MTG Salvation Article Archives: Category: Cranial InsertionCranial Insertion Bad Moon on the Rise or, One Eye is Taken for Jar of Eyeballs By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Cranial Translations Deutsch • Español • Italiano Xiahou Dun still adds two counters. Cranial Insertion Almost Dark Ascension! Couldn't find a proper abstract due to lack of punctuation. Cranial Insertion When Fluffy Bunnies Attack or, Hoppy New Year! Cranial Insertion 52 More Weeks of Questions! Cranial Insertion Merry Quizmas! Cranial Insertion Eight Monkeys or, Do Not Set Monkeys on Fire By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Cranial Translations Deutsch • Español • Italiano Not that kind of oil. Cranial Insertion Forty Candles or, One Year Older, One Year Wiser? Cranial Insertion Planechase 2. Cranial Insertion Gobbling Bombardment or, Hey, That Can Win the Game! Cranial Insertion It's the end of Worlds as we know it (And I feel fine) By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese We put "Worlds" in "Worldslayer"Greetings! Cranial Insertion There are Games Besides Magic? Cranial Insertion Remember, Remember or, The Seventh of November Is Not Interesting By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Cranial Translations Español • Italiano Happy GP—San Diego! Cranial Insertion Gourd Evening! Cranial Insertion All Hallow's Eve. Cranial Insertion The Title without a Pun or, Thanks to Our Translators! Cranial Insertion The Kessig Trepanation Blade Massacre By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Vroooooom! Cranial Insertion The Morning Sun has Vanquished the Horrible Night By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Cranial Translations Deutsch • Español • Italiano I have to admit I feel a little left out not offering advice on picking up women. Cranial Insertion The Monster Mash or, A Graveyard Smash! Cranial Insertion Goodbye, Zendikar! Cranial Translations Español • Italiano Cranial Insertion Triple-Faced Cards will Kill Magic! Cranial Insertion Deep Analysis or, This Pun Seems to Be Broken By Moko, Lord of All Monkeys This is your brain on puns. Cranial Insertion Shrine of Burning Questions By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese We are burning with desire for more questions! I am holding the place here, yo. Cranial Insertion Pro Tour-Walk By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [center]Cranial Translations Deutsch • Español • Italiano • Português[center] Fresh off judging US Nationals, I can't think of any place I'd rather take a well-deser Cranial Insertion Mountainwalk or, Greetings from Pittsburgh By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Cranial Translations Deutsch • Español • Français • Italiano An approximation of the view I enjoyed on the way to PittsburghWelcome to a Cranial Insertion Dog Day Sunrise or, Wait, Where Did the Last Seven Months Go? Cranial Insertion Magic on the Beach By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Translations to be posted as soon as Editor gets back from Comic Con When are they going to make waterproof card sleeves? Cranial Insertion Brave New Standard By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Sundial of Infinite PossibilitiesGreetings and welcome to another issue of Cranial Insertion. Cranial Insertion Magic and the Mayan Apocalypse or, Does Anyone Still Believe in That? Cranial Insertion WURBG, but More WUR Today By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Hey there! Cranial Insertion Profane Commander or, I hope MaRo didn't think of that one By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Cranial Translations Deutsch • Español • Français • Italiano • Magyar • Português • Română • 简体中文 • Cranial Insertion Word of Commander or, Commander? [img]http://forums.mtgsalvation. Cranial Insertion The Wrath of Karn or, To boldly go where no monkey has gone before By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Captain, sensors indicate that this lifeform is very angry. Cranial Insertion and the Holy Grail or, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life's Finale By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle And this'll help things turn out for the best. Couldn't find a proper abstract due to lack of punctuation. Couldn't find a proper abstract due to lack of punctuation. Cranial Insertion All Will Be One or, Hail Moko, Father of Monkeys By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese HELLOOOOOOOOOO NEW PHYREXIA! Cranial Insertion Authorlace Or, You may write a column as though you were another columnist with the same pay grade. Couldn't find a proper abstract due to lack of punctuation. Cranial Insertion Frequently Asked Questions and some infrequently asked questions, too By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Did you know that you can send in questions by Twitter? Cranial Insertion Perfection Made Text or, The Father of Machines Is Coming By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Cranial Translations Español • Português He's coming for you, He's gonna get you now. Cranial Translations Deutsch • Italiano • Português Cranial Insertion @CranialTweet #RulesQuestions #WarpWorld By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese I can hardly believe that Cranial Insertion's been around six years! Cranial Insertion Iron Anniversary or, yay, even more metal puns! Couldn't find a proper abstract due to lack of punctuation. Couldn't