Bolas's Citadel

Legendary Artifact

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You may play the top card of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its converted mana cost/mana value rather than pay its mana cost.

{T}: Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

Combos

• Bolas's Citadel + Etherium Sculptor + Sensei's Divining Top
• Bolas's Citadel + Leonin Elder + Sensei's Divining Top
• Bolas's Citadel + Magister Sphinx + Sorin Markov
• Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel + Soothsaying

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

Pedrodamus on Moraug + World At War

1 week ago

Just came across the following interaction and I THINK I understand how it will resolve itself out, but just wanted confirmation:

I'm in my 2nd main and I just cheated Moraug, Fury of Akoum off the top with The Infamous Cruelclaw. I play a fetch which creates an extra combat phase. Now, I also have a Bolas's CitadelGC on board and I have a World At War on top and I play that. Do I still get my extra main phase after the extra combat phase created by World At War? I know every extra combat created goes ahead of a previous one in the order and the way I'm interpreting World At War is that the extra main phase is baked into its extra combat so that entire effect would resolve prior to Moraug's extra combat which would now happen after the main phase granted by World At War?

Thanks in advance, and feel free to tell me if i'm completely wrong lol.

Tarzunga on Toshiro Umezawa

3 months ago

Hello. Interesting approach you took with Toshiro, if I may offer my input, being Toshiro my main commander, you can add 1 card to your deck that will make an infinite combo with others you already have. If you add Doom Whisperer he can go inifite with Aetherflux Reservoir and Bolas's CitadelGC. Sensei's Divining Top can replace Doom Whisperer in that combo also, if you prefer it.

If you want you can check my deck for some ideas, but mine is built more as a spellslinger. Still in need of upgrades tho.

DungeonMimic1993 on Hey Jude

3 months ago

Thank you for the feed back DreadKhan, it reminded me that I haven't edited my digital version of this deck even though I changed my physical. I've updated the above deck to match my real deck and added some of your suggestions. First of all, You were 100% right about mana being a struggle and Judith being a kill on sight. I really haven't found any ramp in rakdos so thanks for the lands, i can see them building up fast. I also added Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge to produce mana off killing creatures. he's not very fast for mana but he is a good cheep blocker too.

Aetherflux Reservoir is definitely on my to-buy-list, but when i bought this deck I opted for the Bolas's Citadel instead.

I'll probably hold off adding Sensei's Divining Top because one; It's a bit out of my budget, and two; personally, I find combo wins to be a kind of disappointing way to end a game - at lest not as exciting as dealing 20 damage to everything with starstorm. But if you are someone who likes combos that is a very solid one to add for sure.

Shock for Flare is a pretty close swap, Flare costing more mana and doing less lifelink damage, but keeping cards in your hand. Once i add the charge up lands a two mana difference won't be as big as it is currently so i think that will make it worth it to replace.

Rite of the Raging Storm is going in for sure. Because the creatures will die at the end of the turn they will trigger cards like Deathbringer Thoctar , Massacre Wurm, or any other similar creature in the deck making it a must have. Not a card i would have found otherwise so thank you so much for suggesting it.

I could add Kothophed, Soul Hoarder so i have more a chance at drawing one, but Harvester of Souls does the same minus taking lots of damage making it a better option for me.

Because most of the card in here say "each" i can almost always get around Hexproof, Shroud, and Ward, and I have cards like Burn from Within to get around indestructible and Fanged Flames to get through protection so there hasn't been a time yet were there was something i couldn't kill, but you never know when your wubrg friend is going to play Progenitus so not a bad card to put in there if you come across something really hard to deal with often.

I really appreciate your feed back, I just played this deck yesterday and in a 6 player game, and came very close to a win if i had exactly 2 more mana or one more card draw, so everything you recommended is on point with what this deck needs.

Flarhoon13 on Aminatou's Adventures in babysitting the Gatewatch

5 months ago

May 3, 2024 I started a new quest. Having built 52 decks, I endeavoured to play them all, in roughly the same order as I created them.

July 19

Aminatou's Adventures in babysitting the Gatewatch loss brings the record to 14-21-1. Deepglow Skate was countered, preventing a Jace, Unraveler of Secrets' ultimate. Francois' Toxrill, the Corrosive deck won quickly via Bolas's Citadel and Sensei's Divining Top, defeating Cody's amazing Heliod, the Radiant Dawn  ^Flip deck, too. Win percentage drops to .400

hootsnag on Glarb Black Green Blue Creatureless Control

6 months ago

I may convert this into a deck that rushes Bolas's Citadel along with lots of mana rocks and Mana Severance to quickly cast my win condition all on one turn.

Coward_Token on Duskmourn

7 months ago

Alright, now that some positivity has been baited out, it's back to me whining!

