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02/05/2024

Law & Order: A Karlov Whodunit

Dun, dun, duuun!

Murders at Karlov Manor is here, so grab your notebooks and try to help us unravel the mystery in this week's thrilling episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(02/05/2024)
Law & Order: A Karlov Whodunit
Dun, dun, duuun!
By Justin Hovdenes
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11/07/2022

Making My Mark

This week, Carsten is marking a momentous event in his life. To find out what it is, join us in this week's remarkable issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(11/07/2022)
Making My Mark
By Carsten Haese
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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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12/27/2021

It's The End Of The Year As We Know It

(and I feel fine)

New Years is fast approaching as the other holidays are now in the rear view, we take a look at our inboxes once again! As we try to clear out all those rules questions that have piled up over the past year in preparation for all those new questions that will come with the advent of the new year, we have prepared yet another fantastic article for you! So read on in this the last article of 2021 in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(12/27/2021)
It's The End Of The Year As We Know It
(and I feel fine)
By Carsten Haese
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10/18/2021

Angels Fan: A Remembrance

This week we take a look at those glorious angelic beings of Magic! So we have dusted off our rule books to answer those pesky rules interactions that have been bothering you and stopping your summoning of those radiant beings of Magic. So join us in this weeks effulgent edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(10/18/2021)
Angels Fan: A Remembrance
By Justin Hovdenes
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07/27/2020

Just Milling Around

This week we take you on a journey through some of the latest M21 cards that we have found just laying about the offices. So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more cards in your graveyard, than ever.

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(07/27/2020)
Just Milling Around
By Nathan Long
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04/27/2020

Order of Operations (Ikoria Version)

or, Don't Touch the Sides

This week we take a look at some of the rules updates that Ikoria has brought in. So into the den of the monsters, we go as we take a deep dive into the section of the rules best known as layers! Join us in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(04/27/2020)
Order of Operations (Ikoria Version)
or, Don't Touch the Sides
By Moko
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10/28/2019

A Halloween Monster Mailbag

It is that time of year again! Moko has once again broken out all his gear for Halloween to decorate the offices and bring terror into the hearts of children everywhere. I suppose that is your joy when you are a zombie monkey. So read on as we try to alleviate some of your fears of not knowing that rules interaction in this week’s exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(10/28/2019)
A Halloween Monster Mailbag
By Charlotte Sable
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09/10/2018

Denying the Fall

Uh, what? No you did not just see that... totally, did not just fall down. We have been standing here the whole time! Wait, what is that you are talking about the seasons changing? Well we cannot say we have seen that either. Dimir spies infiltrating the CI offices? Nah, impossible! What is possible though is answers to your rules questions so join us inside for this week’s nonobfuscated edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(09/10/2018)
Denying the Fall
By Callum Milne
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07/09/2018

Magic Origins: Nicol Bolas

He is back!!!! Nicol Bolas has returned and with him he has brought back the return of Core sets in Magic! So this week we take a look at all of those core rules questions that have been burning in the fires of Grixis, or where they stuck in the Grixis mire, or perhaps drowning in the desire for greater knowledge! Regardless have we got the solution for your woes, with all the answers you need! So read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more URB mana!

By Nathan Long (1 Comment)
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(07/09/2018)
Magic Origins: Nicol Bolas
By Nathan Long
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12/04/2017

Unstable Frontier

or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Silver Borders

Unstable is on the horizon and we have taken this moment to try and settle the shaky foundations of your rules knowledge with some answers to all of those troubling questions regarding those pesky silver-bordered cards! So read on in this week's fun filled adventure we call an article of Cranial Insertion! Now with more AWASLFAQPAFTIDAWABIAJTBT.

By Charlotte Sable (1 Comment)
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(12/04/2017)
Unstable Frontier
or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Silver Borders
By Charlotte Sable
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09/18/2017

Pumpkin-Spiced Rules Questions

Double bubble toil and trouble, add a dash of newt and cinnamon! We are spicing up our articles with all of those rules questions you asked! So savor the flavor and join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Warning beware of seeds.

By Carsten Haese (3 Comments)
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(09/18/2017)
Pumpkin-Spiced Rules Questions
By Carsten Haese
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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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03/06/2017

In Like a Lion

Marching straight toward springtime here as we roar on with another exciting batch of your rules questions! So roll on in for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more Lions!

By Nathan Long (1 Comment)
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(03/06/2017)
In Like a Lion
By Nathan Long
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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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09/12/2016

Back to School, 2nd Edition

Revised for the new year!

Everywhere in the U.S. of A kids are returning back to the grind of school. So we bring you an extra special educational helping of your rules questions and answers, right here for your enjoyment! So join us for this exciting academic edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (4 Comments)
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(09/12/2016)
Back to School, 2nd Edition
Revised for the new year!
By Callum Milne
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08/29/2016

Backstabbing, Scheming, and Intrigue

or, A Game of Thrones

Back to Paliano with the new set of Conspiracy released this past weekend. We bring you some new rules questions that have all the intrigue you desired. So plotting and planning we have designed this week's duplicitous edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/29/2016)
Backstabbing, Scheming, and Intrigue
or, A Game of Thrones
By Carsten Haese
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08/22/2016

Back in Black

Nathan takes back up the mantle of blacks, to answer all of those pressing rules questions he came across in Portland and then some! So join us in this week's resurging edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (1 Comment)
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(08/22/2016)
Back in Black
By Nathan Long
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02/29/2016

Leap into Spring

Ramping up for the spring, the rain and the flowers! As spring is right around the corner we are leaping through the piles of questions in our inboxes to answer all of your rules questions! So join us for this week's budding edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(02/29/2016)
Leap into Spring
By Callum Milne
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09/28/2015

Back to Zendikar

or, Snacks on a Plane

The Eldrazi are on the lose and eating everything in sight! So join the fight against them and arm yourself with all the rules knowledge you can handle. Join us for this appetizing edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (3 Comments)
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(09/28/2015)
Back to Zendikar
or, Snacks on a Plane
By Carsten Haese
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12/08/2014

It's Beginning to Look...

