Nicol Bolas, Grixis Control

Modern* Budget Casual Control Cruel Control Mill UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (5)

• 2x Augur of Bolas
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Land (25)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 3x Dragonskull Summit
• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 6x Island
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 3x Mountain
• 3x Sulfur Falls
• 3x Swamp

Instant (10)

• 2x Countersquall
• 2x Electrolyze
• 3x Mana Leak
• 1x Soul Manipulation
• 2x Terminate

Sorcery (18)

• 2x Anger of the Gods
• 1x Dark Intimations
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Drown in Sorrow
• 2x Duress
• 2x Harsh Scrutiny
• 2x Mystic Retrieval
• 4x Ponder
• 1x Pyroclasm
• 2x Red Sun's Zenith

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Frost Titan

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Propaganda

Instant (9)

• 2x Cyclonic Rift
• 2x Dispel
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Murderous Cut
• 2x Rakdos Charm

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Languish
• 1x Pyroclasm
• 1x Slave of Bolas

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Maybeboard

Creature (16)

• 1x Circu, Dimir Lobotomist
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Jace's Phantasm
• 1x Kederekt Creeper
• 1x Lone Revenant
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
• 1x Olivia Voldaren
• 1x Prince of Thralls
• 4x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, Memory Adept
• 1x Jace, the Living Guildpact

Land (2)

• 1x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1x Darkslick Shores

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Night of Souls' Betrayal
• 1x Pooling Venom

Instant (21)

• 1x Agony Warp
• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Incinerate
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Negate
• 1x Psychic Barrier
• 1x Recoil
• 1x Remand
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Surgical Extraction
• 1x Syncopate
• 1x Think Twice
• 1x Vapor Snag
• 1x Volt Charge

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Cruel Ultimatum
• 1x Maw of the Mire
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Pillar of Flame
• 2x Preordain
• 1x Slaughter Games
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Vandalize

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My first Nicol Bolas deck

The theme is [cruel] control. As you can see, I rely on a lot of counter spells into spells/instants and late game Nicol. The creatures are just cannon fodders to generate more creatures, ramp, and screw with the opponent.

Win conditions are: mill to deny, counter to deny and hurt, flying to hurt,

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 1 Mythic Rares 18 - 3 Rares 15 - 9 Uncommons 11 - 2 Commons
Cards	61
Avg. CMC	2.67
Tokens	Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
Folders	Have