Bolas's Citadel

As of Jul 23, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Bolas's Citadel is $9.76 (PLG21 #3, Foil), and the most expensive is $59.32 (FCA #7, Borderless, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $10.31, up 1.2% over 7 days, down 8.7% over 30 days, down 6.3% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $20.34 (2026).

Bolas's Citadel has 8 tracked printings across 6 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including borderless, promo pack and prerelease treatments.

PLG21 #3 Foil

$9.76

CK $12.99 / $7.50 23%

MB2 #39

$10.31

CK $10.99 / $4.60 55%

PWAR #79 Foil

$11.33 +10%

CK $12.99 / $6.50 43%

WAR #79

$15.79 +53%

CK $12.99 / $6.50 59%

FCA #7 Borderless

$17.78 +72%

CK $17.99 / $9.00 49%

PWAR #79p Promo Pack

$17.94 +74%

CK $16.99 / $7.00 61%

SLD #1187

$20.28 +97%

CK $17.99 / $9.00 56%

WAR #79 Foil

$22.36 +117%

CK — / $9.00 60%

SLD #1187 Foil

$24.17 +134%

CK $27.99 / $15.50 36%

PWAR #79s Prerelease Foil

$28.47 +176%

CK — / $14.50 49%

PWAR #79p Promo Pack Foil

$57.02 +453%

CK $27.99 / $14.00 75%

FCA #7 Borderless Foil

$59.32 +475%

CK $69.99 / $35.00 41%

Card Kingdom currently pays $35.00 cash for FCA #7 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 50% (wide).

• May 3, 2019 Bolas's Citadel lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want (with one restriction—see below), even if you don't have priority. This action doesn't use the stack. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand.
• May 3, 2019 Bolas's Citadel may be one of the permanents you sacrifice to activate its last ability.
• May 3, 2019 If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
• May 3, 2019 If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can't look at the next one until you're done paying for that spell.
• May 3, 2019 If you cast a spell for another cost "rather than pay its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Spark Harvest, those must be paid to cast the card.

Bolas's Citadel has been reprinted 12 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment	Price before	Day 1	30 days	90 days
FCA #7	2025-06-13	Rare	Borderless	$8.69	$14.10	$14.24	$13.47
FCA #7	2025-06-13	Rare	Borderless	$54.77	$40.65	$60.23	$48.58
MB2 #39	2024-08-02	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	$5.68
PLG21 #3	2021-12-18	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
SLD #1187	2021-06-21	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
SLD #1187	2021-06-21	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
PWAR #79p	2019-05-03	Rare	Promo Pack	—	—	—	—
PWAR #79p	2019-05-03	Rare	Promo Pack	—	—	—	—
PWAR #79s	2019-05-03	Rare	Prerelease	—	—	—	—
WAR #79	2019-05-03	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
WAR #79	2019-05-03	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—
PWAR #79	2019-05-03	Rare	Standard	—	—	—	—

Bolas's Citadel is the #263 most-played card on EDHREC, down 1 place over the last 30 days.