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Samut, the Driving Force
Card Information
Type: Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Cleric
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 6
Part of the Reserved List: No
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Set: Aetherdrift (DFT)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 222
Oracle Text
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.
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Card Rulings
- February 7, 2025
“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.
Source: wotc - February 7, 2025
Each player tracks their speed (or lack thereof) separately. Increasing your speed has no effect on whether another player has speed.
Source: wotc - February 7, 2025
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.
Source: wotc - February 7, 2025
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.
Source: wotc - February 7, 2025
A player “has max speed” if their speed is 4.
Source: wotc - February 7, 2025
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.
Source: wotc
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