The Battlefield

Narset's Reversal

$2.28

Twinning Staff

$24.22

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Narset's Reversal + Twinning Staff

Overview

If you control Twinning Staff when Narset's Reversal resolves, the Staff’s replacement effect makes Narset’s Reversal create two copies of the targeted instant or sorcery instead of one; you choose targets for the copies as they are created . After the copies are created and put onto the stack, Narset’s Reversal then returns the original spell to its owner’s hand. The copies are put onto the stack (they aren’t cast), so casting triggers don’t trigger [Ruling 2019-05-03].

Step 1

You cast Narset’s Reversal and it is on the stack targeting an instant or sorcery spell on the stack.

Step 2

Narset’s Reversal resolves. Its first instruction is “Copy target instant or sorcery spell.” Twinning Staff’s replacement effect applies if you control it, seeing that you would copy a spell one time and replacing that with copying it two times (one extra copy) .

Step 3

You choose targets for each copy as you create them; choices that must be made for the copies (modes, X, targets, etc.) are made now . The Twinning Staff ruling explicitly allows choosing new targets for the additional copy even if other effects would prevent changing targets for the original copy [Ruling 2020-04-17].

Step 4

The copies are put onto the stack as copies of the targeted spell (they are not cast) and will resolve separately [Ruling 2019-05-03].

Step 5

After the copies are created and put on the stack, Narset’s Reversal’s next instruction resolves: return the original targeted spell to its owner’s hand.

Step 6

The copies then resolve (in stack order). Because they were created as copies and not cast, 'when you cast a spell' triggers do not occur for those copies [Ruling 2019-05-03].

Resolution

When Narset’s Reversal resolves under the control of the Twinning Staff controller, Twinning Staff’s replacement effect changes the single copy instruction into two copies (one additional copy) and you choose targets for each copy as they are created . The copies are created and put onto the stack, then Narset’s Reversal returns the original spell to its owner’s hand. Because the copies are copies on the stack and not casts, they do not cause "when you cast a spell" triggers [Ruling 2019-05-03]. You may choose new targets for the extra copy per the Staff’s ruling even if the original copy’s target choices were restricted [Ruling 2020-04-17].

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