---
name: "Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God"
mana_cost: "{U}{B}{B}{B}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "MED"
set_name: "Mythic Edition"
collector_number: "WS6"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Raymond Swanland"
oracle_id: "581eedc4-efe4-4ae4-baf2-88071e7e6f6d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nicol-bolas-dragon-god-med"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{B}{B}{B}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas

## Oracle Text
Nicol Bolas has all loyalty abilities of all other planeswalkers on the battlefield.
+1: You draw a card. Each opponent exiles a card from their hand or a permanent they control.
−3: Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
−8: Each opponent who doesn't control a legendary creature or planeswalker loses the game.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver](/printing/nicol-bolas-the-deceiver-hou.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
2. [Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker](/printing/nicol-bolas-planeswalker-e01.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
3. [Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh](/printing/nicol-bolas-god-pharaoh-2x2.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
4. [Nicol Bolas](/printing/nicol-bolas-a25.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
5. [Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen](/printing/nicol-bolas-the-ravager-nicol-bolas-the-arisen-m19.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon // Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
6. [Ob Nixilis Reignited](/printing/ob-nixilis-reignited-dsc.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mythic Edition (MED) #WS6
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Raymond Swanland
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2024-01-12)* If an ability of a planeswalker exiles cards and another loyalty ability of that planeswalker references the exiled cards, those abilities are linked. If Nicol Bolas gains both abilities from the same planeswalker, the instances he has are similarly linked. Cards exiled by any other abilities Nicol Bolas has (such as his own first loyalty ability) won't be seen by those linked abilities.
- *(2024-01-12)* After you draw a card as Nicol Bolas's first loyalty ability resolves, the next opponent in turn order (or, if it's somehow an opponent's turn, that opponent) chooses a permanent they control or chooses a card in hand without revealing that card. Then each other opponent in turn order does the same, knowing the choices made before them. Finally, all of the chosen permanents and cards are exiled simultaneously.
- *(2024-01-12)* If a loyalty ability of a planeswalker references the card it's printed on by name, treat Nicol Bolas's instance of that ability as though it referenced Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God by name instead. For instance, if Ral Zarek is on the battlefield, Nicol Bolas deals the damage if you activate the second ability he gained from Ral.
- *(2024-01-12)* If any abilities trigger as you draw a card while resolving Nicol Bolas's first loyalty ability, those abilities don't resolve until after your opponents have exiled a card or permanent.
- *(2024-01-12)* Nicol Bolas doesn't gain any static or triggered abilities of other planeswalkers or any activated abilities they may have that aren't loyalty abilities.
- *(2024-01-12)* Nicol Bolas doesn't remove loyalty abilities from the other planeswalkers.