Narset, Parter of Veils

Legendary Planeswalker — Narset

Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn.

-2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Combos

• Narset, Parter of Veils + Winds of Change
• Narset, Parter of Veils + Wheel of Fortune
• Ashiok, Dream Render + Narset, Parter of Veils + Teferi, Time Raveler

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

sylvannos on Hoax Storm v2

3 weeks ago

To start with, there's a few cards that have better Vintage equivalents. Overmaster and Spell Pierce should be the 3rd. and 4th. copies of Force of Will. Leftover space from cutting those can be Red Elemental Blast, Pyroblast, or Flusterstorm. You don't need Faithless Looting because we have Paradoxical Outcome, Sensei's Divining Top, Gush, Dig Through Time, Treasure Cruise, and Brainstorm to choose from. Merchant Scroll also belongs in here, because you can use it to grab Ancestral Recall at the very least. Usually you want it to make sure you have protection in hand by grabbing countermagic.

Library of Alexandria isn't good in this deck. And you're not the type that needs 8x {UR} sources, so Steam Vents can go, along with a few copies of Volcanic Island (1 or 2). Replace all of these with four copies of Scalding Tarn and basic lands. Or even just play 6x fetches. You need to be able to shuffle after using Brainstorm, Ponder,and Sensei's Divining Top.

From here, you have a solid U/R Storm shell. However, I wouldn't play straight "Modern U/R Storm, but Power 9" dot dec. 2 mana is a lot for Goblin Electromancer, there are easier ways of winning than Grapeshot, and so on. The question then becomes "Where to go from here?"

• Paradoxical Outcome is just the nuts. By bouncing moxen and cheap artifacts, it's a ritual (since you can replay everything for {0}, untapping it all) and it's a draw spell. However, Paradoxical Outcome requires Mox Opals, Lotus Petal, Lion's Eye Diamond, etc. so you'll have to cut rituals (likely Seething Song). The upside is you get an extremely powerful engine that can often end the game with a single Paradoxical Outcome.
• Thassa's Oracle is the new hotness for Vintage combo cards. You can win the game by casting Brain Freeze on yourself, then casting Thassa's Oracle. It also opens up more combos using Demonic Consultation and Doomsday. Sometimes you've just drawn a bunch of cards and have ~3 cards left in your deck.
• Tinker is too good in Storm not to play it. You're either getting Memory Jar, Bolas's Citadel, Time Vault (Voltaic Key is already good in Storm when combined with Mana Vault and friends), or a random wincon like Sphinx of the Steel Wind boarded in for game 2. Bolas's Citadel will essentially flip the top half of your deck into play.
• You can also play draw 7s (Wheel of Fortune, Timetwister, Memory Jar, Diminishing Returns) in combination with Narset, Parter of Veils and Hullbreacher.
• Mana Drain is good, but you may find it too slow if you make any of the above changes. It definitely does more work in a more control-oriented Storm deck with Narset, Parter of Veils, Dack Fayden, Grim Tutor, etc.
• Lastly, there's the question of Underworld Breach, Yawgmoth's Will, Monastery Mentor, or some combination of these. Underworld Breach will mean you can stay in two colors. Playing black for Yawgmoth's Will allows you to play Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, Yawgmoth's Bargain, Necropotence, Doomsday, Tendrils of Agony, and hardcasting Bolas's Citadel. Monastery Mentor both scales up and goes sideways. A single token is enough to kill someone combined with Paradoxical Outcome or a draw 7. Monastery Mentor is like casting Tarmogoyf and Empty the Warrens for three mana and one card.

Hope this helps! Welcome to MtG's oldest and greatest format.

Coward_Token on Phyrexia: All Will Be One …

1 month ago

Phyrexian Vindicator: Very color-heavy, but I think white deserves a Stuffy Doll variant more than red with its Brash Taunter

Ichormoon Gauntlet: Lets uncommons from WAR like Narset, Parter of Veils beef themselves up, as well as Jeska, Thrice Reborn with a blue-inclsive partner. Teferi, Master of Time can give your collective PWs four counters a turn! Maybe there's a planeswalker that can easily get high loyalty but don't have much to spend it on, synergizing with the "extra ultimate"? Obviously, since proliferate lets you put a counter on each of your PWs, this becomes much better in superfriends, but more general counters decks can probably use that triggered ability as well.

Vicarian on Elderspell Exploits (Arena Superfriends)

2 months ago

Could be like every other blue superfriends player and include Narset, Parter of Veils to stop people from drawing more cards. She's pretty frustrating (could make people concede just by playing her), and could help you find The Elderspell faster. Should have been rare and cost a few more generic mana at the bare minimum.

plakjekaas on People's Thoughts on Mommy Norn?

2 months ago

DrukenReaps it sounds like you've never played mono white stax before. Crippling the game from the command zone is a good thing? This as a commander single-handedly halves the amount of games you can play in a night, annoying your opponents in the process.

