Start Your Engines! // Max Speed

Whenever an opponent loses life during your turn, if your speed is 1 or greater, increase your speed by 1. Max speed is 4. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Aetherdrift Tokens

Leonin Surveyor

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.)
During your turn, this creature has first strike.
Max speed — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

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.)
During your turn, this creature has first strike.
Max speed — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

Lightwheel Enhancements

Enchant creature or Vehicle
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.)
Enchanted permanent gets +1/+1 and has vigilance.
Max speed — You may cast this card from your graveyard.

Enchant creature or Vehicle
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.)
Enchanted permanent gets +1/+1 and has vigilance.
Max speed — You may cast this card from your graveyard.

Nesting Bot

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 creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.
Max speed — This creature gets +1/+0.

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 creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.
Max speed — This creature gets +1/+0.

Perilous Snare

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 — {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or Vehicle you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

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 — {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or Vehicle you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Pride of the Road

Vigilance
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 — At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature or Vehicle you control gains double strike until end of turn.

Vigilance
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 — At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature or Vehicle you control gains double strike until end of turn.

Swiftwing Assailant

Flying
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 — This creature gets +0/+1 and has vigilance.

Flying
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 — This creature gets +0/+1 and has vigilance.

Aether Syphon

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.)
{2}, {T}: Draw a card.
Max speed — Whenever you draw a card, each opponent mills two cards. (Each opponent puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)

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.)
{2}, {T}: Draw a card.
Max speed — Whenever you draw a card, each opponent mills two cards. (Each opponent puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)

Glitch Ghost Surveyor

Flying
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 — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

Flying
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 — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

Slick Imitator

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 — {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Copy target spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

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 — {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Copy target spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Vnwxt, Verbose Host

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.)
You have no maximum hand size.
Max speed — If you would draw a card, draw two cards instead.

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.)
You have no maximum hand size.
Max speed — If you would draw a card, draw two cards instead.

Gastal's vampires took fuel from the dead.

Gas Guzzler

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.)
This creature enters tapped.
Max speed — {B}, Sacrifice another creature or Vehicle: Draw a card.

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.)
This creature enters tapped.
Max speed — {B}, Sacrifice another creature or Vehicle: Draw a card.

Gastal Raider

Start your engines
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card.
Max speed — This creature gets +1/+1 and has menace.

Start your engines!
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card.
Max speed — This creature gets +1/+1 and has menace.

Hour of Victory

Start your engines
When this enchantment enters, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Max speed — {1}{B}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Start your engines!
When this enchantment enters, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Max speed — {1}{B}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Momentum Breaker

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 enchantment enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature or Vehicle of their choice. Each opponent who can't discards a card.
{2}, Sacrifice this enchantment: You gain life equal to your speed.

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 enchantment enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature or Vehicle of their choice. Each opponent who can't discards a card.
{2}, Sacrifice this enchantment: You gain life equal to your speed.

Mutant Surveyor

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.)
{2}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Max speed — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

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.)
{2}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Max speed — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

In life, she commanded the respect of her army. In death, she demands it.

Risen Necroregent

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 — At the beginning of your end step, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

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 — At the beginning of your end step, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

The Speed 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.

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.

"They feed on OIL? Where were they during the Phyrexian Invasion?!"
—Chandra Nalaar

Streaking Oilgorger

Flying, haste
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 — This creature has lifelink.

Flying, haste
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 — This creature has lifelink.

Burnout Bashtronaut

Menace
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.)
{2}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Max speed — This creature has double strike.

Menace
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.)
{2}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Max speed — This creature has double strike.

Endrider magic was developed on a world that was constantly on the move—the higher the velocity, the stronger the magic.

Endrider Catalyzer

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 — {T}: Add {R}{R}.

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 — {T}: Add {R}{R}.

Endrider Spikespitter

Reach
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 — At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Reach
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 — At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Goblin Surveyor

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.)
Max speed — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

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.)
Max speed — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

Hazoret, Godseeker

Indestructible, haste
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.)
{1}, {T}: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.
Hazoret can't attack or block unless you have max speed.

Indestructible, haste
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.)
{1}, {T}: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.
Hazoret can't attack or block unless you have max speed.

Howlsquad Heavy

Start your engines
Other Goblins you control have haste.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token. That token attacks this combat if able.
Max speed — {T}: Add {R} for each Goblin you control.

Start your engines!
Other Goblins you control have haste.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token. That token attacks this combat if able.
Max speed — {T}: Add {R} for each Goblin you control.

Kickoff Celebrations

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 enchantment enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards.
Max speed — Sacrifice this enchantment: Creatures and Vehicles you control gain haste until end of turn.

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 enchantment enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards.
Max speed — Sacrifice this enchantment: Creatures and Vehicles you control gain haste until end of turn.

Outpace Oblivion

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 enchantment enters, it deals 5 damage to up to one target creature or planeswalker.
{2}, Sacrifice this enchantment: It deals 2 damage to each player who doesn't have max speed.

