First printed in War of the Spark (2019)
All 8 prints
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Marvel Universe (MAR) #58, 2026
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Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #14, 2025
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Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #41, 2025
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Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #92, 2025
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The List (PLST) #WAR-62, 2024
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War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) #62p, 2019
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War of the Spark Promos (PWAR) #62s, 2019
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War of the Spark (WAR) #62, 2019
Instant
Copy target instant or sorcery spell, then return it to its owner's hand. You may choose new targets for the copy.
"In the disarray of battle, an enemy's attack may be your most convenient weapon."
—Narset
- Illustrated by
- Viktor Titov
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Standard Brawl
Rulings (10)
- The copy is created on the stack, so it’s not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won’t trigger.
- Narset’s Reversal can copy any instant or sorcery spell, not just one with targets.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- If you copy a spell, you control the copy. Narset’s Reversal and the copy resolve before the original spell would have resolved.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).
Combos
164 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite turns, Lock: Isochron Scepter + Narset's Reversal (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Narset's Reversal + Twinning Staff
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Narset's Reversal + Storm-Kiln Artist + Thousand-Year Storm
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Narset's Reversal + Reverberate
- Infinite self-discard triggers, Infinite draw triggers…: Fire Lord Azula + Frantic Search + Narset's Reversal
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Expansion // Explosion + Narset's Reversal
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Fire Lord Azula + Narset's Reversal + Storm-Kiln Artist
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Narset's Reversal + Return the Favor
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Narset's Reversal + Reiterate
- Win the game: Approach of the Second Sun + Narset's Reversal
