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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!
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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!
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Charisma, Weeeeeeeeee!
With this much charisma, we should be able to answer any question!Your party comes across a Magic rules article. Is it evil or chaotic neutral? Read on to find out!
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What Happens in Vegas
They say that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but we're sure that everybody who went to MagicCon Vegas is taking many memories home with them. Join us in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!
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Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice
Fall is in the air, and we're celebrating harvest season with a fresh crop of rules questions from our inbox. Join us in this week's pumpkin-spiced issue of Cranial Insertion!
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We're Sending you Back...to the Gen Con!
Step into our time machine and fasten your seatbelts as Justin takes you back in time a few weeks to tell you all about GenCon 2023 in this week's time-travelling issue of Cranial Insertion!
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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!
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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!
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Facebook Mail Bag 2.0
Wait, useful things can be found on Facebook? Yes, Magic Judges!
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Phyrexians on a Plane
The Phyrexians are invading the plane of Dominaria, and there's nothing we can do about that, but at least we can answer your rules questions to help you prepare for battle. Join us in this week's well-oiled episode of Cranial Insertion!
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Into The Woods
We're going hiking in the woods, but along the way we're still answering your rules questions, so put on your hiking boots and join us in today's relaxing issue of Cranial Insertion!
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Facebook Mail Bag
Wait, useful things can be found on Facebook? Yes, Magic Judges!
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Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions
Modern season is upon us and we want you to be prepared, so this week's issue is the very model of a Modern rules Q&A article!
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Beholdering Baldur's Gate
There are many things in Baldur's Gate to behold, like Gates, Dragons, and Beholders, oh my!
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Equiznox 4: Kamigawa Drift
Spring is here, and it's time to take stock of what you have learned. Fasten your seatbelts and join us in this week's quizzical episode of Cranial Insertion!
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End of Year Quiz
Another year almost done and gone, its time we see just how much you have learned.
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This Article Is a No Bones Article
This week are are dropping all the pretenses and providing nothing but straight up answers to all of those rules questions you have burning in your minds! So we have put together yet another article on the up and up, clean and simple. So read on in this week's no frills edition of Cranial Insertion! Or did they mean they left all of the physical bones from this week's article?
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I Am the Adventurer That Will Pierce the Dungeons!
Welcome to the land of Zo... I mean, the Forgotten Realms. Here you can find such wondrous locals as Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale along with many others on the Sword Coast! With Adventures in the Forgotten Realms making a splash on shelves and in standard, you have packed our inboxes once again. So we take on the challenge and respond to many of those questions you are going to need to arm yourself to make it through the adventure successfully! So read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Summer Time Mail Bag
Time to get to basics, answering fan questions in a simple mail bag article.
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Ode to the Judgecast
This week we are giving a shout out to the most judge related podcast JudgeCast! We have stuffed this article full of topics that Judge cast can wax upon to the delight of their fans! So join us once again for this week's exciting episode of Judge... I mean, Cranial Insertion!
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April Showers
Spring is here and things are heating up so we have put together another fiery article just for you! So come on and join us in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Moko's Sweet Sixteen
This article has spent sixteen years in the making! It is the CI anniversary article, and we have jam packed this edition with all of the answers to those pesky rules questions you have! So join us as we get our party hats on and celebrate in this exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more balloons!
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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!
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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!
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There's No Business Like Snow Business
With the release of Kaldheim things in the CI office have started to heat up, so in order to cool them off we have taken a load of your questions and jam packed them into this week's article! So read on in this week's chilly edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Year's End
The year is over, and for many of us it could have arrived faster.
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Happy Holidays!
The holidays are here and with it we bring great tidings of joy and cheer! To that end we have cooked up yet another fantastic article chock full of answers to those rules questions that have been keeping you up late at night instead of dreaming of sugar plums dancing. So read on in this week's exhilarating edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Among Us
Who is an imposter who and who is not? Join us and take a ride through the rules of MtG to prepare yourself with the knowledge you will need. So as we try and determine who has infiltrated our ranks and is trying to kill us all we arm ourselves with the best knowledge we have to defeat our opponents, in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Making Landfall
Zendikar Rising has hit the shelves! So with that we have cracked open our mailboxes and pulled out those questions that have floated over our way! Putting together that flood of questions that come with a new set is always a challenge, that we take on every time! So read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Doubling Season's Greetings!
This week we take a look at the shiny new cards released in Double Masters!! This week we take a look at the shiny new cards released in Double Masters!! Wait, we already did that once! Seems like there is double trouble boiling up with the latest cards from Double Masters, so read on to find out all the answers you will need to arm yourself with in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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The Real Monster
The monsters of Ikoria have been unleashed and are morphing and mutating all that surrounds them! That includes the rules of Magic! So you have brought on a new onslaught of rules questions that we need to answer! So join us this week for yet another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Order of Operations (Ikoria Version)
or, Don't Touch the SidesThis 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!
