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07/15/2024

Midsummer Cleaning

It's getting toasty at the Cranial Insertion offices, partly because it's summer and partly because our inbox is full of your burning questions. Grab a cool beverage and join us as we clear our inbox in this week's hot edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(07/15/2024)
Midsummer Cleaning
By Nathan Long
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04/10/2023

An Intro to Oathbreaker

Some oaths are meant to be broken, but we swear we'll do our best to answer your questions about the Oathbreaker format in this week's exciting episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(04/10/2023)
An Intro to Oathbreaker
By Nathan Long
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08/22/2022

Here Comes a New Challenger!

It's showtime! The Secret Lair x Street Fighter cards have arrived, and to help you prepare for battle, we're answering all your questions about the legendary fighters that are entering the ring. Get ready for action and join us in this week's fierce episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(08/22/2022)
Here Comes a New Challenger!
By Nathan Long
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12/09/2019

Lucky Number Thirteen

Luck is with us this week as we pull out all the stops! Answering all those rules questions for which you have so desired the answer! So join us once again for this week's fortunate edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (1 Comment)
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(12/09/2019)
Lucky Number Thirteen
By Carsten Haese
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07/01/2019

Sunny Days

The sun is shining and the days are glorious! So we have put together a ray of sunshine for you answering all those hot, hot, hot rules questions! So join us for this week's brilliant edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(07/01/2019)
Sunny Days
By Nathan Long
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04/08/2019

The Ten Writers

Moko has put together a special article for this week in celebration of CI's 14th anniversary! Using some time wimey magic to gather past writers to provide responses to those more recent questions you asked! So read on in this week's celebratory edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Moko (2 Comments)
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(04/08/2019)
The Ten Writers
By Moko
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01/01/2018

A Clean Slate

Welcome to the first article in this new year! After cleaning house we have decided to kick off this new year right! What better way than to provide you with all the rules knowledge you are going to need in the new year! So read on in this years first exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (2 Comments)
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(01/01/2018)
A Clean Slate
By Callum Milne
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10/16/2017

Everybody Walk the Dinosaur

We're still adventuring on the plane of Ixalan, and we're celebrating the Dinosaurs and other interesting cards that this set has to offer, so join us as we fill your brains with rules knowledge and song lyrics in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (1 Comment)
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(10/16/2017)
Everybody Walk the Dinosaur
By Carsten Haese
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03/27/2017

Spring has Sprung

Spring time is here once again and we have started to clean out our mail box. That means more Magic rules questions answered for your curious minds! So join us as we jump full on into this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (5 Comments)
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(03/27/2017)
Spring has Sprung
By Callum Milne
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02/27/2017

Time Marches On

It is almost March and the year is picking up steam, so while time is seemingly slipping through our fingers we take a moment to do what we do best and answer your rules questions! Join us for this weeks timely edition of Cranial Insertion, now packed with even more time (or marching, not quite sure which)!

By Callum Milne (1 Comment)
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(02/27/2017)
Time Marches On
By Callum Milne
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09/19/2016

The Gift of Gifting

Join us as we give out the gift of answers to your rules questions! Once again we open up the boxes and go deep looking for the best question that will keep on giving all year round! So join us in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (2 Comments)
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(09/19/2016)
The Gift of Gifting
By Nathan Long
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09/12/2016

Back to School, 2nd Edition

Revised for the new year!

Everywhere in the U.S. of A kids are returning back to the grind of school. So we bring you an extra special educational helping of your rules questions and answers, right here for your enjoyment! So join us for this exciting academic edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (4 Comments)
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(09/12/2016)
Back to School, 2nd Edition
Revised for the new year!
By Callum Milne
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07/25/2016

Do You Want to Build a Scarecrow?

The Eldritch Moon is upon us! While we wait for our impending doom, we here at the CI offices are answering your rules question! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(07/25/2016)
Do You Want to Build a Scarecrow?
By Nathan Long
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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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05/16/2016

Welcome to the World of Tomorrow!

Tomorrow has arrived and we have all the answers to those questions you have been asking us from the future inboxes at the CI headquarters!!! And with that knowledge we have put together quite the article for you all of those burning questions you did not even know you had answered in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(05/16/2016)
Welcome to the World of Tomorrow!
By Callum Milne
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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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10/12/2015

Food Colouring

We are honouring the day of thanks and to do that we are serving up a huge helping of rules questions and answers for you! So join us for another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion, and watch out for the stuffing, I think it's alive.

By Callum Milne (6 Comments)
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(10/12/2015)
Food Colouring
By Callum Milne
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09/14/2015

Back to School

Everywhere in the U.S. of A kids are returning back to the grind of school. So we bring you an extra special educational helping of your rules questions and answers, right here for your enjoyment! So join us for this exciting academic edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(09/14/2015)
Back to School
By Callum Milne
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05/25/2015

Smashing Records

or, Prepare for Magic Weekend

Setting up for the three Modern Masters GPs this upcoming weekend we review some more Modern rules for you! So join us in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (2 Comments)
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(05/25/2015)
Smashing Records
or, Prepare for Magic Weekend
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/02/2015

How 'bout them Patriots?

Or maybe the Seahawks?

Once again it is that time of year and we have gathered at the Dust Bowl with our Superior Numbers and our Augury Owls. As we witness the results of this Grim Contest we bring to you once again the most exciting set of rules question and answers yet! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (6 Comments)
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(02/02/2015)
How 'bout them Patriots?
Or maybe the Seahawks?
By Carsten Haese
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11/17/2014

Pumpkin Color Pie

or, Red Tastes the Best

Sugar, spice, and fall flavors. This weeks article continues with another helping of Commander rules questions along with a healthy slice of questions from Khans and more! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(11/17/2014)
Pumpkin Color Pie
or, Red Tastes the Best
By Eli Shiffrin
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09/15/2014

It's Morphin' Time!

Armodon! Pteron! Ceratok! Felidar! Tyrannax!

Rita is attacking the city again, and we need to turn up our morphs to repel the attack! What better way to do this then by answering your rules questions and answers! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(09/15/2014)
It's Morphin' Time!
Armodon! Pteron! Ceratok! Felidar! Tyrannax!
By Callum Milne
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09/01/2014

Declare Blockers

or, Two's Company

Two blocks are better than one! Magic is changing its block structure but our format is still the same. Your exciting rules questions combined with the answers you seek! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(09/01/2014)
Declare Blockers
or, Two's Company
By James Bennett
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02/17/2014

The Gods Must (Still) Be Crazy

Getting crazy here in the Cranial Insertion offices, with these rules questions. Our coverage of Born of the Gods continues this week, while Moko goes to town! Join us for this weeks exciting edition!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(02/17/2014)
The Gods Must (Still) Be Crazy
By James Bennett
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01/27/2014

The Born Ultimatum

Born of the Gods is on the horizon, and we have a fresh set of rules questions. Join us for this weeks exciting pre-prerelease article. You know you need to read it!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(01/27/2014)
The Born Ultimatum
By James Bennett
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12/30/2013

A cup of kindness

Preparing for the new year here in the Cranial Insertion offices, James takes you through a barrel of rules question and answers! Join us this week for another exciting edition!

By James Bennett (4 Comments)
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(12/30/2013)
A cup of kindness
By James Bennett
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11/25/2013

 

(11/25/2013)
A Family Affair
By Callum Milne
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11/18/2013

Bitter Seas

or, More Is More

Once again sailing over the ocean of rules questions to bring you the most quality article we can!!! Join us in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(11/18/2013)
Bitter Seas
or, More Is More
By Eli Shiffrin
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08/19/2013

Agents of R.U.L.E.S.

By Carsten Haese (5 Comments)
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(08/19/2013)
Agents of R.U.L.E.S.
By Carsten Haese
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07/29/2013

I Need a Theros

I'm Holding Out for a Theros 'Till the End of the Night

Heróis, monstros, e minatauros, ena! Prepara-te para Theros, mais cedo que o normal, por isso lê a edição mítica da Cranial Insertion desta semana!

By Callum Milne (4 Comments)
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(07/29/2013)
I Need a Theros
I'm Holding Out for a Theros 'Till the End of the Night
By Callum Milne
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05/27/2013

A Memorial Day Parade of Rules Questions

Ashes of the Fallen, Remember the Fallen, Honor the Fallen, Ob Nixilis the Fallen! It is Memorial Day in the States so join us as Carsten takes us through a cavalcade of rules questions and answers in this exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(05/27/2013)
A Memorial Day Parade of Rules Questions
By Carsten Haese
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04/29/2013

Twists // Turns

or, Flipping Tables

Dragon's Maze is here! Just after the prerelease and we have an exciting double take on rules questions for you this time. So join us for this twisting and turning head splitting edition of Cranial Insertion.

By Eli Shiffrin (3 Comments)
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(04/29/2013)
Twists // Turns
or, Flipping Tables
By Eli Shiffrin
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12/31/2012

All Crazy Teenagers

Not to Be Confused with Those Crazy Teenagers

The world is ending and Moko was let out to write yet another article, this time about some crazy teens. Wait... what? That was two weeks ago, only the year this time? And no, actual teens are involved with the article, just something about spells? Okay then, read on for this weeks amazing edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Moko (7 Comments)
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(12/31/2012)
All Crazy Teenagers
Not to Be Confused with Those Crazy Teenagers
By Moko
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07/23/2012

 

(07/23/2012)
A Cycle of Rings
By James Bennett
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06/18/2012

 

(06/18/2012)
Eternally Yours
By James Bennett
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04/02/2012

The Day after April Fools' Day

or, Just Another Magic Monday

Lots and lots of questions on Legacy Weapon in this exciting edition of, what was that? Legacy the format you say... Lots and lots of Legacy, the format, questions and nary a Legacy Weapon in this exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (4 Comments)
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(04/02/2012)
The Day after April Fools' Day
or, Just Another Magic Monday
By Carsten Haese
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02/20/2012

 

(02/20/2012)
Back and Forth
or, Transcontinental Judging
By Eli Shiffrin
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09/12/2011

Triple-Faced Cards Will Kill Magic!

But quadruple-faced quantum-fluxing cards will save it.

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(09/12/2011)
Triple-Faced Cards Will Kill Magic!
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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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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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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02/28/2011

Survival of the Fittest

Get your pencils and paper ready.

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(02/28/2011)
Survival of the Fittest
By Moko
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02/14/2011

You've Besieged My Heart

How do you melt a heart that's made of stone? Just add Myr.

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(02/14/2011)
You've Besieged My Heart
By Brian Paskoff
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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
Translations: English 
(12/20/2010)
Santa's Hidden Information Violation
or, The DCI's Most Awkward Disqualification
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
11/15/2010

Mathemagics!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(11/15/2010)
Mathemagics!
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
10/04/2010

Nim Deathmetal

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(10/04/2010)
Nim Deathmetal
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
(08/30/2010)
Don't Redirect Oblivion Ring!
or, Assorted Flavors of Failure
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
(08/16/2010)
Test of Endurance
or, A Whole Bunch of Tournament Questions
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
(08/09/2010)
I Visited Columbus
...and all I got was a bunch of Humility questions!
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
07/19/2010

 

(07/19/2010)
The Eleventh Hour
or, I bet you saw that one coming!
By Carsten Haese
Translations: English 
(07/12/2010)
Going to 11
or, Wait, Did You Really Not See That Joke Coming?
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
 

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