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04/10/2023

An Intro to Oathbreaker

Some oaths are meant to be broken, but we swear we'll do our best to answer your questions about the Oathbreaker format in this week's exciting episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(04/10/2023)
An Intro to Oathbreaker
By Nathan Long
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12/05/2022

"Who" Are You?

Owl be damned, the CI office is being overrun by owls, so join us in this week's issue of Cranial Insertion that's guaranteed to be a hoot!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(12/05/2022)
"Who" Are You?
By Nathan Long
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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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11/08/2021

Three Months of Halloween

Who does not love more Halloween? We are spending all of our efforts extending and expanding the evening of all hallows! So as we continue to hand out the ticks we have put together an extra special treat of an article for you this week! So join us for this week's hauntingly exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(11/08/2021)
Three Months of Halloween
By Nathan Long
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08/10/2020

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!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/10/2020)
Doubling Season's Greetings!
By Carsten Haese
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05/11/2020

Neon Genesis Mutate a Lion

The monsters of Ikoria are roaming and we have consulted with the Dead Sea Scrolls, while Seele continues to plot and scheme. If only we had someone like the first child to call upon and save us, alas we are going to have to rely on our vast rules knowledge to answer these questions! So join us for this week's mega edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(05/11/2020)
Neon Genesis Mutate a Lion
By Andrew Villarrubia
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05/04/2020

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!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(05/04/2020)
The Real Monster
By Nathan Long
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09/16/2019

Equiznox 2: Eclectic Boogaloo

They are back! The equinox is upon us once again and we are returning back to the future! This week we have another fantastic quiz article! So travel inside and test your mettle in this week's futuristic edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(09/16/2019)
Equiznox 2: Eclectic Boogaloo
By Carsten Haese
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08/12/2019

How Do I Tell a Card I Want to Kiss It?

Hello everyone and welcome back to yet another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Here we are continuing our summer season of fun and excitement with the answers you need for all those questions you have with regard to your most fun and exciting summer activity, things like playing at the beach, walking the boardwalk, pickup games of baseball or softball, or even more Magic! Okay, so really our focus is just going to be on that last one, so join us once again for another hot session of questions and answers!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(08/12/2019)
How Do I Tell a Card I Want to Kiss It?
By Andrew Villarrubia
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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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08/20/2018

Command Performance

Commander 2018 sure has created a lot of rules questions! After an entire article devoted to Commander 2018, we're putting on another article filled exclusively with Commander 2018 questions. So sit back, enjoy the show, and join us for a dazzling display of rules knowledge in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(08/20/2018)
Command Performance
By Charlotte Sable
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11/13/2017

Release the Icons!

Iconic Masters is close at hand, so we take a look at some of the most iconic questions in our inbox! All the while we try to provide masterful answers to those questions, in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with 20% more icons to storm castles with.

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(11/13/2017)
Release the Icons!
By Carsten Haese
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07/24/2017

Hour of Relaxation

This week we take a relaxing look into the rules of the new set Hour of Devastation! Answering all of your questions to put your minds at ease and pacify all those rules concerns you have been having! So read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(07/24/2017)
Hour of Relaxation
By Carsten Haese
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03/06/2017

In Like a Lion

Marching straight toward springtime here as we roar on with another exciting batch of your rules questions! So roll on in for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more Lions!

By Nathan Long (1 Comment)
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(03/06/2017)
In Like a Lion
By Nathan Long
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10/03/2016

Ach-tober

October is here and Kaladesh has released! So we bring you a fresh set of your invented questions straight from the forges of the Internet or wherever else you sent them from! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (1 Comment)
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(10/03/2016)
Ach-tober
By James Bennett
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09/21/2015

War Drums

Shhhh... shhhhh... can you hear that? Can you hear the pulsating sound of the approaching percussion? Wait, that is just Moko beating on his war drums made of skulls. So join us as Moko continues to pound out the rhythm while we answer all of your rules question and answers in this weeks thundering edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(09/21/2015)
War Drums
By Nathan Long
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01/12/2015

Ave, Lector!

Nos Submergere Saluto!

Here we are once again drowning in our sorrows as we wait for the Fate Reforged prerelease. So until its arrival we are going to submerge ourselves into yet another pile of your rules questions and answers! Join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion, now with more power!

