Card text
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.
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Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}
Power / toughness
7/7
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Card text
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.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Nicol Bolas
Nicol Bolas (81) is a Blue, Black and Red Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon from Chronicles (CHR). It costs {2}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}, has mana value 8 and is a 7/7. It can be your commander. It is printed at Rare rarity. The one keyword in its text is Flying. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Commander and 1 more format.
Chronicles is a reprint set, which collects earlier cards, released April 1995. Nicol Bolas has 6 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
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.
Card details
- Card number
- 81
- Set
- Chronicles (CHR)
- Set type
- Masters & special set
- Released
- 3 April 1995
- Rarity
- Rare (R)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
- Colour
- Blue / Black / Red
- Colour identity
- Blue / Black / Red
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}
- Power / toughness
- 7/7
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Nicol Bolas
Nicol Bolas in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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