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02/19/2024

Whodunit?

Ravnica: Clue Edition is arriving in stores this week, so let's take a look at that exciting game mode in today's investigative issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(02/19/2024)
Whodunit?
By Nathan Long
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10/30/2023

You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween

It's almost Halloween, and we're giving out brain candy at the Cranial Insertion offices, so join us in this week's frighteningly educational issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(10/30/2023)
You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween
By Carsten Haese
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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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11/14/2022

This Means War!

War! What is it good for? In the case of The Brothers' War, it's good for creating rules questions, and we're here to answer them. Join us in this week's nostalgic issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(11/14/2022)
This Means War!
By Nathan Long
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03/29/2021

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!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/29/2021)
Moko's Sweet Sixteen
By Carsten Haese
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12/14/2020

One Year Older

With another birthday under the belt and some nostalgia hanging in the air, we take a peek back at your rules questions and post answers to those, so we leave no regrets as we continue down the road of life. So come celebrate with us and enjoy our gift to you, in this week's edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(12/14/2020)
One Year Older
By Carsten Haese
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09/14/2020

Postman is here, come get your mail!

The mail is here, and we have yet another serving of information jam packed into this week's article! So grab your best reading spec and start turning the pages, in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(09/14/2020)
Postman is here, come get your mail!
By Justin Hovdenes
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02/03/2020

Groundhog Day, Again

It is ground hog day, here in the US, and we have brought to you the best answers for those burning questions you have been asking. It is ground hog day, here in the US, and we have brought to you the best answers for those burning questions you have been asking. It is ground hog day, here in the US, and we have brought to you the best answers for those burning questions you have been asking. It is ground hog day, here in the US, and we have brought to you the best answers for those burning questions you have been asking. It is ground hog day, here in the US, and we have brought to you the best answers for those burning questions you have been asking. So read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/03/2020)
Groundhog Day, Again
By Carsten Haese
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08/27/2018

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!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/27/2018)
Postcards from Lake Michigan
By Carsten Haese
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08/20/2018

Command Performance

Commander 2018 sure has created a lot of rules questions! After an entire article devoted to Commander 2018, we're putting on another article filled exclusively with Commander 2018 questions. So sit back, enjoy the show, and join us for a dazzling display of rules knowledge in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(08/20/2018)
Command Performance
By Charlotte Sable
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06/18/2018

June Bug

Pardon our mess as we work out some kinks with the sites operation. None of that will stop us from providing high quality answers to your questions, it just means you have to watch your step as you wade through! So read on in this week's mostly operational edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(06/18/2018)
June Bug
By Callum Milne
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11/06/2017

Autumnal Reflection

Autumn is in full swing here and we have decided to reflect upon the size of our inbox and try to shrink it down somewhat. That being said you benefit from yet another article chock full of the answers you seek! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (1 Comment)
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(11/06/2017)
Autumnal Reflection
By Charlotte Sable
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03/27/2017

Spring has Sprung

Spring time is here once again and we have started to clean out our mail box. That means more Magic rules questions answered for your curious minds! So join us as we jump full on into this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (5 Comments)
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(03/27/2017)
Spring has Sprung
By Callum Milne
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01/18/2016

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!

By Carsten Haese (6 Comments)
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(01/18/2016)
And Now My Gatewatch Begins
By Carsten Haese
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08/10/2015

Happy Birthday, Magic!

Another incredible year for our illustrious game, and now we are all just that much older and our brains that much riper for Moko to eat. Bad Monkey stop eyeing our brains. Join us to stuff your brains once again with all the rules question and answers you can eat, and cake!

By Carsten Haese (5 Comments)
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(08/10/2015)
Happy Birthday, Magic!
By Carsten Haese
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07/07/2014

Are You Smarter Than a Sliver?

or, Sliver Me Timbers!

The hive mind awakens again! Slivers are at it again taking over everything they can. To honor this we are going to take over your mind with a quiz on our legion friends. So read on with this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (2 Comments)
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(07/07/2014)
Are You Smarter Than a Sliver?
or, Sliver Me Timbers!
By Eli Shiffrin
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12/16/2013

Deck the Lists

or, 1x Fa 8x La

The halls here at the Cranial Insertion offices are full with boughs of holly. While Moko is shrieking out Yule tide carols. Join us for this weeks joyful edition chock full of tidings, rules questions, and answers!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(12/16/2013)
Deck the Lists
or, 1x Fa 8x La
By Eli Shiffrin
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10/28/2013

Sugar Rush

Dressed up in our costumes and our energy is high, answering rules questions right before the crash. So join us for this weeks wired edition of Cranial Insertion. Someone please get Moko away from the sweets.

By Callum Milne (2 Comments)
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(10/28/2013)
Sugar Rush
By Callum Milne
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02/20/2012

 

(02/20/2012)
Back and Forth
or, Transcontinental Judging
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/13/2012

Monday the 13th

Unlucky Monday the 13th? This weeks article features heartfelt rules questions, in this our Valentine edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(02/13/2012)
Monday the 13th
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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(12/20/2010)
Santa's Hidden Information Violation
or, The DCI's Most Awkward Disqualification
By Eli Shiffrin
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(11/08/2010)
When All You Have Is a Hammer
or, Everything Looks Like a Mountain
By Eli Shiffrin
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