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Narset, Enlightened Exile

Narset, Enlightened Exile

Legendary Creature — Human Monk

Narset, Enlightened Exile wants a deck that casts extra spells for free off the top of its deck. It also works in a deck built around Humans or Monks.

  • Mana cost1 genericblueredwhite
  • White, Blue, Red ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 4
  • RarityMythic

Creatures you control have prowess.

Whenever Narset attacks, exile target noncreature, nonland card with mana value less than Narset's power from a graveyard and copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

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Cards That Fit Narset, Enlightened Exile

Picked for what they do in Narset's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Narset's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Narset, Enlightened Exile

explain how Narset works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 12 May 2023

If a creature has multiple instances of prowess, each triggers separately.

Wizards of the Coast 12 May 2023

If another effect causes Narset's power to be less than or equal to the mana value of the target card as the ability tries to resolve, the target is illegal. The card won't be exiled, and you won't get to cast a copy.

Wizards of the Coast 12 May 2023

If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X.

Wizards of the Coast 12 May 2023

If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.

Wizards of the Coast 12 May 2023

If you don't want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are performed.

Wizards of the Coast 12 May 2023

Narset's first ability gives it prowess while it's on the battlefield.

Wizards of the Coast 12 May 2023

Once a prowess ability triggers, causing the creature to lose prowess by removing Narset, Enlightened Exile won't affect that ability. The creature will still get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Wizards of the Coast 12 May 2023

You cast the copy while the ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn.

8 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Commanders that share the most with Narset, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWURPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, U for blue, R for red. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.Cascade/Free CastCascade decks cast extra spells for free, straight from the top of their deck, every time they cast the right card. Cascade turns over cards from the top of your library until it hits a cheaper spell, which you may cast without paying for it.Open the Cascade/Free Cast pageFree CastCan be cast without paying its mana cost when a condition is met, often "if you control your commander". Because it costs nothing, you can still answer something after your mana is already spent. Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting SwatOpen the Free Cast pageGraveyard HateEmpties graveyards or stops cards from coming back out of them, shutting down decks built on reusing their graveyard. Bojuka Bog, Scavenger Grounds. It answers a whole plan rather than one card: without it, something like Eternal Witness keeps returning the same card all game.Open the Graveyard Hate pageTarget RemovalRemoves a single chosen permanent by destroying it, exiling it or returning it to its owner's hand, however big it is. It is the precise answer to one problem, as opposed to a board wipe that hits everything. Damage and -X/-X can miss a big creature, so they are Damage Removal and -X/-X Removal instead. Swords to Plowshares, Beast WithinOpen the Target Removal page