Bolas, Cruel Artificer

Modern* Affinity Artifact Competitive Cruel Control Ramp UBR (Grixis)

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Land (20)

• 2x Academy Ruins
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 2x Bloodstained Mire
• 4x Darksteel Citadel
• 2x Island
• 2x Mountain
• 3x Polluted Delta
• 1x Steam Vents
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (4)

• 4x Fatal Push

Artifact (18)

• 2x Chromatic Sphere
• 4x Chromatic Star
• 2x Dimir Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 3x Lotus Petal
• 2x Mindslaver
• 2x Mox Opal
• 2x Rakdos Signet

Planeswalker (4)

• 2x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1x Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
• 1x Tezzeret the Schemer

Creature (8)

• 2x Etched Champion
• 1x Herald of Anguish
• 3x Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
• 2x Quicksmith Spy

Enchantment (7)

• 2x Ensoul Artifact
• 3x Pia's Revolution
• 2x Tezzeret's Touch

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Cruel Ultimatum
• 2x Thoughtcast

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Sideboard

Instant (12)

• 1x Counterflux
• 2x Remand
• 3x Surgical Extraction
• 3x Terminate
• 3x Wear / Tear

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Damnation

Land (1)

• 1x Godless Shrine

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Indomitable Creativity
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Serum Visions

Artifact (1)

• 1x Inspiring Statuary

Creature (1)

• 1x Arcbound Ravager

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This deck is my second attempt at a Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker/Cruel Ultimatum deck that focuses on lots of artifacts to produce mana. Pia's Revolution gives us repeated uses from Mindslaver, Chromatic Star and Chromatic Sphere who are also enablers for Fatal Push. Mindslaver helps make the opponent's decisions easy when we sacrifice with Pia's Revolution. Quicksmith Spy and Thoughtcast are excellent for finding the cards we need. Mishra, Artificer Prodigy helps us ramp with all the artifacts and combos well with Pia's Revolution to give us a lot of recursion from sacrificed or destroyed artifacts. As the core of the deck, Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker, Cruel Ultimatum, Tezzeret the Schemer, Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas, Mindslaver and Ensoul Artifact/Tezzeret's Touch are the biggest threats. This is a work in progress and I would really love to make this as competitive as possible while still being somewhat original and fun to play with, advice is very appreciated.

Top Ranked	Achieved #10 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 7 Rares 12 - 5 Uncommons 16 - 3 Commons
Cards	65
Avg. CMC	2.93
Tokens	Emblem Tezzeret the Schemer, Etherium Cell
Folders	Favorites, Maybe use, Decks, Modern, ZFAVS, Possible Decks, Playtest, Modern