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Nicol
Bolas, Planeswalker
- Conflux
Reviewed
Mar. 2, 2017
Constructed: 3.50
Casual: 4.50
Limited: 4.50
Multiplayer: 3.75
Commander [EDH]: 3.75
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James H. |
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
This is the third time we've reviewed Nicol
Bolas, Planeswalker, and fittingly for the
oldest, most powerful, and most feared
planeswalker in the multiverse, it is hard to
praise him enough or adequately. There are
planeswalker cards as straightforward as him,
but there are no others as uniformly devastating
once they reache the field. There are no others
who dominate permanents and players as
indiscriminately as he does. Combining flavor
and mechanics for a moment, you shouldn't be
questioning his high mana cost - you should be
grateful you can cast him at all . . .
Constructed: 4/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 5/5
Multiplayer: 4/5
EDH/Commander: 4/5
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David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker (3/2)
With Amonkhet on the horizon, likely bringing
with it a new Nicol Bolas (as suggested by Dark
Intimations), it makes sense to go back and look
at the original planeswalking incarnation of
everyone's favorite evil dragon. And, to be
fair, Nicol Bolas, at least just looking at his
abilities, might have claim to be the most
powerful planeswalker printed. His +3 destroys
any noncreature permanent, including other
planeswalkers! Creatures are handled with his
-2, which does something better than blow a
creature up...it takes it. And his ultimate is
sufficiently brutal, obliterating your
opponent's board. In conjunction with Dark
Intimations, he only needs to +3 once before
annihilating your opponent's board.
The reason Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker isn't
busted is his mana cost, which is tied with Ugin
for the highest of all planeswalkers...but it
also asks for four colored mana across three
colors, three colors that are merely average at
best when it comes to ramping into the necessary
mana. His power is undeniable, but it's
extremely hard to cheat him in, and his
formidable color requirements are an impediment.
He's powerful, and he's worth the price of
admission...if you can live long enough to get
there. In constructed formats, it might be wiser
to leave our scaly friend at home.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 5
Limited: 4
Multiplayer: 3.5
Commander: 3.5 |
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