wotc
Approach of the Second Sun has no effect until it's resolving. If the second one you cast is countered, you won't win the game.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #64
Approach of the Second Sun
sta·#64·mythic·borderless·JA
Illus. Nagano
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wishlisted
Apr '21
5 yr ago
Value
$26.80+$1 (+4.2%)
30 days high $27 · low $24
NM$25.8
LP—
MP—
HP—
DMG—
$24–$27modeled
30 days agotoday
90-dayhigh $26low $0.77range 3324.7%n 138
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #1,016 · Common include
Variants
Gameplay
Sorcery
If this spell was cast from your hand and you've cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun this game, you win the game. Otherwise, put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner's library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life.
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 6
wotc
If you have fewer than six cards in your library, you'll put Approach of the Second Sun on the bottom of your library. Otherwise, you'll lift up the top six cards without looking at them and place Approach of the Second Sun just under them.
wotc
As your second Approach of the Second Sun resolves, it checks only whether the first one was cast, not whether the first one resolved. If your first Approach of the Second Sun was countered, you'll still win the game as your second one resolves.
Context
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $25.80. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.77 and $26.37 across 138 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from STA — 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 #64 of *Strixhaven Mystical Archive*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2021 Strixhaven Mystical Archive release.
Card type: Sorcery, color identity white, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {6}{W} (7 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #1,016 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Nagano. Rarix catalogs 1 other card credited to this artist.
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