Can you mutate with Bolas’s Citadel?
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You cannot mutate from the top of your library with Bolas’s Citadel, but you can cast a creature with mutate from the top of your library paying life instead of its mana cost. This is because Bolas’s Citadel imposes an alternative cost to spells when they are cast from the top of your library, replacing the mana cost of spells.
Understanding Bolas’s Citadel
How it Works
Bolas’s Citadel lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want, 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Mutate? Mutate is an alternate casting cost, just like Bolas’s Citadel. You can only apply one alternate casting cost to a card.
- How does Bolas’s Citadel work? Bolas’s Citadel lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want, even if you don’t have priority. 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 converted mana cost rather than pay its mana cost.
- Can you cast lands with Bolas’s Citadel? Yes, you may play lands from the top of your library using Bolas’s Citadel.
- Can you play instants with Bolas’s Citadel? You may cast instants from the top of your library, but you will have to pay life equal to its converted mana cost.
- Is Nicol Bolas the strongest? Nicol Bolas is one of Magic’s oldest planeswalkers and is considered one of the strongest, if not the strongest.
- Why is Nicol Bolas so powerful? As an Elder Dragon, Nicol Bolas is naturally a powerful being, and he also has the added powers of a planeswalker. He has increased his powers immensely by harvesting the sparks of other planeswalkers.
- Do cost reductions affect Bolas’s Citadel? No, cost reductions do not affect Bolas’s Citadel, as it uses the converted mana cost of cards, which is never cost reduced.
- Does Nicol Bolas count as a dragon? Yes, Nicol Bolas is an Elder Dragon and is considered one of the most powerful dragons in Magic: The Gathering lore.
- Can Nicol Bolas, the Ravager, be a commander? Yes, Nicol Bolas, the Ravager can be a commander and is particularly well-suited for Brawl.
- Is Bolas still alive? Nicol Bolas was defeated and apparently killed by Umezawa, but his current status is that he is trapped forever on his Meditation Realm and has lost his Spark.
- Where is Nicol Bolas trapped? Nicol Bolas is trapped forever on his Meditation Realm, where he was defeated by the combined planeswalkers of the Multiverse.
- Is Nicol Bolas a villain? Yes, Nicol Bolas is considered one of the main villains in the Magic: The Gathering story.
- Is Nicol Bolas a planeswalker? Yes, Nicol Bolas is a planeswalker and one of the most powerful in the Magic: The Gathering multiverse.
- Did Bolas create Amonkhet? No, Nicol Bolas did not create Amonkhet, but he corrupted a pre-existing plane and warped its culture to worship him.
- What is Nicol Bolas’s weakness? Nicol Bolas’s weakness is that if you separate his spirit from his body, distract the spirit, and destroy the body, you can kill him temporarily. He can also die from enough sheer power.