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 […]
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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 […]
Conferences: Season 3 2023 Applications and Updates
What’s New Season 3 is coming! Sponsorship applications for conferences held between July 1 and September 30 are now open! The primary application window for this season closes May 14. Due to an expected delay in the delivery of promos to the Judge Academy office, we are cautioning organizers that it is extremely likely that […]
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 […]
Quarter 1 2023 Conference Bulletin
Season 2 Supplemental Applications This took a bit longer to prepare than expected, and as a result this form’s deadline has been extended out until March 26, 2023. You can find the form here: https://forms.gle/9VeCYGZ6Y1DXckJq6 Postponing Launch of Mid-Year Conferences to 2024 One of the original goals for a mid-year celebration was to help supplement […]
An Update to Conference Applications
For a while now we have been using a rolling acceptance system for our conference application process. It has certainly gotten the job done, but it has some larger logistical hangups and it has not scaled well with the growing interest in conferences. In an effort to streamline the process further, use a bigger global […]
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 […]
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 […]
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