Am I the Bolcast?

Am I the Bolcast?

by Mike Carrozza
Games
Season 1

Bolcast 68 - Focusing the New Guy with Legendary Creature Podcast

Episode notes What's up Bolcuts! Another interview episode, today! Featuring Andy and Kyle from the Legendary Creature Podcast join Mike to chat about playgroup woes - new members and stepping on toes. Check out Legendary Creature Podcast anywhere you get your podcasts, but also right here: https://legendarycreaturepocast.libsyn.com Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on the Bolcast. Submit them to amithebolas@gmail.com. Timecodes and Highlights 00:00:00 - Plugs and some other fun stuff! 00:02:02 - Interview with Andy and Kyle from Legendary Creature Podcast! As always, we are sponsored by Cardsphere.com! Card Sphere, Get your cards here! Check out the referral link below! We are also sponsored by BoneBox Games! Use promo code BOLCAST for a cheeky discount on your deckboxes and accessories over at boneboxgames.com! CardSphere referral link: https://www.cardsphere.com/?referrer=bolcast Edited by Ken Peddle Here is our Linktr.ee (linktr.ee/amithebolas) Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmITheBolcast Check out www.edhrec.com where Morgan directs and Carrozza writes. Music by Mike Carrozza Find us on Bluesky - We're moving away from Twitter. Slowly, but it's happening. Podcast - @amithebolcast Carrozza - @mikecarrozza Morgan - @indigogentleman Celani - gamesfreaksa.info Ken - @load3r Thanks for listening! Send us feedback! Message me at amithebolas@gmail.com and tell me what you think!
S1 · E68
Feb 3, 2026
1:31:52

Bolcast 67 - Mailbag - Fetching a King

Episode notes The first mailbag of the year! Michael Celani and Morgan Sanchez are back in the booth to talk Lorywyn Eclipsed and whether kingmaking is kingmaking if it's done a particular way. This submission was also covered in my article series over on EDHREC.com - https://edhrec.com/articles/am-i-the-bolas-fetching-a-king Check out recommander.cards - Michael's new Magic project! As always, we are sponsored by Cardsphere.com! Card Sphere, Get your cards here! Check out the referral link below! We are also sponsored by BoneBox Games! Use promo code BOLCAST for a cheeky discount on your deckboxes and accessories over at boneboxgames.com! Timecodes and Highlights 00:00:11 - Skip theme song + say hi to the hosts! 00:03:14 - We talk Lorwyn Eclipsed! 00:26:07 - We get into the mailbag - here's the article https://edhrec.com/articles/am-i-the-bolas-fetching-a-king CardSphere referral link: https://www.cardsphere.com/?referrer=bolcast Edited by Ken Peddle Here is our Linktr.ee (linktr.ee/amithebolas) Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmITheBolcast Check out www.edhrec.com where Morgan directs and Carrozza writes. Music by Mike Carrozza Find us on Bluesky - We're moving away from Twitter. Slowly, but it's happening. Podcast - @amithebolcast Carrozza - @mikecarrozza Morgan - @indigogentleman Celani - gamesfreaksa.info Ken - @load3r Thanks for listening! Send us feedback! Message me at amithebolas@gmail.com and tell me what you think!
S1 · E67
Jan 28, 2026
56:40

