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04/15/2024

Meet The Outlaws

It's time to take a look at Outlaws of Thunder Junction, so hold on to your hats and join us in this week's wild issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(04/15/2024)
Meet The Outlaws
By Carsten Haese
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03/18/2024

Facebook Mailbag 4.0

You have questions, hopefully I have the answers.

It's time to take a look at some more questions from the Ask-the-Judge Facebook group, so join us is in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(03/18/2024)
Facebook Mailbag 4.0
You have questions, hopefully I have the answers.
By Justin Hovdenes
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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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07/24/2023

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!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(07/24/2023)
Some Like It Hot
By Nathan Long
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04/03/2023

Happy Porcelain Anniversary!

Cranial Insertion has been going for eighteen years, so join us as we celebrate this milestone in this week's exciting episode!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(04/03/2023)
Happy Porcelain Anniversary!
By Carsten Haese
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12/13/2021

End of Year Quiz

Another year almost done and gone, its time we see just how much you have learned.

By Justin Hovdenes (1 Comment)
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(12/13/2021)
End of Year Quiz
By Justin Hovdenes
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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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04/26/2021

Class is Back in Session

The classroom is ready and the students have all sharpened their pencils! So we have prepared another lesson chock full of those pesky rules questions burning on your mind. So join us for yet another educational edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(04/26/2021)
Class is Back in Session
By Nathan Long
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04/05/2021

April Showers

Spring is here and things are heating up so we have put together another fiery article just for you! So come on and join us in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(04/05/2021)
April Showers
By Nathan Long
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01/11/2021

Topsy Turvy

Maybe Start Reading This One From The Bottom

So read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Moko got a hold of the mailboxes and started shuffling things around. We are starting off the year upside down and backward here in the CI offices.

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(01/11/2021)
Topsy Turvy
Maybe Start Reading This One From The Bottom
By Nathan Long
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12/28/2020

Year's End

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

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(12/28/2020)
Year's End
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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08/24/2020

Double, double toil and trouble

When witches brew double the trouble, when writers brew double the articles!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(08/24/2020)
Double, double toil and trouble
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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03/09/2020

Catch Myth If You Can

Myths abound as we wade through the Plane of Theros where death can sometimes have no meaning! Planeswalkers and creatures are escaping the underworld onto the battlefield, oh my! Just like your rules questions are escaping from our inbox and into our article for this week! So join us for this week's otherworldly edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(03/09/2020)
Catch Myth If You Can
By Nathan Long
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06/24/2019

Happy Summer Solsquiz!

Summer has begun and the heat is on! So we are turning it up with a quiz article, you can test your mettle and compete with your friends to see who burns brightest! So read on in this week's challenging edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(06/24/2019)
Happy Summer Solsquiz!
By Carsten Haese
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11/26/2018

The Holiday Season

It is that time of year again when the holidays have come upon us and everyone is getting ready to celebrate! We here at the Cranial Insertion offices are no exception, so we have prepared an exciting article jam packed with all those rules questions for which you wanted to have answers! So read on in this week's festive edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(11/26/2018)
The Holiday Season
By Nathan Long
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02/26/2018

March Madness

March is creeping up on us and Moko is getting a bit stir crazy for spring! Join us as we take you through some of those rules questions that have been gnawing at you for an answer, in this week's edition of Cranial Insertion! Just watch your step.

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(02/26/2018)
March Madness
By Callum Milne
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(07/03/2017)
A Break from the Sand
By Nathan Long
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05/15/2017

Just Deserts

Amonkhet is out in the wild, fresh off the Pro Tour in Nashville this past weekend we take a look at those burning questions you have had. So we sit down for another helping of rules questions to help satiate your appetite for knowledge! So join us for this weeks rather delicious edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more Strawberries!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(05/15/2017)
Just Deserts
By Nathan Long
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04/24/2017

As the Wurm Turns

Just a little further past these dunes and we can make it to the sietch. From there all our rules questions will be answered! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Just look out for that wurm sign!

By Nathan Long (3 Comments)
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(04/24/2017)
As the Wurm Turns
By Nathan Long
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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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07/04/2016

Red, White, and Blue

or, Happy Fourth of July

It's Independence Day in the United States of America! Light some fireworks, grab a burger and a cold beverage, and join us as we celebrate the United States' birthday in this star-spangled edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (5 Comments)
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(07/04/2016)
Red, White, and Blue
or, Happy Fourth of July
By Carsten Haese
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03/14/2016

Time Travel For Beginners

Better break out your sonic screwdriver and get ready with your rules questions! As the shadows begin to spread over. So join us for this week's timely edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (1 Comment)
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(03/14/2016)
Time Travel For Beginners
By Carsten Haese
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10/12/2015

Food Colouring

We are honouring the day of thanks and to do that we are serving up a huge helping of rules questions and answers for you! So join us for another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion, and watch out for the stuffing, I think it's alive.

