Standard and have banned Jace and... wait, wrong one. Worldgorger Dragon is no worse than all the other infinite combos running around Commander, so it's unbanned... no, not that one either. A busy time for Magic, but it's also time for an update to the IPG, which is ...Read all
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April 2011 JAR update - James Mackay
Hi everyone, As I'm sure you've seen, the updated documents have gone up - and much like the IPG/MTR most of the changes to the JAR are cosmetic, however I've detailed the main changes below. The language around upgraded penalties has been clarified. Players receiving repeated reminders for the same issue can be issued with Game Losses, after being told that that a GL is the next step. GL is also the penalty for those players engaging in General Unwanted Behaviour afte ...Read all
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April 2011 IPG update - Toby Elliott
It's (just past) March 20th, and updates to the Tournament Documents have been posted! They're available at http://www.wizards.com/wpn/Events/Rules.aspx?category=magic:thegathering (the date on the front page is still to be updated. Clicking through will get you the document). From an IPG standpoint, there's almost no changes, just a couple of tweaks to language to try to make things clearer. The only thing that could ...Read all
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JAR January 2011 update - James Mackay
Hi everyone, As Uncle Scott has pointed out, we have a new look Document Centre - and the FCE is nowhere to be found. The document which covers judging at Regular REL is now called (quite deceptively) "Judging at Regular REL". I'm going to go over some of the changes here, so bear with me - this might end up longer than the document we're discussing. Firstly, the name change - "Guide to Fixing Common E ...Read all
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