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08/12/2024

From North Dakota to Maryland

Whether in the Midwest or on the East Coast, judges are never done answering rules questions.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(08/12/2024)
From North Dakota to Maryland
By Justin Hovdenes
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02/08/2021

Kaldheim Runesmithing

Runes are very important on Kaldheim. Creating Runes I imagine is hard work. Lets honor this tradition by spending some hard work answer rules questions all about Kaldheim.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(02/08/2021)
Kaldheim Runesmithing
By Justin Hovdenes
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02/01/2021

There's No Business Like Snow Business

With the release of Kaldheim things in the CI office have started to heat up, so in order to cool them off we have taken a load of your questions and jam packed them into this week's article! So read on in this week's chilly edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(02/01/2021)
There's No Business Like Snow Business
By Nathan Long
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09/21/2020

Party Rock Anthem

We are here to rock and roll! Bringing down the house with answers to those questions you have about some upcoming cards from the fantastic new set Zendikar Rising! So join us for this week's heavy article chock full of all those answers you need to get the juices flowing and the sound turned up!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(09/21/2020)
Party Rock Anthem
By Carsten Haese
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04/27/2020

Order of Operations (Ikoria Version)

or, Don't Touch the Sides

This week we take a look at some of the rules updates that Ikoria has brought in. So into the den of the monsters, we go as we take a deep dive into the section of the rules best known as layers! Join us in this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(04/27/2020)
Order of Operations (Ikoria Version)
or, Don't Touch the Sides
By Moko
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04/09/2018

Thirteen Candles

So this week we are bringing you another article jam packed with all those exciting answers to those rules questions you have burning in your mind! Now if only we can get Moko ro put down those matches.... join us for this week's bright edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(04/09/2018)
Thirteen Candles
By Carsten Haese
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11/28/2016

Don't go chasing planar falls

Exciting things are happening here at the Cranial Insertion offices, and a lot of it depends on the results of our planar die rolls. Whoosh... changing planes again! So join us as we put together a selection of your questions based on everyone's favorite plane shifting product Planechase! So join us for this week's exciting edition of Cranial Insertion, Planechase style!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(11/28/2016)
Don't go chasing planar falls
By James Bennett
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08/08/2016

Back Out in the Outback

Coming to you from the Land Down Under this week we present to you yet another article chock full of those rules questions and answers you had burning in the back of your minds. Fresh off of Pro Tour Eldritch Moon join us for this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(08/08/2016)
Back Out in the Outback
By James Bennett
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01/12/2015

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!

By Callum Milne (8 Comments)
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(01/12/2015)
Ave, Lector!
Nos Submergere Saluto!
By Callum Milne
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10/07/2013

Up in the Air

Theros is out and flying all around and so are the questions. Join us on this high flying adventure of rules questions in this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion.

By James Bennett (1 Comment)
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(10/07/2013)
Up in the Air
By James Bennett
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07/29/2013

I Need a Theros

I'm Holding Out for a Theros 'Till the End of the Night

Heróis, monstros, e minatauros, ena! Prepara-te para Theros, mais cedo que o normal, por isso lê a edição mítica da Cranial Insertion desta semana!

By Callum Milne (4 Comments)
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(07/29/2013)
I Need a Theros
I'm Holding Out for a Theros 'Till the End of the Night
By Callum Milne
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09/17/2012

Falling into Autumn

Leaves starting to fall from the trees and that can only mean one thing! Autumn is in the air, no new Magic sets, of course! Alas as we wait for the Return to Ravinca, Carsten takes us through some freshly fallen (in our inboxes) rules questions!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(09/17/2012)
Falling into Autumn
By Carsten Haese
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05/28/2012

Sound the Horns!

(or, what's that buzzing noise?)

Come on in and raise a cup along with James while he plays his vuvuzela and answers all your rules questions! It is Magic World Cup fever here at Cranial Insertion, read on!

By James Bennett (8 Comments)
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(05/28/2012)
Sound the Horns!
(or, what's that buzzing noise?)
By James Bennett
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04/09/2012

What's in the Box?

or, Seven Deadly Monkeys

A box full of surprises and all those rules questions you know and love, in this edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (8 Comments)
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(04/09/2012)
What's in the Box?
or, Seven Deadly Monkeys
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/20/2012

 

(02/20/2012)
Back and Forth
or, Transcontinental Judging
By Eli Shiffrin
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01/10/2011

New Year's Resolution

or, Good, No One Countered It

Random factoid: 01-10-11 is binary for 1-2-3. Your day has been enriched with this knowledge.

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(01/10/2011)
New Year's Resolution
or, Good, No One Countered It
By Eli Shiffrin
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(05/31/2010)
Zombie Moko Goes to Washington
or, Zombies Go Hungry at Congress
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/23/2009

 

(02/23/2009)
Games Afoot
or, Referring to the Subtitle Is Meta
By Eli Shiffrin
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(02/18/2008)
Always Avoid Affected Alliteration
or, Eschew Obfuscation
By Tom Fowler
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(02/05/2007)
Agents of KAOS
or, Getting Smart About the New Set
By Tom Fowler
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(11/14/2005)
(Kinda) (Sorta) Live from LA!
or, The World Needs More Internet
By Eli Shiffrin
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05/09/2005

Don't Eat the Cake

By Jeff Vondruska (0 Comments)
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(05/09/2005)
Don't Eat the Cake
By Jeff Vondruska
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04/04/2005

Fly, Monkey, Fly!

By Thijs van Ommen (0 Comments)
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(04/04/2005)
Fly, Monkey, Fly!
By Thijs van Ommen
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