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◇ Catalog #278

Narset of the Ancient Way

iko·#278·mythic·borderless

Illus. Kev Walker

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Apr '20

6 yr ago

Value

$3.51+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.60 · low $2.37

NM$2.51

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.32–$2.65modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.53low $0.80range 216.3%n 88

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,112 · Niche pick

Variants

Borderless$2.51

Gameplay

Legendary Planeswalker — Narset

+1: You gain 2 life. Add {U}, {R}, or {W}. Spend this mana only to cast a noncreature spell. −2: Draw a card, then you may discard a card. When you discard a nonland card this way, Narset deals damage equal to that card's mana value to target creature or planeswalker. −6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this emblem deals 2 damage to any target."

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Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 6

2020-04-17wotc

An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.

2020-04-17wotc

If a card you discard has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

2020-04-17wotc

The emblem created by Narset's last ability is colorless. The damage it deals is from a colorless source.

2020-04-17wotc

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.51. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.80 and $2.53 across 88 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from IKO — the lineup includes Borderless alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #278 of *Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2020 Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths release.

Card type: Legendary Planeswalker — Narset, color identity red/blue/white, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {1}{U}{R}{W} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #7,112 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Kev Walker. Rarix catalogs 1,917 other cards credited to this artist.