Archive: Category: Cranial Insertion
Cranial Insertion: The Answer, My Friends (August 25th, 2008)
The Answer, My Friends or, Finally, No Mirrorweave Questions By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Diane
Cranial Insertion: Form of...a Snake! (August 18th, 2008)
Cranial Insertion Form of . . . a Snake! or, Anything Beats the Sucky Wonder Twin Who Always Turned
Cranial Insertion: Figuratively, Not Literally (August 11th, 2008)
Cranial Insertion Figuratively, Not Literally By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Diane Colley Hello ag
Cranial Insertion: Snake in the Mirror (August 4th, 2008)
Snake in the Mirror. Or, Weaveform? By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Diane Colley Fun Fact: Eli's mo
Cranial Insertion: Swimming in the Reflecting Pool (July 28th, 2008)
Swimming in the Reflecting Pool By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Diane Colley Random plug! Eventi
Cranial Insertion: Bring Your Aspirin (July 21st, 2008)
Cranial Insertion Bring Your Aspirin By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Diane Colley Willkommen, bienv
Cranial Insertion: Fast Falls the Eventide (July 14th, 2008)
Cranial Insertion Fast Falls the Eventide or, Moar Hybrids! By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Diane C
Cranial Insertion: Fireworks Elemental (July 6th, 2008)
Cranial Insertion Fireworks Elemental By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Diane Colley [Editor's note:
Cranial Insertion: Waiting for Moko (June 29th, 2008)
Cranial Insertion Waiting For Moko (This Is Your Brain On Urchin) By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and D
Cranial Insertion: Oh, What a Tangled Web we Mirrorweave (June 22nd, 2008)
Cranial Insertion Oh, What a Tangled Web we Mirrorweave By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Diane Colle
Cranial Insertion: Answering Spree (June 15th, 2008)
As always, drop us a line at cranial.insertion@gmail.com if you have any questions, from the most basic to the more arcane, from tournament policy to Unhinged.
Cranial Insertion: Under the Knife (June 8th, 2008)
Cranial Insertion Under The Knife! By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Diane Colley Mathematical Induc
Cranial Insertion: The E-Postman Always Dings Twice (June 1st, 2008)
You would think all this Standard play would cause an influx of Standard questions to our mailbox, but we have quite the assortment this week.
Cranial Insertion: Order of Operations (May 26th, 2008)
Cranial Insertion Order of Operations or, Don't Touch the Sides By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Di
Cranial Insertion: Seasons of Wither (May 18th, 2008)
This week, we’re covering all kinds of questions, [i]Shadowmoor[/i] and otherwise.
Cranial Insertion: Flood of Questions (May 12th, 2008)
Cranial Insertion Flood of Questions or, It's Raining Qs and As By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Te
Cranial Insertion: We Have Arrived (May 4th, 2008)
As I’m sure you all have seen, Shadowmoor included the best card yet to be printed in Magic: the Gathering: Dusk Urchins.
Cranial Insertion: Shadowmoor Infiltrator (April 27th, 2008)
Greetings from the dusky, twisted shores of what used to be Lorwyn! Last weekend, Prerelease events for Shadowmoor happened all over the world.
Cranial Insertion: A Midnight's Tale (April 20th, 2008)
In case you can't tell, I am dreadfully delighted to get out of the Disney version of fairy tales that was Lorwyn and into the Grimm, grim, ghastly, and apparently very colorful land of things that go bump in the night.
Cranial Insertion: Flipping the National Debt (April 13th, 2008)
Junk rares are beautiful things.
Cranial Insertion: Godheads on Pikes (April 6th, 2008)
Q: Can you answer some questions about how Godhead of Awe interacts with some other cards? A: Generally we don’t answer questions about preview cards.
Saturday's Fool (March 30th, 2008)
Well kids, it's time for a field trip across the country to historic Philadelphia.
Cranial Insertion: Third Time's the Chimp (March 23rd, 2008)
So while your normal authors are partying to celebrate the third anniversary of Cranial Insertion, they asked me to write a super special column.
