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05/20/2024

Question and Answer Roundup

Like cows escaping the barn, questions can be difficult to round up.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(05/20/2024)
Question and Answer Roundup
By Justin Hovdenes
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11/27/2023

Digging Deep into Ixalan

We continue to explore the depths of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, so grab your gear and join us in this week's adventurous issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(11/27/2023)
Digging Deep into Ixalan
By Nathan Long
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11/13/2023

Spelunking on Ixalan

It's new set time! Let's discover what might be hiding in the caves of Ixalan!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(11/13/2023)
Spelunking on Ixalan
By Justin Hovdenes
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06/13/2022

Let's Get This Party Started

It's my party, and I'll scry if I want to! Come join us at the Cranial Inn where the party has gathered to answer all of your rules questions in this week's adventurous issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(06/13/2022)
Let's Get This Party Started
By Nathan Long
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07/19/2021

You See An Inn

The Dungeons and Dragons prereleases are in the books. So we have packed an exciting article chock full of those pesky rules questions that had you lost on your delve into the dungeon this past weekend. Read on in this week's adventurous edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(07/19/2021)
You See An Inn
By Nathan Long
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06/07/2021

2 Moderns 2 Horizons

Fire up the engines and kick it into high gear, pop the clutch and lets roll out! We have Modern Horizons 2 burning rubber down the fast lane in 5th gear! So checkout this week's high octane article to prepare you for all the high speed action that is coming your way in this blazing hot edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(06/07/2021)
2 Moderns 2 Horizons
By Andrew Villarrubia
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09/30/2019

Not-so-Grimm Fairy Tales

The tales of fay have finally hit our local stores, vying for the throne, what will happen when their glamours become exposed? Come join us as we seek to steel our resolve and test our mettle amongst the Grimm tales about to unfold as we prepare for time when the Throne of Eldraine hits shelves!

By Charlotte Sable (1 Comment)
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(09/30/2019)
Not-so-Grimm Fairy Tales
By Charlotte Sable
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09/23/2019

Goodbye to Ixalan and Dominaria

September is coming to a close and so is Ixalan and Dominaria's time in Standard. We have put together a final hurrah of rules questions and answers involving all of your favorite cards, or at least the recent one you have inquired about. So join us for this week's sendoff edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(09/23/2019)
Goodbye to Ixalan and Dominaria
By Nathan Long
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03/18/2019

Lost in the Library

This week we bring you the knowledge you seek from deep within the halls of the Azorious library. Seeking the rules knowledge we need in order to better play Magic since the inception of the guilds! So join us for this week's insightful edition of Cranial Insertion! Now if only we could find our way back to the CI offices...

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(03/18/2019)
Lost in the Library
By Nathan Long
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12/24/2018

Red & Green on Christmas Eve

It's Christmas Eve, and things are looking festive at the Cranial Insertion offices. The halls are decked with boughs of holly, mistletoe is hanging from the ceiling, and in keeping with the red/green color scheme, all the questions this week feature cards that are red and/or green. So join us in this week's Gruul-colored Christmas edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(12/24/2018)
Red & Green on Christmas Eve
By Nathan Long
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06/04/2018

Travel Madness

Being on the road a lot brings with it a lot of questions, and so this week we bring you some answers that we've found on our travels! If you need a good distraction between unpacking from one trip and packing for the next one, check out this week’s well-traveled edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (0 Comments)
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(06/04/2018)
Travel Madness
By Charlotte Sable
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03/05/2018

Winter Blast

Winter is coming, wait no it is still here... the recent blast of cold hitting the CI offices has us scrambling for warmer times. To that end we are firing up yet another article with all the question and answers you have come to know and love! So join us in this week’s exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (2 Comments)
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(03/05/2018)
Winter Blast
By Charlotte Sable
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02/19/2018

Digging Through the Rare Box

We are digging through the rules questions to find all those answers to the hidden gems that you were looking for! So join us in this week's sparkly edition of Cranial Insertion. Now with more speculars.

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(02/19/2018)
Digging Through the Rare Box
By Nathan Long
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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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01/22/2018

The Amazing Race

Rivals of Ixalan has landed and we are in a frenzy here getting all the challenges laid down for the racers this week. In order to prepare yourself, we have this handy dandy guide to all those bothersome rules questions you have been wanting to know! So read on in this week's fast paced edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(01/22/2018)
The Amazing Race
By Nathan Long
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09/25/2017

Welcome to Ixalan Park

Messing around with chaos seems pretty poor; however, that has not stopped the folks on Ixalan from enjoying their Dino pals! With Ixalan prereleases in the books all over the world, we bring you some answers to those monstrous questions you have stoping around in you minds (or backyards?)! So join us for this weeks jurassic edition of Cranial Insertion! Now with more dinos!

By Nathan Long (2 Comments)
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(09/25/2017)
Welcome to Ixalan Park
By Nathan Long
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08/24/2015

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.

By Nathan Long (1 Comment)
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(08/24/2015)
A Magic Origins Story
By Nathan Long
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05/11/2015

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!

By James Bennett (8 Comments)
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(05/11/2015)
Call me, May bee?
By James Bennett
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12/22/2014

Take your Turn (again)

or, Turn Up The Volume

We are tuning in and turning it up once again this week with some exciting rules question and answers straight from you! This week we take an in depth look at the turn structure! So take a spin through and read on in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (3 Comments)
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(12/22/2014)
Take your Turn (again)
or, Turn Up The Volume
By James Bennett
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06/11/2012

CI vs Megashark vs Giant Octopus

or, Deep in the Asylum

Is that a Deep-Sea Kraken on the horizon over there? Nope, that is just some Mystic Snakes on a Train. Read on as Eli gives a tribute to budget giant monster flicks, oh yeah, and answers rules questions too!

By Eli Shiffrin (7 Comments)
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(06/11/2012)
CI vs Megashark vs Giant Octopus
or, Deep in the Asylum
By Eli Shiffrin
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09/19/2011

Goodbye, Zendikar!

And fareweldrazi, too!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(09/19/2011)
Goodbye, Zendikar!
By Carsten Haese
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01/03/2011

Happy New Myr!

or, Here's to another year of reckless puns

There's a festive New Year ball drop on Mirrodin, too. Only the ball is the Mirari, and thousands are killed. Still lots of drinking though.

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/03/2011)
Happy New Myr!
or, Here's to another year of reckless puns
By Carsten Haese
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(10/11/2010)
Ooze Control
or, I'm saving the metal puns for next time
By Carsten Haese
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09/14/2009

Dominoes

or, One Right After Another

By Aaron Stevenson (0 Comments)
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(09/14/2009)
Dominoes
or, One Right After Another
By Aaron Stevenson
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