To the Magic judge community, especially the members of Judge Academy, Wizards of the Coast will not be renewing its sponsorship agreement with Judge Academy. This means that we will no longer be under contract with Wizards to provide services to the Magic Judge Program after October 13. I do not have specific information about […]
Author Archives: Samantha (ADMIN)
Judge Academy Merchandise Kit Information – Edgar Markov
Hello Magic Judges! Information about the much-anticipated Edgar Markov merchandise kit is now finally available for public release! Let’s get into it. What Comes In The Kit? Merchandise 1x Ammonite Anti-Theft Backpack (Red/Black 2020-Exclusive) 4x Exclusive Transparent PVC Vampire Tokens (Steve Argyle Original Art) 1x Edgar Markov Card Binder (4-Card Pages) 1x Edgar Markov Playmat […]
Tournament Organizer – Endorsement Writer Badge
Judge Academy is finally ready to fully launch our Tournament Organizer – Endorsement Writer Badge and the capabilities that go along with it! We are very excited to bring even more event organizers into the fold as we expand our Magic: The Gathering education community. If you are a game store owner, game store manager, […]
News and Updates: Spring 2023
Hello Judges! What an amazing start to the year. Membership renewals held steady while even more new judges continue to be brought into the fold. Our ever-growing judge community is something really very special. As the weather slowly gets warmer and we start to see more events sprout up, we are reminded of how incredible […]
Updated Judge Regions for 2023: International Edition
Hello Judges! Lots of people have been excited for us to share the changes we’re making with Magic judge regions. Today we are revealing our international changes. Updated USA regions will be revealed a little later this year. Country Changes Very few changes have been made to which countries belong to which regions. For socio-political […]
End of 2022 Judge Academy News and Updates
Hello Judges! At the start of November we made our big announcement about upcoming changes going into 2023, so we didn’t do much of a monthly wrap-up. Now seems like a perfect time to talk about both November and December and ALSO more developments on the changes we’re making going into 2023. You all like […]
Membership Renewal Payments in Fall/Winter 2022
Hello judges! It’s getting close to membership renewal time for a lot of you. I thought it might be a good idea to provide some instructions and answer a few questions to help you all get your accounts sorted. How to Renew Your Membership On judgeacademy.com go to your profile. Click the Account Details tab. […]
Conference Sponsorship Updates for 2023
Hey y’all If we haven’t met, I’m Eric Dustin Brown, a level 3 judge from Seattle and Judge Academy’s Strategy Champion (Which is a really cool title Samma gave me because I like spreadsheets). Recently I have taken on the responsibility of approving sponsorship applications for judge conferences, which includes oversight of the kinds of […]
Magic 30 Wrap-Up: Looking Forward to 2023
Hello Magic judges! 2022 has been a year of so many changes and a whole lot of growth for the judge community. The Judge Academy team had a blast at Magic 30 in Las Vegas, and now that we’ve settled in after the event, we want to share some announcements about program changes for 2023. […]
October 2022 Judge Academy News and Updates
It’s October, friends! Spooky season is upon us! If you have a Magic-themed Halloween costume planned, please send us pictures. (Field Creeper by artist Anthony Palumbo is Samma’s favorite spooky Magic art!) EoY Conference Sponsorship Thank you all for the influx of wonderful sponsorship applications for 2022 End of Year Celebration conferences! Acceptances have just […]
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