Art by D. Alexander Gregory
Nicol Bolas
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Nicol Bolas unless you pay {U}{B}{R}. Whenever Nicol Bolas deals damage to an opponent, that player discards their hand.
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Most Played With Nicol Bolas (188)
Sol Ring
83% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
67% of decks · $0.49
Dimir Signet
43% of decks · $0.30
Rakdos Signet
43% of decks · $0.34
Izzet Signet
42% of decks · $0.23
Fellwar Stone
41% of decks
Talisman of Dominance
37% of decks · $0.44
Talisman of Indulgence
35% of decks · $0.51
Talisman of Creativity
35% of decks · $0.52
Megrim
32% of decks · $2.39
The Eldest Reborn
30% of decks · $0.37
Crux of Fate
30% of decks · $2.99
Bolas's Citadel
29% of decks · $16.17
Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver
29% of decks · $9.87
Blasphemous Act
29% of decks · $0.88
Lightning Greaves
28% of decks · $4.00
Windfall
28% of decks · $6.02
Arcane Denial
27% of decks · $2.03
Torment of Hailfire
27% of decks · $36.34
Demonic Tutor
27% of decks · $69.17
Syphon Mind
27% of decks · $0.31
Slave of Bolas
26% of decks · $0.41
Liliana's Caress
25% of decks · $8.97
Reanimate
25% of decks · $10.11
Chaos Warp
24% of decks
Relic of Sauron
23% of decks · $9.19
Chromatic Lantern
23% of decks
Propaganda
23% of decks · $2.22
Geth's Grimoire
23% of decks · $8.25
Animate Dead
23% of decks · $7.00
Dark Intimations
23% of decks · $0.18
Solemn Simulacrum
22% of decks · $0.34
Brainstorm
22% of decks · $0.57
Mana Drain
22% of decks · $56.89
Rhystic Study
22% of decks · $69.59
Rakdos Charm
21% of decks · $0.39
Commander's Sphere
21% of decks · $0.34
Cyclonic Rift
21% of decks · $39.16
Hour of Devastation
21% of decks · $0.42
Negate
21% of decks · $0.24
Swiftfoot Boots
21% of decks
Fell Specter
21% of decks · $1.56
Deliver Unto Evil
21% of decks · $0.32
Baleful Strix
20% of decks · $6.67
Sangromancer
20% of decks · $1.00
Deep Analysis
19% of decks · $0.23
Crosis's Charm
19% of decks · $0.50
Raiders' Wake
19% of decks · $0.51
Phyrexian Arena
19% of decks · $4.26
Damnation
19% of decks · $21.01
Visage of Bolas
18% of decks · $0.32
Mystic Remora
18% of decks · $15.08
Thought Vessel
17% of decks
In Bolas's Clutches
17% of decks · $0.20
Gilded Lotus
17% of decks · $0.54
Painful Quandary
16% of decks · $1.84
Notion Thief
16% of decks · $1.52
Lightning Bolt
16% of decks · $0.87
Vandalblast
16% of decks · $1.70
Wheel of Fortune
16% of decks
An Offer You Can't Refuse
16% of decks · $3.16
Tyrant's Scorn
16% of decks · $0.24
Bedevil
16% of decks · $0.29
Tergrid, God of Fright
15% of decks
Gem of Becoming
15% of decks · $0.22
Disciple of Bolas
15% of decks · $0.38
Vampiric Tutor
15% of decks · $54.45
Toxic Deluge
15% of decks · $5.17
Magus of the Wheel
15% of decks · $1.37
Feed the Swarm
14% of decks · $0.24
Sedraxis Specter
14% of decks · $0.10
Fact or Fiction
14% of decks · $0.25
Dragon Tempest
14% of decks · $3.43
Mind Stone
14% of decks
Tourach, Dread Cantor
13% of decks · $1.49
God-Pharaoh's Statue
13% of decks · $0.90
Countersquall
13% of decks · $0.91
Wayfarer's Bauble
13% of decks · $5.61
Control Magic
13% of decks · $0.79
Obelisk of Grixis
13% of decks · $0.28
Hellkite Courser
13% of decks · $4.01
Augur of Bolas
12% of decks · $0.23
Diabolic Tutor
12% of decks · $2.21
