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◇ Catalog #38

Aether Syphon

dft·#38·uncommon·foil

Illus. Martin de Diego Sádaba

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Feb '25

1 yr ago

Value

$0.31+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.32 · low $0.29

NM$0.31

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.29–$0.33modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.35low $0.03range 1066.7%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,468 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.31

Nonfoil$0.24

Gameplay

Artifact

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) {2}, {T}: Draw a card. Max speed — Whenever you draw a card, each opponent mills two cards. (Each opponent puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 6

2025-02-07wotc

A player “has max speed” if their speed is 4.

2025-02-07wotc

Your speed doesn’t change until a spell or ability says so, such as the inherent triggered ability that cares about opponents losing life during your turn. Notably, losing control of permanents with start your engines! doesn’t affect your speed.

2025-02-07wotc

Start your engines! isn’t a triggered ability. Increasing your speed to 1 is something that happens as a state-based action as soon as you control a permanent with the ability. Notably, this includes gaining control of a permanent with the ability that another player controls.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.31. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.35 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from DFT — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #38 of *Aetherdrift*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2025 Aetherdrift release.

Card type: Artifact, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{U}{U} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Max speed, Mill, and Start your engines!.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #9,468 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Martin de Diego Sádaba. Rarix catalogs 82 other cards credited to this artist.