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◇ Catalog #213p

Mendicant Core, Guidelight

pdft·#213p·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Zezhou Chen

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Feb '25

1 yr ago

Value

$1.48+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.53 · low $1.40

NM$1.48

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.37–$1.56modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.56low $0.51range 205.9%n 43

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #3,573 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$2.12

Nonfoil$1.48

Gameplay

Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot

Mendicant Core's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control. 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.) Max speed — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)

*/3

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 8

2025-02-07wotc

“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.

2025-02-07wotc

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.

2025-02-07wotc

The copy remembers any decisions that were made for the original spell as it was cast, including values chosen for X in its mana cost and whether any alternative or additional costs were chosen. For example, if the original artifact spell had kicker and its kicker cost was paid, the copy will also be kicked.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.48. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.51 and $1.56 across 43 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

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.

Card #213p of *Aetherdrift Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the February 2025 Aetherdrift release.

Card type: Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot, color identity blue/white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {W}{U} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Max speed and Start your engines!.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #3,573 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Zezhou Chen. Rarix catalogs 360 other cards credited to this artist.