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 #105p
The Speed Demon
pdft·#105p·mythic·foil
Illus. Helge C. Balzer
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Feb '25
1 yr ago
Value
$4.60+$0 (+0.0%)
30 days high $3.60 · low $3.60
Volatility · stable
USD$3.60EUR€2.50
NM$3.60
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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.
Caution is for those who falter.
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.
Context
Last observed at $3.60, stable around $3.60 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.50 and $3.60 across 35 observations. Headline volatility reads stable. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 18 hours ago at $3.60.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PDFT — 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.
This card belongs to *Aetherdrift Promos* (released February 2025).
Card #105p in Aetherdrift Promos.
Rarity tier: mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities.
Card type: Legendary Creature — Demon. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {3}{B}{B} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying, Trample, and Start your engines!.
Legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, Historic, and Alchemy.
EDHrec ranks this card #6,747 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Helge C. Balzer. Rarix tracks 155 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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