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Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen

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

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen, Secret Lair Drop printing
Secret Lair Drop SLD · No. 1158 2023-05-08

Card text

{1}{U}{B}{R}
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon // Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
Flying When Nicol Bolas enters, each opponent discards a card. {4}{U}{B}{R}: Exile Nicol Bolas, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery. // +2: Draw two cards. −3: Nicol Bolas deals 10 damage to target creature or planeswalker. −4: Put target creature or planeswalker card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. −12: Exile all but the bottom card of target player's library.
Keywords: Flying, Transform
EDHREC rank #5303 Mythic Not on the Reserved List
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The 5 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

11 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

While a double-faced card isn't on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of its front face. For example, Nicol Bolas has the characteristics of its creature face in the graveyard, even if it was a planeswalker on the battlefield before it was put into the graveyard.

2018-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

The mana value of a double-faced card is the mana value of its front face, even while it's on the battlefield with its back face up. For example, the mana value of Nicol Bolas, the Arisen is 4.

2018-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

A double-faced card enters the battlefield with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up. The back face of a double-faced card can't be played.

2018-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

Nicol Bolas, the Arisen has a color indicator on its typeline. This color indicator means that it's a blue, black, and red permanent.

2018-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any permanents you control from Nicol Bolas's third loyalty ability that came from other players' graveyards are exiled.

2018-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

If another permanent that isn't a double-faced card (such as Mirror Image) becomes a copy of Nicol Bolas, the Ravager, activating the ability to exile it and return it transformed will only exile it. It won't return to the battlefield at all.

2018-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

In some rare cases, a spell or ability may cause Nicol Bolas to transform while it's a creature on the battlefield. If this happens, the resulting planeswalker won't have any loyalty counters on it and will subsequently be put into its owner's graveyard.

2018-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

Each face of a double-faced card has its own set of characteristics: name, types, subtypes, abilities, and so on. While a double-faced card is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's currently up. The other set of characteristics is ignored.

2018-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

You can activate one of the planeswalker's loyalty abilities the turn it enters the battlefield.

2018-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

If Nicol Bolas leaves the battlefield after his creature face's activated ability has been activated but before it resolves, the card remains in whichever zone it moves to. It won't be exiled or return transformed.

2018-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

When Nicol Bolas's enters-the-battlefield triggered ability resolves, first the next opponent in turn order (or, if it's an opponent's turn, that opponent) chooses a card in their hand without revealing it, then each other opponent in turn order does the same. Then all the chosen cards are discarded at the same time.

2018-07-13 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen, Core Set 2019 Promos printing
Core Set 2019 Promos
PM19 · #218s
Mythic
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