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*persuades John for WoW EAs* My GenCon was great too, although mine was on the player side instead of the judge side. I've got to say, playing in the VS PC gave me a new perspective on judging, especially the difference between "slow play" and "trying not to make a $300 mistake". I...

I pulled one of those Ghost Rares...too bad I didn't pull a second one so I could trade it to Simon.

Creature Swap King Tiger to your opponent. Play Card of Safe Return. Bring back Treeborn Frog from your graveyard in your next standby phase. Draw your deck. Win with Exodia.

Also, as much as the Metagame reporters try, they don't always get every bit of the game state, so it's possible that a legal play was made, and the report just doesn't reflect that.

Well, thanks to the VS rules, there's no such thing as choosing to flip it down in the moment you're flipping 3...2...1... face up. The chain of events goes like this: You announce that you're playing 3...2...1... from your resource row, targeting Ancient Throne. 3...2...1... goes on the...

It's been about a year since I passed L2 at Atlanta, and I know how much of an accomplishment it is. Congrats!

I swear, UDE could print tablecloths with the head judge's announcements on them, and some players would still have no idea what was going on. Eternal vigilance; that's what you sign up for when you put on the panda shirt.

I figured that Blaze Accelerator is ruled like that because it's a Continuous Spell, so choosing to activate the ability is what puts it on the chain, then on resolution you'd send the monster to the graveyard and yadda yadda yadda. Smarter people than me will probably condradict this though :)

That's why I judge VS and WOW...it keeps me from having to do one thing too many times in a row. It's like crop rotation for your brain.

First off, I'd send the Mobius' to the side deck along with Grand Mole. Main deck two Zaborgs and a Wildheart instead. Wildheart is great for Gadget decks. DMOC is a tough choice in your build, this format is pretty fast and it's tough to get two monsters on the field and then want to tribute...

Well, despite memphis spotting them more of the first half, UNT couldn't pull it off. Had a good time watching though, although now I'm waterlogged from too much Dr. Pepper...

I did okay, I missed on Gonzaga and Texas Tech, and one of my other underdogs didn't hit. I nailed VCU though, that was awesome. I'm about to watch North Texas play; they've got no shot, but it's my alma mater and I still work there, so I should still watch the beating.

All of it, you say? Including EA Leeroy from Nationals? :) I remember CDIP...I sold my 24 packs for 80 dollars and was able to pay my bills for that month. I wouldn't be surprised if I won it, my luck has been insane lately. I pulled Satellite Cannon in the only Champion Pack I've ever...

Cyberdark Impact. Yeah, I miss the actual boxes...they haven;t shipped the preview product in boxes since...hmm, Shadow of Infinity at least, probably earlier.

The prize drawing for STON sneak preview judges should be right around the corner. If you were lucky enough to win the "box of every set ever printed" grand prize, what would you do with it? Would you really crack a fresh box of Spell Ruler? Is it worth digging through your Metal Raiders box...