Starscream, Power Hungry
Starscream, Seeker Leader

Printings

  • Transformers (BOT)#5
  • Transformers (BOT)#20

Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader

Card Information

Type (Front): Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot

Type (Back): Legendary Artifact — Vehicle

Mana Cost (Front): 3Black mana

CMC: 4

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for B

Set: Transformers (BOT)

Rarity: Mythic

Collector Number: 5

Oracle Text

Starscream, Power Hungry

More Than Meets the Eye {2}{B} (You may cast this card converted for {2}{B}.) Flying Whenever you draw a card, if you're the monarch, target opponent loses 2 life. Whenever one or more creatures deal combat damage to you, convert Starscream.

2/3

Starscream, Seeker Leader

Living metal (During your turn, this Vehicle is also a creature.) Flying, menace, haste Whenever Starscream deals combat damage to a player, if there is no monarch, that player becomes the monarch. Whenever you become the monarch, convert Starscream.

2/3

Keywords

FlyingLiving metalHasteConvertMenaceMore Than Meets the Eye

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Not Legal)
penny(Not Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Not Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Not Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Not Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Not Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Not Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Related Cards

Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader(Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot // Legendary Artifact — Vehicle)
The Monarch(Card)

Card Rulings

  1. October 14, 2022

    The mana value of a converted permanent on the battlefield is equal to the mana value of the card's front face, no matter which face is up.

    Source: wotc
  2. October 14, 2022

    Converting a permanent doesn't affect any Auras or Equipment that are attached to it. Similarly, any counters on the permanent will remain on that permanent after it converts. Any continuous effects from a resolved spell or ability will continue to affect it. Any spells or abilities on the stack that target a permanent continue to do so after that permanent converts.

    Source: wotc
  3. October 14, 2022

    "Living metal" means "As long as it's your turn, this permanent is an artifact creature in addition to its other types."

    Source: wotc
  4. October 14, 2022

    If a static ability of another permanent applies only to noncreature permanents, that ability applies to a Vehicle with living metal only during your opponents' turns. For example, if you control Arcee, Acrobatic Coupe and March of the Machines, Arcee will be a 2/2 artifact creature during your turn and a 3/3 artifact creature (because its mana value is 3) during each opponent's turn.

    Source: wotc
  5. October 14, 2022

    When you cast a spell using its More Than Meets the Eye ability, the card is put onto the stack with its back face up. The resulting spell has all characteristics of that face.

    Source: wotc
  6. October 14, 2022

    If combat damage dealt to the monarch causes that player to lose the game, the triggered ability that causes the controller of the attacking creature to become the monarch doesn't resolve. In most cases, the controller of the attacking creature will still become the monarch as it is likely their turn.

    Source: wotc
  7. October 14, 2022

    If you copy a permanent spell cast this way, the copy has the characteristics of the card's back face, even though it isn't itself a double-faced card.

    Source: wotc
  8. October 14, 2022

    While it's a creature, the Vehicle has its printed power and toughness.

    Source: wotc
  9. October 14, 2022

    Similarly, an ability of another card that instructs you to "transform" one of these cards will cause you to convert it, even if that ability doesn't use the word "convert."

    Source: wotc
  10. October 14, 2022

    The cost is an alternative cost, so it can't be combined with any other alternative costs. It can be combined with any applicable additional costs.

    Source: wotc
  11. October 14, 2022

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a More Than Meets the Eye cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of a spell cast using More Than Meets the Eye is determined by the mana cost on the front face of the card, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

    Source: wotc
  12. October 14, 2022

    A spell cast this way enters the battlefield with its back face up.

    Source: wotc
  13. October 14, 2022

    If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.

    Source: wotc
  14. October 14, 2022

    "More Than Meets the Eye [cost]" means "You may cast this card converted by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost." It functions in any zone from which the spell can be cast.

    Source: wotc
  15. October 14, 2022

    The convert keyword action functions the same way as the transform keyword action found on some other cards; to convert a permanent on the battlefield, turn it over so that its other face is up.

    Source: wotc
  16. October 14, 2022

    Any triggered ability of another card that triggers whenever a permanent transforms will also trigger whenever a permanent converts.

    Source: wotc
  17. October 14, 2022

    If the monarch leaves the game during another player's turn, that player becomes the monarch. If the monarch leaves the game during their turn, the next player in turn order becomes the monarch.

    Source: wotc
  18. October 14, 2022

    The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch (if any) ceases being the monarch.

    Source: wotc
  19. October 14, 2022

    There are two inherent triggered abilities associated with being the monarch. These triggered abilities have no source and are controlled by the player who was the monarch at the time the abilities triggered. The full texts of these abilities are "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."

    Source: wotc

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