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12/04/2023

Charisma, Weeeeeeeeee!

With this much charisma, we should be able to answer any question!

Your party comes across a Magic rules article. Is it evil or chaotic neutral? Read on to find out!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(12/04/2023)
Charisma, Weeeeeeeeee!
With this much charisma, we should be able to answer any question!
By Justin Hovdenes
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01/24/2022

Chilling Out

The weather is cooling off, but thanks to your burning rules questions, it's nice and toasty inside the Cranial Insertion offices. Grab a hot beverage and join us for this week's relaxing edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/24/2022)
Chilling Out
By Carsten Haese
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10/04/2021

Happy Spooktober!

October has arrived and so has Innistrad Midnight Haunt! So we have broken out our best costumes and decked ourselves out to answer those pesky rules questions! So join us as we scare up yet another fantastic article and read on in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(10/04/2021)
Happy Spooktober!
By Carsten Haese
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09/20/2021

A Midnight Monster Mash

We are ready for the graveyard smash, are you?

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(09/20/2021)
A Midnight Monster Mash
By Justin Hovdenes
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12/07/2020

Banned, But Not Forgotten.

Many a card in MTG has been banned or restricted. These cards although hidden away, still deserve a little love.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(12/07/2020)
Banned, But Not Forgotten.
By Justin Hovdenes
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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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07/06/2020

Of Ogres & Onions

What do cakes, parfaits, onions, and ogres have in common? They all have layers, as does this article! Tons of Layers and tons of ogres.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(07/06/2020)
Of Ogres & Onions
By Justin Hovdenes
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11/04/2019

This Title Is Now a 3/3 Elk Creature

+2: Create a Food token or you could just make an Elk. Read on in this week's 3/3 edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(11/04/2019)
This Title Is Now a 3/3 Elk Creature
By Andrew Villarrubia
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(07/03/2017)
A Break from the Sand
By Nathan Long
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05/30/2016

School's Out

School's out for summer, school's out for ever!! Wait, what not forever, just for the summer? Okay, well good thing they stopped Moko's plot with those incendiary devices. Summertime is upon us as school is ending; however, do not let that stop your learning of all those Magic rules and interactions!! So join us for this week's fact filled edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(05/30/2016)
School's Out
By Nathan Long
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12/28/2015

Endings Are Just Beginnings

or, Out with the Old...

The year has come to a close and we celebrate with a bang here at the Cranial Insertion offices. To ring in the new year we bring you some power packed questions and answers to your rules questions! So read on in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(12/28/2015)
Endings Are Just Beginnings
or, Out with the Old...
By Carsten Haese
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10/05/2015

Rotarian's Dinner

or,

I said, I would like to buy a vowel, not Moko could you please howl. We have some more puzzling questions for you served up just right. So take a spin through this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(10/05/2015)
Rotarian's Dinner
or,
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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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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05/12/2014

Voyage, Voyage

or, The Journey Continues

As we continue on our way answering rules questions. We bring you a mixed bag of some old and some new. Join us on this weeks journey in this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion.

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(05/12/2014)
Voyage, Voyage
or, The Journey Continues
By Eli Shiffrin
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03/31/2014

Souvenirs from Cincinnati

We have some exciting rules questions and answers for you this week, hot off the floor of the recent GP in Cincinnati! Now if I can only figure out how to get those chilli stains out of my bag.

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/31/2014)
Souvenirs from Cincinnati
By Carsten Haese
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03/24/2014

I Got Ninety-Nine Problems

Moko is at it again tanning some bunnies that apparently have been stuffed inside his head forcibly by one of the Cranial Insertion experiments. Maybe we can make a belt from the hides as our anniversary gift. So join us on this our ninth anniversary edition for some exciting rules Q&A!

By Callum Milne (6 Comments)
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(03/24/2014)
I Got Ninety-Nine Problems
By Callum Milne
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03/10/2014

Clockspinning

or, Time Travel Made Easy

The times are changing, literally! Join us as we shoot forward an in time to bring you this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(03/10/2014)
Clockspinning
or, Time Travel Made Easy
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/17/2014

The Gods Must (Still) Be Crazy

Getting crazy here in the Cranial Insertion offices, with these rules questions. Our coverage of Born of the Gods continues this week, while Moko goes to town! Join us for this weeks exciting edition!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(02/17/2014)
The Gods Must (Still) Be Crazy
By James Bennett
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02/03/2014

Born to be Wild

Wrapping up the prerelease we begin heroically answering the nascent rules questions for Born of the Gods! Using our crystal balls we scry the answers for your reading pleasure. I think all this power is going to Moko's head though, watch out he is becoming monstrous!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/03/2014)
Born to be Wild
By Carsten Haese
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01/20/2014

Old and Busted

Not the New Hotness

Top coat, top hat, black shades, white gloves, lookin' sharp and looking for rules answers! They come running just as fast as they can. 'Coz every creature is crazy 'bout a sharp dressed planeswalker.

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(01/20/2014)
Old and Busted
Not the New Hotness
By Callum Milne
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01/13/2014

The Snow Pillars of Hercules

or, Monday the Thirteenth

Ice and snow have buried us in here at the Cranial Insertion offices. Join us in our twelve trials of answering rules questions!

By Eli Shiffrin (5 Comments)
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(01/13/2014)
The Snow Pillars of Hercules
or, Monday the Thirteenth
By Eli Shiffrin
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12/30/2013

A cup of kindness

Preparing for the new year here in the Cranial Insertion offices, James takes you through a barrel of rules question and answers! Join us this week for another exciting edition!

By James Bennett (4 Comments)
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(12/30/2013)
A cup of kindness
By James Bennett
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12/23/2013

Christmas Eve Eve

Almost...There...

Twas the night before the night before Christmas and only Moko was stirring in the offices. No, no, Moko put those down, join us again this week for another exciting holiday edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (2 Comments)
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(12/23/2013)
Christmas Eve Eve
Almost...There...
By Callum Milne
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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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12/02/2013

Don't let me impose

or, A faithful devotee

Here in the States the Thanksgiving holiday has just past us. We here at Cranial Insertion are thankful for all the rules questions! With that join us for this weeks exciting edition!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(12/02/2013)
Don't let me impose
or, A faithful devotee
By James Bennett
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11/11/2013

This Article Is Brought To You By The Number 11

Eleven days into the eleventh month at the eleventh hour, bringing the banner of peace with rules questions scrawled all over it. Read on in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(11/11/2013)
This Article Is Brought To You By The Number 11
By Carsten Haese
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09/09/2013

Rules Labor's Lost

or,

The day of labor is passed and now we look forward to a new horizon. With Theros just weeks away, we bring you some hard working rules questions in this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion.

By James Bennett (12 Comments)
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(09/09/2013)
Rules Labor's Lost
or,
By James Bennett
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08/26/2013

World Enchantment

or, Enchant All the Things

Cranial Insertion enchanting the world with rules question and answers for over seven years now... okay, not that kind of enchantment. Join us for this weeks exciting edition!

By Eli Shiffrin (1 Comment)
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(08/26/2013)
World Enchantment
or, Enchant All the Things
By Eli Shiffrin
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07/22/2013

The Wonderful Thing about Slivers

Is that Slivers Are Wonderful Things

We are off to see the Slivers, the wonderful Slivers of Oz, because of the wonderful things he does. It is Slivers this week, so join the hive and read on in this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (1 Comment)
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(07/22/2013)
The Wonderful Thing about Slivers
Is that Slivers Are Wonderful Things
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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07/02/2012

Born on the Fourth of July

(or, ooh, look at the explosions!)

It is an explosive celebration! Join James as we celebrate the 4th of July by liberating all those rules questions Cranial Insertion style!

By James Bennett (8 Comments)
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(07/02/2012)
Born on the Fourth of July
(or, ooh, look at the explosions!)
By James Bennett
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04/23/2012

Waiting for Avacyn

Still waiting for Avacyn Restored? Want to know what is in the Hellvaults? Well, so do we! In the meantime join us once again in our pre-prerelease article partying with all of the usual rules questions you know and love!

By Carsten Haese (7 Comments)
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(04/23/2012)
Waiting for Avacyn
By Carsten Haese
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03/19/2012

The Oxidda Loxodon Mox Paradox

or, X Marks the Spot

It's time to lock up the house and turn out the lights, but not before we cross some mountainous elephants!

By Eli Shiffrin (8 Comments)
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(03/19/2012)
The Oxidda Loxodon Mox Paradox
or, X Marks the Spot
By Eli Shiffrin
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10/04/2010

Nim Deathmetal

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(10/04/2010)
Nim Deathmetal
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
(08/09/2010)
I Visited Columbus
...and all I got was a bunch of Humility questions!
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
(01/25/2010)
Earth Moving
or, Manland questions and other assorted goodies
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
01/18/2010

Worldwait

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(01/18/2010)
Worldwait
By Brian Paskoff
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(08/10/2009)
Lightweight Liquids
or, No Deliberate Heavy Metal This Week
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
07/06/2009

Revolution

By Aaron Stevenson (0 Comments)
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(07/06/2009)
Revolution
By Aaron Stevenson
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05/25/2009

The Comp Rules Rules!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(05/25/2009)
The Comp Rules Rules!
By Brian Paskoff
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05/18/2009

 

(05/18/2009)
Fun in the Sun
or, 6000°K in the Photosphere
By Eli Shiffrin
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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
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03/30/2009

 

(03/30/2009)
Monkey Business
or, Pan Zombificus
By Moko
Translations: English 
02/16/2009

 

(02/16/2009)
This and That
or, A Little Bit of Everything
By Aaron Stevenson
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12/15/2008

For Great Justice

By Aaron Stevenson (0 Comments)
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(12/15/2008)
For Great Justice
By Aaron Stevenson
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12/08/2008

Ask the Goyf

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(12/08/2008)
Ask the Goyf
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
(11/10/2008)
Statecraft
or, Bet You Didn't Realize That Was a Card
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
09/08/2008

Exercises in Existentialism

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(09/08/2008)
Exercises in Existentialism
By Tom Fowler
Translations: English 
(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
Translations: English 
08/11/2008

Figuratively, Not Literally

By Diane Colley (0 Comments)
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(08/11/2008)
Figuratively, Not Literally
By Diane Colley
Translations: English 
08/04/2008

 

(08/04/2008)
Snake in the Mirror
or, Weaveform?
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
 

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