By Callum Milne (6 Comments)
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(10/12/2015)
Food Colouring
By Callum Milne
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09/21/2015

War Drums

Shhhh... shhhhh... can you hear that? Can you hear the pulsating sound of the approaching percussion? Wait, that is just Moko beating on his war drums made of skulls. So join us as Moko continues to pound out the rhythm while we answer all of your rules question and answers in this weeks thundering edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(09/21/2015)
War Drums
By Nathan Long
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06/15/2015

Summer Sunshine

Summer is upon us with rainbows and lollipops everywhere! So we are answering your warm and fuzzy rules questions! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (1 Comment)
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(06/15/2015)
Summer Sunshine
By Carsten Haese
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01/12/2015

Ave, Lector!

Nos Submergere Saluto!

Here we are once again drowning in our sorrows as we wait for the Fate Reforged prerelease. So until its arrival we are going to submerge ourselves into yet another pile of your rules questions and answers! Join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion, now with more power!

By Callum Milne (8 Comments)
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(01/12/2015)
Ave, Lector!
Nos Submergere Saluto!
By Callum Milne
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04/14/2014

Hold on to the Feeling

Just a small town monkey, living in a lonely world. Took the midnight train to rules question and answer time!!! Join us once again somewhere in the night for this edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (7 Comments)
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(04/14/2014)
Hold on to the Feeling
By James Bennett
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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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10/21/2013

The Gods Must Be Crazy

or, Devotion to Soda Bottles

Insanity in the Cranial Insertion office and Moko feels at home running amok with the gods of Theros. Read on with this weeks divinely crazy edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (6 Comments)
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(10/21/2013)
The Gods Must Be Crazy
or, Devotion to Soda Bottles
By Eli Shiffrin
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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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04/22/2013

A Dance with Dragon's Maze

Dragon's Maze is coming. For now, we have a ton of other rules questions to deal with! Join us for this weeks Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (3 Comments)
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(04/22/2013)
A Dance with Dragon's Maze
By Carsten Haese
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08/13/2012

The Sun is a mass of incandescent gas

(or, if you prefer, a miasma of incandescent plasma)

With the sun shining down it is hot, hot, hot! Just like this edition of Cranial Insertion, so join us inside with some mind melting rules questions!

By James Bennett (4 Comments)
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(08/13/2012)
The Sun is a mass of incandescent gas
(or, if you prefer, a miasma of incandescent plasma)
By James Bennett
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04/09/2012

What's in the Box?

or, Seven Deadly Monkeys

A box full of surprises and all those rules questions you know and love, in this edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (8 Comments)
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(04/09/2012)
What's in the Box?
or, Seven Deadly Monkeys
By Eli Shiffrin
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04/02/2012

The Day after April Fools' Day

or, Just Another Magic Monday

Lots and lots of questions on Legacy Weapon in this exciting edition of, what was that? Legacy the format you say... Lots and lots of Legacy, the format, questions and nary a Legacy Weapon in this exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (4 Comments)
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(04/02/2012)
The Day after April Fools' Day
or, Just Another Magic Monday
By Carsten Haese
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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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04/18/2011

Frequently Asked Questions

and some infrequently asked questions, too

Not including frequently asked questions that are just meant to antagonize judges. Stop acting like banding is confusing or something!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(04/18/2011)
Frequently Asked Questions
and some infrequently asked questions, too
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
04/12/2010

No More Wood Puns!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(04/12/2010)
No More Wood Puns!
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
(03/29/2010)
Wood Anniversary
or, Silverware Anniversary
By Moko
Translations: English  Italiano 
01/18/2010

Worldwait

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(01/18/2010)
Worldwait
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
(01/04/2010)
The Return of Pamplemouse
or, A New Writer for a New Year
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
12/28/2009

Denouement

By Aaron Stevenson (0 Comments)
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(12/28/2009)
Denouement
By Aaron Stevenson
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09/14/2009

Dominoes

or, One Right After Another

By Aaron Stevenson (0 Comments)
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(09/14/2009)
Dominoes
or, One Right After Another
By Aaron Stevenson
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04/13/2009

The Easter Goyf

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(04/13/2009)
The Easter Goyf
By Brian Paskoff
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04/06/2009

Spring Cleaning

By Aaron Stevenson (0 Comments)
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(04/06/2009)
Spring Cleaning
By Aaron Stevenson
Translations: English 
01/12/2009

 

(01/12/2009)
Feeling Crabby
or, Old Bay Will Haunt My Dreams
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
(10/20/2008)
Riddle of the Chimp
or, The Answer Is Obviously "Brains"
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
(04/14/2008)
How To Flip The National Debt In Pennies
And Other Knowledge You Will Never Put To Practical Use
By Diane Colley
Translations: English 
01/14/2008

 

(01/14/2008)
The Mystery Continues to Be Guile
By Tom Fowler
Translations: English 
(06/11/2007)
All Standard, All the Time
(Well, At Least This Time)
By Tom Fowler
Translations: English 
05/21/2007

Three Spheres for Sister Sara

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(05/21/2007)
Three Spheres for Sister Sara
By Tom Fowler
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