---
name: "King Narfi's Betrayal"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Saga"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "PKHM"
set_name: "Kaldheim Promos"
collector_number: "219p"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Chase Stone"
oracle_id: "35c416c6-f522-4b4c-93db-75c4e01843d1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/king-narfis-betrayal-pkhm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# King Narfi's Betrayal
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Saga
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Each player mills four cards. Then you may exile a creature or planeswalker card from each graveyard.
II, III — Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among cards exiled with this Saga, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Founding the Third Path](/printing/founding-the-third-path-dmu.md) — Enchantment — Saga
2. [Showdown of the Skalds](/printing/showdown-of-the-skalds-khm.md) — Enchantment — Saga
3. [Ballad of the Black Flag](/printing/ballad-of-the-black-flag-acr.md) — Enchantment — Saga
4. [The Binding of the Titans](/printing/the-binding-of-the-titans-cmm.md) — Enchantment — Saga
5. [Nightmares and Daydreams](/printing/nightmares-and-daydreams-tle.md) — Enchantment — Saga
6. [Awaken the Honored Dead](/printing/awaken-the-honored-dead-tdm.md) — Enchantment — Saga

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Kaldheim Promos (PKHM) #219p
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Chase Stone
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2021-02-05)* Once the number of lore counters on a Saga is greater than or equal to the greatest number among its chapter abilities, the Saga's controller sacrifices it as soon as its chapter ability has left the stack, most likely by resolving or being countered. This state-based action doesn't use the stack.
- *(2021-02-05)* Once a chapter ability has triggered, the ability on the stack won't be affected if the Saga gains or loses counters, or if it leaves the battlefield.
- *(2021-02-05)* The chapter II/III ability doesn't change when you can cast the exiled cards. In most cases, this means during your main phase while the stack is empty, although flash may change this.
- *(2021-02-05)* If you cast a spell with the chapter II/III ability, it becomes a new object. If it returns to exile, it's no longer exiled with King Narfi's Betrayal, and you won't be able to cast it again this way.
- *(2021-02-05)* As a Saga enters the battlefield, its controller puts a lore counter on it. As your precombat main phase begins (immediately after your draw step), you put another lore counter on each Saga you control. Putting a lore counter on a Saga in either of these ways doesn't use the stack.
- *(2021-02-05)* A chapter ability doesn't trigger if a lore counter is put on a Saga that already had a number of lore counters greater than or equal to that chapter's number. For example, the third lore counter put on a Saga causes the chapter III ability to trigger, but chapters I and II won't trigger again.