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Mike Carrozza
Jun 25, 2025
Am I The Bolas? - Rules for Now or Later
This week on Am I the Bolas, we talk about the difference between activated and triggered abilities, and when you should "Let it go."
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Dispatch
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Big Score
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Step Right Up
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Delete
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Their Name Is Death
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Rain of Riches
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Black Market Connections
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Vexing Puzzlebox
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Component Pouch
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Lands
Mountain
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Plains
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Swamp
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Command Tower
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Clifftop Retreat
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Dragonskull Summit
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Isolated Chapel
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Exotic Orchard
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Smoldering Marsh
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Savai Triome
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1%synergy
Godless Shrine
37%inclusion7.47K decks20K decks
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Sacred Foundry
37%inclusion7.45K decks20K decks
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Blood Crypt
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Luxury Suite
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Spectator Seating
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0%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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7%synergy
Temple of Triumph
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Path of Ancestry
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Temple of Silence
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Battlefield Forge
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Terramorphic Expanse
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5%synergy
Caves of Koilos
24%inclusion4.84K decks20K decks
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Shadowblood Ridge
23%inclusion4.69K decks20K decks
9%synergy
Arid Mesa
23%inclusion4.68K decks20K decks
-8%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
23%inclusion4.57K decks20K decks
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Sundown Pass
23%inclusion4.56K decks20K decks
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Haunted Ridge
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2%synergy
Marsh Flats
22%inclusion4.44K decks20K decks
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Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion4.17K decks20K decks
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Desolate Mire
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Tainted Field
21%inclusion4.11K decks20K decks
9%synergy
Shattered Landscape
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1%synergy
Tainted Peak
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Sulfurous Springs
19%inclusion3.84K decks20K decks
-7%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
17%inclusion3.31K decks20K decks
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Canyon Slough
14%inclusion2.86K decks20K decks
5%synergy
Spire of Industry
13%inclusion2.53K decks20K decks
9%synergy
Ash Barrens
12%inclusion2.32K decks20K decks
5%synergy
Blazemire Verge
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Boros Garrison
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Badlands
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Plateau
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Scrubland
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Reflecting Pool
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1%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
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0%synergy
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