Bolas's Citadel
Love Your LGS 2021 3 • rare
- Set
- Love Your LGS 2021
- Collector number
- 3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Jonas De Ro
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
tap, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Bolas's Citadel was originally introduced in the 2019 Magic: The Gathering expansion War of the Spark, representing the sprawling, monolithic fortress of the Elder Dragon Nicol Bolas. This specific iteration is a promotional reprint released in 2021 as part of the Love Your LGS (Local Game Store) campaign, an initiative designed to drive community support toward independent retailers during a period of global social and economic instability. The card features a unique, stylized art treatment distinct from the original release, intended to appeal to collectors seeking a visually differentiated version of a powerful gameplay staple.
The artistic direction for this promotional version emphasizes the imposing, dark aesthetic of Bolas's seat of power, utilizing high-contrast imagery to evoke the character's dominance over the plane of Ravnica. While the original design was helmed by the Magic: The Gathering creative team to reflect the climax of the multi-year storyline involving the Gatewatch, this specific promo was distributed to retailers to reward player engagement. It remains a sought-after piece for collectors focusing on artifact-themed decks and those documenting the history of the game's community-centric promotional programs.
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