Bolas's Citadel

Printings

  • War of the Spark (WAR)#79
  • Love Your LGS 2021 (PLG21)#3
  • Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (FCA)#7
  • War of the Spark Promos (PWAR)#79
  • Mystery Booster 2 (MB2)#39
  • Magic Online Promos (PRM)#72317
  • Secret Lair Drop (SLD)#1187
  • War of the Spark Promos (PWAR)#79s
  • War of the Spark Promos (PWAR)#79p
  • Magic Online Promos (PRM)#99975

Bolas's Citadel

Card Information

Type: Legendary Artifact

Mana Cost: 3Black manaBlack manaBlack mana

CMC: 6

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for B

Set: War of the Spark (WAR)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 79

Oracle Text

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost. {T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. May 3, 2019

    If you cast a spell for another cost "rather than pay its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Spark Harvest, those must be paid to cast the card.

    Source: wotc
  2. May 3, 2019

    Bolas's Citadel may be one of the permanents you sacrifice to activate its last ability.

    Source: wotc
  3. May 3, 2019

    You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the cards you play from your library.

    Source: wotc
  4. May 3, 2019

    Bolas's Citadel lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want (with one restriction—see below), even if you don't have priority. This action doesn't use the stack. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand.

    Source: wotc
  5. May 3, 2019

    If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

    Source: wotc
  6. May 3, 2019

    You can play a land card from the top of your library only if you have available land plays remaining.

    Source: wotc
  7. May 3, 2019

    If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can't look at the next one until you're done paying for that spell.

    Source: wotc
  8. May 3, 2019

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, the last ability of Bolas's Citadel causes the opposing team to lose 20 life.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.

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