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07/22/2024

Baltimore Here I Come

Flying to Baltimore for a Prerelease Seems Extreme

Justin is busy getting ready to judge at SCG Con in Baltimore this weekend, but that's not stopping him from answering your rules questions. Join us in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (1 Comment)
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(07/22/2024)
Baltimore Here I Come
Flying to Baltimore for a Prerelease Seems Extreme
By Justin Hovdenes
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01/08/2024

Ravnica in Review

It's time to revisit Ravnica, so join us in this week's nostalgic issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(01/08/2024)
Ravnica in Review
By Nathan Long
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09/11/2023

Born to be Wilds of Eldraine

Get your motor runnin', building new decks with faeries!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(09/11/2023)
Born to be Wilds of Eldraine
By Justin Hovdenes
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04/12/2021

It's a Mystical Day in this Neighborhood.

With Strixhaven just around the corner, lets take a look at the Mystical Archive that is included in the set.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(04/12/2021)
It's a Mystical Day in this Neighborhood.
By Justin Hovdenes
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12/23/2019

Just Hear Those Slay Bells Jingling

Ho, ho, ho! Santa joins us bringing presents and joy to all the people of the world! Or... maybe just special guest in answering all of those rules questions you folks have! So join us in this week's rewarding edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(12/23/2019)
Just Hear Those Slay Bells Jingling
By Andrew Villarrubia
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04/03/2017

Out Like A Lamb

We've made it into April, which means we're that much closer to the release of Amonkhet, but we'll have to be patient for just a few more weeks. No April Fool's pranks here, but plenty of Magic rules knowledge as always, so join us for this week's April-fresh edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (2 Comments)
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(04/03/2017)
Out Like A Lamb
By Nathan Long
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03/13/2017

Let's Do the Time Warp Again!

At it once again warping around the multiverse in search of the perfect storm of rules questions to answer! So join us in song and dance for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more callbacks, just watch out for the Meatloaf.

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(03/13/2017)
Let's Do the Time Warp Again!
By Carsten Haese
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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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07/20/2015

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!

By Callum Milne (8 Comments)
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(07/20/2015)
Food on the Brain
By Callum Milne
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06/08/2015

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!

By James Bennett (2 Comments)
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(06/08/2015)
Bigger Than Ever
By James Bennett
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03/30/2015

The Top Tin

or, Ten Years of Rules on the Wall

It'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!

By Eli Shiffrin (2 Comments)
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(03/30/2015)
The Top Tin
or, Ten Years of Rules on the Wall
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/23/2015

Under Plowed

or, Don't Hire Goblin Digging Team

Buried 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!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(02/23/2015)
Under Plowed
or, Don't Hire Goblin Digging Team
By James Bennett
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03/10/2014

Clockspinning

or, Time Travel Made Easy

The times are changing, literally! Join us as we shoot forward an in time to bring you this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(03/10/2014)
Clockspinning
or, Time Travel Made Easy
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/10/2014

Born to Be Godly

or, Delicious Pancaketheon

More wild questions are pouring into our inboxes. Join us this for this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion. Now with blueberries!

By Eli Shiffrin (2 Comments)
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(02/10/2014)
Born to Be Godly
or, Delicious Pancaketheon
By Eli Shiffrin
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09/16/2013

Motown Magic

Coming at you live from the Motor City, with this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (9 Comments)
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(09/16/2013)
Motown Magic
By Carsten Haese
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07/01/2013

A Limited Supply of Rules Questions

...or, I'm Going to Hell For That Pun

The time at GP Las Vegas may have been limited, along with the format, but that does not mean the questions were so limited! So join us in this weeks masterfully constrained edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(07/01/2013)
A Limited Supply of Rules Questions
...or, I'm Going to Hell For That Pun
By Callum Milne
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06/10/2013

Breaking the Mold

Creeping or oozing molds always find a way to keep growing. Just like our question and answer repitiore! Join us for some not so old questions in this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (5 Comments)
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(06/10/2013)
Breaking the Mold
By James Bennett
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07/02/2012

Born on the Fourth of July

(or, ooh, look at the explosions!)

It is an explosive celebration! Join James as we celebrate the 4th of July by liberating all those rules questions Cranial Insertion style!

By James Bennett (8 Comments)
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(07/02/2012)
Born on the Fourth of July
(or, ooh, look at the explosions!)
By James Bennett
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03/12/2012

Dawn of the Undead

Creatures undying all around us, what are we todo? Why, read this weeks Cranial Insertion, of course! This weeks edition with the standard compliment of zombies, humans, brains, and oh yeah, rules questions too!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/12/2012)
Dawn of the Undead
By Carsten Haese
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01/16/2012

Question Salad

Chef Carsten is at it again with his New Years resolutions; including eating right, exercise and reading lots and lots of Cranial Insertion! Join us for this feast of rules questions!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/16/2012)
Question Salad
By Carsten Haese
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08/22/2011

Question-Walk

or, All the Cool Kids Are Doing It

If a creature has landwalk and haste, could we say it has landrun?

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(08/22/2011)
Question-Walk
or, All the Cool Kids Are Doing It
By Eli Shiffrin
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(01/25/2010)
Earth Moving
or, Manland questions and other assorted goodies
By Carsten Haese
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07/06/2009

Revolution

By Aaron Stevenson (0 Comments)
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(07/06/2009)
Revolution
By Aaron Stevenson
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05/18/2009

 

(05/18/2009)
Fun in the Sun
or, 6000°K in the Photosphere
By Eli Shiffrin
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03/31/2008

Saturday's Fool

By John Carter (0 Comments)
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(03/31/2008)
Saturday's Fool
By John Carter
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03/12/2007

 

(03/12/2007)
Crime and Punishment
or, Not the Split Card
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/19/2007

99 Questions of Rules on the Wall

By Thijs van Ommen (0 Comments)
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(02/19/2007)
99 Questions of Rules on the Wall
By Thijs van Ommen
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01/15/2007

The Calm Before the Chaos

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(01/15/2007)
The Calm Before the Chaos
By Tom Fowler
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(01/01/2007)
We'll Take a Couple Questions Yet
or, And There's an Answer, My Trusty Fiere
By Eli Shiffrin
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(10/30/2006)
All About Triggered Abilities
or, Whenever You're Time-Traveling, Think About When to Look At
By Ted Dickinson
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04/03/2006

Divide // Conquer

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(04/03/2006)
Divide // Conquer
By Eli Shiffrin
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