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01/15/2024

Facebook Mail Bag 3.0

Yes, Facebook is still around, so let's take a look at some questions from the Ask-the-Judge Facebook group in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(01/15/2024)
Facebook Mail Bag 3.0
By Justin Hovdenes
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03/27/2023

Facebook Mail Bag 2.0

Wait, useful things can be found on Facebook? Yes, Magic Judges!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(03/27/2023)
Facebook Mail Bag 2.0
By Justin Hovdenes
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08/23/2021

Commander and Conquer III

I like my commander decks, and I like answering Magic Rules questions, so lets meld those two things together and answer rules questions about my commander decks.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(08/23/2021)
Commander and Conquer III
By Justin Hovdenes
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08/31/2020

Back to School, 5th Edition

Now with a Slightly Updated Foreword

It is that time again, dust off your textbooks, buy some new notebooks, pencils, erasers, pens, and all those other supplies to gear up and gain some knowledge! The same goes for us here at the CI offices, we have prepares some lovely information to help educate you in the rules of Magic, so you can go forth and conquer all of your foes! So join us for this weeks didactic edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/31/2020)
Back to School, 5th Edition
Now with a Slightly Updated Foreword
By Carsten Haese
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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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06/08/2020

You guys I'm like really smart now.

You don't even know. You could ask me, Andrew what's the biggest power/toughness aura in the game? And I'd be like, 'blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah.' Giving you the exact right answer.

Here at the CI offices we are always preparing, learning, and responding to all your rules questions and answers! The most important thing to remember is where all the files are, in the computer! The files are in the computer! So join us for this week's intellectually advanced edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(06/08/2020)
You guys I'm like really smart now.
You don't even know. You could ask me, Andrew what's the biggest power/toughness aura in the game? And I'd be like, 'blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah.' Giving you the exact right answer.
By Andrew Villarrubia
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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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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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05/26/2014

 

(05/26/2014)
No Heat Experience
By Callum Milne
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05/13/2013

Old Masters

Back to the same old hat here at the Cranial Insertion offices. But that does not mean we do not have some new questions in store. So read on with this weeks exciting edition!

By James Bennett (4 Comments)
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(05/13/2013)
Old Masters
By James Bennett
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01/30/2012

Bad Moon on the Rise

or, One Eye is Taken for Jar of Eyeballs

What is that noise I hear!?! Oh, it is just some CCR playing while Eli answers some scary rules questions! Join us in this for this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(01/30/2012)
Bad Moon on the Rise
or, One Eye is Taken for Jar of Eyeballs
By Eli Shiffrin
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06/07/2010

 

(06/07/2010)
Emrakul can be Oblivion-Ringed
or, Yes, Really!
By Carsten Haese
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(07/20/2009)
Order of Operations (M10 Version)
or, Don't Touch the Sides
By Eli Shiffrin
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(06/08/2009)
Attack of the One-Hour Turn
or, Why EDH Games Should Not Contain Nine Players
By Eli Shiffrin
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05/04/2009

The Golden Goyf

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(05/04/2009)
The Golden Goyf
By Brian Paskoff
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06/23/2008

 

(06/23/2008)
Oh, What a Tangled Web we Mirrorweave
By Tom Fowler
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(05/26/2008)
Order of Operations (The Old Version!)
or, Don't Touch the Sides
By Eli Shiffrin
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05/19/2008

Seasons of Wither

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(05/19/2008)
Seasons of Wither
By Tom Fowler
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04/21/2008

 

(04/21/2008)
A Midnight's Tale
or, Hey! Listen!
By Eli Shiffrin
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04/07/2008

Godheads on Pikes

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(04/07/2008)
Godheads on Pikes
By Tom Fowler
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(03/24/2008)
Third Time's the Chimp
or, I've Been Undead How Long?
By Moko
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(06/11/2007)
All Standard, All the Time
(Well, At Least This Time)
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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10/23/2006

 

(10/23/2006)
We Are the Champions
or, Drowning in Text
By Eli Shiffrin
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06/05/2006

 

(06/05/2006)
Who's Afraid of Shining Shoal?
By Tom Fowler
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(10/31/2005)
Relearning Humility (Again)
or, Who's Still Afraid of Continuous Effects?
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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