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## What Nicol Bolas, Archenemy: Reimagined is trying to do
After playing the original product several times, I found several glaring issues with it:
After playing the original product several times, we found several glaring issues with it:
* There was far too much variance with the Bolas deck, often getting mana-flooded or, paradoxically, mana-screwed. This made playing the deck frustrating.
* The deck based way too much on the Schemes; unless those went off in the right way, the deck was quite weak.
* The first two added up to mean that, out of 7 total completed games played, Bolas lost every time, with about as many scoops due to an obvious incoming loss. While that has a certain flavour ring, the product was reflecting the early parts of the War of the Spark storyline where Bolas *won* consistently, so this felt off, and was of course quite unfun to play as a result.
* The Gatewatch decks weren't swingy *enough*. After 6-7 turns they were able to consistently mow down anything the Bolas deck did even in the face of Schemes and big pain cards like Cruel Ultimatum. I wanted to power these down slightly to provide a bit more variance especially into the late-game.
* The Gatewatch decks weren't swingy *enough*. After 6-7 turns they were able to consistently mow down anything the Bolas deck did even in the face of Schemes and big pain cards like Cruel Ultimatum. We wanted to power these down slightly to provide a bit more variance especially into the late-game.
* The games were really short, barring long decision-making sessions among the Gatewatch: games rarely went longer than 8-9 turns before an obvious conclusion was inevitable (invariably, Bolas losing).
Additionally, there were some aspects that weren't exactly issues, but that I wanted to change:
Additionally, there were some aspects that weren't exactly issues, but that we wanted to change:
* I wanted to expand towards the later part of the Bolas Arc, specifically the War of the Spark itself. Combined with the repowering of the decks, I felt like this would be a major flavour win, as we could decide the outcome of his entire plan with the game as well as add some more cool things.
* I really wanted Bolas to be commanding the Dreadhorde here, with much more of a Zombie/Amass theme and adding Liliana to his deck.
* I wanted the ability to mix-and-match Gatewatch members in a more consistent way to allow either more players in one game, or more variety between games (how would Bolas fare against, say, Gideon, Chandra and Jace? Or Jace, Nissa, and Chandra, etc.).
* I wanted a Commander-like deck structure. Not just for the singleton aspect, but also for the ability to repeatedly bring out the key Planeswalkers over a longer game.
* We wanted to expand towards the later part of the Bolas Arc, specifically the War of the Spark itself. Combined with the repowering of the decks, we felt like this would be a major flavour win, as we could decide the outcome of his entire plan with the game as well as add some more cool things.
* We really wanted Bolas to be commanding the Dreadhorde here, with much more of a Zombie/Amass theme and adding Liliana to his deck.
* We wanted the ability to mix-and-match Gatewatch members in a more consistent way to allow either more players in one game, or more variety between games (how would Bolas fare against, say, Gideon, Chandra and Jace? Or Jace, Nissa, and Chandra, etc.).
* We wanted a Commander-like deck structure. Not just for the singleton aspect, but also for the ability to repeatedly bring out the key Planeswalkers over a longer game.
## How To Play Nicol Bolas, Archenemy: Reimagined
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* The player may cast their Oath at any time from the command zone, regardless of whether they control their Commander or not (which, given the abilities of the Oaths, is quite critical). [Change from normal Oathbreaker]
* If the Oath would leave the battlefield, it instead returns to the command zone. [Same as normal Oathbreaker]
* The Oath costs {2} more to cast for each time it has been previously cast this game. [Same as normal Oathbreaker]
* The original Oath of Nissa card has a second ability ("use mana as if it was any colour to cast planeswalkers") that is functionally useless in her deck and this format, since each deck features only a single planeswalker and the deck is forced into those colours with a good dual-colour manabase. Instead, this variant uses [a new, custom Oath of Nissa card to compensate](images/nissas-new-oath.png). The new version keeps the first ability, changes the second ability to an extra land drop whenever a planeswalker (i.e. Nissa) enters the battlefield, and increases the cost to {G}{G} to compensate for the slightly increased power here (comparable to Explore). While this is optional, I feel it helps keep parity between the 4 Gatewatch decks and avoids a feel-bad moment when the Nissa player realizes her Oath has no functional planeswalker-enters ability like the others have.
* The original Oath of Nissa card has a second ability ("use mana as if it was any colour to cast planeswalkers") that is functionally useless in her deck and this format, since each deck features only a single planeswalker and the deck is forced into those colours with a good dual-colour manabase. Instead, this variant uses [a new, custom Oath of Nissa card to compensate](images/nissas-new-oath.png). The new version keeps the first ability, changes the second ability to an extra land drop whenever a planeswalker (i.e. Nissa) enters the battlefield, and increases the cost to {G}{G} to compensate for the slightly increased power here (comparable to Explore). While this is optional, we feel it helps keep parity between the 4 Gatewatch decks and avoids a feel-bad moment when the Nissa player realizes her Oath has no functional planeswalker-enters ability like the others have.
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Oath of Nissa {U}{G}
Legendary Enchantment