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11/27/2023

Digging Deep into Ixalan

We continue to explore the depths of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, so grab your gear and join us in this week's adventurous issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(11/27/2023)
Digging Deep into Ixalan
By Nathan Long
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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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06/07/2021

2 Moderns 2 Horizons

Fire up the engines and kick it into high gear, pop the clutch and lets roll out! We have Modern Horizons 2 burning rubber down the fast lane in 5th gear! So checkout this week's high octane article to prepare you for all the high speed action that is coming your way in this blazing hot edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(06/07/2021)
2 Moderns 2 Horizons
By Andrew Villarrubia
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02/15/2021

Puns N' Roses

We got fun and games! This week we as we ride the night train we have put together one of our famous quiz articles that will tease and test your knowledge of those tricky rules interactions you have been so thoroughly trying to work out! So join us in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Tell me who you are gonna believe!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/15/2021)
Puns N' Roses
By Carsten Haese
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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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08/31/2020

Back to School, 5th Edition

Now with a Slightly Updated Foreword

It is that time again, dust off your textbooks, buy some new notebooks, pencils, erasers, pens, and all those other supplies to gear up and gain some knowledge! The same goes for us here at the CI offices, we have prepares some lovely information to help educate you in the rules of Magic, so you can go forth and conquer all of your foes! So join us for this weeks didactic edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/31/2020)
Back to School, 5th Edition
Now with a Slightly Updated Foreword
By Carsten Haese
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06/08/2020

You guys I'm like really smart now.

You don't even know. You could ask me, Andrew what's the biggest power/toughness aura in the game? And I'd be like, 'blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah.' Giving you the exact right answer.

Here at the CI offices we are always preparing, learning, and responding to all your rules questions and answers! The most important thing to remember is where all the files are, in the computer! The files are in the computer! So join us for this week's intellectually advanced edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(06/08/2020)
You guys I'm like really smart now.
You don't even know. You could ask me, Andrew what's the biggest power/toughness aura in the game? And I'd be like, 'blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah.' Giving you the exact right answer.
By Andrew Villarrubia
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02/17/2020

Dead Presidents

Presidents Day is here in the US and we are celebrating our past presidents and all of their great accomplishments! No, Moko was never a president of the US, despite what "proof" he might offer. So join us as we celebrate by giving you the executive answers to all of those questions your friends have been filibustering all this time! So read on in this week's administrative edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (3 Comments)
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(02/17/2020)
Dead Presidents
By Andrew Villarrubia
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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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05/06/2019

Breaking News!

This just in from the plane of Ravnica, news of the war effort the valiant Oath of the Gatewatch is taking on Nicol Bolas as he unleashes his greatest scheme yet! To side in the war efforts we have prepared yet another article chock full of those rules answers you will need regardless of what side you are on! So join us for this week’s fighting good edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(05/06/2019)
Breaking News!
By Nathan Long
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07/16/2018

Lucky Thirte'en

Luck is on our side as we pass over the 13th day of the month which happened to be a Friday, a bad omen in some places but not here!!! We have luck on our side, or perhaps it was just all the answers to all the right questions! Regardless read on to get all the answers you need in this week’s fortuitous edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(07/16/2018)
Lucky Thirte'en
By Callum Milne
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06/25/2018

Midsummer Revel

The revels of the summer have started to wane but as we enjoy the height of the season, we look to rejoice with those things that we know and love best! Rules questions and answers! To that end we have jam packed yet another article full of answers to those budding questions in your mind! So read on in this week's heated edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more pollen!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(06/25/2018)
Midsummer Revel
By Charlotte Sable
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02/19/2018

Digging Through the Rare Box

We are digging through the rules questions to find all those answers to the hidden gems that you were looking for! So join us in this week's sparkly edition of Cranial Insertion. Now with more speculars.

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(02/19/2018)
Digging Through the Rare Box
By Nathan Long
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11/27/2017

4, 3, 2, 1!

Pull up and grab a slice! This week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion has just hit your browser window! Once again featuring all the rules question and answers you have been asking for! So let's get on with the show!

By Callum Milne (2 Comments)
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(11/27/2017)
4, 3, 2, 1!
By Callum Milne
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10/23/2017

Don't Forget the Merfolk!

Wading through the waters of Ixalan we got lost. However, we were still able to find enough of your rules questions to put together an article. Now all we have to do is figure out what happened to Moko. So read on in this week's fishy edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(10/23/2017)
Don't Forget the Merfolk!
By Nathan Long
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10/02/2017

The Fix Is In

Ixalan is released into the wild and thar' be dinosaurs!!!! and pirates! Avast ye landlubber be sure to read our article or ye shall be walking the plank or be eaten by those dinos! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Be sure to use the magic word!

By Callum Milne (5 Comments)
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(10/02/2017)
The Fix Is In
By Callum Milne
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06/27/2016

Feeling Hot Hot Hot

The summer is in full swing in the northern hemisphere! Our inboxes are heating up with your questions just waiting to be answered. So we take some time to cool off with a refreshing round answers to all of those burning questions. So join us for this week's edition of Cranial Insertion! Hot off the presses!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(06/27/2016)
Feeling Hot Hot Hot
By Nathan Long
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02/01/2016

And Boy, Are My Arms Tired!

