Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver

Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver from Hour of Devastation. Mythic MTG card for deck building and Commander. View rules, legality, and compare prices from multiple sellers.

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Commander Legal
Duel Legal
Legacy Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Penny Legal
Pioneer Legal
Vintage Legal
Card Set Hour of Devastation  
Card Type Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
Rarity   Mythic  
Mana Cost
Loyalty   5
Card Text [+3]: Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.
[−3]: Destroy target creature. Draw a card.
[−11]: Nicol Bolas deals 7 damage to each opponent. You draw seven cards.
Card Number #205
Artist Svetlin Velinov
Subtypes Bolas
Supertypes Legendary
Card Languages Chinese Simplified , Chinese Traditional , English , French , German , Italian , Japanese , Korean , Portuguese (Brazil) , Russian , Spanish
Frame Version 2015
Border Color Black
EDHREC Rank 10806
EDHREC Saltiness 0.7
Reprint? No
Is Promo? No
Oversized? No
Joke Card? No
In Starter? Yes
Time Shifted? No
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Card Rulings

2017-07-14

In a multiplayer game, each opponent in turn order makes their choice for Nicol Bolas's first ability, then all of the actions occur simultaneously. Opponents will know choices made by earlier opponents when making their choices, although a card chosen to be discarded this way isn't revealed until it's discarded.

2017-07-14

If the target of Nicol Bolas's second ability becomes illegal, the ability doesn't resolve and you won't draw a card. If that target is legal but can't be destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, you still draw a card.

2017-07-14

While resolving Nicol Bolas's first ability, your opponent chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a nonland permanent to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that permanent, or loses 3 life. Your opponent can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.

2017-07-14

If Nicol Bolas's third ability causes each opponent to have 0 or less life, but it also causes you to try to draw more cards than you have in your library, the game ends in a draw.