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The Speed Demon

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6 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

The Speed Demon, Aetherdrift printing
Aetherdrift DFT · No. 105 2025-02-14

Card text

{3}{B}{B}
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.
5 / 5
Caution is for those who falter.
EDHREC rank #6239 Mythic Not on the Reserved List
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The 6 printings

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Standard ✓ Legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ✓ Legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

6 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

“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.

2025-02-07 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2025-02-07 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2025-02-07 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2025-02-07 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2025-02-07 · Wizards of the Coast

Each player tracks their speed (or lack thereof) separately. Increasing your speed has no effect on whether another player has speed.

2025-02-07 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

The Speed Demon, Aetherdrift Promos printing
Aetherdrift Promos
PDFT · #105p
Mythic
∅ No QC price
The Speed Demon, Aetherdrift Promos printing
Aetherdrift Promos
PDFT · #105s
Mythic
∅ No QC price