The Suns will host the Blues at the Gabba in their much-anticipated and much-hyped AFL debut.
New teams to the competition have historically done well in their maiden games and Judd said their was no chance his side would be taking the AFL's newest team lightly.
"There's no doubt there will be heaps of emotion from Gold Coast which will be felt by their players," Judd said from Visy Park on Wednesday.
"They've got good senior players and some of the best kids in the country, so it's a big challenge for us.
"But Richmond were a good young side and that was a big challenge too. There aren't many weeks in AFL footy where you just trot out and take the points.
"History suggests Gold Coast will come out and play well and we hope they do and we hope that we're good enough to beat a team that's up and going."
Judd agreed the start to the contest could prove pivotal, but added that was the case in the vast majority of matches in the current era.
The Suns have very little exposed form for the Blues to study in preparation for the match, but the skipper is confident his side will be well prepared.
"We'll be looking at their NAB Cup performances, but obviously there are a lot of players in that team that we actually know really well how they play," he said of the line-up that will include experienced campaigners such as Gary Ablett, Nathan Bock and Campbell Brown.
"It's not like we're seeing the whole team for the first time and, like most games, the majority of stuff we're talking about and thinking about leading into the game is about what we want to do.
"That won't change, but I think we've got a bit of a feel for their style of play."
Carlton showed plenty of good signs in its first-up win against the Tigers with the defensive set-ups, ball movement and running patterns of its forwards a highlight for Judd.
Tall forward Jarrad Waite did not enjoy such a positive experience after being knocked out of the game by an Alex Rance hip and shoulder that saw the young defender outed for three weeks by the match review panel.
Waite is widely considered fortunate not to have suffered a similar fate after a back kick to the groin of Richmond's Luke McGuane, and Judd said he had spoken to Waite about the incident.
"We've spoken to Jarrad a lot about what we expect from him and just how important he is for the group," he said.
"He understands that. I won't say he was lucky [to get off], but we're obviously rapt that he's playing this week.
"We really feel that Jarrad needs to be an important leader for our group. He's our most experienced player in the forward line and I think he fully understands what's expected of him."