Cranial Insertion: Set Phasers to Ban (March 16th, 2008)
Hello again, zombies and shamans, and welcome to another week of rules questions and brain surgery at Cranial Insertion.
Cranial Insertion: The Logical Song (March 9th, 2008)
Today, we’re turning our mailbag upside down, shaking it, and seeing what falls out.
Cranial Insertion: Into the North (March 2nd, 2008)
A pile of today's questions come from Grand Prix: Vancouver, and another pile comes from our cranial.
Cranial Insertion: Pop Quiz! (February 24th, 2008)
This week I get to torture you with a quiz article! How fun is that?
Cranial Insertion: Always Avoid Affected Alliteration (February 17th, 2008)
Fly, you fools![/float] Morningtide has been on store shelves for weeks, but it's Extended that's getting the PTQ season love at the moment.
Cranial Insertion: Wren's Run's Roads Ran Rugged (February 10th, 2008)
Welcome back to another wonderful week of whimsical questions! We've had a grand flood of emails to the cranial.
Cranial Insertion: And Then There Was Urchin (February 3rd, 2008)
The time has come, the Urchin said, to talk of many things.
Cranial Insertion: More Than Morningtide (January 27th, 2008)
We got several questions about [i]Morningtide[/I] cards this week, but with Extended PTQs in full swing, we also got questions about old favorites.
Cranial Insertion: Morningtide! (January 20th, 2008)
Now that Morningtide cards are floating around like faeries who inhaled helium to sound even squeakier, the questions will surely come flooding in.
Cranial Insertion: The Mystery Continues to Be Guile (January 13th, 2008)
A bright, shiny no-prize will go to the person who can identify which song gave us the subtitle to this week's column.
Cranial Insertion: Begin the Begin (January 6th, 2008)
Just like a good filet mignon, what's there is juicy and tasty...
Cranial Insertion: It's the End of the Year as We Know It (December 30th, 2007)
Here we go again - a bright new year is upon us, one filled with four new sets of Magic and over a thousand Cranial Insertion questions.
Cranial Insertion: Decorating the Christmas Treefolk (December 23rd, 2007)
It's Monday, so it's time for another edition of Cranial Insertion.
Cranial Insertion: Hear Those Sleigh Bells Thrumming (December 16th, 2007)
We here at Cranial Insertion do not have access to Santa's mailbag, nor would we ever want it.
Cranial Insertion: We Need to Talk (December 9th, 2007)
We're going to step aside from rules questions and the cranial.
Cranial Insertion: The Fire Is Not Delightful (December 2nd, 2007)
Well, the weather outside is frightful.
Cranial Insertion: Flightless Birds (November 25th, 2007)
In honor of Thanksgiving, I'd just like to point out that not only is "Turkey" not a valid creature type, but "Chicken" is no longer officially recognized either.
Cranial Insertion: Questionable Content (November 18th, 2007)
It's time to wean ourselves off of Lorwyn and get back to our regular cornucopia of conundrums.
Cranial Insertion: Quizzing Phelddagrif (November 11th, 2007)
It’s been a few months (the Future Sight release) since we did one of these, and we know they’re always popular with you, our awesome readers.
Cranial Insertion: In the AEther (November 4th, 2007)
Remember, remember the Fifth of - oh, forget the Fifth, it's time for Cranial Insertion! Moko > Guy Fawkes.
Cranial Insertion: Dreadful Questions (October 28th, 2007)
Halloween is right around the corner, and the haunt ability has just left Standard entirely.
Cranial Insertion: Lorwyn Looms Large (October 21st, 2007)
Another week, another CI – and plenty more questions plucked from our overflowing mailbox.
Cranial Insertion: I Call Shenanigans! (October 14th, 2007)
The Lorwyn questions continue in what has been one of the most active weeks for the cranial.
Cranial Insertion: Carpe Capram! (October 7th, 2007)
All is not well in the happy, sun-drenched meadows of Lorwyn.
Cranial Insertion: Legends and Lorwyn (September 30th, 2007)
Now that the Lorwyn Prerelease is in the record books, it’s time to start focusing on Magic’s latest expansion.
