edhseer Commander synergy, explained
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
Mana cost: {2}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Nicol Bolas unless you pay {U}{B}{R}.
triggered —
Whenever Nicol Bolas deals damage to an opponent, that player discards their hand.
triggered —
What a deck led by this card wants
Causes: sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, discard a card.
Cares about: an upkeep.
hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.
15 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Dragon creature in a graveyard — 19 cards in the game can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).
a Dragon is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 21 cards in the game can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).
a Dragon attacks — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).
When Nicol Bolas attacks:
a Dragon deals combat damage — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).
When Nicol Bolas deals combat damage:
a nontoken Dragon enters the battlefield — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).
When Nicol Bolas enters:
a Dragon it applies enters with counters to — 488 cards in the game can cause this.
487 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Dragon creature it boosts — 523 cards in the game can cause this.
522 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Dragon enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).
When Nicol Bolas enters:
4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).
When you sacrifice Nicol Bolas:
a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).
When you sacrifice Nicol Bolas:
19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).
When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Nicol Bolas:
57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).
When Nicol Bolas is in the graveyard:
807 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this.
When Nicol Bolas deals noncombat damage thanks to:
3,066 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).
When Nicol Bolas is in the graveyard:
441 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).
When Nicol Bolas attacks:
148 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.