All Hail Bolas by OwMyDragonBallZ

Format: Commander

Commander: Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 65

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Grixis control build that uses legendary Elder Dragons, powerful planeswalkers, and blink synergies to control the board before closing the game with an infinite combo. Led by Nicol Bolas, the Ravager, the deck strips opposing resources on entry while setting up value engines like The One Ring, Rhystic Study, and Tezzeret the Seeker. A dense interaction package featuring Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, and Deflecting Swat protects the board and disrupts fast opposing wins. The primary route to victory is pairing Deadeye Navigator with Peregrine Drake or Great Whale to generate infinite mana, then funneling that mana into Torment of Hailfire or repeated commander triggers to strip all opposing hands and libraries. Redundant lines using Archaeomancer and Ghostly Flicker provide reliable recovery and backup paths to victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Deadeye Navigator
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Displace
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Expansion Algorithm
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flux Channeler
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Great Whale
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Ichormoon Gauntlet
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jace, Cunning Castaway
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Sanctum Lurker
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
  • 1 The Chain Veil
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Timetwister
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Transmute Artifact
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Xander's Lounge