Frantic Search
12% of decks · $2.13
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
12% of decks
Terror
12% of decks · $0.27
Clone
12% of decks · $0.71
Dark Deal
11% of decks · $2.21
Sky Diamond
11% of decks · $0.25
Burnished Hart
11% of decks · $0.30
Soul Manipulation
11% of decks · $0.34
Charcoal Diamond
11% of decks · $0.35
Mystical Tutor
11% of decks · $19.16
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
11% of decks · $1.32
Nevinyrral's Disk
11% of decks · $1.46
Patient Rebuilding
11% of decks · $0.57
Decree of Pain
11% of decks · $0.36
Royal Assassin
11% of decks · $0.42
Howling Mine
10% of decks · $5.49
Thran Dynamo
10% of decks · $4.43
The Raven Man
10% of decks · $0.42
The Locust God
10% of decks · $7.42
Fire Diamond
10% of decks · $0.39
Blazing Specter
10% of decks
Commence the Endgame
10% of decks · $0.36
The Scarab God
10% of decks · $4.57
Blizzard Specter
10% of decks · $0.24
Recoil
10% of decks · $0.18
Ponder
10% of decks · $3.58
Mana Vault
10% of decks · $116.06
Dragon Mage
9% of decks · $0.18
Bandit's Talent
9% of decks · $0.37
Faithless Looting
9% of decks · $0.39
Whispering Madness
9% of decks · $3.71
Force of Will
9% of decks · $59.96
Bladewing the Risen
9% of decks · $3.05
Dream Salvage
9% of decks · $0.44
Rise of the Dark Realms
9% of decks · $6.49
Greed
9% of decks · $0.32
Underworld Dreams
9% of decks · $2.35
Swan Song
9% of decks · $10.60
Fireball
8% of decks · $0.29
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
8% of decks · $98.82
Dauthi Voidwalker
8% of decks · $5.80
Mind Twist
8% of decks
Braingeyser
8% of decks
Unsummon
8% of decks · $0.15
Red Elemental Blast
8% of decks · $12.39
Fraying Omnipotence
8% of decks · $0.71
Oppression
8% of decks · $4.79
Basalt Monolith
7% of decks · $5.05
Omniscience
7% of decks · $6.18
Dragonlord Silumgar
7% of decks · $4.73
Evacuation
7% of decks · $0.29
Chandra's Ignition
7% of decks · $8.98
Perplex
7% of decks · $1.68
Abrade
7% of decks · $0.32
The Elderspell
7% of decks · $0.45
No Mercy
7% of decks · $24.61
Decadent Dragon
7% of decks
Earthquake
7% of decks · $0.53
Goldspan Dragon
7% of decks · $11.19
Aetherize
7% of decks · $0.49
Anger
7% of decks · $0.54
Burglar Rat
7% of decks · $0.31
Deflecting Swat
7% of decks · $72.64
Jace's Archivist
6% of decks · $7.85
Scythe Specter
6% of decks · $0.59
Black Market Connections
6% of decks · $10.47
Apex of Power
6% of decks · $1.26
Necropotence
6% of decks · $38.23
Withering Torment
6% of decks · $1.58
Entropic Battlecruiser
6% of decks · $0.39
Stinging Study
6% of decks · $10.68
Narset, Parter of Veils
6% of decks · $1.25
Fierce Guardianship
6% of decks · $63.65
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
6% of decks · $9.63
Kefka, Court Mage
6% of decks
Honor the God-Pharaoh
6% of decks · $0.20
Library of Leng
6% of decks
Sol'kanar the Swamp King
6% of decks · $0.25
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
6% of decks · $1.11
Drown in the Loch
6% of decks · $1.64
Whispersilk Cloak
6% of decks · $2.22
Quest for the Nihil Stone
6% of decks · $1.80
Neheb, the Eternal
6% of decks · $8.69
Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind
6% of decks · $0.40
Orcish Bowmasters
6% of decks · $44.46
Jeska's Will
6% of decks · $41.42
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
6% of decks · $3.21
