Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh: Legendary Planeswalker - Bolas, Double Masters 2022. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}{B}{R}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker - Bolas
- Colour identity
- Blue, black and red (UBR)
- Loyalty
- 7
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Double Masters 2022 (2X2)
- Released
- 2022-07-08
- Collector number
- 260
- Artist
- Raymond Swanland
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About Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue, black and red legendary planeswalker from Double Masters 2022 (2X2), a Masters set released in July 2022. It is collector number 260 in that set, with art by Raymond Swanland. It costs {4}{U}{B}{R} (four generic, one blue, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It enters with 7 loyalty. Its colour identity is blue, black and red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Hour of Devastation (2017) to Double Masters 2022 (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.09 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
[+2]: Target opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. Until end of turn, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost.
[+1]: Each opponent exiles two cards from their hand.
[−4]: Nicol Bolas deals 7 damage to target opponent, creature an opponent controls, or planeswalker an opponent controls.
[−12]: Exile each nonland permanent your opponents control.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.09 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #2017 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #530 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Hour of Devastation Promos (PHOU) #140p | Mythic | 2021 |
| Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #247 | Mythic | 2020 |
| San Diego Comic-Con 2017 (PS17) #140 | Mythic | 2017 |
| Hour of Devastation (HOU) #140 | Mythic | 2017 |
| Hour of Devastation Promos (PHOU) #140s | Mythic | 2017 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh, newest first.
- If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spell or permanent cards you control from Nicol Bolas's first ability are exiled.
- Casting the card exiled with Nicol Bolas's first ability follows the normal timing rules for casting that card. For example, if the card is a creature card, you can cast that card only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
- While resolving Nicol Bolas's second ability, each opponent chooses which cards to exile from their hand. Any opponent with two or fewer cards exiles their entire hand.
- The cards exiled by Nicol Bolas's first and second abilities are exiled face up.
- You may cast the nonland card exiled by Nicol Bolas's first ability that turn even if Nicol Bolas is no longer on the battlefield or under your control.
- If you don't cast the card exiled by Nicol Bolas's first ability that turn, it will remain exiled.
- If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as emerge costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Tormenting Voice, you must pay those to cast the card.
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