JudgeCast #370 – April 2026 Rules Updates

About this episode

The episode discusses the April 2026 Rules update for Magic: The Gathering, focusing on changes to Sagas and other rules clarifications.

Join Bryan, Charles, and Marcos as we talk about the April Rules update. A good chunk of it was housekeeping and clarifications, but we got a subtle rules change to Sagas that can have a big impact on modern and commander. Additionally we found something subtle with paradigm, and finally got to look at the nuts and bolts of how prepare works.SOS Update Bulletin: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/secrets-of-strixhaven-update-bulletinAmbitious Augmenter Bluesky Post: https://bsky.app/profile/wotcmatt.bsky.social/post/3mj5v5edcbs2oSocial Media LinksJoin JudgeCast on our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/hQd48guKFRJudgeCast: BlueSky – @Judgecast.bsky.social / Twitter: @JudgeCastBryan: BlueSky – @Bprill.bluesky.socialCharles: BlueSky – @MTGDad.bsky.socialMarcos: BlueSky – @MJ6Music.bsky.social / Twitter @MJ6Music Intro & Outro Music: “Seed” by Carbon Leaf. Used with permission. @carbonleafofficial • Carbon Leaf – Seed (OFFICIAL AUDIO)

People in this episode

Hosts: Bryan, Charles, Marcos

Topics covered

• rules update
• Magic: The Gathering
• Sagas
• modern
• commander
• paradigm
• prepare

Keywords

• Magic: The Gathering
• rules update
• Sagas
• modern
• commander
• paradigm
• prepare

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JudgeCast, Wizards of the Coast, Carbon Leaf

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