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Beacon of Tomorrows

Sorcery

Target player takes an extra turn after this one. Shuffle Beacon of Tomorrows into its owner's library.

CMC
8
Mana cost
{6}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Secret Lair Drop
Price
$5.92
EDHREC rank
#5948
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Beacon of Tomorrows card art
Beacon of Tomorrows hands you an extra turn and then shuffles itself back into your library, meaning the game ends only when you choose to stop taking turns. The eight-mana cost is steep in a vacuum, but pair it with Isochron Scepter or drop it for free through Narset, Enlightened Master's attack trigger and the cost becomes irrelevant.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Narset, Enlightened Master

Narset, Enlightened Master

46.2% of decks · synergy 0.45

Narset, Enlightened Master casts Beacon of Tomorrows for free on attack, and because the Beacon returns to the library instead of the graveyard, every subsequent Narset attack is another roll of the dice to find it again — the loop is self-sustaining without any additional setup.

02
Marvo, Deep Operative

Marvo, Deep Operative

23.5% of decks · synergy 0.22

Marvo, Deep Operative schemes on each extra turn, and Beacon of Tomorrows provides a repeatable extra-turn engine that keeps the scheme triggers coming indefinitely — the self-shuffle clause means Marvo never mills the Beacon away before it can fire again.

03
Jhoira of the Ghitu

Jhoira of the Ghitu

23.3% of decks · synergy 0.22

Jhoira of the Ghitu suspends Beacon of Tomorrows for two mana, sidestepping the eight-mana rate entirely and letting the deck deploy it on a predictable clock alongside other suspended threats.

04
Hidetsugu and Kairi

Hidetsugu and Kairi

17.3% of decks · synergy 0.16

When Hidetsugu and Kairi dies, its trigger can put Beacon of Tomorrows directly onto the stack for free, immediately granting an extra turn and resetting the Beacon into the library to be found again.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Beacon of Tomorrows actually lives — extra turn spells are powerful in any singleton format, and the self-shuffle clause is uniquely valuable here because it sidesteps the graveyard hate that would otherwise strand the card. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but never sees play; eight mana is unplayable against formats with actual fast mana and Time Walk exists. Oathbreaker can support it in the same way Commander does, particularly with a spellslinger planeswalker that casts spells for free or at a discount.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Time Warp and Temporal Mastery are the closest functional replacements — both cost less on the secondary market and grant an extra turn, though neither recycles itself, so they're one-shot effects where Beacon of Tomorrows is theoretically infinite. If the self-shuffle loop is the point, there's no true budget substitute; if you just need another extra-turn spell in the pile, either of those fills the slot without breaking the bank.

Price Context

Current price

$5.92 mid tier

At $5.92, Beacon of Tomorrows sits in the mid tier — meaningful money for a card that sees narrow play, but justified if you're building around the self-shuffle loop. Casual reprint demand is low enough that the price has held steady; it's not likely to spike or crater without a Commander precon inclusion.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.