MTG Salvation

Hey guys,

I was wondering if you can help me find a direction to take my Nicol Bolas EDH Deck too. I've been wanting to build this for a long time and actually did some Grixis Decks in the past, but never with real success. I read some comments and also heard other people say that if Nickel is build correctly, he is definetely a very strong commander and a pain in the ass, but none of the sources had like examples or decklists, so I still tapping in the grey here.

Sure, I belive that the most effective approach is of course a control deck, but I'm certainly not as experiences with these.

So my question is if you guys can provide me with some information on how to build my beloved Nicol Bolas.

Some points I need help with:

1. Should I go for a pretty much creatureless strategy or not?
2. Wich particular cards do you consider as staples in a Bolas Build?
3. Are there any sort of ratios I need to take care of when building Grixis Control i.e. how many counter spells, board wipes etc?
4. How you go piloting a Bolas Deck?

And of course all other help is very welcome and much appreciated.

I have a decklist set up at tappedout.net. This is the current one I'm running, but not to great success so far. Anyways, here it is: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/28-11-16-HPK-nicol-bolas/

Can't wait for your comments

Greetings
Sebastian

Ive been wanting to build a bolas deck for awhile now, but never got around to it. I may look into more now with the new bolas (maybe??) coming out soon

Check out the primer, here. That may give you some good ideas!!

on to the list:
it would help a lot of people here if you also put the list here. Like this

I play a Bolas creatureless deck (don't have the list here) and it is really mean. I use some of the ping auras for Bolas, a lot of pain enchantments, stax and draw. Games are short. When I win, I'm at like 5 life. But it's fun as hell to play. Look at some of the RB pain decks for inspiration, and some draw and go to town.

@Biofeedback

Would you mind to share the list so I can get some inspirations? It's really tough for me somehow to do something with Bolas, but I want it so badly to work.

@rshizz

Thanks for making the list for me. I'll make sure I post one myself next time.

Edit: I also can't find anything under RB Pain. :/

Maybe you can find some inspiration here: https://edhrec.com/commanders/nicol-bolas

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Maybe you can find some inspiration here: https://edhrec.com/commanders/nicol-bolas

Hey Kisoji, thanks for the info. I use EDHREC all the time for inspiration and stuff, but unfortunately it's missing a lot for most commanders, especially ol Nickel. I don't know if people only have Decklists online that are good stuff, so EDHREC isn't finding something else.... See how that list does not include one single Ping-Aura. :/

Anyways, I have a massive Grixis Cardpool collected over all the years, but my main thing would be to see a list that is somewhat a coherrent theme and is working. Because imo just putting goodstuff together isn't really effective.