find a proper abstract due to lack of punctuation. Cranial Insertion Back to Reality or, No more monkeying around! Cranial Insertion Survival of the Fittest By Moko, His Simian Holiness Cranial Translations Deutsch • Español • Français • Italiano • Magyar • Português • Română • 简体中文 • 繁體中文 • 日本語 Do you have what it takes? Cranial Insertion Go for the Goat or, Viva el Goatnapper! Cranial Insertion You've Besieged My Heart By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Cranial Translations Deutsch • Español • Français • Italiano • Magyar • Português • Română • 简体中文 • 繁體中文 • 日本語 Roses Cranial Insertion Into the Deep End or, Don't Drown in the Knowledge Pool! Cranial Insertion Mirrodin Bee Sieged or, Bzz Bzzzz Bz Bzz Bzzz By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Cranial Translations Deutsch • Español • Français • Italiano • Magyar • Português • Română • 简体中文 • 繁體中文 Cranial Insertion Mathemagics 2! Cranial Insertion Snow-Covered Goyf By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Cranial Translations Deutsch • Español • Français • Italiano • Magyar • Português • Română • 简体中文 • 繁體中文 • 日本語 As I'm writin Cranial Insertion New Year's Resolution or, Good, No One Countered It By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Too many ones results in a ban. There's a festive New Year ball drop on Mirrodin, too. Couldn't find a proper abstract due to lack of punctuation. Cranial Insertion Santa's Hidden Information Violation or, The DCI's Most Awkward Disqualification By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Cranial Translations Italiano • Ho ho ho! Cranial Insertion Carsten's Big Birthday Bash By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese You're only as old as you feel! Cranial Insertion Eight Crazy Rules Questions Give or Take a Few Questions By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [This article is available in Spanish here. Cranial Insertion Cyber Monday Special or, Buy Now to Receive Before Christmas! Cranial Insertion Going South or, Greetings from Louisville By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [This article is available in Italian here. Cranial Insertion Mathemagics! By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Ever since we answer that Precursor Golem and Rite of Replication question two weeks ago, we've been getting a lot of comments about it. Cranial Insertion When All You Have Is a Hammer or, Everything Looks Like a Mountain By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [This article is available in Italian here. Cranial Insertion Millions of Golems! Cranial Insertion Trick/Treat is Not a Split Card By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Hello boys and ghouls! Cranial Insertion Plutonium Myr or, It Taps for Blue, Not Green By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [This article is available in Italian here. Cranial Insertion Ooze Control or, I'm saving the metal puns for next time By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Everything Kraj can do, Ooze can do better! Cranial Insertion Nim Deathmetal By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [This article is available in Italian here. Cranial Insertion No Myr Feet or, Another Year of Metal Puns By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese I'm so sorry. Cranial Insertion Happy Equinox! Cranial Insertion From the Vault: Questions By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese From the Vault: Questions contains twenty-something new battle-tested questions, culled from throughout the (very recent) history of the Cranial Insertion inbox. Cranial Insertion Severe Weather Warning or, Hurricane of Puns Coming Soon By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Green mages stab you with blades of grass. Cranial Insertion Don't Redirect Oblivion Ring! Cranial Insertion Real-Life-Itis By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [This article is available in Spanish here. Cranial Insertion Test of Endurance or, A Whole Bunch of Tournament Questions By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Not the best thing to wear while playing Magic. Cranial Insertion I visited Columbus . Cranial Insertion Fling Kiln Fiend for 1 Damage or, Hey, That Can Win the Game! Cranial Insertion I Visited Bant . Cranial Insertion The Eleventh Hour or, I bet you saw that one coming! Cranial Insertion Going to 11 or, Wait, Did You Really Not See That Joke Coming? Cranial Insertion Rotating Goyfs By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [This article is available in Spanish here. Cranial Insertion Grand Prix Trial and Error By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [This article is available in Spanish here. The Enemy of My Enemy or, Enemy Mine, Mine, Mine! Cranial Insertion A Momentary Diversion on the Road to the Graveyard By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [This article is available in Spanish here. Cranial Insertion Emrakul can be Oblivion-Ringed or, Yes, Really! Cranial Insertion Zombie Moko Goes to Washington or, Zombies Go Hungry at Congress By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [This article is available in Spanish here. Cranial Insertion Future Sight (Not the Set or the Card) By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [This article is available in Spanish here. Cranial Insertion When the Dust Settles By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [This article