Nicol Bolas' Dark Edict

Commander / EDH* Control Cruel Control UBR (Grixis)

Ryukami

Land (39)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Crosis's Catacombs
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Dreadship Reef
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 2x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1x Molten Slagheap
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Quicksand
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (19)

• 1x Barter in Blood
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Fanning the Flames
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Red Sun's Zenith
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Slave of Bolas
• 1x Time Stretch
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Instant (11)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Mystical Teachings
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Reins of Power
• 1x Time Stop
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC

Planeswalker (6)

• 1x Chandra Ablaze
• 1x Chandra, the Firebrand
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1x Sorin Markov
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Commander (1)

Enchantment (17)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Dream Halls
• 1x Embargo
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Lethal Vapors
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Mind Unbound
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Spreading Plague
• 1x Tainted AEther
• 1x Treachery

Artifact (7)

• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Mindslaver
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring

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Land (4)

• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Vault of Whispers

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Worst Fears

Artifact (1)

• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Web of Inertia

Instant (1)

• 1x Quicken

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A Nicol Bolas commander deck made with two goals: be lazer-focused on control and run 0 creatures. Not sure if the deck "works out" but I hope it does. Idea is it wins via mindslaver looping, bloodcrank or creatures I "borrow" from my opponents. Any thoughts/comments are appreciated!

Date added	10 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.30