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 enchantment enters, it deals 5 damage to up to one target creature or planeswalker.
{2}, Sacrifice this enchantment: It deals 2 damage to each player who doesn't have max speed.

Loxodon Surveyor

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 — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

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 — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

Point the Way

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.)
{3}{G}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is your speed. Put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

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.)
{3}{G}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is your speed. Put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Embalmed Ascendant

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 creature enters, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Max speed — Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

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 creature enters, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Max speed — Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Far Fortune, End Boss

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.)
Whenever you attack, Far Fortune deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Max speed — If a source you control would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 1 instead.

Gastal Thrillseeker

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 creature enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent and you gain 1 life.
Max speed — This creature has deathtouch and haste.

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 creature enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent and you gain 1 life.
Max speed — This creature has deathtouch and haste.

Mendicant Core, Guidelight

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.)

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.)

Samut, the Driving Force

First strike, vigilance, haste
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.)
Other creatures you control get +X/+0, where X is your speed.
Noncreature spells you cast cost {X} less to cast, where X is your speed.

First strike, vigilance, haste
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.)
Other creatures you control get +X/+0, where X is your speed.
Noncreature spells you cast cost {X} less to cast, where X is your speed.

Zahur, Glory's Past

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.)
Sacrifice another creature: Surveil 1. Activate only once each turn.
Max speed — Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Racers' Scoreboard

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, draw two cards, then discard a card.
Max speed — Spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

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, draw two cards, then discard a card.
Max speed — Spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Starting Column

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.)
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
Max speed — {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards, then discard a card.

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.)
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
Max speed — {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards, then discard a card.

The warrior rose in a very different world from the one he'd left behind.

Walking Sarcophagus

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 — This creature gets +1/+2.

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 — This creature gets +1/+2.

Stage 2: The sands and waters of Amonkhet.

Amonkhet Raceway

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.)
{T}: Add {C}.
Max speed — {T}: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Stage 1: The winding streets of Ghirapur.

Avishkar Raceway

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.)
{T}: Add {C}.
Max speed — 3, e, Discard a card: Draw a card.

Stage 3: The steaming jungles of Muraganda under falling skies.

Muraganda Raceway

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.)
{T}: Add {C}.
Max speed — {T}: Add {C}{C}.

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.)
{T}: Add {C}.
Max speed — {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Hangarback Assembler

Start your engines!
When this artifact enters, conjure a card named Hangarback Walker onto the battlefield, then put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Max speed — At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each artifact creature and/or Vehicle you control.

Deviant Skytech

Start your engines!
When this enchantment enters, create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.
Max speed — {1}{U}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.

Surge of Acclaim

Choose one. If you have max speed, choose both instead.
• Seek a card with start your engines!
• Seek a nonland card.
Jump-start

Smog Smasher

Menace
Start your engines!
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, conjure a duplicate of target nontoken creature into exile.
Max speed — At the beginning of combat on your turn, put all cards exiled with this creature onto the battlefield. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.

Highway Reaver

Flying
Start your engines!
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, target creature card in your graveyard without unearth perpetually gains unearth. The unearth cost is equal to its mana cost.
Max speed — You may pay {0} rather than pay the unearth cost of the first unearth ability you activate each turn.

Tsagan, Raider Warlord

Double strike
Start your engines!
Whenever Tsagan attacks, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn for each creature you control with first strike or double strike.
Max speed — Tsagan has deathtouch. Other creatures you control have first strike.

Rising Chicane

If you were the starting player, this land enters tapped.
Start your engines!
{T}: Add {C}.
Max speed — At the beginning of combat on your turn, this land becomes a 2/2 Construct creature in addition to its other types until end of turn.

Gomif, Fast Racer

Start your engines!
Gomif's power is equal to your speed.
Your speed can increase beyond 4. (You're still at max speed at 4 or greater.)
At the beginning of your end step, if an opponent lost life this turn, you may draw cards equal to your speed. If you do, discard two cards.

Need for Speed (Not the Odyssey One)

Start your engines!
As long as your speed is 1 or higher, creatures you control have haste. The same is true for speed 2 and higher and trample, speed 3 or higher and first strike, and speed 4 and higher and super haste. (You may put a creature with super haste from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking during your declare attackers step. You may pay its mana cost any time during your next turn. At the beginning of that turn's end step, if you haven't paid its mana cost, you lose the game. Wait. 4 and higher?)

Prize Card for the Unknown events at MagicCon Chicago, February 21-23, 2025

The Mystery Raceway

Start your engines!
{T}: Add {C}.
Max Speed — {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}, {T}: Mill seven cards. Choose a playtest card from among them. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. If Team Cloudspire won the race, copy it and you may choose new targets for the copy. If Team Speed Demons won the race, each opponent loses life equal to its mana value.
The Mystery Raceway can be your commander.