Is it too early to speculate Bolas, his new cards, and his upcoming plans.
Think he'll assemble a team? He'll be commanding an army of mummy zombies? Ideas for his new card?
Egyptian Bolas 5URB
+3 You make all decisions for target creature until your next turn.
0 Take control of target planeswalker
-X Each player sacrifices X lands, creatures, discards X cards, and looses X life.
It hasn't been done yet so, Bolas ultimate should be an emblem where you can put a Planeswalker from any graveyard on to the battle field under your control. The only remaining issue is loyalty cost which will depend on when the emblem triggers and if any bonus effect(s) are added.
Get a Loyalty counter.
Deal X damage to target creature or player, where X is the number of loyalty counters on the revived Planeswalker
Target opponent discards X cards where X is the number of loyalty counters on the revived Planeswalker
Mills X cards off the opponent(s) decks where X is the number of loyalty counters on the revived Planeswalker
Draw X cards where X is the number of loyalty counters on the revived Planeswalker.
Well, according to the leaked Amonkhet and "Atlazan" booster art, he most likely will be in Hour of Devastation.
I would like him to be like last time, but even more ultimate - destroying permanents, gaining control of creatures and planeswalkers, and his ultimate could be simple and, well, ultimate: "Destroy target player."
I dunno, between Inspiring Statuary and Tezzeret the Schemer it seems like playing a multicolor 8-drop would be easier than ever. It would be nice if they didn't break color pie this time though, yes.
His abilities will involve some degree of discard and control, those are Bolas' defining characteristics. Gaining control of PWs sounds good. Perhaps he can Slave of Bolas an opponent's creature? And perhaps this time his ultimate Mindslavers an opponent, just as was intended with his first PW card?
Might we see four abilities on him this time?
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It hasn't been done yet so, Bolas ultimate should be an emblem where you can put a Planeswalker from any graveyard on to the battle field under your control.
Anyhow, the best I can come up with myself is a game in the top 8 of a PTQ back during Urza block in which we were starting game 3 with time already expired, so the tiebreaker rule was that whoever had more life after 3 turns would win. And I lost to... healing salve.
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
+1: Deal 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
-2: Scry 3. If a planeswalker card is among the scryed, draw a card after you finished scrying.
-7: You get an emblem with "If a planeswalker you control would be sent from the battlefield to the graveyard, return them to your hand instead."
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Peasant: Storm (UR) Commander:Hazezon Tamar (GRW), Arjun, the Shifting Flame (UR), [Waiting on Amonkhet] Tiny Leader: [Waiting on Amonkhet] Peasant Dragon: [Waiting on Amonkhet] Modern: Orzhova Spirits (WB) Legacy: Burn (R) Vintage: Bazaar Dredge (B)
Only acceptable this time if he is able to destroy only legendary enchantments and in the story is able to kill/take someone away from the gatewatch <-- colorpie be damned
2 sided bolas planes walker, starts off as a planeswalker then flips into legendary elder dragon. Also it would be neat for him to make "planeswalker slaves" out of creatures as a planeswalker ability that symbolizes the trials of the gods as a way to activate the spark of a creature. kinda like a "target creature becomes a planeswalker with ..... abilities and is no longer a creature, you gain control of it."
I want his mana cost and power level to be Original Emrakul levels of obscene. graveyard shenanigans with planeswalkers are not something that can really be abused like creatures, so they could really go wild with this one. I would love to see one that is almost unplayable in Standard outside of a Planar Bridge deck(which would quickly exist)so in my Planar Bridge, Oath of Nissa superfriends Urzatron deck he becomes THE finisher of choice, more than the Eldrazi titans. I know it's unlikely to happen, but the last PW card he got was bonkers if you could make it happen, and he IS supposed to be the closest thing to a real god still standing in the multiverse since the Eldrazi died (I don't count the Theros gods, they are kinda powerful, but not close to omnipotent, Kruphix made it clear Bolas would thrash them)
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Nicol Bolas ultimate. Exile the top seven cards of target player's library from the game. You can play any of those cards with a cost of 7 or less without paying their mana cost.
Is it too early to speculate Bolas, his new cards, and his upcoming plans.
Think he'l assemble a team? He'll be commanding an army of mummy zombies? Ideas for his new card?
Egyptian Bolas 5URB
+3 You make all decisions for target creature until your next turn.
0 Take control of target planeswalker
-X Each player sacrifices X lands, creatures, discards X cards, and looses X life.
He needs two more abilites and has to be a 5 color 7 drop of this to work.
I don't see it, they may add white because he rules a civilization, and get there eventually, but Bolas definitely isn't green, and has been Grixis since the start. if they were going to do 5 color I would say the best way would be for them to be created from his followers, aside from getting his power, an ultra-walker is a goal of the dragon
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Think he'll assemble a team? He'll be commanding an army of mummy zombies? Ideas for his new card?
Egyptian Bolas 5URB
+3 You make all decisions for target creature until your next turn.
0 Take control of target planeswalker
-X Each player sacrifices X lands, creatures, discards X cards, and looses X life.
I just hope he isn't able to break enchantments like Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker.
8.RG Green Devotion Ramp/Combo 9.UR Draw Triggers 10.WUR Group stalling 11.WUR Voltron Spellslinger 12.WB Sacrificial Shenanigans
13.BR Creatureless Panharmonicon 14.BR Pingers and Eldrazi 15.URG Untapped Cascading
16.Reyhan, last of the Abzan's WUBG +1/+1 Counter Craziness 17.WUBRG Dragons aka Why did I make this?
Building: The Gitrog Monster lands, Glissa the Traitor stax, Muldrotha, the Gravetide Planeswalker Combo, Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix + Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa Clues, and Tribal Scarecrow Planeswalkers
I would like him to be like last time, but even more ultimate - destroying permanents, gaining control of creatures and planeswalkers, and his ultimate could be simple and, well, ultimate: "Destroy target player."
I dunno, between Inspiring Statuary and Tezzeret the Schemer it seems like playing a multicolor 8-drop would be easier than ever. It would be nice if they didn't break color pie this time though, yes.
His abilities will involve some degree of discard and control, those are Bolas' defining characteristics. Gaining control of PWs sounds good. Perhaps he can Slave of Bolas an opponent's creature? And perhaps this time his ultimate Mindslavers an opponent, just as was intended with his first PW card?
Might we see four abilities on him this time?
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
Well, there you go. lol
I guarantee he will get the same colors as the legendary spell referenced.
I am hoping for more interesting abilities, I really like when they copy spells as the Planeswalker abilities.
+1: Deal 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
-2: Scry 3. If a planeswalker card is among the scryed, draw a card after you finished scrying.
-7: You get an emblem with "If a planeswalker you control would be sent from the battlefield to the graveyard, return them to your hand instead."
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Commander: Hazezon Tamar (GRW), Arjun, the Shifting Flame (UR), [Waiting on Amonkhet]
Tiny Leader: [Waiting on Amonkhet]
Peasant Dragon: [Waiting on Amonkhet]
Modern: Orzhova Spirits (WB)
Legacy: Burn (R)
Vintage: Bazaar Dredge (B)
Only acceptable this time if he is able to destroy only legendary enchantments and in the story is able to kill/take someone away from the gatewatch <-- colorpie be damned
Selling some cards I don't want.
Generally less than tcg mid.
When Oath of Bolas enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a black planeswalker, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your library.
If you control a Bolas, Tezzeret, Ashiok, and an ObNixius Planswalker, you win the game.
He needs two more abilites and has to be a 5 color 7 drop of this to work.
But.. I think he's still going to just be UBR