is available in Spanish here. Couldn't find a proper abstract due to lack of punctuation. Cranial Insertion Tapped Creatures Deal Combat Damage By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Yes, tapped creatures deal combat damage. Cranial Insertion Rise and Shine! Cranial Insertion Eldrazi Crossing or, What Would You Do with One Million Mana? Cranial Insertion No More Wood Puns! Cranial Insertion High Five! By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese [This article is available in Spanish here. Cranial Insertion Wood Anniversary or, Silverware Anniversary By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, Jeff Vondruska, Brian Schenck, Ted Dickinson, Diane Colley, Aaron Stevenson, Brian Paskoff, Carsten Haese, John Carter (once), all of you fantastic readers, o Cranial Insertion Happy Almost Birthday! Cranial Insertion The Eyes of March or, The March of Eyes of Orms-by-Gore By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese oh haiIt seems like only yesterday that we were getting ready for Worldwake, and it's already time to start looking forward to Ris Cranial Insertion March of the Questions or, Is it Spring yet? Cranial Insertion Judging 1-2-3 (and some day 4 and 5) By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Some of our most burning questions are about this burn spell. Cranial Insertion I Left My Card in San Diego or, Yay for Pro Tours By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese "I've been terribly alone and forgotten in this Standard. Cranial Insertion A Valentine's Day Bouquet of Questions or, This Article Brought to You by the Color Pink By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Roses are red, Violets are blue, Black Lotus is black, But it's pretty, too. Cranial Insertion Worldwide Goyf Day By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese Don't mean to be a downer, but this was the only birthday-related flavor text in all of Magic. Cranial Insertion Global Alarm Clock or, It Goes Ding When There's Stuff By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese So happy! Cranial Insertion Earth Moving or, Manland questions and other assorted goodies By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese "I can feel the earth move"Welcome back to another issue of Cranial Insertion. Cranial Insertion Worldwait By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese So is there a random chance of pulling a non-foil card or something? Cranial Insertion Choices in Your Head or, They Tell Me to Pet a Monkey By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese I kinda want one of these. Cranial Insertion The Return of Pamplemouse or, A new Writer for a new Year By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Carsten Haese I told you not to put Chandra in charge of the fireworks! Cranial Insertion Denouement By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson "Where did the year go? Cranial Insertion Have a Zombie Monkey Christmas or, Up on the Rooftop with Brains and Guts By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Welcome back to Cranial Insertion! Cranial Insertion Hannukah Goyf. Cranial Insertion Fuel for the Fire By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson A pic of Eli, Paskoff, and me, enjoying the warm glow of your questions. Cranial Insertion Gobble Gobble or, Hungry Eli Is Hungry By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Om nom nom. Cranial Insertion Attack of the 20/20 Goyf By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson L2 NY I can barely believe it, but this is my twentieth Cranial Insertion article! Cranial Insertion Crouching LOLCAT, Hidden Message By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson What's it called when you hide a secret dinosaur? Cranial Insertion Time Passes By or, But the Questions Keep Coming! Cranial Insertion Leftover Candy (and Questions) By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Happy Halloween! Cranial Insertion She's On Fire or, That Was Supposed To Be A Metaphor By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Does Aaron stay with CI? Cranial Insertion G'day Y'all or, Cranial Insertion Invades Texas By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson I doubt R&D foresaw this rules monster thing. Cranial Insertion Deadly Questions, Priceless Answers By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Opalescence + Card = Rules Question Zendikar's out in full force, and the more people play with the new cards, the more questions they have. Cranial Insertion Quest[ion]s or, Seeking the Grail By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson "You look up. Cranial Insertion Magic Sutra or, Time to Get Zen By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson The first planeswalker to not break the box. Cranial Insertion Kicking It By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Goodbye, old friend! Cranial Insertion Dominoes or, One Right After Another By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson This man does not like Magic. Cranial Insertion Chasing Planey or, Walking in a Pile of Ten Planes By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Oops. Cranial Insertion The Calm Before the Storm By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Send us your hot, hot questions! Cranial Insertion Diplomacy or, Knowing Your Enemies (and Friends) By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson I think she's on the Nobel committee. Cranial Insertion The Golden Standard By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Choose Lhurgoyf. Cranial Insertion Lightweight Liquids or, No Deliberate Heavy Metal This Week By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Summer in Arizona. Cranial Insertion More Heavy Metals or, We've Got Good Chemistry By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Lars? Cranial Insertion Heavy Metal Goyf or, M10? Cranial Insertion Order of Operations (The Old Version! Cranial Insertion Encore, Encore! Cranial Insertion Revolution By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson He's been pushing for change. Service with a Smile By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Tournament policy isn't this confusing! Freedom is Slavery By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson The Ministry of Truth has a strict dress code. Stop agonizing, we have your answer! Attack of the One-Hour Turn or, Why EDH Games Should Not Contain Nine Players By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Madness, and not the replacement/trigger kind. Two Numbered Polyhedrons or, Paradise By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Mmm, is this. Mmmm, that's some good moment! Fun in the Sun or, 6000°K in the Photosphere By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Try to set the night on fire. [img][/img] Mother of Rules or, Giving Birth to Alara, Again By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Thanks for protecting me, Mom. It's like some kind of ultra-Goyf! I'm Thinking ARB or, Gold, It Makes the World Go Round By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson I'm getting dizzy. Grass Clippings By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson My back yardI always seem to be working on Cranial Insertion in the midst of some flurry of other activity. Found one!I hope everyone had a happy Passover and Easter! Spring Cleaning By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Throw out something you shouldn't have. Monkey Business or, Pan Zombificus By Moko the Rules Chimp om nom nomHey folks! Spring Break! I hope you enjoyed our little mid-term exam last week, but now it's back to your usual articles. Trip to the Optometrist or, See Eye Exam By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson The eyes have it. Under the Weather By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson You look like I feel. Pasgoyf's power and toughness are each equal to the number of rules questions in the mailbox. Games Afoot or, Referring to the Subtitle Is Meta By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson I never metamorphose I didn't like. This and That or, A Little Bit of Everything By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson The secret CI base, located on Yavin IV. Cranial Insertion Frozen Goyfsicles By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson No Coldsnap, er. All Together Now or, Maybe Not That Close By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Bolas can has cheezburger? In All Likelihood By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson DOES NOT COMPUTE. Goyf Season! By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Every time the season changes, CI's mailbox fills with good questions. Feeling Crabby or, Old Bay Will Haunt My Dreams By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Sob. BOOMER! or, Welcome to Nineteen-- I mean Two-Thousand-and-Nine By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson Greetings once more, faithful readers, and welcome to 2009! The Cranial Insertion Christmas party was a blast this year! Planeswalk On or, Winter Is Coming By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson When Marilyn Greetings! I'm Aaron Stevenson, a level 2 judge from Roanoke, Virginia; and thanks to your votes, I'm the one who's cutting short Brian Paskoff's tenure as "the new guy. Hey hey! It's me, Brian Paskoff again. Wait, it's December already? I suppose my first clue should have been the army of zombie Santa Clauses that has taken over my neighborhood, but then again, that could just mean that it's September. The great Cranial Insertion write-off! Your friendly neighborhood Goyf here again--that is, if your neighborhood is New York, and "friendly" depending on whether or not the clock reads AM or PM. Yes, [card]Statecraft[/card] really is a card. Greetings! Brian Paskoff here - Pasgoyf to my friends - the newest writer for Cranial Insertion and a certified judge from New York. It’s getting to be that time of year again. It's almost Halloween, the happiest time of the year for Demon judges. Good morning, faithful readers of this silly column. “Welcome to the new world, sir. Welcome to the fractured world of Alara. Hello, all! 