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Bolas's Citadel

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8 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Bolas's Citadel, Final Fantasy: Through the Ages printing
Final Fantasy: Through the Ages FCA · No. 7 2025-06-13

Card text

{3}{B}{B}{B}
Legendary Artifact
You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost. {T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
EDHREC rank #278 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 8 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

8 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If you cast a spell for another cost "rather than pay its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Spark Harvest, those must be paid to cast the card.

2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast

Bolas's Citadel may be one of the permanents you sacrifice to activate its last ability.

2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast

You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the cards you play from your library.

2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast

Bolas's Citadel lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want (with one restriction—see below), even if you don't have priority. This action doesn't use the stack. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand.

2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast

If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast

You can play a land card from the top of your library only if you have available land plays remaining.

2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast

If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can't look at the next one until you're done paying for that spell.

2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast

In a Two-Headed Giant game, the last ability of Bolas's Citadel causes the opposing team to lose 20 life.

2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Bolas's Citadel, Final Fantasy: Through the Ages printing
Final Fantasy: Through the Ages
FCA · #7
Rare
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Bootown's Games and Hobbies · Condition LP
Bolas's Citadel, Love Your LGS 2021 printing
Love Your LGS 2021
PLG21 · #3
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Dragon Cards & Games · Condition MP · Foil
Bolas's Citadel, War of the Spark Promos printing
War of the Spark Promos
PWAR · #79p
Rare
∅ No QC price
Bolas's Citadel, War of the Spark Promos printing
War of the Spark Promos
PWAR · #79s
Rare
∅ No QC price