Nicol Bolas, the Ravager

M19 · mythic · Released 2018-07-13

Power

brawl

tier-1Game-defining

commander

tier-1Game-defining

Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

over

above rate

standalone

meaningful alone

modular

fits anywhere

takes over

can take over a game

flexible

multiple modes

broad

broadly useful

fragile

easily answered

Commander Bracket

Not yet bracketed (or genuinely unplaceable).

Archetypes

positive:

controlmidrangecombo

negative:

aggroburn

Roles

evasive-threattop-end-finisherremoval-discarddiscard-targeted

Risks

removal-magnetpip-heavy

Mechanics

—

Typal

synergy:

dragon

anti:

—

Structural

triggered-ability

Rationale

4cmc 4/4 flying elder dragon that transforms into a planeswalker at end of turn. Front side discard effect (implied by oracle text context as Ravager); back side provides card advantage and removal. Signature in grixis control/midrange shells. Vulnerable to removal before transform; pip-heavy (BRU) mana requirement.

Popularity

EDHREC rank: #5,080