Hello, friends! It is wonderful to be back with you, and I bring some exciting news/opportunities in this article! 1. The 2026 Judge Foundry Annual Member Meeting will take place on Saturday, September 26th from approximately 10 AM – 3 PM PST. 2. The following itinerary will guide us through the day: ALL TIMES ARE
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Canada East and West The RAs of these regions, Chris H. and Cardan W., wanted to highlight a Judge Conference occurring on Thursday, August 20th in Toronto, Canada at Face-to-Face: Command Fest Toronto. If you want to know more about this Judge Conference or apply to attend, take a peek at the JudgeApps event. Thank
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Quick, gather your notebooks, pens, and calculators; school is in session for the Secrets of Strixhaven Set Update Quizzes! For this season, there is a standard quiz for Level Two and Level Three Judges, and an advanced quiz for Level Four and Level Five Judges. Each quiz is five questions: four on rules and one
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As I collaborate and reflect with regional leadership and judges at events, the same questions keep getting posed to me: Khailyn, does my Grant need to be MTG focused? Can they pay me for the work that I do? – No, your Grant does not need to be MTG focused. The Grants Committee is actually
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Northeast The RA of this region, Dennis Bradford, wanted to highlight a Judge Conference occurring on Sunday, April 26th in Bernardsville, New Jersey at The Bearded Dragon Games. If you want to know more about this Judge Conference, apply to attend, or help Dennis administer higher-level advancement exams, take a peek at the JudgeApps event.
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Northeast The RA of this region, Dennis Bradford, wanted to highlight a Judge Conference occurring on Sunday, April 26th in Bernardsville, New Jersey at The Bearded Dragon Games. If you want to know more about this Judge Conference, apply to attend, or help Dennis administer higher-level advancement exams, take a peek at the JudgeApps event.
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Running a conference is a fun way to gather judges and candidates, help people learn magic rules and policy, and find ways to build community in your area, as well as help people learn and grow as people themselves. Many skills of judging are very useful in other careers and in the community, so we
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Northeast The RA of this region, Dennis Bradford, wanted to highlight an Invitational Series being run in NYC by Jenn Taylor. You can read more about The NYCIS Heavy Play Championship, and personally, I find it fascinating that players and judges alike were able to experience 3 rounds of Standard, 3 Rounds of Pauper, and
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The current Board of Directors has re-established a commitment and unified goal on supporting the Judging Community; more importantly, providing the dollars, resources, and infrastructure to allow individuals to grow and lead their community as they see fit. Hence, the JF Conferences Committee, led by Stephan Classen, and the JF Judge Recruitment, led by Ryan
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Plains The RA of this region, Jordan Powell, is planning and organizing at least three conferences this year, possibly a fourth, dependent on excitement and demand. The tentative timelines for the conferences are as followed: 1. First being in late Q1 or early Q22. Second being in late Q2 or early Q33. Third being in
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