It's time for the most anticipated deck tech of Hour of Devastation standard, Grixis control! Hail the God-Pharaoh!
Control looks strong in the upcoming standard, and Nicol Bolas is only one of the cards from Hour of Devastation that improves the deck. Supreme Will, Abrade and the set's namesake card, Hour of Devastation, are all great additions that push control over the top. The Scarab God even makes an appearance, and it turns out he's one of the most powerful cards in the deck!
There are a lot of ways to build this deck right now, and I'm bound to have left out a card or two that you would've liked to see. Before I finish up this description, let me address why.
The big question when building Grixis ends up boiling down to this: Would you rather play U/R and splash Black, or U/B and splash Red? This leads to another question: Would I rather be able to consistently play spells with double black in the costs or spells with double red in the cost? It's far too greedy to expect to be able to play double colored mana costs in all three of your colors with any degree of reliability.
I personally think the payoff for prioritizing red is higher, as I'd rather play card slike Sweltering Suns, Hour of Devastation, and especially Chandra over Bontu's Last Reckoning, Grasp of Darkness, or Never//Return. I also think red's removal suite is better in a lot of ways; Magma Spray gives you a way to exile Dread Wanderers and Scrapheaps, Harnessed Lightning gives you much-needed energy for Aether Hub or can take out a pretty big creature after a Glimmer of Genius, Abrade kills Heart of Kiran, Torrential Gearhulk, Oketra's Monument, and more, and Hour of Devastation is probably the best sweeper in standard (being a clean answer to Gideon/Chandra goes a long way, as does blanking Selfless Spirit and Avacyn). I prefer this removal package over Push/Grasp/Reckoning.
And now, the list. Sorry for all the exposition, but I felt it was necessary to explain myself a bit. Here's Bolas control:

Removal
3 Magma Spray
3 Harnessed Lightning
1 Abrade
1 Sweltering Suns
2 Hour of Devastation

Counterspells
2 Essence Scatter
1 Negate
3 Censor
3 Disallow

Card Draw
3 Supreme Will
4 Glimmer of Genius

Win Conditions
4 Torrential Gearhulk
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 The Scarab God
1 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

Lands (26)
4 Aether Hub
4 Spirebluff Canal
4 Wandering Fumarole
2 Canyon Slough
1 Fetid Pools
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Choked Estuary
1 Swamp
4 Mountain
4 Island

Sideboard
2 Dispel
2 Fatal Push
2 Abrade
2 Negate
1 Sweltering Suns
2 To the Slaughter
1 Doomfall
1 Cut//Ribbons
1 Sphinx of the Final Word
1 Nicol Bolas

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