MTG_Savant
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Commander
Commander
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1) Ramp
1) Ramp
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2) Draw / Advantage
Mystic Remora
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays .
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays .
Enchantment
2) Draw / Advantage
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3) Protection
3) Protection
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4) Removal / Interaction
Ertai Resurrected
Flash
When Ertai Resurrected enters, choose up to one —
• Counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. Its controller draws a card.
• Destroy another target creature or planeswalker. Its controller draws a card.
When Ertai Resurrected enters, choose up to one —
• Counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. Its controller draws a card.
• Destroy another target creature or planeswalker. Its controller draws a card.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard Phyrexian
4) Removal / Interaction
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5) Blink
Deadeye Navigator
Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as Deadeye Navigator is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has ": Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under your control."
As long as Deadeye Navigator is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has ": Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under your control."
Creature - Spirit
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to blue is less than five, Thassa isn't a creature.
At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one other target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.
: Tap another target creature.
As long as your devotion to blue is less than five, Thassa isn't a creature.
At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one other target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.
: Tap another target creature.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
5) Blink
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6) Bounce
6) Bounce
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7) Discard
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal
Flying, lifelink
Whenever Aclazotz attacks, each opponent discards a card. For each opponent who can't, you draw a card.
Whenever an opponent discards a land card, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.
When Aclazotz dies, return it to the battlefield tapped and transformed under its owner's control.
Whenever Aclazotz attacks, each opponent discards a card. For each opponent who can't, you draw a card.
Whenever an opponent discards a land card, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.
When Aclazotz dies, return it to the battlefield tapped and transformed under its owner's control.
Legendary Creature - Bat God
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
When Kroxa enters, sacrifice it unless it escaped.
Whenever Kroxa enters or attacks, each opponent discards a card, then each opponent who didn't discard a nonland card this way loses 3 life.
Escape—, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Whenever Kroxa enters or attacks, each opponent discards a card, then each opponent who didn't discard a nonland card this way loses 3 life.
Escape—, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Legendary Creature - Elder Giant
Whispering Madness
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
7) Discard
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8) Discard Synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 2 or more life this turn, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.
Enchantment
Quest for the Nihil Stone
Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has no cards in hand and this enchantment has two or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 5 life.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has no cards in hand and this enchantment has two or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 5 life.
Enchantment
8) Discard Synergy
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9) Recursion
Underworld Breach
Each nonland card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.)
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment.
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment.
Enchantment
9) Recursion
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10) Tutors
10) Tutors
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11) Other Synergy
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead.
, Discard two cards: Put an indestructible counter on Solphim. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
, Discard two cards: Put an indestructible counter on Solphim. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Legendary Creature - Horror Phyrexian
11) Other Synergy
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12) Lands
12) Lands
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Tokens & Extras
Tokens & Extras
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With Panharmonicon, each blink = double trigger.\n> Kroxa + Blink or Breach => Recast for 2 cmc ETB discard loop; Breach replays it until death drains table.\n> Waste Not + Wheels => Converts discard into mana, draw, and zombies – core engine.\n> Geth’s Grimoire + Discard => Draw equal to opponents’ discards → chains into more wheels.\n> Sheoldred + Wheels => Draw punish + lifegain – turns refill into burn.\n> Solphim + Caress/Megrim => Doubles all non-combat damage → massive burn.\n> Underworld Breach + Wheels + Tutors => Recast your best spell every turn until deck empties.\n> Ashiok, Dream Render + Waste Not => Prevents tutors and feeds Ascension triggers by exiling yards.\n> Noetic Scales + Empty Hands => Bounces all creatures with cards in hand → soft board lock.\n\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"🛡️ Control and Defense"},{"insert":"\n\nCyclonic Rift / Evacuation / Noetic Scales → universal resets."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Feed the Swarm → removes problematic enchantments or planeswalkers."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Fierce Guardianship / Swan Song / Mana Drain / Counterspell → stack control for combo turns."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Malakir Rebirth / Undying Evil → protect Bolas or Sheoldred from removal."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Lightning Greaves → early hexproof + haste to flip Bolas immediately if needed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"🔄 Recursion"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Card => Function:"},{"insert":"\n\n> Kess, Dissident Mage => Replays discard, wheel, or tutor from grave each turn.\n> Underworld Breach => Temporary storm engine – recast Wheel or Tutor for final burst.\n\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"⚖️ Playstyle Summary"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Phase => Focus => Common Lines:"},{"insert":"\n\n> T1–2 => Ramp + Setup => Signets, Waste Not, Rhystic, Arena\n> T3–4 => First Bolas cast => Force mass discard\n> T5–6 => Blink/Wheel loops => Draw + Burn chains start\n> T7+ => Lock & Finish => Opponents empty handed or disorganised / Sheoldred + Solphim kill\n\nAverage goldfish win: Turn 6 – 7 with strong control backup.\n\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"🧰 Swap Options"},{"insert":"\n\nConjurer’s Closet → re-add if higher blink consistency needed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"🩸 Weaknesses & Counters"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Threat => Problem => Mitigation:"},{"insert":"\n\n> Graveyard hate => Stops Breach / Kess / Aclazotz => Bojuka Bog for revenge, play around Rest in Peace\n> Stax effects (Trinisphere, Rule of Law) => Halts Wheels / Blink loops => Feed the Swarm / Cyclonic Rift\n> Fast combo decks => You need 2–3 turns to set up => Swan Song / Fierce Guardianship / Mana Drain\n> Life gain loops => Counters burn strategy => Bloodchief Ascension and Tergrid steal permanents\n\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"✅ Final Verdict"},{"insert":"\n\nThe deck embodies Grixis cruelty – discard and hand domination. Every action is meant to starve opponents of choices while you feast on resources. \nBolas doesn’t just win – he erases hope for any planned counter plan. This version represents the optimal expression of Nicol Bolas discard-burn strategy:\n\nFast setup, repeatable discard, explosive wheels, and scalable burn finishers. It is consistent, brutal, and elegantly balanced between control and inevitability — achieving Bolas’s ultimate goal: \n\"empty minds, scorched worlds, and total supremacy\".\n"}]}