Unfortunately, while cute attempts, those don't actually work. All that would manage to do is to kill the new Flip-Bolas.
Transform is a very specific instruction, to turn the permanent over, so the other face is up. Note this happens without it leaving the battlefield and re-entering, it just changes the characteristics of the permanent. But as the other side is a Planeswalker, that would mean it has no loyalty counters (Unless you found some way to put counters on him BEFORE trying this.) so Bolas would just be sent to the graveyard due to State-Based Actions.
That is why Bolas (and all the Origin Flip-Walkers), exile themselves first, before returning them transformed. So they can re-enter the battlefield as Planeswalkers, with loyalty counters.
He just forgot to add Oath of Gideon, but for all that work I would rather just pay the mana.
Cool card, but I honestly like the other versions of Bolas better. Flipped he doesn't even deal with creatures by himself, which I find strange. Completely misread that. He is a killer. I like him a bit better now. Still very hard to flip and protect, but if he did instant flip would be too good.
Even Oath of Gideon doesn't help. As he never enters the battlefield as a Planeswalker, unless you use his own ability. He enters as a creature. Then if he is transformed by anything other than his own ability, he never re-enters the battlefield. He just changes characteristics from creature to planeswalker.
I would love for their to be a way to break him and have his Planeswalker side for 4-mana. But there just isn't a way to do it. There wasn't for the Origins Flip-Walkers, and there isn't now.
Unfortunately, while cute attempts, those don't actually work. All that would manage to do is to kill the new Flip-Bolas.
Transform is a very specific instruction, to turn the permanent over, so the other face is up. Note this happens without it leaving the battlefield and re-entering, it just changes the characteristics of the permanent. But as the other side is a Planeswalker, that would mean it has no loyalty counters (Unless you found some way to put counters on him BEFORE trying this.) so Bolas would just be sent to the graveyard due to State-Based Actions.
That is why Bolas (and all the Origin Flip-Walkers), exile themselves first, before returning them transformed. So they can re-enter the battlefield as Planeswalkers, with loyalty counters.
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Even Oath of Gideon doesn't help. As he never enters the battlefield as a Planeswalker, unless you use his own ability. He enters as a creature. Then if he is transformed by anything other than his own ability, he never re-enters the battlefield. He just changes characteristics from creature to planeswalker.
I would love for their to be a way to break him and have his Planeswalker side for 4-mana. But there just isn't a way to do it. There wasn't for the Origins Flip-Walkers, and there isn't now.
Unfortunately, while cute attempts, those don't actually work. All that would manage to do is to kill the new Flip-Bolas.
Transform is a very specific instruction, to turn the permanent over, so the other face is up. Note this happens without it leaving the battlefield and re-entering, it just changes the characteristics of the permanent. But as the other side is a Planeswalker, that would mean it has no loyalty counters (Unless you found some way to put counters on him BEFORE trying this.) so Bolas would just be sent to the graveyard due to State-Based Actions.
That is why Bolas (and all the Origin Flip-Walkers), exile themselves first, before returning them transformed. So they can re-enter the battlefield as Planeswalkers, with loyalty counters.