Nicholas Bosslad, King by Rbellinger

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Grixis control and reanimation build piloted by Nicol Bolas, the Ravager. The primary strategy focuses on grinding down opposing resources through symmetric and asymmetric discard effects while generating massive card and board advantages through payoffs like Waste Not, Archfiend of Ifnir, and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse. The mana base is supported by 11 low-cost mana rocks, allowing consistent Turn 4 deployment of the commander or high-value draw engines. By Turn 6, the deck deploys game-warping threats such as Sire of Insanity, transforms Bolas into Nicol Bolas, the Arisen, or casts a devastating Living Death. A comprehensive suite of instant-speed counterspells, flexible spot removal, and efficient board wipes controls fast combo attempts, while redundant reanimation spells ensure rapid recovery from board disruption, leading to a decisive combat finish by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
  • 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
  • 1 Liliana's Caress
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sire of Insanity
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Cruelty of Gix
  • 1 The Eldest Reborn
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Xander's Lounge