Referencing the card 'Millstone,' Mill decks seek to put cards from the top of an opponents library directly into their graveyards, whilst also often drawing players additional cards. Its high casting cost means you ideally need some ramp in the deck too. Mill is perhaps the most popular and widely known alternate win condition in all of Magic. It would clearly be helpful if you could manipulate card draw or tutor for Approach of the Second Sun. The second great thing about Approach of the Second Sun being your win condition is that your opponents have just a few options for preventing you from winning.Ĭounterspells, which many decks do not have access to, or killing you, which is usually difficult to do when this card gives you seven life when you cast it. If cards with five or more different mana values are exiled with Azor's Gateway, you gain 5 life, untap Azor's Gateway, and transform it. The first is that it takes up just one card slot, allowing you to include everything you need to sustain it, including mana, draw, and tutoring. There are two primary advantages to employing this card as a winning condition. The Approach of the Second Sun is a strong win condition for a control deck – blue or black offers you more card draw and/or blue tutors to find it quicker than 7 turns. Otherwise, you put it into its owner’s library seventh from the top, and you gain seven life. If it was cast from your hand and you previously cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun, you win the game.
This one is a rare white sorcery that costs six colorless and a white to cast.
