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Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

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Card details
Artist
Raymond Swanland
Frame
2015
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas

+2: Target opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. Until end of turn, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost.

+1: Each opponent exiles two cards from their hand.

−4: Nicol Bolas deals 7 damage to target opponent, creature an opponent controls, or planeswalker an opponent controls.

−12: Exile each nonland permanent your opponents control.

Loyalty7
Abilities
Loyalty+2: Target opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. Until end of turn, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost.
Loyalty+1: Each opponent exiles two cards from their hand.
Loyalty−4: Nicol Bolas deals 7 damage to target opponent, creature an opponent controls, or planeswalker an opponent controls.
Loyalty−12: Exile each nonland permanent your opponents control.
Plays as
Cast From Exile
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Raymond Swanland
Rulings
  • WotCJul 14, 2017

    Casting the card exiled with Nicol Bolas's first ability follows the normal timing rules for casting that card. For example, if the card is a creature card, you can cast that card only during your main phase while the stack is empty.

  • WotCJul 14, 2017

    If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

  • WotCJul 14, 2017

    If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as emerge costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Tormenting Voice, you must pay those to cast the card.

  • WotCJul 14, 2017

    If you don't cast the card exiled by Nicol Bolas's first ability that turn, it will remain exiled.

  • WotCJul 14, 2017

    In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spell or permanent cards you control from Nicol Bolas's first ability are exiled.

  • WotCJul 14, 2017

    The cards exiled by Nicol Bolas's first and second abilities are exiled face up.

  • WotCJul 14, 2017

    While resolving Nicol Bolas's second ability, each opponent chooses which cards to exile from their hand. Any opponent with two or fewer cards exiles their entire hand.

  • WotCJul 14, 2017

    You may cast the nonland card exiled by Nicol Bolas's first ability that turn even if Nicol Bolas is no longer on the battlefield or under your control.