What are the best cards for Nicol Bolas?

Across 764 public decks, the most-played cards with Nicol Bolas are Sol Ring (82%), Command Tower (66%) and Arcane Signet (61%).

Which cards have the best synergy with Nicol Bolas?

The cards played far more often with Nicol Bolas than usual: Crosis, the Purger (55× its usual rate), Terror (44× its usual rate) and Hypnotic Specter (39× its usual rate).

What colors is Nicol Bolas?

Nicol Bolas is Grixis (blue-black-red), so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.

How popular is Nicol Bolas?

Nicol Bolas leads 764 public decks in our corpus, #1,477 of 3,757 commanders.

Nicol Bolas

UBRGrixis commanders764 decks in the corpus

Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon2UUBBRR$1.35

Nicol Bolas appears in 764 public decks. The most-played cards are Sol Ring, Command Tower and Arcane Signet. The strongest synergies by lift are Crosis, the Purger, Terror and Hypnotic Specter.

Build a deck with Nicol Bolas

Commander Brawl

Top cards

#1Island

Basic Land — Island

92.5%

707 decks+0.02$0.20

#2Swamp

Basic Land — Swamp

92.1%

704 decks+0.03$0.18

#3Mountain

Basic Land — Mountain

91.8%

701 decks+0.03$0.16

#4Sol Ring

Artifact

82.3%

629 decks-0.09$1.51

#5Command Tower

Land

65.8%

503 decks-0.34$0.27

#6Arcane Signet

Artifact

61.0%

466 decks-0.38$0.41

#7Counterspell

Instant

UU2

54.2%

414 decks+0.27$4.38

#8Crumbling Necropolis

Land

47.3%

361 decks-0.01$0.36

#9Rakdos Signet

Artifact

41.8%

319 decks+0.40$3.94

#10Izzet Signet

Artifact

41.1%

314 decks+0.35$0.44

#11Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas

4UBBR8

41.1%

314 decks+3.02$4.01

#12Dimir Signet

Artifact

40.7%

311 decks+0.29$1.12

#13Dark Ritual

Instant

40.1%

306 decks-0.05$5.41

#14Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God

Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas

UBBBR5

39.8%

304 decks+2.76$34.64

#15Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas

4UBR7

39.7%

303 decks+2.78$5.13

#16Fellwar Stone

Artifact

39.4%

301 decks+0.04$1.29

#17Nightscape Familiar

Creature — Zombie

1B2

39.1%

299 decks+0.47$0.43

#18Steam Vents

Land — Island Mountain

37.7%

288 decks-0.26$10.66

#19Watery Grave

Land — Island Swamp

36.6%

280 decks-0.34$9.48

#20Cruel Ultimatum

Sorcery

UUBBBRR7

36.5%

279 decks+2.32$0.49

#21Blood Crypt

Land — Swamp Mountain

36.3%

277 decks-0.34$8.68

#22Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen

Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon // Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas

1UBR4

36.0%

275 decks+3.31$17.55

#23Exotic Orchard

Land

35.9%

274 decks-0.47$0.20

#24Talisman of Dominance

Artifact

33.9%

259 decks-0.47$1.92

#25Dragonskull Summit

Land

33.1%

253 decks-0.36$0.67

#26Talisman of Creativity

Artifact

32.9%

251 decks-0.32$2.67

#27Talisman of Indulgence

Artifact

32.9%

251 decks-0.38$3.25

#28Terminate

Instant

BR2

31.9%

244 decks+0.26$0.34

#29Crux of Fate

Sorcery

3BB5

31.8%

243 decks+2.97$3.19

#30Drowned Catacomb

Land

30.1%

230 decks-0.38$3.55

#31The Eldest Reborn

Enchantment — Saga

4B5

29.8%

228 decks+2.97$0.39

#32Bolas's Citadel

Legendary Artifact

3BBB6

29.6%

226 decks+1.82$16.11GC

#33Waste Not

Enchantment

1B2

29.5%

225 decks+0.97$8.60

#34Demonic Tutor

Sorcery

1B2

29.5%

225 decks+0.22$65.44GC

#35Shivan Reef

Land

29.2%

223 decks-0.03$0.37

#36Xander's Lounge

Land — Island Swamp Mountain

29.1%

222 decks-0.23$14.46

#37Bloodstained Mire

Land

29.1%

222 decks-0.28$18.64

#38Polluted Delta

Land

28.7%

219 decks-0.29$19.95

#39Sulfur Falls

Land

28.5%

218 decks-0.51$0.32

#40Megrim

Enchantment

2B3

27.2%

208 decks+1.55$2.30

#41Lightning Greaves

Artifact — Equipment

27.1%

207 decks-0.00$4.22

#42Bojuka Bog

Land

27.0%

206 decks+0.23$1.64

#43Torment of Hailfire

Sorcery

XBB2

27.0%

206 decks+1.93$34.56

#44Sunken Hollow

Land — Island Swamp

27.0%

206 decks-0.37$0.34

#45Reliquary Tower

Land

26.8%

205 decks-0.08$4.72

#46Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver

Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas

5UBR8

26.8%

205 decks+3.21$11.92

#47Windfall

Sorcery

2U3

26.6%

203 decks+0.10$6.12

#48Sulfurous Springs

Land

26.6%

203 decks-0.11$1.45

#49Blasphemous Act

Sorcery

8R9

25.9%

198 decks-0.53$1.01

#50Underground River

Land

25.8%

197 decks-0.14$2.10

#51Scalding Tarn

Land

25.3%

193 decks-0.34$35.83

#52City of Brass

Land

25.1%

192 decks+0.33$14.62

#53Syphon Mind

Sorcery

3B4

24.6%

188 decks+1.64$0.37

#54Slave of Bolas

Sorcery

3U/RB5

24.5%

187 decks+3.11$0.67

#55Smoldering Marsh

Land — Swamp Mountain

24.5%

187 decks-0.42$0.28

#56Arcane Denial

Instant

1U2

24.2%

185 decks-0.14$2.41

#57Brainstorm

Instant

24.0%

183 decks+0.37$1.50

#58Animate Dead

Enchantment — Aura

1B2

23.7%

181 decks+0.85$7.63

#59Dark Intimations

Sorcery

2UBR5

23.4%

179 decks+3.14$0.19

#60Swiftfoot Boots

Artifact — Equipment

23.2%

177 decks-0.12$2.84

Highest synergy

#1Crosis, the Purger

Legendary Creature — Dragon

3UBR6

148 decks+4.01

In 19% of these decks, 55× its usual rate.

#2Terror

Instant

1B2

101 decks+3.78

In 13% of these decks, 44× its usual rate.

#3Hypnotic Specter

Creature — Specter

1BB3

165 decks+3.66

In 22% of these decks, 39× its usual rate.

#4In Bolas's Clutches

Legendary Enchantment — Aura

4UU6

115 decks+3.57

In 15% of these decks, 36× its usual rate.

#5Control Magic

Enchantment — Aura

2UU4

128 decks+3.50

In 17% of these decks, 33× its usual rate.

#6Visage of Bolas

Artifact

123 decks+3.48

In 16% of these decks, 33× its usual rate.

#7Greed

Enchantment

3B4

89 decks+3.45

In 12% of these decks, 32× its usual rate.

#8Hour of Devastation

Sorcery

3RR5

157 decks+3.39

In 21% of these decks, 30× its usual rate.

#9Gem of Becoming

Artifact

112 decks+3.34

In 15% of these decks, 28× its usual rate.

#10Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen

Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon // Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas

1UBR4

275 decks+3.31

In 36% of these decks, 27× its usual rate.

#11Sedraxis Specter

Creature — Specter

UBR3

90 decks+3.21

In 12% of these decks, 25× its usual rate.

#12Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver

Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas

5UBR8

205 decks+3.21

In 27% of these decks, 25× its usual rate.

Public decklists

No public Brawl lists for this commander yet — Moxfield lists are excluded from the public catalogue.

Win rates by rank for Arena Brawl decks: Brawl decks on Untapped.gg.

Questions about Nicol Bolas

What are the best cards for Nicol Bolas?: Across 764 public decks, the most-played cards with Nicol Bolas are Sol Ring (82%), Command Tower (66%) and Arcane Signet (61%).
Which cards have the best synergy with Nicol Bolas?: The cards played far more often with Nicol Bolas than usual: Crosis, the Purger (55× its usual rate), Terror (44× its usual rate) and Hypnotic Specter (39× its usual rate).
What colors is Nicol Bolas?: Nicol Bolas is Grixis (blue-black-red), so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.
How popular is Nicol Bolas?: Nicol Bolas leads 764 public decks in our corpus, #1,477 of 3,757 commanders.