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01/15/2024

Facebook Mail Bag 3.0

Yes, Facebook is still around, so let's take a look at some questions from the Ask-the-Judge Facebook group in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(01/15/2024)
Facebook Mail Bag 3.0
By Justin Hovdenes
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08/21/2023

We're Sending you Back...to the Gen Con!

Step into our time machine and fasten your seatbelts as Justin takes you back in time a few weeks to tell you all about GenCon 2023 in this week's time-travelling issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(08/21/2023)
We're Sending you Back...to the Gen Con!
By Justin Hovdenes
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10/10/2022

Well Yeah, Unfinity Times Unfinity

Unfinity has arrived, and things are about to get weird! Hold on to your hats and enjoy the ride in this fun-filled issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (1 Comment)
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(10/10/2022)
Well Yeah, Unfinity Times Unfinity
By Justin Hovdenes
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01/03/2022

Hello Tomorrow (and Goodbye to Yesterday)

The New Year has once again arrived with a bang! And we are celebrating in the only way we know how here at the CI offices! With Moko banging those skull drums that he has and us putting together yet another article chock full of the answers you need to kick off yet another fantastic year of playing Magic! So join us for yet another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(01/03/2022)
Hello Tomorrow (and Goodbye to Yesterday)
By Nathan Long
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01/20/2020

Jailbreak!

Theros Beyond Death previews are out and the prerelease is in the books! Cards are escaping from graveyards all over the multiverse and we are breaking out the best rules questions you had to ask! To celebrate inside we have cooked up all the answers you will need on your journey through the Nyx and beyond! So read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(01/20/2020)
Jailbreak!
By Andrew Villarrubia
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01/06/2020

A Decadent Quiz

We are celebrating an anniversary this week, with Carsten having been with us for 10 years! So break out the party hats and piñatas! No put those back Moko, we do not need fireworks this time. Last time half the office was set on fire. So join us for a decathlon of quizzical inquiry in this week's base 10 edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/06/2020)
A Decadent Quiz
By Carsten Haese
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05/27/2019

Cranial Insertion's Memorial Day Sale

As we take some time to remember the fallen here in the US we also take some time to hit the shops and to build up our supplies to continue the fight! So read on as we answer all of those stubborn rules questions in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(05/27/2019)
Cranial Insertion's Memorial Day Sale
By Carsten Haese
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08/06/2018

Dog Days of Summer

Summer time is in full swing and we are slogging through the heat to bring you the coolest answers to those burning rules questions! So join us for this week's fiery edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (1 Comment)
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(08/06/2018)
Dog Days of Summer
By Nathan Long
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04/02/2018

A Quizzical Easter Egg Hunt

Spring is in the air and we have pulled out all of the stops for this years amazing Easter Egg Hunt challenge article! Join us for all the fun, excitement, and prizes* in this year's spring quiz edition of Cranial Insertion! (*Prizes include your enjoyment of the article, and the ability to gloat to friends)

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(04/02/2018)
A Quizzical Easter Egg Hunt
By Charlotte Sable
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03/12/2018

Spring Forward

Switching up the clocks and springing forward an hour, so with less sleep we are bringing you as many answers to your questions that we could jam into out 23 hour day! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/12/2018)
Spring Forward
By Carsten Haese
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01/15/2018

Take Me Down To Orazca City

The grass is green and the people sure are pretty here in Orazca City! Now we just have to keep Moko from making a mess so we do not get thrown out of here. Turns out they frown upon Zombie Monkeys here, who knew? I suppose there will be a measure of peace when we are gone, plundering all the rules knowledge we can from this place and bringing it to you in yet another edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/15/2018)
Take Me Down To Orazca City
By Carsten Haese
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07/24/2017

Hour of Relaxation

This week we take a relaxing look into the rules of the new set Hour of Devastation! Answering all of your questions to put your minds at ease and pacify all those rules concerns you have been having! So read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(07/24/2017)
Hour of Relaxation
By Carsten Haese
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11/28/2016

Don't go chasing planar falls

Exciting things are happening here at the Cranial Insertion offices, and a lot of it depends on the results of our planar die rolls. Whoosh... changing planes again! So join us as we put together a selection of your questions based on everyone's favorite plane shifting product Planechase! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion, Planechase style!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(11/28/2016)
Don't go chasing planar falls
By James Bennett
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08/01/2016

A Wild Quiz Appeared!

or, Gotta Answer 'em All!

