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Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen — back face
Back face (default printing artwork)
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SetPJ21
Collector #9
Released2021-01-01
Raritymythic
ArtistLie Setiawan
LanguageEN
Layouttransform
AttributesPromo · Reprint
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Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen

MythicColour IDMV 4
Two-faced — transforms during play
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
Flying
When Nicol Bolas enters, each opponent discards a card.
: Exile Nicol Bolas, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.
4 / 4
Nicol Bolas, the Arisen
Legendary Planeswalker — Bolas
+2: Draw two cards.
−3: Nicol Bolas deals 10 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
−4: Put target creature or planeswalker card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
−12: Exile all but the bottom card of target player's library.
Loyalty 7
Keywords
FlyingTransform
Card capabilities
Card drawCreatureCreature removalDiscardGraveyard interactionLegendary creaturePlaneswalker
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
4 other English printingsEarliest 2018-07-13Newest 2023-05-08Cheapest priced $18.15 in M19
Rulings (11)
wotc13 Jul 2018
While a double-faced card isn't on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of its front face. For example, Nicol Bolas has the characteristics of its creature face in the graveyard, even if it was a planeswalker on the battlefield before it was put into the graveyard.
wotc13 Jul 2018
A double-faced card enters the battlefield with its front face up by default, unless a spell or ability instructs you to put it onto the battlefield transformed, in which case it enters with its back face up. The back face of a double-faced card can't be played.
wotc13 Jul 2018
In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any permanents you control from Nicol Bolas's third loyalty ability that came from other players' graveyards are exiled.
wotc13 Jul 2018
If Nicol Bolas leaves the battlefield after his creature face's activated ability has been activated but before it resolves, the card remains in whichever zone it moves to. It won't be exiled or return transformed.
wotc13 Jul 2018
The mana value of a double-faced card is the mana value of its front face, even while it's on the battlefield with its back face up. For example, the mana value of Nicol Bolas, the Arisen is 4.
wotc13 Jul 2018
You can activate one of the planeswalker's loyalty abilities the turn it enters the battlefield.
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