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09/25/2023

What Happens in Vegas

They say that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but we're sure that everybody who went to MagicCon Vegas is taking many memories home with them. Join us in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(09/25/2023)
What Happens in Vegas
By Nathan Long
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08/21/2023

We're Sending you Back...to the Gen Con!

Step into our time machine and fasten your seatbelts as Justin takes you back in time a few weeks to tell you all about GenCon 2023 in this week's time-travelling issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(08/21/2023)
We're Sending you Back...to the Gen Con!
By Justin Hovdenes
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12/19/2022

Having a Ball

What do Soccer and Magic have in common? Both have rules that look complicated to the outside observer. Join us in this week's well-rounded issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(12/19/2022)
Having a Ball
By Carsten Haese
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09/12/2022

Total Karn-age

Karn is busy fighting off the Phyrexian invasion of Dominaria, and we're busy answering your questions about Dominaria United from our mailbox, so join us in this week's Karn-ivorous issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(09/12/2022)
Total Karn-age
By Nathan Long
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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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03/22/2021

Modal Double Faced Cards & Where to Find Them

Modal Double-Faced Cards are little strange, so lets dig deep and learn all about them.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(03/22/2021)
Modal Double Faced Cards & Where to Find Them
By Justin Hovdenes
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02/15/2021

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!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/15/2021)
Puns N' Roses
By Carsten Haese
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01/06/2020

A Decadent Quiz

We are celebrating an anniversary this week, with Carsten having been with us for 10 years! So break out the party hats and piñatas! No put those back Moko, we do not need fireworks this time. Last time half the office was set on fire. So join us for a decathlon of quizzical inquiry in this week's base 10 edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/06/2020)
A Decadent Quiz
By Carsten Haese
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09/09/2019

Mom, Volrath Won't Stop Copying Me!

Commander 2019 has dropped and we are taking a look over all of those rules questions that you have sent in, and decided those would be good to make an article with. So we set about with good old pen and paper to make copies of each of them and then realized that our articles are only digital! Join us for this week's offprint edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(09/09/2019)
Mom, Volrath Won't Stop Copying Me!
By Andrew Villarrubia
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08/26/2019

Commander Christmas

'Tis the season for new Commander cards! To celebrate we are bringing you a giant sleigh full of the answers you needed to keep playing with all these awesome new cards! So join us for this week's jolly edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (4 Comments)
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(08/26/2019)
Commander Christmas
By Charlotte Sable
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07/29/2019

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!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(07/29/2019)
A Lotus By Any Other Name
By Nathan Long
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07/01/2019

Sunny Days

The sun is shining and the days are glorious! So we have put together a ray of sunshine for you answering all those hot, hot, hot rules questions! So join us for this week's brilliant edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(07/01/2019)
Sunny Days
By Nathan Long
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09/24/2018

Happy Equiznox

(The Z is Silent)

It is that time of year again! That is right, time to reset your clocks and fall back one hour! Wait, did you think there was going to be another quiz article!!? Well, okay then I suppose we cannot get one by you, which is why this article will be a breeze for you to get all of the correct answers! So to prove your hypothesis correct and begin the ability to boast amongst all your friends about how superior your intellect is read on in this week's inquizitive edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(09/24/2018)
Happy Equiznox
(The Z is Silent)
By Carsten Haese
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05/14/2018

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!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(05/14/2018)
A Touch of Nostalgia
By Nathan Long
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04/30/2018

Visiting the Oracle of Dominaria

or "How I Learned to Stop Redirecting and Love the Target"

With Dominaria now on the scene and some big changes in rules we bring you yet another big article! This edition chock full of all of your rules questions and answers for all of those burning questions on those shiney new cards, as well as an explanation of the biggest rules change coming along with the new set! So join us for yet another sagely edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(04/30/2018)
Visiting the Oracle of Dominaria
or "How I Learned to Stop Redirecting and Love the Target"
By Charlotte Sable
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03/30/2015

The Top Tin

or, Ten Years of Rules on the Wall

It's our tinth anniversary and we are celebrating with an article from across the years! This time we feature your questions from the history of Magic and CI with answers from then and now! So read on in this weeks exciting edition oc Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (2 Comments)
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(03/30/2015)
The Top Tin
or, Ten Years of Rules on the Wall
By Eli Shiffrin
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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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