Pointed Discussion

Shouldn't this card subtype actually be "Bolas’s-Meditation-Realm"?
I guess the rulings for Plane cards might be different from regular cards, but i'm used to those hyphens from deviant creature types from older cards that got changed with the Oracle until they got finally removed with the Grand Creature Type Update.

The first effect reminds me of Mindmoil.
The "chaos ability" seems kind of broken considering that there aren't many Planes which have a drawback here. But i never played these cards and still don't exactly know how all this works, so i better don't jump to any conclusions right now.

Negetive to you chaos popups for this:
flipping up a Sanctum of Serra with this chaos ability if you have a significantly higher health total then 20
Acadamy at Tolaria West will destroy your hand without compensation.
Bant/Minamo/Naya when you personally cant use the chaos effect
The Hippodrome if no one has a creature with 0 power
Tazeem if you dont have a Spellbook/Undercity Reaches' chaos effect when later in the game

another problem is this plane while doing well to keep a game moving, can destroy your chances of winning if you have no tutors and you draw the card you need earlier then you can play it

I've had this go off and one of the planes gave me a 0/1 goat.

I really like the art on all of the "planes".

Haha. Nicol Bolas is hiding in the lake, you can see his goofy horns.

The roll ability overpowered in any way. Since all players are able to utilize the power of the Plane cards, it only creates that much more excitement when Pools of Becoming hits the table. The regular passive ability of this also ensures that the games are fast-paced, with people casting everything they can when they draw something good.

All in all a very exciting card, and the art is nice too.

Bolas is taking a bath right now. I recommend you get out before he makes you get out.

Nicol Bolas: "Soon."

@Darkfury: Sanctum of Serra's chaos ability is a may effect. You don't have to lose a bunch of life. But I understand your overstated point that this won't always be that crazy. No chaotic effect is always fun.

I actually thought the horns were fake, an effigy placed there by Bolas in honor of himself.

It's too bad that this is end step rather than upkeep, as in Teferi's Puzzle Box. This card makes it impossible to plan how much mana to leave up for other players' turns, which is an important skill in multi-player games.

With 2012 out, this could be even more disappointing... can you imagine skipping through 2 phenomenon, having them end up on the bottom of your deck and only getting one chaos instead of three?