I would like to introduce you to level 5 judge
Riccardo Tessitori who is joining Blackborder.com as an official feature
writer and explain the "Ask the Judge" feature to you!
About
Riccardo Tessitori
Riccardo
Tessitori is a level 5 judge from Italy; he judged more than fifty Professional
events, headjudged 10 Grand Prix and has just started headjudging Pro Tours, such
as:
- Pro
Tour Kyoto 2009
- The
approaching Pro Tour Austin 2009
- GP
Paris 2008 (the biggest event of all time, with 1839 players)
Riccardo became a L2 in 2003, he judged all Worlds Championships and you might
have seen him with the Red&Black polo during Worlds 2007 in New York.
Back in the
days, Riccardo was a player too; before dedicating his time to judging. He
qualified for Pro Tour Yokohama in 2003 and made day two of Grand Prix Madrid in
2004. Today, he continues playing locally and keeps in touch with the player
community in his country.
Riccardo on
Blackborder.com
Riccardo Tessitori as Head Judge at Pro Tour Kyoto
“I am very
pleased and excited to join the Blackborder team. It will be a new challenge
for me and it will be a great opportunity to meet new people and to make new
friends. Thanks to
my rules and tournament policies knowledge, I count on helping you win a few
more matches and making you discover the point of view of the judges in the
wonderful world of Magic. In addition
to answering all your rules questions, I will be able to explain the reasons
behind the new policies. I might also be your ambassador if you have an advice
or requests concerning tournament policies and procedures.
In the “Ask
the Judge” feature column, I will be giving two types of answers:
- Easy
to read and quick, without any technical details
- Complete
and precise, with technical details and necessary citations from the rules
I am very
proud to work with professionals like the Blackborder staff and with the famous
Pro players who write for Blackborder.com.
Talk to you
soon, on Blackborder.com!
Riccardo Tessitori
Feature Writer
Blackborder.com”
Ask the Judge
I want to provide you with some details about
the "Ask the Judge" feature.
As promised, Blackborder.com is continually adding more amazing features to the
site. The latest feature is our upcoming “Ask the Judge” column, where level 5
judge Riccardo Tessitori will answer user submitted questions concerning rules
problems, the life of a level 5 judge, DCI policies, interesting tournament
situations and anything else you want to ask him!
In addition Riccardo will include bonus sections in his column about interesting cards, tournament
reports and background information.
To ask Riccardo a question, click the
link in the "Auctions" box on the front page. (This link will appear tomorrow.)
If you want to, you can consult our Auctions information section.
Riccardo will then pick the most interesting
questions and answer them in his feature article on Blackborder.com.
Keep your browser
tuned to Blackborder.com, and invite your friends to join the rapidly growing
interactive Magic the Gathering portal that Blackborder.com is!
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I actually would like to sumbit several questions.
1. If an opponent is targeted with a "Haunting Echoes" and allows it to resolve, does that allow for the alternate casting cost of "Archive Trap" to trigger? the reason i ask, "haunting echoes" does not specifiy who searches (although to me the wording implies the caster of "Haunting echoes"). The wording on "Archive trap" "opponent searched ...library this turn" does that trigger??? Does the wording of "Archive trap" imply an opponent has to willing search their library?
2. What are the actual steps for dealing direct damage to a planeswalker. The reason i ask is a have been told to different things that contradict one another.
first, i have been told that direct damage can directly target the planeswalker, period.
second, and this makes more sense to me, i was told that the direct damage is targeted at the controling player, then on the resolution of the spell it can be chosen to be redirected at the planeswalker. eg. a blue opponent has a "Jace Beleren" on the battlefield with 2 loyalty. I cast a "lightning bolt" targating the opponent. The opponent chooses to allow the "lightning bolt" resolve, even though he may be able to counter it (he makes the assumption he is the target). when the spell resolves, i choose to redirect the "lightning bolt" to target "Jace Beleren" effectively killing it. Is this correct?
Hey Thank you for your questions. Please use the most recent Ask the Judge buyin to ask Riccardo a question. You can find it here: http://www.blackborder.com/q/node/3810
Questions in comments won't be answered.
Thank you. Have fun!
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