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Endings Are Just Beginnings
or, Out with the Old...The year has come to a close and we celebrate with a bang here at the Cranial Insertion offices. To ring in the new year we bring you some power packed questions and answers to your rules questions! So read on in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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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!
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In a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
Read this week's article you will. Teach you a great many things about the rules of Magic it will. Beware the Moko for once you start down the path with a zombie monkey forever will it dominate your destiny. May the Force of Nature, or was that Force of Savagery, Force of Will??? aw forget it... Read on for for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Make a Myth-Take
If I could turn the page I might be able to get to these rules questions and answers. So I will settle for reading this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! With all the rules question and answers, and no more broken hearts, and no disguises here!
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Quizgiving
or, Thanksquizzing?Quiz time! Thank goodness for Magic, as Thanksgiving just passed in the States we bring you a fantabulous trivia article! So read on and test your skills in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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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!
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Taking Command(er)
New commander cards are now available and are storming your group, resolving large and in charge! So we take a look at these new cards imposing their way onto your battlefields! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Wait For It....
Hold it... hold it... hold it.... while we occupy ourselves with restraining Moko from his latest hobby using hollowed out animal skulls as dums while screeching holiday songs, you can enjoy our latest edition of Cranial Insertion! Chock full of all your rules question and answers to tide you over!
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Fright Club
or, Belated Happy Halloween!All Hallows Eve has just passed, no we are not referring to the Magic card, in the United States and we hope you had a frightful evening! We have some spooktacular rules questions, which you have scared up for us via e-mail, Twitter, and all of the other submission methods! So join us in this week's haunting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Take your base
Batter up! This week we once again take a swing at all of those rules questions you have been sending us! So read on as we once again attempt to hit it out of the park! Moko stop chewing on the bats...
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The Big Three
Here we are back at it again answering all of your rules questions! As Nathan celebrates his third article, sit back and relax with a nice cup of your favorite beverage and enjoy. No more demon blood for you Moko, no... bad Moko put that down! Read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion. Okay, that is going to take forever to clean up....
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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.
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Rotarian's Dinner
or,I said, I would like to buy a vowel, not Moko could you please howl. We have some more puzzling questions for you served up just right. So take a spin through this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Back to Zendikar
or, Snacks on a PlaneThe Eldrazi are on the lose and eating everything in sight! So join the fight against them and arm yourself with all the rules knowledge you can handle. Join us for this appetizing edition of Cranial Insertion!
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War Drums
Shhhh... shhhhh... can you hear that? Can you hear the pulsating sound of the approaching percussion? Wait, that is just Moko beating on his war drums made of skulls. So join us as Moko continues to pound out the rhythm while we answer all of your rules question and answers in this weeks thundering edition of Cranial Insertion!
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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!
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Work Hard
Play HarderWe are working hard or is that hardly working? ... to answer all of the rules questions you send in! So here we are with yet another exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! No Moko, stop that.... read on for this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!
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PAX Magica
A magical peace has decended upon the world of Magic. We are getting ready for spoilers from Battle for Zendikar as we do so once again we provide you with all the answers to your questions in order to quell your tumultuous wonder. So join us for this week spellbinding edition of Cranial Insertion!
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A Magic Origins Story
Our newest writer Nathan Long takes us on a brief trip through his Magic history - and answers some questions along the way.
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Happy Birthday, Magic!
Another incredible year for our illustrious game, and now we are all just that much older and our brains that much riper for Moko to eat. Bad Monkey stop eyeing our brains. Join us to stuff your brains once again with all the rules question and answers you can eat, and cake!
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Going on Tour
The band is all together and the gear is all packed! We are hitting the road once again with our answers! So join us for this weeks article as we shred our way through all your questions!
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Fin de siècle
or, Thanks for Ten Years of FishIt is the end of an era as Eli signs off with his last article, we bring you a special treat in the form of a quiz article! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! P.S. Do not eat the cake.
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Food on the Brain
Magic Origins is out and about in the wilds now and we have another serving of your rules question and answers ready for you! Too bad Moko can only feast on brains. Bad zombie monkey, bad... well get your brain ready for the smorgasbord that is this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Back to the Past
or, Be Kind, Please RewindThis is it we have reached 88 miles per hour while generating 1.21 gigawatts of power! Now we are heading straight into the once and future past of Magic Origins! With the prerelease behind us we bring you some answers to those burning questions! So read on in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Just watch out for that eye in the sky.
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The Final Origin
or,The origins of Magic are on their final installation. As we anticipate getting our hands on some the last of the Core sets we once again explore your rules questions! Onward into the depths of Magic history and rules! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Explosions are optional.
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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!
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Midsummer Night's Game
or, Stop That, SunSummer is in full swing, Oberon and Titania are in the garden waiting for the sun to rise. So we bring you some sizzling hot rules questions and answers! Join us for this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!
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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!
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Bigger Than Ever
Fresh off the biggest weekend of Magic ever, we bring to you some of the hottest rules questions and answers! You asked them and we answered, so join us for this weeks Modern-tastic edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Smashing Records
or, Prepare for Magic WeekendSetting 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!
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Modern Remastered
Back at it again enjoying some of the old time classics revisiting them with the old and the new. So join us as we modernize your arsenal and set you up to master each rules question in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Call me, May bee?
It is may and it might just be an exciting time in Magic the Gathering with Dragons possibly out and in full force and Modern Masters on the horizon. Well lets just see what could be in our mail bag from our readers and answer some of those exciting rules questions! So join us for this weeks potentially excessively exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Show Time!
We come yet again to that exciting time in the year, preview time! We are gathering up our mastery of all that is modern Magic and answering your rules questions! So without further ado its...
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Formidable Questions
or, No Questions Involving FormidableThis week we take on the daunting task of answering all of your rules questions! Moko has built an impregnable fortress from the rather imposing tower of questions that has built up around the offices. With this terrific task at hand join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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A Dash of Dash
And Other Assorted QuestionsTime is just sprinting by and we are in the thick of more of your questions from Dragons of Tarkir! So join us as we rush out answers to you in this weeks hastey edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Springtime for Tarkir
or, Sturm und DragonSpring is in the air and we are bouncing forward with some more of your rules question from Dragons of Tarkir! So with the tempest still raging and the dragons circling above our heads, lets dive deep into those answers! Read on with this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Bluesploitation
BecauseThis week we exploit your rules questions with our answers! Join us as we delve into some exciting posits. So read on in this exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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The Top Tin
or, Ten Years of Rules on the WallIt's our tinth anniversary and we are celebrating with an article from across the years! This time we feature your questions from the history of Magic and CI with answers from then and now! So read on in this weeks exciting edition oc Cranial Insertion!
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Future Perfect
or, Bold OutcomesThe future is upon us and Sarkhan has done it! Dragons surround us now on the plane of Tarkir and we have gathered up the best specimens of your rules questions to answer! So join us in this weeks bold edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Soon, Suddenly Dragons
We are warming up with a preliminary round of your red hot burning questions as we wait to see your initial scorching inquiries involving Dragons of Tarkir next week. So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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The Fall of the Curtain
The End of an Era, and other assorted clichésCallum takes us on a tour through memory lane as we close the chapter on PTQs and begin anew with PPTQs and RPTQs. For this episode we reminisce over your rules questions and provide you with the answers you seek so that you can turn the page. So join us for this weeks historical edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Marching into March
Join us as we forge ahead springing into warmer waters. This week we continue with a bouquet of the rules questions and answers that you have come to know and love! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Under Plowed
or, Don't Hire Goblin Digging TeamBuried under both snow and piles of rules questions we begin to dig our way out. If only Wizards had created Silver-Inlaid Shovels instead. Join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Bold Predictions
or, Future PerfectClouded the future is, always in motion. So to try and bring it more into focus we make some prognostications. Though admittedly, we should probably not let Moko use our crystal ball. So join us as we conjecture over your rules questions in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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Leashing the Monster
We have been trying something new with Moko all this week, in keeping him on a leash; however, it has not been working out all that well. Beyond the expense of trying to keep a zombie monkey on a leash, he keeps breaking them. Good thing we can distract him with some shiny new rules questions and answers! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!
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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!
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Manifestly Obvious
or, The Morph Things ChangeAs we manifest a new article this week we unmorph your rules questions with the answers you wanted to know! So join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion.
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Blast from the Past
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Ave, Lector!
Nos Submergere Saluto!Here we are once again drowning in our sorrows as we wait for the Fate Reforged prerelease. So until its arrival we are going to submerge ourselves into yet another pile of your rules questions and answers! Join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion, now with more power!
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Five by Five
In this weeks edition we ring in the new year Cranial Insertion style. That means as we prepare to celebrate 10 years and Carsten celebrates 5 years we bring you your rules questions and answers once again in all their exciting glory!!! So join us for this weeks exciting edition!
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