Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver

Commanders that run Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen: 5,015 decks
• Nicol Bolas: 417 decks

Often played with Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Wasp of the Bitter End
• Visage of Bolas
• Imminent Doom
• Deliver Unto Evil
• Dark Intimations
• Hour of Devastation
• In Bolas's Clutches
• Wit's End
• Eternal of Harsh Truths
• The Elderspell

Rulings

• 2017-07-14: In a multiplayer game, each opponent in turn order makes their choice for Nicol Bolas's first ability, then all of the actions occur simultaneously. Opponents will know choices made by earlier opponents when making their choices, although a card chosen to be discarded this way isn't revealed until it's discarded.
• 2017-07-14: If the target of Nicol Bolas's second ability becomes illegal, the ability doesn't resolve and you won't draw a card. If that target is legal but can't be destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, you still draw a card.
• 2017-07-14: While resolving Nicol Bolas's first ability, your opponent chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a nonland permanent to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that permanent, or loses 3 life. Your opponent can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.
• 2017-07-14: If Nicol Bolas's third ability causes each opponent to have 0 or less life, but it also causes you to try to draw more cards than you have in your library, the game ends in a draw.