Card

Shadow of the Second Sun

Mana cost {4}{U}{U}

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant player At the beginning of each of enchanted player's postcombat main phases, there is an additional beginning phase after this phase. (The end step happens after the added untap, upkeep, and draw steps.)

Part of 3 known combos, one of them two-card. 6 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Mythic · MH3 · #70
Cheapest printing
€1.24
EDHREC salt
0.58
Color identity
Blue
Keywords
Enchant

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Aggravated Assault
  • B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Aggravated Assault
  • B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partner: Aggravated Assault
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • Two-card combo with Aggravated Assault (early with Aggravated Assault)

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

3 known combos, one of them two-card.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    Even if the enchanted player doesn't attack with any creatures during combat, they'll still get a postcombat main phase and Shadow of the Second Sun's ability will still trigger.
  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    If multiple phases are added to the same point in your turn, the most recently created phase happens first. For example, say you are enchanted by Shadow of the Second Sun and its ability triggers during your postcombat main phase. Later during that same main phase, another effect gives you an additional combat phase after this main phase. The additional combat will happen first, followed by the additional beginning phase.
  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    The additional beginning phase all happens during the current turn. Any effects that last "until your next turn" or similar won't expire just because they'll go through an additional beginning phase.
  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    The enchanted player's additional beginning phase will be a lot like their normal beginning phase. During the untap step, permanents will phase in or out as appropriate and they'll untap their tapped permanents. Anything they control that triggers "at the beginning of your upkeep" or similar will trigger during their upkeep step, and they'll eventually draw a card for their draw step.
  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    If the enchanted player somehow has more than two main phases in a turn, each main phase other than the first one is a postcombat main phase, and Shadow of the Second Sun's ability triggers at the beginning of each of them.
  • 2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast
    After the additional beginning phase, the game proceeds to the ending phase (unless something has added even more phases; see below).

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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