Seek Bolas's Counsel
CMB1Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019/#98/2019Rare
Colour IDMV 3
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$1.99
Cardmarket€1.44
ManaPool$1.67
TCGplayer$1.00
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.50
Paper retail history (USD)
3 providers
Latest $1.99High $1.99Low $0.99▲ 101.0%
Market and collecting
Market overview
$1.00TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-10
7d▲ 2.0%30d▲ 2.0%90d▲ 16.3%
90d high
$1.00
90d low
$0.85
Paper printings priced
2
Currently 2nd
Cheapest paper printing
$0.42
Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2021
- Up 2.0% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
- Trading at or near its 90 day high of $1.00.
- This is the most expensive paper printing currently priced (2 priced in total).
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Gameplay and rules
Sorcery
Choose one at random —
• You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your upkeep, pay . If you don't, you lose the game."
• Each player discards their hand.
• Planeswalk to Pools of Becoming. (Once there, you can roll the planar die only if you're playing Planechase.)
• For each opponent, exile cards from the top of their library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast those cards without paying their mana costs.
• Destroy all creatures and non-Bolas planeswalkers.
• You get an emblem with "You can cast nonland cards from your sideboard."
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Digital formats
Rulings (13)
wotc12 Nov 2019
You must cast any of the exiled cards you wish to cast while Seek Bolas’s Counsel is resolving. You can’t cast them later in the turn.
wotc12 Nov 2019
Each player controls the current plane card during their turn.
wotc12 Nov 2019
You planeswalk to Pools of Becoming even if you’re not playing a Planechase game. This planeswalk isn’t represented by a plane card. If you are playing a Planechase game, you planeswalk away from the current plane but you don’t reveal the top card of any planar deck.
wotc12 Nov 2019
You can’t choose to roll a planar die (which would allow you to leave the Pools of Becoming or trigger its last ability) unless you’re playing a Planechase game.
wotc12 Nov 2019
One card (Fractured Powerstone) allows you to roll the planar die even if you’re not playing a Planechase game as long as you’ve already planeswalked to a plane card. If you roll the Planeswalker symbol outside of a Planechase game, you’ll planeswalk away from Pools of Becoming, but you won’t planeswalk to a new plane. You’re totally lost, which tends to work out well.
wotc12 Nov 2019
Pools of Becoming is a plane card that reads “At the beginning of your end step, put the cards in your hand on the bottom of your library in any order, then draw that many cards” and “Whenever you roll CHAOS, reveal the top three cards of your planar deck. Each of the revealed cards' CHAOS abilities triggers. Then put the revealed cards on the bottom of your planar deck in any order.” The second ability can’t trigger unless you roll a planar die.
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About this card
Seek Bolas's Counsel
Seek Bolas's Counsel is a Sorcery, with mana cost {U}{B}{R} (mana value 3). Printed 2 times across MTG sets.
Format legality: Commander: not_legal, Modern: not_legal, Standard: not_legal, Pioneer: not_legal, Legacy: not_legal, Pauper: not_legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $1.00 (up 2.0% over 30 days).
Frequently asked
Seek Bolas's Counsel FAQ
How much is Seek Bolas's Counsel worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for Seek Bolas's Counsel is $1.00. It is up 2.0% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $0.85 to $1.00.
What is the cheapest printing of Seek Bolas's Counsel?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2021 at $0.42 on TCGplayer.
What is the most expensive printing of Seek Bolas's Counsel?
The most expensive currently priced paper printing is from Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019 at $1.00 on TCGplayer.
How many printings of Seek Bolas's Counsel are there?
Seek Bolas's Counsel has been printed 2 times in English paper sets that MTGPrices tracks.
What set was Seek Bolas's Counsel first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from CMB1 #98, released 2019-11-07.
What is the newest printing of Seek Bolas's Counsel?
The most recent English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from CMB2 #98, released 2021-08-20.
Is Seek Bolas's Counsel legal in Commander?
Seek Bolas's Counsel is not currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Seek Bolas's Counsel legal in Modern?
Seek Bolas's Counsel is not currently legal in Modern per Scryfall's legality feed.