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03/18/2024

Facebook Mailbag 4.0

You have questions, hopefully I have the answers.

It's time to take a look at some more questions from the Ask-the-Judge Facebook group, so join us is in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(03/18/2024)
Facebook Mailbag 4.0
You have questions, hopefully I have the answers.
By Justin Hovdenes
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06/20/2022

Dad Jokes

It's Father's Day, and along with our usual selection of rules questions and answers, we present some dad jokes for your... enjoyment? Get ready to groan with delight and join us in this week's paternally punny episode of Cranial Insertion.

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(06/20/2022)
Dad Jokes
By Carsten Haese
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10/11/2021

Fall Colors

Fall is here and the leaves are changing colors once again! So we have turned over a new leaf, changed our colors, and prepared yet another fantastic article chock full of those fall rules questions you have burning in the back of your minds! So join us for this week's autumnal edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(10/11/2021)
Fall Colors
By Nathan Long
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12/30/2019

2020 Vision

The new year is almost upon us! In fact, it very well might be 2020 by the time you read this. Greetings, future human! Please enjoy our fine selection of Magic rules questions as we do our thing once again at Cranial Insertion, new year or not.

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(12/30/2019)
2020 Vision
By Charlotte Sable
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05/27/2019

Cranial Insertion's Memorial Day Sale

As we take some time to remember the fallen here in the US we also take some time to hit the shops and to build up our supplies to continue the fight! So read on as we answer all of those stubborn rules questions in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(05/27/2019)
Cranial Insertion's Memorial Day Sale
By Carsten Haese
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01/07/2019

Running with Blades

Life is oh so brief, and the search for ways to extend it seem like something everyone seeks. To that end we have put together answers to those rules questions you have been wanting to know, so you can smash your opponents and extend your life (at least in games of Magic)! Now if we can just get Moko to sit still long enough to answer all the questions. So read on in this week's extraordinary edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(01/07/2019)
Running with Blades
By Charlotte Sable
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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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07/17/2017

Hour of Introduction

We welcome our newest writer into the fold! During the initiation process only a little zombie monkey blood was spilled. Mostly because Moko does not really have any blood left. So join us to answer all your rules questions in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(07/17/2017)
Hour of Introduction
By Charlotte Sable
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06/13/2016

An Eternal Flame

Eternally answering your rules questions all then time every time! If only we could do something about Moko's eternal stench. Anyway join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(06/13/2016)
An Eternal Flame
By James Bennett
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08/03/2015

Going on Tour

The band is all together and the gear is all packed! We are hitting the road once again with our answers! So join us for this weeks article as we shred our way through all your questions!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(08/03/2015)
Going on Tour
By James Bennett
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03/16/2015

Soon, Suddenly Dragons

We are warming up with a preliminary round of your red hot burning questions as we wait to see your initial scorching inquiries involving Dragons of Tarkir next week. So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(03/16/2015)
Soon, Suddenly Dragons
By James Bennett
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10/27/2014

The Morph They Stay the Same

We are staying on track and continuing our coverage of your rules questions and answers! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (1 Comment)
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(10/27/2014)
The Morph They Stay the Same
By James Bennett
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08/25/2014

Going Bananas

or, The Full Monkey

Monkeys everywhere! Mayhem ensues along with your standard dose of rules questions and answers! Give me the ****ing banana's you **** ****! Sorry about that, bad Moko! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (3 Comments)
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(08/25/2014)
Going Bananas
or, The Full Monkey
By Eli Shiffrin
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08/11/2014

Sliver Hydra Salamander Stew

The hive has started brewing up some trouble and this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion is not out of its influence. So join us for some more multi-headed brain twisting rules question and answers in this weeks exciting edition!

By Carsten Haese (5 Comments)
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(08/11/2014)
Sliver Hydra Salamander Stew
By Carsten Haese
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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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11/11/2013

This Article Is Brought To You By The Number 11

Eleven days into the eleventh month at the eleventh hour, bringing the banner of peace with rules questions scrawled all over it. Read on in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(11/11/2013)
This Article Is Brought To You By The Number 11
By Carsten Haese
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11/04/2013

 

(11/04/2013)
A Commanding Presence
By James Bennett
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10/07/2013

Up in the Air

Theros is out and flying all around and so are the questions. Join us on this high flying adventure of rules questions in this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion.

By James Bennett (1 Comment)
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(10/07/2013)
Up in the Air
By James Bennett
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09/16/2013

Motown Magic

Coming at you live from the Motor City, with this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (9 Comments)
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(09/16/2013)
Motown Magic
By Carsten Haese
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06/18/2012

 

(06/18/2012)
Eternally Yours
By James Bennett
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04/09/2012

What's in the Box?

or, Seven Deadly Monkeys

A box full of surprises and all those rules questions you know and love, in this edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (8 Comments)
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(04/09/2012)
What's in the Box?
or, Seven Deadly Monkeys
By Eli Shiffrin
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12/12/2011

Forty Candles

One Year Older, One Year Wiser?

Join us as we break out our candelabras (of Tawnos) and celebrate another year with Carsten on this eve of his birthday! Oh, yeah and lets not forget more rules question fun than any of us can handle, in yet another exciting pre-holiday edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(12/12/2011)
Forty Candles
One Year Older, One Year Wiser?
By Carsten Haese
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12/05/2011

Planechase 2.0

Planeswalk over to another plane chasing edition of Cranial Insertion! With plenty of chaos triggers and rules questions for your enjoyment!

By Brian Paskoff (6 Comments)
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(12/05/2011)
Planechase 2.0
By Brian Paskoff
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08/08/2011

Mountainwalk

or, Greetings from Pittsburgh

Carsten's been a' burrowin'.

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/08/2011)
Mountainwalk
or, Greetings from Pittsburgh
By Carsten Haese
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(02/15/2010)
A Valentine's Day Bouquet of Questions
or, This Article Brought to You by the Color Pink
By Carsten Haese
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02/09/2009

Frozen Goyfsicles

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(02/09/2009)
Frozen Goyfsicles
By Brian Paskoff
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(01/05/2009)
BOOMER!
or, Welcome to Nineteen--
I mean Two-Thousand-and-Nine
By Aaron Stevenson
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12/01/2008

 

(12/01/2008)
Leftovers Potluck
or, Put It All in a Blender
By Eli Shiffrin
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11/19/2007

 

(11/19/2007)
Questionable Content
or, It's a Grab-Bag Week!
By Eli Shiffrin
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10/29/2007

 

(10/29/2007)
Dreadful Questions
or, "BOO!" Says the Subtitle
By Eli Shiffrin
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07/02/2007

Enchant Dead Creature

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(07/02/2007)
Enchant Dead Creature
By Tom Fowler
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(03/19/2007)
Crowned Kavu and Lobotomized Monkeys
or, Even More Questions About Stuffy Doll
By Ted Dickinson
Translations: English 
(02/26/2007)
Teferi's Stately Loop, Replaced
or, Mobius Wants His Royalty Check
By Ted Dickinson
Translations: English 
02/19/2007

99 Questions of Rules on the Wall

By Thijs van Ommen (0 Comments)
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(02/19/2007)
99 Questions of Rules on the Wall
By Thijs van Ommen
Translations: English 
(01/01/2007)
We'll Take a Couple Questions Yet
or, And There's an Answer, My Trusty Fiere
By Eli Shiffrin
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05/22/2006

Emptying the Mailbox

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(05/22/2006)
Emptying the Mailbox
By Moko
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08/22/2005

To Infinity and Back Again

By Thijs van Ommen (0 Comments)
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(08/22/2005)
To Infinity and Back Again
By Thijs van Ommen
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