Pawn of Bolas

Commander / EDH warper

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Lhurgyof says... #1

June 17, 2012 2:11 a.m.

bagthesnoot says... #2

Replace Lord of Tresserhorn as your commander with Nicol Bolas ! Bolas will stand for nothing else than the highest position in your army!

June 25, 2012 1:12 p.m.

warper says... #3

Bolas generally has more pressing or important matters to deal with and as such may only make the occasional appearance. (Besides, I think Tresserhorn works better: making him unblockable with Distortion Strike is a kill in two turns just from general damage!)

June 25, 2012 3:56 p.m.

Jokernaught says... #4

Beautiful, simply beautiful. +1

June 27, 2012 10:42 p.m.

sauronauk says... #5

I've been wanting to see someone play with the Lord for a while now. I think he has amazing potential.

June 27, 2012 10:55 p.m.

warper says... #6

Yeah my brother got him at a card shop a while back. When the Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas was coming out I decided I wanted to make a Nicol Bolas EDH. I looked at my brother's trade binder and saw Tresserhorn and saw that he worked perfectly with my theme of heavy hitters coupled with evasion and sometimes even doublestrike. The next day I bought a Foiled Tresserhorn SinksMTG Card: Tresserhorn Sinks just for him.

June 28, 2012 6:59 a.m.

warper says... #7

Planning on getting a FTV: realms so... I'm also gonna get a Cabal Coffers to go with it. Any thoughts on this or the deck in general?

July 15, 2012 6:20 p.m.

warper says... #8

Want to add Thraximundar , Mystical Tutor , and Sedris, the Traitor King taking out Night Dealings , Fire-Field Ogre , and Snake Basket . Any Thoughts?

July 18, 2012 7:44 a.m.

warper says... #9

July 18, 2012 7:51 a.m.

zandl says... #10

Whoa. Foil Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker ?

Look out. We got a badass over here.

August 18, 2012 10:27 p.m.

warper says... #11

Wow really? I just think he's cool what's your problem? I don't go on your decks looking for shit to make fun of.

August 19, 2012 3:29 p.m.

ameuser says... #12

What about Magister Sphinx ? It works fantastically in my deck and is just very powerful

August 24, 2012 2:57 p.m.

ameuser says... #13

Sorry I forgot about your colors haha

August 24, 2012 3:26 p.m.

warper says... #14

lol yea wrong colors but I would if I could.

August 26, 2012 1:25 p.m.

WarlordNeal says... #15

Keeper of Tresserhorn

September 8, 2012 4:17 a.m.

theonyc says... #16

how about the 6 cmc sorin? is a reusable effect for sphinx (probably not though), and costs on less. also the 5 cmc liliana can tutor

September 9, 2012 10:38 p.m.

warper says... #17

yea if I can get my hands on those I've been wanting those. I don't really want to pay cash for them but no one is trading them it seems.

September 12, 2012 1:46 p.m.

CornX60 says... #18

Kederekt Creeper ? It can only be blocked by 2 dudes and has deathtouch. Slap a sword on it and you've got a decent threat, maybe.

October 17, 2012 3:31 p.m.

warper says... #19

he's kind of Mana Intensive, if I could get a hold of a Cascade Bluffs . I would even think about a Djinn Illuminatus for cards like Demonic Tutor and Terminate

November 21, 2012 1:20 p.m.

I like it. +1 from me. Keep fighting the good fight. If you're interested, check out Nicol Bolas' Machinations

December 18, 2015 2:51 a.m.

I was looking at some of the instants and sorceries on your list and thought Master of Predicaments could be fun. Make a deal with one opponent and Curse of the Cabal the guy who skyrocketed ahead. You can also cast both sides of Breaking / Entering if they guess wrong.

February 9, 2017 6:16 p.m.

concamp says... #22

Just wanted to share my opinion on your deck, i think you have much too many high cost cards to only be running 34 lands and 4 pieces of mana ramp. I think you need to have at least 36 lands, as well as more mana acceleration, because the deck plays slow and to be more competitive you need to play faster. i would suggest adding 2 more lands as well as dimir signet, izzet signet, rakes signet, talisman of dominance, and talisman of impulse indulgence in order to make your deck more reliable and faster.

March 6, 2017 9:33 a.m.

Agree with Concamp's comments for a 4.32 CMC deck, 34 lands and four pieces of mana accel will be hit and miss. Some games you will draw the required mana accel but most you will be draw-passing looking for land. This usually happens when you put too much goostuff in your deck, which BTW I like your card choices. The hard part is always paring back to get a repeatable, consistent build. For example you have Scourge of Kher Ridges and Lord of the Void in a deck that features Thraximundar, so what synergistic theme did you pick? Is it a sack deck, a mill deck, or a damage deck? Don't get me wrong they are all great cards, but without choosing one major theme and possibly a subtheme your deck will be confused.


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August 20, 2017 5:44 p.m.

I agree with nivmizzet here, go up to 37-38 lands and some more ramp then you should fine. If you want a flavourful way of making sure you make your land drops Gem of Becoming is great. A set of Signets also does wonders.This is my Bolas deck with non budget mana base, it is a bit more controlling, but it has a similar average mana cost. So it might help a bit.: Nicol Bolas

March 11, 2018 12:35 p.m.

Blackheart426 says... #25

Awesome Deck!Gem of Becoming and Nightscape Familiar will speed things up a bit, and a few more lands wouldn't hurt either, Grixis Panorama included. Well done sir!

March 13, 2018 4:42 p.m.

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