MTG Salvation Article Archives: Author: Thijs van Ommen

• [MTG Classics] Cranial Insertion: An Introduction to Magicese (September 16th, 2007)

  For the first time in two and a half years, Cranial Insertion has to take a week off.

• 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!

• 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: Taxonomagic (August 20th, 2006)

  Welcome to Cranial Insertion.

• 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: All Questions Great And Small (June 18th, 2006)

  Yes, there are answers to all your questions to be found in Cranial Insertion.

• Cranial Insertion: Of Abilities and Effects (May 28th, 2006)

  Triggered abilities, continuous effects.

• Cranial Insertion: Cauldron Bubble (May 7th, 2006)

  Welcome to Cranial Insertion, everyone.

• 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: Divide // Conquer (April 1st, 2006)

  Welcome back to Cranial Insertion.

• Cranial Insertion: Nonnegative Thinking (March 12th, 2006)

  Moko has been working overtime at sorting through the questions sent to cranial.

• 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: 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: 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: 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: Attack of the Doppelgangers (November 27th, 2005)

  Today we'll look at copy effects and their rules.

• 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: 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 cove

• 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: 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!

• 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: 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 f

• 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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!

• Cranial Insertion: Who's Afraid of Continuous Effects? (April 17th, 2005)

  Cranial Insertion Who's Afraid of Continuous Effects?

• 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.