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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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Barbarian Class
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Xorn
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Academy Manufactor
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Comet, Stellar Pup
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Goldspan Dragon
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Smothering Tithe
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The One Ring
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Gamble
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Mondrak, Glory Dominus
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Lightfoot Rogue
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Professional Face-Breaker
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Roaming Throne
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Mayhem Devil
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Nothic
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Path to Exile
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Dispatch
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Big Score
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Pyroblast
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Reprieve
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Ruinous Ultimatum
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Thunderwave
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Farewell
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Recruitment Drive
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Vandalblast
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Damn
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Sign in Blood
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Clown Car
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Lightning Greaves
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Clock of Omens
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Unwinding Clock
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Treasure Chest
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Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
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Sword of Hours
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Idol of Oblivion
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Strength-Testing Hammer
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Swiftfoot Boots
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Illusionist's Bracers
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Skullclamp
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Inspiring Statuary
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Rings of Brighthearth
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Bolas's Citadel
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Ashnod's Altar
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Voltaic Key
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Goblin Morningstar
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Manifold Key
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Wishclaw Talisman
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Transmutation Font
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Collector's Vault
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Moonsilver Key
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Akroma's Memorial
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Darksteel Forge
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Staff of Domination
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Bucknard's Everfull Purse
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Revel in Riches
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Maddening Hex
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Anointed Procession
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Black Market Connections
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Night Shift of the Living Dead
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Trouble in Pairs
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Intangible Virtue
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Rain of Riches
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Priority Boarding
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Phyrexian Arena
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Impact Tremors
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Tempered Steel
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Descent into Avernus
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Planeswalkers
Elspeth, Storm Slayer
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Inventors' Fair
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Treasure Vault
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Reliquary Tower
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Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
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Ancient Den
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Underdark Rift
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Great Furnace
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Bojuka Bog
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Mines of Moria
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Fomori Vault
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Buried Ruin
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Command Beacon
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Phyrexian Tower
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Rogue's Passage
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Arena of Glory
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Darksteel Citadel
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Wasteland
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Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
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Vexing Puzzlebox
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Arcane Signet
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Component Pouch
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Luck Bobblehead
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Endurance Bobblehead
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Charisma Bobblehead
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Perception Bobblehead
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Fellwar Stone
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Rakdos Signet
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Chrome Mox
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Boros Signet
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Liquimetal Torque
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Orzhov Signet
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Lotus Petal
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Ebony Fly
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Mox Diamond
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Chromatic Lantern
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Thought Vessel
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Commander's Sphere
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Grim Monolith
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Basalt Monolith
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Sonic Screwdriver
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Command Tower
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Mountain
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Plains
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Swamp
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Godless Shrine
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Sacred Foundry
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Blood Crypt
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Savai Triome
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Dragonskull Summit
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Clifftop Retreat
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Exotic Orchard
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Nomad Outpost
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Luxury Suite
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Spectator Seating
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Vault of Champions
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Isolated Chapel
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Arid Mesa
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Bloodstained Mire
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Marsh Flats
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Smoldering Marsh
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Sundown Pass
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Badlands
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Haunted Ridge
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Scrubland
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Plateau
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Battlefield Forge
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Caves of Koilos
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Spire of Industry
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Shattered Sanctum
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Sulfurous Springs
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City of Brass
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Elegant Parlor
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Temple of Malice
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1%synergy
Reflecting Pool
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Temple of Triumph
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Path of Ancestry
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Evolving Wilds
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Shadowy Backstreet
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6%synergy
Temple of Silence
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Raucous Theater
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Tainted Peak
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Blazemire Verge
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Tainted Field
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Mana Confluence
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5%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
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-1%synergy
Mount Doom
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9%synergy
Myriad Landscape
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-1%synergy
Canyon Slough
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1%synergy
Fabled Passage
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2%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
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-4%synergy