Nicol Bolas

by Zeddreth on 16 December 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (17 cards)


Sorceries (5)


Enchantments (2)

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Deck Description

I designed the deck to be how I think Nicol Bolas would play, as cruel as possible. I am constantly revising and rebuilding. Any and all suggestions are appreciated.

How to Play

The deck requires massive amounts of mana for the larger spells. Use the traveler's amulets as soon as possible. Creatures are mainly for blockers, but if you have a chance to attack, make them feel the discard. Master of Cruelties and Whispersilk Cloak for infinite life answer. Once you have them to a draw and play game, painful quandary will keep them in check while lavaborn muse does her work. Board wipe with cyclonic rift and warped devotion to reset their field and make them discard it all! Cruel Ultimatums and Nicol Bolas when finally played will do any remaining mop up. The deck is slow but very fun to play.

Deck Tags

  • Nicol Bolas
  • Discard
  • Control
  • Budget

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Nicol Bolas

As stated in your "how to play" little slow and not built for 1v1m but it looks really fun regardless. I've played the whispersilk cloak and master of cruelties combo many times and its super effective.

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Posted 16 December 2014 at 14:17

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I have modified the deck. I took out the early game discard after a thought, the deck is truly in it for the long game. I used the 5 slots to add 3 mizzium mortars, 1 soul ransom, and Circu. I also traded in the whispersilk cloaks for 2 warped devotions. End game cyclonic rifts turned into a reset for them but also an escape from the end game discard mechanics. With warped devotion, the returned permanents will be discarded. Hope you enjoy this latest mod.

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Posted 17 December 2014 at 13:25

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