Now that it's the end of January we figured we should do a second Monday Night Magic of the year. We've got a new Secret Lair drop, the roster for the MPL and the Rivals League for the 2020 partial season, the new Creator Program thing, and a single tournament. That single tournament was a completely sold out GP New Jersey that took place at the massively overcrowded MagicFest New Jersey. We're spending a fair amount of time on this, from the venue to potential reasons this was booked the way it was. Spurred on by a reddit post from a GP NJ judge, Cluze even gets on (in?) his titular Ivory Soap Tower to talk about the ordeal that judges go through to make Magic tournaments happen. Warning: it's not pretty.
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NEWS
Secret Lair: Year of the Rat - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-secret-lair-drop-series-year-rat-2020-01-16
Magic Pro League for the 2020 Partial Season - https://magic.gg/mpl
Rivals League for the 2020 Partial Season - https://magic.gg/rivals
Magic Tournament Rules Release Notes: January 2020 - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/competitive-gaming/january-magic-tournament-rules-release-notes-2020-01-20
MTG Creator Program - https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-magic-gathering-creator-program-2020-01-23
GP New Jersey coverage - https://coverage.channelfireball.com/event/48
GP NJ was FULL - https://twitter.com/channelfireball/status/1220482396233043972?s=21
Really FULL - https://twitter.com/channelfireball/status/1220859987636948993?s=21
Completely FULL - https://twitter.com/channelfireball/status/1221104656157433863?s=21
GP NJ sucked for judges too - https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/euqc6j/magicfest_new_jersey_sucked_for_judges_too/
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