Disciple of Bolas
Commander 2014 140 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2014
- Collector number
- 140
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Slawomir Maniak
- Market price
- $0.51
What it does
When this creature enters, 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."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Disciple of Bolas was originally introduced in the Magic 2013 core set, but the version from Commander 2014, illustrated by Slawomir Maniak, serves as a quintessential example of the reprint strategy used to support preconstructed decks. This creature, which allows a player to sacrifice another to draw cards and gain life, fits perfectly into the sacrifice-oriented black strategies favored by Commander players. Its inclusion in the 2014 set provided players with a reliable, thematic engine piece for deck archetypes built around graveyard recursion and resource management.
The artwork by Slawomir Maniak captures the grim, high-fantasy aesthetic characteristic of the Magic: The Gathering multiverse. Maniak, a veteran digital illustrator for the game, emphasizes the dark, ritualistic nature of the disciple, focusing on the scale and menace inherent to the followers of the dragon planeswalker Nicol Bolas. His work on this card has been well-regarded by the community for effectively conveying the card's mechanical function—trading life and fodder for forbidden knowledge—through a polished, atmospheric visual style.
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