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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.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
War of the Spark
Price
$6.58
EDHREC rank
#880
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Narset, Parter of Veils card art
Narset, Parter of Veils shuts opponents out of drawing extra cards the moment she hits the table — a static ability that reads like a group slug piece but only punishes your opponents. Pair her with Teferi's Puzzle Box and every opponent's hand empties to one card on their upkeep while yours refills; Commodore Guff decks run her at over 73% inclusion precisely because that lock is that fast and that cheap at three mana.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage restricted
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Narset, Parter of Veils is legal across Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Commander, but restricted in Vintage — meaning one copy per deck — because her static ability is strong enough that multiple copies would warp the format completely. In competitive 1v1 formats she's a threat that demands an immediate answer, which makes her fragile in fair games. Commander gives her a pass for the opposite reason: she's a three-mana planeswalker that one player controls, and the table has four times the removal to answer her — so she functions as a strong tempo piece rather than a format-warping lock.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Commodore Guff

Commodore Guff

73.3% of decks · synergy 0.67

Commodore Guff is a planeswalker-tribal commander, and Narset, Parter of Veils is one of the cheapest, most impactful planeswalkers available — her static ability taxes opponents while Guff's own draw and token effects let you pull ahead through the lock.

02
Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

56.1% of decks · synergy 0.49

Lavinia, Azorius Renegade is built to shut down what opponents are allowed to do, and Narset, Parter of Veils slots in as a second taxing effect — together they choke out the cantrip-heavy, spell-based decks that Lavinia preys on.

03
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

47.9% of decks · synergy 0.41

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV decks want every possible tax effect stacked on opponents, and Narset, Parter of Veils adds a draw restriction on top of the cost increases — nearly half of all Augustin builds run her because the pile of impediments compounds quickly.

04
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus

Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus

43.0% of decks · synergy 0.33

Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus doubles proliferate triggers, and Narset, Parter of Veils generates loyalty quickly enough that Tekuthal can accelerate her to her ultimate; the draw lock she provides in the interim keeps opponents from assembling answers.

05

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager

32.5% of decks · synergy 0.30

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager forces opponents to discard on entry, and Narset, Parter of Veils prevents them from refilling — the two pieces together create a sustained hand-disruption engine that fits naturally in a Grixis control shell.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

No single card replicates Narset, Parter of Veils exactly, but Notion Thief covers the most critical part of her static ability — flash means you can deploy it in response to a Rhystic Study trigger or an opponent's Windfall, and it hits harder in the moment even if it lacks the persistent pressure. If you want a permanent effect, Hullbreacher fills a similar role and costs less than a dollar, though its ban history in Commander is worth checking before you sleeve it; neither option gives you the planeswalker loyalty or the -2 to dig your own library, so you're trading versatility for price.

Price Context

Current price

$6.58 mid tier

At $6.58, Narset, Parter of Veils sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate include, cheap enough that she belongs in any blue control build that can use her. Her price is stable: widespread play across multiple formats keeps demand steady, and she's been reprinted often enough that supply isn't the constraint.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.