Bolcast 66 - We're Back in the New Year with Carolyn Wang aka @Caro_IRL

Episode notes What's up Bolcuts! We're back for the first time in 2026! A day late, but that's Mike's fault. Turns out I messed up and sent some back audio files. Ken turned some real garbage into something at least listenable so shout out to Ken! We came back in style with Magic shitposter and fellow Canadian Carolyn Wang aka @Caro_IRL on Twitter. She makes my feed more fun and I laugh a bunch thanks to her, highly recommend the follow. We get into the beginnings of Commander and how to represent your power level . Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on the Bolcast. Submit them to amithebolas@gmail.com. Timecodes and Highlights 00:00:11 - Plugs and some other fun stuff! 00:05:50 - Interview with Carolyn Wang! As always, we are sponsored by Cardsphere.com! Card Sphere, Get your cards here! Check out the referral link below! We are also sponsored by BoneBox Games! Use promo code BOLCAST for a cheeky discount on your deckboxes and accessories over at boneboxgames.com! CardSphere referral link: https://www.cardsphere.com/?referrer=bolcast Edited by Ken Peddle Here is our Linktr.ee (linktr.ee/amithebolas) Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmITheBolcast Check out www.edhrec.com where Morgan directs and Carrozza writes. Music by Mike Carrozza Find us on Bluesky - We're moving away from Twitter. Slowly, but it's happening. Podcast - @amithebolcast Carrozza - @mikecarrozza Morgan - @indigogentleman Celani - gamesfreaksa.info Ken - @load3r Thanks for listening! Send us feedback! Message me at amithebolas@gmail.com and tell me what you think!
S1 · E66
Jan 21, 2026
1:07:00

Bolcast 65 - Goodbye 2025 - Year in Review and Resolutions

Hiatus We're taking a brief hiatus for the holidays either after this episode or the next. Just wanted to give you all a heads up on this! We'll see you in January. We're playing it loose! Episode notes Ken is sick! Morgan is busy (but she sent in a little voice memo)! Mike and Celani go over 2025 and talk about what they want to see in Magic in the new year, plus a few resolutions to improve our relationship to the game. Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on the Bolcast. Submit them to amithebolas@gmail.com. As always, we are sponsored by Cardsphere.com! Card Sphere, Get your cards here! Check out the referral link below! We are also sponsored by BoneBox Games! Use promo code BOLCAST for a cheeky discount on your deckboxes and accessories over at boneboxgames.com! Timecodes and Highlights NO TIMECODES THIS EPISODE BOL-CUTS, YOU'RE EITHER IN OR YOU'RE OUT! Happy holidays, gang :) CardSphere referral link: https://www.cardsphere.com/?referrer=bolcast Edited by Ken Peddle (usually, but not today, I dare not smear his name) Here is our Linktr.ee (linktr.ee/amithebolas) Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmITheBolcast Check out www.edhrec.com where Morgan directs and Carrozza writes. Music by Mike Carrozza Find us on Bluesky - We're moving away from Twitter. Slowly, but it's happening. Podcast - @amithebolcast Carrozza - @mikecarrozza Morgan - @indigogentleman Celani - gamesfreaksa.info Ken - @load3r Thanks for listening! Send us feedback! Message me at amithebolas@gmail.com and tell me what you think!
S1 · E65
Dec 23, 2025
1:02:27

Bolcast 64 - "We're All Jeff!" - A mailbag episode with Jason Alt!

Hiatus We're taking a brief hiatus for the holidays either after this episode or the next. Just wanted to give you all a heads up on this! We'll see you in January. Or next week and then January. Who knows! We're playing it loose! Episode notes The guy who got us all together for this podcast joins us again to sift through Reddit for a mailbag episode - Jason Alt of Commander's Herald and Brainstorm Brewery and much much more! Check out CommandersHerald.com! Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on the Bolcast. Submit them to amithebolas@gmail.com. As always, we are sponsored by Cardsphere.com! Card Sphere, Get your cards here! Check out the referral link below! We are also sponsored by BoneBox Games! Use promo code BOLCAST for a cheeky discount on your deckboxes and accessories over at boneboxgames.com! Timecodes and Highlights 00:00:11 - Skip theme song 00:01:13 - Introducing our guest Jason Alt + Celani is in charge of the mailbag today! 00:13:47 - "There's too much politicking. Jeff doesn't like it." 00:30:25 - ONE OF THE FUNNIEST MAILBAG ENTRIES IN THE PODCAST'S HISTORY - "Most entitled players I've ever met at an LGS table" - "People need to be more creative" 00:39:13 - "Talked to the pod, and it didn't work - Autopsy of a group." CardSphere referral link: https://www.cardsphere.com/?referrer=bolcast Edited by Ken Peddle Here is our Linktr.ee (linktr.ee/amithebolas) Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmITheBolcast Check out www.edhrec.com where Morgan directs and Carrozza writes. Music by Mike Carrozza Find us on Bluesky - We're moving away from Twitter. Slowly, but it's happening. Podcast - @amithebolcast Carrozza - @mikecarrozza Morgan - @indigogentleman Celani - gamesfreaksa.info Ken - @load3r Thanks for listening! Send us feedback! Message me at amithebolas@gmail.com and tell me what you think!
S1 · E64
Dec 9, 2025
1:14:53

Bolcast 63 - Should we ignore Game Changers? Featuring special guest Stephen Bahl!