Cranial Insertion: Law and Disorder: Special Rules Unit (September 23rd, 2007)
In the Magic rules system, some questions are considered especially heinous.
[MTG Classics] Cranial Insertion: An Introduction to Magicese (September 16th, 2007)
This [card]blast from the past[/card] can answer a lot of questions on its own, and is extremely important to the foundations of rules knowledge; read it if you missed it the first time around, or reread it if you caught it back then, and we'll be back ne
Cranial Insertion: Trust Me, It's a Shortcut (September 9th, 2007)
The new Penalty Guide includes, as sections 50 and 51, a guideline on player communication and shortcuts.
Cranial Insertion: Love's Labor Days Lost (September 2nd, 2007)
Welcome to another CI that's just dripping with knowledge and fun.
Cranial Insertion: We Demand an en-Kor (August 26th, 2007)
This week was a strange one for the cranial.
Cranial Insertion: Time Colander (August 19th, 2007)
And we're back from GenCon, which included the Vintage and Legacy Championship tournaments, as well as a zillion side events and a rules-nightmarish Grand Melee tournament.
Cranial Insertion: The Power of Vesuvan Skulls (August 12th, 2007)
Welcome back to another edition of Cranial Insertion! US and UK Nationals are in the books, so it’s time for Standard to become irrelevant in those countries again.
Cranial Insertion: Conspiracy to Commit Delay (August 5th, 2007)
It's been quite the week for us here at CI.
Cranial Insertion: Helter Skelter (July 29th, 2007)
Hi gang! On the Tuesday immediately before US Nationals, we suddenly came to the awful realization that all four CI writers, as well as previous writers Thijs, Brian, and Jeff, are out of town this weekend, mostly for US Nationals.
Cranial Insertion: Big Arrow! (July 22nd, 2007)
Welcome to another fun- and fact-filled edition of CI.
Cranial Insertion: Fiery Soot Mafia (July 15th, 2007)
Poor Eye of the Storm.
Cranial Insertion: No-Headed Giant (July 8th, 2007)
Slivers won a Pro Tour.
Cranial Insertion: Enchant Dead Creature (July 1st, 2007)
Happy July, and welcome to another edition of Cranial Insertion.
Cranial Insertion: Oh, Humble Dagger (June 24th, 2007)
I'll bet Juliet never thought a dagger's ability to stab could sometimes be removed only if she had a little humility! With that cryptic sentence in mind (and with apologies to Shakespeare) we now not-so-humbly present you with this week's Cranial Inserti
Cranial Insertion: Those Crazy Teenagers (June 17th, 2007)
And we're back, with even more questions from Regionals, and a whole slew from the mailbox! Looking back at both the box and the event, it seems that Blood Moon, that shiny little card from The Dark, that simple little bastion of simplicity .
Cranial Insertion: All Standard, All The Time (June 10th, 2007)
Regionals events just wrapped up in the US, as thousands of Magic players across the country battled it out for the invitations to Nationals.
Cranial Insertion: Wee Madness! (June 3rd, 2007)
Before we jump into this week's article full of questions from the cranial.
Cranial Insertion: Hot, Hot Rules Questions Inside (May 27th, 2007)
Hey, look, Future Sight's legal! Well, it was legal last Monday, too, but no one really cared - this past Friday was the first FNM with Future Sight, and people cared about that.
Cranial Insertion: Three Spheres for Sister Sara (May 20th, 2007)
It's Monday, so it must be time for another edition of Cranial Insertion.
Cranial Insertion: Magus Delay (May 13th, 2007)
Cranial Insertion returns with flashbacks, wiffleball bats, color-changing sunglasses, no Stuffy Doll (!) and no delay! Well, maybe something about Delay.
Cranial Insertion: The More Things Change (May 6th, 2007)
So, the Future is on the shelves and legal for limited.
