Shiko and Narset, Unified

Bracket

• B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
• B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
• B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
• B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
• B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

• No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

No known combos for this card.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

• 2025-04-04 · Wizards of the Coast
  You can’t choose to pay any additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too.
• 2025-04-04 · Wizards of the Coast
  An Aura spell requires a target, as defined by its enchant ability.
• 2025-04-04 · Wizards of the Coast
  A resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes a token. That token isn’t “created” and won’t interact with abilities that care about tokens being created.
• 2025-04-04 · Wizards of the Coast
  If the spell that’s copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copy will have the same value of X.
• 2025-04-04 · Wizards of the Coast
  The copy will have the same targets unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. The new targets must be legal.
• 2025-04-04 · Wizards of the Coast
  The copy is created on the stack, so it’s not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won’t trigger.
• 2025-04-04 · Wizards of the Coast
  If the copied spell divides damage or distributes counters among a number of targets, the division and number of targets can’t be changed. If you choose new targets, you must choose the same number of targets.
• 2025-04-04 · Wizards of the Coast
  If the spell that’s copied is modal (that is, it says “Choose one —” or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. You can’t choose different ones.
• 2025-04-04 · Wizards of the Coast
  Shiko and Narset, Unified’s last ability and the copy it creates resolve before the spell it’s copying. They resolve even if the original spell is countered before the copy is created.
• 2025-04-04 · Wizards of the Coast
  If the second spell you cast targets a permanent or player, you must copy that spell, even if it won’t be possible to choose legal targets for the copy. You can’t choose not to copy it in order to draw a card.
• 2025-04-04 · Wizards of the Coast
  Spells that were cast before a permanent with flurry count. If that permanent was the first spell you cast that turn, the next spell you cast that turn is your second spell.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast