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10/21/2024

This is a (Play)test

In preparation for MagicCon Las Vegas, Nathan is taking a look at the playtest cards from Mystery Booster 2, so join us in this week's wild and wacky issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(10/21/2024)
This is a (Play)test
By Nathan Long
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08/07/2023

Mastering Commander Masters

Commander Masters is out now, and it has taken control of our inbox. Your wish is our command, so join us in this week's commanding episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(08/07/2023)
Mastering Commander Masters
By Carsten Haese
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04/03/2023

Happy Porcelain Anniversary!

Cranial Insertion has been going for eighteen years, so join us as we celebrate this milestone in this week's exciting episode!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(04/03/2023)
Happy Porcelain Anniversary!
By Carsten Haese
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06/20/2022

Dad Jokes

It's Father's Day, and along with our usual selection of rules questions and answers, we present some dad jokes for your... enjoyment? Get ready to groan with delight and join us in this week's paternally punny episode of Cranial Insertion.

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(06/20/2022)
Dad Jokes
By Carsten Haese
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11/02/2020

Anticlockwisdom

Halloween is past us and we are chancing our clocks and settling in with all of those letters you are sending us to answer yet another set of those rules questions you have burning. So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion, now with one extra hour!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(11/02/2020)
Anticlockwisdom
By Carsten Haese
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10/12/2020

Equiznox 3: Better Late Than Never!

This is it! The time of year that you have been waiting for it is happening once again! We here at the Cranial Insertion offices have been waiting for this and Moko has been plotting all year to put together the most devious of those questions for you to answer! In this reversal of roles quiz article to test your knowledge of those pesky MtG rules! So join us for this weeks exciting edition!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(10/12/2020)
Equiznox 3: Better Late Than Never!
By Carsten Haese
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10/05/2020

Questioning Dead

As it turns out, zombies aren't just hungry for brains, some are hungry for answers too.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(10/05/2020)
Questioning Dead
By Justin Hovdenes
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06/01/2020

June-ish

Times flies when you're having fun! We've zoomed past May and we're into June already, and the Cranial Insertion offices are heating up with all the burning questions you've sent in. So sit back, relax, enjoy a cool drink and join us for this week's refreshing edition of Cranial Insertion.

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(06/01/2020)
June-ish
By Nathan Long
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04/20/2020

Destroy All Monsters (怪獣総進撃)

The monsters are coming! We have battened down our hatches, shored up our walls and windows! Settled down for the long haul, and cozied up to our fire with all of your rules questions. Grabbing all the rules answers we can to enhance our weaponry against the incoming onslaught of battle raged monsters! So join us for this week's monstrous edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(04/20/2020)
Destroy All Monsters (怪獣総進撃)
By Charlotte Sable
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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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04/01/2019

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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12/17/2018

Belated Birthday Gifts

Presents abound as we spread cheer and merriment, despite being another year older. So grab a slice of cake and pull up a chair and read on in this week's ageless edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(12/17/2018)
Belated Birthday Gifts
By Carsten Haese
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07/09/2018

Magic Origins: Nicol Bolas

He is back!!!! Nicol Bolas has returned and with him he has brought back the return of Core sets in Magic! So this week we take a look at all of those core rules questions that have been burning in the fires of Grixis, or where they stuck in the Grixis mire, or perhaps drowning in the desire for greater knowledge! Regardless have we got the solution for your woes, with all the answers you need! So read on in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more URB mana!

By Nathan Long (1 Comment)
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(07/09/2018)
Magic Origins: Nicol Bolas
By Nathan Long
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05/07/2018

Maternal Masters

Celebrating mothers here at the offices we bring to you this wonderful edition answering all your rules questions! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! And no, technically, zombie monkeys do not have mothers, but shhh please do not tell that to Moko, he still thinks that old dried out coconut is his mother!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(05/07/2018)
Maternal Masters
By Carsten Haese
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01/29/2018

Photo Finish

Once again we are taking you on a journey through Ixalan. Our runners are neck and neck! Asking all their rules questions and we are replying as fast and furiously as we possibly can! Though watch out for some of those flying zombie monkey parts. So join us for the exciting conclusion to your rules questions in this week's edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(01/29/2018)
Photo Finish
By Callum Milne
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10/09/2017

The Road to El D'Orazca

With Ixalan's release adventurers are out in full swing trying to discover the secrets of this new plane! Rather than risk their lives seeking solutions to life's mysteries they can find their answers here in our latest edition of Cranial Insertion! So read on in this week's exciting edition!

By Charlotte Sable (1 Comment)
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(10/09/2017)
The Road to El D'Orazca
By Charlotte Sable
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(11/19/2012)
Ravnica: City of Cats
or, I Can Has Shockland?
By Eli Shiffrin
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04/23/2012

Waiting for Avacyn

Still waiting for Avacyn Restored? Want to know what is in the Hellvaults? Well, so do we! In the meantime join us once again in our pre-prerelease article partying with all of the usual rules questions you know and love!

By Carsten Haese (7 Comments)
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(04/23/2012)
Waiting for Avacyn
By Carsten Haese
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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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06/14/2010

 

(06/14/2010)
A Momentary Diversion on the Road to the Graveyard
By Brian Paskoff
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(03/15/2010)
The Eyes of March
or, The March of Eyes of Orms-by-Gore
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/22/2010

 

(02/22/2010)
I Left My Card in San Diego
or, Yay for Pro Tours
By Eli Shiffrin
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(01/04/2010)
The Return of Pamplemouse
or, A New Writer for a New Year
By Carsten Haese
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10/27/2008

Ave Atque Vale

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(10/27/2008)
Ave Atque Vale
By Tom Fowler
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11/12/2007

Quizzing Phelddagrif

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(11/12/2007)
Quizzing Phelddagrif
By Tom Fowler
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07/23/2007

Big Arrow!

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(07/23/2007)
Big Arrow!
By Tom Fowler
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(11/20/2006)
Five Wishes
or, How I Learned to Stop Pulling and Research the Ring
By Ted Dickinson
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05/16/2005

 

(05/16/2005)
Casual Mayhem Week
or, The Lost Lotus of Atlantis
By Eli Shiffrin
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