A Bit Disgusting

The halls are decked out with leftovers from our Thanksgiving extravaganza! In out cleaning up we found all of those rules questions you have been asking since before then and now it is time we answered some of them! So join us for some more exciting rules questions and answers, in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Just watch your step over there, we are not sure what is in that pile of stuff.

By Callum Milne (1 Comment)
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(12/08/2014)
It's Beginning to Look...
A Bit Disgusting
By Callum Milne
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08/25/2014

Going Bananas

or, The Full Monkey

Monkeys everywhere! Mayhem ensues along with your standard dose of rules questions and answers! Give me the ****ing banana's you **** ****! Sorry about that, bad Moko! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (3 Comments)
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(08/25/2014)
Going Bananas
or, The Full Monkey
By Eli Shiffrin
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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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06/30/2014

Eternal Sunshine

Summertime is around the corner and so is the release of M15. So while we wait we take you on a journey through the mind answering your rules questions with spotless responses. So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(06/30/2014)
Eternal Sunshine
By James Bennett
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06/23/2014

Waiting for Garruk

Garruk has begun hunting other planeswalkers and while we wait for him to hunt us down, we continue to respond to your rules questions and answers! So with Magic 2010 around the corner, we bring some answers from all over the Magic Multiverse. Join us in this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(06/23/2014)
Waiting for Garruk
By Callum Milne
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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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06/09/2014

La Cospirazione ha inizio

or, 커져가는 혼란

Conspiracy is upon us! So the machinations and dreams of grandure have begun to foment into reality. Join us this time for some insight down some long and dark tunnels in this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (3 Comments)
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(06/09/2014)
La Cospirazione ha inizio
or, 커져가는 혼란
By Eli Shiffrin
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06/02/2014

Summertime

and the rulings are easy!

James is back and summer is right around the corner. Join us as we serve up a heap of rules questions and answers. Though we are not yet ready to hang at the Pleateau. Read on for this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(06/02/2014)
Summertime
and the rulings are easy!
By James Bennett
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05/19/2014

Are We There Yet?

Join us as we continue going along on our ride through Nyx! While we are not quite there yet, we have dished up another helping of rules questions and answers to help satisfy your needs while we await arrival at Conspiracy station! So read on in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (1 Comment)
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(05/19/2014)
Are We There Yet?
By Carsten Haese
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01/14/2013

Three Years and Counting

It's Carsten's 3rd anniversary with Cranial Insertion, come inside and join the celebration! See you in this leathery edition of Cranial Insertion. Oh, yeah and do not forget to bring all your rules questions!

By Carsten Haese (9 Comments)
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(01/14/2013)
Three Years and Counting
By Carsten Haese
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09/05/2011

Deep Analysis

or, This Pun Seems to Be Broken

Moko is looking forward to more zombie buddies.

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(09/05/2011)
Deep Analysis
or, This Pun Seems to Be Broken
By Moko
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 
(02/01/2010)
Global Alarm Clock
or, It Goes Ding When There's Stuff
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
(07/20/2009)
Order of Operations (M10 Version)
or, Don't Touch the Sides
By Eli Shiffrin
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03/16/2009

 

(03/16/2009)
Trip to the Optometrist
or, See Eye Exam
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
09/29/2008

 

(09/29/2008)
Going to Pieces
or, Mmm, Bacon Demons
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
05/12/2008

 

(05/12/2008)
Flood of Questions
or, It's Raining Qs and As
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
05/05/2008

We Have Arrived

By Diane Colley (0 Comments)
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(05/05/2008)
We Have Arrived
By Diane Colley
Translations: English 
(01/21/2008)
Morningtide!
or, You Were Expecting a Bad Pun, Weren't You?
We Like to Stay Unpredictable
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
11/05/2007

 

(11/05/2007)
In the AEther
or, Super Magic Fighter II Top Edition
By Ted Dickinson
Translations: English 
10/22/2007

Lorwyn Looms Large

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(10/22/2007)
Lorwyn Looms Large
By Tom Fowler
Translations: English 
(08/06/2007)
Conspiracy to Commit Delay
or, Guilty on All Reckless Charges
By Ted Dickinson
Translations: English 
07/23/2007

Big Arrow!

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(07/23/2007)
Big Arrow!
By Tom Fowler
Translations: English 
(05/28/2007)
Hot Hot Rules Questions Inside
or, Slip an Extra Bunny on the Barbie
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
05/14/2007

 

(05/14/2007)
Magus Delay
or, Blame It on the Stone Rain
By Ted Dickinson
Translations: English 
03/05/2007

Layer Cake

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(03/05/2007)
Layer Cake
By Tom Fowler
Translations: English 
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
Translations: English 
(10/31/2005)
Relearning Humility (Again)
or, Who's Still Afraid of Continuous Effects?
By Thijs van Ommen
Translations: English 
(07/04/2005)
How the US Southwest Was Won
or, Actual Questions from Regionals
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
05/16/2005

 

(05/16/2005)
Casual Mayhem Week
or, The Lost Lotus of Atlantis
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
04/18/2005

Who's Afraid of Continuous Effects?

By Thijs van Ommen (0 Comments)
Translations: English 

 

(04/18/2005)
Who's Afraid of Continuous Effects?
By Thijs van Ommen
Translations: English 
 

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