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Wheel of Sun and Moon

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant player
If a card would be put into enchanted player's graveyard from anywhere, instead that card is revealed and put on the bottom of that player's library.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{G/W}{G/W}
Color identity
GW
Rarity
rare
Set
Secret Lair Drop
Price
$5.84
EDHREC rank
#15156
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Wheel of Sun and Moon card art
Wheel of Sun and Moon turns graveyard-based strategies off completely — anything that would go to an enchanted player's graveyard loops back to the bottom of their library instead, and it costs only two mana to stick on the board. Pair it with Rootpath Purifier and every creature you control suddenly finds its footing on any land type you need, which is a different axis entirely but underscores how much text this card generates for its cost.

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 Wheel of Sun and Moon earns its slot — graveyard loops, reanimator piles, and self-mill win conditions are everywhere in the format, and two mana for a permanent that shuts all of it down is an exceptional rate. It sees fringe Legacy play as graveyard hate on a permanent rather than a one-shot effect, which matters against decks that repeatedly fill the yard. Modern has better-supported hate options at similar price points, so Wheel of Sun and Moon rarely makes the cut there. It's not legal in Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper, keeping its competitive footprint narrow.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Rest in Peace hits harder at the same price point or cheaper, exiling graveyards outright rather than redirecting cards — but it shuts off your own graveyard too, which Wheel of Sun and Moon never does to the enchanted player's side. Grafdigger's Cage is the other budget option, stopping cards from entering the battlefield from graveyards or libraries, though it doesn't touch cards already in the yard the way Wheel of Sun and Moon's replacement effect does.

Price Context

Current price

$5.84 mid tier

At $5.84, Wheel of Sun and Moon sits comfortably in mid-tier pricing — cheap enough to slot into most budgets without a second thought, expensive enough that it's earned its reputation as a real card rather than a bulk rare. Demand is steady from Commander graveyard-hate packages, so the price has been stable and is unlikely to crater.

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