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01/29/2024

The Short Winter

Here's the weather forecast for the Cranial Insertion offices. Less snow than usual for this time of year, but there's a steady rain of rules questions, so let's go ahead and answer some of them!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(01/29/2024)
The Short Winter
By Nathan Long
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01/22/2024

Mean Ghouls

We're hitching a ride with the apex predator and making fetch happen in this week's grool episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/22/2024)
Mean Ghouls
By Carsten Haese
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12/25/2023

End of Year Quiz II

You sure have learned a lot this year, now let's see if you've retained any of it. It's quiz time!

By Justin Hovdenes (2 Comments)
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(12/25/2023)
End of Year Quiz II
By Justin Hovdenes
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06/12/2023

Summer Deck Modifications

Summer is almost here, and it's the perfect time to build decks, but our decks are made of cardboard rather than lumber. It's also the perfect time to answer your rules questions, so join us in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(06/12/2023)
Summer Deck Modifications
By Nathan Long
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03/06/2023

MagicCon Philly Report

So many tournaments, and many of them quite weird.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(03/06/2023)
MagicCon Philly Report
By Justin Hovdenes
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12/12/2022

This Article Was Stolen

I, Dave Elden of JudgingFTW, have stolen this article. Let's see what trouble I can get up to with it.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(12/12/2022)
This Article Was Stolen
By Justin Hovdenes
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08/01/2022

Sweets for a Sweet

It's State Fair season, and to compete with deep-fried Twinkies and deep-fried ice cream, we've prepared a batch of deep-fried rules questions for you! Come on in and enjoy these tasty treats in this week's delicious episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(08/01/2022)
Sweets for a Sweet
By Nathan Long
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04/11/2022

Moko's Center for Kids Who Can't Magic Good

And Who Wanna Learn the Rules Good Too

Moko has gotten ambitious and built a school! He calls it "Moko's Center for Kids Who Can't Magic Good And Who Wanna Learn the Rules Good Too", because the name fits. You think that you're too cool for school, but I have a newsflash for you Walter Cronkite... you aren't. So come on in and join us in this week's educational edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(04/11/2022)
Moko's Center for Kids Who Can't Magic Good
And Who Wanna Learn the Rules Good Too
By Andrew Villarrubia
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03/28/2022

To Seventeen Years!

Happy birthday to us! To celebrate we are bringing down the house with another set of answers to those burning rules questions you have! The only problem we have is to figure out who gave Moko access to the lighters. So join us for a red hot celebration in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(03/28/2022)
To Seventeen Years!
By Nathan Long
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02/28/2022

Racers, Start Your Engines!

Gear up and gather around as we wait for the excitement to start! We here at the CI offices have been preparing and tuning all week for this set of excitement. Kamigawa has seen its neon destiny and it looks promising! So join us as we explore that destiny in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(02/28/2022)
Racers, Start Your Engines!
By Nathan Long
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02/21/2022

Everything Old is Neon Again

Kamigawa Neon Destiny is released into the wild! We have been fighting Ninja all week to bring you yet another great article. So join us in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion.

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/21/2022)
Everything Old is Neon Again
By Carsten Haese
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02/07/2022

1,200 Years Ago and Counting

New Kamigawa is just around the corner, but just how far back do we have to look to see Old Kamigawa?

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(02/07/2022)
1,200 Years Ago and Counting
By Justin Hovdenes
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12/07/2020

Banned, But Not Forgotten.

Many a card in MTG has been banned or restricted. These cards although hidden away, still deserve a little love.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(12/07/2020)
Banned, But Not Forgotten.
By Justin Hovdenes
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04/27/2020

Order of Operations (Ikoria Version)

or, Don't Touch the Sides

This week we take a look at some of the rules updates that Ikoria has brought in. So into the den of the monsters, we go as we take a deep dive into the section of the rules best known as layers! Join us in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(04/27/2020)
Order of Operations (Ikoria Version)
or, Don't Touch the Sides
By Moko
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04/08/2019

The Ten Writers

Moko has put together a special article for this week in celebration of CI's 14th anniversary! Using some time wimey magic to gather past writers to provide responses to those more recent questions you asked! So read on in this week's celebratory edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Moko (2 Comments)
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(04/08/2019)
The Ten Writers
By Moko
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08/24/2015

A Magic Origins Story

Our newest writer Nathan Long takes us on a brief trip through his Magic history - and answers some questions along the way.

By Nathan Long (1 Comment)
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(08/24/2015)
A Magic Origins Story
By Nathan Long
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01/26/2015

Manifestly Obvious

or, The Morph Things Change

As we manifest a new article this week we unmorph your rules questions with the answers you wanted to know! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion.

By James Bennett (4 Comments)
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(01/26/2015)
Manifestly Obvious
or, The Morph Things Change
By James Bennett
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11/12/2012

An Arsenal of Goodies

(not the football kind)

With the recent release of Commanders Arsenal we have some commanding rules questions for everyone! Join us in this weeks thrilling edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (3 Comments)
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(11/12/2012)
An Arsenal of Goodies
(not the football kind)
By James Bennett
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02/28/2011

Survival of the Fittest

Get your pencils and paper ready.

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(02/28/2011)
Survival of the Fittest
By Moko
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(12/21/2009)
Have a Zombie Monkey Christmas
or, Up on the Rooftop with Brains and Guts
By Eli Shiffrin
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12/10/2007

 

(12/10/2007)
We Need to Talk
or, It's Not You, It's Me
By Eli Shiffrin
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(03/19/2007)
Crowned Kavu and Lobotomized Monkeys
or, Even More Questions About Stuffy Doll
By Ted Dickinson
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12/12/2005

Fire Good!

or, Santa Bad!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(12/12/2005)
Fire Good!
or, Santa Bad!
By Eli Shiffrin
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05/30/2005

 

(05/30/2005)
Rock Your SOKs
or, Chimps Have Really Big Hands
By Eli Shiffrin
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05/09/2005

Don't Eat the Cake

By Jeff Vondruska (0 Comments)
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(05/09/2005)
Don't Eat the Cake
By Jeff Vondruska
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