Nicol Bolas, the Empty Handed

Commander / EDH* Combo Control Discard Infinite Combo Tribal UBR (Grixis)

Ronave

Land (36)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Halls of Mist
• 4x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x The Eldest Reborn
• 1x The Mirari Conjecture
• 1x Words of Waste

Instant (19)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Last Word
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Remand
• 1x Spell Crumple
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Time Stop
• 1x Undermine
• 1x Void Shatter
• 1x Vraska's Contempt

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Arterial Flow
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cabal Conditioning
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Noxious Vapors
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Pox
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Angrath, the Flame-Chained
• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1x Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver

Commander (1)

 ^Flip

Creature (14)

• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Herald of Anguish
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Mindclaw Shaman
• 1x Mizzium Meddler
• 1x Nicol Bolas
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Prince of Thralls
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x The Scarab God
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk
• 1x Vial Smasher the Fierce

Artifact (8)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Eye of Ramos
• 1x Izzet Cluestone
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

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Seeing a hybrid 'bolas in the M19 spoilers brought me unparalleled joy. Sometimes I find control decks to run a bit stale, so this is my attempt at 'fun' Grixis control, commanded by his majesty, Nicol Bolas, the Ravager  . The current "tribal/theme/gimmick" is a combination of both Nicol Bolas, and discard tribal, with plenty of control and a combo finisher (currently your run-of-the-mill kiki-conscripts, which is bound to change).

This is not a competitive deck, and at no point will it be upgraded to reach competitive standards. Additionally I'm keeping the budget within a grand, though I already own most cards that are included.

Any help with finding fun discard synergies is appreciated.

Newest found synergy Nicol Bolas, the Arisen + Words of Waste With total costs getting to 13 from playing Nicol, flipping him, then playing Words. After the investment you essentially have "pay 2, each opponent discards two" attached to Nicol's first PW ability.

Update 06/25/2018: First rough draft is completed. Official release isn't for another 18 days, and as such there are bound to be at least two more drafts before the list is ready for playtesting.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.64
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Manifest 2/2 C