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Narset's Reversal

Instant MV 2

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What it does

Copy target instant or sorcery spell, then return it to its owner's hand. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Combos with Narset's Reversal

The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

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Rulings

10 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2019-05-03

    The copy is created on the stack, so it’s not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won’t trigger.

  • 2019-05-03

    Narset’s Reversal can copy any instant or sorcery spell, not just one with targets.

  • 2019-05-03

    The copy will have the same targets as the spell it’s copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, you can’t choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).

  • 2019-05-03

    If the spell that’s copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast (like Finale of Promise does), the copy will have the same value of X.

  • 2019-05-03

    If the spell has damage divided as it was cast, the division can’t be changed (although the targets receiving that damage still can). The same is true of spells that distribute counters.

  • 2019-05-03

    If you copy a spell, you control the copy. Narset’s Reversal and the copy resolve before the original spell would have resolved.

  • 2019-05-03

    If the spell that’s copied is modal (that is, it says “Choose one —” or the like), the copy will have the same mode. A different mode can’t be chosen.

  • 2019-05-03

    The controller of a copy can’t choose to pay any alternative or additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any alternative or additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy.

  • 2019-05-03

    If a copy of a spell is returned to its owner’s hand, it’s moved there, then it will cease to exist as a state-based action.

  • 2019-05-03

    If a spell is returned to its owner’s hand, it’s removed from the stack and thus will not resolve. The spell isn’t countered; it just no longer exists. This works against a spell that can’t be countered.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Narset's Reversal, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 5
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games, which is not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis 2 0 —
Namor the Sub-Mariner 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Four-Color (no Black) 2 decks
  • Mono-Blue 1 deck

Every version of Narset's Reversal

8 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.

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Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.