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01/06/2025

Don't Copy Me Bro

Justin concludes his ongoing series of topics that any Level 1 Judge should know by going over the various ways in which spells can be copied, so join us in this week's educational issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(01/06/2025)
Don't Copy Me Bro
By Justin Hovdenes
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11/18/2024

Building Up Our Foundations

Foundations is out now and it's dominating our inbox, so let's continue our deep dive into Magic's latest set in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(11/18/2024)
Building Up Our Foundations
By Nathan Long
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09/16/2024

Halloween Creep

Moko is getting into the Halloween spirit early and has started to put up decorations at the Cranial Insertion offices already. Come on in, try to avoid the disturbingly realistic spiders and webs, and join us in this week's exciting issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(09/16/2024)
Halloween Creep
By Nathan Long
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10/24/2022

Welcome to Magic 30!

Nathan is preparing to go to Las Vegas for the big Magic 30 convention this weekend, but first here's another selection of Magic rules questions to answer, so join us in this week's celebratory issue of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(10/24/2022)
Welcome to Magic 30!
By Nathan Long
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05/30/2022

1 877 Kwestions 4 Kids

That's Kwestions with a K!

We're getting in the ring to wrestle with a bunch of tricky rules questions you've sent in. Join us as we body-slam your questions into oblivion in this leg-dropping, jaw-dropping, and mic-dropping episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(05/30/2022)
1 877 Kwestions 4 Kids
That's Kwestions with a K!
By Andrew Villarrubia
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05/09/2022

Rules and Gabigools

While celebrating Mother's Day at a local restaurant, Andrew encountered a mob boss and made him an offer he couldn't understand. Find out what happened next and join us in this week's exciting episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(05/09/2022)
Rules and Gabigools
By Andrew Villarrubia
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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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12/28/2020

Year's End

The year is over, and for many of us it could have arrived faster.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(12/28/2020)
Year's End
By Justin Hovdenes
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12/07/2020

Banned, But Not Forgotten.

Many a card in MTG has been banned or restricted. These cards although hidden away, still deserve a little love.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(12/07/2020)
Banned, But Not Forgotten.
By Justin Hovdenes
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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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07/15/2019

It's My Party And I'll Cry if I Want to

Andrew is living it up and partying it down! So he has put together one banger of an article for his birthday bash! Join us for this week’s celebratory edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(07/15/2019)
It's My Party And I'll Cry if I Want to
By Andrew Villarrubia
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02/18/2019

Who Wants to Be the Living Guildpact?

With Jace missing in action, a replacement for the Living Guildpact must be found ASAP! Join us this week for a rollicking Ravnica quiz and find out if you're suited for the task in this edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Charlotte Sable (2 Comments)
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(02/18/2019)
Who Wants to Be the Living Guildpact?
By Charlotte Sable
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09/24/2018

Happy Equiznox

(The Z is Silent)

It is that time of year again! That is right, time to reset your clocks and fall back one hour! Wait, did you think there was going to be another quiz article!!? Well, okay then I suppose we cannot get one by you, which is why this article will be a breeze for you to get all of the correct answers! So to prove your hypothesis correct and begin the ability to boast amongst all your friends about how superior your intellect is read on in this week's inquizitive edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(09/24/2018)
Happy Equiznox
(The Z is Silent)
By Carsten Haese
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07/02/2018

Quizzing by the Pool

We're in the middle of a heat wave, so we're cooling off by going swimming in the Knowledge Pool. Come join us and test your knowledge in this refreshing quiz episode of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(07/02/2018)
Quizzing by the Pool
By Carsten Haese
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02/27/2017

Time Marches On

It is almost March and the year is picking up steam, so while time is seemingly slipping through our fingers we take a moment to do what we do best and answer your rules questions! Join us for this weeks timely edition of Cranial Insertion, now packed with even more time (or marching, not quite sure which)!