Cranial Insertion: Suture Fight! (April 29th, 2007)
This just in! As a special bonus to you, our esteemed readers, we’re doing part of this column quiz-style! It’s been a few months since we did one, and what better time to dust it off than with the release of a new set? However, because this is a n
Cranial Insertion: Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shrouds (April 22nd, 2007)
This week's Cranial Insertion marks the return of the artifact creature that just won't seem to go away, a non-Magical artifact creature telling meandering stories of pre-Sixth Edition rules, and a far less wordy Giant Spider.
Cranial Insertion: Tempus Fugit (April 16th, 2007)
How quickly time goes - it's almost time for Future Sight, and there are still so many fun questions with Time Spiral and Planar Chaos to answer! Moko's trying to travel through time and jam more questions into our older articles.
Cranial Insertion: Easter Eggs, Dingus Eggs (April 9th, 2007)
It's bunny season for a lot of people right now, but a look at our banner will show you that we always have bunnies on the brain at CI.
Cranial Insertion: The Un-un Week (April 2nd, 2007)
What is it about that Stuffy Doll? He's got more lives than a black cat bone, a mojo (not to be confused with our zombie monkey mascot Moko), and John the Conqueroo put together.
Cranial Insertion: Full Future Sight Spoiler! (March 26th, 2007)
Going by the timestamps on my 325-page Word file, it has been two years since I first hijacked the excitement of the then-upcoming release of Saviors of Kamigawa to bring to you this little column about rules.
Cranial Insertion: Crowned Kavu and Lobotomized Monkeys (March 19th, 2007)
Apologies to Moko for the title.
Cranial Insertion: Crime and Punishment (March 12th, 2007)
This Saturday just past, the DCI put into effect a new set of penalty guidelines.
Cranial Insertion: Layer Cake (March 5th, 2007)
No, it's not that other movie with Daniel Craig.
Cranial Insertion: Teferi's Stately Loop, Replaced (February 26th, 2007)
After last week’s monstrous review of the first 100 days of CI and a lot of old questions, it’s time to go back to the cranial.
Cranial Insertion: 99 Questions of Rules on the Wall (February 19th, 2007)
As today's title may or may not suggest, this article is number 100 in a long list of Cranial Insertion articles! The really old among you will remember a time when I, Gandalf-in-a-boat the Grey, was one of the adventurous fellows to embark on a perilous
Cranial Insertion: The Morph You Know (February 12th, 2007)
In 2002, Ixidor, Jeff Donais, and Mark Rosewater unleashed morph upon the world in Onslaught.
Cranial Insertion: Agents of KAOS (February 5th, 2007)
Color pie shenanigans have taken the Magic world by storm as Planar Chaos hit stores Friday.
Cranial Insertion: Planar Time Chaos of Elemental Temporal Spiral (January 29th, 2007)
You probably already have two questions about this article.
Cranial Insertion: Until the End of the World (January 22nd, 2007)
So, did you all enjoy your Planar Chaos? Did the tectonic plates heave and toss your city into the roiling oceans? Did the stars align and bring forth the Great Old Ones to play sealed deck with you? Did you pwn Cthulhu in round one? Somehow I doubt you'd
Cranial Insertion: The Calm Before the Chaos (January 15th, 2007)
Planar Chaos is looming.
Cranial Insertion: Bloody Pens, Bloody Moons, Bloody Slivers (January 8th, 2007)
We here at Cranial Insertion apologize for the minor insanity last week.
Cranial Insertion: We'll Take a Couple Questions Yet (January 1st, 2007)
Happy New Year, readers! We've all been up celebrating in a perfectly nonalcoholic fashion (except for Moko, whose mother won't read this and cut him out of her will.
Cranial Insertion: Jingle Bells, Kormus Bells (December 25th, 2006)
Hey, it's Christmas.
Cranial Insertion: Deck the Halls with Rules Questions (December 18th, 2006)
In the spirit of gift-giving, we here at CI have a gift for you, our loyal and awesome readers.
Cranial Insertion: Splitting Faces (December 11th, 2006)
There have been many questions about split second and morph floating about various Magic-related message boards and the cranial.
Cranial Insertion: When Words Collide! (December 4th, 2006)
Friday was the first of December, and you know what that means.
Cranial Insertion: 'Tis the Season (November 27th, 2006)
By now, Thanksgiving has come and gone in the USA.
