| <tabber> |-|Elder Dragon=[[Superhuman Physical Characteristics]], [[Flight]], [[Fire Manipulation]] (One of the first spells he has learned, even before he hatched from his egg), [[Longevity]] (Elder Dragons can live for tens of thousands of years), [[Reactive Evolution]] ([https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Dragon_War_and_ascension After learning about Ugin's spark igniting, Bolas became so enraged his spark ignited as well]) |-|Post-Mending={{#tag:tabber|{{!}}-{{!}}Initially=All previous powers, [[Dimensional Travel]] and [[Teleportation]] (Can teleport to different planes via planeswalking, emitting [[Light Manipulation|light]] or [[Smoke Manipulation|smoke]] in the process), [[Fate Manipulation]] (Via clockworking, can choose an alternate timeline and access it), [[Telekinesis]] ([https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/images/7/7f/Patient_Rebuilding.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20201203173638 Shown here]) [[Mind Manipulation]], [[Death Manipulation]], [[Transmutation]], and [[Corruption]] (Type 3; [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Invasion_of_Amonkhet 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]] ([https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Liliana.27s_contract 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 [[Deconstruction|dissolve]] Liliana into [[Fire Manipulation|fire]] if she should break it), [[Shapeshifting]] ([https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Recruiting_Ral_Zarek Took a form of a human while recruiting Ral Zarek]), [[Healing]] (Presumably healed Tezzeret from his wounds), [[Forcefield Creation]] (Likely used one to deflect Oketra's Arrows. Implied to create the Hekma, which is a sheild protecting the city from the horrors beyond), [[Resistance]] to [[Mind Manipulation]], [[Death Manipulation]], [[Reality Warping]], [[Non-Physical Interaction]], and [[Transmutation]] (Able to resist the effects of the Blind Eternities) {{!}}-{{!}}Post-Conflux=All previous powers to a greater extent, [[Power Bestowal]] (Bestowed [[Precognition]] to Yasova Dragonclaw [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Defeating_Ugin_again of a future of Tarkir with no dragons]), [[Resistance Negation]] (Pierced through Gideon's Invulnerability), [[Summoning]] (With the Planar Beacon, he can summon all planeswalkers to one plane. Not combat applicable), [[Soul Manipulation]] (Can absorb souls, [[Power Absorption|becoming more powerful]]), [[Deconstruction]] (Can deconstruct Liliana if she should defy Bolas. [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/images/7/7f/Patient_Rebuilding.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20201203173638 Also shown here]), [[Fire Manipulation]] (Superior to Chandra, [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/images/c/cf/Torment-of-Hailfire.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200809225936 also shown here]), [[Electricity Manipulation]] (Shown [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/images/d/d1/Apex_of_Power.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200809230456 here] and [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/images/1/1c/Eric_deschamps_nicol_bolas.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20201114212339 here]), [[Telepathy]] ([https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/images/8/89/Bolas_Telepathy.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200809232139 Shown here]) [[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), [[Resistance]] to [[Fire Manipulation]] and [[Plant Manipulation]] (Ignored Chandra's flames and Nissa's vines), [[Mind Manipulation]] (Despite Jace trying to his mind, Bolas effortlessly crushed it}} |-|Pre-Mending=All previous powers to a massively greater extent, [[Absorption]] ([https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Fighting_the_leviathan 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), [[Regeneration]] (Mid-Godly: [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Madaran_Emperor Regenerated even after both his essence and his body was destroyed]), [[Immortality]] (Types 1, 3, 6, and 8:), [[Creation]] and [[Law Manipulation|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), [[Sealing]] and [[Essence Manipulation|Essence]] [[Absorption]] (Sealed Leshrac in a rift, and stole his essence), enhanced [[Time Manipulation]] and [[Resistance|resistance]] to it ([https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Time_rifts 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]] ([https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Sight_(novel) 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]), </tabber> | | <tabber> |-|Elder Dragon=[[Superhuman Physical Characteristics]], [[Flight]], [[Fire Manipulation]] (One of the first spells he has learned, even before he hatched from his egg), [[Longevity]] (Elder Dragons can live for tens of thousands of years), [[Reactive Evolution]] ([https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Dragon_War_and_ascension After learning about Ugin's spark igniting, Bolas became so enraged his spark ignited as well]) |-|Post-Mending={{#tag:tabber|{{!