Nicol Bolas, Cat's-Paw

Casual Control Discard UBR (Grixis)

turricanfan

Creature (21)

• 4x Black Cat
• 3x Entrails Feaster
• 3x Hellfire Mongrel
• 2x Lavaborn Muse
• 3x Nezumi Bone-Reader
• 1x Nicol Bolas
• 2x Squee, Goblin Nabob
• 3x Waterfront Bouncer

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Planeswalker's Fury

Land (20)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 4x Crumbling Necropolis
• 2x Island
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Steam Vents
• 5x Swamp
• 2x Watery Grave

Artifact (3)

• 3x Aether Spellbomb

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, the Living Guildpact
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Instant (5)

• 3x Crosis's Charm
• 2x Far / Away

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Harsh Scrutiny
• 4x Pain / Suffering

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Sideboard

Instant (12)

• 4x Dark Ritual
• 2x Dash Hopes
• 2x Leap
• 2x Mana Leak
• 2x Recoil

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (16)

• 2x Befoul
• 3x Counsel of the Soratami
• 4x Despise
• 2x Rise / Fall
• 4x Silent Departure
• 1x Wit's End

Enchantment (13)

• 4x Equilibrium
• 2x Fevered Visions
• 3x Warped Devotion
• 4x Words of Wind

Instant (20)

• 4x Boomerang
• 4x Hoodwink
• 4x Jilt
• 4x Rescind
• 4x Voyage's End

Creature (6)

• 1x Entropic Specter
• 2x Ertai, Wizard Adept
• 1x Myojin of Night's Reach
• 2x Rakshasa Gravecaller

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Control deck built to toy with the opponent's hands.

Cards to bounce cards back to hands: Waterfront Bouncer, Crosis's Charm, Far / Away, Aether Spellbomb

Cards in there to force discards: Black Cat, Nezumi Bone-Reader, Pain/Suffering, Harsh Scrutiny

Red cards such as Lavaborn Muse and Hellfire Mongrel are in there for pain when opponents hands are small. Planeswalker's Fury is particularly effective once opponent has a one card hand.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 15 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 12 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.98