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*'''For Each of You, a Gift''': | *'''For Each of You, a Gift''': When this scheme is set in motion, for each opponent, create a 3/3 black horror creature token that has to attack each combat. {{Quote|My generosity blesses you all, even the undeserving}} | ||
*'''What's Yours Is Now Mine''': | *'''What's Yours Is Now Mine''': When this scheme is set in motion, Gain control of target creature and untap it. {{Quote|Vow your allegiance to ''true'' power}} | ||
*'''Every Dream a Nightmare''': | *'''Every Dream a Nightmare''': When this scheme is set in motion, each opponent discards a card, then you draws a card for each land card they discarded. {{Quote|Let me unburden you of these fatuous hopes}} | ||
*'''This World Belongs to Me''': | *'''This World Belongs to Me''': When this scheme is set in motion, draw two cards, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield {{Quote|Little insects, I have created entire worlds and extinguished twice as many}} | ||
*'''A Reckoning Approaches''': | *'''A Reckoning Approaches''': When this scheme is set in motion, look at the top 6 cards of his library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom in any order {{Quote|The gates open to my new era}} | ||
*'''Because I Have Willed It''': Spells you cast cost 1 less to cast. At the beginning of your opponent's endstep, if they cast four or more spells this turn, abandon this scheme | *'''Because I Have Willed It''': Spells you cast cost 1 less to cast. At the beginning of your opponent's endstep, if they cast four or more spells this turn, abandon this scheme | ||
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*'''Behold My Grandeur''': When you set this scheme in motion, add UBR (Blue, Black, and Red) to your mana pool). When you set this scheme in motion, if you control six or more lands, you may search your library for a card with converted mana cost 6 or greater, put it into your hand, and then shuffle your library | *'''Behold My Grandeur''': When you set this scheme in motion, add UBR (Blue, Black, and Red) to your mana pool). When you set this scheme in motion, if you control six or more lands, you may search your library for a card with converted mana cost 6 or greater, put it into your hand, and then shuffle your library | ||
*'''Delight in the Hunt''': | *'''Delight in the Hunt''': When you set this scheme in motion, create a 3/3 black horror creature token and prevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures you control this turn {{Quote|Pain is a delusion of the weak. I'll demonstrate}} | ||
*'''The Mighty Will Fall''': | *'''The Mighty Will Fall''': When you set this scheme in motion, choose an opponent with the highest life total among your opponents. That player loses 7 life. {{Quote|Cry out for your comrades so that they may join you in misery}} | ||
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| “ | I was old before this world was even born. I watched my brothers rule for a thousand years until little worms like you overcame them. But I am not my brothers. I am older than they are, greater. I have devoured stars and shattered worlds. I have sired whole races, populated entire planes, and then hunted them to extinction for my amusement. | „ |
| ~ Nicol Bolas |
| “ | While my foes are legion, these 5 are potentially... problematic
A noble predator, he believes himself to be. This Garruk Wildspeaker, brutal, savage, nearly a merciless killer. His impatience is my virtue. Jace Beleren's greatest strength is his greatest flaw. The supremely powerful mind incapable of perceiving how he could rule all - a keystone in an unfathomable plan. So utterly filled with power, so wholly lacking in restraint and vision. Seeking freedom, will Chandra Nalaar rise above personal retribution, or will her fury consume all? A dark power commanding the dead, Liliana Vess inspires terror. In debt to demons, entranced in a pursuit of unobtainable desire, as ruthless... as myself. Reinforcer of life, light, in strength in our lives... a contemptible blight. Should we cross again, I'll snuff Ajani Goldmane's spark consigning him to an endless night. They are but obstacles, part of a grand design. Fight them endlessly, they'll likely prevail. However, should you prove to be a duelist of measure, having defeated these opponents with skill, consider your fate, for if you dare face me... destroying you will be my pleasure. |
„ |
| ~ Nicol Bolas in the M13 trailer |
| “ | Everything here exist or perishes on my whim - including you, Gatewatch | „ |
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| “ | IT WAS ALMOST TOO EASY. SPREAD THE WORD THAT THE BLACKBLADE KILLED AN ELDER DRAGON. MAKE IT JUST DIFFICULT TO FIND THE THING, SO THAT THEY APPRECIATE ITS WORTH. GIVE THEM ONE OF LILIANA’S DEMONS TO KILL WITH IT, SO THAT THEY BELIEVE IN THE UNCONQUERABLE STRENGTH OF THEIR ULTIMATE WEAPON. BELIEVE IN IT ENOUGH SO THAT THEY NEVER BOTHER TO SEARCH IN ANYTHING ELSE. AND WATCH AS THEY COMMIT EVERYTHING THEY HAVE FOR AN ATTACK THAT ABSOLUTELY DEPENDS... ON THE ONE WEAPON WE ARE THROUGHLY PREPARED TO REPEL.
