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01/07/2019

Running with Blades

Life is oh so brief, and the search for ways to extend it seem like something everyone seeks. To that end we have put together answers to those rules questions you have been wanting to know, so you can smash your opponents and extend your life (at least in games of Magic)! Now if we can just get Moko to sit still long enough to answer all the questions. So read on in this week's extraordinary edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(01/07/2019)
Running with Blades
By Charlotte Sable
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05/08/2017

Presents for Mummy

Mother's Day is coming up this weekend, and we're celebrating early with our resident mummy Moko by giving you another selection of Magic rules questions from Amonkhet and elsewhere. Join us for this week's fun-filled and only slightly mummified edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(05/08/2017)
Presents for Mummy
By Carsten Haese
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02/08/2016

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!

By Nathan Long (2 Comments)
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(02/08/2016)
All My Eldrazi
By Nathan Long
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07/21/2014

Kaboom!

Kaboom! Join us this week for this exploding edition of Cranial Insertion! Kaboom!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(07/21/2014)
Kaboom!
By Callum Milne
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09/09/2013

Rules Labor's Lost

or,

The day of labor is passed and now we look forward to a new horizon. With Theros just weeks away, we bring you some hard working rules questions in this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion.

By James Bennett (12 Comments)
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(09/09/2013)
Rules Labor's Lost
or,
By James Bennett
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09/17/2012

Falling into Autumn

Leaves starting to fall from the trees and that can only mean one thing! Autumn is in the air, no new Magic sets, of course! Alas as we wait for the Return to Ravinca, Carsten takes us through some freshly fallen (in our inboxes) rules questions!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(09/17/2012)
Falling into Autumn
By Carsten Haese
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04/23/2012

Waiting for Avacyn

Still waiting for Avacyn Restored? Want to know what is in the Hellvaults? Well, so do we! In the meantime join us once again in our pre-prerelease article partying with all of the usual rules questions you know and love!

By Carsten Haese (7 Comments)
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(04/23/2012)
Waiting for Avacyn
By Carsten Haese
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01/09/2012

When Fluffy Bunnies Attack

or, Hoppy New Year!

Watch out Tim, the bunny is back! Along with all the rules questions you can handle in this the second Cranial article of the new year!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(01/09/2012)
When Fluffy Bunnies Attack
or, Hoppy New Year!
By Eli Shiffrin
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08/08/2011

Mountainwalk

or, Greetings from Pittsburgh

Carsten's been a' burrowin'.

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/08/2011)
Mountainwalk
or, Greetings from Pittsburgh
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
05/30/2011

 

(05/30/2011)
Cranial Insertion and the Holy Grail
or, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life's Finale
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
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
Translations: English 
04/11/2011

Perfection Made Text

or, The Father of Machines Is Coming

Our monkeys call out to the lost and the broken. They fear simian zombies, even as we offer immortality.

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(04/11/2011)
Perfection Made Text
or, The Father of Machines Is Coming
By Eli Shiffrin
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04/04/2011

@CranialTweet #RulesQuestions #WarpWorld

I know the term for a single twitter post is a 'tweet,' but I very much wish they'd gone with a stronger bird noise, like 'quack.' No, I don't have a point. Quack.

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(04/04/2011)
@CranialTweet #RulesQuestions #WarpWorld
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
03/21/2011

Banana Equivalent Dosage

or, Potassium-40 Makes You Smart

Happy Bananaversary!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(03/21/2011)
Banana Equivalent Dosage
or, Potassium-40 Makes You Smart
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
03/07/2011

Back to Reality

or, No more monkeying around!

But if you have your back to reality, what are you facing?

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/07/2011)
Back to Reality
or, No more monkeying around!
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
02/21/2011

Go for the Goat

or, Viva el Goatnapper!

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(02/21/2011)
Go for the Goat
or, Viva el Goatnapper!
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
01/31/2011

Mirrodin Bee Sieged

or, Bzz Bzzzz Bz Bzz Bzzz

Not the bees! No! Noaaaagha!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
Translations: English 

 

(01/31/2011)
Mirrodin Bee Sieged
or, Bzz Bzzzz Bz Bzz Bzzz
By Eli Shiffrin
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