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Hello everyone, and Happy New Year! Here are the judge anniversaries for January. It's a fairly long post with two fairly long features. The following judges have been with the program for 5 or 10 years: 10 years: Raymond Fong, Slough, England, Great Britain Veronique       Lemaire, Amilly,        Paris, France Juri Leo, Lecce, Italy Thomas Ralph, Dublin, Ireland Dave Regouby, Amilly, Paris, France Angelo Rossi, Arezzo, Italy January 5 years: Gregory Defosse, COLMAR, Est, France Brian Paskoff, Holtsville, New York, United States Jurgen Baert,...

Hi everyone, It's judge anniversary time again - December is often a quiet month, but here are the judges who have been with the program for 10 or 5 years! 10 years: Stephen Metaye, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada Patrick Loukota, Belcamp, Maryland, United States 5 years: Joel Nerenberg, Burnsville, Minnesota, United States Fabian Peck, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Russell Heitzmann, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Martial Moreau, Nantes, Ouest, France Anniek van der Peijl, Nijmegen, Netherlands Ryan Patterson, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Congratulations and thank you for all your...

Hello everyone! Just when you thought Judge of the Week was gone, its not! This week we feature Corina Grant, a level 2 judge from California, America. She started playing Magic with her father when she was very young. Corina says: "I distinctly remember buying onslaught packs. We used many of my dad’s old cards for deck building including dual lands. I had absolutely no idea of their value, and neither did he, which is a shame! I had a play set of tundras. I found one of them recently, but I did not take very good care of it as an 8-year old. I quit playing around Kamigawa,...

Hello everyone! Here are the judge anniversaries for November. The following judges have been with the program for 5 or 10 years:10 years: Francois Grobler, Durban, South Africa Riccardo Tessitori, Latina,  Italy Ingrid Lind-Jahn, Belleville, Wisconsin,  United States John  Williams, Ames, Iowa, United States Federico Burgio, Tremmestieri Etneo, Catania, Italy Nozomu  Endou,  Mishima-shi,  Shizuoka-ken,  Japan Misha Zagorski, Moscow, Russian Federation Lindsay Heming  Kingswood,  New South Wales, Australia Ryan Dare, Balgowlah, New South...

Here are the judge anniversaries for October. The following judges have been with the program for 5 or 10 years:10 years:Christine Colosimo, Tobyhanna,  Pennsylvania, United StatesJonathon Klimek,  Omaha, Nebraska, United StatesPatrik Linell,  Malmö, SwedenDavid Stroud,  Portland, Oregon, United StatesGionata Dal Farra,  Lessolo, Torino, ItalyChristopher Richter, Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesAndrey Alfimenko, Almaty, Kazakhstan5 years:Takanori Nakamura, Okazaki-shi, Aichi-ken, JapanKazuyuki Ishikawa, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JapanStephen Ayers, Concord,...

Hello everyone!  Hope you are all ready for the Innistrad pre release.  I know this week’s judge of the week, Eddie Cheung, is ready.  Eddie is a level 2 judge from Guelph, Ontario in Canada.  Eddie begun playing back in 8th edition, but stopped shortly after Mirrodin. He began playing again in Planar Chaos, and has been playing ever since. As for Judging, Eddie was certified during the  Zendikar pre release in Toronto, and has been judging since. He passed his level 2 exam at Gand Prix Dallas 2011. Eddie tells us that he was really interested in the...

This week’s JOTW is level 2 Alexei Gousev.  Alexei comes from Davis in California, except for the summer, where he resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Alexei was introduced to Magic through a friend around Odyssey block, however, he did not own any cards until Legions.  After a short break from Magic, Alexei began playing again in Ravnica block.  He was certified for L1 by Eric Levine at his third ever tournament.  Looking back, Alexei says he does not think he was ready at the time.  He passed his level 2 test at US Nationals in 2010, where John...

It's judge anniversary time: let's congratulate the judges who were certified in September 2001 and September 2006 on the good work they've done over the years. 10 years Michael Labrousse,  Vivonne Ouest,  France Andrew  Plinston, Auckland, New Zealand Charles Reinman, Rochester, New York, United States Miki Urban, San Diego, California, United States Eric Heyne, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States Tom Haddy, Avondale Heights, Victoria, Australia 5 years Sebastien GRASS, Clermont Ferrand, Est, France Ashlund Salway, Rapid City,  South Dakota, United States Alejandro...

Hello everyone! This week’s Judge of the Week is Gustavo Adolfo Otero De Leon.  Gustavo is a level 2 judge from Cayey, Puerto Rico.  Gustavo started playing Magic when Ravnica Block was released in 2005, and started judging during 2009.  It was at Pro Tour San Juan in 2010 that Gustavo was certified to level 1, and just one year later at GP Atlanta he was promoted to level 2.  Gustavo had a problem.  He had to correct people’s mistakes when playing.  It would tick him off when things were not done correctly.  Thus, he became a judge. ...

G’day Everyone! This week’s judge is Brian Coval from Pittsburgh in the United States.  Brian began playing magic during Ice Age.  Brian had a short break during Urza’s Saga, but began playing again during Masques block.  It was with Mirrodin that Brian began playing competitively due to the power of affinity.  Brian became a level 1 judge during Shards of Alara block, and passed his level 2 exam 6 months later.  What interested you in judging? I moved to a new state during Time Spiral block, and the local Tournament Organiser there had a lot...