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Nicol Bolas, the Ravager

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Full Name Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
Aliases B2
Transformed Nicol Bolas, the Arisen
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Affinities BlueBlackRed
Origin set Core Set 2019 Core Set 2019
Cost 850 Mana Crystals
Stats (max level)
Health 127
Deck limits Creatures 7  ·  Spells 6  ·  Supports 6
Mana bonuses Icon W.png 0 · Icon U.png+2 · Icon B.png+3 · Icon R.png+2 · Icon G.png 0
Leveling cost 323,750 Mana Runes
Planeswalkers   (Infobox · Data)
Planeswalker series
Nicol Bolas (elder dragon)
Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh B1 BlueBlackRed Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager B2 BlueBlackRed Nicol Bolas, the Ravager Transforms
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God B3 BlueBlackRed Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God

Contents

Overview

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager is a blue, black, and red elder dragon Planeswalker, introduced in July 2018 along with the Core Set 2019 card set. He can transform into a more powerful form, with a different set of Planeswalker abilities.

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

He has a mix of powerful abilities, including card draw, opponent discard, and direct damage. In his transformed state, he can also return a creature with its reinforcements to play from the graveyard, and create a support Token  which stops the opponent from drawing cards.

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager, sometimes called B2 or NB2, is the second of three playable Planeswalkers in MtGPQ which embody Nicol Bolas at different points in his life.

Stats

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager - level 60
Mana bonus Deck limits Health Leveling cost
  0   +2   +3   +2   0   0    7    6    6 127 323,750  
All level details 1-60            Click to
Level

cost

Mana bonus Deck limits Health Abilities
                  1 2 3
1-5

3410 

-2 0 +1 0 -2 0 4 3 3 32      
5 3 3
36
-2 +1 +1 0 -2 0
39
6-10

11390 

 
42
5 4 3
45
 
11-15

20830 

48
-2 +1 +1 +1 -2 0
52
5 4 4
55
16-20

33590 

 
-2 +1 +1 +1 -1 0
58
 
21-25

49690 

61
6 4 4
64
-1 +1 +1 +1 -1 0
68
26-30

69070 

 
71
6 5 4
75
 
31-35

91630 

79
-1 +1 +3 +1 -1 0
83
6 5 5
36-40

117370 

 
87
-1 +2 +3 +1 -1 0
91
 
41-45

146230 

95
7 5 5
99
-1 +2 +3 +2 -1 0
103
46-50

178150 

 
107
7 6 5
111
 
51-55

226950 

115
-1 +2 +3 +2 0 0
7 6 6
119
56-60

323750 

 
123
0 +2 +3 +2 0 0
127
 

Abilities

1: Scheming Conqueror
Ability Level PW level   Effect
  6-19 9 Draw a card.
  20-35 9 Draw 2 cards, then give them 1 mana.
  36-49 9 Draw 2 cards, then give them 2 mana.
  50-60 9 Draw 2 cards, then give them 3 mana.
2: Maddening Aura
Ability Level PW level   Effect
  10-25 15 Your opponent discards a card.
  26-39 15 Your opponent discards their first and last card.
  40-55 15 Your opponent discards their first and last card. Increase the cost of cards in your opponent's hand by 2.
  56-60 15 Your opponent discards their first and last card. Increase the cost of cards in your opponent's hand by 3.
3: Bolas' Rising
Ability Level PW level   Effect
  16-29 18 Deal 5 damage to target creature and lose 10 life. If it died, create a Bolas's Spark Token  [with 4 shield and "This support can't be destroyed or exiled. At the beginning of every turn, gain 2 loyalty."] and transform.
  30-45 18 Deal 10 to target creature and lose 10 life. If it died, create a Bolas's Spark Token  [with 4 shield and "This support can't be destroyed or exiled. At the beginning of every turn, gain 2 loyalty."] and transform.
  46-59 18 Deal 10 to target creature and lose 5 life. If it died, create a Bolas's Spark Token  [with 4 shield and "This support can't be destroyed or exiled. At the beginning of every turn, gain 2 loyalty."] and transform.
  60 18 Deal 20 to target creature and lose 5 life. If it died, create a Bolas's Spark Token  [with 4 shield and "This support can't be destroyed or exiled. At the beginning of every turn, gain 2 loyalty."] and transform.

Abilities (Transformed)

1: Rend the Feeble
Ability Level PW level   Effect
  6-19 9 Deal 4 damage to target creature or Planeswalker.
  20-35 9 Deal 6 damage to target creature or Planeswalker.
  36-49 9 Deal 8 damage to target creature or Planeswalker.
  50-60 9 Deal 10 damage to target creature or Planeswalker.
2: Evoke the Fallen
Ability Level PW level   Effect
  10-25 15 Return the first creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  26-39 15 Return the first creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with its reinforcements.
  40-55 15 Return the creature with the most reinforcements from your graveyard to the battlefield with its reinforcements.
  56-60 15 Return the creature with the most reinforcements from your graveyard to the battlefield with its reinforcements. Then, reinforce it.
3: Overwhelm the Gods
Ability Level PW level   Effect
  16-29 21 Create a Minor Bolas' Omnipotence Token  [with 6 shield and "At the beginning of every turn this support loses 1 shield each turn. Your opponent cannot draw cards."].
  30-45 21 Create a Bolas' Omnipotence Token  [with 8 shield and "At the beginning of every turn this support loses 1 shield each turn. Your opponent cannot draw cards."].
  46-59 21 Create a Improved Bolas' Omnipotence Token  [with (10?) shield and "At the beginning of every turn this support loses 1 shield each turn. Your opponent cannot draw cards."].
  60 21 Create a Major Bolas' Omnipotence Token  [with 12 shield and "At the beginning of every turn this support loses 1 shield each turn. Your opponent cannot draw cards."].

Starting Deck

Card name Type Cost Color Rarity Set 
Psychic Symbiont   (3/3) 10        M19   
Shock   4       M19   
Cinder Barrens   (2) 8       M19   
Mind Rot   7       M19   
Blazing Hellhound   (4/3) 10        ORI 
Separatist Voidmage   (2/2) 10       ORI 
Artificer's Epiphany   2       ORI 
Infernal Scarring   (2) 6       ORI 
Ghirapur Aether Grid   (2) 6       ORI 
Diamond Mare   (2/4) 9       M19  

Story

See Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh's story and Nicol Bolas, Dragon God's story

Perhaps the oldest Planeswalker in existence, Nicol Bolas rules over multiple planes and hoards incalculable treasures. When rifts in time threatened Dominaria, Bolas helped heal the plane, sacrificing his omnipotence and immortality. Mortal, but still a dragon, he used his magic, knowledge, and intellect to weave schemes that would lead him back to divinity.

The combination of blue black and red is called Grixis after the Shard of Alara from the MtG multiverse.