By Callum Milne (1 Comment)
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(02/27/2017)
Time Marches On
By Callum Milne
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01/04/2016

Dragon in the New Year

It is a new year, brimming with opportunities to learn about new rules interactions. With our new year resolutions made, and our goals laid out before us we lay out this article chock full of your rules questions and answers! So read on in this year's first edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (2 Comments)
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(01/04/2016)
Dragon in the New Year
By Callum Milne
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01/05/2015

Five by Five

In this weeks edition we ring in the new year Cranial Insertion style. That means as we prepare to celebrate 10 years and Carsten celebrates 5 years we bring you your rules questions and answers once again in all their exciting glory!!! So join us for this weeks exciting edition!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(01/05/2015)
Five by Five
By Carsten Haese
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11/24/2014

A Feast of Rules

You have been stuffing our inboxes with great rules questions. So while we get ready to stuff our faces, we are going to stuff your head with answers to your questions! No, Moko, no... stop that. So read on witch this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By James Bennett (0 Comments)
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(11/24/2014)
A Feast of Rules
By James Bennett
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03/31/2014

Souvenirs from Cincinnati

We have some exciting rules questions and answers for you this week, hot off the floor of the recent GP in Cincinnati! Now if I can only figure out how to get those chilli stains out of my bag.

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(03/31/2014)
Souvenirs from Cincinnati
By Carsten Haese
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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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01/20/2014

Old and Busted

Not the New Hotness

Top coat, top hat, black shades, white gloves, lookin' sharp and looking for rules answers! They come running just as fast as they can. 'Coz every creature is crazy 'bout a sharp dressed planeswalker.

By Callum Milne (0 Comments)
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(01/20/2014)
Old and Busted
Not the New Hotness
By Callum Milne
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07/15/2013

 

(07/15/2013)
Core's Coming
By Carsten Haese
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(01/07/2013)
Out with the Old
or, Welcome to 2013
By Eli Shiffrin
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03/26/2012

Copper Anniversary!

Copper and wool, oh my! We have prepared an exciting anniversary article full of special metallic and cloth rules questions! Okay they are just normal rules questions, in this exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Brian Paskoff (1 Comment)
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(03/26/2012)
Copper Anniversary!
By Brian Paskoff
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09/12/2011

Triple-Faced Cards Will Kill Magic!

But quadruple-faced quantum-fluxing cards will save it.

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(09/12/2011)
Triple-Faced Cards Will Kill Magic!
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
08/15/2011

Pro Tour-Walk

This creature is unblockable if it is attending a Pro Tour.

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(08/15/2011)
Pro Tour-Walk
By Brian Paskoff
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09/13/2010

From the Vault: Questions

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(09/13/2010)
From the Vault: Questions
By Brian Paskoff
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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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12/29/2008

Taking Down the Lights

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(12/29/2008)
Taking Down the Lights
By Brian Paskoff
Translations: English 
(05/26/2008)
Order of Operations (The Old Version!)
or, Don't Touch the Sides
By Eli Shiffrin
Translations: English 
11/26/2007

 

(11/26/2007)
Flightless Birds
or, Turkey Never Stood a Chance
By Ted Dickinson
Translations: English 
04/30/2007

Suture Fight!

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(04/30/2007)
Suture Fight!
By Tom Fowler
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12/18/2006

 

(12/18/2006)
Deck the Halls with Rules Questions
By Tom Fowler
Translations: English 
(11/27/2006)
‘Tis the Season
or, Giving Thanks for a Good Cardpool
By Tom Fowler
Translations: English 
06/05/2006

 

(06/05/2006)
Who's Afraid of Shining Shoal?
By Tom Fowler
Translations: English 
05/15/2006

Bureaucracy Is Best

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(05/15/2006)
Bureaucracy Is Best
By Tom Fowler
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03/06/2006

All That Glitters

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(03/06/2006)
All That Glitters
By Tom Fowler
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