Tournament rules / notes between games

[Zombie]

I have a deckbox with a deck in it. Divider between maindeck and sideboard is a sleeved crap card with a piece of paper. On the piece of paper are written a bunch of sideboarding plans (and nothing else. Just archetypes, + cards - cards type things).

Would this practice land me in trouble or not?

[HammafistRoob]

I would be hesitant in keeping an extra card in my deckbox, so I would suggest removing the card. What I usually do is have my sideboard facing the opposite way, which makes it pretty easy to pull out just the deck.

EDIT- I did some digging because I was also curious.

Between games, players may refer to a brief set of notes made before the match. They are not required to reveal those notes to their opponents. These notes must be removed from the play area before a game begins. Excessive quantities of notes (more than a page or two) are not allowed and may be punishable by slow play.

The head judge is the final arbiter on which notes are ultimately allowed, and in a bigger tournament I would run them by him/her before the first round.

[cdr]

HammafistRoob posted the relevant text of the Tournament Rules. Notes are expressly allowed by the rules, but can only be looked at between games.

[Anusien]

Additionally, having cards beyond your deck and sideboard stored with your deck is a bad idea.

[TheArchitect]

Having an additional card in your deckbox (crap card or not) can get you in trouble. Having notes and looking at them in between rounds is fine as long as they arent notes you made throughout the day like "player in blue hoodie is playing with X and Y in his SB". I use SB plan notes all the time. Opponents will call the judge on you sometimes, like half of mine did at GP DC, but it is allowed. The rule allowing it was changed back in like 2007 and a lot of people never realize the rule was changed at all.

[Tammit67]

Is it considered bad mannered if I call a judge on my opponent who has 7-10 or so pages of typed notes double sided that he references in between games? I'm trying not to be a dick but at the same time that amount of notes seem excessive

[PirateKing]

Is it considered bad mannered if I call a judge on my opponent who has 7-10 or so pages of typed notes double sided that he references in between games? I'm trying not to be a dick but at the same time that amount of notes seem excessive

I don't think you should ever not call a judge because of manners. If it's a bad call on you the judge will just tell you that everything is fine and maybe give you 2 minutes. If there is a problem, it will be repaired. People being afraid to call judge just let people perpetuate bad habits and ignorance of the game.

[cdr]

The goal of the rules recommending 1-2 pages is to prevent Slow Play. Consulting notes or not, you still have to finish sideboarding, shuffle, and present within the same ~3 minutes. If your opponent pulls out 7 pages of double-sided notes, you may want to call a judge and ask the judge to watch that your opponent completes sideboarding in a timely manner. Would some people feel like that was rude? Maybe.