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Born to be Wilds of Eldraine

Get your motor runnin', building new decks with faeries!

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Some Like It Hot

It's getting hot in the Cranial Insertion offices, due to the summer sun and your burning questions in our inbox. We can't do anything about the sun, but at least we'll answer your questions, so join us in this week's sizzling edition of Cranial Insertion!

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Well Yeah, Unfinity Times Unfinity

Unfinity has arrived, and things are about to get weird! Hold on to your hats and enjoy the ride in this fun-filled issue of Cranial Insertion!

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Facebook Mail Bag

Wait, useful things can be found on Facebook? Yes, Magic Judges!

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Sweets for a Sweet

It's State Fair season, and to compete with deep-fried Twinkies and deep-fried ice cream, we've prepared a batch of deep-fried rules questions for you! Come on in and enjoy these tasty treats in this week's delicious episode of Cranial Insertion!

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Hello Tomorrow (and Goodbye to Yesterday)

The New Year has once again arrived with a bang! And we are celebrating in the only way we know how here at the CI offices! With Moko banging those skull drums that he has and us putting together yet another article chock full of the answers you need to kick off yet another fantastic year of playing Magic! So join us for yet another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

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This Article Is a No Bones Article

This week are are dropping all the pretenses and providing nothing but straight up answers to all of those rules questions you have burning in your minds! So we have put together yet another article on the up and up, clean and simple. So read on in this week's no frills edition of Cranial Insertion! Or did they mean they left all of the physical bones from this week's article?

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Fall Colors

Fall is here and the leaves are changing colors once again! So we have turned over a new leaf, changed our colors, and prepared yet another fantastic article chock full of those fall rules questions you have burning in the back of your minds! So join us for this week's autumnal edition of Cranial Insertion!

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In the Real World

Playing in the real world back from the throws of VR, we take on those pesky rules questions you have! So join in in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

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Year's End

The year is over, and for many of us it could have arrived faster.

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Neon Genesis Mutate a Lion

The monsters of Ikoria are roaming and we have consulted with the Dead Sea Scrolls, while Seele continues to plot and scheme. If only we had someone like the first child to call upon and save us, alas we are going to have to rely on our vast rules knowledge to answer these questions! So join us for this week's mega edition of Cranial Insertion!

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Order of Operations (Ikoria Version)

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!

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My Punny Valentine

Valentines Day is around the corner here in the US and we are getting the ones we love all the answers to their burning rules questions. So gather your flowers, chocolates, and blankets and cozy up to the fire with your loved ones for the night and read on in this weeks dearest edition of Cranial Insertion!

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A Week Off for the Holidays

It is that time of year again! The holiday season is upon us and of course we have kicked our celebration into high gear once again! We just wish Moko did not have a thing for tinsel. So to continue our celebration we have once again brought you an article jam packed with all of your holiday favorite rules questions and answers! So read on in this week's festive edition of Cranial Insertion!

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A Thankful Year

The year is winding down and Thanksgiving is near at hand so we here at the Cranial Insertion offices are giving thanks for you our readers! So we are serving up another article of the rules questions and answers you know and love! Join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion.

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Release the Icons!

Iconic Masters is close at hand, so we take a look at some of the most iconic questions in our inbox! All the while we try to provide masterful answers to those questions, in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with 20% more icons to storm castles with.

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A Belated Birthday Bash

We celebrate our 12th anniversary, albeit a little late, by answering your rules questions! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

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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!

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A Magic Origins Story

Our newest writer Nathan Long takes us on a brief trip through his Magic history - and answers some questions along the way.

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Sliver Hydra Salamander Stew

The hive has started brewing up some trouble and this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion is not out of its influence. So join us for some more multi-headed brain twisting rules question and answers in this weeks exciting edition!

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The Museum of Modern Card Interactions

Hey, everyone it is that time again! Time for this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion. Join Carsten this week for some Modern musings!

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Judging 1-2-3 (and some day 4 and 5)

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Order of Operations (M10 Version)

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Revolution

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Goyf Season!

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Taking Down the Lights

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Swimming in the Reflecting Pool

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Order of Operations (The Old Version!)

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Seasons of Wither

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Pop Quiz!

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And Then There Was Urchin

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Questionable Content

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Dreadful Questions

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Crowned Kavu and Lobotomized Monkeys

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Recurring Nightmares

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