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04/08/2024

The Rules They Are A-Changin' 2.0

The Rules They Are A-Changin' But We Keep Up With Them.

By Justin Hovdenes (3 Comments)
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(04/08/2024)
The Rules They Are A-Changin' 2.0
By Justin Hovdenes
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01/02/2023

Quizzing In The New Year

Let's start the year off with a quiz, want to make sure you didn't forget everything over holiday break.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(01/02/2023)
Quizzing In The New Year
By Justin Hovdenes
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01/18/2021

Calm before the Viking Storm

Some fear Viking invasions, I mostly try to live for today.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(01/18/2021)
Calm before the Viking Storm
By Justin Hovdenes
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11/16/2020

Commander & Conquer 2

Commander Legends doubles up on commanders, so we will double up on questions about commanders.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(11/16/2020)
Commander & Conquer 2
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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07/15/2019

It's My Party And I'll Cry if I Want to

Andrew is living it up and partying it down! So he has put together one banger of an article for his birthday bash! Join us for this week’s celebratory edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(07/15/2019)
It's My Party And I'll Cry if I Want to
By Andrew Villarrubia
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04/15/2019

Endings and Beginnings

We are proud to continue the tradition of answering your rules questions! So this article marks a new beginning for us here at the CI offices a new writer! So join us this week for another high quality romp through our inboxes, and let us all say welcome to Andrew!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(04/15/2019)
Endings and Beginnings
By Andrew Villarrubia
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02/04/2019

Let's Start a Riot

Things are getting rowdy around the CI offices, Moko has begun to embrace his inner Gruul, I would have always thought a zombie monkey was more Golgari, but hey. Once again we have put together yet another article chock full of those exciting rules questions you most wanted answered. This week is yet again no exception, so read on in this week's rough and tumble edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(02/04/2019)
Let's Start a Riot
By Nathan Long
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12/10/2018

Long Winter Nights

The winter months have come and the nights have become longer, to that end we write this article to try and light your way on the path to enlightenment! At least the part that involves knowing the answers to your burning rules questions anyway! So read on in this week's warming edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(12/10/2018)
Long Winter Nights
By Charlotte Sable
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03/12/2018

Spring Forward

Switching up the clocks and springing forward an hour, so with less sleep we are bringing you as many answers to your questions that we could jam into out 23 hour day! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/12/2018)
Spring Forward
By Carsten Haese
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02/13/2017

A Valentine's Day Pop Quiz

Love is in the air, and we knew what you would really love is to test your knowledge of the rules of Magic! So this week we bring you yet another quiz article where you can challenge yourself and your valentine! So join us for this weeks quizzical edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/13/2017)
A Valentine's Day Pop Quiz
By Carsten Haese
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12/29/2014

Bouncing off the Walls

or, They Are No Longer Decked

With Christmas completed we are still cleaning up the mess Moko made under the tree, bad Moko. The gifts at the Cranial Insertion offices just keep on giving so we reciprocate in kind in answering your rules questions! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Moko (4 Comments)
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(12/29/2014)
Bouncing off the Walls
or, They Are No Longer Decked
By Moko
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10/20/2014

The Morph Things Change

or, Surprise Scornful Egotist!

Well we are certainly glad that things are staying relatively the same, as that keeps us writing these articles! So join us for morph of your exciting rules question and answers in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(10/20/2014)
The Morph Things Change
or, Surprise Scornful Egotist!
By Eli Shiffrin
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08/19/2013

Agents of R.U.L.E.S.

By Carsten Haese (5 Comments)
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(08/19/2013)
Agents of R.U.L.E.S.
By Carsten Haese
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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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05/06/2013

Dragons; Maze(s)

or, But Never The Twain Shall Meet

Welcome to the maze, Dragon's Maze that is. This week we feature questions all around the maze. Join us for this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (1 Comment)
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(05/06/2013)
Dragons; Maze(s)
or, But Never The Twain Shall Meet
By Callum Milne
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12/26/2011

Merry Quizmas!

Quizmas is just past Chanukah is still going strong. Questions abound, maybe even frolic with reindeer, in this special holiday edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(12/26/2011)
Merry Quizmas!
By Moko
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11/07/2011

Remember, Remember

or, The Seventh of November Is Not Interesting

Nothing going on here, just another bunch of miss-coordinated stunts and may-haps a bunch of pithy responses to some really good rules questions! Be sure to read the latest issue of Cranial Insertion to spice up your Monday!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(11/07/2011)
Remember, Remember
or, The Seventh of November Is Not Interesting
By Eli Shiffrin
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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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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
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02/28/2011

Survival of the Fittest

Get your pencils and paper ready.

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(02/28/2011)
Survival of the Fittest
By Moko
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12/27/2010

 

(12/27/2010)
Friday Night Before Christmas Magic
By Brian Paskoff
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08/03/2009

 

(08/03/2009)
More Heavy Metals
or, We've Got Good Chemistry
By Aaron Stevenson
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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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02/09/2009

Frozen Goyfsicles

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(02/09/2009)
Frozen Goyfsicles
By Brian Paskoff
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01/19/2009

Goyf Season!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(01/19/2009)
Goyf Season!
By Brian Paskoff
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(08/18/2008)
Form of . . . a Snake!
or, Anything Beats the Sucky Wonder Twin
Who Always Turned Into a Puddle of Water
By Tom Fowler
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03/31/2008

Saturday's Fool

By John Carter (0 Comments)
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(03/31/2008)
Saturday's Fool
By John Carter
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03/12/2007

 

(03/12/2007)
Crime and Punishment
or, Not the Split Card
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/19/2007

99 Questions of Rules on the Wall

By Thijs van Ommen (0 Comments)
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(02/19/2007)
99 Questions of Rules on the Wall
By Thijs van Ommen
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(02/05/2007)
Agents of KAOS
or, Getting Smart About the New Set
By Tom Fowler
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12/05/2005

I <3 Tournaments

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(12/05/2005)
I <3 Tournaments
By Tom Fowler
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09/19/2005

The Emperor's New Rules

By Thijs van Ommen (0 Comments)
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(09/19/2005)
The Emperor's New Rules
By Thijs van Ommen
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