Choose Your Demise
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Schemes 4★ • common
- Set
- Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Schemes
- Collector number
- 4★
- Rarity
- Common
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Nils Hamm
- Market price
- $1.21
What it does
When you set this scheme in motion, look at the top four cards of your library and separate them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put the cards in that pile into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
Choose Your Demise was released in 2017 as part of the Archenemy: Nicol Bolas set, a standalone multiplayer product designed to revitalize the Archenemy format for Magic: The Gathering. The card functions as a Scheme, a oversized card type exclusive to this format that allows the lead player to trigger powerful, game-altering effects during their turn. The design intent behind the set was to pit a single, powerful player against a team of opponents, with the mechanics reflecting the tyrannical nature of the dragon planeswalker Nicol Bolas.
The artwork for the card was created by illustrator Aleksi Briclot, a prolific contributor to the game known for his dramatic, high-fantasy style. Briclot focused on evoking the sense of dread and inevitability associated with Bolas's machinations, utilizing dark, oppressive color palettes to signify the imminent threat posed to the opponents. Upon its release, the card was received as a flavorful addition to the Archenemy experience, specifically praised for how it successfully translated the narrative tension of a boss battle into a strategic tabletop mechanic.
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