Flying high with yet another exciting set of your rules questions! Once again we take a look at interactions brought to us by Oath of the Gatewatch! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(02/01/2016)
And Boy, Are My Arms Tired!
By Callum Milne
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03/09/2015

The Fall of the Curtain

The End of an Era, and other assorted clichés

Callum takes us on a tour through memory lane as we close the chapter on PTQs and begin anew with PPTQs and RPTQs. For this episode we reminisce over your rules questions and provide you with the answers you seek so that you can turn the page. So join us for this weeks historical edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (4 Comments)
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(03/09/2015)
The Fall of the Curtain
The End of an Era, and other assorted clichés
By Callum Milne
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08/18/2014

ASAP

We are off and racing over here at the Cranial Insertion offices. As we rush to answer the flood of new questions we bring you this weeks exciting edition! Read on for all the rules question and answer glory in as quickly a manner as computationally possible.

By Callum Milne (4 Comments)
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(08/18/2014)
ASAP
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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03/17/2014

Time and Ides Wait for No Man

Ah, spring is in the air and it is that time of year again! Et tu, Brute? I guess he got tired of waiting for more rules questions. Well join us this week to quench your thirst for knowledge in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(03/17/2014)
Time and Ides Wait for No Man
By James Bennett
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02/24/2014

A Thousand Different Voices Screaming to Be Heard

And nothing will be done! Nothing!

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start. Moko is having too much fun on the Twitch feed again. Alas work needs to be done so join Callum as he takes us through another exciting set of rules questions and answers!

By Callum Milne (5 Comments)
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(02/24/2014)
A Thousand Different Voices Screaming to Be Heard
And nothing will be done! Nothing!
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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07/01/2013

A Limited Supply of Rules Questions

...or, I'm Going to Hell For That Pun

The time at GP Las Vegas may have been limited, along with the format, but that does not mean the questions were so limited! So join us in this weeks masterfully constrained edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(07/01/2013)
A Limited Supply of Rules Questions
...or, I'm Going to Hell For That Pun
By Callum Milne
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(06/25/2012)
Summertime!
And the livin' is easy
By Carsten Haese
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09/19/2011

Goodbye, Zendikar!

And fareweldrazi, too!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(09/19/2011)
Goodbye, Zendikar!
By Carsten Haese
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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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03/21/2011

Banana Equivalent Dosage

or, Potassium-40 Makes You Smart

Happy Bananaversary!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(03/21/2011)
Banana Equivalent Dosage
or, Potassium-40 Makes You Smart
By Eli Shiffrin
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01/24/2011

Mathemagics 2!

Mathemagics 2: Tokyo Drifting to the Electric Boogaloo Strikes Back (and Your Sister is a Werewolf)

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/24/2011)
Mathemagics 2!
By Carsten Haese
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01/10/2011

New Year's Resolution

or, Good, No One Countered It

Random factoid: 01-10-11 is binary for 1-2-3. Your day has been enriched with this knowledge.

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(01/10/2011)
New Year's Resolution
or, Good, No One Countered It
By Eli Shiffrin
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(10/11/2010)
Ooze Control
or, I'm saving the metal puns for next time
By Carsten Haese
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09/20/2010

Happy Equinox!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(09/20/2010)
Happy Equinox!
By Carsten Haese
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(08/16/2010)
Test of Endurance
or, A Whole Bunch of Tournament Questions
By Eli Shiffrin
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07/05/2010

Rotating Goyfs

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(07/05/2010)
Rotating Goyfs
By Brian Paskoff
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(05/31/2010)
Zombie Moko Goes to Washington
or, Zombies Go Hungry at Congress
By Eli Shiffrin
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05/03/2010

 

(05/03/2010)
Tapped Creatures Deal Combat Damage
By Brian Paskoff
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04/05/2010

High Five!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(04/05/2010)
High Five!
By Carsten Haese
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03/22/2010

Happy Almost Birthday!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(03/22/2010)
Happy Almost Birthday!
By Brian Paskoff
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03/01/2010

 

(03/01/2010)
Judging 1-2-3 (and some day 4 and 5)
By Brian Paskoff
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02/22/2010

 

(02/22/2010)
I Left My Card in San Diego
or, Yay for Pro Tours
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/08/2010

Worldwide Goyf Day

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(02/08/2010)
Worldwide Goyf Day
By Brian Paskoff
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10/26/2009

 

(10/26/2009)
She's On Fire
or, That Was Supposed To Be A Metaphor
By Aaron Stevenson
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09/21/2009

Kicking It

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(09/21/2009)
Kicking It
By Brian Paskoff
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08/31/2009

The Calm Before the Storm

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(08/31/2009)
The Calm Before the Storm
By Brian Paskoff
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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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06/01/2009

Two Numbered Polyhedrons

or, Paradise

By Aaron Stevenson (0 Comments)
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(06/01/2009)
Two Numbered Polyhedrons
or, Paradise
By Aaron Stevenson
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03/23/2009

Spring Break Goyfapalooza

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(03/23/2009)
Spring Break Goyfapalooza
By Brian Paskoff
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