By Callum Milne (8 Comments)
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(01/12/2015)
Ave, Lector!
Nos Submergere Saluto!
By Callum Milne
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09/01/2014

Declare Blockers

or, Two's Company

Two blocks are better than one! Magic is changing its block structure but our format is still the same. Your exciting rules questions combined with the answers you seek! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(09/01/2014)
Declare Blockers
or, Two's Company
By James Bennett
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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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(08/04/2014)
Hail Hydra
or, Gentle Snowfall upon Hydrozoans
By Eli Shiffrin
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01/20/2014

Old and Busted

Not the New Hotness

Top coat, top hat, black shades, white gloves, lookin' sharp and looking for rules answers! They come running just as fast as they can. 'Coz every creature is crazy 'bout a sharp dressed planeswalker.

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(01/20/2014)
Old and Busted
Not the New Hotness
By Callum Milne
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(01/28/2013)
Raining Rats and Frogs
or, Crashing Some Gates
By Eli Shiffrin
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(06/25/2012)
Summertime!
And the livin' is easy
By Carsten Haese
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03/19/2012

The Oxidda Loxodon Mox Paradox

or, X Marks the Spot

It's time to lock up the house and turn out the lights, but not before we cross some mountainous elephants!

By Eli Shiffrin (8 Comments)
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(03/19/2012)
The Oxidda Loxodon Mox Paradox
or, X Marks the Spot
By Eli Shiffrin
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12/19/2011

Eight Monkeys

or, Do Not Set Monkeys on Fire

Decking the halls and making merry with plenty of rules questions! All of this and more in store in this pre-holiday addition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (1 Comment)
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(12/19/2011)
Eight Monkeys
or, Do Not Set Monkeys on Fire
By Eli Shiffrin
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08/29/2011

Shrine of Burning Questions

Why, Scrambleverse? Just why?

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/29/2011)
Shrine of Burning Questions
By Carsten Haese
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08/01/2011

Dog Day Sunrise

or, Wait, Where Did the Last Seven Months Go?

If dogs have days, do cats have nights?

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(08/01/2011)
Dog Day Sunrise
or, Wait, Where Did the Last Seven Months Go?
By Eli Shiffrin
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06/27/2011

Profane Commander

or, I hope MaRo didn't think of that one

The most profane commander is actually Reveka, Wizard Savant. Little lady has a dirty mouth.

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(06/27/2011)
Profane Commander
or, I hope MaRo didn't think of that one
By Carsten Haese
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03/28/2011

Iron Anniversary

or, yay, even more metal puns!

Don't fear us, we're ferrous.

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/28/2011)
Iron Anniversary
or, yay, even more metal puns!
By Carsten Haese
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02/14/2011

You've Besieged My Heart

How do you melt a heart that's made of stone? Just add Myr.

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(02/14/2011)
You've Besieged My Heart
By Brian Paskoff
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02/07/2011

Into the Deep End

or, Don't Drown in the Knowledge Pool!

Remember to keep your Knowledge Pools nicely chlorinated!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/07/2011)
Into the Deep End
or, Don't Drown in the Knowledge Pool!
By Carsten Haese
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01/17/2011

Snow-Covered Goyf

Could somebody please cast Melting on us?

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(01/17/2011)
Snow-Covered Goyf
By Brian Paskoff
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12/27/2010

 

(12/27/2010)
Friday Night Before Christmas Magic
By Brian Paskoff
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(11/29/2010)
Cyber Monday Special
or, Buy Now to Receive Before Christmas!
By Eli Shiffrin
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11/15/2010

Mathemagics!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(11/15/2010)
Mathemagics!
By Brian Paskoff
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09/27/2010

 

(09/27/2010)
No Myr Feet
or, Another Year of Metal Puns
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
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
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01/15/2007

The Calm Before the Chaos

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(01/15/2007)
The Calm Before the Chaos
By Tom Fowler
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(10/30/2006)
All About Triggered Abilities
or, Whenever You're Time-Traveling, Think About When to Look At
By Ted Dickinson
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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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12/26/2005

 

(12/26/2005)
Yule Be Smarter for Reading This
By Tom Fowler
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11/07/2005

City of Angels

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(11/07/2005)
City of Angels
By Tom Fowler
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08/01/2005

 

(08/01/2005)
Rotten to the Core
or, You Look Familiar
By Eli Shiffrin
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