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07/06/2020

Of Ogres & Onions

What do cakes, parfaits, onions, and ogres have in common? They all have layers, as does this article! Tons of Layers and tons of ogres.

By Justin Hovdenes (0 Comments)
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(07/06/2020)
Of Ogres & Onions
By Justin Hovdenes
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06/08/2020

You guys I'm like really smart now.

You don't even know. You could ask me, Andrew what's the biggest power/toughness aura in the game? And I'd be like, 'blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah.' Giving you the exact right answer.

Here at the CI offices we are always preparing, learning, and responding to all your rules questions and answers! The most important thing to remember is where all the files are, in the computer! The files are in the computer! So join us for this week's intellectually advanced edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Andrew Villarrubia (0 Comments)
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(06/08/2020)
You guys I'm like really smart now.
You don't even know. You could ask me, Andrew what's the biggest power/toughness aura in the game? And I'd be like, 'blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah.' Giving you the exact right answer.
By Andrew Villarrubia
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10/22/2018

Flu Season's Greetings

The temperature is dropping and apparently so are our health defenses here at the CI offices! So as we fight off this cold join us in fighting for the answers to all of your rules questions you so deserve! Read on in this week's chilling edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Carsten Haese (2 Comments)
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(10/22/2018)
Flu Season's Greetings
By Carsten Haese
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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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09/12/2016

Back to School, 2nd Edition

Revised for the new year!

Everywhere in the U.S. of A kids are returning back to the grind of school. So we bring you an extra special educational helping of your rules questions and answers, right here for your enjoyment! So join us for this exciting academic edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (4 Comments)
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(09/12/2016)
Back to School, 2nd Edition
Revised for the new year!
By Callum Milne
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09/21/2015

War Drums

Shhhh... shhhhh... can you hear that? Can you hear the pulsating sound of the approaching percussion? Wait, that is just Moko beating on his war drums made of skulls. So join us as Moko continues to pound out the rhythm while we answer all of your rules question and answers in this weeks thundering edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Nathan Long (0 Comments)
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(09/21/2015)
War Drums
By Nathan Long
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05/25/2015

Smashing Records

or, Prepare for Magic Weekend

Setting up for the three Modern Masters GPs this upcoming weekend we review some more Modern rules for you! So join us in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Eli Shiffrin (2 Comments)
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(05/25/2015)
Smashing Records
or, Prepare for Magic Weekend
By Eli Shiffrin
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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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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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10/13/2014

Food Coma

Why isn't that a card name yet?

We are gorging ourselves on tons of good food and your rules questions! So join Callum as he takes you through a cornucopia of responses providing some food for thought. Read on in this weeks exciting edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Callum Milne (8 Comments)
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(10/13/2014)
Food Coma
Why isn't that a card name yet?
By Callum Milne
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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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07/01/2013

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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12/17/2012

The Museum of Modern Card Interactions

Hey, everyone it is that time again! Time for this weeks edition of Cranial Insertion. Join Carsten this week for some Modern musings!

By Carsten Haese (1 Comment)
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(12/17/2012)
The Museum of Modern Card Interactions
By Carsten Haese
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03/19/2012

The Oxidda Loxodon Mox Paradox

or, X Marks the Spot

It's time to lock up the house and turn out the lights, but not before we cross some mountainous elephants!

By Eli Shiffrin (8 Comments)
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(03/19/2012)
The Oxidda Loxodon Mox Paradox
or, X Marks the Spot
By Eli Shiffrin
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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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12/26/2011

Merry Quizmas!

Quizmas is just past Chanukah is still going strong. Questions abound, maybe even frolic with reindeer, in this special holiday edition of Cranial Insertion!

By Moko (0 Comments)
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(12/26/2011)
Merry Quizmas!
By Moko
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06/06/2011

The Wrath of Karn

or, To boldly go where no monkey has gone before

I'll chase him round the Moons of Mirrodin, and round the Alara Maelstrom, and round Naar Isle's flames before I give him up!

By Carsten Haese (0 Comments)
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(06/06/2011)
The Wrath of Karn
or, To boldly go where no monkey has gone before
By Carsten Haese
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04/13/2009

The Easter Goyf

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(04/13/2009)
The Easter Goyf
By Brian Paskoff
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01/19/2009

Goyf Season!

By Brian Paskoff (0 Comments)
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(01/19/2009)
Goyf Season!
By Brian Paskoff
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12/15/2008

For Great Justice

By Aaron Stevenson (0 Comments)
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(12/15/2008)
For Great Justice
By Aaron Stevenson
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04/07/2008

Godheads on Pikes

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(04/07/2008)
Godheads on Pikes
By Tom Fowler
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03/10/2008

The Logical Song

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(03/10/2008)
The Logical Song
By Tom Fowler
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(02/18/2008)
Always Avoid Affected Alliteration
or, Eschew Obfuscation
By Tom Fowler
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01/14/2008

 

(01/14/2008)
The Mystery Continues to Be Guile
By Tom Fowler
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03/05/2007

Layer Cake

By Tom Fowler (0 Comments)
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(03/05/2007)
Layer Cake
By Tom Fowler
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09/12/2005

 

(09/12/2005)
Test Your Metal
or, Silly Subtitle No One Reads
By Eli Shiffrin
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(07/04/2005)
How the US Southwest Was Won
or, Actual Questions from Regionals
By Eli Shiffrin
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06/27/2005

We Have No Bananas

By Thijs van Ommen (0 Comments)
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(06/27/2005)
We Have No Bananas
By Thijs van Ommen
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05/30/2005

 

(05/30/2005)
Rock Your SOKs
or, Chimps Have Really Big Hands
By Eli Shiffrin
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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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