Slave of Bolas

Slave of Bolas

Sorcery

Mana cost: {3}{U/R}{B}

How we read this card

Gain control of target creature. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

on-cast —

on-cast — untaps a permanent

on-cast — grants haste

on-cast —

Causes: take control of a creature, untap a creature, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Slave of Bolas is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Slave of Bolas, it triggers
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Slave of Bolas, it exiles a Nightmare

a creature untaps — 519 cards in the game can cause this (Slave of Bolas is one).

  1. Coffin Queen — When Coffin Queen untaps thanks to Slave of Bolas, it exiles a creature
  2. Fishing Pole — When a creature untaps thanks to Slave of Bolas, Fishing Pole triggers

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Slave of Bolas is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Slave of Bolas:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Slave of Bolas is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Slave of Bolas:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 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 (Slave of Bolas is one).

Slave of Bolas puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Slave of Bolas is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Slave of Bolas:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Slave of Bolas is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Slave of Bolas, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Slave of Bolas, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Slave of Bolas, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Slave of Bolas, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Slave of Bolas, it draws you 1 card
  6. Meathook Massacre II — When a creature dies thanks to Slave of Bolas, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  7. Pink Horror — When Pink Horror dies thanks to Slave of Bolas, it makes 2 tokens
  8. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Slave of Bolas, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to Slave of Bolas, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Slave of Bolas, it makes you lose life

450 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (Slave of Bolas is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Slave of Bolas:

  1. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  2. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  3. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

11 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Slave of Bolas is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Slave of Bolas, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Slave of Bolas is one).

When Slave of Bolas is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  3. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  4. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1

430 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Slave of Bolas is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Slave of Bolas, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

32 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Slave of Bolas is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Slave of Bolas, it exiles itself

15 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Slave of Bolas is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Slave of Bolas fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Slave of Bolas fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Slave of Bolas puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Slave of Bolas puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back

440 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.