NICOL BOLAS GOD PHARAOH PLUS

If youвЂ™re looking for this cardвЂ™s вЂњdefaultвЂќ plus ability, youвЂ™ve found it.ДЇor the record, this -4 ability has been errataвЂ™d to include planeswalkers your opponents control so yes, the God-Pharaoh can also function as Oathbreaker removal.

This kind of ability will effectively empty all of your opponentsвЂ™ hands in just a few turns more often than not, which will help ensure that no one will be able to keep up with you in the late game. In a four-player game, this effect will permanently get rid of 6 random cards from your opponents (assuming they have any cards in hand to begin with). For the low cost of adding a loyalty counter to your Oathbreaker, the God-Pharaoh will decimate your opponentsвЂ™ number of cards in hand. This second ability might secretly be the strongest of the God-PharaohвЂ™s abilities for Oathbreaker, at least when considering both the power and the cost of the ability. IвЂ™d say this is one of the weaker abilities on this particular planeswalker, but itвЂ™s definitely a fun ability. The fact that this effect is slapped onto a +2 ability is also worth noting, since that means this ability doubles as an effective way to build/maintain BolasвЂ™s loyalty count. This first ability is quite the wacky form of card advantage! Although it is a bit of a spin of the wheel, this ability can nearly guarantee you one free spell on each of your turns.

LetвЂ™s begin by taking a look at the individual abilities on Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh. Normally I donвЂ™t tinker around much with seven-drop planeswalkers in this format, but BolasвЂ™s abilities hit just the right balance of вЂњpowerfulвЂќ and вЂњspicyвЂќ to suit my brewing tastes. ItвЂ™s been a hot minute since the last time I posted a вЂњNew PerspectivesвЂќ article, which was all about Nissa of Shadowed Boughs ( linked here), but this weekвЂ™s article is all about Grixis! Since Amonkhet Remastered was released on MTG Arena back in August, IвЂ™ve been thinking a lot more about the good old God-Pharaoh here and how he can be built around in Oathbreaker.

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