Dark Intimations

Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker, then discards a card. You return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand, then draw a card.
When you cast a Bolas planeswalker spell, exile Dark Intimations from your graveyard. That planeswalker enters with an additional loyalty counter on it.

Torment of Hailfire

Repeat the following process X times. Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent or discards a card.

Consecrated Sphinx

Flying
Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.

Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

The Eldest Reborn

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker.
II — Each opponent discards a card.
III — Put target creature or planeswalker card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Fevered Visions

At the beginning of each player's end step, that player draws a card. If the player is your opponent and has four or more cards in hand, Fevered Visions deals 2 damage to that player.

Hour of Devastation

All creatures lose indestructible until end of turn. Hour of Devastation deals 5 damage to each creature and each non-Bolas planeswalker.

Tyrant's Scorn

Choose one —
• Destroy target creature with mana value 3 or less.
• Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Soul Diviner

{T}, Remove a counter from an artifact, creature, land, or planeswalker you control: Draw a card.

Deliver Unto Evil

Choose up to four target cards in your graveyard. If you control a Bolas planeswalker, return those cards to your hand. Otherwise, an opponent chooses two of them. Leave the chosen cards in your graveyard and put the rest into your hand.
Exile Deliver Unto Evil.

Patient Rebuilding

At the beginning of your upkeep, target opponent mills three cards, then you draw a card for each land card put into their graveyard this way.

Commence the Endgame

This spell can't be countered.
Draw two cards, then amass Zombies X, where X is the number of cards in your hand. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)

The Locust God

Flying
Whenever you draw a card, create a 1/1 blue and red Insect creature token with flying and haste.
{2}{U}{R}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
When The Locust God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Gem of Becoming

{3}, {T}, Sacrifice Gem of Becoming: Search your library for an Island card, a Swamp card, and a Mountain card. Reveal those cards, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

God-Eternal Kefnet

Flying
You may reveal the first card you draw each turn as you draw it. Whenever you reveal an instant or sorcery card this way, copy that card and you may cast the copy. That copy costs {2} less to cast.
When God-Eternal Kefnet dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top.

Countersquall

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life.

Wasp of the Bitter End

Flying
Whenever you cast a Bolas planeswalker spell, you may sacrifice Wasp of the Bitter End. If you do, destroy target creature.

The Elderspell

Destroy any number of target planeswalkers. Choose a planeswalker you control. Put two loyalty counters on it for each planeswalker destroyed this way.

God-Pharaoh's Statue

Spells your opponents cast cost {2} more to cast.
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses 1 life.

Locust Miser

Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by two.

Nest of Scarabs

Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create that many 1/1 black Insect creature tokens.

Throne of the God-Pharaoh

At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses life equal to the number of tapped creatures you control.

Hieroglyphic Illumination

Draw two cards.
Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Parallel Thoughts

When Parallel Thoughts enters, search your library for seven cards, exile them in a face-down pile, and shuffle that pile. Then shuffle your library.
If you would draw a card, you may instead put the top card of the pile you exiled into your hand.

Nightscape Master

{U}{U}, {T}: Return target creature to its owner's hand.
{R}{R}, {T}: Nightscape Master deals 2 damage to target creature.

Nightscape Familiar

Blue spells and red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
{1}{B}: Regenerate Nightscape Familiar.

Nightscape Apprentice

{U}, {T}: Put target creature you control on top of its owner's library.
{R}, {T}: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Vesuvan Duplimancy

Whenever you cast a spell that targets only a single artifact or creature you control, create a token that's a copy of that artifact or creature, except it's not legendary.

Tolarian Terror

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)

Foresee

Arcane Signet

Cruel Ultimatum

Target opponent sacrifices a creature, discards three cards, then loses 5 life. You return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand, draw three cards, then gain 5 life.

Diluvian Primordial

Flying
When Diluvian Primordial enters, for each opponent, you may cast up to one target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If a spell cast this way would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Ever-Watching Threshold

Whenever an opponent attacks, if they attacked you and/or a planeswalker you control, draw a card.

Crackling Drake

Flying
Crackling Drake's power is equal to the total number of instant and sorcery cards you own in exile and in your graveyard.
When Crackling Drake enters, draw a card.

Sunscorched Desert

When Sunscorched Desert enters, it deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.
{T}: Add {C}.

Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind

Flying
Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind deals 1 damage to any target.
{T}: Draw a card.

Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius

Flying
Whenever Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius deals damage to a player, you may draw a card.
{U}{R}: Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius deals 1 damage to any target.

