Am I the Bolcast?

What's up, Bolcuts! A real life folk hero joins Mikey on the Bolcast! Sam Tallent is stand-up comedian, novelist, and long-time friend of Mike's. He's also unabashedly a hater on the Commander format and wanted to talk cardboard with a pal. Why would I say no? He's a hilarious guy and a ton of fun. I loved this interview! Make sure to check out Sam's comedy specials and his books. Find it all at s...

What's up, Bolcuts! We had Fox and Rick (not Greg) from See You Next Tuesday talk about cEDH, high-powered Bracket 4 Commander, and embracing the Bolas. Today's episode is a chat with the chief songwriter of See You Next Tuesday, Drew Slavik. We talk about the band and some of my favourite of their releases then get into what Legacy used to be and today's power creep. See You Next Tuesday put out...

What's up, Bolcuts! We had Fox from See You Next Tuesday talk about cEDH and high-powered Bracket 4 Casual Commander. Today, the band's bassist and the person who brought Fox into the Magic fold joins Mike to talk nu-metal and doing the downright most to be the villain. See You Next Tuesday just put out a collaboration album with Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop called Brothers and it's all from...

What's up, Bolcuts! We recovered a once-lost episode! In late 2024/early 2025, I had a chat with Canadian Magic: The Gathering artist Hugh Pinder aka PINDURSKI about his work! Ken worked some magic of his own on the episode and we were able to get the audio up to snuff for release! Check out PINDURSKI's cards on Scryfall here . Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on...

What's up, Bolcuts! Tyler "Savesya" Bucks from EDHREC and The Pillowfort joins Mike to pull a submission from the mailbag. Check out Tyler's YouTube channel The Pillowfort and his writing on EDHREC here . Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on the Bolcast. Submit them to amithebolas@gmail.com . CHECK OUT CASCADE CASCADE! My article for the site is now up! - https://...

What's up, Bolcuts! I'm really excited about this! Fox from See You Next Tuesday joins Mikey today to talk about cEDH and high-powered Bracket 4 Casual Commander. I've been a big fan of See You Next Tuesday for a while and they have shaped my appreciation for the kind of music I reach for to this day. Check them out! https://cunexttuesdaygrind.bandcamp.com/album/brothers They just put out a collab...

What's up, Bolcuts! Cole aka the Bloodric Guy from Hero's Blade Vibe Check is back on the pod and we talk about some real demons from LGS by him. Check them out! https://www.youtube.com/@HerosBladeVibeCheck Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on the Bolcast. Submit them to amithebolas@gmail.com . CHECK OUT CASCADE CASCADE! My article for the site is now up! - https:...

What's up, Bolcuts! Another mailbag today! Mike and Michael are really stoked about Strixhaven. Get into it! It's fun! Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on the Bolcast. Submit them to amithebolas@gmail.com . CHECK OUT CASCADE CASCADE! My article for the site is now up! - https://www.cascadecascade.com I'm really, really proud of my work over there and the work of...

What's up, Bolcuts! It's another day and another Am I the Bolcast? This week Hunter Saling from the crew of silly sweetiepies Business Casual joins Mikey to chat about getting back into Magic after time away. We discuss Commander and the effectiveness of precons (specifically new Tarkir) and we get into deckbuilding on a budget. Follow Business Casual on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/busin...

What's up, Bolcuts! It's another day and another Am I the Bolcast? This week Tyler from the band Stars Hollow hops on the Bolcast to chat with Mikey about music and Magic. The new album comes out in a couple of weeks! Stars Hollow's new album Kind of Hoping comes out April 24th. Check them out on bandcamp - https://starshollowia.bandcamp.com/album/kind-of-hoping Don't forget to get your stories in...

What's up, Bolcuts! It's another day and another Am I the Bolcast? and today's episode is a chill time with Celani and Mikey. We've got a mailbag from Discord, we talk Recommander. Cards, and we talk about the face commanders from the Secrets of Strixhaven precons. Lots to get into! Don't forget to get your stories in the mailbag and we'll read them on the Bolcast. Submit them to amithebolas@gmail...

FOLLOW ZOE AND CHECK OUT ALL HER CONTENT AND SHOWS HERE ! https://linktr.ee/commandzoe What's up, Bolcuts! It's another day and another Am I the Bolcast? and today's episode is, you guessed it, a really fun one. We've got a big gun from over at Commander's Herald joining me today - Head writer Command Zoe comes on to talk Magic, jokes, and of course, Commander's Herald. We get into the recent unba...

What's up, Bolcuts! It's another day and another Am I the Bolcast? and today's episode is a really fun one. The Dragonmaster himself, co-host of Commander at Home, Magic Hall-of-Famer Brian Kibler joins ol' Mikey on the podcast to talk about Commander, competitive Magic, if lands really can bump you up a bracket, before finally talking about "real" D20s. Follow Brian on Youtube @bmkibler and don't...

Sorry we're late! It's CardSphere day! Congrats on the millionth trade, CardSphere! Heck of a milestone! Efren, the guy behind the site and our sponsor, joins us for a mailbag! Michael Celani aka GamesfreakSA couldn't make it for this one, but he says hi! Mr. CardSphere himself hops on with Mike and Morgan to talk about CardSphere, nostalgia for older Magic, retaliation for removal, and new player...

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 Spo...

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-...

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/a...

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 th...

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...

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 th...

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...

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 Brainsto...

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...

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...

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...