Nicol Bolas

Nicol Bolas

Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon

Mana cost: {2}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}

How we read this card

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 we read on this card

Causes: sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, discard a card.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

hits creature — 1,277 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Nicol Bolas onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Nicol Bolas onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Nicol Bolas onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Nicol Bolas onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Nicol Bolas onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Nicol Bolas onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Nicol Bolas onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put Nicol Bolas onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Chaos Mutation — Chaos Mutation can put Nicol Bolas onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put Nicol Bolas onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put Nicol Bolas onto the battlefield from your library

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

a Dragon creature in a graveyard — 14 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).

  1. Rivaz of the Claw — When Nicol Bolas is in the graveyard, Rivaz of the Claw can bring it back

a Dragon attacks — 306 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).

When Nicol Bolas attacks:

  1. Silumgar, the Drifting Death — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Utvara Hellkite — makes a token
  3. Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury — gives +1/+0
  4. Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw — deals 2 damage

a Dragon deals combat damage — 306 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).

  1. Parapet Thrasher — When Nicol Bolas deals combat damage, Parapet Thrasher triggers

a nontoken Dragon enters the battlefield — 313 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).

  1. Lathliss, Dragon Queen — When Nicol Bolas enters, Lathliss, Dragon Queen makes a token

a Dragon it applies enters with counters to — 314 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this.

  1. Dragonstorm Globe — Dragonstorm Globe gives Nicol Bolas counters as it enters

313 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Dragon creature it boosts — 344 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this.

  1. Crucible of Fire — Crucible of Fire gives Nicol Bolas bigger stats

343 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Dragon enters the battlefield — 348 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).

When Nicol Bolas enters:

  1. Dragon Tempest — deals damage
  2. Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Ganax, Astral Hunter — makes a token
  4. Scourge of Valkas — deals damage
  5. Bladewing's Thrall — returns itself from the graveyard
  6. Sarkhan, Soul Aflame — copies a permanent
  7. Dragon's Hoard — puts a gold counter on itself
  8. Corroding Dragonstorm — triggers
  9. Roiling Dragonstorm — triggers
  10. Breaching Dragonstorm — triggers

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,215 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).

When you sacrifice Nicol Bolas:

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

a creature is sacrificed — 1,236 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).

When you sacrifice Nicol Bolas:

  1. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  3. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  4. Plumb the Forbidden — copies a spell
  5. Thraximundar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Ashad, the Lone Cyberman — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  9. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library
  10. Ruthless Deathfang — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature

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

a card is discarded — 1,614 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).

When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Nicol Bolas:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  3. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  5. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  6. Fell Specter — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  7. Entropic Battlecruiser — makes a player lose 3 life
  8. Abyssal Nocturnus — gets +2/+2
  9. Raiders' Wake — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

a creature in a graveyard — 1,889 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).

When Nicol Bolas is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Edgar's Awakening — can bring it back
  3. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  4. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back

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

anything deals noncombat damage — 2,313 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this.

When Nicol Bolas deals noncombat damage thanks to:

  1. Sorcerer Class — it makes an opponent discard a card
  2. Passionate Archaeologist — it makes an opponent discard a card

2,311 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 5,218 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).

When Nicol Bolas is in the graveyard:

  1. Pitchstone Wall — can bring it back
  2. Containment Construct — can bring it back
  3. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — can bring it back

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

anything attacks — 9,608 cards in Nicol Bolas's colors can cause this (Nicol Bolas is one).

When Nicol Bolas attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — triggers
  3. Cool but Rude — draws and discards

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