The New Old Fashioned Bolas

Commander / EDH* Theme/Gimmick UBR (Grixis) Vorthos

ctenochaetus

Land (37)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Cinder Barrens
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Crypt of the Eternals
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Highland Lake
• 4x Island
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Elemental Augury
• 1x In Bolas's Clutches
• 1x Patient Rebuilding
• 1x Soul Ransom
• 1x The Eldest Reborn
• 1x Vow of Malice
• 1x Waste Not

Creature (18)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Blood Tyrant
• 1x Deathbringer Regent
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dreamstealer
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Mindclaw Shaman
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Nicol Bolas
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Prince of Thralls
• 1x Rakka Mar
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x The Locust God
• 1x The Scarab God
• 1x The Scorpion God
• 1x Thraximundar

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Clone Legion
• 1x Cruel Ultimatum
• 1x Dark Intimations
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Grave Upheaval
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Rags / Riches
• 1x Slave of Bolas
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Wit's End

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1x Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver

Commander (1)

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Instant (13)

• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Grixis Charm
• 1x Hour of Glory
• 1x Illusionist's Gambit
• 1x Magmaquake
• 1x Soul Manipulation
• 1x Supreme Will
• 1x Thrilling Encore
• 1x Undermine

Artifact (8)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Gem of Becoming
• 1x Manalith
• 1x Obelisk of Grixis
• 1x Planar Bridge
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Chain Veil
• 1x Visage of Bolas

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Creature (8)

• 1x Blazing Specter
• 1x Bone Picker
• 1x Champion of Wits
• 1x Crosis, the Purger
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Prognostic Sphinx
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Wasp of the Bitter End

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Cut / Ribbons
• 1x Deliver Unto Evil
• 1x Doomfall
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Extract from Darkness
• 1x Sudden Demise

Instant (3)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Lazotep Plating
• 1x Lightning Bolt

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Elder Mastery
• 1x Torment of Scarabs

Artifact (1)

• 1x God-Pharaoh's Statue

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Nicol Bolas theme deck! Elder Dragon Highlander, back to its roots... kind of.

A lot of the cards here are associated with Bolas, either explicitly on the card, through the story (such as Planar Bridge ), or by being in one of the three preconstructed decks themed on Nicol Bolas (Duel Deck, Archenemy, and The Deceiver).

And when it comes to the exceptions, the cards that aren't associated with Bolas at all, I only included cards that I believe Nicol Bolas would be thrilled to use. Grave Upheaval looks like it'd be right up his alley, and he surely wouldn't want to do without Sol Ring given the chance.

That said, I think this is way more powerful than other theme decks I've built. It makes sense - there are a LOT of Bolas-themed cards, most of which are pretty strong, and for a while this decklist had an astoundingly bad case of 100-Card Syndrome. I'll be paying attention in playtesting to what cards aren't working, since there are options waiting in the wings to be slotted in.

I welcome comments, including suggestions on what to swap in or out!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.87
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dreamstealer 4/4 B, Elemental 3/1 R, Insect 1/1 UR, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Dragon Highlander