Planeswalker Bolas

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated Grixis Superfriends control deck commanded by Nicol Bolas, the Ravager. The primary strategy focuses on establishing early mana acceleration and asymmetric stax pieces like Ashiok, Dream Render and Narset, Parter of Veils before deploying high-impact planeswalkers. Once a planeswalker engine is active, proliferate cards such as Flux Channeler, Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus, and Inexorable Tide rapidly accelerate loyalty counters toward game-ending ultimate abilities. Deepglow Skate provides an explosive burst that can immediately trigger ultimates on Liliana, Dreadhorde General or Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh. To close games, Sarkhan the Masterless turns loyal walkers into a lethal flying Dragon strike force while Chandra, Awakened Inferno applies unremovable burn emblems. In addition, the deck includes a compact infinite mana and card draw loop via Teferi, Temporal Archmage and The Chain Veil.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetheric Amplifier
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno
  • 1 Chandra, Fire Artisan
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Contagion Clasp
  • 1 Contentious Plan
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deepglow Skate
  • 1 Deliver Unto Evil
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drastic Revelation
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Flux Channeler
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Fuel for the Cause
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glistening Sphere
  • 1 Guildpact Informant
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Interplanar Beacon
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jace Beleren
  • 1 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Replicating Ring
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Sarkhan the Masterless
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Settle the Score
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin Markov
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfur Vent
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
  • 1 Teferi, Temporal Archmage
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Chain Veil
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Viral Drake
  • 1 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
  • 1 Vronos, Masked Inquisitor
  • 1 Whisper of the Dross
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman