This Module will guide you through some more advanced elements of the Magic Tournament Rules document, covering information that is useful for an L1 Judge to know. We’ll cover tournament rules, communication, tournament violations, and format-specific rules.
Course Category: Magic: the Gathering
MTG: Studying Magic Strategy
This lesson covers some fundamentals of Magic strategy. Understanding the game allows judges to more quickly and accurately investigate various scenarios, including both those that may involve cheating and those that do not. While this lesson does not have any explicit prerequisites, it is intended for judges who frequently see complex situations or are taking […]
MTG: Access for All
This module talks about how to make events you judge accessible to people with disabilities. It covers a wide range of physical disabilities, and what accessibility looks like at events, conferences, judge dinners, and related events.
MTG: 2021 New Mechanics
This module introduces and explores all new mechanics added to Magic in 2021.
MTG: How to Run a Prerelease
This module covers every aspect of running a prerelease, from making plans with the Tournament Organizer to the event itself.
MTG: Teaching Tournament Best Practices
Welcome to Teaching Tournament Best Practices! We learn so much about best practices and small optimizations over time and at events that it can be difficult to remember that some people just haven’t had the opportunity to have the same quantity or quality of experience that taught us so much. There are many things that […]
MTG: Presenting at Digital Judge Conferences
As Judge Conferences have shifted online, this module will focus on how to adapt many of the good practices to the digital world. George Gavrilita will share a method that is easy to implement both for expert presenters, and for judges that may have never presented at a physical conference. The goal is to make […]
MTG: Organizing a Conference
Hello, and welcome to Organizing a Judge Academy Conference! During this module, we’ll cover what a judge conference is, 2021 conference policies and support, and then walk you through the steps of planning your own conference, including: Applying for support What you need to do to prep Things to remember day of And anything post-conference […]
MTG: 2020 and 2021 Rules and Policy Updates
Welcome! This module is a review of the 2020 and 2021 rules and policy changes. There’s a lot to cover, so rules topics in this module will be organized according to the set that introduced them, and policy changes will be covered at the end. These sets include Theros: Beyond Death, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, […]
MTG: L1 Practice Exams
This module contains practice exams for both the Rules and Policy sections of the actual Level 1 Final Exam. We hope that these are helpful for both certified judges and those preparing for the final exam. The Rules practice test contains 20 questions and the Policy section has 5. Good Luck!