This summer, we ran the first Magic Arena Judge League (or MAJL), a digital event series that was free for Judge Academy members around the world. The top 4 point earners from each region were invited to compete in a special event. After going through weeks of league play and a grueling invitational, we wanted […]

Hey all! As a reminder, the Angela Chandler Memorial Tournament is taking place on Sunday at 9am PT Angela Chandler was a phenomenal friend and organizer for the Magic Judge community. She was a great example of what the Magic Judge community strives to be, and everyone who interacted with her walked away better for […]

A post was made last night in the Judge Academy Discord server sharing a racist alteration of a Magic Card. Regrettably, a number of people engaged with this content positively before its problematic nature was pointed out. We were made aware of the issue early this afternoon, at which point the original post had already […]

Judging in 2020 has had some unique challenges and the team at Judge Academy has been working on a plan to address them. We’ve decided on a series of steps that we believe will help judges be prepared for the future of Magic events, continue to build the Judge community, and make it easier to […]

First off, thanks for your patience last week. Fires aren’t out, but it has since rained and air quality is much better overall! Over the next week, we are going to be trying out a few new features based on feedback and comments from our members. This week we’ll be starting to put out the […]

Hey all. I wanted to give you a heads up, we’re having a rough time here in Oregon, as I’m sure many of you who are feeling the effects of nearby wildfires are as well. The air quality here has been fluctuating on the AQI between “Very Unhealthy” and “Hazardous”. None of us are currently […]

Hey all! There’s a lot going on on the back-end, so I wanted to update you all! We are down to 2 modules left for our L2 Content! While those are getting finished up, over the last week or so, we’ve created our online Level 2 exam. It is being tested and will go live […]

Hey all! This week, we have two new L2 Classes, including the videos, texts, and associated quizzes: Competitive REL – Unsporting Conduct I Event Management – Disqualifications As a reminder, if you have any feedback you’d like to share with us, you can submit a contact us form on the site or email us directly […]

Hey all! We’ve had a ton of stuff pop up in the inbox this week. Between promo inquiries, answers to our Call-Outs last week around PEIs, Panels, and testing help last week, and a TON of conference requests for Q4, there is a lot to go through! I’m going to do my best to work […]