---
name: "Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{B}{R}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas"
colors: ["B", "R", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "HOU"
set_name: "Hour of Devastation"
collector_number: "140"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Raymond Swanland"
oracle_id: "cb33e07b-9599-4979-991f-df0c43ddac31"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nicol-bolas-god-pharaoh-hou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{B}{R}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
- **Starting Loyalty:** 7

## Oracle Text
+2: Target opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. Until end of turn, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost.
+1: Each opponent exiles two cards from their hand.
−4: Nicol Bolas deals 7 damage to target opponent, creature an opponent controls, or planeswalker an opponent controls.
−12: Exile each nonland permanent your opponents control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God](/printing/nicol-bolas-dragon-god-ps19.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
2. [Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker](/printing/nicol-bolas-planeswalker-m13.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
3. [Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver](/printing/nicol-bolas-the-deceiver-hou.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
4. [Nicol Bolas](/printing/nicol-bolas-chr.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
5. [Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver](/printing/ashiok-nightmare-weaver-pio.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
6. [Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator](/printing/ashiok-wicked-manipulator-pwoe.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Hour of Devastation (HOU) #140
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Raymond Swanland
- **Total Printings:** 26 across all historical editions

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