Perilous Snare
Artifact
Perilous Snare
Artifact
Card Text
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.)
When this artifact enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this artifact leaves the battlefield.
Max speed β : Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or Vehicle you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- White
- Color Identity
- White
- EDHREC Rank
- #9,832
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (18)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #23 | rare | en | Chris Seaman | $0.28 | $0.33 |
| Aetherdrift Promos (PDFT) | #23p | rare | en | Chris Seaman | $0.93 | $1.72 |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #430 | rare | en | Chris Seaman | β | $3.05 |
| Aetherdrift Promos (PDFT) | #23s | rare | en | Chris Seaman | β | $0.62 |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #377 | rare | en | Chris Seaman | $0.28 | $0.37 |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #377 | rare | de | Chris Seaman | β | β |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #430 | rare | de | Chris Seaman | β | β |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #23 | rare | de | Chris Seaman | β | β |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #430 | rare | es | Chris Seaman | β | β |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #23 | rare | es | Chris Seaman | β | β |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #23 | rare | fr | Chris Seaman | β | β |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #430 | rare | fr | Chris Seaman | β | β |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #377 | rare | fr | Chris Seaman | β | β |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #430 | rare | it | Chris Seaman | β | β |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #23 | rare | it | Chris Seaman | β | β |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #377 | rare | ja | Chris Seaman | β | β |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #23 | rare | ja | Chris Seaman | β | β |
| Aetherdrift (DFT) | #430 | rare | ja | Chris Seaman | β | β |
Official Rulings (6)
Each player tracks their speed (or lack thereof) separately. Increasing your speed has no effect on whether another player has speed.
Start your engines! isnβt 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.
If an effect needs to know what a playerβs speed is and that player doesnβt have a speed, their speed is considered 0.
Your speed doesnβt 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! doesnβt affect your speed.
βMax speed β [ability]β means βAs long as you have max speed, this object has [ability].β If the granted ability functions in a zone other than the battlefield, the max speed ability does too.
A player βhas max speedβ if their speed is 4.
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