Cranial Insertion: Five Wishes (November 19th, 2006)
The CompRules Police sent me out on yet another strange case.
Cranial Insertion: A Fine Vintage (November 13th, 2006)
Following Tom's article last week on Standard, Eli decided to write an article involving older cards.
Cranial Insertion: Standards and Practices (November 6th, 2006)
Champs events are in the books for most of the world now.
Cranial Insertion: All About Triggered Abilities (October 30th, 2006)
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Cranial Insertion: We Are the Champions! (October 22nd, 2006)
It’s the final Champs week – Standard Champs! Some of you have already had yours, and the rest are coming up in a few days.
Cranial Insertion: Get a Life! (October 15th, 2006)
Welcome back to another edition of Cranial Insertion! It’s the third Monday of the month, so we’re going to do a single-topic article this time.
Cranial Insertion: Unusual Suspects (October 8th, 2006)
As a plainclothes detective for the CompRules Police Department, I always get the strange cases: boats with priority shipments colliding in midstream, guys on horses changing allegiance in the middle of a combat zone.
Cranial Insertion: Thyme Spiral (October 1st, 2006)
Time Spiral's prerelease was hands-down one of the best events I've worked.
Cranial Insertion: Time Spiraling out of Control (September 24th, 2006)
This week, we’re all about Time Spiral! We’re going to cover general questions on the set, including its new and returning mechanics, and answer some questions lifted directly from the floors of the Prerelease.
Cranial Insertion: On to the Past (September 17th, 2006)
There is still a bit of time left before temporal chaos descends upon the world of Magic.
Cranial Insertion: First Draft (September 10th, 2006)
On the tournament floor at Grand Prix Phoenix, the other judges and I noticed something about RAV-block limited: there are simply no new questions.
Cranial Insertion: Law of the Land (September 4th, 2006)
Yes, I am not your regular writer.
Cranial Insertion: Thirty Common Mistakes (August 26th, 2006)
I'm going to expound upon the article Thirty Common Mistakes Players Make.
Cranial Insertion: Taxonomagic (August 20th, 2006)
Welcome to Cranial Insertion.
Cranial Insertion: DQ or Not DQ? (August 13th, 2006)
Welcome back to another edition of Cranial Insertion, kids.
Cranial Insertion: I Fought the Law (August 6th, 2006)
We're going to jump into some more random questions this week, including several non-card questions that have been bouncing around our inbox.
Cranial Insertion: Questions of Climate Change (July 30th, 2006)
Welcome back to Cranial Insertion, where we are slowly recovering from the recent icy temperatures.
Cranial Insertion: Paradoxes of Defense (July 23rd, 2006)
From time to time, we’ve done several one-topic articles here, where we spend the entire piece telling you all there is to know about one Magical subject.
Cranial Insertion: Coldsnap in the Desert (July 16th, 2006)
Still got questions? Send them to cranial.
Cranial Insertion: From the Frozen Tundra (July 9th, 2006)
Welcome to this week’s Cranial Insertion, from the frozen tundra of Dominaria.
Cranial Insertion: Of Mice and Monkeys (July 2nd, 2006)
Two of this year's three Champs tournaments are over, a Pro Tour just went by, middle of the summer.
Cranial Insertion: Live (On Tape) From Charleston (June 25th, 2006)
Last weekend, a record 525 players, representing 175 teams, descended on Charleston, SC for the first ever Team Constructed Pro Tour.
Cranial Insertion: All Questions Great And Small (June 18th, 2006)
Yes, there are answers to all your questions to be found in Cranial Insertion.
Cranial Insertion: And Thou Shalt Come to Judge (June 11th, 2006)
Hi y'all! Tom and I are gearing up for the excitement that is Pro Tour: Charleston, so I'm spending a bit of time on the east doing things that in no way promote my goal of global domination that you can't prove I have planned.
Cranial Insertion: Who's Afraid of Shining Shoal? (June 4th, 2006)
Dissension is in the books, we’ve emptied the mailbag, and we’ve taken a look at the wonderful word of abilities and effects.