YES, THE BLACKBLADE ONCE KILLED AN ELDER DRAGON. AND BECAUSE OF THAT ONE FACT, WE MADE DAMN SURE MILLENNIA AGO THAT IT COULD NEVER. KILL. US. LET BOTH STOMP THE GROUND UNTIL NOTHING MOVES BENEATH THEIR UNDEAD FEET. WE’VE HAD OUR FUN, NOW WE GROW WEARY OF THE IMPERTINENCE OF ANTS. |
„ |
| ~ Nicol Bolas upon ascending to Godhood |
Tier: At least 6-C | Low 2-C physically. 2-C with the Conflux. Would eventually become High 2-A, possibly Low 1-C to 1-C with the Elderspell | At least High 2-A, possibly Low 1-C to 1-C
Name: Nicol Bolas (Bolas when referred to by one name), The Forever Serpent, "Sensei Ryu", "Lord Nicholas", Dominaria's Most Ancient Evil, The God-Pharaoh, the Deceiver, the Ravager, the Arisen, Dragon God, Venati
Origin: Magic: the Gathering
Gender: Male
Age: 30,000-50,000 years+ (Is referred to as one of the oldest beings in the Multiverse. Is as old as Ugin, as a twin of him)
Classification: Planeswalker, Elder Dragon, Multiversal Tyrant, Power-Hungry Dragon
Attack Potency: At least Island level (Should be more powerful to other monsters across the MtG multiverse, such as Polukranos, who destroyed a massive polis the size of Akros and Meletis, which are the two largest cities in theros, and other creatures from Theros, such as Arixmethis, who is a living island.) | Universe level+ physically (Liliana Vess viewed Bolas as "seemingly unaffected by the mending", implying Bolas at this time should be comparable to Pre-Mending Liliana. Kruphix states that if Bolas were to set foot on Theros, none of the gods would be able to stop him, making him comparable to Xenagos who was going to swallow all of Theros, and Heliod, who can shake the entire plane. Effortlessly stomped the Gods of Amonkhet, who connected to the leylines of the plane). Low Multiverse level with the Conflux (The conflux can split Alara into five planes, and then re-combine them). Would eventually become at least High Multiverse level+ (With the complete Elderspell, Bolas would begin his ascension to godhood, regaining his former power.), possibly Low Complex Multiverse level to Complex Multiverse level with the Elderspell (Stated that once he ascends to godhood, he will become a threat to the multiverse and be able to remake it into his image, albeit weather this is the entire multiverse or a singular time stream is unknown) | At least High Multiverse level+ (His casual attacks created rifts in the multiverse, all of which are able to reach the infinite time streams that exist, each of which an extra space-time continuum on top of the already existing space-time continua in each plane across the multiverse), possibly Low Complex Multiverse level to Complex Multiverse level
Dimensionality: 3-D | 3-D, would eventually become 5-D, possibly 6-D to 7-D with the Elderspell | 5-D, possibly 6-D to 7-D
Travel Speed: Speed of Light (As an Elder Dragon, he should be one of the strongest dragons in the multiverse, being superior from that of the Dromoka brood, who can breath literal light) | Speed of Light (Shouldn't be any slower than before). Would eventually become Extra-Temporal with the Elderspell | Extra-Temporal (Has to willingly create an avatar to enter a plane, completely unaffected by Teferi's time magic, such as slowing down, speeding up, stopping, and erasing time, as well as manipulating the time rifts)
Reaction Speed: Speed of Light | Speed of Light. Would eventually become Extra-Temporal with the Elderspell | Extra-Temporal
Combat Speed: Speed of Light | Speed of Light (Attacked the gods of Amonkhet with light attacks). Would eventually become Extra-Temporal with the Elderspell | Extra-Temporal
Striking Strength: At least Island Class | Universal+. Would eventually become at least High Multiversal+, possibly Low Complex Multiversal to Complex Multiversal with the Elderspell | At least High Multiversal+ (His casual attacks can create rifts in the multiverse), possibly Low Complex Multiversal to Complex Multiversal
