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08/28/2023

Back to School, 6th Edition

Now with a Very Slightly Updated Foreword

Summer is almost over and school is back in session, so sharpen your pencils, open your notebooks, and pay close attention in this week's educational issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/28/2023)
Back to School, 6th Edition
Now with a Very Slightly Updated Foreword
By Carsten Haese
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07/17/2023

Grilling, Chilling, and Quizzing

With summer grilling season in full swing, Moko wants to cook your brains with a fiendish quiz. Do you have what it takes to answer these questions? Find out in this week's quizzical episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(07/17/2023)
Grilling, Chilling, and Quizzing
By Carsten Haese
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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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03/13/2023

It's About Time!

The arrival of Daylight Saving Time has prompted us to ponder the mysteries of time, so join us in this week's well-timed issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/13/2023)
It's About Time!
By Carsten Haese
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02/15/2021

Puns N' Roses

We got fun and games! This week we as we ride the night train we have put together one of our famous quiz articles that will tease and test your knowledge of those tricky rules interactions you have been so thoroughly trying to work out! So join us in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Tell me who you are gonna believe!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/15/2021)
Puns N' Roses
By Carsten Haese
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11/05/2018

Always Have a Fallback Plan

Having a contingency plan is totally important, which is why you of course want to read all the answers to your rules questions! So join us for this week’s exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(11/05/2018)
Always Have a Fallback Plan
By Callum Milne
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06/26/2017

Back to Normality

or, What Is Normal Anyway?

Done with our jaunt into the world of Archenemy and the twisting turns of the mind of Nicol Bolas we once again bring you back to Amonkhet for some more rules questions and answers of your design! So join us once again for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (3 Comments)
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(06/26/2017)
Back to Normality
or, What Is Normal Anyway?
By Carsten Haese
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05/22/2017

Something Only a Mummy Could Love

Moko is still mummified and we are enjoying a bit of peace around the office. With that we take the time to answer some of your most pressing rules questions! So join us in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (7 Comments)
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(05/22/2017)
Something Only a Mummy Could Love
By Callum Milne
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05/08/2017

Presents for Mummy

Mother's Day is coming up this weekend, and we're celebrating early with our resident mummy Moko by giving you another selection of Magic rules questions from Amonkhet and elsewhere. Join us for this week's fun-filled and only slightly mummified edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(05/08/2017)
Presents for Mummy
By Carsten Haese
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02/15/2016

Roses Are Red

And Fireballs, Too

Hello and welcome to this year's Valentine edition of Cranial Insertion. Where we will be wooing you over with all the answers to the questions your heart most desired answered! So feel the love and join us for this week's impassioned edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/15/2016)
Roses Are Red
And Fireballs, Too
By Carsten Haese
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08/10/2015

Happy Birthday, Magic!

Another incredible year for our illustrious game, and now we are all just that much older and our brains that much riper for Moko to eat. Bad Monkey stop eyeing our brains. Join us to stuff your brains once again with all the rules question and answers you can eat, and cake!

By Carsten Haese (5 Comments)
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(08/10/2015)
Happy Birthday, Magic!
By Carsten Haese
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06/01/2015

 

(06/01/2015)
Cut Short
TL;DR
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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12/23/2013

Christmas Eve Eve

Almost...There...

Twas the night before the night before Christmas and only Moko was stirring in the offices. No, no, Moko put those down, join us again this week for another exciting holiday edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (2 Comments)
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(12/23/2013)
Christmas Eve Eve
Almost...There...
By Callum Milne
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08/05/2013

Twenty Questions

or, Forty Answers

It's 20 years in the making! Magic is 20 years old and we are celebrating with a trivia article. So come test your knowledge and learn something about Magic's history, in this edition of Cranial Insetion!

By Moko (1 Comment)
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(08/05/2013)
Twenty Questions
or, Forty Answers
By Moko
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03/11/2013

Gates Crashed

With the guild gates all smashed up, and no more guilds to cover, we return to our regular rules answering schedule. So come on in to this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion, just mind the rubble.

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(03/11/2013)
Gates Crashed
By Carsten Haese
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12/31/2012

All Crazy Teenagers

Not to Be Confused with Those Crazy Teenagers

The world is ending and Moko was let out to write yet another article, this time about some crazy teens. Wait... what? That was two weeks ago, only the year this time? And no, actual teens are involved with the article, just something about spells? Okay then, read on for this weeks amazing edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Moko (7 Comments)
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(12/31/2012)
All Crazy Teenagers
Not to Be Confused with Those Crazy Teenagers
By Moko
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12/24/2012

'Twas the night before Christmas...

Christmas is upon us and James is gifting everyone with the best thing possible... answers to their rules questions! Join us for the festivities in this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(12/24/2012)
'Twas the night before Christmas...
By James Bennett
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11/26/2012

 

(11/26/2012)
Thanks Given
By Carsten Haese
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08/06/2012

Summer Games

Welcome back to the Olympic Games, and this time we take you to the Magic Triathlon, this event consists of... wait, that is not a real event. Okay back to you Carsten with this weeks Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (4 Comments)
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(08/06/2012)
Summer Games
By Carsten Haese
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06/18/2012

 

(06/18/2012)
Eternally Yours
By James Bennett
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01/16/2012

Question Salad

Chef Carsten is at it again with his New Years resolutions; including eating right, exercise and reading lots and lots of Cranial Insertion! Join us for this feast of rules questions!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/16/2012)
Question Salad
By Carsten Haese
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09/05/2011

Deep Analysis

or, This Pun Seems to Be Broken

Moko is looking forward to more zombie buddies.

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(09/05/2011)
Deep Analysis
or, This Pun Seems to Be Broken
By Moko
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07/25/2011

Magic on the Beach

This isn't the name of an alcoholic mixed drink. YET.

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(07/25/2011)
Magic on the Beach
By Brian Paskoff
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07/11/2011

Magic and the Mayan Apocalypse

or, Does Anyone Still Believe in That?

Note we haven't done a 'Twelve Days of Christmas' riff for M12. You're welcome.

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(07/11/2011)
Magic and the Mayan Apocalypse
or, Does Anyone Still Believe in That?
By Eli Shiffrin
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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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10/18/2010

 

(10/18/2010)
Plutonium Myr
or, It Taps for Blue, Not Green
By Eli Shiffrin
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08/23/2010

Real-Life-Itis

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(08/23/2010)
Real-Life-Itis
By Brian Paskoff
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03/22/2010

Happy Almost Birthday!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(03/22/2010)
Happy Almost Birthday!
By Brian Paskoff
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(08/10/2009)
Lightweight Liquids
or, No Deliberate Heavy Metal This Week
By Eli Shiffrin
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08/03/2009

 

(08/03/2009)
More Heavy Metals
or, We've Got Good Chemistry
By Aaron Stevenson
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07/27/2009

 

(07/27/2009)
Heavy Metal Goyf
or, M10? This one goes to M11!
By Brian Paskoff
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01/28/2008

More Than Morningtide

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(01/28/2008)
More Than Morningtide
By Tom Fowler
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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
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10/10/2005

Matters of State

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(10/10/2005)
Matters of State
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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05/02/2005

The Tale of the Lemur(e)

By Thijs van Ommen (0 Comments)
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(05/02/2005)
The Tale of the Lemur(e)
By Thijs van Ommen
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