Cranial Insertion: Of Abilities and Effects (May 28th, 2006)
Triggered abilities, continuous effects.
Cranial Insertion: Emptying the Mailbox (May 21st, 2006)
Eli, Thijs, and Tom have spent the last three weeks babbling about this new-fangled "Dissension" stuff, so our mailbox at cranial.
Cranial Insertion: Bureaucracy is Best (May 14th, 2006)
WHEREAS, it has been resolved that this entertaining, informative column (hereafter “Cranial Insertion”) dedicated to explaining the rules and intricacies of Magic: the Gathering trading card game (hereafter “Magic”) to an audience of thousands (h
Cranial Insertion: Cauldron Bubble (May 7th, 2006)
Welcome to Cranial Insertion, everyone.
Cranial Insertion: Yo, Ho, Ho, a Demon's Life for Me (April 30th, 2006)
Welcome back to Cranial Insertion! For our first of three Dissension guild weeks, we'll kick off with the one that knows the real meaning of having a bloody good time.
Cranial Insertion: A Dissident is Here (April 23rd, 2006)
The Prerelease weekend for Dissension is now officially behind us, and the final set in the Ravnica Block has been welcomed to the Magical landscape.
Cranial Insertion: At the Supermarket (April 16th, 2006)
As I was walking through the supermarket a few days before Easter, I had a few instructive experiences that I thought I'd share with you.
Cranial Insertion: Here Comes the Rain Again (April 9th, 2006)
Ah, the smell of a new set on the horizon.
Cranial Insertion: Divide // Conquer (April 1st, 2006)
Welcome back to Cranial Insertion.
Cranial Insertion: Paper Anniversary (March 26th, 2006)
First, I’m going to do some Q&A, like we always do.
Cranial Insertion: How to Play a Spell (March 19th, 2006)
Here we go, the last Cranial Insertion of our first year, magical number 52! This being the third Monday of the month, it's time for an in-depth look at something.
Cranial Insertion: Nonnegative Thinking (March 12th, 2006)
Moko has been working overtime at sorting through the questions sent to cranial.
Cranial Insertion: All That Glitters (March 5th, 2006)
Welcome, ladies and germs, to yet another stellar edition of the most stupendous rules column on the internet.
Cranial Insertion: When Tournaments Attack (February 26th, 2006)
We've spent the last few weeks of Cranial Insertion covering Gruul and declaring things other than vows of eternal love.
Cranial Insertion: Legally Blocked (February 19th, 2006)
Welcome back to Cranial Insertion! Today we discuss another section of the rules that is quite difficult to grasp.
Cranial Insertion: A Bloody Good Time (February 12th, 2006)
Here we are with the last week of Guildpact articles at Cranial Insertion.
Cranial Insertion: Enchantments Can't Scream (February 5th, 2006)
Last week, all of us were treated to a rare and gracious appearance by Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind.
Cranial Insertion: The Firemind Speaks! (January 29th, 2006)
Today we have a very special installment of Cranial Insertion, because we have a very special guest in the studio: Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind! Gandalf: Niv-Mizzet, it's a real honor to have you with us today.
Cranial Insertion: That Pacty Thing Between all Them There Guilds (January 22nd, 2006)
Here I am at the Guildpact prerelease, and I should be doing something useful, but instead I'm writing Cranial Insertion.
Cranial Insertion: My Lips are Sealed (January 15th, 2006)
Should auld acquaintance be forgot? Let’s hope not, because then you might not read this column anymore! I hope everyone had an awesome new year and didn’t resolve to do the impossible.
Cranial Insertion: Reading the CompRules for Dummies (January 8th, 2006)
If you've been reading Cranial Insertion, you've probably seen references to the Comprehensive Rules.
Cranial Insertion: Super Party Fun Pack (January 1st, 2006)
Hey, look, it's a bright shiny new year! It's also a bright shiny new Cranial Insertion article, because we rule so much.
Cranial Insertion: Yule Be Smarter for Reading This (December 25th, 2005)
By the time you peruse this column, friends, it will be Christmas Day.
