Am I the Bolcast?

Mike Carrozza
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The Magic: The Gathering podcast based on the EDHREC's column Am I The Bolas? Hosted By: Mike Carrozza aka "Mark Carbonza"Morgan Sanchez [superproducer/genius]

  1. MAR 4

    Bolcast 71 - Hullbreacher Trauma and Mischievous Arena Opponents with Abrupt Decay

    Mikey jams out with the MTG-inspired metal band Abrupt Decay about Cube, Arena players, the Hullbreecher era (RIP you were a real one) and even more fun stuff in this week's episode of the Bolcast! Follow Abrupt Decay on Instagram and Facebook (they don't post a lot, but they're there!) Listen to Abrupt Decay's bops and their newest album The Illusion of Our Choices In A World of No Options on Spotify, Bandcamp, and your streaming service of choice. Episode notes What's up Bolcuts! Timecodes and topics: 00:00:00 Intro and welcome to the show! 00:00:40 Sponsor talk! 00:04:50 Music track jam sesh and intro with Abrupt Decay! 00:19:50 Abrupt Decay's journey into Magic, LSV streams, and Cube adventures! 00:33:40 Timetwister story time! 00:56:30 Hullbreacher trauma dump! 01:08:10 Magic Arena pet peeves! 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! 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!

    1h 24m

  2. FEB 25

    Bolcast 70 - Adjusting to Playgroup Changes with Nick Wolf, Crossword Creator for EDHREC

    Episode notes What's up Bolcuts! Another mailbag with a special guest today! EDHREC's newest editor and the man behind the very popular EDHREC crosswords, Nick Wolf hops on the Bolcast to chat with Mike and Michael about how to approach meeting each other's level with a new or existing playgroups. Mike has already covered this story at this article here: https://edhrec.com/articles/am-i-the-bolas-big-happy-playgroup-family Don't forget to check out the crossword here: https://edhrec.com/games/crossword 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 - Intro to the thick of this episode and cohosts! 00:04:20 - Sponsor Segment! 00:07:50 - Art and mechanics: A little more on Lorwyn Eclipsed - look, this episode was late! 00:17:37 - Nick talks about writing the EDHREC crosswords 00:30:39 - Nick and the Mikes discuss the mailbag submission 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!

    1h 20m
  3. Bolcast 69 - Bracket Bonanza with Tyler Bucks

    FEB 11

    Bolcast 69 - Bracket Bonanza with Tyler Bucks

    Episode notes What's up Bolcuts! Another mailbag with a special guest today! This time it's the legendary creature, Tyler "Savesya" Bucks, budget EDHREC writer and The Pillow Fort content creator. You can find Tyler all over the MTG internet here: https://edhrec.com/articles/author/tyler-bucks https://www.instagram.com/thetylerbucks/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzUtnBZogc1TSttr8eLUK_w/about 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 - Intro to the thick of this episode and cohosts! 00:02:00 - Introducing Tyler Bucks on the Bolcast! 00:05:40 - Sponsor Segment! 00:10:27 - Interview w/Tyler Bucks and the gang shenanigans 00:22:10 - Mailbag intro! 00:25:00 - Tyler and the gang discuss the mailbag 00:59:10 - Pressin' the Button on the BOLAS 00:59:55 - Around the horn, where to find our guest! 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!

    1h 8m

  4. FEB 3

    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!

    1h 32m

  5. JAN 28

    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!

    57 min

  6. JAN 21

    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!

    1h 7m

  7. 12/23/2025

    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!

    1h 2m

  8. 12/09/2025

    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!

    1h 15m
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The Magic: The Gathering podcast based on the EDHREC's column Am I The Bolas? Hosted By: Mike Carrozza aka "Mark Carbonza"Morgan Sanchez [superproducer/genius]

Information

  • Creator
    Mike Carrozza
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    72
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Space Cow Media 2025
  • Show Website
    Am I the Bolcast?

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