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03/10/2025

Trample pig, trample pig, don't attack wolf shout!

Justin has questions about trample and what happens if the third little pig got revenge on that big bad wolf.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(03/10/2025)
Trample pig, trample pig, don't attack wolf shout!
By Justin Hovdenes
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02/27/2023

Down with the Sickness

Nathan is a little under the weather, but he powered through and answered your burning questions from our inbox. We wish him a speedy recovery and hope you'll join us in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion.

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(02/27/2023)
Down with the Sickness
By Nathan Long
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01/30/2023

The Snow Must Go On

The Cranial Insertion offices are snowed in, but we have the heat from your burning questions keeping us warm, so join us in this week's snow-covered issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/30/2023)
The Snow Must Go On
By Carsten Haese
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08/09/2021

Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Meaty Oars

This week we start to take a look at the weather patterns of the Forgotten Realms. Those north westerly winds from Icewindale flowing down over Baldur's Gate causing a storm front to brew. Join us for this week's predictive edition of Cranial Insertion, where we try and forecast all of the answers to your rules questions!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/09/2021)
Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Meaty Oars
By Carsten Haese
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05/31/2021

Don't Replace My Trigger

Multiple triggers can be tricky, so can multiple replacement effects, and to make things trickier both are handled differently.

By Justin Hovdenes (2 Comments)
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(05/31/2021)
Don't Replace My Trigger
By Justin Hovdenes
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05/03/2021

Study Hall, Detention, and Make Up Tests

School can be tough, but its worth the work.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(05/03/2021)
Study Hall, Detention, and Make Up Tests
By Justin Hovdenes
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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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07/17/2017

Hour of Introduction

We welcome our newest writer into the fold! During the initiation process only a little zombie monkey blood was spilled. Mostly because Moko does not really have any blood left. So join us to answer all your rules questions in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(07/17/2017)
Hour of Introduction
By Charlotte Sable
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04/17/2017

Sacred Cats

The Amonkhet prerelease is almost upon us and with it bringing us all the cats we can handle! However, before that we have another dose of rules questions brought to us by you the readers for your edification!!! So join us as we produce all the answers you requested and some cat-based puns along the way, in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(04/17/2017)
Sacred Cats
By James Bennett
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12/21/2015

Debatably Yours

The race is heating up and we have some doozies for you this week. How will the candidates respond to the most pertinent questions on everybody's mind! Find out in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(12/21/2015)
Debatably Yours
By James Bennett
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06/29/2015

Just Awesome

We have some awe inspiring answers to your esteemed questions! So read on for this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion and all its wonderment!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(06/29/2015)
Just Awesome
By Callum Milne
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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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11/11/2013

This Article Is Brought To You By The Number 11

Eleven days into the eleventh month at the eleventh hour, bringing the banner of peace with rules questions scrawled all over it. Read on in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(11/11/2013)
This Article Is Brought To You By The Number 11
By Carsten Haese
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09/17/2012

Falling into Autumn

Leaves starting to fall from the trees and that can only mean one thing! Autumn is in the air, no new Magic sets, of course! Alas as we wait for the Return to Ravinca, Carsten takes us through some freshly fallen (in our inboxes) rules questions!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(09/17/2012)
Falling into Autumn
By Carsten Haese
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12/26/2011

Merry Quizmas!

Quizmas is just past Chanukah is still going strong. Questions abound, maybe even frolic with reindeer, in this special holiday edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(12/26/2011)
Merry Quizmas!
By Moko
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08/29/2011

Shrine of Burning Questions

Why, Scrambleverse? Just why?

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/29/2011)
Shrine of Burning Questions
By Carsten Haese
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01/12/2009

 

(01/12/2009)
Feeling Crabby
or, Old Bay Will Haunt My Dreams
By Eli Shiffrin
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04/21/2008

 

(04/21/2008)
A Midnight's Tale
or, Hey! Listen!
By Eli Shiffrin
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03/17/2008

Set Phasers to Ban

By Diane Colley (0 Comments)
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(03/17/2008)
Set Phasers to Ban
By Diane Colley
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(12/17/2007)
Hear Those Sleigh Bells Thrumming
or, Stone Cold Coalition Honor Guard
By Ted Dickinson
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11/19/2007

 

(11/19/2007)
Questionable Content
or, It's a Grab-Bag Week!
By Eli Shiffrin
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10/22/2007

Lorwyn Looms Large

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(10/22/2007)
Lorwyn Looms Large
By Tom Fowler
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08/13/2007

The Power of Vesuvan Skulls

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(08/13/2007)
The Power of Vesuvan Skulls
By Tom Fowler
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12/19/2005

Mirage Gone Virtual

By Thijs van Ommen (0 Comments)
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(12/19/2005)
Mirage Gone Virtual
By Thijs van Ommen
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