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You have questions, hopefully I have the answers.It's time to take a look at some more questions from the Ask-the-Judge Facebook group, so join us is in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!
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Law & Order: A Karlov Whodunit
Dun, dun, duuun!Murders at Karlov Manor is here, so grab your notebooks and try to help us unravel the mystery in this week's thrilling episode 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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A Happy 40th to Me!
Oh lordy, look who's forty! Nathan recently turned 40, so join us in wishing him a very happy birthday in this week's celebratory issue of Cranial Insertion!
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MagicCon Philly Report
So many tournaments, and many of them quite weird.
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The Snow Must Go On
The Cranial Insertion offices are snowed in, but we have the heat from your burning questions keeping us warm, so join us in this week's snow-covered issue of Cranial Insertion!
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This Article Was Stolen
I, Dave Elden of JudgingFTW, have stolen this article. Let's see what trouble I can get up to with it.
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A Brief Respite
In a refreshing change of pace, there's no new product release to cover today, so let's take a look at what's new in our mailbag in this week's relaxing issue of Cranial Insertion!
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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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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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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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You See An Inn
The Dungeons and Dragons prereleases are in the books. So we have packed an exciting article chock full of those pesky rules questions that had you lost on your delve into the dungeon this past weekend. Read on in this week's adventurous 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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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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Mutation Nation
The giant monsters are warping and mutating everything around them. The plane of Ikoria is bursting with a feverish energy altering the very fundamental DNA of its inhabitants! We have taken some of that energy and applied it to those pesky rules questions you have desired for answers! So join us for this weeks 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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Dead Presidents
Presidents Day is here in the US and we are celebrating our past presidents and all of their great accomplishments! No, Moko was never a president of the US, despite what "proof" he might offer. So join us as we celebrate by giving you the executive answers to all of those questions your friends have been filibustering all this time! So read on in this week's administrative edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Jailbreak!
Theros Beyond Death previews are out and the prerelease is in the books! Cards are escaping from graveyards all over the multiverse and we are breaking out the best rules questions you had to ask! To celebrate inside we have cooked up all the answers you will need on your journey through the Nyx and beyond! So read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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This is a Playtest Article
Testing, testing, one, two, three. The playtest cards are available in the Mystery booster drafts at Magic Fests, and those have been causing quite the stir. So in celebration we take a look at actual cards and answer your rules questions about them! Read on in this weeks very real 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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Goodbye to Ixalan and Dominaria
September is coming to a close and so is Ixalan and Dominaria's time in Standard. We have put together a final hurrah of rules questions and answers involving all of your favorite cards, or at least the recent one you have inquired about. So join us for this week's sendoff 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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A Lotus By Any Other Name
O’ Lotus Vale, O’ Lotus Vale. Wouldst a Lotus by any other name still add three mana to my mana pool? We dive into that question and more in this week’s mana hungry edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Lost in the Library
This week we bring you the knowledge you seek from deep within the halls of the Azorious library. Seeking the rules knowledge we need in order to better play Magic since the inception of the guilds! So join us for this week's insightful edition of Cranial Insertion! Now if only we could find our way back to the CI offices...
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The Anticipation is Killing Me
The waiting is the hardest part sometimes. This week we continue taking a look at those questions you have wanted answers to for what seems an eternity now. You asked and we answered! So join us in this week's anticipated edition of Cranial Insertion!
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A Very Frugal Halloween
Tis but a short while before the night of All Hallows’ Eve and you would think with a zombie monkey as our mascot we would be more prepared! Alas we do have another helping of the usual for you! So join us for this week’s freighteningly good edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Postcards from Lake Michigan
And back from our vacation near the Great Lakes, we have brought with us along with the results from our experiments on zombie monkeys when submerged underwater for long periods of time, another set of answers to those bugging rules questions you have had! We are pretty sure our conclusion is that zombie monkeys underwater is just bad for the fish... read on in this week's well rested 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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A Quizzical Easter Egg Hunt
Spring is in the air and we have pulled out all of the stops for this years amazing Easter Egg Hunt challenge article! Join us for all the fun, excitement, and prizes* in this year's spring quiz edition of Cranial Insertion! (*Prizes include your enjoyment of the article, and the ability to gloat to friends)
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Modern Mayhem
The Pro Tour is behind us and we have seen all the Modern action that we can handle! With all those great Modern plays we have decided to provide you all of the answers to those pesky Modern rules questions that have been burning in the back of your minds! So read on in this week's chaotic edition of Cranial Insertion!
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A Clean Slate
Welcome to the first article in this new year! After cleaning house we have decided to kick off this new year right! What better way than to provide you with all the rules knowledge you are going to need in the new year! So read on in this years first exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Mixed Mailbag Madness!
Checking in with from our stuffed mailbox we bring you yet another article chock full of those answers you seek! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Postage required in certain areas.
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Something Only a Mummy Could Love
Moko is still mummified and we are enjoying a bit of peace around the office. With that we take the time to answer some of your most pressing rules questions! So join us in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Everything Old is New Again
Modern Masters 2017 is out everywhere and people have started cracking their packs! So we started cracking some of those old and new rules questions about these cards just for you! So join us for some fresh answers to some burning questions you may have had on this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Don't go chasing planar falls
Exciting things are happening here at the Cranial Insertion offices, and a lot of it depends on the results of our planar die rolls. Whoosh... changing planes again! So join us as we put together a selection of your questions based on everyone's favorite plane shifting product Planechase! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion, Planechase style!
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Incredible Savings
Daylight saving time continues and Spring has sprung in the northern hemisphere while the countdown to Shadows over Innistrad continues, so join us for this week's sunny edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Null and Devoid
The Eldrazi menace is taking over every where! All of your mana base are now belong to us! With colorless spells abound we answer more of your exciting rules questions in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Roses Are Red
And Fireballs, TooHello and welcome to this year's Valentine edition of Cranial Insertion. Where we will be wooing you over with all the answers to the questions your heart most desired answered! So feel the love and join us for this week's impassioned edition of Cranial Insertion!
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All My Eldrazi
Couch surfing in the middle of the day for something good on TV, while the battle for Zendikar rages on. Wait, Moko stop switching the channels! Well might as well get some rules question and answer on since there is nothing good on to watch and the Eldrazi are outside devouring the plane! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion, now with more drama!
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And Now My Gatewatch Begins
Under the Tree of Tales we make this pledge while the Bosk Banneret watches over us with the Fruit of the First Tree in hand. Just watch out for those Tree Monkeys over there. So join us as we pledge this oath to continue answering your rules questions in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Food Coloring
Time to give thanks here in the US for all of those things that we have this year and that includes some spectacular rules questions and answers for you! So cozy up to the fire and read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Call me, May bee?
It is may and it might just be an exciting time in Magic the Gathering with Dragons possibly out and in full force and Modern Masters on the horizon. Well lets just see what could be in our mail bag from our readers and answer some of those exciting rules questions! So join us for this weeks potentially excessively exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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It's In Tents
We are packing our gear and camping out in anticipation of the new Commander 2014 sets coming out! In the meantime we are serving up some piping hot rules question and answers just for you. So join us around the camp fire for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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I khan't wait!
I khannot believe that we are in yet another preview season! As Khans of Tarkir is right around the corner we are bringing you more of that rules question and answer content you know and love! So read on and join us in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Going Bananas
or, The Full MonkeyMonkeys everywhere! Mayhem ensues along with your standard dose of rules questions and answers! Give me the ****ing banana's you **** ****! Sorry about that, bad Moko! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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