Second Harvest
Instant
For each token you control, create a token that's a copy of that permanent.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #584
Second Harvest doubles every token you control at instant speed for two mana — at sorcery speed that would already be strong, but the instant timing means you can wait until end of turn, dodge sorcery-speed sweepers, or respond to a Wrath by copying your board before it dies. It's one of the most efficient token-doublers ever printed, and Hazel of the Rootbloom decks run it at nearly 88% inclusion for good reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hazel of the Rootbloom
Hazel of the Rootbloom generates Food tokens as a byproduct of casting spells, and Second Harvest converts that incidental token accumulation into a board-doubling payoff at instant speed — often the final step before a lethal swing.
Roxanne, Starfall Savant
Roxanne, Starfall Savant makes Meteor tokens whenever you cast spells with mana from those tokens, creating a self-feeding loop; Second Harvest doubles the Meteor count mid-loop, accelerating the snowball dramatically.
The Cabbage Merchant
The Cabbage Merchant produces Cabbage tokens at scale, and Second Harvest is the cleanest way to convert a modest pile into a game-ending army in a single instant-speed action.
Ghired, Conclave Exile
Ghired, Conclave Exile populates on attack, so the token base is already primed to grow; Second Harvest doubles every copy before combat math is done, turning a mediocre board into a lethal one.
Esix, Fractal Bloom
Esix, Fractal Bloom replaces the first token you make each turn with a copy of any creature you choose, meaning Second Harvest doesn't just double quantity — it doubles whatever high-value creature Esix has been copying.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Second Harvest is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's almost exclusively a Commander card. In competitive 60-card formats the effect is too narrow — token strategies need density and redundancy across a full deck, and a four-mana sorcery-equivalent at instant speed still doesn't make the cut when those formats demand faster payoffs. Commander is the natural home: games go long enough to build a token base worth doubling, instant speed matters enormously in a multiplayer stack, and the one-card-to-rule-them-all nature of singleton means Second Harvest fills a specific role no other card replicates at the same mana efficiency.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for the current market rate. Given its near-universal inclusion in several high-population commanders, Second Harvest tends to hold real demand — it's worth picking up before you need it rather than after.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.