Durability: At least Island level (Is one of the survivors of the Elder Dragon War) | Universe level+ (Oketra's arrows bounced off of him) | Universal level+. Would eventually become at least High Multiverse level+ possibly Low Complex Multiverse level to Complex Multiverse level with the Elderspell | At least High Multiverse level+ (Was not at all concerned about the destruction of the timestreams), possibly Low Complex Multiverse level to Complex Multiverse level (Would likely survive remaking potentially the entire multiverse in his image)
Powers and Abilities:
All previous powers to a greater extent, Dimensional Travel and Teleportation (Can teleport to different planes via planeswalking, emitting light or smoke in the process), Telekinesis (Shown here), Information Analysis (Via Deep Analysis), Fear Manipulation and Voice Mimicry (Can invoke fear as well as mimick voices from several long gone predators), Clairvoyance (Via his orb), Avatar Creation (Can create imp-like avatars of himself), Power Nullification (Stated to be able to crush magic), Soul Manipulation, Life Manipulation, and Death Manipulation (Via a card literally named Soul Manipulation, the flavor text is Bolas saying "Life and Death are both reversable". Can absorb souls, becoming more powerful), Fate Manipulation (Via Crux of Fate, the battle between him and Ugin would determine the fate of dragons on Tarkir), Immortality (Types 1, 3, and 8; Would likely have survived being killed similar to how he did Pre-Mending, implied by Ugin) Mind Manipulation, Death Manipulation, Transmutation, and Corruption (Type 3; While invading Amonkhet, Bolas cast a spell that killed every adult on the plane, and then wiping out the mind of five gods, then corrupting the other three, transforming their bodies. Described to be the "Mind-Ripper" and "Being able to bring death with a touch"), Power Bestowal (Acted as a broker of Liliana's contract, that after she kills her four demons who she made the contract with, she would become more powerful and become immortal again. In Truth, Bolas made the contract and controls it, able to dissolve Liliana into fire if she should break it. Bestowed power onto the corrupted gods. Bestowed Precognition to Yasova Dragonclaw of a future of Tarkir with no dragons. Granted Liliana Vess immunity to Jace's Mind Manipulation), Shapeshifting (Took a form of a human while recruiting Ral Zarek), Healing (Presumably healed Tezzeret from his wounds), Resistance Negation (Pierced through Gideon's Invulnerability), Summoning (With the Planar Beacon, he can summon all planeswalkers to one plane. Not combat applicable), Deconstruction (Can deconstruct Liliana if she should defy Bolas. Also shown here, also via Make Yourself Useful), Fire Manipulation (Superior to Chandra, also shown here, also seen in My Laughter Echoes), Electricity Manipulation (Shown here and here), Plant Manipulation (Summoned dark plants to attack Nissa), Telepathy (Shown here, and can use this ability), Magma Manipulation (Via Magmaquake), BFR (Can force beings into different planes), Blood Manipulation (Via Blood Reckoning), Perception Manipulation and Body Puppetry (Via Know Evil) Madness Manipulation (Tormented Ugin with his magic via Tormenting Voice, also via My Laughter Echoes), Transmutation (Spat fire at a rock, transforming it into a statue of himself) Regeneration (Likely Mid-Godly; Ugin implied if Bolas shall be killed, he would revive akin to a way prior to the mending), Power Nullification (With the Immortal Sun, he can prevent planeswalkers from planeswalking), Necromancy (Of himself and others, superior to Liliana), Extrasensory Perception (Can sense every move on the plane of ravnica), Resistance Negation (Destroyed all of Jace's mental resistances)
