New Untitled Deck by GGsDiner

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This Grixis control deck leverages Nicol Bolas, the Ravager as a dual-purpose engine: an early hand-disrupting creature that transforms into Nicol Bolas, the Arisen, a dominant planeswalker. The deck's primary game plan revolves around accelerating mana during the opening three turns with efficient 2-CMC artifacts, establishing board control through premier spot removal and sweepers, and deploying high-impact Nicol Bolas planeswalkers. Counter-doubling synergies such as Deepglow Skate, Aetheric Amplifier, and Ripples of Potential rapidly accelerate loyalty counters toward game-ending ultimates. Meanwhile, asymmetric draw engines like Rhystic Study and Consecrated Sphinx ensure a continuous stream of interaction. The deck protects its substantial mana investments with free countermagic, uncounterability from Malevolent Hermit and Mistrise Village, and reactive phasing. Victory is achieved by systematically dismantling opposing boards with board-wiping ultimates and finishing the table with reanimated threats, zombie swarms from Field of the Dead, and passive drain from Sheoldred, the Apocalypse.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetheric Amplifier
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avatar of Woe
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deepglow Skate
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flux Channeler
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Negate
  • 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 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Sangromancer
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sunset Strikemaster
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Chain Veil
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Xander's Lounge