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New Nicol Bolas Magic: The Gathering Card From Hour of Devastation Revealed


Art: Raymond Swanland/ Wizards of the Coast

In the video that Wizards of the Coast released for Magic: The Gathering's 25th Anniversary announcement, we got our first look at the Nicol Bolas card that will be included in the Hour of Devastation Planeswalker deck. You'll catch a glimpse of it in this video:

Did you catch it? You'll see it at the 9:11 mark, and just in case you missed it, here are some screenshots:

Nicol Bolas, The Deceiver (5)UBR

+3: Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent or discards a card.
-3: Destroy target creature. Draw a card.
-11: Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver deals 7 damage to each opponent. You draw seven cards.

It looks like this card is great for multiplayer commander or two-headed giant games. The screenshot didn't reveal the card's starting loyalty. Note that there's another Nicol Bolas card in Hour of Devastation, which you can see here. The Planeswalker card in Planeswalker decks are usually the weaker version compared to the ones you can actually pull from booster packs.

Set Name:Hour of Devastation
Block: Set 2 of 2 in the Amonkhet Block
Number of Cards: 184
Prerelease Events: July 8-9, 2017
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Launch Weekend: July 20-22, 2017
Game Day: August 5-6, 2017
Magic Online Prerelease Events: July 21, 2017
Magic Online Release Date: July 24, 2017
Pro Tour Date: July 28-30, 2017
Official Three-Letter Code: HOU
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGHOU
Languages Available: English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

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