Bolas's Citadel 
Legendary Artifact
Oracle text (EN)
Legendary Artifact
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.
, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
Printing details
- Set
- PLG21 · 3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Jonas De Ro
- Released
- 2021-06-22
- Prices
- €6.18 · $9.01
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| October 29, 2026 | €6.20 | €3.19 |
| October 28, 2026 | €6.18 | €3.19 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €4.49 trend €0.00 30-day avg – | low €4.49 trend €6.20 30-day avg €6.17 |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from – | NM from €3.19 with Zero from €8.30 |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from – | NM from €3.19 |
Cardmarket updated Oct 29, 2026 · CardTrader updated Oct 29, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Legal
- competitivebrawl Legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Legal
- historic Legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Legal
- tlr Not legal
Rulings
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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.
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Bolas's Citadel may be one of the permanents you sacrifice to activate its last ability.
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You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the cards you play from your library.
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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.
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If a spell has
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost. -
You can play a land card from the top of your library only if you have available land plays remaining.
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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.
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In a Two-Headed Giant game, the last ability of Bolas's Citadel causes the opposing team to lose 20 life.