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Overlook Hotel
All of this staying put and staying inside is starting to drive Moko insane, not that he ever really was to begin with! To that end we are trying to pacify him and save our offices, which are currently shuttered by the way. Hopefully when we return they are still in one piece! In the meantime we bring you yet another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion with all the rules question and answer knowledge you have come to know and love! Read on!
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Quizworld
It is that time again! Time to brush off your rules knowledge and test your skills with yet another one of those famous CI quiz articles! This week Moko has reached deep into the pool of knowledge to bring out some wonderful questions for you to take a crack at! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Welcome to the Isolation Zone
Staying inside and cozying up by the fire with one of your favorite online articles to read! That is right folks, it is that time of the week again, time for another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion. Hopefully the rest of the week is less exciting than this last one, Moko is getting a bit stir crazy from being locked inside all the time.
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Cranial Insertion Bests the Mailbag
Digging in after the release weekend for Theros Beyond Death we find our mailboxes have been stuffed by all of those questions you are dying to have answers for! So we took out our crowbars and pried those letters out of the box! Head on inside and join us for this weeks jam packed edition of Cranial Insertion!
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This Title Is Now a 3/3 Elk Creature
+2: Create a Food token or you could just make an Elk. Read on in this week's 3/3 edition of Cranial Insertion!
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A Tale as Old as Time
In the days of yore, magic was controlled by the most powerful sages atop their mountains. These gurus of time and reason, wait... not that kind of magic? Not those types of tales? The Grimmer variety? Read on in this week's mythical edition of Cranial Insertion!
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A Banned List Shake-Up
The ever-changing landscape of Magic has changed again with recent updates to the Banned and Restricted lists, but one thing that never changes is that there are rules questions that must be answered. Read on and enjoy today's 100% Hogaak-free edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Red & Green on Christmas Eve
It's Christmas Eve, and things are looking festive at the Cranial Insertion offices. The halls are decked with boughs of holly, mistletoe is hanging from the ceiling, and in keeping with the red/green color scheme, all the questions this week feature cards that are red and/or green. So join us in this week's Gruul-colored Christmas edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Belated Birthday Gifts
Presents abound as we spread cheer and merriment, despite being another year older. So grab a slice of cake and pull up a chair and read on in this week's ageless edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Holidaze
The Holiday season is upon us and we are trying hard here at the CI offices not to become overwhelmed by the spirit. To that end we have prepared an article for you answering all those rules questions for w which you wanted answers! Just our little gift to you! So join us for this week's festive edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Flu Season's Greetings
The temperature is dropping and apparently so are our health defenses here at the CI offices! So as we fight off this cold join us in fighting for the answers to all of your rules questions you so deserve! Read on in this week's chilling edition of Cranial Insertion!
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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!
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Quizzing by the Pool
We're in the middle of a heat wave, so we're cooling off by going swimming in the Knowledge Pool. Come join us and test your knowledge in this refreshing quiz episode of Cranial Insertion!
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June Bug
Pardon our mess as we work out some kinks with the sites operation. None of that will stop us from providing high quality answers to your questions, it just means you have to watch your step as you wade through! So read on in this week's mostly operational edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Victoria Gloria Est
Spring is in the air and we have sprung into our inbox for some of the best questions that you asked! So once again we spring into action to provide you those answers you need to bring you victory on the battlefield! So read on in this week's victorious edition of Cranial Insertion!
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A Touch of Nostalgia
Dominaria is dominating the scene and bringing with it all the memories of old all the while making some new ones! To that end we have yet another jam packed article with all those rules questions to sate your curiosity while reminiscing about all those good times you had playing! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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A Taxing Time of Year
Need some tax relief, well have we got something for you! This week’s latest fresh off the press edition of Cranial Insertion! So join us for a bit of a distraction from all those pesky forms and regulations to turn all your rules questions into a nice refund!
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Spring Forward
Switching up the clocks and springing forward an hour, so with less sleep we are bringing you as many answers to your questions that we could jam into out 23 hour day! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Winter Blast
Winter is coming, wait no it is still here... the recent blast of cold hitting the CI offices has us scrambling for warmer times. To that end we are firing up yet another article with all the question and answers you have come to know and love! So join us in this week’s exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Digging Through the Rare Box
We are digging through the rules questions to find all those answers to the hidden gems that you were looking for! So join us in this week's sparkly edition of Cranial Insertion. Now with more speculars.
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