Nicol Bolas, Elder Dragon (Grixis Control)

Commander / EDH Cruel Control Discard Multiplayer Tempo UBR (Grixis)

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Land (35)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crosis's Catacombs
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 7x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Waste Not

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Instant (20)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Twincast
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (13)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Incendiary Command
• 1x Personal Tutor
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall

Creature (10)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Kess, Dissident Mage
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x The Locust God
• 1x The Scarab God

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Nightscape Familiar

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Sorcery (1)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith

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This is a very anti-everything Grixis control deck, with Nicol Bolas calling the shots. That's right, old school EDH. Bolas is my favorite character in the game, and U/B/R (Grixis) are my favorite colors, so this was a natural deck for me to brew up. The deck works by utilizing control cards to sway the game in our favor, and plans to win with either Waste Not and Wheel Effects to gain value and simply be oppressive, or combos such as Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank and infinite mana Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter + Exsanguinate. Bolas himself is also a viable wincon, we ideally play him with protection and spells to take advantage of Bolas's ability. The deck includes plenty of ramp and board wipes to pave the way for total Bolas domination. Prepare to lose friends.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Insect 1/1 UR, Manifest 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B