Card
Nicol Bolas
Mana cost {2}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon 7/7
Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Nicol Bolas unless you pay {U}{B}{R}. Whenever Nicol Bolas deals damage to an opponent, that player discards their hand.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Special · TSB · #98
- Cheapest printing
- €1.28
- EDHREC salt
- 0.62
- Color identity
- Black, Red, Blue
- Keywords
- Flying
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
No known combos for this card.
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2009-10-01 · Wizards of the Coast
Nicol Bolas's third ability triggers whenever it deals damage to an opponent for any reason. It's not limited to combat damage.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast