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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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My M.O.M. Always Said Life Is Like a Box of Phyrexians...
It's time to review rules for a new set! Let's see what new rules questions we have for March of the Machine.
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Making My Mark
This week, Carsten is marking a momentous event in his life. To find out what it is, join us in this week's remarkable issue of Cranial Insertion!
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Bring a Friend, Get a Mind . . . . stone
Lots of exciting things coming down the pipeline for Magic, but as usual Commander is what has my attention.
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November Rain
Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games! We got everything you want, all those rules questions and answers. So we jump on the nightrain to head down toward Paradise City where the grass is green. By now you have probably run out of patience for those answers and thus will need to read on, sweet child o' mine, in this week's edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Angels Fan: A Remembrance
This week we take a look at those glorious angelic beings of Magic! So we have dusted off our rule books to answer those pesky rules interactions that have been bothering you and stopping your summoning of those radiant beings of Magic. So join us in this weeks effulgent edition of Cranial Insertion!
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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!
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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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Cabin Fever
From out in the wilderness we have managed to cobble together yet another article with all of the survival skills you are going to need in order to navigate the Magic landscape. So join us once again as we endure the wonderful questions and answers of this weeks Cranial Insertion!
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Endings and Beginnings
We are proud to continue the tradition of answering your rules questions! So this article marks a new beginning for us here at the CI offices a new writer! So join us this week for another high quality romp through our inboxes, and let us all say welcome to Andrew!
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A Brief History of Magic, Vol. 1
Magic is celebrating its 25th birthday with the release of Master 25, so this week we are breaking out your rules questions throughout the history of Magic! So join us in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Take Me Down To Orazca City
The grass is green and the people sure are pretty here in Orazca City! Now we just have to keep Moko from making a mess so we do not get thrown out of here. Turns out they frown upon Zombie Monkeys here, who knew? I suppose there will be a measure of peace when we are gone, plundering all the rules knowledge we can from this place and bringing it to you in yet another edition of Cranial Insertion!
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A Thankful Year
The year is winding down and Thanksgiving is near at hand so we here at the Cranial Insertion offices are giving thanks for you our readers! So we are serving up another article of the rules questions and answers you know and love! Join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion.
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Let's Do the Time Warp Again!
At it once again warping around the multiverse in search of the perfect storm of rules questions to answer! So join us in song and dance for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more callbacks, just watch out for the Meatloaf.
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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!
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And a Happy New Y!
2017 is upon us and we are right in the thick of it with answering your rules questions, providing all the answers you will need to start your Magic year just right! So dig in and make a resolution to read Cranial Insertion every week this year, starting with this weeks exciting edition!
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Do You Want to Build a Scarecrow?
The Eldritch Moon is upon us! While we wait for our impending doom, we here at the CI offices are answering your rules question! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Welcome to the World of Tomorrow!
Tomorrow has arrived and we have all the answers to those questions you have been asking us from the future inboxes at the CI headquarters!!! And with that knowledge we have put together quite the article for you all of those burning questions you did not even know you had answered in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Smashing Records
or, Prepare for Magic WeekendSetting up for the three Modern Masters GPs this upcoming weekend we review some more Modern rules for you! So join us in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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The Fall of the Curtain
The End of an Era, and other assorted clichésCallum takes us on a tour through memory lane as we close the chapter on PTQs and begin anew with PPTQs and RPTQs. For this episode we reminisce over your rules questions and provide you with the answers you seek so that you can turn the page. So join us for this weeks historical edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Declare Blockers
or, Two's CompanyTwo 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!
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The Gods Must (Still) Be Crazy
Getting crazy here in the Cranial Insertion offices, with these rules questions. Our coverage of Born of the Gods continues this week, while Moko goes to town! Join us for this weeks exciting edition!
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The Wonderful Thing about Slivers
Is that Slivers Are Wonderful ThingsWe are off to see the Slivers, the wonderful Slivers of Oz, because of the wonderful things he does. It is Slivers this week, so join the hive and read on in this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Where the Bunnies Roam
or, Getting Inside Your HeadJoin Eli as he takes a journey into the inner workings of the brain. Oh, yeah and he answers some rules questions along the way! Read on with this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Sound the Horns!
(or, what's that buzzing noise?)Come on in and raise a cup along with James while he plays his vuvuzela and answers all your rules questions! It is Magic World Cup fever here at Cranial Insertion, read on!
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Calling All Angels
or, Sorry, Wrong Number (5 Comments)Translations: 简体中文 繁體中文 Deutsch English Español Français Italiano Pусский
The Human League
or, Of Extraordinary GentlemenDon't you want me... to explain some rules? There definitely is a Fascination with rules going on here in this weeks extraordinary edition of Cranial Insertion!
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What's in the Box?
or, Seven Deadly MonkeysA box full of surprises and all those rules questions you know and love, in this edition of Cranial Insertion!
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The Day after April Fools' Day
or, Just Another Magic MondayLots and lots of questions on Legacy Weapon in this exciting edition of, what was that? Legacy the format you say... Lots and lots of Legacy, the format, questions and nary a Legacy Weapon in this exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Merry Quizmas!
Quizmas is just past Chanukah is still going strong. Questions abound, maybe even frolic with reindeer, in this special holiday edition of Cranial Insertion!
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All Hallow's Eve... Eve
The spooktacular rules question fun continues as we ramp up toward Halloween here in the States with our Cranial Insertion pre-All Hallow's Eve edition!
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The Title without a Pun
or, Thanks to Our Translators!Puns and punishment, not here! This weeks article features great rules questions everyone wants to know the answers to about Innistrad!
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Authorlace
Or, You may write a column as though you were another columnist with the same pay grade. (Pay grade includes benefits.)You may write a column as though you were another columnist with the same pay grade. (Pay grade includes benefits.)
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Mathemagics 2!
Mathemagics 2: Tokyo Drifting to the Electric Boogaloo Strikes Back (and Your Sister is a Werewolf)
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New Year's Resolution
or, Good, No One Countered ItRandom factoid: 01-10-11 is binary for 1-2-3. Your day has been enriched with this knowledge.
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The Stack Still Exists, Even in Combat
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