Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
Hour of Devastation 140 • mythic
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Collector number
- 140
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana black mana red mana
- Type
- Planeswalker
- Colors
- Black · Red · Blue
- Artist
- Raymond Swanland
- Market price
- $3.16
What it does
+2: Target opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. Until end of turn, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost.
+1: Each opponent exiles two cards from their hand.
−4: Nicol Bolas deals 7 damage to target opponent, creature an opponent controls, or planeswalker an opponent controls.
−12: Exile each nonland permanent your opponents control.
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
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh was released in the 2017 Magic: The Gathering expansion Hour of Devastation. As a central antagonist in the game's narrative, the character represents an elder dragon planeswalker returning to the desert plane of Amonkhet to enact a long-planned scheme involving the harvesting of souls. The card was designed as a powerful high-cost planeswalker to reflect the character's immense mechanical and thematic influence within the lore of the Multiverse.
The card features artwork by Christopher Rush, who utilized a previously unreleased illustration that has become iconic among collectors. The design focus was to capture the dragon's overwhelming scale and menacing presence, leaning into his established color identity of blue, black, and red. Upon its release, it was widely received as a definitive representation of the character, earning praise for its versatility in competitive play and its striking visual impact.
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