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01/06/2025

Don't Copy Me Bro

Justin concludes his ongoing series of topics that any Level 1 Judge should know by going over the various ways in which spells can be copied, so join us in this week's educational issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(01/06/2025)
Don't Copy Me Bro
By Justin Hovdenes
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08/19/2024

Back to School, 7th Edition

Now With Basically The Same Foreword

Summer is almost over and school is back in session, so sharpen your pencils, open your notebooks, and pay close attention in this week's educational issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/19/2024)
Back to School, 7th Edition
Now With Basically The Same Foreword
By Carsten Haese
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06/17/2024

Modernest Horizons

or, The Most Modern Horizons Yet!

Modern Horizons 3 is out now, so get ready to expand your horizons and join us in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(06/17/2024)
Modernest Horizons
or, The Most Modern Horizons Yet!
By Carsten Haese
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10/02/2023

Adding Alternatives

You can choose one or the other, I'll just add them together.

Today we're taking a deep dive into the topic of alternative and additional costs, so join us in this week's educational issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(10/02/2023)
Adding Alternatives
You can choose one or the other, I'll just add them together.
By Justin Hovdenes
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11/21/2022

Autobots, Roll Out The New Cards

Rules Questions in Disguise

The nostalgia continues as Justin reminisces about some of his favorite childhood toys, so join us in this week's transformative issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(11/21/2022)
Autobots, Roll Out The New Cards
Rules Questions in Disguise
By Justin Hovdenes
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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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05/02/2022

Mob Nixilis is Making You an Offer You Can't Refuse

It would be a shame if your board state were to meet an unfortunate accident. We could help prevent such unforeseen tragedies.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(05/02/2022)
Mob Nixilis is Making You an Offer You Can't Refuse
By Justin Hovdenes
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12/27/2021

It's The End Of The Year As We Know It

(and I feel fine)

New Years is fast approaching as the other holidays are now in the rear view, we take a look at our inboxes once again! As we try to clear out all those rules questions that have piled up over the past year in preparation for all those new questions that will come with the advent of the new year, we have prepared yet another fantastic article for you! So read on in this the last article of 2021 in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(12/27/2021)
It's The End Of The Year As We Know It
(and I feel fine)
By Carsten Haese
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11/01/2021

November Rain

Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games! We got everything you want, all those rules questions and answers. So we jump on the nightrain to head down toward Paradise City where the grass is green. By now you have probably run out of patience for those answers and thus will need to read on, sweet child o' mine, in this week's edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(11/01/2021)
November Rain
By Carsten Haese
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08/31/2020

Back to School, 5th Edition

Now with a Slightly Updated Foreword

It is that time again, dust off your textbooks, buy some new notebooks, pencils, erasers, pens, and all those other supplies to gear up and gain some knowledge! The same goes for us here at the CI offices, we have prepares some lovely information to help educate you in the rules of Magic, so you can go forth and conquer all of your foes! So join us for this weeks didactic edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/31/2020)
Back to School, 5th Edition
Now with a Slightly Updated Foreword
By Carsten Haese
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03/30/2020

Quizworld

It is that time again! Time to brush off your rules knowledge and test your skills with yet another one of those famous CI quiz articles! This week Moko has reached deep into the pool of knowledge to bring out some wonderful questions for you to take a crack at! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/30/2020)
Quizworld
By Carsten Haese
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11/04/2019

This Title Is Now a 3/3 Elk Creature

+2: Create a Food token or you could just make an Elk. Read on in this week's 3/3 edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(11/04/2019)
This Title Is Now a 3/3 Elk Creature
By Andrew Villarrubia
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01/21/2019

Pledge of Ravnica Allegiance

Ravnica Allegiance prereleases have just happened this weekend and we have some hot new cards in our hands to play with!!! So with that in mind we have some hot new questions that have been burning in your minds. No if only we can get the smell of burning out of the offices, who ever let Moko have a source of fire is going to be in big trouble right after we put them all out! So read on in this week's (Rakdos?) allied edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/21/2019)
Pledge of Ravnica Allegiance
By Carsten Haese
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12/31/2018

Five! Four! Three! Two! One! QUIZ!

With the new year on the horizon we thought it would be a good chance to have you test your mettle and show us how much you have been studying this past year! So get your resolutions ready and head on in for another fantastic quiz article!!!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(12/31/2018)
Five! Four! Three! Two! One! QUIZ!
By Carsten Haese
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08/27/2018

Postcards from Lake Michigan

And back from our vacation near the Great Lakes, we have brought with us along with the results from our experiments on zombie monkeys when submerged underwater for long periods of time, another set of answers to those bugging rules questions you have had! We are pretty sure our conclusion is that zombie monkeys underwater is just bad for the fish... read on in this week's well rested edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/27/2018)
Postcards from Lake Michigan
By Carsten Haese
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07/30/2018

The Big Twenty-Five

Magic is turning 25! So we have brought to you a celebration unlike any other (okay maybe just like all the other celebrations here at the CI offices). To that effect we are breaking out all the answers to those pesky rules questions that you have wanted answered over the past 25 years! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(07/30/2018)
The Big Twenty-Five
By Carsten Haese
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02/26/2018

March Madness

March is creeping up on us and Moko is getting a bit stir crazy for spring! Join us as we take you through some of those rules questions that have been gnawing at you for an answer, in this week's edition of Cranial Insertion! Just watch your step.

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(02/26/2018)
March Madness
By Callum Milne
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12/11/2017

Quiz Wars

Episode VIII: The Last Quiz

That is no small moon over there, it is just a Wheel of Sun and Moon! This week we have for you an exciting set of questions to challenge your Magic rules senses, in another one of our exciting quiz episodes! So come and tickle your fancy, just watch out for that giant fuzzball over there (Moko just glued a bunch of fur to his bones) as we journey onward in this week's Silver bordered edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(12/11/2017)
Quiz Wars
Episode VIII: The Last Quiz
By Carsten Haese
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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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02/13/2017

A Valentine's Day Pop Quiz

Love is in the air, and we knew what you would really love is to test your knowledge of the rules of Magic! So this week we bring you yet another quiz article where you can challenge yourself and your valentine! So join us for this weeks quizzical edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(02/13/2017)
A Valentine's Day Pop Quiz
By Carsten Haese
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02/06/2017

The Peasants are Revolting!

More revolting developments are happening on the plane of Kaladesh (the uprising type of developments, despite Moko's attempts). So we continue to dig through our mailboxes and respond to your rules questions and answers! Join us in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(02/06/2017)
The Peasants are Revolting!
By Nathan Long
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12/19/2016

Winter is Coming

As he peered over the wall, he could see off in the distance it was as he feared. Moko spat, uttering curses, he knew what was coming. So often it had come before, in the nightmares of child zombie monkeys. Those rules questions beguiling the mind and bewildering men for all ages, until the coming of the next weeks Cranial Insertion article. So read on and stay warm in this weeks wintery edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(12/19/2016)
Winter is Coming
By Carsten Haese
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12/01/2014

Standard Bearers

Join us as we carry the flag onward into the depths of Standard once again. But our journey will not be complete with just that, we have once again compiled a banner list of rules question and answers from all your favorite formats. So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(12/01/2014)
Standard Bearers
By Carsten Haese
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11/10/2014

 

(11/10/2014)
My Wish is Your Commander
By Carsten Haese
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09/08/2014

I khan't wait!

I khannot believe that we are in yet another preview season! As Khans of Tarkir is right around the corner we are bringing you more of that rules question and answer content you know and love! So read on and join us in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (11 Comments)
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(09/08/2014)
I khan't wait!
By Carsten Haese
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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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07/28/2014

The Dying of the Light

The waves just keep coming! So with our in boxes bursting with questions we bring you another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Not quite fading away just yet.

By James Bennett (1 Comment)
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(07/28/2014)
The Dying of the Light
By James Bennett
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07/21/2014

Kaboom!

Kaboom! Join us this week for this exploding edition of Cranial Insertion! Kaboom!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(07/21/2014)
Kaboom!
By Callum Milne
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05/26/2014

 

(05/26/2014)
No Heat Experience
By Callum Milne
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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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11/14/2011

There are Games Besides Magic?

Come take some time away from dragon slaying and read about some other creature types! It is time for Cranial Insertion with all the rules fun you can handle!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(11/14/2011)
There are Games Besides Magic?
By Brian Paskoff
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03/02/2009

PTQ&A

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(03/02/2009)
PTQ&A
By Brian Paskoff
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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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09/29/2008

 

(09/29/2008)
Going to Pieces
or, Mmm, Bacon Demons
By Eli Shiffrin
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09/15/2008

 

(09/15/2008)
You Have a Choice
or, We Are Your Voice
By Moko
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11/06/2006

Standards and Practices

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(11/06/2006)
Standards and Practices
By Tom Fowler
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06/05/2006

 

(06/05/2006)
Who's Afraid of Shining Shoal?
By Tom Fowler
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