'Tis I, your loyal tidepool-dwelling judge-turned-frazzled-college-student. You were expecting an article from Eli, right? Exercises in Existentialism By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Diane Colley Greetings, loyal readers, Hello loyal readers! Urchin here, transmitting from her new tidepool at Reed College in Portland, Oregon! Welcome back to another week of exciting Cranial Insertion questions! Ahoy, and welcome to another edition of Cranial Insertion! Hello again, loyal readers! I have returned from the northern lands of Cananada to bring you good tidings and Magical questions. And we're back! For those in the North America (and France, Ireland, Italy, Thailand, and, of course, our beloved Estonia) who went, we hope you had a good Nationals weekend. [I]Eventide[/I] Prereleases are in the books; and by the time you read this, Launch Parties will be finished, too. Willkommen, bienvenue, and welcome to another installment of Cranial Insertion! Welcome to the awesomeness that is [i]Eventide[/i]! [i]Eventide[/i] Prereleases are this weekend. This week we have a delightful assortment of questions spanning from the mild to the maddening, but fear not, for all have been handled by our expert question tamers, and are unlikely to cause bodily harm to readers. One card has generated more questions than any other recently. 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. Hello again, loyal readers, and welcome to another installment of Cranial Insertion, our weekly attempt to impart vital rules knowledge into your skulls via surgical implantation. Welcome back to another edition of CI! Welcome back for another edumacational article! This week, we’re covering all kinds of questions, [i]Shadowmoor[/i] and otherwise. With the Standard-format Regionals right around the corner and a Block Constructed PTQ season on the horizon, [i]Lorwyn[/i] and [i]Shadowmoor[/i] interactions are the real buzz, but our faithful readers know that wacky Vintage interactions make us happy a As I’m sure you all have seen, Shadowmoor included the best card yet to be printed in Magic: the Gathering: Dusk Urchins. Greetings from the dusky, twisted shores of what used to be Lorwyn! Last weekend, Prerelease events for Shadowmoor happened all over the world. 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. Junk rares are beautiful things. 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. Well kids, it's time for a field trip across the country to historic Philadelphia. So while your normal authors are partying to celebrate the third anniversary of Cranial Insertion, they asked me to write a super special column. Hello again, zombies and shamans, and welcome to another week of rules questions and brain surgery at Cranial Insertion. Today, we’re turning our mailbag upside down, shaking it, and seeing what falls out. A pile of today's questions come from Grand Prix: Vancouver, and another pile comes from our cranial. This week I get to torture you with a quiz article! How fun is that? 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. Welcome back to another wonderful week of whimsical questions! We've had a grand flood of emails to the cranial. The time has come, the Urchin said, to talk of many things. 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. Now that Morningtide cards are floating around like faeries who inhaled helium to sound even squeakier, the questions will surely come flooding in. A bright, shiny no-prize will go to the person who can identify which song gave us the subtitle to this week's column. Just like a good filet mignon, what's there is juicy and tasty... 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. It's Monday, so it's time for another edition of Cranial Insertion. We here at Cranial Insertion do not have access to Santa's mailbag, nor would we ever want it. We're going to step aside from rules questions and the cranial. Well, the weather outside is frightful. 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. It's time to wean ourselves off of Lorwyn and get back to our regular cornucopia of conundrums. 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. Remember, remember the Fifth of - oh, forget the Fifth, it's time for Cranial Insertion! Moko > Guy Fawkes. Halloween is right around the corner, and the haunt ability has just left Standard entirely. Another week, another CI – and plenty more questions plucked from our overflowing mailbox. The Lorwyn questions continue in what has been one of the most active weeks for the cranial. All is not well in the happy, sun-drenched meadows of Lorwyn. Now that the Lorwyn Prerelease is in the record books, it’s time to start focusing on Magic’s latest expansion. In the Magic rules system, some questions are considered especially heinous. For the first time in two and a half years, Cranial Insertion has to take a week off. The new Penalty Guide includes, as sections 50 and 51, a guideline on player communication and shortcuts. Welcome to another CI that's just dripping with knowledge and fun. This week was a strange one for the cranial. 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. 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. It's been quite the week for us here at CI. 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. Welcome to another fun- and fact-filled edition of CI. Poor Eye of the Storm. Slivers won a Pro Tour. Happy July, and welcome to another edition of Cranial Insertion. I'll bet Juliet never thought a dagger's ability to stab could sometimes be removed only if she had a little humility! 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 . Regionals events just wrapped up in the US, as thousands of Magic players across the country battled it out for the invitations to Nationals. Before we jump into this week's article full of questions from the cranial. 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. It's Monday, so it must be time for another edition of Cranial Insertion. Cranial Insertion returns with flashbacks, wiffleball bats, color-changing sunglasses, no Stuffy Doll (!) and no delay!