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
6% of decks · $3.70
Fork
6% of decks
Bribery
6% of decks · $5.64
Tormenting Voice
6% of decks · $0.28
Quicksilver Dagger
6% of decks · $0.24
Scourge of Valkas
5% of decks · $3.74
Liliana's Specter
5% of decks · $0.60
Boomerang
5% of decks
Enter the God-Eternals
5% of decks · $0.32
Preordain
5% of decks · $0.87
Copy Artifact
5% of decks
God-Eternal Kefnet
5% of decks · $2.86
Desertion
5% of decks · $0.98
Abyssal Specter
5% of decks · $0.22
Waterlogged Teachings
5% of decks
Firemind Vessel
5% of decks · $0.28
Dreadhorde Invasion
5% of decks · $0.30
Opt
5% of decks · $0.27
New Cards
Turbulent Wetlands
5% of decks · $3.47
Turbulent Crater
5% of decks · $2.61
Smaug, Wicked Worm
5% of decks · $1.52
Troop of Ponies
4% of decks · $0.33
Samut, Hazoret's Champion
3% of decks · $3.06
Creatures (44)
Solemn Simulacrum
22% of decks · $0.34
Fell Specter
21% of decks · $1.56
Baleful Strix
20% of decks · $6.67
Sangromancer
20% of decks · $1.00
Notion Thief
16% of decks · $1.52
Tergrid, God of Fright
15% of decks
Disciple of Bolas
15% of decks · $0.38
Magus of the Wheel
15% of decks · $1.37
Sedraxis Specter
14% of decks · $0.10
Tourach, Dread Cantor
13% of decks · $1.49
Hellkite Courser
13% of decks · $4.01
Augur of Bolas
12% of decks · $0.23
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
12% of decks
Clone
12% of decks · $0.71
Burnished Hart
11% of decks · $0.30
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
11% of decks · $1.32
Royal Assassin
11% of decks · $0.42
The Raven Man
10% of decks · $0.42
The Locust God
10% of decks · $7.42
Blazing Specter
10% of decks
The Scarab God
10% of decks · $4.57
Blizzard Specter
10% of decks · $0.24
Dragon Mage
9% of decks · $0.18
Bladewing the Risen
9% of decks · $3.05
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
8% of decks · $98.82
Dauthi Voidwalker
8% of decks · $5.80
Dragonlord Silumgar
7% of decks · $4.73
Decadent Dragon
7% of decks
Goldspan Dragon
7% of decks · $11.19
Anger
7% of decks · $0.54
Burglar Rat
7% of decks · $0.31
Jace's Archivist
6% of decks · $7.85
Scythe Specter
6% of decks · $0.59
Kefka, Court Mage
6% of decks
Sol'kanar the Swamp King
6% of decks · $0.25
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
6% of decks · $1.11
Neheb, the Eternal
6% of decks · $8.69
Orcish Bowmasters
6% of decks · $44.46
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
6% of decks · $3.21
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
6% of decks · $3.70
Scourge of Valkas
5% of decks · $3.74
Liliana's Specter
5% of decks · $0.60
God-Eternal Kefnet
5% of decks · $2.86
Abyssal Specter
5% of decks · $0.22
Instants (40)
Arcane Denial
27% of decks · $2.03
Chaos Warp
24% of decks
Brainstorm
22% of decks · $0.57
Mana Drain
22% of decks · $56.89
Rakdos Charm
21% of decks · $0.39
Cyclonic Rift
21% of decks · $39.16
Negate
21% of decks · $0.24
Crosis's Charm
19% of decks · $0.50
Lightning Bolt
16% of decks · $0.87
An Offer You Can't Refuse
16% of decks · $3.16
Tyrant's Scorn
16% of decks · $0.24
Bedevil
16% of decks · $0.29
Vampiric Tutor
15% of decks · $54.45
Fact or Fiction
14% of decks · $0.25
Countersquall
13% of decks · $0.91
Frantic Search
12% of decks · $2.13
Terror
12% of decks · $0.27
Soul Manipulation
11% of decks · $0.34
Mystical Tutor
