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🗼Find the decklist to the Tower here along with the rules here: bit.ly/48w5Z6P

Something to note, the biggest rule of Judge Tower: It’s not a loss if nobody notices it is. It’s complicated for a reason, and we can’t expect them to be perfect.

Carl absolutely deserved his damage win. If a player wins with damage in judge tower, they were also keeping track of a critical mass of confusing permanents at the time. Kenobi even destroyed his own creatures to decrease his complexity.

Fun fact, when someone dies on their turn, you actually continue through their turn so that end of turn effects and such happen. So norin actually WOULD come back in Vince's end step.

19:40 JUDGE! Drawing for turn happens right at the start of the draw step, as a turn-based action that doesn't use the stack. Only after drawing for turn does the active player get priority and triggered abilities, such as those triggering at the beginning of the draw step, get put on the stack. (The same mistake happens again the following turn.)

We once tried our version of the Judge Tower to demonstrate our knowledge of the rules to a watching newbie. The first player proceeded to play a Humility then we promptly soiled ourselves.

20:40 judge! phasing is in the untap step!

Never stop bringing the best content, I watch so much cardmarket content that when I shop for cards I search for it by mistake, mixing it up with card kingdom. The great pond separates us. 😢

That intro was absolutely incredibly clever, teaching us the rules of the way it works while also being good for engagement

21:30 After the first Wildest Dreams resolves but before the second fizzles Carl should have cast his instants in hand.

Pretty crazy that a judge's tower video comes out when yesterday I was rewatching the old one hoping for a new judge's tower video.

At 20:30 BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!! - Phasing happens during the untap step, not upkeep. Vince has been playing long enough, he should be aware of that one. ;)

Imagine going through a hidden pyramid avoid terrible Traps that are life threatening, but in the final room that is just papyrus scroll racks through the whole room you see three mummies around a table with a stack of papyrus cards in the middle.

The 100 gecs shirt is perfect for this chaotic episode

Judge Tower again!!! Excellent!!

Fun fact: At 20:38 when Carl draws from Heightened Awareness prior to drawing for turn, that is incorrect (though inconsequential obviously). During the draw step, the active player draws their card for turn first, and only afterwards do any 'beginning of draw step' triggers go on the stack. You *always* draw your card for turn before anything else in the draw step, the draw happens immediately upon the end of the upkeep with no opportunity for any priority or any triggers (not applicable in cases when you are skipping your draw ofc).

With the 2nd Wildest Dreams copy on the stack, Carl should've cast all the instants returned to his hand. JUDGE!

There's something about Judge tower that makes it the best ! Like you always hate that rules lawyer friend during casual magic but in a game where you all have to be rules lawyers it's great! Surprised I haven't seen more games of these with other MTG icons or RU-vidrs. Glad you at least did a second! Keep up the good work Cardmarket!

It's interesting to see another variant on Judges Tower rules! Here's what I'm used to playing with: - All players have infinite life and infinite mana, the only way to lose is a rules infraction. - All players share the same library, but graveyards and exiles are separate. (relevant for Flashback and other mechanics like it) - At the end of a round (after only one person remains), all graveyards are exiled and the new round starts (becomes relevant for cards like Squee) - X is 5. - If you may, you must. - If a card has multiple abilities, you activate as many as you can, starting from the last and working back up to the first. - Each ability you can legally activate (keeping in mind the previous rule) must be activated exactly once per turn . If a card gets flickered by its own ability, it counts as a new card, but the activated ability flickering it counts as activated for the turn - If you manage to create a non-optional infinite loop, you win - Last player standing wins - Any player, not just the ones still in the game may call out rules infractions (this makes it go faster in general) - Your starting hand size is determined by your judge level. - Highest judge level at the table begins, ties are broken by dice rolls - If nobody calls out the rules infraction by the next time priority has passed around the table, you can no longer lose the game for it - "Shortcutting", i.e. skipping steps and phases of the turn implicitly, is allowed, as long as no other player wants to interact with a given phase. - All creatures that can attack, must attack. All creatures that can block, must (this is essentially an extension of "if you may, you must") I think that's all of them. If I missed any, I'll add them once I remember. Glad to see more attention brought to my favourite way to fry my brain!

I absolutely love this format! Perfect for guest appearances.

Hooray! Another Judge Tower! I hope you guys keep this up with more guests. These episodes are hilarious!

I starting building one after your first Judge Tower video, and have slowly been getting people at my LGS to play it during commander nights. Happy to see it come back on the channel.

Yes i absolutely loved when you played judge tower first time and i couldn't find any other good videos like that one. Thanks for another one

This was so fun, i'd totally enjoy watching other similar videos !

Oh yes, judge tower! I learned about it from your first video and since then it became my favourite format!

Game #2, when a trigger is at the begening of a draw step. You draw before the trigger happens. Plus, Flashback was not used to cast the final spell. Seems like a really fun minigame!

I've never heard of Judge Tower before today, and I absolutely *loved* this video. I really hope you do more of it in the future.

The Judge's Tower one of my friends built had a couple basic lands in there just to add the "Gotcha" of being able to float mana during the untap step

This was fantastic as always! Loved that damage win, wild for Judge Tower!

This is easily one of the best formats I have learned about thanks to you all.

20:38 At the beginning of each phase and each step, you first perform actions determined by the game engine and only then receive priority to add abilities to the stack and cast spells. At the beginning of the draw step, you must first draw a card for the turn and only then draw a card for the enchantment ability under Carl's control.

Yes, Judge Tower! I love watching this format so much and I always learn something new. I also get the impression that Carl had a lot of fun putting company expanses like Big Red Button and Red Light Lamp onto the list. Live your best life, its fun to watch :)

On the edge of my seat the entire video! Great editing!