Cranial Insertion: Mirage Gone Virtual (December 18th, 2005)
With Mirage having been released for the online version of the game earlier this month, this is a great time to discuss some more questions covering cards from back in the day on Cranial Insertion.
Cranial Insertion: Fire Good! (December 11th, 2005)
Here in bright, sunny, balmy Tucson, the desert city an hour north of the Mexican border and a mere 3 hours east of the glittering Gulf of California, IT'S BELOW FREEZING.
Cranial Insertion: I <3 Tournaments (December 5th, 2005)
Worlds this weekend gives us the perfect backdrop for this edition of Cranial Insertion.
Cranial Insertion: Attack of the Doppelgangers (November 27th, 2005)
Today we'll look at copy effects and their rules.
Cranial Insertion: Phasing and Flanking and Bands, Oh My! (November 20th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Phasing and Flanking and Bands oh my! or, You Put the Right Foot in, You Chop the Left Foot off.
Cranial Insertion: (Kinda) (Sorta) Live from LA! (November 13th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion (Kinda) (Sorta) Live from LA! or, The World Needs More Internet By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Tom Fowler Edited by Goblinboy and Moko I wrote this Cranial Insertion article two weekends ago while at Pro Tour: Los Angeles, and fo
Cranial Insertion: City of Angels (November 6th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion City of Angels By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Tom Fowler Edited by Goblinboy Magic players the world over had their eyes trained on Los Angeles this past weekend, and not just for the celebrities and Hallowe’en costumes.
Cranial Insertion: Relearning Humility (October 30th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Relearning Humility or, Who's Afraid of Continuous Effects? - Take Two By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska This article originally appeared back in April.
Cranial Insertion: Bring Out Your Dead (October 22nd, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Bring Out Your Dead By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Tom Fowler Edited by Goblinboy With the state championships just behind us, we thought this would be a perfect week to discuss state-based effects on Cranial Insertion.
Cranial Insertion: Guess the Theme Week! by Woapalanne (October 16th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Guess the Theme Week or, Guess the Obvious Theme Week! By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Tom Fowler Special thanks to Lee Sharpe for hunting down obscure new rulings.
Cranial Insertion: Matters of State (October 8th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Matters of State By Tom Fowler, pinch-hitting for Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Edited by Goblinboy “Hey, you’re awesome and all, but you don’t normally write this column.
Cranial Insertion: That One With All the Pictures (October 1st, 2005)
Cranial Insertion That one with all the pictures By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Edited by Ravnica brought us lots of interesting new cards, rules, and interactions between them, so it looks like Cranial Insertion will cover mostly
Cranial Insertion: Rah! Rah! Ravnica! (September 25th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Rah! Rah! Ravnica! or, Now You May Ask Those Questions.
Cranial Insertion: The Emperor's New Rules (September 18th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion The Emperor's New Rules By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska As you could read in last week's Cranial Insertion, today's topic was chosen by means of a poll.
Cranial Insertion: Test Your Metal (September 11th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Test Your Metal or, Silly Subtitle No One Reads By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Edited by Goblinboy Cranial Insertion, the column where we cram fluffy bunnies into your head.
Cranial Insertion: Special Pre-Ravnica Edition (September 4th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Special Pre-Ravnica Edition By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Edited by Goblinboy Welcome to this week's dose of Cranial Insertion! I'd like to inform everyone that Moko is quickly adjusting to his latest toy, the cra
Cranial Insertion: Recurring Nightmares (August 28th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Recurring Nightmares or, FAQ It! By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Edited by Goblinboy We’ve had a whole bunch of Cranial Insertion articles by now.
Cranial Insertion: To Infinity and Back Again (August 21st, 2005)
Cranial Insertion To Infinity and Back Again By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska In today's installment of Cranial Insertion, we'll be taking a look at the rules governing infinity in Magic.
Cranial Insertion: Welcome to the Fold (August 14th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Welcome to the Fold or, Sanctioned Tournaments Are Fun! By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Edited by Goblinboy Hmm.
