First printed in Conflux (2009)
All 8 prints
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Media and Collaboration Promos (PMEI) #2025-10, 2025
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1622, 2024
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Mythic Edition (MED) #GR4, 2018
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Magic Online Promos (PRM) #65009, 2017 (digital)
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Archenemy: Nicol Bolas (E01) #85, 2017
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Magic 2013 (M13) #199, 2012
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Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas (DDH) #42, 2011
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Conflux (CON) #120, 2009
Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
+3: Destroy target noncreature permanent.
−2: Gain control of target creature.
−9: Nicol Bolas deals 7 damage to target player or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards seven cards, then sacrifices seven permanents of their choice.
Loyalty: 5
- Illustrated by
- D. Alexander Gregory
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- The control-change effect has no duration. It will last until the game ends or the affected creature leaves the battlefield. It may be superseded by a later control-change effect.
- For the third ability, if the player is an illegal target when the ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No damage will be dealt, no cards will be discarded, and no permanents will be sacrificed.
- If the damage from Nicol Bolas's third ability is prevented or redirected, the rest of the effect will still happen. Specifically, the number of cards discarded and permanents sacrificed isn't tied to the amount of damage dealt.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 2 Nov 2026).