Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

As of Aug 1, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh is $3.11 (HOU #140), and the most expensive is $53.90 (PS17 #140, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $3.11, up 6.5% over 7 days, up 14.8% over 30 days, up 6.9% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $4.08 (2026).

Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh has 7 tracked printings across 5 sets, in nonfoil, foil and etched finishes, including borderless, inverted, promo pack and prerelease treatments.

HOU #140

$3.11

CK $4.99 / $2.00 36%

MP $2.63 60 avail

PHOU #140p Promo Pack

$3.50 +13%

CK $5.99 / $2.50 29%

MP $3.62 7 avail

2X2 #260

$3.97 +28%

CK $3.99 / $1.50 62%

MP $2.95 44 avail

SLC #2017 Borderless

$4.08 +31%

CK $4.99 / $2.00 51%

MP $4.01 23 avail

2X2 #260 Foil

$4.34 +40%

CK $5.99 / $3.00 31%

MP $3.59 12 avail

PHOU #140p Promo Pack Foil

$4.62 +49%

CK $5.99 / $3.00 35%

MP $5.53 2 avail

HOU #140 Foil

$5.11 +64%

CK $7.99 / $3.20 37%

MP $4.45 9 avail

SLC #2017 Borderless Foil

$5.35 +72%

CK $5.99 / $2.00 63%

MP $5.06 7 avail

PHOU #140s Prerelease Foil

$11.93 +284%

CK $12.99 / $7.50 37%

MP $7.81 3 avail

2X2 #530 Inverted Etched

$12.63 +306%

CK $10.99 / $4.60 64%

MP $57.28 2 avail

PS17 #140 Foil

$53.90 +1633%

CK $89.99 / $59.00 -9%

MP $58.46 5 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $59.00 cash for PS17 #140 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 34% (normal).

• Jul 14, 2017 Casting the card exiled with Nicol Bolas's first ability follows the normal timing rules for casting that card. For example, if the card is a creature card, you can cast that card only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
• Jul 14, 2017 If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
• Jul 14, 2017 If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as emerge costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Tormenting Voice, you must pay those to cast the card.
• Jul 14, 2017 If you don't cast the card exiled by Nicol Bolas's first ability that turn, it will remain exiled.
• Jul 14, 2017 In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spell or permanent cards you control from Nicol Bolas's first ability are exiled.

Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh has been reprinted 11 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
SLC #2017	2022-11-01	Mythic	Borderless
SLC #2017	2022-11-01	Mythic	Borderless
2X2 #530	2022-07-08	Mythic	Inverted
2X2 #260	2022-07-08	Mythic	Standard
2X2 #260	2022-07-08	Mythic	Standard
PS17 #140	2017-07-20	Mythic	Standard
PHOU #140s	2017-07-14	Mythic	Prerelease
PHOU #140p	2017-07-14	Mythic	Promo Pack
PHOU #140p	2017-07-14	Mythic	Promo Pack
HOU #140	2017-07-14	Mythic	Standard

Showing the 10 most recent of 11 printings.

Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh is the #5,770 most-played card on EDHREC, down 66 places over the last 30 days.