Deck Help, Nicol Bolas God-Pharaoh Theme
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Posted on Nov. 20, 2018, 12:21 a.m. by n0153
Hello, I have been out of the game for a while and I've decided to make a new deck to play with friends. I would like to make one themed around Nicol Bolas God-Pharaoh. Either three color or five color. I know the later is dumb for non EDH (we play with regular rule sets and sometimes group games) but I think it would be fun. We use house rules so just about every card is allowed, though personally I only like using non vintage cards. The art kinda annoys me on the older ones. I have been putting together some cards on http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/19-11-18-god-pharaoh/?cb=1542689609 Any advice and help is much appreciated! Thank you!
captainamerica says... #3
Also cards like God-Pharaoh's Gift and the card The Scarab God are fantastic in commander.
November 20, 2018 9:23 a.m.
Spazik008 It seems cool but snapcaster is way to pricey for a casual like me. Thanks though, I do appreciate the input. I'm just way to poor for something like that.
November 20, 2018 10:49 a.m.
captainamerica They looks pretty cool, I might make a commander deck some day but I think its going to wait. For now just seeing what I can drum up for just a regular old game of magic.
November 20, 2018 10:51 a.m.
Yea after I made those suggestions I hovered over them and saw the price tag. There are actually some Standard decks right now using Nicol Bolas, the Ravager Flip so that might be a good place to draw ideas from.
Spazik008 says... #2
Bolas is usually Grixis colors, and in my opinion one of the best things that you can do in those colors is Snapcaster Mage and Kolaghan's Command. Because of the revive mode on K Command, you can bring back dead Snapcasters for more fun and chain Commands and Snaps together.
Like picture this: You have, say, Lightning Bolt in the yard. You Snapcaster Mage to bring it back. Then you block a 2/2 with Snapcaster. Then you cast Kolaghan's Command, destroy an artifact or make them discard, and bring the Snapcaster Mage back. Then you Snapcaster again, targetting the K Command and using whatever relevant modes you need.
It's not really a combo, just great synergy. Snapcaster Mage is also great with Cryptic Command, just in general. Since Bolas is usually a control card I think Snap-Cryptic-K Command is probably the way to go here.
November 20, 2018 8:24 a.m.