Episode notes Special guest Stephen Bahl of long time EDHREC-article-comment-section fame makes an epic appearance on the Bolcast to talk Game Changers and Bolas behavior! Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on the Bolcast. Submit them to amithebolas@gmail.com. As always, we are sponsored by Cardsphere.com! Card Sphere, Get your cards here! Check out the referral link below! We are also sponsored by BoneBox Games! Use promo code BOLCAST for a cheeky discount on your deckboxes and accessories over at boneboxgames.com! Timecodes and Highlights 00:01:30 - Jump the intro and meet our guest, Stephen Bahl! 00:12:40 - How Banding works, allegedly 00:22:33 - Skip if operating heavy machinery 00:37:55 - Flagrantly ignoring Game Changers 00:47:40 - The Hot Take! 01:00:07 - Pre-game Conversations are good! 01:01:52 - Thank yous and shoutouts CardSphere referral link: https://www.cardsphere.com/?referrer=bolcast Edited by Ken Peddle Here is our Linktr.ee (linktr.ee/amithebolas) Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmITheBolcast Check out www.edhrec.com where Morgan directs and Carrozza writes. Music by Mike Carrozza Find us on Bluesky - We're moving away from Twitter. Slowly, but it's happening. Podcast - @amithebolcast Carrozza - @mikecarrozza Morgan - @indigogentleman Celani - gamesfreaksa.info Ken - @load3r Thanks for listening! Send us feedback! Message me at amithebolas@gmail.com and tell me what you think!
S1 · E63
Dec 2, 2025
1:05:19

Bolcast 62 - Mailbag - Sorry, Ken! Again. Sorry. Ken. Featuring Bolcast editor Ken Peddle!

Episode notes It's another mailbag episode with Morgan and Michael Celani aka GamesfreakSA. Our lovely long time editor Ken Peddle hops on to tag team our mailbag and make sure we curse 99 times out of 100. Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on the Bolcast. Submit them to amithebolas@gmail.com. As always, we are sponsored by Cardsphere.com! Card Sphere, Get your cards here! Check out the referral link below! We are also sponsored by BoneBox Games! Use promo code BOLCAST for a cheeky discount on your deckboxes and accessories over at boneboxgames.com! Timecodes and Highlights 00:08:30 - Skip the intro button, get to the sponsor talk and plugs! 00:11:00 - Ken Q&A, propaganda and pizza lands! 00:12:55 - Diggin' into the mailbag with Celani and co. 00:28:40 - Where is the "line" for this mailbag's scenario? 00:32:40 - The Verdict(s)! CardSphere referral link: https://www.cardsphere.com/?referrer=bolcast Edited by Ken Peddle Here is our Linktr.ee (linktr.ee/amithebolas) Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmITheBolcast Check out www.edhrec.com where Morgan directs and Carrozza writes. Music by Mike Carrozza Find us on Bluesky - We're moving away from Twitter. Slowly, but it's happening. Podcast - @amithebolcast Carrozza - @mikecarrozza Morgan - @indigogentleman Celani - gamesfreaksa.info Ken - @load3r Thanks for listening! Send us feedback! Message me at amithebolas@gmail.com and tell me what you think!
S1 · E62
Nov 25, 2025
47:00