11% of decks · $19.16
Commence the Endgame
10% of decks · $0.36
Recoil
10% of decks · $0.18
Force of Will
9% of decks · $59.96
Dream Salvage
9% of decks · $0.44
Swan Song
9% of decks · $10.60
Unsummon
8% of decks · $0.15
Red Elemental Blast
8% of decks · $12.39
Evacuation
7% of decks · $0.29
Perplex
7% of decks · $1.68
Abrade
7% of decks · $0.32
Aetherize
7% of decks · $0.49
Deflecting Swat
7% of decks · $72.64
Withering Torment
6% of decks · $1.58
Stinging Study
6% of decks · $10.68
Fierce Guardianship
6% of decks · $63.65
Drown in the Loch
6% of decks · $1.64
Fork
6% of decks
Boomerang
5% of decks
Desertion
5% of decks · $0.98
Waterlogged Teachings
5% of decks
Opt
5% of decks · $0.27
Sorceries (38)
Crux of Fate
30% of decks · $2.99
Blasphemous Act
29% of decks · $0.88
Windfall
28% of decks · $6.02
Torment of Hailfire
27% of decks · $36.34
Demonic Tutor
27% of decks · $69.17
Syphon Mind
27% of decks · $0.31
Slave of Bolas
26% of decks · $0.41
Reanimate
25% of decks · $10.11
Dark Intimations
23% of decks · $0.18
Hour of Devastation
21% of decks · $0.42
Deliver Unto Evil
21% of decks · $0.32
Deep Analysis
19% of decks · $0.23
Damnation
19% of decks · $21.01
Vandalblast
16% of decks · $1.70
Wheel of Fortune
16% of decks
Toxic Deluge
15% of decks · $5.17
Feed the Swarm
14% of decks · $0.24
Diabolic Tutor
12% of decks · $2.21
Dark Deal
11% of decks · $2.21
Decree of Pain
11% of decks · $0.36
Ponder
10% of decks · $3.58
Faithless Looting
9% of decks · $0.39
Whispering Madness
9% of decks · $3.71
Rise of the Dark Realms
9% of decks · $6.49
Fireball
8% of decks · $0.29
Mind Twist
8% of decks
Braingeyser
8% of decks
Fraying Omnipotence
8% of decks · $0.71
Chandra's Ignition
7% of decks · $8.98
The Elderspell
7% of decks · $0.45
Earthquake
7% of decks · $0.53
Apex of Power
6% of decks · $1.26
Honor the God-Pharaoh
6% of decks · $0.20
Jeska's Will
6% of decks · $41.42
Bribery
6% of decks · $5.64
Tormenting Voice
6% of decks · $0.28
Enter the God-Eternals
5% of decks · $0.32
Preordain
5% of decks · $0.87
Utility Artifacts (12)
Bolas's Citadel
29% of decks · $16.17
Lightning Greaves
28% of decks · $4.00
Geth's Grimoire
23% of decks · $8.25
Swiftfoot Boots
21% of decks
Gem of Becoming
15% of decks · $0.22
God-Pharaoh's Statue
13% of decks · $0.90
Wayfarer's Bauble
13% of decks · $5.61
Nevinyrral's Disk
11% of decks · $1.46
Howling Mine
10% of decks · $5.49
Entropic Battlecruiser
6% of decks · $0.39
Library of Leng
6% of decks
Whispersilk Cloak
6% of decks · $2.22
Mana Artifacts (25)
Sol Ring
83% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
67% of decks · $0.49
Dimir Signet
43% of decks · $0.30
Rakdos Signet
43% of decks · $0.34
Izzet Signet
42% of decks · $0.23
Fellwar Stone
41% of decks
Talisman of Dominance
37% of decks · $0.44
Talisman of Indulgence
35% of decks · $0.51
Talisman of Creativity
35% of decks · $0.52
Relic of Sauron
23% of decks · $9.19
Chromatic Lantern
23% of decks
Commander's Sphere
21% of decks · $0.34
Visage of Bolas
18% of decks · $0.32
Thought Vessel
17% of decks
Gilded Lotus
17% of decks · $0.54
Mind Stone
14% of decks
Obelisk of Grixis
13% of decks · $0.28
Sky Diamond
11% of decks · $0.25
Charcoal Diamond
11% of decks · $0.35
Thran Dynamo
10% of decks · $4.43
Fire Diamond
10% of decks · $0.39
Mana Vault
10% of decks · $116.06
Basalt Monolith
