Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver

As of Apr 21, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver is $6.58 (HOU #205, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $5.96, up 9.2% over 7 days. All-time tracked high: $5.96 (2026).

Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in foil finishes.

HOU #205 Foil

$6.58

CK $13.99 / $6.50 1%

MP $4.77 28 avail

Card Kingdom currently pays $6.50 cash for HOU #205 (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 54% (wide).

• Jul 14, 2017 If Nicol Bolas's third ability causes each opponent to have 0 or less life, but it also causes you to try to draw more cards than you have in your library, the game ends in a draw.
• Jul 14, 2017 If the target of Nicol Bolas's second ability becomes illegal, the ability doesn't resolve and you won't draw a card. If that target is legal but can't be destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, you still draw a card.
• Jul 14, 2017 In a multiplayer game, each opponent in turn order makes their choice for Nicol Bolas's first ability, then all of the actions occur simultaneously. Opponents will know choices made by earlier opponents when making their choices, although a card chosen to be discarded this way isn't revealed until it's discarded.
• Jul 14, 2017 While resolving Nicol Bolas's first ability, your opponent chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a nonland permanent to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that permanent, or loses 3 life. Your opponent can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.

Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver has been reprinted 1 time.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
HOU #205	2017-07-14	Mythic	Standard

Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver is the #12,669 most-played card on EDHREC, down 63 places over the last 30 days.