Disciple of Bolas
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
When this creature enters, sacrifice another creature. You gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.
Combos with Disciple of Bolas
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Body of Research Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite lifegain
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2020-08-07
The creature's power as it last existed on the battlefield is the amount of life you gain and the number of cards you draw.
- 2020-08-07
If you control at least one other creature when the ability resolves, you must sacrifice one. If you don't control any other creatures at that time, the ability won't do anything.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Disciple of Bolas, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betor, Ancestor's Voice | 1 | 1 | — |
| Henzie "Toolbox" Torre | 1 | 0 | — |
| Teval, the Balanced Scale | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Jund 1 deck
- Sultai 1 deck
- Abzan 1 deck
Disciple of Bolas price history
The Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander #178 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.40 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.40 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.45 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.44 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.43 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.46 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.45 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.44 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.38 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.37 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Disciple of Bolas
7 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.40
- Normal
- $0.37
- Normal
- $1.54
- Normal
- $2.38
- Foil
- $3.93
- Normal
- $1.18
- Normal
- $0.41
- Normal
- $0.59
- Foil
- $7.03
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Disciple of Bolas. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
