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02/26/2024

A Touch of Modern

Justin is showing us seven of his own Modern decks and answers rules questions that come up with those decks, so join us in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(02/26/2024)
A Touch of Modern
By Justin Hovdenes
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11/09/2020

Bingewatching

With flu season approaching and Coronavirus being an ongoing problem, we at Cranial Insertion are spending more time indoors, which gives us the opportunity to catch up on our favorite TV shows and to answer your rules questions. Join us for this week's watchful edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(11/09/2020)
Bingewatching
By Nathan Long
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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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04/16/2018

A Taxing Time of Year

Need some tax relief, well have we got something for you! This week’s latest fresh off the press edition of Cranial Insertion! So join us for a bit of a distraction from all those pesky forms and regulations to turn all your rules questions into a nice refund!

By Nathan Long (2 Comments)
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(04/16/2018)
A Taxing Time of Year
By Nathan Long
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12/19/2016

Winter is Coming

As he peered over the wall, he could see off in the distance it was as he feared. Moko spat, uttering curses, he knew what was coming. So often it had come before, in the nightmares of child zombie monkeys. Those rules questions beguiling the mind and bewildering men for all ages, until the coming of the next weeks Cranial Insertion article. So read on and stay warm in this weeks wintery edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(12/19/2016)
Winter is Coming
By Carsten Haese
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(09/22/2014)
Release the Tarkirs!
or, Happy as a Clan
By Eli Shiffrin
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03/24/2014

I Got Ninety-Nine Problems

Moko is at it again tanning some bunnies that apparently have been stuffed inside his head forcibly by one of the Cranial Insertion experiments. Maybe we can make a belt from the hides as our anniversary gift. So join us on this our ninth anniversary edition for some exciting rules Q&A!

By Callum Milne (6 Comments)
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(03/24/2014)
I Got Ninety-Nine Problems
By Callum Milne
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09/09/2013

Rules Labor's Lost

or,

The day of labor is passed and now we look forward to a new horizon. With Theros just weeks away, we bring you some hard working rules questions in this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion.

By James Bennett (12 Comments)
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(09/09/2013)
Rules Labor's Lost
or,
By James Bennett
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08/06/2012

Summer Games

Welcome back to the Olympic Games, and this time we take you to the Magic Triathlon, this event consists of... wait, that is not a real event. Okay back to you Carsten with this weeks Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (4 Comments)
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(08/06/2012)
Summer Games
By Carsten Haese
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(06/25/2012)
Summertime!
And the livin' is easy
By Carsten Haese
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06/04/2012

Planeswalking on Sunshine

(and don't it feel good!)

Back from his recent journey through the Second Sunrise of Planechase, Carsten takes us through the exciting interactions of the new release! Read on to find out what feel good rules questions await!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(06/04/2012)
Planeswalking on Sunshine
(and don't it feel good!)
By Carsten Haese
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07/25/2011

Magic on the Beach

This isn't the name of an alcoholic mixed drink. YET.

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(07/25/2011)
Magic on the Beach
By Brian Paskoff
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04/11/2011

Perfection Made Text

or, The Father of Machines Is Coming

Our monkeys call out to the lost and the broken. They fear simian zombies, even as we offer immortality.

By Eli Shiffrin (0 Comments)
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(04/11/2011)
Perfection Made Text
or, The Father of Machines Is Coming
By Eli Shiffrin
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(07/12/2010)
Going to 11
or, Wait, Did You Really Not See That Joke Coming?
By Eli Shiffrin
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10/26/2009

 

(10/26/2009)
She's On Fire
or, That Was Supposed To Be A Metaphor
By Aaron Stevenson
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(07/20/2009)
Order of Operations (M10 Version)
or, Don't Touch the Sides
By Eli Shiffrin
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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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05/11/2009

 

(05/11/2009)
Mother of Rules
or, Giving Birth to Alara, Again
By Aaron Stevenson
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(04/27/2009)
I'm Thinking ARB
or, Gold, It Makes the World Go Round
By Eli Shiffrin
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02/09/2009

Frozen Goyfsicles

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(02/09/2009)
Frozen Goyfsicles
By Brian Paskoff
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12/22/2008

 

(12/22/2008)
Planeswalk On
or, Winter Is Coming
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
11/03/2008

Attack of the 8/9 Goyf

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(11/03/2008)
Attack of the 8/9 Goyf
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
09/29/2008

 

(09/29/2008)
Going to Pieces
or, Mmm, Bacon Demons
By Eli Shiffrin
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