I've never played a game where Torpor Orb wasn't universally welcomed with groans from all players who didn't cast it. It's fun... once. Just once. See what happens and then disband the deck or be sternly lectured by the playgroup. Take it from someone who played Hokori, Dust Drinker and Lavinia, Azorius Renegade long ago with the same vibes '^^

cEDH players will probably think it's fine, the higher power your meta, the better your answers to a threat like this, or at least the better your ability to play around it. It's as much mana as Ad Nauseam after all. But at casual tables, this card screams very loudly: "DOUBLE MY FUN, NONE FOR YOU ALL" which is a sentiment I don't associate with white in the color pie, nor with a nice game of casual commander '^^

It really is on the same page as Hullbreacher, Opposition Agent, Narset, Parter of Veils, Notion Thief, Drannith Magistrate, Karn, the Great Creator and the like. It's going to punish opponents just for trying to play their deck, even without any other deckbuilding effort. It's at least as punishing as the old praetors, but for half the mana.

If you go against this deck, play blue and make sure you can Clone it, so that everybody is equally unhappy and all can learn from the terrible experience ;)

Joker4242 on Day's Recasting

3 months ago

Does anyone have any suggestions for a "four of" to put in the deck. Right now I have Mishra's Bauble. Although I am considering whether I want them or having Subtlety in the main deck. I am weighing the pros and cons of each.

Mishra's Bauble
Pros:
- Free cast
- Gain information on opponents deck
- Can be found with Narset, Parter of Veils
- Lowers overall mana curve of the deck
Cons:
- Cannot be exiled with Force of Negation
- Draws a card on the next turn
- One time use artifact and cannot be recast with Snapcaster Mage

Subtlety
Pros:
- Can be free cast at instant speed
- Acts as a sudo-counterspell for creatures/planeswalkers
- Is a creature (can remain on the field and attack/defend)
- Remains on the board if hardcasted
- Can be exiled with Force of Negation
Cons:
- Expensive on its own
- Evoke is a two for one
- Ability only has a temporary effect (not a hard counter)
- Cannot be found with Narset, Parter of Veils

Both spells have their uses and I plan on playtesting both options in local tournaments.

I am also looking for instants that cost two or less that would replace both of these options. Neither card can be cast from the graveyard with Snapcaster Mage. The spell should either be an early interact with opponent or card advantage (or both).

Joker4242 on Day's Recasting

3 months ago

Does anyone have any suggestions for a "four of" to put in the deck. Right now I have Mishra's Bauble. Although I am considering whether I want them or having Subtlety in the main deck. I am weighing the pros and cons of each.

Mishra's Bauble
Pros:
- free cast
- gain information on opponents deck
- can be found with Narset, Parter of Veils
- Lowers overall mana curve of the deck
Cons:
- cannot be exiled with Force of Negation
- Draws a card on the next turn
- One time use artifact and cannot be recast with Snapcaster Mage

Subtlety
Pros:
- Can be free cast at instant speed
- Acts as a sudo-counterspell for creatures/planeswalkers
- Is a creature (can remain on the field and attack/defend)
- Remains on the board if hardcasted
- Can be exiled with Force of Negation
Cons:
- Expensive on its own
- Evoke is a two for one
- Ability only has a temporary effect (not a hard counter)
- Cannot be found with Narset, Parter of Veils

Both spells have their uses and I plan on playtesting both options in local tournaments.

I am also looking for instants that cost two or less that would replace both of these options. Neither card can be cast from the graveyard with Snapcaster Mage which feels pretty lackluster. The spell should either be an early interact with opponent or card advantage (or both).

SufferFromEDHD on Azorius Voltron Control

4 months ago

Cool voltron concept.

Riptide Laboratory to properly abuse that Snapcaster Mage.

Capsize would be a great spell in this draw/go strategy. Dust Bowl for similar reasons.

Mystic Speculation fits the top deck Counterbalance strategy.

Urza's Saga to grab that crucial Sensei's Divining Top, Relic of Progenitus removal and two powerful mana rocks.

Sentinel's Eyes cheap and reusable vigilance.

Narset, Parter of Veils round out the playset of powerful planeswalkers.

Pendrell Mists would be a useful stax tax.

Icbrgr on Nimble Obstructionist Vs Tale's End

4 months ago

This decklist is untested at the LGS... I have been playing some decks there for the past few weeks just to get a feel for what's being played there and the vibe of the store and such (also shaking off the cobwebs from a long hiatus of in person paper magic)... This jeskai control list is a deck ive been builing/playing casually for awhile and I have hopes that it can perform decent at this store....

I originally was running Rest in Peace for living end but didnt like the symetrical GY exile because of my own reliance of the GY but i suppose when it come to confirming that Living end exist in the store i suppose i should probably put it make in over maybe Narset, Parter of Veils or Prismatic Ending because they seem to be the least helpful... i always hear great things about both but i find them kinda underwhelming... although i know Chalice of the Void gets played there too and prismatice helps get rid of it but im not even sure how bad chalice would hurt me.