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02/26/2024

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!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(02/26/2024)
A Touch of Modern
By Justin Hovdenes
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04/17/2023

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.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(04/17/2023)
My M.O.M. Always Said Life Is Like a Box of Phyrexians...
By Justin Hovdenes
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11/07/2022

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!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(11/07/2022)
Making My Mark
By Carsten Haese
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03/07/2022

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.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(03/07/2022)
Bring a Friend, Get a Mind . . . . stone
By Justin Hovdenes
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11/01/2021

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!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(11/01/2021)
November Rain
By Carsten Haese
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10/18/2021

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!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(10/18/2021)
Angels Fan: A Remembrance
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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04/13/2020

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!

By Andrew Villarrubia (2 Comments)
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(04/13/2020)
Overlook Hotel
By Andrew Villarrubia
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08/05/2019

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!

By Charlotte Sable (3 Comments)
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(08/05/2019)
Cabin Fever
By Charlotte Sable
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04/15/2019

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!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(04/15/2019)
Endings and Beginnings
By Andrew Villarrubia
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03/19/2018

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!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(03/19/2018)
A Brief History of Magic, Vol. 1
By Nathan Long
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01/15/2018

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!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/15/2018)
Take Me Down To Orazca City
By Carsten Haese
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11/20/2017

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.

By Nathan Long (4 Comments)
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(11/20/2017)
A Thankful Year
By Nathan Long
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03/13/2017

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.

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(03/13/2017)
Let's Do the Time Warp Again!
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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01/02/2017

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!

By Callum Milne (1 Comment)
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(01/02/2017)
And a Happy New Y!
By Callum Milne
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07/25/2016

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!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(07/25/2016)
Do You Want to Build a Scarecrow?
By Nathan Long
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05/16/2016

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!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(05/16/2016)
Welcome to the World of Tomorrow!
By Callum Milne
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05/25/2015

Smashing Records

or, Prepare for Magic Weekend

Setting 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!

By Eli Shiffrin (2 Comments)
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(05/25/2015)
Smashing Records
or, Prepare for Magic Weekend
By Eli Shiffrin
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03/09/2015

The Fall of the Curtain

The End of an Era, and other assorted clichés

Callum 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!

By Callum Milne (4 Comments)
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(03/09/2015)
The Fall of the Curtain
The End of an Era, and other assorted clichés
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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02/17/2014

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!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(02/17/2014)
The Gods Must (Still) Be Crazy
By James Bennett
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07/22/2013

The Wonderful Thing about Slivers

Is that Slivers Are Wonderful Things

We 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!

By Eli Shiffrin (1 Comment)
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(07/22/2013)
The Wonderful Thing about Slivers
Is that Slivers Are Wonderful Things
By Eli Shiffrin
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12/10/2012

Where the Bunnies Roam

or, Getting Inside Your Head

Join 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!

By Eli Shiffrin (15 Comments)
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(12/10/2012)
Where the Bunnies Roam
or, Getting Inside Your Head
By Eli Shiffrin
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05/28/2012

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!

By James Bennett (8 Comments)
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(05/28/2012)
Sound the Horns!
(or, what's that buzzing noise?)
By James Bennett
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(05/21/2012)
Calling All Angels
or, Sorry, Wrong Number
By Eli Shiffrin
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05/14/2012

The Human League

or, Of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Don'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!

By Carsten Haese (21 Comments)
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(05/14/2012)
The Human League
or, Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
By Carsten Haese
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04/09/2012

What's in the Box?

or, Seven Deadly Monkeys

A box full of surprises and all those rules questions you know and love, in this edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (8 Comments)
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(04/09/2012)
What's in the Box?
or, Seven Deadly Monkeys
By Eli Shiffrin
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04/02/2012

The Day after April Fools' Day

or, Just Another Magic Monday

Lots 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!

By Carsten Haese (4 Comments)
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(04/02/2012)
The Day after April Fools' Day
or, Just Another Magic Monday
By Carsten Haese
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12/26/2011

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!

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(12/26/2011)
Merry Quizmas!
By Moko
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10/24/2011

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!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(10/24/2011)
All Hallow's Eve... Eve
By Brian Paskoff
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10/17/2011

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!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(10/17/2011)
The Title without a Pun
or, Thanks to Our Translators!
By Eli Shiffrin
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05/02/2011

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.)

By Laurie Cheers (0 Comments)
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(05/02/2011)
Authorlace
Or, You may write a column as though you were another columnist with the same pay grade. (Pay grade includes benefits.)
By Laurie Cheers
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01/24/2011

Mathemagics 2!

Mathemagics 2: Tokyo Drifting to the Electric Boogaloo Strikes Back (and Your Sister is a Werewolf)

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/24/2011)
Mathemagics 2!
By Carsten Haese
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01/10/2011

New Year's Resolution

or, Good, No One Countered It

Random factoid: 01-10-11 is binary for 1-2-3. Your day has been enriched with this knowledge.

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(01/10/2011)
New Year's Resolution
or, Good, No One Countered It
By Eli Shiffrin
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09/20/2010

Happy Equinox!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(09/20/2010)
Happy Equinox!
By Carsten Haese
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09/13/2010

From the Vault: Questions

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(09/13/2010)
From the Vault: Questions
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
(08/30/2010)
Don't Redirect Oblivion Ring!
or, Assorted Flavors of Failure
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
(07/12/2010)
Going to 11
or, Wait, Did You Really Not See That Joke Coming?
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
06/14/2010

 

(06/14/2010)
A Momentary Diversion on the Road to the Graveyard
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
06/07/2010

 

(06/07/2010)
Emrakul can be Oblivion-Ringed
or, Yes, Really!
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English  Français 
(05/31/2010)
Zombie Moko Goes to Washington
or, Zombies Go Hungry at Congress
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
(05/10/2010)
The Stack Still Exists, Even in Combat
or, It's Populated with Eldrazi
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
05/03/2010

 

(05/03/2010)
Tapped Creatures Deal Combat Damage
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
02/22/2010

 

(02/22/2010)
I Left My Card in San Diego
or, Yay for Pro Tours
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
12/28/2009

Denouement

By Aaron Stevenson (0 Comments)
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(12/28/2009)
Denouement
By Aaron Stevenson
Translations: English 
06/01/2009

Two Numbered Polyhedrons

or, Paradise

By Aaron Stevenson (0 Comments)
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(06/01/2009)
Two Numbered Polyhedrons
or, Paradise
By Aaron Stevenson
Translations: English 
04/20/2009

Grass Clippings

By Aaron Stevenson (0 Comments)
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(04/20/2009)
Grass Clippings
By Aaron Stevenson
Translations: English 
(01/05/2009)
BOOMER!
or, Welcome to Nineteen--
I mean Two-Thousand-and-Nine
By Aaron Stevenson
Translations: English 
12/08/2008

Ask the Goyf

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
Translations: English 

 

(12/08/2008)
Ask the Goyf
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
12/01/2008

 

(12/01/2008)
Leftovers Potluck
or, Put It All in a Blender
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
11/24/2008

 

(11/24/2008)
Everybody Wants to Rule the Rules
By Moko
Translations: English 
 

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