Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas$14.12
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.
Legal in Commander
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Combos 9
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Oath of Teferi
- Exile all of your opponents' permanents and hands
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Aminatou has at least three loyalty counters.
Steps
Activate Aminatou's second loyalty ability by removing a loyalty counter from it, blinking target land you control. Activate that land by tapping it, adding mana that land could produce. Activate Aminatou's second loyalty ability by removing a loyalty counter from it, blinking Nicol Bolas. Activate Nicol Bolas's first loyalty ability by putting a loyalty counter on it, drawing a card and causing each opponent to exile card from their hand or permanent they control. Activate Nicol Bolas using Aminatou's second loyalty ability by removing a loyalty counter from it, blinking Aminatou. Repeat.
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Aminatou, the Fateshifter + The Chain Veil
- Exile all permanents opponents control
- Infinite planeswalker activations
- Infinite card draw
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate The Chain Veil by paying {4} and tapping it, allowing an extra activation of your planeswalkers' abilities this turn. Activate Aminatou's first loyalty ability by putting a loyalty counter on it, causing you to draw a card and then put a card on top of your library from your hand. Activate Aminatou's second loyalty ability by removing a loyalty counter from it, blinking Nicol Bolas. Activate Nicol Bolas' first loyalty ability by putting a loyalty counter on it, causing you to draw a card and each opponent to exile either a card from their hand or a permanent they control. Activate Nicol Bolas using Aminatou's second loyalty ability by removing a loyalty counter from it, blinking Aminatou. Repeat from step 2.
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Jace, Cunning Castaway + Ichormoon Gauntlet
- Infinite planeswalker activations
- Infinite copies of a specific planeswalker
- Infinite proliferate
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Nicol Bolas has at least five loyalty counters on it.
Steps
Activate Nicol Bolas using Jace's third ability by removing five loyalty counters from it. If Nicol Bolas has zero loyalty, it dies as a state-based action. Resolve the Nicol Bolas ability, creating two token copies of Nicol Bolas that aren't legendary. Activate a Nicol Bolas token by putting zero loyalty counter on it, putting a loyalty counters on the other Nicol Bolas token. Repeat from step 1 using the second Nicol Bolas token.
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Jace, Cunning Castaway + Oath of Teferi
- Exile all permanents opponents control
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite copies of a specific planeswalker
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Nicol Bolas has at least four loyalty counters on it.
Steps
Activate Nicol Bolas using Jace's first loyalty ability by putting a loyalty counter on it, causing you to loot whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player this turn. Activate Nicol Bolas using Jace's third loyalty ability by removing five loyalty counters from it, creating two copies of Nicol Bolas. Repeat using a Nicol Bolas token instead.
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Jace, Cunning Castaway + The Chain Veil
- Exile all permanents opponents control
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite copies of a specific planeswalker
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Nicol Bolas has at least four loyalty counters on it.
Steps
Activate The Chain Veil by paying {4} and tapping it, allowing you to activate each planeswalker's loyalty abilities an extra time this turn. Activate Nicol Bolas using Jace's first loyalty ability by putting a loyalty counter on it, causing you to loot whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player this turn. Activate Nicol Bolas using Jace's third loyalty ability by removing five loyalty counters from it, creating two copies of Nicol Bolas. Repeat from step 2 using a Nicol Bolas token instead. Once you have infinite Nicol Bolas tokens, each one that can still activate a loyalty ability may do so, allowing you to draw any number of cards and cause each opponent to exile that many cards from their hand and/or permanents they control; and creating any number of Illusion creature tokens by using them to activate Jace's -2 ability.
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Jace, Cunning Castaway + Oath of Gideon
- Exile all permanents opponents control
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite copies of a specific planeswalker
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Nicol Bolas has at least five loyalty counters on it.
Steps
Activate Nicol Bolas using Jace's third loyalty ability by removing five loyalty counters from it, creating two copies of Nicol Bolas that enter with five loyalty counters each. Repeat using a Nicol Bolas token instead.
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion + Jace, Cunning Castaway
- Exile all permanents opponents control
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite copies of a specific planeswalker
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Nicol Bolas by paying {U}{B}{B}{B}{R}. Nicol Bolas enters the battlefield with five loyalty counters due to Lae'zel. Activate Nicol Bolas using Jace's third loyalty ability by removing five loyalty counters from it. Nicol Bolas dies as a state-based action due to having zero loyalty. Resolve the Nicol Bolas ability, creating two non-legendary copies of Nicol Bolas, which enter with five loyalty counters each due to Lae'zel. Repeat from step 3 using a Nicol Bolas token. Once you have infinite Nicol Bolas tokens, you may activate them using Jace's second loyalty ability by removing two loyalty counters from them, creating infinite 2/2 Illusion creature tokens. You may also use Nicol Bolas' first ability to draw infinite cards, and exile all permanents your opponent control.
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Jace, Cunning Castaway + Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
- Infinite copies of a specific planeswalker
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Nicol Bolas has at least four loyalty counters on it.
Steps
Activate Chandra's first loyalty ability by putting zero loyalty counters on it, putting a loyalty counter on each planeswalker you control. Activate Nicol Bolas using Jace's third loyalty ability by removing five loyalty counters from it, creating two copies of Nicol Bolas. Activate a Nicol Bolas token using Chandra's first loyalty ability by putting zero loyalty counters on it, putting a loyalty counter on each planeswalker you control. Activate the other Nicol Bolas token using Jace's third loyalty ability by removing five loyalty counters from it, creating two copies of Nicol Bolas. Repeat from step 3.
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Jace, Cunning Castaway + Pir, Imaginative Rascal
- Exile all permanents opponents control
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite copies of a specific planeswalker
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Nicol Bolas has at least five loyalty counters on it.
Steps
Activate Nicol Bolas using Jace's third loyalty ability by removing five loyalty counters from it, creating two copies of Nicol Bolas that enter with five loyalty counters each. Repeat using a Nicol Bolas token instead.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.
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Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.
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- Jodah, the UnifierNicol Bolas, Dragon-God is a Legendary permanent, which Jodah, the Unifier can use.
- Sauron, the Dark LordNicol Bolas, Dragon-God is a Legendary permanent, which Sauron, the Dark Lord can use.
- Sisay, Weatherlight CaptainNicol Bolas, Dragon-God is a Legendary permanent, which Sisay, Weatherlight Captain can use.
- Hei Bai, Forest GuardianNicol Bolas, Dragon-God is a Legendary permanent, which Hei Bai, Forest Guardian can use.