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02/26/2024

A Touch of Modern

Justin is showing us seven of his own Modern decks and answers rules questions that come up with those decks, so join us in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(02/26/2024)
A Touch of Modern
By Justin Hovdenes
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07/24/2023

Some Like It Hot

It's getting hot in the Cranial Insertion offices, due to the summer sun and your burning questions in our inbox. We can't do anything about the sun, but at least we'll answer your questions, so join us in this week's sizzling edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(07/24/2023)
Some Like It Hot
By Nathan Long
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12/26/2022

A Look Back At 2022

As the year 2022 is entering its last week, we're taking a look back at some of the cards that the year has brought us, so join us in this week's retrospective issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(12/26/2022)
A Look Back At 2022
By Nathan Long
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01/10/2022

Your Academy is Waiting

School is back in session for the second semester! So, we have cooked up yet another fantastic article chock full of learning excitement to answer all of those rules questions you have. So read on in this week's informative edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(01/10/2022)
Your Academy is Waiting
By Justin Hovdenes
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10/18/2021

Angels Fan: A Remembrance

This week we take a look at those glorious angelic beings of Magic! So we have dusted off our rule books to answer those pesky rules interactions that have been bothering you and stopping your summoning of those radiant beings of Magic. So join us in this weeks effulgent edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(10/18/2021)
Angels Fan: A Remembrance
By Justin Hovdenes
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04/26/2021

Class is Back in Session

The classroom is ready and the students have all sharpened their pencils! So we have prepared another lesson chock full of those pesky rules questions burning on your mind. So join us for yet another educational edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(04/26/2021)
Class is Back in Session
By Nathan Long
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03/15/2021

Let's Do the Time Spiral Again!

Time Spiral remastered is spoiled and ready to hit shelves, so we take a look at those burning questions you have remastered and now in full HD! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion as we spiral into the hottest rules answers you need to crush your opponents again!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(03/15/2021)
Let's Do the Time Spiral Again!
By Nathan Long
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06/24/2019

Happy Summer Solsquiz!

Summer has begun and the heat is on! So we are turning it up with a quiz article, you can test your mettle and compete with your friends to see who burns brightest! So read on in this week's challenging edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(06/24/2019)
Happy Summer Solsquiz!
By Carsten Haese
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02/25/2019

Sponsored by the Senate

This week's article as part of paragraph 12 subsection 21, in conjunction with the defined rules of article writing on Ravnica paragraph 17 subsection 15, following the additional federated rules of publications paragraph 532 subsection 9, pursuing to the by-laws of electronic transmission of written works paragraphs 21, 42, and 73 subsections 51, 34, and 12, in accordance with the regulations for disseminating truthful information to the populace paragraphs 71 and 432 subsections 83 and 27, along with the addendum to the statues of communication using non magical means paragraph 68 subsections 28 and 21 under the ordinances of the use of physical interactions as defined by the universe paragraphs 900 and 2135 subsections 31 and 56 set forth by the guidelines as stated in recent memoranda to the laws and statues of the plane of Ravnica we the Azorious Senate hereby condemn the article known as Cranial Insertion and anyone who considers reading it as unfit for consumption based upon the illegibility and flagrant use of zombified monkeys throughout. Those caught considering reading such content will be subject to punitive action to the fullest extent set forth by the laws listed as well as any other applicable laws set forth and pursuant to but not limited to those listed by the Azorious Senate.

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(02/25/2019)
Sponsored by the Senate
By Nathan Long
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09/10/2018

Denying the Fall

Uh, what? No you did not just see that... totally, did not just fall down. We have been standing here the whole time! Wait, what is that you are talking about the seasons changing? Well we cannot say we have seen that either. Dimir spies infiltrating the CI offices? Nah, impossible! What is possible though is answers to your rules questions so join us inside for this week’s nonobfuscated edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(09/10/2018)
Denying the Fall
By Callum Milne
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09/03/2018

School's in Session

Summer is nearing its end, and schools in the US have started a new school year, so let's open our textbooks and answer all your rules questions. Read on and join us for this week's particularly educational episode!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(09/03/2018)
School's in Session
By Nathan Long
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11/20/2017

A Thankful Year

The year is winding down and Thanksgiving is near at hand so we here at the Cranial Insertion offices are giving thanks for you our readers! So we are serving up another article of the rules questions and answers you know and love! Join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion.

By Nathan Long (4 Comments)
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(11/20/2017)
A Thankful Year
By Nathan Long
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04/17/2017

Sacred Cats

The Amonkhet prerelease is almost upon us and with it bringing us all the cats we can handle! However, before that we have another dose of rules questions brought to us by you the readers for your edification!!! So join us as we produce all the answers you requested and some cat-based puns along the way, in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(04/17/2017)
Sacred Cats
By James Bennett
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12/05/2016

DEBT

It's not just a mnemonic anymore.

Straight to you from an undisclosed location, semi-live we are bringing you all the answers to your rules questions that you ever wanted to know and then some! Just do not trace this call... and you never heard from us, okay? So read on in this week's combative edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (5 Comments)
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(12/05/2016)
DEBT
It's not just a mnemonic anymore.
By Callum Milne
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09/05/2016

Working for the Weekend

Toiling away the hours preparing articles for our fans out there! Despite the holiday in the US we are still working here at the Cranial Insertion offices, because we know you out there need your weekly fix of rules knowledge! And we are prepared to provide it once again! Now if only we could get Moko to actually complete something productive for a change. Alas, read on in this week's energetic article of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(09/05/2016)
Working for the Weekend
By James Bennett
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07/11/2016

Moonrise

I see a moon rising, I see a trouble on the way! Do come around tonight to get all the answers to your lunar related rules questions and then some! So join us for this week's celestial edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(07/11/2016)
Moonrise
By Nathan Long
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06/20/2016

Smashing!

All hail our new undead overlords! The Eternal Masters have arrived! We have a jam packed article this week chock full of questions resurrected from the archives! Awaiting your reading pleasure! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (2 Comments)
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(06/20/2016)
Smashing!
By Callum Milne
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05/23/2016

Modern Artistry

Ah, the modern times! With such wonderful artists as Piet Mondrian and Andy Warhol. Wait not those artists? Magic artists then, Anthony Palumbo, ... that is not it either?! Okay then, join us for this week's virtuosity of rules question and answers!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(05/23/2016)
Modern Artistry
By James Bennett
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07/06/2015

The Final Origin

or,

The origins of Magic are on their final installation. As we anticipate getting our hands on some the last of the Core sets we once again explore your rules questions! Onward into the depths of Magic history and rules! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Explosions are optional.

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(07/06/2015)
The Final Origin
or,
By James Bennett
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06/15/2015

Summer Sunshine

Summer is upon us with rainbows and lollipops everywhere! So we are answering your warm and fuzzy rules questions! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (1 Comment)
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(06/15/2015)
Summer Sunshine
By Carsten Haese
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12/08/2014

It's Beginning to Look...

A Bit Disgusting

The halls are decked out with leftovers from our Thanksgiving extravaganza! In out cleaning up we found all of those rules questions you have been asking since before then and now it is time we answered some of them! So join us for some more exciting rules questions and answers, in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Just watch your step over there, we are not sure what is in that pile of stuff.

By Callum Milne (1 Comment)
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(12/08/2014)
It's Beginning to Look...
A Bit Disgusting
By Callum Milne
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11/10/2014

 

(11/10/2014)
My Wish is Your Commander
By Carsten Haese
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03/10/2014

Clockspinning

or, Time Travel Made Easy

The times are changing, literally! Join us as we shoot forward an in time to bring you this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(03/10/2014)
Clockspinning
or, Time Travel Made Easy
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/24/2014

A Thousand Different Voices Screaming to Be Heard

And nothing will be done! Nothing!

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start. Moko is having too much fun on the Twitch feed again. Alas work needs to be done so join Callum as he takes us through another exciting set of rules questions and answers!

By Callum Milne (5 Comments)
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(02/24/2014)
A Thousand Different Voices Screaming to Be Heard
And nothing will be done! Nothing!
By Callum Milne
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07/08/2013

Starred and Spangled

Celebrating the passing of the day of independence of the U.S. with a super special Boros, Azorius, and Izzet article! What is that... we are still covering all the guilds? Anyway, join us for this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (4 Comments)
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(07/08/2013)
Starred and Spangled
By James Bennett
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09/24/2012

Standard's Last Gleaming

or, You Spin Me Right Round

Round and round we go, like a record baby! Rotation season is in full swing as we spin ourselves dizzy on preexisting rules questions. So join james on his revolutionary journey around the CR in this weeks exciting Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (8 Comments)
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(09/24/2012)
Standard's Last Gleaming
or, You Spin Me Right Round
By James Bennett
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(08/09/2010)
I Visited Columbus
...and all I got was a bunch of Humility questions!
By Carsten Haese
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11/02/2009

Leftover Candy (and Questions)

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(11/02/2009)
Leftover Candy (and Questions)
By Brian Paskoff
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01/15/2007

The Calm Before the Chaos

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(01/15/2007)
The Calm Before the Chaos
By Tom Fowler
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11/07/2005

City of Angels

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(11/07/2005)
City of Angels
By Tom Fowler
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06/13/2005

 

(06/13/2005)
Enchantments Don't Dance
Combolicious!
By Eli Shiffrin
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