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Mar 28 2025 300 ep. 76 mins 3.3k
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A Magic Judge’s Most Useful Podcast

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JudgeCast #344 Tarkir: Dragonstorm Release Notes

Mar 28 2025 99 mins  
BEHOLD... A PODCAST. In this episode, Bryan Charles, and Marcos go over the mechanics from Tarkir: Dragonstorm and a dragon-sized clawful of cards that tickled our collective fancy. Join us as we go over more cards in more detail than you though you needed and perhaps more than you actually wanted. But don't worry, there's lots of big old dragons to give you that dopamine hit we al

JudgeCast #343 – Taking the Call explains the Call

Mar 15 2025 94 mins  
Join Bryan, Charles, and Marcos as they spend entirely too much time and go into entirely too much detail on all the things you need to consider when taking a call as a Judge.Quick, what are the first three things you should do when you hear "Judge!". Did you know there are things were supposed to be doing even before that?There are many types of calls you might get at an event. Ru

JudgeCast #342 Hidden Card Error: The Flow Chartening

Mar 01 2025 81 mins  
In this episode Charles and Marcos troll Bryan by making him hype his least favorite infraction: Hidden Card Error, aka HCE, aka GRV-Private, aka Super Obnoxious Error.We go over how to recognize when HCE has occurred and when it hasn't as well as the flow chart that handles all the exceptions and variables. It's a fun time. If your last name is De Sade.

JudgeCast #341 – Aetherdrift Release Notes

Feb 07 2025 67 mins  
Are you expecting a racing pun here? Too bad, because our special guest, Perry Kraker used them all in the episode. Like I would have to resort to Smokey and the Bandit, Days of Thunder, or maybe even Christine puns. And no one wants that. Join Bryan, Charles, and Perry as we talk about all the mechanics in Aetherdrift, and several of the cards you might see in your prerelease.Aeth

JudgeCast #340 – Top 10 Worst in Magic

Jan 25 2025 79 mins  
Hello and Welcome to JudgeCast.Join Bryan, Charles, and Marcos as we take a somewhat tongue-in-cheek take on the Top 10 worst rules/mechanics in Magic. We pull from the IPG, MTR, and Comprehensive Rules on this tour-de-force of utter nonsense. We talk about rules, mechanics, and policy that are hard to keep straight or cause problems with judges or events.And no, banding does not m

JudgeCast #339 – Studying the CR and Policy Docs

Jan 13 2025 81 mins  
Whether you are an judge candidate trying to learn the comprehensive rules, or an established L1 trying to learn the IPG, there are certain approaches that can help you learn the materials. One of those approaches involves listening to this podcast, but there are others as well. Join Bryan, Charles, and Marcos talk about study tips and advice in tackling the massive amounts of docu

JudgeCast #338 – The Festivus Airing of Grievances (And other more positive things)

Dec 23 2024 71 mins  
Happy Festivus listeners! Bryan, Charles, and Marcos are feeling festive, and you all know what that means. Time for an airing of grievances! Modeled after the incredibly relevant and timely episode of Seinfeld from 1997, we share how we find tinsel too distracting, how you've all disappointed us in the last year, and finish off with the feats of strength, where we wrestle an actua

JudgeCast #337 – Preparedness is Next to Judgeliness

Dec 13 2024 70 mins  
Join Bryan, Charles, and Marcos as we talk about the things you can do to prepare for a big event. Starting with the application itself, we talk about all phases that lead up to the big day. Be sure to share your own tips via skeet or eXcreet. Links referenced: Annotated IPG: Magic Infraction Procedure Guide - Rules Resources Academy Ruins: Academy Ruins Previous episod

JudgeCast #336 – JudgeCast Thanksgiving: It’s All Gravy

Nov 29 2024 58 mins  
Warning: This episode is light on technical rules/policy content. In the spirit of the US Thanksgiving holiday, Bryan, Charles, and Marcos look back over the last year and reflect on what we are thankful for within the Judging and larger M:TG community. It's a bit sappy, but each host brings several items we are thankful for, and some of us didn't even need to stretch or say the

JudgeCast #335 – MTG Foundations Release Notes

Nov 15 2024 94 mins  
Join Charles and Marcos as they discuss the ins and outs of Magics newest set, Foundations. They take a leisurely tour of the returning mechanics and several of the cards that you might have rules questions about. Its good to have a Magic set that actually feels like Magic.