1 – 20 of 63 cards where the flavor text contains “bolas”
Ajani's Pridemate {1}{W}
Creature — Cat Soldier
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Ajani’s Pridemate.
Planeswalkers conjured replicas of old allies, reminders of the homeworlds that would fall next if Bolas prevailed.
Illustrated by Sidharth Chaturvedi
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Apex of Power {7}{R}{R}{R}
Sorcery
Exile the top seven cards of your library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among them.
If this spell was cast from your hand, add ten mana of any one color.
“As I desire, so it shall be.”
—Nicol Bolas
Illustrated by Svetlin Velinov
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Blood Reckoning {3}{B}
Enchantment
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature’s controller loses 1 life.
“There is no greater folly than standing against me.”
—Nicol Bolas
Illustrated by Wayne Reynolds
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Bristling Boar {3}{G}
Creature — Boar
Bristling Boar can’t be blocked by more than one creature.
“Nicol Bolas destroyed my world. I owe it to Skalla to celebrate all life, no matter how dangerous.”
—Vivien Reid
Illustrated by Svetlin Velinov
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Chandra's Defeat {R}
Instant
Chandra’s Defeat deals 5 damage to target red creature or red planeswalker. If that permanent is a Chandra planeswalker, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
“Fire? Is that your only trick, Chandra?”
—Nicol Bolas
Illustrated by Kieran Yanner
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Cinder Barrens
Land
Cinder Barrens enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.
“I do as I choose with what is mine. And it is all mine.”
—Nicol Bolas
Illustrated by Titus Lunter
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Command the Dreadhorde {4}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Choose any number of target creature and/or planeswalker cards in graveyards. Command the Dreadhorde deals damage to you equal to the total mana value of those cards. Put them onto the battlefield under your control.
Liliana seized the reins of Bolas’s vast army, gritting her teeth behind the Chain Veil.
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Illustrated by Daarken
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Commence the Endgame {4}{U}{U}
Instant
This spell can’t be countered.
Draw two cards, then amass Zombies X, where X is the number of cards in your hand. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It’s also a Zombie. If you don’t control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
“Even gods shall kneel.”
—Nicol Bolas
Illustrated by Noah Bradley
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Zombie Army Token, TWAR #10 |
| Commence the Endgame, WAR #45 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| War of the Spark Promos #45p | $0.43 | €0.41 | |
| War of the Spark Promos #45s | ✶ $0.79 | ||
| War of the Spark | $0.34 | €0.16 | 0.02 |
| View all prints → | |||
Concession Stand
Artifact — Attraction
Visit — Create a Food token. (It’s an artifact with “{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.”)
Now serving Basri Kettle Corn, Taco Bolas, Karn Dogs, Koth of the Hamburger, Dovin Baan Mi, Oko Cola, Frozen Tamiyogurt, and more!
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Illustrated by David Sladek
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Concession Stand, UNF #205d |
| Food Token, TUNF #11 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unfinity #205a | $0.16 | ||
| Unfinity #205b | $0.06 | ||
| Unfinity #205c | $0.10 | ||
| Unfinity #205d | $0.13 | ||
| View all prints → | |||
Conflux {3}{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Sorcery
Search your library for a white card, a blue card, a black card, a red card, and a green card. Reveal those cards, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
After years of world-bending machinations, Bolas’s triumph is at hand.
Watermark: Set Symbol
Illustrated by Karl Kopinski
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Costume Shop
Artifact — Attraction
Visit — You may put a sticker on a nonland permanent you own.
“The costumes are so realistic! I was mistaken for Nicol Bolas and attacked by a bunch of wizards! Five stars! They eventually let me go.”
—Salzon’s Ride Review
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Illustrated by Raluca Marinescu
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Countersquall {U}{B}
Instant
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life.
“The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists.”
—Nicol Bolas
Illustrated by Anthony Francisco
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Cower in Fear {1}{B}{B}
Instant
Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.
“You will fully understand fear when you discover it is the final thing you put your faith in.”
—Nicol Bolas
Illustrated by Nils Hamm
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Crush Dissent {3}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.
Amass Zombies 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It’s also a Zombie. If you don’t control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
“All I ask is complete obedience.”
—Nicol Bolas
Illustrated by Mike Bierek
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
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| Crush Dissent, WAR #47 |
| Zombie Army Token, TWAR #10 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| The List | $0.13 | €0.09 | |
| War of the Spark | $0.03 | €0.02 | 0.03 |
| View all prints → | |||
Crux of Fate {3}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Destroy all Dragon creatures.
• Destroy all non-Dragon creatures.
Ugin’s whispered summons led Sarkhan Vol to the moment that would echo down the centuries and seal Tarkir’s fate: the primal battle between Ugin and Nicol Bolas.
Illustrated by Michael Komarck
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Disciple of Bolas {3}{B}
Creature — Human Wizard
When Disciple of Bolas enters the battlefield, sacrifice another creature. You gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature’s power.
“Lord Bolas has shown me how each miserable little life holds untold resources.”
Illustrated by Slawomir Maniak
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Doomfall {2}{B}
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Target opponent exiles a creature they control.
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card.
“This place has outlived its usefulness.”
—Nicol Bolas
Illustrated by Darek Zabrocki
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Dovin's Acuity {1}{W}{U}
Enchantment
When Dovin’s Acuity enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life and draw a card.
Whenever you cast an instant spell during your main phase, you may return Dovin’s Acuity to its owner’s hand.
Dovin ticked the Planeswalkers off on his fingers: himself, Domri, Kaya, Ral, Vraska … and Bolas made an even six.
Watermark: Azorius
Illustrated by Bastien L. Deharme
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Dunes of the Dead
Land — Desert
{T}: Add {C}.
When Dunes of the Dead is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
The Curse of Wandering permeated Amonkhet long before Nicol Bolas. He simply harnessed it.
Illustrated by E. M. Gist
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Dunes of the Dead, OTC #291 |
| Zombie Token, TOTC #10 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander | $0.11 | €0.12 | 0.06 |
| Hour of Devastation | $0.21 | €0.12 | 0.03 |
| View all prints → | |||
Duskmantle Operative {1}{B}
Creature — Human Rogue
Duskmantle Operative can’t be blocked by creatures with power 4 or greater.
Gideon eyed the Dimir emissary warily. “Could your agents slip inside Bolas’s citadel?” The figure met his gaze with icy resolve. “We already have.”
Illustrated by Anna Steinbauer
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal