Nicol bolas grixis modern
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Posted on March 3, 2014, 1:10 p.m. by tyforthevenom
I want to build a grixis deck based around nicol bolas i own 3 of the creature card 3 planes walker i want to use them in a modern deck but i suck at designing anything over a 2 color deck but i want to hopefully get nicol bolas out turn 3/4 so mana ramp or some way to cheat him onto the board would be great
SharuumNyan says... #3
There are several ways to put creatures onto the battlefield without paying their mana cost, like Quicksilver Amulet and Unburial Rites . Most of them aren't in your colors. I don't know of a good way to cheat a planeswalker into play, and otherwise you'd have to ramp with three colors which isn't a good idea. On top of that, the B/R and B/U fetchlands aren't Modern legal, so the deck will already be slower.
March 3, 2014 1:18 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #4
I already have alot of cards that i can use in grixis colors but need deck ideas a guy in my group who went to modern events just charged 10 for a random pile of 100 cards
March 3, 2014 1:28 p.m.
SharuumNyan says... #6
Doomed Necromancer works for the creature cards, but not the planeswalkers.
March 3, 2014 2:06 p.m.
Gorgosaurusrex says... #7
I would not recommend ramping into Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker . A control style deck would be much better. You can lock down your opponent until turn 8, where you can play Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker with ease.
Here is my modern Grixis control deck, if you want to see what I am talking about: Cruel and Unusual Grixis Control. It costs about $350, which is pretty cheap for a playable modern deck.
March 3, 2014 2:42 p.m.
MattTheNinja says... #8
Goryo's Vengeance and Through the Breach are good ways to cheat him out. Also, like mentioned before, Unburial Rites paired with Gifts Ungiven would be a nice way to bring ol' Nicol Bolas out permanently. I made a modern grixis deck based around cheating out Griselbrand and Emrakul, the Aeons Torn that you could check out and use to sort of mold your deck with if you'd like to.Heres' the deck: The Big Bang Attack!. Hope I was useful in some way :p
March 3, 2014 3:10 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #9
I want 3 of the creature nicol bolas so i can cheat him in from the grave by forcing myself to discard him then reanimate him somehow
Also grisselbrand is not legal in modern
March 3, 2014 5:14 p.m.
brokendwarf says... #10
@tyforthevenom: Griselbrand is legal in Modern. It's not legal in Commander.
March 3, 2014 5:18 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #11
@brokendwarf my bad im building 12 decks simultaniously including an un deck trying to remember ban lists is hard lol
March 3, 2014 6:51 p.m.
Building 12 decks simultaneously? Focus on one. It'll help a lot.Nicol Bolas is one good PW, but the 8 mana cost makes him BARELY playable. There's not much to cheat him out, and you might never go on to put him on. I would say toA. focus on one deck.B. Find that one card which cheats PW's.
March 3, 2014 8:10 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #13
Tbh i dont much care for the planeswalker when i can get the creature out turn 3/4
lord_of_the_snakes says... #2
more likely you're going to want to go control, since there's very little that can cheat him in in grixis colors, keep in mind that if you want this to be good, you're going to have to put a lot of money into it, and at most, you'll only want 2 of each.
March 3, 2014 1:16 p.m.