Nicol Bolas

Nicol Bolas is one of the major antagonists of Magic The Gathering.

Nicol Bolas' sole purpose in the series is to stir things up in the universe using carefully planned actions and motivations to slowly domineer over other influences in the multiverse, until he eventually regains his full power and claims the title as ruler of the universe. So far, he is the strongest and currently oldest planes-walker in the series, with very few able to match or even hold him off in combat, as he continues to manipulate the main cast of the series into doing his bidding, until he eventually get everything he wants.

The Dragon War and Bolas' Ascension

Thousands of years before the Brother's War ( a conflict fought between Urza and Mishra for supremacy), the Elder Dragons of the plane of Dominaria fought in a civil war that obliterated countless planes. Nicol Bolas alone rose victorious, one of the last remaining Elder Dragons, and through his great victory became a Planeswalker.

Millenia after the Dragon War, Bolas fought a demonic leviathan (commonly referred to as "the Leviathan") in what was the first Planeswalker's duel on the plane of Dominaria. The fight lasted for roughly a month, almost completely obliterated the empire of Madara (an empire established and ruled by Nicol Bolas) reducing it to a third of its original size. The ensuing devastation caused by the battle also created the first temporal rift. In the end, Nicol Bolas won by utilizing his mind-shattering touch to best his opponent. After the battle, Bolas feasted upon the Leviathan's corpse over the course of a year, absorbing its power and consequently obtained the ability to manipulate blue mana. What remained after Bolas finished his feast was a cluster of the Leviathan's ribs, which later became known as the Talon Gates, a site that Bolas considered his greatest victory.

Invasion and Recreation of Amonkhet

At presumably 60 years before the Battle of Zendikar and the formation of the Gatewatch, Nicol Bolas planeswalked to Amonkhet. Bolas had picked Amonkhet for the site of creating an army of the most highly-trained warriors the Multiverse had ever seen. Bolas invaded the oasis city of Naktamun and subsequently created an instantaneous genocide of every adult in the entire plane of Amonkhet, mind-wiped and brainwashed the gods of Amonkhet (Oketra the True, Kefnet the Mindful, Bontu the Glorified, Rhonas the Indomitable, Hazoret the Fervent, and three unnamed gods who Bolas put in stasis for when he would need them 60 years later