Wall of Impotent Annoyance That Nobody Will Read Show

I'm kinda overall disappointed that the precons didn't innovate more with their respective deck themes

Fear of Sleep Paralysis: Does anyone care about stun counters in EDH?

Ancient Cellarspawn: Friendly reminder that K'rrik is a Horror. Works well with e.g. Bolas's Citadel too

Phenomenon Investigators: I like to think that "Doubt" represents the monsters just being glowing models

Secret Arcade: woo, Enchanted Evening to the people

Ephemeral Tracker: Oh hey, blue enchantress. Incidentally, green is AFAIK the only color in this set that doesn't care about enchantments: Scryfall-link

Jump Scare: Kinda feel like this should have been blue, white making Horrors with a sense of humor feels weird. Dunno why the enchantment part was necessary either, but at least you can build-your-own-white-Murder with this plus Break the Spell on an enemy creature.

Broodspinner: I'm sorry, but you're going to have to try harder to make googly eyes scary. Also WotC, stop printing insect-making spiders!

Dusmourn's Domination: I guess the idea for Limited is that you remove one creature and get a blocker

Enduring Vitality: sad for Bello that it's not MV4 =(

Cathartic Parting: Feels kinda weird that the mechanics doesn't at all reference Cathartic Reunion

Ripchain Razorkin: Forgetable mechanics, but the art is still good IMO. I overall like that the razorkin look grotesque but are still just typed as Humans.

Keys to the House: Kinda wish you didn't have to pay any mana to lock one of your Doors.

Violent Urge: I kinda had a hard time telling that it was supposed to be an afro on this person's head.

Walk-in Closet // Forgotten Cellar: So uhh honest question, can people actually combo off in Standard when they first have to pay five whole mana for Yawgmoth's Will?

The Lord of Pain: note that once you're down to 1v1, he's forced to hurt you whenever your remaining opponent casts their first spell.

Demolisher Spawn: I know that creatures are easy to cheat in, but I feel like at seven mana and a Delirium requirement, it deserves to also hand out trample.

Demonic Covenant: Disappointed that this is more in service to Delirium (and Goyfs) than Demons, which I wish got more typal support.

Ticket Booth // Tunnel of Hate: I'm disproportionately annoyed at this because I wish red could get Duelist's Heritage. (And yes, white Berserkers' Onslaught too.)

Dazzling Theater: Neat!

Unidentifed Hovership: I'm so fucking relieved this set is done.

YamishiTheWickedOne on What is a Man? (a hyper aggro Edgar Markov EDH)

9 months ago

@Vessiliana I think you're right in that Vampire Socialite is probably the easiest thing to cut from my current list, but my one hangup is I'd almost certainly replace her with a higher costed card. Things on my mind are at this point: Baron Bertram Graywater, Ruthless Lawbringer, Vein Ripper, Bolas's Citadel, and Twilight Prophet. I wanna keep my mana curve as low as possible even with all the ramp for the sake of consistency.

Decided I want to keep Vito in this build. My last game by turn 5 I had Vito, Vraan, Bloodletter, Sanctum Seeker, Cordial and Master of Dark Rites in play. That was a fun one.

ryan91396 on Athristocrats

9 months ago

Major Cut 1

REMOVED

Altar's Reap

Athreos, God of Passage

Athreos, Shroud-Veiled

Ayara, First of Locthwain

Black Market

Bloodletter of Aclazotz

Bolas's Citadel

Bontu's Monument

Braids, Arisen Nightmare

Burnished Hart

Butcher of Malakir

Cabal Coffers

Castle Locthwain

Cathar Commando

Corpse Knight

Costly Plunder

Damnation

Deadly Dispute

Dusk / Dawn

Elenda, the Dusk Rose

Faith's Reward

Falkenrath Noble

Field of Souls

Fracture

Gisa, Glorious Resurrector

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Greedy Freebooter

Harvester of Souls

Kambal, Consul of Allocation

Kaya's Wrath

Lazotep Quarry

Lurrus of the Dream-Den

Market Gnome

Martyr's Bond

Merciless Eviction

Mortify

Oketra's Monument

Phyrexian Reclamation

Phyrexian Tower

Plains

Priest of Fell Rites

Priest of Forgotten Gods

Priest of Gix

Rally the Ancestors

Ratadrabik of Urborg

Reveillark

Ruthless Lawbringer

Shriekmaw

Skullclamp

Smothering Abomination

Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord

Suture Priest

Swamp

The Golden Throne

Torment of Hailfire

Tragic Slip

Tymna the Weaver

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Utter End

Vampiric Rites

Vona's Hunger

Weathered Wayfarer