The Battlefield

Approach of the Second Sun

$4.60

Narset's Reversal

$2.28

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Approach of the Second Sun + Narset's Reversal

Overview

If Narset's Reversal targets an Approach of the Second Sun that was cast from your hand, Narset's Reversal will create a copy of Approach on the stack (the copy is not cast) and then return the original Approach to its owner's hand when Reversal resolves, per Ruling [2019-05-03] and the copy behavior on resolution . The copy of Approach was not cast from your hand, so when that copy resolves it will follow the “Otherwise” clause (put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner’s library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life) and will not cause you to win the game, because the copy was not cast from your hand [2019-05-03] and casting-related checks use the cast action defined in .

Step 1

You cast Approach of the Second Sun from your hand; that action is governed by the casting rules in .

Step 2

An opponent or you cast Narset's Reversal targeting that Approach on the stack; the targeting and casting steps follow and as appropriate.

Step 3

Narset's Reversal resolves. Per its text and the resolution-order rule , it first creates a copy of the targeted instant or sorcery spell and puts that copy onto the stack (the copy is created on the stack and is not 'cast' — Ruling [2019-05-03]).

Step 4

Still during Narset's Reversal's resolution and after the copy is created, Reversal then returns the original Approach spell to its owner's hand as the next part of its effect, per the order of instructions .

Step 5

The copy of Approach now exists on the stack as a spell object but was not cast from the hand, so its 'If this spell was cast from your hand...' condition will be false when that copy resolves (Ruling [2019-05-03]).

Step 6

When the copy of Approach resolves, it follows its Oracle text. Because the copy was not cast from your hand, it takes the 'Otherwise' branch and instructs the game to put an Approach of the Second Sun card into its owner's library seventh from the top (and you gain 7 life). That moves the actual physical card (the original that was returned to hand) into the library as directed.

Step 7

As the final part of the resolving instant/sorcery, the copy spell object itself is put into its owner's graveyard per .

Resolution

Narset's Reversal + Approach of the Second Sun: You do NOT win from the copy created by Narset's Reversal because the copy wasn't cast from your hand (Ruling [2019-05-03]). When Reversal resolves it first creates the copy on the stack and then returns the original Approach to its owner's hand (the instructions on Reversal are applied in order) . When the copy of Approach later resolves it will execute the 'Otherwise' branch (moving the named Approach card to the seventh-from-top position in its owner's library and gaining 7 life) rather than the 'If this spell was cast from your hand...' branch, so the copy will not cause a win; only an Approach that was actually cast from your hand and then resolves while you have previously cast another Approach this game can satisfy the win condition .

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