Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
Card Text
Nicol Bolas has all loyalty abilities of all other planeswalkers on the battlefield.
+1: You draw a card. Each opponent exiles a card from their hand or a permanent they control.
−3: Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
−8: Each opponent who doesn't control a legendary creature or planeswalker loses the game.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 5
- Colors
- Black, Red, Blue
- Color Identity
- Black, Red, Blue
- Loyalty
- 4
- EDHREC Rank
- #4,261
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (29)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #205 | mythic | en | Raymond Swanland | $4.08 | $6.01 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) | #1246 | mythic | en | Yuki Fujisawa | — | $7.08 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) | #522 | mythic | en | Raymond Swanland | — | $5.48 |
| San Diego Comic-Con 2019 (PS19) | #207 | mythic | en | Adam Paquette | $67.83 | — |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) | #78015 | mythic | en | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) | #72281 | mythic | en | Kaida Yuji | — | — |
| Mythic Edition (MED) | #WS6 | mythic | en | Matt Stewart | — | $25.38 |
| War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) | #207p | mythic | en | Raymond Swanland | $4.01 | $6.99 |
| War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) | #207s | mythic | en | Raymond Swanland | — | $8.64 |
| War of the Spark (WAR) | #207 | mythic | en | Raymond Swanland | $4.18 | $5.42 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #205 | mythic | de | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| War of the Spark (WAR) | #207 | mythic | de | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #205 | mythic | es | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| War of the Spark (WAR) | #207 | mythic | es | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #205 | mythic | fr | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| War of the Spark (WAR) | #207 | mythic | fr | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #205 | mythic | it | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| War of the Spark (WAR) | #207 | mythic | it | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #205 | mythic | ja | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| War of the Spark (WAR) | #207★ | mythic | ja | Kaida Yuji | $2.41 | — |
| War of the Spark (WAR) | #207 | mythic | ja | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) | #207s★ | mythic | ja | Kaida Yuji | — | — |
| War of the Spark (WAR) | #207 | mythic | ko | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #205 | mythic | pt | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| War of the Spark (WAR) | #207 | mythic | pt | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| War of the Spark (WAR) | #207 | mythic | ru | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #205 | mythic | zhs | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| War of the Spark (WAR) | #207 | mythic | zhs | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
| War of the Spark (WAR) | #207 | mythic | zht | Raymond Swanland | — | — |
Official Rulings (8)
Nicol Bolas doesn't gain any static or triggered abilities of other planeswalkers or any activated abilities they may have that aren't loyalty abilities.
While Nicol Bolas may end up with an astonishing number of loyalty abilities, you can still activate only one loyalty ability of Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God during each of your turns.
In a Two-Headed Giant game, if one player on a team loses the game, the entire team loses the game, even if the other player controls a legendary creature or planeswalker.
After you draw a card as Nicol Bolas's first loyalty ability resolves, the next opponent in turn order (or, if it's somehow an opponent's turn, that opponent) chooses a permanent they control or chooses a card in hand without revealing that card. Then each other opponent in turn order does the same, knowing the choices made before them. Finally, all of the chosen permanents and cards are exiled simultaneously.
If any abilities trigger as you draw a card while resolving Nicol Bolas's first loyalty ability, those abilities don't resolve until after your opponents have exiled a card or permanent.
If an ability of a planeswalker exiles cards and another loyalty ability of that planeswalker references the exiled cards, those abilities are linked. If Nicol Bolas gains both abilities from the same planeswalker, the instances he has are similarly linked. Cards exiled by any other abilities Nicol Bolas has (such as his own first loyalty ability) won't be seen by those linked abilities.
If a loyalty ability of a planeswalker references the card it's printed on by name, treat Nicol Bolas's instance of that ability as though it referenced Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God by name instead. For instance, if Ral Zarek is on the battlefield, Nicol Bolas deals the damage if you activate the second ability he gained from Ral.
Nicol Bolas doesn't remove loyalty abilities from the other planeswalkers.
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