Because Break of Day affects only creatures you control when it resolves. It won’t affect creatures that come under your control later in the turn.
Break of Day
Break of Day checks your life total only at the time it resolves. Any creatures that gain indestructible will continue to be indestructible that turn even if you gain life.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.30. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.30 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from DKA — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil 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 #3 of *Dark Ascension*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2012 Dark Ascension release.
Card type: Instant, color identity white, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{W} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Fateful hour.
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.
EDHrec ranks this card #26,399 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Karl Kopinski. Rarix catalogs 804 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Karl Kopinski
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