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Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Schemes
Magic pages should feel like an illuminated archive: rules-heavy, history-aware, and serious about print treatment — anchored right now by No One Will Hear Your Cries.
Cards tracked20
Variants tracked1
Market floor$0.97
Grail card$3.8
Set index
A tradeable basket for the whole set.
Complete set basket$37.1520 priced cards roll into the current estimate.
Chase basket$21Tracks the highest-signal cards instead of the long tail.
Raw lane basket$1.86Useful for estimating where the body of the set sits today.
Coverage is live on 100% of the set right now, which is enough to show the market center even before the long tail fully fills in.
common is the dominant rarity band in this release, while Scheme is the strongest card-family signal on the page today.
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Set pulse
Real activity where we have it, honest signals where we do not.
Activity is still forming for this set. The price coverage and chase basket above update as VaultStore listings and sales deepen.
Rarity mix
Where the card count is concentrated.
common20
Trusted sellers
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Trusted seller rankings will fill in here as more live listings attach to this set.
Related sets
Continue the chronology.
Temperature index
Heat signal across the full set.
On Fire0
Heating Up13
Cooling2
Top movers
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Cooling off
Cards losing momentum in the current window.
Card grid
Completion tracking
Built for real set goals, not generic wishlists.
0%owned
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Collector guide
Why this set matters right now.
Reserved List icons, Commander staples, foils, borderless treatments, and modern premium printings all route through the same browse surface.
Foundations is the cleanest current on-ramp for cataloging modern staples.
Beta and Arabian Nights remain the benchmark history surfaces every serious collectible page gets measured against.
Set overview
A destination page, not just a listing grid.
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Schemes is a 20-card supplemental set released in 2026 that represents a significant departure from traditional Magic product structure. As a specialized scheme-focused release, it functions as an expansion to the Archenemy format, which positions one player against multiple opponents using unique oversized cards that create asymmetrical gameplay conditions. The set centers entirely on Nicol Bolas, Magic's most prominent villain, deepening the narrative around this character across multiple formats. Notable schemes like No One Will Hear Your Cries, My Forces Are Innumerable, This World Belongs to Me, Know Evil, and What's Yours Is Now Mine demonstrate the set's thematic coherence while introducing mechanically complex effects designed for multiplayer environments. The limited card count reflects its niche positioning within Magic's broader release calendar, targeting experienced players and format enthusiasts rather than casual audiences. Collectors value this set for its narrative significance and the specialized nature of scheme cards, which remain exclusive to Archenemy products.
A great Magic catalog page needs to explain finish splits, print treatments, and why the set still matters across formats.
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FAQ
What makes Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Schemes important for collectors?
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Schemes sits inside the live magic archive. and matters because it combines set identity, chase hierarchy, and live market behavior in one place.
