---
name: "Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{B}{R}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "PHOU"
set_name: "Hour of Devastation Promos"
collector_number: "140p"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Raymond Swanland"
oracle_id: "cb33e07b-9599-4979-991f-df0c43ddac31"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nicol-bolas-god-pharaoh-phou"
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

## 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-rvr.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
2. [Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker](/printing/nicol-bolas-planeswalker-e01.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-a25.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
5. [Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver](/printing/ashiok-nightmare-weaver-ths.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
6. [Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator](/printing/ashiok-wicked-manipulator-woe.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Hour of Devastation Promos (PHOU) #140p
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Raymond Swanland
- **Total Printings:** 8 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
- *(2017-07-14)* If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- *(2017-07-14)* In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spell or permanent cards you control from Nicol Bolas's first ability are exiled.
- *(2017-07-14)* Casting the card exiled with Nicol Bolas's first ability follows the normal timing rules for casting that card. For example, if the card is a creature card, you can cast that card only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
- *(2017-07-14)* While resolving Nicol Bolas's second ability, each opponent chooses which cards to exile from their hand. Any opponent with two or fewer cards exiles their entire hand.
- *(2017-07-14)* The cards exiled by Nicol Bolas's first and second abilities are exiled face up.
- *(2017-07-14)* You may cast the nonland card exiled by Nicol Bolas's first ability that turn even if Nicol Bolas is no longer on the battlefield or under your control.