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05/29/2023

Study Hall: Learning in Groups Can Be Helpful

Where can you get fast answers to your Magic rules questions? Read on to find out in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(05/29/2023)
Study Hall: Learning in Groups Can Be Helpful
By Justin Hovdenes
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05/08/2023

Question to Many, Answer Wrongly to a Few

What do Hamlet, Magic, and Quizzes have in common?

To be or not to be a rules expert, that is the question. Find out the answer in this week's quizzical issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(05/08/2023)
Question to Many, Answer Wrongly to a Few
What do Hamlet, Magic, and Quizzes have in common?
By Justin Hovdenes
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04/17/2023

My M.O.M. Always Said Life Is Like a Box of Phyrexians...

It's time to review rules for a new set! Let's see what new rules questions we have for March of the Machine.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(04/17/2023)
My M.O.M. Always Said Life Is Like a Box of Phyrexians...
By Justin Hovdenes
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10/31/2022

Pop Quiz Be a Lady

Justin is returning from the Magic 30 celebration and we bet he had a lot of fun in Las Vegas! As a souvenir, he's bringing us a Vegas-themed quiz, so good luck as you play along in this week's glittering issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(10/31/2022)
Pop Quiz Be a Lady
By Justin Hovdenes
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10/10/2022

Well Yeah, Unfinity Times Unfinity

Unfinity has arrived, and things are about to get weird! Hold on to your hats and enjoy the ride in this fun-filled issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (1 Comment)
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(10/10/2022)
Well Yeah, Unfinity Times Unfinity
By Justin Hovdenes
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09/14/2020

Postman is here, come get your mail!

The mail is here, and we have yet another serving of information jam packed into this week's article! So grab your best reading spec and start turning the pages, in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(09/14/2020)
Postman is here, come get your mail!
By Justin Hovdenes
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07/06/2020

Of Ogres & Onions

What do cakes, parfaits, onions, and ogres have in common? They all have layers, as does this article! Tons of Layers and tons of ogres.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(07/06/2020)
Of Ogres & Onions
By Justin Hovdenes
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09/23/2019

Goodbye to Ixalan and Dominaria

September is coming to a close and so is Ixalan and Dominaria's time in Standard. We have put together a final hurrah of rules questions and answers involving all of your favorite cards, or at least the recent one you have inquired about. So join us for this week's sendoff edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(09/23/2019)
Goodbye to Ixalan and Dominaria
By Nathan Long
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12/10/2018

Long Winter Nights

The winter months have come and the nights have become longer, to that end we write this article to try and light your way on the path to enlightenment! At least the part that involves knowing the answers to your burning rules questions anyway! So read on in this week's warming edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(12/10/2018)
Long Winter Nights
By Charlotte Sable
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08/06/2018

Dog Days of Summer

Summer time is in full swing and we are slogging through the heat to bring you the coolest answers to those burning rules questions! So join us for this week's fiery edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (1 Comment)
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(08/06/2018)
Dog Days of Summer
By Nathan Long
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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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05/11/2015

Call me, May bee?

It is may and it might just be an exciting time in Magic the Gathering with Dragons possibly out and in full force and Modern Masters on the horizon. Well lets just see what could be in our mail bag from our readers and answer some of those exciting rules questions! So join us for this weeks potentially excessively exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (8 Comments)
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(05/11/2015)
Call me, May bee?
By James Bennett
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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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04/18/2011

Frequently Asked Questions

and some infrequently asked questions, too

Not including frequently asked questions that are just meant to antagonize judges. Stop acting like banding is confusing or something!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(04/18/2011)
Frequently Asked Questions
and some infrequently asked questions, too
By Carsten Haese
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03/23/2009

Spring Break Goyfapalooza

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(03/23/2009)
Spring Break Goyfapalooza
By Brian Paskoff
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12/22/2008

 

(12/22/2008)
Planeswalk On
or, Winter Is Coming
By Eli Shiffrin
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11/17/2008

States-Based Effects

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(11/17/2008)
States-Based Effects
By Brian Paskoff
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07/14/2008

 

(07/14/2008)
Fast Falls the Eventide
or, Moar Hybrids!
By Eli Shiffrin
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(02/18/2008)
Always Avoid Affected Alliteration
or, Eschew Obfuscation
By Tom Fowler
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(04/23/2007)
Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shrouds
or, No More Obscure 80's Songs in CI Titles
By Ted Dickinson
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02/12/2007

 

(02/12/2007)
The Morph You Know
or, Up Down Up Down
By Eli Shiffrin
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03/27/2006

Paper Anniversary

By Thijs van Ommen (0 Comments)
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(03/27/2006)
Paper Anniversary
By Thijs van Ommen
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04/11/2005

 

(04/11/2005)
Dawn of the Dead
or, When a Body Meets a Body
By Eli Shiffrin
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