Cranial Insertion: Bon appétit (August 7th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Bon appétit By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Edited by Goblinboy Ladies and gentlemen, today Cranial Insertion will bring you another high-quality selection of questions and answers, beginning with a dish from the f
Cranial Insertion: Rotten to the Core (July 31st, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Rotten to the Core or, You Look Familiar By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Edited by Goblinboy & Moko Welcome back to an exciting Cranial Insertion article! This Friday past (aka the coming Friday as I write this
Cranial Insertion: A Legacy of Questions (July 24th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion A Legacy of Questions By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Edited by .
Cranial Insertion: Take Your Turn (July 17th, 2005)
Hey, what do you know? Another Cranial Insertion article! Normally we make Thijs write articles that go in depth on one topic, but I get to do it this time.
Cranial Insertion: Aurafication (July 10th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Aurafication By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Welcome to Cranial Insertion! Today seems like a great day to cover some easier questions.
Cranial Insertion: How the US Southwest Was Won (July 3rd, 2005)
Cranial Insertion How the US Southwest Was Won or, Actual Questions from Regionals By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Good $time_of_day, boys and girls and other! I’m starting to write this Cranial Insertion article while at the US So
Cranial Insertion: We Have No Bananas (June 26th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion We Have No Bananas By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Welcome back to Cranial Insertion! Eli is off for a week to spend some quality time with Moko, so I'll be your host for today.
Cranial Insertion: Enchantments Don't Dance (June 12th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Enchantments Don’t Dance or, Combolicious! By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska We find ourselves in yet another exciting installment of Cranial Insertion, where we stick fluffy bunnies in your head.
Cranial Insertion: Saviors: Stealing the Shape (June 5th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Stealing the Shape By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska The entire Articles Department is celebrating Saviors of Kamigawa which released last Friday.
Cranial Insertion: Rock Your SoKs (May 29th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Rock Your SoKs or, Chimps Have Big Hands By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Welcome back to Cranial Insertion! Where we left off, Thijs has discussed priority, Moko was zooming around the Atlantic in an Atlantean hover
Cranial Insertion: All About Priority (May 22nd, 2005)
Cranial Insertion All About Priority By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska About a month ago, you could read about continuous effects on Cranial Insertion.
Cranial Insertion: Casual Mayhem Week (May 15th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Casual Mayhem Week or, The Lost Lotus of Atlantis By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Eli: Welcome to a very special Cranial Insertion! For casual week, we decided to do something a little different – Thijs, Jeff, Mok
Cranial Insertion: Don't Eat the Cake (May 8th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Don't Eat the Cake By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Greetings, and welcome to yet another installment of Cranial Insertion! Allow myself to introduce… myself.
Cranial Insertion: The Tale of the Lemur(e) (May 1st, 2005)
Cranial Insertion The Tale of the Lemur(e) By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska This Lemur goes bump in the nightHello again, and welcome back to Cranial Insertion! Moko has just appeared in the sky, flying over the North Sea, which means
Cranial Insertion: Where the Judgely Things Are (April 24th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Where the Judgely Things Are or, Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Welcome to our yet another episode of Cranial Insertion! It’s time for some weird interactions, questions on t
Cranial Insertion: Who's Afraid of Continuous Effects? (April 17th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Who's Afraid of Continuous Effects? By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Hello everyone, and welcome to the fourth installment of Cranial Insertion, your weekly rules column! This week we'll be taking a somewhat differen
Cranial Insertion: Dawn of the Dead (April 10th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Dawn of the Dead, or: When a Body Meets a Body.
Cranial Insertion: Fly, Monkey, Fly! (April 3rd, 2005)
Cranial Insertion Fly, Monkey, Fly! By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Welcome back to Cranial Insertion! If you missed the first edition by Woapalanne and are wondering what this article is about, you can read his introduction here.
Cranial Insertion: Full Saviors of Kamigawa Spoiler! (March 27th, 2005)
Cranial Insertion "Full Saviors of Kamigawa Spoiler!" or "Welcome to the Column!" By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska Now that I have your attention, welcome to Cranial Insertion! This is a weekly column for rules que