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03/25/2024

Happy Bronze Anniversary!

Cranial Insertion has been around for nineteen years, so join us as we celebrate this prime-numbered milestone in this week's exciting issue!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/25/2024)
Happy Bronze Anniversary!
By Carsten Haese
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01/01/2024

New Year, New Questions

It's New Year's Day, so make your resolutions and join us in this week's celebratory issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/01/2024)
New Year, New Questions
By Carsten Haese
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12/04/2023

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!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(12/04/2023)
Charisma, Weeeeeeeeee!
With this much charisma, we should be able to answer any question!
By Justin Hovdenes
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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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01/09/2023

Nostalgia Reprinted

Dominaria Remastered is arriving in stores this weekend, so buckle up and get ready for a trip down memory lane in this week's nostalgic issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/09/2023)
Nostalgia Reprinted
By Carsten Haese
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08/29/2022

Skipping Through All The Time Lines

Life is a journey, time is a river, the door is ajar. Or maybe I have a quick quiz for you.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(08/29/2022)
Skipping Through All The Time Lines
By Justin Hovdenes
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05/09/2022

Rules and Gabigools

While celebrating Mother's Day at a local restaurant, Andrew encountered a mob boss and made him an offer he couldn't understand. Find out what happened next and join us in this week's exciting episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(05/09/2022)
Rules and Gabigools
By Andrew Villarrubia
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05/02/2022

Mob Nixilis is Making You an Offer You Can't Refuse

It would be a shame if your board state were to meet an unfortunate accident. We could help prevent such unforeseen tragedies.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(05/02/2022)
Mob Nixilis is Making You an Offer You Can't Refuse
By Justin Hovdenes
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07/05/2021

On a scale of one to America, how free are you tonight?

Firework celebrations are happening all over the US and we have brought some fireworks of our own. Once again we have readied up an explosive combination of rules questions and answers for you the reader! So join us in this week's thrilling edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(07/05/2021)
On a scale of one to America, how free are you tonight?
By Andrew Villarrubia
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10/05/2020

Questioning Dead

As it turns out, zombies aren't just hungry for brains, some are hungry for answers too.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(10/05/2020)
Questioning Dead
By Justin Hovdenes
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08/10/2020

Doubling Season's Greetings!

This week we take a look at the shiny new cards released in Double Masters!! This week we take a look at the shiny new cards released in Double Masters!! Wait, we already did that once! Seems like there is double trouble boiling up with the latest cards from Double Masters, so read on to find out all the answers you will need to arm yourself with in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/10/2020)
Doubling Season's Greetings!
By Carsten Haese
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08/03/2020

They say its your birthday!

We are having a party, balloons, cake, blowing out the candles, the whole ball of wax in celebration of our writer Justin's birthday! Of course there are a few provisos, quid pro quo, etc. given Coronavirus is still around, so we respectfully request you wear a mask and maintain proper social distancing while reading and enjoying this week's celebratory edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(08/03/2020)
They say its your birthday!
By Justin Hovdenes
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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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10/07/2019

Watch the Throne

The Knights are facing off against the Fey and the king has returned, while the rich are being robbed from and their goodies are given to the poor! The beauty has met the beast and mermaids are dreaming of walking on land, so we have packed this week's article full of those Eldraine questions you have been wanting to know the answers for! Read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(10/07/2019)
Watch the Throne
By Andrew Villarrubia
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10/08/2018

Around the Multiverse: From Atlantis to Zhalfir

Traveling around has once again brought us back to our offices with a mailbox chock full of your questions, so in order to alleviate that as well as provide you the answers you seek we have put together yet another exciting article for your reading pleasure! So read on in this week's voyage through Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(10/08/2018)
Around the Multiverse: From Atlantis to Zhalfir
By Charlotte Sable
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04/16/2018

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!

By Nathan Long (2 Comments)
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(04/16/2018)
A Taxing Time of Year
By Nathan Long
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12/11/2017

Quiz Wars

Episode VIII: The Last Quiz

That is no small moon over there, it is just a Wheel of Sun and Moon! This week we have for you an exciting set of questions to challenge your Magic rules senses, in another one of our exciting quiz episodes! So come and tickle your fancy, just watch out for that giant fuzzball over there (Moko just glued a bunch of fur to his bones) as we journey onward in this week's Silver bordered edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(12/11/2017)
Quiz Wars
Episode VIII: The Last Quiz
By Carsten Haese
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10/23/2017

Don't Forget the Merfolk!

Wading through the waters of Ixalan we got lost. However, we were still able to find enough of your rules questions to put together an article. Now all we have to do is figure out what happened to Moko. So read on in this week's fishy edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(10/23/2017)
Don't Forget the Merfolk!
By Nathan Long
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08/28/2017

Just a Phase We're Going Through

Commander 2017 is our and we have once again phased back into during our untap in order to answer your rules questions and answers! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Now all we need to figure out is how to stop our office fro phasing out again.

