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Our Lord and Savior, Nicol Bolas

Standard* BR (Rakdos) Control UB (Dimir) UBR (Grixis) UR (Izzet)

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Pleasing Lord Bolas once a day keeps the enemies at bay

Bolas

This is the Domain of our Lord and Savior, Nicol Bolas.

  1. Follow his will
  2. Defeat our Lords enemies
  3. Convert those you have laid waste to into loyal followers of Nicol Bolas
  4. Please our Lord with the blood of your victims once a day

Remove your enemies threats with counter magic, hand hate, spot removal, and sweepers. Than drop your own threats and take victory over your enemies in the name of Nicol Bolas.

Counterflux

Counter Magic

  • Counterflux: Uncounterable counter spell, Probably the best in standard
  • Syncopate: Good early game, exiles
  • Izzet Charm: Conditional, removal, card draw/filter

Thoughtseize

Hand Hate

  • Thoughtseize: Cheap, removes any nonland, and lets you see your opponents hand/strategy turn 1
  • Rakdos's Return : Removes your opponents hand while blazing them

Dreadbore

Spot Removal

  • Dreadbore:Removes just about everything
  • Far / Away: Versatile, gets through hexproof, indestructible, and devotion
  • Magma Jet : Blows up a dude, finishes off your opponent, scrys

Anger of the Gods

Sweeper

  • Anger of the Gods:Gets most early game dudes, exiles their voice and pheonix
  • Cyclonic Rift:bounces nonland perminents, great against control and midrange

Steam Augury

Card Draw

  • Steam Augury:Version of Fact or Fiction, could be better, could be worse, depends on the situation
  • Jace, Architect of Thought: Mini Fact or Fiction, protects himself, wins the game if ult goes off

Spellheart Chimera

Bombs

  • Spellheart Chimera:Evasion, trample, decent toughness, scales with the game, 46% of the deck is comprised of instants and sorceries
  • AEtherling: Evasion, protects himself, gets bigger

This is what I will be playing for standard now that Theros is in. The Sideboard will need a bit of tweaking as the meta is changing quite a bit. Constructive criticism is very welcomed, so do not forget to tell me your thoughts and suggestions.

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Changes — Oct. 5, 2013
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After last night I am considering making the following changes:

  1. +2 Cyclonic Rift mainboard
  2. -2 Anger of the Gods mainboard
  3. +1 Whip of Erebos sideboard
  4. -1 AEtherize sideboard
  5. -1 Doom Blade mainboard
  6. +1 Far / Away mainboard

I faced 2 control decks, 1 midrange deck, and 1 mono red aggro deck. Overall there was not as many times where I needed Anger of the Gods, so I think adding in 2 Cyclonic Rift in their place means I can deal with a bigger variety of threats. Spellheart Chimera turned out to be absolutely fantastic. With Whip of Erebos, I could bring it in against both control and midrange. Even if my win con is sent to the graveyard due to Thoughtseize, Steam Augury, Izzet Charm, or is killed than I can bring it back. The long games mean a big graveyard of instants and sorceries, so 1 hit is most likely all I need. Against midrange I might have to race my opponent, so the life gain would certainly be relevant. Instead of needing to quickly deal with potent threats I was forced to deal with more versatile threats, so a Doom Blade to a Far / Away seems good.

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Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)

3 - 3 Mythic Rares

36 - 12 Rares

12 - 0 Uncommons

5 - 0 Commons
Cards 61
Avg. CMC 2.83
Tokens Bird 2/2 U
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