I'm ecstatic that y'all did another one of these. Keep em coming

This is so good!! I want to play and fail miserably… For anyone interested, “at the beginning of your draw step” effects happen after you draw for turn.

Yay, more judge tower! 😄

That intro had me rolling. Been a rough week, this was a great surprise. I love Judge Tower.

Love the judge tower content! Its such an interesting form of playing magic.

Fun run & analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

This was so brilliant, guys. Great banter, great format, and a great guest in Vince :) Hopefully you guys were able to get a couple more videos in with him before he had to fly back!

AAH! It's back! Thank you guys so much, this is a ton of fun to watch every time.

Love the Judge's Tower content

Excited to see judge tower make its comeback, I always love when you guys play wacky formats.

I’d love to see another one of these, this was so good

Love it so much. Judge tower seems like a blast to play, uh, in an altered state of mind

Loved the last judge tower video and this one was even better!

Man, I love judge tower and this channel! The variety, humour and culture mix you bring is honestly unparalleled

Y'all have no idea how many times I've watched your original Judge Tower vid, I've been blessed

I was thinking only yesterday that I hope CardMarket would return to Judge Tower! How fun!

What a fun game that nobody would ever want to play with me. 8:51 BUZZ! Jamin is out. The turn doesn't just end if someone is eliminated. The rest of the phases still happen, the eliminated player just gets skipped. Norin should still come back. > 800.4i If a player leaves the game during their turn, that turn continues to its completion without an active player. If the active player would receive priority, instead the next player in turn order receives priority, or the top object on the stack resolves, or the phase or step ends, whichever is appropriate.

I adore judge tower, I could watch the videos endlessly

JUDGE!!! At 21:25, Carl chose the same targets for Wildest Dreams, despite Meletis Charlatan allowing him to choose new targets. Since you must do all "may" actions in Judge Tower, that is a rules violation.

This was a blast, thanks a lot :) Always great when different formats get showcased and I personally really like Vince, so it's basically a toofer^^

Absolutely love the Judge Tower games. Hope to see more in the future

The win by damage was amazing. Absolutely deserved the win.

thank you for another judge-tower game : ) amazing turns with the quite unexpected combat win and i had to laugh at "this table is only big enough for the *pause and realization*... one of us" :D

Another great episode guys, I don’t get to play much magic due to commitments and this is one my favorite ways to live vicariously! Keep up the good work.

I'd love to see you make Judge's Tower a reoccurring feature on the channel. It's always fun trying to follow along with all the rules interactions

Love these Judge Tower videos! More please! :D

Loved this so much that I’m working on my own Judge Tower now ❤

I love the judge tower videos. Great to so PK guest starring too!

5:17 Jamin would lose right? He didn't target the Cyclops with the Vanish into Memory with Atlas on the stack.

I love the spotlight on obscure formats.

Great job guys, I love judge tower and this was a fun watch

Carl not resolving the draw triggers correctly was such a great opportunity for the others to win.

It's a clever format, but even better, the tower contains very clever cards for it. So much suspense!

Jamin's face when he sees the Endless Whispers at 13:00 😂 I read that card like 5 times without getting it the first time i saw it

"Do we go to damage?" *Carl checks graveyard* ".... yes"

That 1st round ending in raw unprocessed chaos is exactly what I come hear for

This is so fun to watch I would really like this more often

Oh yeah, more Judge Tower! Now with the big red button! Love it.

what a great format! i love it!

Ngl this was rivetting to watch. Hope you guys do Judge Tower again in the future.

LOVE JUDGETOWER! Thx for the awsome vid

im loving this new set of "watch Vince dunk on the cardmarket crew for x time" trend of videos xD

fun game! more judge tower! thanks cardmarket magic!

I honeslty love this game mode And that one where Kenobi brought his weird deck

It is interesting to notice how the Judge Tower rules change between pods playing it. Previously I heard about X=3, infinite life, or the activated ability restriction being once per turn instead of per turn cycle.

More of this! Super fun

Seeing Carls last turn in game two felt like an eternity. The fact, that he could remember all his effects and triggers AND masterfully distract his opponent with majestic hand flailling. It was spectacular

I WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS

I loved this sooo much! Please play again sooon!

23:31 Vince missed that Carl had to cast Silent Departure with its flashback cost to bounce one of his own creatures. Could have won there!

Please do more of these judge tower games they are so great to watch

I just love judge tower. More judge tower! MORE!

This hurts my brain to try and follow but I can feel myself understanding magic more as I go.

I love judges tower and seeing Pleasant Kenobi being on the ball was fun

Today I gas a really bad day, but your videos Always help me smile. Thank you for making my day ❤ also the First video with the judge tower is one of my favorite really Happy to watch another One ❤

Judge Tower with the Cardmarket crew is always some killer content!

I love judge's tower. I would love to put one together at some point.

Nice to see a copy of Permeating Mass in this Judges Tower. It’s a great card to have in the pile, and I own ~500 of them

Also fun to see all these PleasantKenobi episodes :)

I was just watching the other judge tower vid when I got the notification! Wild lol

Played this at a midnight prerelease once. It’s always a hilarious game

11:50 "Choose new targets" is only for spells that are already on the stack. These copies are created in exile (because that's where the originals are), so it says "may cast the copy without paying its mana cost" instead.

Fun fact (19:50), you actually draw your card per turn first and then the "at the beginning of your drawstep" triggers are even put on the stack.

If i remember correctly phasing in and out actually happens at the beginning of the untap step and not at the beginning of upkeep

This is absolute chaos and I love it.

Another Judge Tower video? Love it

PK's gecs shirt threw me for a loop lmao