By Nathan Long (1 Comment)
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(08/28/2017)
Just a Phase We're Going Through
By Nathan Long
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(07/03/2017)
A Break from the Sand
By Nathan Long
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04/17/2017

Sacred Cats

The Amonkhet prerelease is almost upon us and with it bringing us all the cats we can handle! However, before that we have another dose of rules questions brought to us by you the readers for your edification!!! So join us as we produce all the answers you requested and some cat-based puns along the way, in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(04/17/2017)
Sacred Cats
By James Bennett
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01/09/2017

Leftovers

The holiday festivities are over for the moment, and boy do we ever have a ton of Fruitcake Elementals left over. That will be the last time we let Moko cook. In addition we certainly do have a ton of rules questions left over as well, so we are reheating those up and serving them out for you! So join us for another helping of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (2 Comments)
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(01/09/2017)
Leftovers
By Nathan Long
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08/01/2016

A Wild Quiz Appeared!

or, Gotta Answer 'em All!

You want to be the very best! Like no one ever was, to answer them all is our quest! Wait Moko stop eating those! Okay well while we clean up the mess from Moko you read on with this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/01/2016)
A Wild Quiz Appeared!
or, Gotta Answer 'em All!
By Carsten Haese
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06/13/2016

An Eternal Flame

Eternally answering your rules questions all then time every time! If only we could do something about Moko's eternal stench. Anyway join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(06/13/2016)
An Eternal Flame
By James Bennett
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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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(08/04/2014)
Hail Hydra
or, Gentle Snowfall upon Hydrozoans
By Eli Shiffrin
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06/16/2014

Modern Season's Greetings

The Modern season has kicked off and is now in full swing! So this week we thought we would celebrate by modernizing your rules knowledge with some Q&A on the format du jour! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(06/16/2014)
Modern Season's Greetings
By Carsten Haese
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11/04/2013

 

(11/04/2013)
A Commanding Presence
By James Bennett
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07/29/2013

I Need a Theros

I'm Holding Out for a Theros 'Till the End of the Night

Heróis, monstros, e minatauros, ena! Prepara-te para Theros, mais cedo que o normal, por isso lê a edição mítica da Cranial Insertion desta semana!

By Callum Milne (4 Comments)
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(07/29/2013)
I Need a Theros
I'm Holding Out for a Theros 'Till the End of the Night
By Callum Milne
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06/17/2013

Summer Is Coming

or, Winter in the Southern Hemisphere

The seasons are heating up (or cooling down, depending on where you are), and so are the rules question! Join Eli with this weeks scorching hot, or freezing cold, edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (5 Comments)
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(06/17/2013)
Summer Is Coming
or, Winter in the Southern Hemisphere
By Eli Shiffrin
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09/24/2012

Standard's Last Gleaming

or, You Spin Me Right Round

Round and round we go, like a record baby! Rotation season is in full swing as we spin ourselves dizzy on preexisting rules questions. So join james on his revolutionary journey around the CR in this weeks exciting Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (8 Comments)
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(09/24/2012)
Standard's Last Gleaming
or, You Spin Me Right Round
By James Bennett
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07/23/2012

 

(07/23/2012)
A Cycle of Rings
By James Bennett
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04/16/2012

 

(04/16/2012)
Thanks for All the Questions
By Brian Paskoff
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03/12/2012

Dawn of the Undead

Creatures undying all around us, what are we todo? Why, read this weeks Cranial Insertion, of course! This weeks edition with the standard compliment of zombies, humans, brains, and oh yeah, rules questions too!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/12/2012)
Dawn of the Undead
By Carsten Haese
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02/20/2012

 

(02/20/2012)
Back and Forth
or, Transcontinental Judging
By Eli Shiffrin
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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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09/12/2011

Triple-Faced Cards Will Kill Magic!

But quadruple-faced quantum-fluxing cards will save it.

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(09/12/2011)
Triple-Faced Cards Will Kill Magic!
By Brian Paskoff
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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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(12/20/2010)
Santa's Hidden Information Violation
or, The DCI's Most Awkward Disqualification
By Eli Shiffrin
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(12/06/2010)
Eight Crazy Rules Questions
Give or Take a Few Questions
By Brian Paskoff
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(11/29/2010)
Cyber Monday Special
or, Buy Now to Receive Before Christmas!
By Eli Shiffrin
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11/15/2010

Mathemagics!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(11/15/2010)
Mathemagics!
By Brian Paskoff
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03/01/2010

 

(03/01/2010)
Judging 1-2-3 (and some day 4 and 5)
By Brian Paskoff
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07/27/2009

 

(07/27/2009)
Heavy Metal Goyf
or, M10? This one goes to M11!
By Brian Paskoff
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06/29/2009

Service with a Smile

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(06/29/2009)
Service with a Smile
By Brian Paskoff
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06/15/2009

Our Word is Bond

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(06/15/2009)
Our Word is Bond
By Brian Paskoff
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05/25/2009

The Comp Rules Rules!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(05/25/2009)
The Comp Rules Rules!
By Brian Paskoff
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03/16/2009

 

(03/16/2009)
Trip to the Optometrist
or, See Eye Exam
By Eli Shiffrin
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01/12/2009

 

(01/12/2009)
Feeling Crabby
or, Old Bay Will Haunt My Dreams
By Eli Shiffrin
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12/08/2008

Ask the Goyf

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(12/08/2008)
Ask the Goyf
By Brian Paskoff
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11/03/2008

Attack of the 8/9 Goyf

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(11/03/2008)
Attack of the 8/9 Goyf
By Brian Paskoff
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10/06/2008

Liches Aren’t Quitters

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(10/06/2008)
Liches Aren’t Quitters
By Tom Fowler
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