Judge42 is a MTG rules document viewer. The Comprehensive Rules, Infraction Procedure Guide, Magic Tournament Rules, and Judging at Regular documents are all included.
Each document can be browsed through a hierarchical menu system in order to locate specific sections quickly. All documents can be searched simultaneously or individually as well.
Extensive formatting from the original documents is kept intact, and additional color highlighting allows the documents to be even more readable.
Hotlinks in the Comprehensive Rules allow quick navigation between various rules sections.
There is no external database to update. All documents are included inside of the app itself and will update as the app updates.
Also included in the menu is a handy decklist counter for verifying deck totals, as well as a draft timer.
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Option 1: Get it for free from Google Play.
Option 2: Make sure Unknown Sources is checked under Settings, Applications (or under Settings, Security on Android 4.0+).
The current version is v1.3.2 - Download Judge42 directly from here for free (798KB).
Requires Android 1.6 (Donut), 2.1 (Eclair), 2.2 (Froyo), 2.3 (Gingerbread), 3.0 (Honeycomb), 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), or 4.1 (Jelly Bean).
On the main screen are a variety of buttons: two per document. One button toggles searching that particular document on or off.
The other button jumps directly to the table of contents for that document.
Your choices of which documents to search are remembered if you exit and restart the app.
Search all selected documents at once by entering any number of keywords into the search box and then pressing the Search button.
All keywords must be found for a particular section of a document to be matched, but they can be matched in any order.
When browsing document sections from a search, all keywords will be highlighted throughout the text.
Any section of text can be copied to the clipboard by long pressing on the block of text.
Don't forget, there is a handy decklist counter and draft timer available in the standard app menu.
| App Version | Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| v1.3.2 | May 4, 2013 |
Updated to May 1, 2013 Comprehensive Rules (which were released May 4) Updated to May 3, 2013 Infraction Procedure Guide Updated to May 3, 2013 Magic Tournament Rules |
| v1.3.1 | Apr 22, 2013 | Updated to April 22, 2013 Judging at Regular |
| v1.3.0 | Mar 30, 2013 |
Added Foldable Judge Booklet as a searchable document Added document indicator in search results |
| v1.2.0 | Feb 4, 2013 |
Updated to February 1, 2013 Comprehensive Rules Updated to February 8, 2013 Infraction Procedure Guide Updated to February 8, 2013 Magic Tournament Rules Added long-press to section headers, to jump into that section instead of expanding the subsections inline. |
| v1.1.4 | Jan 24, 2013 | Fixed regression from v1.1.3 that caused overly large fonts. |
| v1.1.3 | Jan 23, 2013 | Fixed layout problem on HTC Sensation. |
| v1.1.2 | Jan 21, 2013 | Fixes for blank screens when resuming app from background with low memory. |
| v1.1.1 | Jan 21, 2013 | Fixes for landscape views and screen rotation. |
| v1.1.0 | Jan 20, 2013 |
Added Draft Timer feature. Minor bug fixes. |
| v1.0 | Jan 11, 2013 |
First Release. All rules documents are the latest versions: Comprehensive Rules, Infraction Procedure Guide, and Magic Tournament Rules are effective October 1, 2012 versions. Judging at Regular is effective April 1, 2012 version. |