Well, maybe something about Delay. So, the Future is on the shelves and legal for limited. This just in! As a special bonus to you, our esteemed readers, we’re doing part of this column quiz-style! 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. 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. 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. What is it about that [card]Stuffy Doll[/card]? 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. Apologies to Moko for the title. This Saturday just past, the DCI put into effect a new set of penalty guidelines. No, it's not that other movie with Daniel Craig. 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. As today's title may or may not suggest, this article is number 100 in a long list of Cranial Insertion articles! In 2002, Ixidor, Jeff Donais, and Mark Rosewater unleashed morph upon the world in Onslaught. Color pie shenanigans have taken the Magic world by storm as Planar Chaos hit stores Friday. You probably already have two questions about this article. 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 Planar Chaos is looming. We here at Cranial Insertion apologize for the minor insanity last week. 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. Hey, it's Christmas. In the spirit of gift-giving, we here at CI have a gift for you, our loyal and awesome readers. There have been many questions about split second and morph floating about various Magic-related message boards and the cranial. Friday was the first of December, and you know what that means. By now, Thanksgiving has come and gone in the USA. The CompRules Police sent me out on yet another strange case. Following Tom's article last week on Standard, Eli decided to write an article involving older cards. Champs events are in the books for most of the world now. Are you lazy? Do you hate having to activate or cast things to have fun? 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. 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. 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. Time Spiral's prerelease was hands-down one of the best events I've worked. 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. There is still a bit of time left before temporal chaos descends upon the world of Magic. 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. Yes, I am not your regular writer. I'm going to expound upon the article Thirty Common Mistakes Players Make. Welcome to Cranial Insertion. Welcome back to another edition of Cranial Insertion, kids. We're going to jump into some more random questions this week, including several non-card questions that have been bouncing around our inbox. Welcome back to Cranial Insertion, where we are slowly recovering from the recent icy temperatures. 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. Still got questions? Send them to cranial. Welcome to this week’s Cranial Insertion, from the frozen tundra of Dominaria. Two of this year's three Champs tournaments are over, a Pro Tour just went by, middle of the summer. Last weekend, a record 525 players, representing 175 teams, descended on Charleston, SC for the first ever Team Constructed Pro Tour. Yes, there are answers to all your questions to be found in Cranial Insertion. 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. Dissension is in the books, we’ve emptied the mailbag, and we’ve taken a look at the wonderful word of abilities and effects. Triggered abilities, continuous effects. Eli, Thijs, and Tom have spent the last three weeks babbling about this new-fangled "Dissension" stuff, so our mailbox at cranial. 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 Welcome to Cranial Insertion, everyone. 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.
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. 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. Ah, the smell of a new set on the horizon. Welcome back to Cranial Insertion. First, I’m going to do some Q&A, like we always do. 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. Moko has been working overtime at sorting through the questions sent to cranial. Welcome, ladies and germs, to yet another stellar edition of the most stupendous rules column on the internet. We've spent the last few weeks of Cranial Insertion covering Gruul and declaring things other than vows of eternal love. Welcome back to Cranial Insertion! Today we discuss another section of the rules that is quite difficult to grasp. Here we are with the last week of Guildpact articles at Cranial Insertion. Last week, all of us were treated to a rare and gracious appearance by Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind. 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. Here I am at the Guildpact prerelease, and I should be doing something useful, but instead I'm writing Cranial Insertion. 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. If you've been reading Cranial Insertion, you've probably seen references to the Comprehensive Rules. Hey, look, it's a bright shiny new year! It's also a bright shiny new Cranial Insertion article, because we rule so much. By the time you peruse this column, friends, it will be Christmas Day. 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. 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. Worlds this weekend gives us the perfect backdrop for this edition of Cranial Insertion. Today we'll look at copy effects and their rules.
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Phasing and Flanking and Bands oh my!
or, You Put the Right Foot in, You Chop the Left Foot off.
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(Kinda) (Sorta) Live from LA!
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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Rah! Rah! Ravnica!
or, Now You May Ask Those Questions.
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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
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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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Welcome to the Fold
or, Sanctioned Tournaments Are Fun!
By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska
Edited by Goblinboy
Hmm.
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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
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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!
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A Legacy of Questions
By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska
Edited by . 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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Rock Your SoKs
or, Chimps Have Big Hands
By Eli Shiffrin, Thijs van Ommen, and Jeff Vondruska
Welcome back to Cranial Insertion!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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!
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Who's Afraid of Continuous Effects?
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Dawn of the Dead, or:
When a Body Meets a Body.
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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.
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"Full Saviors of Kamigawa Spoiler!
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