}}-{{!}}Initially=All previous powers, [[Dimensional Travel]] and [[Teleportation]] (Can teleport to different planes via planeswalking, emitting [[Light Manipulation|light]] or [[Smoke Manipulation|smoke]] in the process), [[Fate Manipulation]] (Via clockworking, can choose an alternate timeline and access it), [[Telekinesis]] ([https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/images/7/7f/Patient_Rebuilding.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20201203173638 Shown here]) [[Mind Manipulation]], [[Death Manipulation]], [[Transmutation]], and [[Corruption]] (Type 3; [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Invasion_of_Amonkhet 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]] ([https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Liliana.27s_contract 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 [[Deconstruction|dissolve]] Liliana into [[Fire Manipulation|fire]] if she should break it), [[Shapeshifting]] ([https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Recruiting_Ral_Zarek Took a form of a human while recruiting Ral Zarek]), [[Healing]] (Presumably healed Tezzeret from his wounds), [[Forcefield Creation]] (Likely used one to deflect Oketra's Arrows. Implied to create the Hekma, which is a sheild protecting the city from the horrors beyond), [[Resistance]] to [[Mind Manipulation]], [[Death Manipulation]], [[Reality Warping]], [[Non-Physical Interaction]], and [[Transmutation]] (Able to resist the effects of the Blind Eternities) {{!}}-{{!}}Post-Conflux=All previous powers to a greater extent, [[Power Bestowal]] (Bestowed [[Precognition]] to Yasova Dragonclaw [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Defeating_Ugin_again of a future of Tarkir with no dragons]. Granted Liliana Vess immunity to Jace's Mind Manipulation), [[Resistance Negation]] (Pierced through Gideon's Invulnerability), [[Summoning]] (With the Planar Beacon, he can summon all planeswalkers to one plane. Not combat applicable), [[Soul Manipulation]] (Can absorb souls, [[Power Absorption|becoming more powerful]]), [[Deconstruction]] (Can deconstruct Liliana if she should defy Bolas. [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/images/7/7f/Patient_Rebuilding.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20201203173638 Also shown here]), [[Fire Manipulation]] (Superior to Chandra, [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/images/c/cf/Torment-of-Hailfire.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200809225936 also shown here]), [[Electricity Manipulation]] (Shown [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/images/d/d1/Apex_of_Power.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200809230456 here] and [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/images/1/1c/Eric_deschamps_nicol_bolas.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20201114212339 here]), [[Telepathy]] ([https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mtgsalvation_gamepedia/images/8/89/Bolas_Telepathy.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200809232139 Shown here]) [[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), [[Resistance]] to [[Fire Manipulation]] and [[Plant Manipulation]] (Ignored Chandra's flames and Nissa's vines), [[Mind Manipulation]] (Despite Jace trying to his mind, Bolas effortlessly crushed it}} |-|Pre-Mending=All previous powers to a massively greater extent, [[Absorption]] ([https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Fighting_the_leviathan 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), [[Regeneration]] (Mid-Godly: [https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Madaran_Emperor Regenerated even after both his essence and his body was destroyed]), [[Immortality]] (Types 1, 3, 6, and 8:), [[Creation]] and [[Law Manipulation|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), [[Sealing]] and [[Essence Manipulation|Essence]] [[Absorption]] (Sealed Leshrac in a rift, and stole his essence), enhanced [[Time Manipulation]] and [[Resistance|resistance]] to it ([https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Nicol_Bolas#Time_rifts 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]] ([https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Sight_(novel) 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]), </tabber> |