Bolcast 61 - Mailbag - Mike has Finally Watched The Lord of The Rings

It's another mailbag episode with Morgan and Michael Celani aka GamesfreakSA. EDHREC writer Nicholas Lucchesi wrote in about how he believes there are no staples in Commander. Mike has also finally seen The Lord of the Rings and talks about that. Also, the new censored word is dingaling. This is the only time I'll tell you what it is. Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on the Bolcast. Submit them to amithebolas@gmail.com. As always, we are sponsored by Cardsphere.com! Card Sphere, Get your cards here! Check out the referral link below! We are also sponsored by BoneBox Games! Use promo code BOLCAST for a cheeky discount on your deckboxes and accessories over at boneboxgames.com! Timecodes and Highlights 00:00:12 - Skip intro button, get to the sponsor talk and plugs! 00:05:13 - Me talk about this: I watched Lord of the Rings so I can teach my friends Magic 00:18:21 - Uh oh, pizza land talking again. 00:25:56 - Dipping into the mailbag CardSphere referral link: https://www.cardsphere.com/?referrer=bolcast Edited by Ken Peddle Here is our Linktr.ee (linktr.ee/amithebolas) Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmITheBolcast Check out www.edhrec.com where Morgan edits and Carrozza writes. Music by Mike Carrozza Find us on Bluesky - We're moving away from Twitter. Slowly, but it's happening. Podcast - @amithebolcast Carrozza - @mikecarrozza Morgan - @indigogentleman Celani - gamesfreaksa.info Ken - @load3r Thanks for listening! Send us feedback! Message me at amithebolas@gmail.com and tell me what you think!
S1 · E61
Nov 18, 2025
1:02:14

Bolcast 60 - Restrictions are Creative! with Olivia Gobert-Hicks!

This week on the Bolcast, a member of the Commander Format Panel, Commander at Home and Elder Dragon Hijinks host, and all-around renaissance woman and tour de force Olivia Gobert-Hicks joins Mike on the Bolcast to talk Teysa, the Liege cycle, hybrid mana, and not taking Olivia's stuff! Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on the Bolcast. Submit them to amithebolas@gmail.com. As always, we are sponsored by Cardsphere.com! Card Sphere, Get your cards here! Check out the referral link below! We are also sponsored by BoneBox Games! Use promo code BOLCAST for a cheeky discount on your deckboxes and accessories over at boneboxgames.com! Timecodes and Highlights 00:00:11 - Skip intro button, get to the sponsor talk and plugs! 00:03:02- A chat with Olivia Gobert-Hicks CardSphere referral link: https://www.cardsphere.com/?referrer=bolcast Edited by Ken Peddle Here is our Linktr.ee (linktr.ee/amithebolas) Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmITheBolcast Check out www.edhrec.com where Morgan edits and Carrozza writes. Music by Mike Carrozza Find us on Bluesky - We're moving away from Twitter. Slowly, but it's happening. Podcast - @amithebolcast Carrozza - @mikecarrozza Morgan - @indigogentleman Celani - gamesfreaksa.info Thanks for listening! Send us feedback! Message me at amithebolas@gmail.com and tell me what you think!
S1 · E60
Nov 11, 2025
1:10:20

Bolcast 59 - Mailbag - Is Michael the Bolas?

It's another mailbag episode with Morgan and Michael Celani aka GamesfreakSA. Michael gives us a story about teaching a lesson and then it's mailbag time! Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on the Bolcast. Submit them to amithebolas@gmail.com. As always, we are sponsored by Cardsphere.com! Card Sphere, Get your cards here! Check out the referral link below! We are also sponsored by BoneBox Games! Use promo code BOLCAST for a cheeky discount on your deckboxes and accessories over at boneboxgames.com! Timecodes and Highlights 00:00:12 - Skip intro button, get to the sponsor talk and plugs! 00:06:47 - Michael talks about 00:26:01 - Dipping into the mailbag CardSphere referral link: https://www.cardsphere.com/?referrer=bolcast Edited by Ken Peddle Here is our Linktr.ee (linktr.ee/amithebolas) Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmITheBolcast Check out www.edhrec.com where Morgan edits and Carrozza writes. Music by Mike Carrozza Find us on Bluesky - We're moving away from Twitter. Slowly, but it's happening. Podcast - @amithebolcast Carrozza - @mikecarrozza Morgan - @indigogentleman Celani - gamesfreaksa.info Thanks for listening! Send us feedback! Message me at amithebolas@gmail.com and tell me what you think!
S1 · E59
Nov 5, 2025
55:02
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