Approach of the Second Sun
Approach of the Second Sun: Sorcery, Amonkhet. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {6}{W}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Amonkhet (AKH)
- Released
- 2017-04-28
- Collector number
- 4
- Artist
- Noah Bradley
- Commander rank
- 1,004 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Approach of the Second Sun
Approach of the Second Sun is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white sorcery from Amonkhet (AKH), an expansion set released in April 2017. It is collector number 4 in that set, with art by Noah Bradley. It costs {6}{W} (six generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Amonkhet (2017) to Strixhaven Mystical Archive (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.29 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Approach of the Second Sun by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Approach of the Second Sun
Approach of the Second Sun has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #Q06-1 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1826 | Rare | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1035 | Rare | 2022 |
| Pioneer Challenger Decks 2021 (Q06) #1 | Rare | 2021 |
| Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #1 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #64 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #88226 | Rare | 2021 |
| Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #4 | Rare | 2020 |
| The List (PLST) #AKH-4 | Rare | 2019 |
| Amonkhet Promos (PAKH) #4s | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Approach of the Second Sun, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A copy of a spell isn't cast, so it won't count as the first nor as the second Approach of the Second Sun.
- A card that changes zones is considered a new object, so casting the same Approach of the Second Sun card on a later turn is “another spell” named Approach of the Second Sun.
- The second Approach of the Second Sun that you cast must be cast from your hand, but first may have been cast from anywhere.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Approach of the Second Sun is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.