You want to be the very best! Like no one ever was, to answer them all is our quest! Wait Moko stop eating those! Okay well while we clean up the mess from Moko you read on with this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/01/2016)
A Wild Quiz Appeared!
or, Gotta Answer 'em All!
By Carsten Haese
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03/28/2016

Hendecaphilia

Steel Thyself

Cranial Insertion is 11 years old! And we have a celebration for you, chock full of all your rules questions along with a host of answers! So come on in and grab some cake to enjoy while you read on, in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion.

By Callum Milne (1 Comment)
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(03/28/2016)
Hendecaphilia
Steel Thyself
By Callum Milne
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03/07/2016

LMGTFY

Or Let Me Gatherer That For You

Gathering up some of your rules questions and answers we are excited to present this weeks article. We have searched far and wide through all of your questions and answers to bring you yet another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (2 Comments)
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(03/07/2016)
LMGTFY
Or Let Me Gatherer That For You
By Nathan Long
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11/23/2015

Food Coloring

Time to give thanks here in the US for all of those things that we have this year and that includes some spectacular rules questions and answers for you! So cozy up to the fire and read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (7 Comments)
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(11/23/2015)
Food Coloring
By James Bennett
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08/17/2015

 

(08/17/2015)
Hurry Up and Relax!
By Callum Milne
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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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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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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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11/25/2013

 

(11/25/2013)
A Family Affair
By Callum Milne
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03/11/2013

Gates Crashed

With the guild gates all smashed up, and no more guilds to cover, we return to our regular rules answering schedule. So come on in to this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion, just mind the rubble.

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(03/11/2013)
Gates Crashed
By Carsten Haese
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(08/20/2012)
We Will Be Heroes
or, Yes, Hero of Bladehold Gets Exalted
By Eli Shiffrin
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07/23/2012

 

(07/23/2012)
A Cycle of Rings
By James Bennett
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(06/25/2012)
Summertime!
And the livin' is easy
By Carsten Haese
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03/05/2012

 

(03/05/2012)
CranialInsertion.com!
By Brian Paskoff
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01/16/2012

Question Salad

Chef Carsten is at it again with his New Years resolutions; including eating right, exercise and reading lots and lots of Cranial Insertion! Join us for this feast of rules questions!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/16/2012)
Question Salad
By Carsten Haese
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10/24/2011

All Hallow's Eve... Eve

The spooktacular rules question fun continues as we ramp up toward Halloween here in the States with our Cranial Insertion pre-All Hallow's Eve edition!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(10/24/2011)
All Hallow's Eve... Eve
By Brian Paskoff
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07/25/2011

Magic on the Beach

This isn't the name of an alcoholic mixed drink. YET.

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(07/25/2011)
Magic on the Beach
By Brian Paskoff
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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
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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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(05/10/2010)
The Stack Still Exists, Even in Combat
or, It's Populated with Eldrazi
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/23/2009

 

(02/23/2009)
Games Afoot
or, Referring to the Subtitle Is Meta
By Eli Shiffrin
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(06/16/2008)
Answering Spree
or, You Can Never Have Enough Questions
By Eli Shiffrin
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03/10/2008

The Logical Song

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(03/10/2008)
The Logical Song
By Tom Fowler
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09/03/2007

Love's Labor Days Lost

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(09/03/2007)
Love's Labor Days Lost
By Tom Fowler
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(06/11/2007)
All Standard, All the Time
(Well, At Least This Time)
By Tom Fowler
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08/07/2006

 

(08/07/2006)
I Fought the Law
or, And the Law Went 2-1
By Eli Shiffrin
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