---
name: "Bolas's Citadel"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Legendary Artifact"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "WAR"
set_name: "War of the Spark"
collector_number: "79"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jonas De Ro"
oracle_id: "2bd111bb-ce02-414c-b5b7-e0e037d8d96b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bolass-citadel-war"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Bolas's Citadel
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact

## Oracle Text
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
{T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Into the Pit](/printing/into-the-pit-dsc.md) — Enchantment
2. [Mystic Forge](/printing/mystic-forge-pip.md) — Artifact
3. [Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh](/printing/nicol-bolas-god-pharaoh-akr.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
4. [Seek Bolas's Counsel](/printing/seek-bolass-counsel-cmb1.md) — Sorcery
5. [Visage of Bolas](/printing/visage-of-bolas-hou.md) — Artifact
6. [Inside Information](/printing/inside-information-hob.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** War of the Spark (WAR) #79
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jonas De Ro
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`