Nicol Bolas Discard/Pox (EDH / Commander) [Revision 6]

At its heart this is a Pox deck, utilizing seemingly symmetric discard / sacrifice effects to deny our opponents resources - ideally quickly emptying their hands and ruining their board state. [[Squee, Goblin Nabob]], Crucible of Worlds, Waste Not, Bitterblossom and Geth's Grimoire are the primary cards that break that symmetry.

From there the deck wins using any planeswalker ultimate, stolen creatures, [[the Haunt of Hightower]] grown to ridiculous proportions, or [[Bloodchief Ascension]].

Instants, sorceries, creatures and planeswalkers can be played from our own or other player's graveyards with [[Kess, Dissident Mage]], [[The Scarab God]], [[Nicol Bolas, the Arisen]] and various other spells like [[Mnemonic Betrayal]]. Enchantments can be brought back with [[Deliver Unto Evil]].

The many mana rocks maximize the effectiveness of the mass land destruction spells, and make it possible to flip Bolas quickly.
As in all of my decks, no Sol Ring/Mana Crypt due to house rules.

Notable Synergies

[[Geier Reach Sanitarium]] + [[Notion Thief]] -> Opponents discard, You draw for each opponent (instant speed). Can lead to hard lock.
[[The Haunt of Hightower]] / [[Bloodchief Ascension]] + Any mass removal spell -> Massive damage & life gain
[[Devastation]] / [[Pox]] + Any planeswalker + Mana rocks -> Board superiority
[[Geth's Grimoire]] + [[Geier Reach Sanitarium]]/[[Pox]]/[[Mind Twist]]/[[Arterial Flow]] etc. -> Massive card draw
[[Squee, Goblin Nabob]] + Any self discard -> "Draw" an extra card for free.
[[Long-Term Plans]] + [[Nicol Bolas, the Arisen]] / [[Ponder]] / [[Preordain]] -> Instantly draw the tutored for card, when Long-Term Plans is played EOT.
[[Baral's Expertise]] + [[Nicol Bolas, the Ravager]] -> Bounce Nicol Bolas to hand to make opponents discard their bounced cards if their hands are empty.
[[Angrath, the Flame Chained]] + [[Bloodchief Ascension]] -> Always gains counters & later deal double damage and gain life.

Enchantment Removal

[[Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker]]
[[Chaos Warp]]
[[Nevinyrral's Disk]]
[[Praetor's Grasp]] (search for disenchant in opponent's deck)
[[Mnemonic Betrayal]] (if opponent's graveyard has enchantment removal)
[[Cyclonic Rift]]