7% of decks · $5.05
Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind
6% of decks · $0.40
Firemind Vessel
5% of decks · $0.28
Enchantments (26)
Megrim
32% of decks · $2.39
The Eldest Reborn
30% of decks · $0.37
Liliana's Caress
25% of decks · $8.97
Propaganda
23% of decks · $2.22
Animate Dead
23% of decks · $7.00
Rhystic Study
22% of decks · $69.59
Raiders' Wake
19% of decks · $0.51
Phyrexian Arena
19% of decks · $4.26
Mystic Remora
18% of decks · $15.08
In Bolas's Clutches
17% of decks · $0.20
Painful Quandary
16% of decks · $1.84
Dragon Tempest
14% of decks · $3.43
Control Magic
13% of decks · $0.79
Patient Rebuilding
11% of decks · $0.57
Bandit's Talent
9% of decks · $0.37
Greed
9% of decks · $0.32
Underworld Dreams
9% of decks · $2.35
Oppression
8% of decks · $4.79
Omniscience
7% of decks · $6.18
No Mercy
7% of decks · $24.61
Black Market Connections
6% of decks · $10.47
Necropotence
6% of decks · $38.23
Quest for the Nihil Stone
6% of decks · $1.80
Quicksilver Dagger
6% of decks · $0.24
Copy Artifact
5% of decks
Dreadhorde Invasion
5% of decks · $0.30
Planeswalkers (3)
Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver
29% of decks · $9.87
Narset, Parter of Veils
6% of decks · $1.25
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
6% of decks · $9.63
Utility Lands (12)
Reliquary Tower
30% of decks
Bojuka Bog
28% of decks
Rogue's Passage
19% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
15% of decks
Temple of the False God
14% of decks
Ancient Tomb
11% of decks
Strip Mine
9% of decks
Geier Reach Sanitarium
8% of decks
Maze of Ith
8% of decks
Cabal Coffers
6% of decks
Otawara, Soaring City
6% of decks
Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
5% of decks
Lands (50)
Island
97% of decks
Swamp
97% of decks
Mountain
97% of decks
Command Tower
71% of decks
Crumbling Necropolis
49% of decks
Exotic Orchard
42% of decks
Watery Grave
41% of decks
Blood Crypt
40% of decks
Dragonskull Summit
39% of decks
Steam Vents
39% of decks
Drowned Catacomb
36% of decks
Sulfur Falls
34% of decks
Xander's Lounge
34% of decks
Bloodstained Mire
31% of decks
Polluted Delta
30% of decks
Sunken Hollow
30% of decks
Sulfurous Springs
29% of decks
Shivan Reef
29% of decks
Smoldering Marsh
28% of decks
Underground River
28% of decks
Scalding Tarn
25% of decks
Luxury Suite
23% of decks
Evolving Wilds
23% of decks
Badlands
23% of decks
Morphic Pool
23% of decks
Underground Sea
22% of decks
Volcanic Island
21% of decks
Training Center
21% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
20% of decks
City of Brass
20% of decks
Izzet Boilerworks
18% of decks
Stormcarved Coast
17% of decks
Dimir Aqueduct
17% of decks
Rakdos Carnarium
16% of decks
Shipwreck Marsh
16% of decks
Path of Ancestry
16% of decks
Haunted Ridge
16% of decks
Myriad Landscape
13% of decks
Temple of Epiphany
13% of decks
Seething Landscape
13% of decks
Temple of Malice
13% of decks
Temple of Deceit
12% of decks
Cascade Bluffs
12% of decks
Reflecting Pool
12% of decks
Graven Cairns
11% of decks
Darkwater Catacombs
11% of decks
Undercity Sewers
11% of decks
Shadowblood Ridge
10% of decks
Thundering Falls
10% of decks
Raucous Theater
10% of decks
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Public Decks with Nicol Bolas
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