Bolas's Citadel
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This printing
SetFCA
Collector #7
Released2025-06-13
Rarityrare
ArtistYoshitaka Amano
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesBorderless · Full art · Reprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Bolas's Citadel

RareGame changerColour IDMV 6
Legendary Artifact
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
Rulings (8)
wotc3 May 2019
You can play a land card from the top of your library only if you have available land plays remaining.
wotc3 May 2019
You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the cards you play from your library.
wotc3 May 2019
If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can't look at the next one until you're done paying for that spell.
wotc3 May 2019
In a Two-Headed Giant game, the last ability of Bolas's Citadel causes the opposing team to lose 20 life.
wotc3 May 2019
If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
wotc3 May 2019
Bolas's Citadel may be one of the permanents you sacrifice to activate its last ability.