diff --git a/src/phases/check-switch-phase.ts b/src/phases/check-switch-phase.ts
index acf17c75668..18b999ed210 100644
--- a/src/phases/check-switch-phase.ts
+++ b/src/phases/check-switch-phase.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { getPokemonNameWithAffix } from "#app/messages";
 import { Mode } from "#app/ui/ui";
 import i18next from "i18next";
 import { BattlePhase } from "./battle-phase";
-import { PostSummonPhase } from "./post-summon-phase";
 import { SummonMissingPhase } from "./summon-missing-phase";
 import { SwitchPhase } from "./switch-phase";
 import { SwitchType } from "#enums/switch-type";
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ export class CheckSwitchPhase extends BattlePhase {
     this.scene.ui.showText(i18next.t("battle:switchQuestion", { pokemonName: this.useName ? getPokemonNameWithAffix(pokemon) : i18next.t("battle:pokemon") }), null, () => {
       this.scene.ui.setMode(Mode.CONFIRM, () => {
         this.scene.ui.setMode(Mode.MESSAGE);
-        this.scene.tryRemovePhase(p => p instanceof PostSummonPhase && p.player && p.fieldIndex === this.fieldIndex);
         this.scene.unshiftPhase(new SwitchPhase(this.scene, SwitchType.INITIAL_SWITCH, this.fieldIndex, false, true));
         this.end();
       }, () => {
diff --git a/src/phases/post-summon-phase.ts b/src/phases/post-summon-phase.ts
index 644a6235a42..42e5b930eb1 100644
--- a/src/phases/post-summon-phase.ts
+++ b/src/phases/post-summon-phase.ts
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ export class PostSummonPhase extends PokemonPhase {
       pokemon.lapseTag(BattlerTagType.MYSTERY_ENCOUNTER_POST_SUMMON);
     }
 
-    applyPostSummonAbAttrs(PostSummonAbAttr, pokemon).then(() => this.end());
+    applyPostSummonAbAttrs(PostSummonAbAttr, pokemon)
+      .then(() => {
+        const field = pokemon.isPlayer() ? this.scene.getPlayerField() : this.scene.getEnemyField();
+        field.forEach((p) => applyAbAttrs(CommanderAbAttr, p, null, false));
 
-    const field = pokemon.isPlayer() ? this.scene.getPlayerField() : this.scene.getEnemyField();
-    field.forEach((p) => applyAbAttrs(CommanderAbAttr, p, null, false));
+        this.end();
+      });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/phases/switch-phase.ts b/src/phases/switch-phase.ts
index 2abb109a529..481d64c451e 100644
--- a/src/phases/switch-phase.ts
+++ b/src/phases/switch-phase.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import PartyUiHandler, { PartyOption, PartyUiMode } from "#app/ui/party-ui-handl
 import { Mode } from "#app/ui/ui";
 import { SwitchType } from "#enums/switch-type";
 import { BattlePhase } from "./battle-phase";
+import { PostSummonPhase } from "./post-summon-phase";
 import { SwitchSummonPhase } from "./switch-summon-phase";
 
 /**
@@ -63,6 +64,9 @@ export class SwitchPhase extends BattlePhase {
 
     this.scene.ui.setMode(Mode.PARTY, this.isModal ? PartyUiMode.FAINT_SWITCH : PartyUiMode.POST_BATTLE_SWITCH, fieldIndex, (slotIndex: integer, option: PartyOption) => {
       if (slotIndex >= this.scene.currentBattle.getBattlerCount() && slotIndex < 6) {
+        // Remove any pre-existing PostSummonPhase under the same field index.
+        // Pre-existing PostSummonPhases may occur when this phase is invoked during a prompt to switch at the start of a wave.
+        this.scene.tryRemovePhase(p => p instanceof PostSummonPhase && p.player && p.fieldIndex === this.fieldIndex);
         const switchType = (option === PartyOption.PASS_BATON) ? SwitchType.BATON_PASS : this.switchType;
         this.scene.unshiftPhase(new SwitchSummonPhase(this.scene, switchType, fieldIndex, slotIndex, this.doReturn));
       }