I love love love planeswalkers that defend themselves. He has two abilities that can immediately protect himself from a threat, and an achievable ultimate that will really wreck your opponent's day. And after a Wrath effect, you can hold important land down.
My only dissatisfaction with this guy is in multiplayer. He is so focused at hosing a single player, that he seems lackluster in a game of 6 people.
Best moment: top-decking him when an opponent stabilized and gained control of the battlefield at 2 life.
Posted By:
kiseki
(3/15/2012 7:17:48 PM)
@Gman92:
If we are going to compare planeswalkers side by side and say that the 8 mana 3 color with a 2 black color weight planeswalker has better abilities overall and pretend the mana cost means nothing, then yes, Nico Bolas is by far the best planeswalker (which makes sense because he is the most feared, most powerful, and oldest of the planeswalkers in the fluff)
In terms of which is more likely to come out sooner and effect the game early enough to matter, ajani is better.
In terms of overall loyalty maintaining abilities and flexibility with the ability to kill things with no issues and give you total card advantage, Nico Bolas wins out.
I agree with point 1.
Point 2 contradicts directly with point one. Additionally, it takes 4 turns to get ajani out, and assuming you can consistently get mana, 8 turns for Bolas. Assuming no ramps for the reason neither walker has green and so ramping mana is few and fleeting (though Bolas's color allows for control, meaning lots of land... (see all)
Posted By:
Wisdomseyes
(3/28/2012 9:27:59 PM)
This card was in every tournament deck for a while.
Posted By:
wholelottalove
(10/1/2012 7:05:05 AM)
Example:
Senario 1:
Ajani Player:"I draw....wait for it....AJANI!!!"
Bolas Player:"MWAHAHAHA +3 goodbye Ajani"
Ajani Player:"but...but...but...*sobs*"
Senario 2:
Ajani Player:"I draw...Ajani!!"
Bolas Player:"NOOOO"
FOUR TURNS LATER
Ajani Player:"-7 mwahahaha"
Bolas Player:"I...I...*pulls out hand and stares*...I...i...quit"
Posted By:
SynergyShade
(10/8/2012 8:25:54 PM)
Loving how his -2 is Lightning Helix. Also that is one monstrous ultimate.
Posted By:
Continue
(11/18/2012 5:51:04 PM)
Perfect abilities for the cost. I'm a big fan of Tamiyo's +1 ability and occasionally its useful to tap your opponent's dual land so they're stuck waiting while you get your side of the board wrapped up. His ultimate pretty much guarantees a rage-quit every time, whether it's early or late game.
Posted By:
Smoke_Stack
(2/6/2013 7:15:41 AM)
Can he actually tap the target permanent with his ability?
Posted By:
Winhert
(3/14/2013 2:45:23 PM)
"KKKKKKKKKHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN!
Posted By:
moonmist103
(9/29/2013 2:30:22 PM)
His abilitys lend themselves to Ral Zarek.
+1: Tap something
-2: 3 Damage
-7: This is where they are different, because Ajani destroys them, while Ral's two extra turns let you destroy them.
They both have the same price, except for their color's.
Posted By:
Belgarath123
(11/2/2013 5:57:47 AM)
I like the original art from shards of Alara over the duel deck version.
Posted By:
Reaginicwolf
(12/13/2013 4:41:14 PM)