Nicol Bolas, Elder Dragon Highlander

Commander / EDH Combo Control UBR (Grixis)

ZacKrell

Land (35)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 3x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Treachery

Creature (20)

• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Hullbreacher
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph *f-pre*
• 1x Treasure Nabber
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Instant (9)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Planeswalker (8)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1x Ral Zarek
• 1x Teferi, Master of Time

Commander (1)

 ^Flip

Artifact (16)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Bribery
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall

---

The deck I'm most proud of.

Bolas is my favorite character in the game and I think this deck captures his essence in a competitive way.

The deck plays pretty much every available piece of Grixis mana-ramp through artifacts. The idea is to get out in front of the other players and steal their resources using cards like Dack Fayden , Hostage Taker , Gilded Drake , Treachery , and of course Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker.

By stealing your opponents best creatures and/or best resources it should tip the scales in your favor and slow your opponents down so that you can set up a game winning combo.

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Zealous Conscripts makes infinite hasty creatures.

Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron / Peregrine Drake makes infinite mana and infinite blinks. With Nicol Bolas, the Ravager   added in all the cards in your opponents hands are gone.

Bolas's Citadel + Sensei's Divining Top doesn't necessarily win you the game, but with the number of cards in this deck that allow you to tutor cards to the top you should be able to get to what you need to finish the game. Lim-Dul's Vault is a superstar card when this combo is in play.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Bolas's Citadel + Sensei's Divining Top
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.46
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Dack Fayden, Treasure