wotc
“Max speed — [ability]” means “As long as you have max speed, this object has [ability].” If the granted ability functions in a zone other than the battlefield, the max speed ability does too.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #538
The Speed Demon
dft·#538·mythic·borderless
Illus. CatDirty
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Feb '25
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Volatility · high
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #6,747 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
Legendary Creature — Demon
Flying, trample
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.)
At the beginning of your end step, you draw X cards and lose X life, where X is your speed.
"You've got the dream machine. I've got the nightmare mach-ightmare."
5/5
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 6
wotc
If an effect needs to know what a player’s speed is and that player doesn’t have a speed, their speed is considered 0.
wotc
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.
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