Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
Full Name	Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
Aliases	B1
Affinities
Origin set	Hour of Devastation
Cost	850
Stats (max level)
Health	132
Deck limits	5  ·   8  ·   5
Mana bonuses	-1 ·  +3 ·  +3 ·  +3 ·  -1
Leveling cost	323,750
Planeswalkers   (Infobox · Data)

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Overview

Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh is a blue, black, and red elder dragon Planeswalker, introduced in November 2017, several months after the release of the Hour of Devastation card set.

He has very high health, high average mana gains with a balanced spread, and average deck limits with a focus on Spells.

His abilities have a zombie theme, including creating zombie creature tokens along with card draw, and returning creatures from his graveyard to play as zombies, dealing damage as they do so. He can also destroy his opponent's creatures.

Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh, sometimes called B1 or NB1, is the first of two playable Planeswalkers in MtGPQ which embody Nicol Bolas at different points in his life.

Stats

Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh - level 60
Mana bonus						Deck limits			Health	Leveling cost
-1	+3	+3	+3	-1	0	5	8	5	132	323,750

All level details 1-60													Click to
Level cost		Mana bonus							Deck limits				Health		Abilities
															1	2	3
1-5 3410		-2	+1	+1	+1	-2	0		4	4	3		62
		-2	+1	+2	+1	-2	0
													63
		-2	+1	+2	+2	-2	0
													64
6-10 11390
													65
		-2	+2	+2	+2	-2	0
													66
									4	5	3
11-15 20830													67
													69
		-2	+3	+2	+2	-2	0
													71
16-20 33590
													73
													75
21-25 49690													77
									4	6	3
													79
													81
26-30 69070		-2	+3	+2	+3	-2	0
													83
									4	6	4
													85
31-35 91630													87
													89
													91
36-40 117370
													93
									5	6	4
													95
41-45 146230													98
									5	6	5
													101
		-2	+3	+3	+3	-2	0
													104
46-50 178150
													108
									5	7	5
													112
		-2	+3	+3	+3	-1	0
51-55 226950													116
													121
													126
56-60 323750
													132
									5	8	5
		-1	+3	+3	+3	-1	0

Abilities

1: Scorpion's Sting
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	6-23	9	Target creature your opponent controls gets -1/-1.
	24-35	9	Target creature your opponent controls gets -2/-2.
	36-51	9	Target creature your opponent controls gets -3/-3.
	52-60	9	Target creature your opponent controls is Destroyed.

2: Plague of Locusts
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	12-29	15	You draw 1 card and summon 1 2/2 Zombie token.
	30-39	15	You draw 1 card and summon 2 2/2 Zombie tokens.
	40-55	15	You draw 2 cards and summon 3 2/2 Zombie tokens.
	56-60	15	You draw 2 cards and summon 4 2/2 Zombie tokens.

3: Call of the Scarab
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	16-33	21	The last creature that entered your graveyard gains Zombie and is Returned to the battlefield, then your opponent takes X damage, where X is the number of Zombies you control.
	34-45	21	The last creature that entered your graveyard gains Zombie and is Returned to the battlefield, then your opponent takes X damage, where X is the number of Zombies you control times 3.
	46-57	21	The last creature that entered your graveyard gains Zombie and is Returned to the battlefield, then your opponent takes X damage, where X is the number of Zombies you control times 6.
	58-60	21	The last creature that entered your graveyard gains Zombie and is Returned to the battlefield, then your opponent takes X damage, where X is the number of Zombies you control times 9.

Story

Elder Dragon. Tyrant of Worlds. Mind-Breaker. And now God-Pharaoh of Amonkhet. The almighty dragon Planeswalker Nicol Bolas is one of the oldest and most powerful beings in the Multiverse. His life spans thousands of years and countless planes. He has incited battles, finished wars, devastated worlds and conquered death.

Upon becoming a Planeswalker, the power Bolas gained catapulted him to godlike status in the Multiverse. With a touch, he could shatter a mind. His laughter rattled the foundation of worlds, and his shouts were like peals of thunder. He imposed his indomitable will on the mortals who crossed his path, and he eliminated any obstacle that dared to stand in his way.

In ages past, Bolas ruled the Empire of Madara on the world of Dominaria. He manipulated hundreds of years of history and prophecy to bend the five shard-planes of Alara to his will. Even among Planeswalkers, Bolas was supreme; he was victorious in a duel against the Nightwalker Leshrac, and he defeated Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, on Tarkir.

Then tragedy struck. When the Mending healed the time rifts that threatened Dominaria, the aftershocks caused deep changes to the structure of the Multiverse, altering the nature of the Planeswalker spark. Nicol Bolas was left with merely a shadow of his former powers. Though still more powerful than most beings in the Multiverse, he ached for what had been lost, and he refused to accept his fate.

Nicol Bolas is a mastermind of plots. He found something he needed on the world of Amonkhet, so he took control of the plane, usurped its gods, and repurposed it to serve his desires. He manipulated the history and beliefs of the people so they would worship him as God-Pharaoh, and he created a system that generated a necropolis full of fearsome, undead warriors called the Eternals. Now he has come to claim what is his—and to destroy the rest.