First printed in War of the Spark (2019)
All 12 prints
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Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #205, 2024
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1246, 2023
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #522, 2019
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San Diego Comic-Con 2019 (PS19) #207, 2019
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Magic Online Promos (PRM) #78015, 2019 (digital)
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Magic Online Promos (PRM) #72281, 2019 (digital)
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Mythic Edition (MED) #WS6, 2019
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War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) #207p, 2019
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War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) #207s, 2019
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War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) #207s★, 2019
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War of the Spark (WAR) #207, 2019
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War of the Spark (WAR) #207★, 2019
Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
Nicol Bolas has all loyalty abilities of all other planeswalkers on the battlefield.
+1: You draw a card. Each opponent exiles a card from their hand or a permanent they control.
−3: Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
−8: Each opponent who doesn't control a legendary creature or planeswalker loses the game.
Loyalty: 4
- Illustrated by
- Raymond Swanland
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Rulings (8)
- If an ability of a planeswalker exiles cards and another loyalty ability of that planeswalker references the exiled cards, those abilities are linked. If Nicol Bolas gains both abilities from the same planeswalker, the instances he has are similarly linked. Cards exiled by any other abilities Nicol Bolas has (such as his own first loyalty ability) won't be seen by those linked abilities.
- After you draw a card as Nicol Bolas's first loyalty ability resolves, the next opponent in turn order (or, if it's somehow an opponent's turn, that opponent) chooses a permanent they control or chooses a card in hand without revealing that card. Then each other opponent in turn order does the same, knowing the choices made before them. Finally, all of the chosen permanents and cards are exiled simultaneously.
- If a loyalty ability of a planeswalker references the card it's printed on by name, treat Nicol Bolas's instance of that ability as though it referenced Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God by name instead. For instance, if Ral Zarek is on the battlefield, Nicol Bolas deals the damage if you activate the second ability he gained from Ral.
- If any abilities trigger as you draw a card while resolving Nicol Bolas's first loyalty ability, those abilities don't resolve until after your opponents have exiled a card or permanent.
- Nicol Bolas doesn't gain any static or triggered abilities of other planeswalkers or any activated abilities they may have that aren't loyalty abilities.
- Nicol Bolas doesn't remove loyalty abilities from the other planeswalkers.
- While Nicol Bolas may end up with an astonishing number of loyalty abilities, you can still activate only one loyalty ability of Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God during each of your turns.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, if one player on a team loses the game, the entire team loses the game, even if the other player controls a legendary creature or planeswalker.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.008 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
14 combos, the most popular first:
- Exile all of your opponents' permanents and hands, Infinite card draw…: Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Oath of Teferi
- Exile all permanents opponents control, Infinite planeswalker activations…: Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + The Chain Veil
- Infinite planeswalker activations, Infinite copies of a specific planeswalker…: Ichormoon Gauntlet + Jace, Cunning Castaway + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
- Exile all permanents opponents control, Infinite card draw…: Jace, Cunning Castaway + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + The Chain Veil
- Exile all permanents opponents control, Infinite card draw…: Jace, Cunning Castaway + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Oath of Teferi
- Exile all permanents opponents control, Infinite card draw…: Jace, Cunning Castaway + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Oath of Gideon
- Exile all permanents opponents control, Infinite card draw…: Jace, Cunning Castaway + Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
- Infinite copies of a specific planeswalker: Chandra, Acolyte of Flame + Jace, Cunning Castaway + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
- Infinite turns, Lock: Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Karn Liberated + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Teferi, Master of Time
- Infinite turns, Lock: Ajani Steadfast + Ajani, the Greathearted + Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Teferi, Master of Time