All previous powers to a massively greater extent, Absorption (Absorbed a leviathan's power), Non-Corporeal and Abstract Existence (Type 1; All Oldwalkers have no true form, as they are embodiments are their own will), Fate Manipulation (Oldwalkers can "Forge their destiny"), Shapeshifting (Can take any form, such as "Sensei Ryu", due to him having no true form), Power Mimicry (Has all the abilities of everything on the plane), Regeneration (Mid-Godly: Regenerated even after both his essence and his body was destroyed), Dream Manipulation and Fear Manipulation (As he ascended to godhood via the Elderspell, he passively caused a lot of people across the multiverse to have nightmares), Immortality (Types 1, 3, 6, and 8: All Oldwalkers are ageless embodiments of their own will, and can take any form they want. Even after being erased, due to rifts existence, Bolas came back. Was alive even after Leshrac disposed several of his limbs), Creation and Law-Physics Manipulation (All Oldwalkers are capable of creating planes on their own will, as well as being able to alter it's laws and physics), Higher-Dimensional Existence, Sealing and Essence Absorption (Sealed Leshrac in a rift, and stole his essence), Large Size (Type 8), enhanced Time Manipulation and resistance to it (Overpowered Teferi while controlling the infinite timestreams that exist, being completely unaffected by this magic in the process), Power Nullification and Magic Absorption (Can steal mana from an opponent, preventing them from casting spells of that color), Resistance to Death Manipulation and Power Nullification (After obtaining the real Myojin of Night's Reach, he countered Leshrac's deathtouch power despite having all of the black magic removed from him),
Standard Equipment: | Body Armor, Gem of Becoming, Dreadhorde Army | As before, Myojin of Night's Reach
Intelligence: Vastly Intellgient (Elder Dragons are born knowing their names) | Vastly Supergenius (Superior to that of Tezzeret, who built the Planar Bridge, an artifact that can transport inorganic objects to other planes. Superior to that of Jace and Ugin, who both know of the higher-dimensional true forms of the Eldrazi, and the former devised a plan to exterminate them both by pulling them into the plane. Ever since he lost his former power, he stopped at nothing to get it back, including culling an entire plane and killing everyone old enough to remember anything, and made the entire plane essentially worship him. Also apparently knows how to use the Chain Veil without negative side effects) | Nigh-Omniscient (Stated to have knowledge being near that of Omniscience. Viewed an infinite amount of time streams, each having their own multiverse within them)
Standard Tactics:
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*+3 (Planeswalker): Destroy target noncreature permanent.
NOTE: Abilities from the Arisen only applies to Pre-Mending Bolas
*For Each of You, a Gift: When this scheme is set in motion, for each opponent, create a 3/3 black horror creature token that has to attack each combat.
| “ | My generosity blesses you all, even the undeserving | „ |
| “ | Vow your allegiance to true power | „ |
| “ | Let me unburden you of these fatuous hopes | „ |
| “ | Little insects, I have created entire worlds and extinguished twice as many | „ |
| “ | The gates open to my new era | „ |
| “ | Pain is a delusion of the weak. I'll demonstrate | „ |
| “ | Cry out for your comrades so that they may join you in misery | „ |
Weaknesses: Nicol Bolas is notorious for being extremely arrogant, viewing almost every other being in the multiverse as a mere "ant", thinking highly of himself and lowly of others. It should be pointed out that it is stated that while Bolas may be arrogant, he is not an idiot.
Key: Elder Dragon | Post-Mending | Pre-Mending
Core Set 2019 banner
Omniscience
Damnation
Bolas's pre-mending power fleeing
Bolas vs Ajani
Core 2019 banner (again)
M13 banner
Behold my grandeur
Torment of Hailfire
Notable Victories:
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Inconclusive Matches:
