Nicol Bolas
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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Block Constructed Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Highlander Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Oldschool 93/94 Legal
Planechase Legal
Premodern Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Nicol Bolas

Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Nicol Bolas unless you pay .

Whenever Nicol Bolas deals damage to an opponent, that player discards their hand.

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m_tironi on Official missing/incorrect card/token thread

9 months ago

Friends, could we have a higher resolution on Nicol Bolas?

Low Resolution (we are using this): https://static.tappedout.net/mtg-cards-2/m-25/nicol-bolas/mtg-cards/_user-added/pieguy396-nicol-bolas-15209613610.jpg

High Resolution: https://cards.scryfall.io/large/front/8/e/8e92ba96-372c-418d-b271-45e1bf5c7af5.jpg?1562438472

TheoryCrafter on What Shall Happen to the …

1 year ago

TypicalTimmy, it's from the Mirrodin Besieged block. Melira, Sylvok Outcast has the ability to remove Glistening Oil from the infected. As you said, if it fully corrupts the heart its incurable. Venser, the Sojourner was suffering from Phthisis(powerstone radiation poisoning) and knew he didn't have much longer to live. So he gave his spark to Karn and the spark flushed the oil from his body. That's how Karn Liberated was cured.

As for Nicol Bolas, his memory isn't erased. Jace Beleren created an illusion where he showed Nicol exploding and then Ugin, the Spirit Dragon just took his name in such a way he cannot be summoned. Thus, his home is now a Prison Realm.

estoner on Doubling Cube instead of Mulligans

1 year ago

If you look at the Elder Dragons, for example, it is clear that the original vision of bomb creatures like the original Nicol Bolas was that even if you cheated them into play, you still had to pay mana. This wasn't just for flavor: it was intended as a form of balance. Once we stopped requiring upkeep costs, power creep clearly spiraled out of control, as you can see with Questing Beast .

I know people who have taken breaks from the game and still thought that you could scry after a mulligan, for example. I'm saying that instead of updating the current mulligan rules every few years, we should just ditch them entirely and switch to a scoring system with a doubling cube, so that even if you open a hand that's garbage, you have the option of doubling on a later hand that is actually strong and making up for it.

MTGBurgeoning on Scion of the Ur-Dragon: Every. Dragon. Ever.

1 year ago

He had a great run in this build when he resided in it! Nicol Bolas was in this deck for many, many moons, eventually yielding to more powerful options. When called upon, he emptied many blue mages' and control players' hands through a quick activation of Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability before the combat damage step. Gone but not forgotten...

lcarl3035 on Scion of the Ur-Dragon: Every. Dragon. Ever.

1 year ago

Nicol Bolas would be a brutal addition to this deck.

Spisepinden on The archenemy

1 year ago

Given the Archenemy setting, I would definitely go with good 'ol Nicol Bolas, especially since many of the Archenemy scheme cards directly reference him. From there, I'd assemble a deck with some kind of long-winded game plan that culminates in a big play, supported and enabled by a thematic scheme deck on the side.

Of course, it ultimately comes down to how casual of a setting she'd be using the deck in. There's lots of cards like Nekusar, the Mindrazer and Sen Triplets which can be min-maxxed into becoming incredibly oppressive and competitive lock-down/solitair-style decks if that's more what you're after, but personally I'd avoid decks like that outside of a directly competitive environment.

The_War_Mammoth on Getting into cEDH

1 year ago

Ojallday I made a Nicol Bolas discard theme which I enjoyed playing a lot. I love the idea of limiting the resources my opponents have. I like looking weak and then coming in for the kill shot or unleashing big disruption out of nowhere.

I currently have at the most 1k at my disposal. Wouldn't mind if I didn't have to spend that much but I'm aware that many decks can go for 10 times that so I guess I don't mind spending a bit for it.

Cirdan13 on Card creation challenge

1 year ago

Epicurus, I intentionally didn't make that ability work that way. I felt that it would make it too powerful for the low mana cost and I also wanted it to be a weaker form of Nicol Bolas's ability and I felt that giving him a built-in way to do damage made it stronger and with a little bit of abuse would have the same effect, so I made it combat damage specifically.

*Sorry about the delayed reply, I was busy and didn't have the chance to see your message until now.

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