Question 1

Ruling for Mendicant Core, Guidelight: Each player tracks their speed (or lack thereof) separately. Increasing your spe...

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Ruling for Mendicant Core, Guidelight: A player “has max speed” if their speed is 4.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

Ruling for Mendicant Core, Guidelight: “Max speed — [ability]” means “As long as you have max speed, this object has [a...

Accepted Answer

“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.

Question 4

Ruling for Mendicant Core, Guidelight: If an effect needs to know what a player’s speed is and that player doesn’t have...

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 5

Ruling for Mendicant Core, Guidelight: The copy remembers any decisions that were made for the original spell as it was...

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Ruling for Mendicant Core, Guidelight: A resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes a token, so the token isn’t “creat...

Accepted Answer

A resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes a token, so the token isn’t “created.” Effects that care about a token being created won’t interact with a token that enters the battlefield from Mendicant Core’s last ability.

Question 7

Ruling for Mendicant Core, Guidelight: Start your engines! isn’t a triggered ability. Increasing your speed to 1 is som...

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Ruling for Mendicant Core, Guidelight: Your speed doesn’t change until a spell or ability says so, such as the inherent...

Accepted Answer

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.

Set	#	Rarity	Lang	Artist	Price	Foil
Aetherdrift Promos (PDFT)	#213s	rare	en	Zezhou Chen	—	$2.18
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#485	rare	en	Zezhou Chen	—	$9.30
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#365	rare	en	Dan Mumford	$1.94	$2.81
Aetherdrift Promos (PDFT)	#213p	rare	en	Zezhou Chen	$1.68	$2.61
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#213	rare	en	Zezhou Chen	$1.22	$1.15
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#485	rare	de	Zezhou Chen	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#365	rare	de	Dan Mumford	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#213	rare	de	Zezhou Chen	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#485	rare	es	Zezhou Chen	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#213	rare	es	Zezhou Chen	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#365	rare	es	Dan Mumford	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#365	rare	fr	Dan Mumford	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#485	rare	fr	Zezhou Chen	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#213	rare	fr	Zezhou Chen	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#365	rare	it	Dan Mumford	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#213	rare	it	Zezhou Chen	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#485	rare	it	Zezhou Chen	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#365	rare	ja	Dan Mumford	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#213	rare	ja	Zezhou Chen	—	—
Aetherdrift (DFT)	#485	rare	ja	Zezhou Chen	—	—

Mendicant Core, Guidelight

Mendicant Core, Guidelight

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