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End of Year Quiz II
You sure have learned a lot this year, now let's see if you've retained any of it. It's quiz time!
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A Happy 40th to Me!
Oh lordy, look who's forty! Nathan recently turned 40, so join us in wishing him a very happy birthday in this week's celebratory issue of Cranial Insertion!
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Fall in Love With Autumn
The temperatures are falling, and so are the leaves. This can only mean that Fall is here! Get cozy with a pumpkin-spice latte and join us in this week's autumnal issue of Cranial Insertion!
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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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End of Year Quiz
Another year almost done and gone, its time we see just how much you have learned.
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Let's Do the Time Spiral Again!
Time Spiral remastered is spoiled and ready to hit shelves, so we take a look at those burning questions you have remastered and now in full HD! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion as we spiral into the hottest rules answers you need to crush your opponents again!
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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.
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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!
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Mutation Nation
The giant monsters are warping and mutating everything around them. The plane of Ikoria is bursting with a feverish energy altering the very fundamental DNA of its inhabitants! We have taken some of that energy and applied it to those pesky rules questions you have desired for answers! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Order of Operations (Ikoria Version)
or, Don't Touch the SidesThis 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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Overlook Hotel
All of this staying put and staying inside is starting to drive Moko insane, not that he ever really was to begin with! To that end we are trying to pacify him and save our offices, which are currently shuttered by the way. Hopefully when we return they are still in one piece! In the meantime we bring you yet another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion with all the rules question and answer knowledge you have come to know and love! Read on!
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This is a Playtest Article
Testing, testing, one, two, three. The playtest cards are available in the Mystery booster drafts at Magic Fests, and those have been causing quite the stir. So in celebration we take a look at actual cards and answer your rules questions about them! Read on in this weeks very real edition of Cranial Insertion!
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A Lotus By Any Other Name
O’ Lotus Vale, O’ Lotus Vale. Wouldst a Lotus by any other name still add three mana to my mana pool? We dive into that question and more in this week’s mana hungry edition of Cranial Insertion!
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The Anticipation is Killing Me
The waiting is the hardest part sometimes. This week we continue taking a look at those questions you have wanted answers to for what seems an eternity now. You asked and we answered! So join us in this week's anticipated edition of Cranial Insertion!
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A Touch of Nostalgia
Dominaria is dominating the scene and bringing with it all the memories of old all the while making some new ones! To that end we have yet another jam packed article with all those rules questions to sate your curiosity while reminiscing about all those good times you had playing! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Modern Mayhem
The Pro Tour is behind us and we have seen all the Modern action that we can handle! With all those great Modern plays we have decided to provide you all of the answers to those pesky Modern rules questions that have been burning in the back of your minds! So read on in this week's chaotic edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Mixed Mailbag Madness!
Checking in with from our stuffed mailbox we bring you yet another article chock full of those answers you seek! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Postage required in certain areas.
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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!
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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!
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Going Bananas
or, The Full MonkeyMonkeys 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!
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Prepare for the Journey
or, Don't Stop BelievingWhile the lights have not yet gone down in the city nor are we going separate ways though we may be worlds apart. Once again we faithfully deliver yet another weeks worth of rules questions and answers any way you want it! Who's crying now, Moko?
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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!
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A Cycle of Rings
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52 More Weeks of Questions!
New year, new rules questions, new article! What more could you ask for but 52 more weeks of Cranial Insertion!?
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Cranial Insertion and the Holy Grail
or, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life's FinaleA moose once bit my sister...
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New Year's Resolution
or, Good, No One Countered ItRandom factoid: 01-10-11 is binary for 1-2-3. Your day has been enriched with this knowledge.
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Order of Operations (M10 Version)
or, Don't Touch the Sides (0 Comments)Translations: 简体中文 Deutsch English Español Français Italiano Português
Form of . . . a Snake!
or, Anything Beats the Sucky Wonder TwinWho Always Turned Into a Puddle of Water (0 Comments)
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Begin the Begin
or, The Second ConsecutiveCranial Insertion Title to Reference R.E.M. (0 Comments)
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It's the End of the Year as We Know It
or, The Magic New Year Is Really in October (0 Comments)Translations: English
Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shrouds
or, No More Obscure 80's Songs in CI Titles (0 Comments)Translations: English