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Magic: The Gathering · Hour of Devastation · Mythic

Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver

Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas

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Market price

$10.52

Foil

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Public deck

Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver
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Rules Text

+3: Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.−3: Destroy target creature. Draw a card.−11: Nicol Bolas deals 7 damage to each opponent. You draw seven cards.

Card Facts

Mana value
8
Loyalty
5
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#12,785
Rarity
Mythic

Legality

Commander

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Modern

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

Penny Dreadful

Legal

Pioneer

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Alchemy

Not legal

Brawl

Not legal

Competitive Brawl

Not legal

Future

Not legal

Gladiator

Not legal

Historic

Not legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

PreDH

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Standard

Not legal

Standard Brawl

Not legal

Timeless

Not legal

TLR

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Jul 14, 2017 · Wizards of the Coast

    While resolving Nicol Bolas's first ability, your opponent chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a nonland permanent to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that permanent, or loses 3 life. Your opponent can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.

  2. Jul 14, 2017 · Wizards of the Coast

    In a multiplayer game, each opponent in turn order makes their choice for Nicol Bolas's first ability, then all of the actions occur simultaneously. Opponents will know choices made by earlier opponents when making their choices, although a card chosen to be discarded this way isn't revealed until it's discarded.

  3. Jul 14, 2017 · Wizards of the Coast

    If the target of Nicol Bolas's second ability becomes illegal, the ability doesn't resolve and you won't draw a card. If that target is legal but can't be destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, you still draw a card.

  4. Jul 14, 2017 · Wizards of the Coast

    If Nicol Bolas's third ability causes each opponent to have 0 or less life, but it also causes you to try to draw more cards than you have in your library, the game ends in a draw.

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Community

Decks using this card

1 public deck runs Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver.


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