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12/25/2023

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!

By Justin Hovdenes (2 Comments)
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(12/25/2023)
End of Year Quiz II
By Justin Hovdenes
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05/22/2023

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!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(05/22/2023)
A Happy 40th to Me!
By Nathan Long
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09/26/2022

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!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(09/26/2022)
Fall in Love With Autumn
By Carsten Haese
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08/01/2022

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!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(08/01/2022)
Sweets for a Sweet
By Nathan Long
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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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03/15/2021

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!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(03/15/2021)
Let's Do the Time Spiral Again!
By Nathan Long
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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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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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05/18/2020

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!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(05/18/2020)
Mutation Nation
By Charlotte Sable
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04/27/2020

Order of Operations (Ikoria Version)

or, Don't Touch the Sides

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!

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(04/27/2020)
Order of Operations (Ikoria Version)
or, Don't Touch the Sides
By Moko
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04/13/2020

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!

By Andrew Villarrubia (2 Comments)
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(04/13/2020)
Overlook Hotel
By Andrew Villarrubia
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11/18/2019

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!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(11/18/2019)
This is a Playtest Article
By Nathan Long
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07/29/2019

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!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(07/29/2019)
A Lotus By Any Other Name
By Nathan Long
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01/14/2019

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!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(01/14/2019)
The Anticipation is Killing Me
By Nathan Long
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05/14/2018

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!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(05/14/2018)
A Touch of Nostalgia
By Nathan Long
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02/05/2018

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!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(02/05/2018)
Modern Mayhem
By Charlotte Sable
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09/11/2017

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.

By Charlotte Sable (5 Comments)
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(09/11/2017)
Mixed Mailbag Madness!
By Charlotte Sable
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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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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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08/25/2014

Going Bananas

or, The Full Monkey

Monkeys 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!

By Eli Shiffrin (3 Comments)
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(08/25/2014)
Going Bananas
or, The Full Monkey
By Eli Shiffrin
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04/07/2014

Prepare for the Journey

or, Don't Stop Believing

While 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?

By Eli Shiffrin (4 Comments)
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(04/07/2014)
Prepare for the Journey
or, Don't Stop Believing
By Eli Shiffrin
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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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07/23/2012

 

(07/23/2012)
A Cycle of Rings
By James Bennett
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01/02/2012

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!?

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(01/02/2012)
52 More Weeks of Questions!
By Brian Paskoff
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05/30/2011

 

(05/30/2011)
Cranial Insertion and the Holy Grail
or, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life's Finale
By Eli Shiffrin
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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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12/13/2010

Carsten's Big Birthday Bash

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(12/13/2010)
Carsten's Big Birthday Bash
By Carsten Haese
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(09/06/2010)
Severe Weather Warning
or, Hurricane of Puns Coming Soon
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
03/08/2010

 

(03/08/2010)
March of the Questions
or, Is it Spring yet?
By Carsten Haese
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(07/20/2009)
Order of Operations (M10 Version)
or, Don't Touch the Sides
By Eli Shiffrin
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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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03/30/2009

 

(03/30/2009)
Monkey Business
or, Pan Zombificus
By Moko
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(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
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06/30/2008

 

(06/30/2008)
Waiting For Moko
(This Is Your Brain On Urchin)
By Diane Colley
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(05/26/2008)
Order of Operations (The Old Version!)
or, Don't Touch the Sides
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
(01/07/2008)
Begin the Begin
or, The Second Consecutive
Cranial Insertion Title to Reference R.E.M.
By Ted Dickinson
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(12/31/2007)
It's the End of the Year as We Know It
or, The Magic New Year Is Really in October
By Eli Shiffrin
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(08/06/2007)
Conspiracy to Commit Delay
or, Guilty on All Reckless Charges
By Ted Dickinson
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07/23/2007

Big Arrow!

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(07/23/2007)
Big Arrow!
By Tom Fowler
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07/16/2007

 

(07/16/2007)
Fiery Soot Mafia
or, Vote Eye of the Storm
By Ted Dickinson
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(06/25/2007)
Oh, Humble Dagger
or, Go Rust in a Quicksilver Fountain
By Ted Dickinson
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06/18/2007

 

(06/18/2007)
Those Crazy Teenagers
or, It's That Simple
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
(04/23/2007)
Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shrouds
or, No More Obscure 80's Songs in CI Titles
By Ted Dickinson
Translations: English 
04/09/2007

Easter Eggs, Dingus Eggs

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(04/09/2007)
Easter Eggs, Dingus Eggs
By Tom Fowler
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03/05/2007

Layer Cake

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(03/05/2007)
Layer Cake
By Tom Fowler
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(02/05/2007)
Agents of KAOS
or, Getting Smart About the New Set
By Tom Fowler
Translations: English 
01/22/2007

 

(01/22/2007)
Until the End of the World
or, Kaboom!
By Eli Shiffrin
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