Cartouche of Knowledge

Enchant creature you control
When Cartouche of Knowledge enters, draw a card.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has flying.

Illusory Wrappings

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 0/2.

New Perspectives

When New Perspectives enters, draw three cards.
As long as you have seven or more cards in hand, you may pay {0} rather than pay cycling costs.

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size.
{T}: Add {C}.

Trial of Knowledge

When Trial of Knowledge enters, draw three cards, then discard a card.
When a Cartouche you control enters, return Trial of Knowledge to its owner's hand.

Faith of the Devoted

Whenever you cycle or discard a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Sweltering Suns

Sweltering Suns deals 3 damage to each creature.
Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Trial of Zeal

When Trial of Zeal enters, it deals 3 damage to any target.
When a Cartouche you control enters, return Trial of Zeal to its owner's hand.

Rags

All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Riches

Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.)
Each opponent chooses a creature they control. You gain control of those creatures.

Rags // Riches

Fetid Pools

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)
Fetid Pools enters tapped.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Canyon Slough

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.)
Canyon Slough enters tapped.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Pull from Tomorrow

As Foretold

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on As Foretold.
Once each turn, you may pay {0} rather than pay the mana cost for a spell you cast with mana value X or less, where X is the number of time counters on As Foretold.

In Bolas's Clutches

Enchant permanent
You control enchanted permanent.
Enchanted permanent is legendary.

Seething Landscape

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice Seething Landscape: Search your library for a basic Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Cycling {U}{B}{R} ({U}{B}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Crumbling Necropolis

Crumbling Necropolis enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.

Reliquary Tower

The Scarab God

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses X life and you scry X, where X is the number of Zombies you control.
{2}{U}{B}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie.
When The Scarab God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

The Scorpion God

Whenever a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it dies, draw a card.
{1}{B}{R}: Put a -1/-1 counter on another target creature.
When The Scorpion God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Inexorable Tide

Whenever you cast a spell, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Izzet Signet

Soul Manipulation

Choose one or both —
• Counter target creature spell.
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Mana Drain

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.

God-Pharaoh's Gift

At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may exile a creature card from your graveyard. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie. It gains haste until end of turn.

Crypt of the Eternals

When Crypt of the Eternals enters, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.

Manalith

Ifnir Deadlands

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {B}.
{2}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Put two -1/-1 counters on target creature an opponent controls. Activate only as a sorcery.

Survivors' Encampment

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Swarm Intelligence

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Imminent Doom

Imminent Doom enters with a doom counter on it.
Whenever you cast a spell with mana value equal to the number of doom counters on Imminent Doom, Imminent Doom deals that much damage to any target. Then put a doom counter on Imminent Doom.

Deep Analysis

Target player draws two cards.
Flashback—{1}{U}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Totally Lost

Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.

Omniscience

You may cast spells from your hand without paying their mana costs.

Tormenting Voice

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards.

Wit's End

Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

+3: Destroy target noncreature permanent.
−2: Gain control of target creature.
−9: Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker deals 7 damage to target player or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards seven cards, then sacrifices seven permanents.

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager

Flying
When Nicol Bolas, the Ravager enters, each opponent discards a card.
{4}{U}{B}{R}: Exile Nicol Bolas, the Ravager, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Nicol Bolas, the Arisen

+2: Draw two cards.
−3: Nicol Bolas, the Arisen 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.

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen

Nicol Bolas

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Nicol Bolas unless you pay {U}{B}{R}.
Whenever Nicol Bolas deals damage to an opponent, that player discards their hand.

Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God

Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God has all loyalty abilities of all other planeswalkers on the battlefield.
+1: You draw a card. Each opponent exiles a card from their hand or a permanent they control.
−3: Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
−8: Each opponent who doesn't control a legendary creature or planeswalker loses the game.

Niv-Mizzet, Parun

This spell can't be countered.
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet, Parun deals 1 damage to any target.
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, you draw a card.

Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

+2: Target opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. Until end of turn, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost.
+1: Each opponent exiles two cards from their hand.
−4: Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh deals 7 damage to target opponent, creature an opponent controls, or planeswalker an opponent controls.
−12: Exile each nonland permanent your opponents control.

Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver

+3: Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent or discards a card.
−3: Destroy target creature. Draw a card.
−11: Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver deals 7 damage to each opponent. You draw seven cards.

Swamp

Mountain

Island

Bolas's Citadel

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
{T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

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