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08/12/2024

From North Dakota to Maryland

Whether in the Midwest or on the East Coast, judges are never done answering rules questions.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(08/12/2024)
From North Dakota to Maryland
By Justin Hovdenes
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07/22/2024

Baltimore Here I Come

Flying to Baltimore for a Prerelease Seems Extreme

Justin is busy getting ready to judge at SCG Con in Baltimore this weekend, but that's not stopping him from answering your rules questions. Join us in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (1 Comment)
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(07/22/2024)
Baltimore Here I Come
Flying to Baltimore for a Prerelease Seems Extreme
By Justin Hovdenes
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07/08/2024

Summer Time Quiz

It's better than going to Summer School

School's out for the summer, so we're doing our part to make sure your minds stay sharp. It's time to test your knowledge in this week's quiz episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(07/08/2024)
Summer Time Quiz
It's better than going to Summer School
By Justin Hovdenes
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03/27/2023

Facebook Mail Bag 2.0

Wait, useful things can be found on Facebook? Yes, Magic Judges!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(03/27/2023)
Facebook Mail Bag 2.0
By Justin Hovdenes
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01/10/2022

Your Academy is Waiting

School is back in session for the second semester! So, we have cooked up yet another fantastic article chock full of learning excitement to answer all of those rules questions you have. So read on in this week's informative edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(01/10/2022)
Your Academy is Waiting
By Justin Hovdenes
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10/18/2021

Angels Fan: A Remembrance

This week we take a look at those glorious angelic beings of Magic! So we have dusted off our rule books to answer those pesky rules interactions that have been bothering you and stopping your summoning of those radiant beings of Magic. So join us in this weeks effulgent edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(10/18/2021)
Angels Fan: A Remembrance
By Justin Hovdenes
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04/01/2019

A Very Foolish Quiz

This week we are bringing you once again the answers to all those burning Ravnica rules questions you have been pouring into the CI offices! Wait... what is that? A quiz article you say? For April 1st? Is this a prank? No, okay then. Well then, folks, looks like we have another challenging quiz for you to test your mettle against with all the rules knowledge you have been building through CI articles! So read on in this week's silver lined edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(04/01/2019)
A Very Foolish Quiz
By Charlotte Sable
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02/11/2019

My Punny Valentine

Valentines Day is around the corner here in the US and we are getting the ones we love all the answers to their burning rules questions. So gather your flowers, chocolates, and blankets and cozy up to the fire with your loved ones for the night and read on in this weeks dearest edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(02/11/2019)
My Punny Valentine
By Carsten Haese
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08/13/2018

Commanding Success

Commander 2018 is out, and we're here to take a first look at the brain-melting rules questions that might come up when you play with those decks, so join us for this week's commanding edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (1 Comment)
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(08/13/2018)
Commanding Success
By Callum Milne
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03/05/2018

Winter Blast

Winter is coming, wait no it is still here... the recent blast of cold hitting the CI offices has us scrambling for warmer times. To that end we are firing up yet another article with all the question and answers you have come to know and love! So join us in this week’s exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (2 Comments)
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(03/05/2018)
Winter Blast
By Charlotte Sable
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06/26/2017

Back to Normality

or, What Is Normal Anyway?

Done with our jaunt into the world of Archenemy and the twisting turns of the mind of Nicol Bolas we once again bring you back to Amonkhet for some more rules questions and answers of your design! So join us once again for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (3 Comments)
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(06/26/2017)
Back to Normality
or, What Is Normal Anyway?
By Carsten Haese
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03/20/2017

Everything Old is New Again

Modern Masters 2017 is out everywhere and people have started cracking their packs! So we started cracking some of those old and new rules questions about these cards just for you! So join us for some fresh answers to some burning questions you may have had on this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(03/20/2017)
Everything Old is New Again
By James Bennett
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06/13/2016

An Eternal Flame

Eternally answering your rules questions all then time every time! If only we could do something about Moko's eternal stench. Anyway join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(06/13/2016)
An Eternal Flame
By James Bennett
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06/01/2015

 

(06/01/2015)
Cut Short
TL;DR
By Callum Milne
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12/29/2014

Bouncing off the Walls

or, They Are No Longer Decked

With Christmas completed we are still cleaning up the mess Moko made under the tree, bad Moko. The gifts at the Cranial Insertion offices just keep on giving so we reciprocate in kind in answering your rules questions! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Moko (4 Comments)
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(12/29/2014)
Bouncing off the Walls
or, They Are No Longer Decked
By Moko
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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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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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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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08/05/2013

Twenty Questions

or, Forty Answers

It's 20 years in the making! Magic is 20 years old and we are celebrating with a trivia article. So come test your knowledge and learn something about Magic's history, in this edition of Cranial Insetion!

By Moko (1 Comment)
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(08/05/2013)
Twenty Questions
or, Forty Answers
By Moko
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06/24/2013

What happens in North Canton...

...stays in North Canton

Lady luck is on our side! Though with our rules knowledge the odds just might be stacked in our favor. So join us for this fortuitous edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (7 Comments)
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(06/24/2013)
What happens in North Canton...
...stays in North Canton
By Carsten Haese
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02/27/2012

Announcing Announcements

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/27/2012)
Announcing Announcements
By Carsten Haese
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03/14/2011

Target Player Loses Next Turn

Times, they are a-changin'.

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(03/14/2011)
Target Player Loses Next Turn
By Brian Paskoff
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05/24/2010

 

(05/24/2010)
Future Sight (Not the Set or the Card)
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
(04/19/2010)
Eldrazi Crossing
or, What Would You Do with One Million Mana?
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
03/08/2010

 

(03/08/2010)
March of the Questions
or, Is it Spring yet?
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
12/28/2009

Denouement

By Aaron Stevenson (0 Comments)
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(12/28/2009)
Denouement
By Aaron Stevenson
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07/27/2009

 

(07/27/2009)
Heavy Metal Goyf
or, M10? This one goes to M11!
By Brian Paskoff
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(01/08/2007)
Bloody Pens, Bloody Moons, Bloody Slivers
or, A Return to Abnormalcy
By Ted Dickinson
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