Aether Syphon
~$0.30 low · ~$0.34 high
Blue. Artifact
Aetherdrift #38 · Illustrated by Martin de Diego Sádaba
Aetherdrift #38 · Illustrated by Martin de Diego SádabaWhat is Aether Syphon worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle 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.)
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: 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.)
Format legality
The only printing of Aether Syphon
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aetherdrift dft #38· 2025uncommon· Cardmarket €0.21 · €0.17 foil | uncommon | $0.30 | $0.34 | €0.21€0.17 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2025
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #8,571 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Max speed, Mill, Start your engines!
- Artist
- Martin de Diego Sádaba
Rulings (6)
2025-02-07
A player “has max speed” if their speed is 4.
2025-02-07
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.
2025-02-07
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.
2025-02-07
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.
2025-02-07
Each player tracks their speed (or lack thereof) separately. Increasing your speed has no effect on whether another player has speed.
2025-02-07
“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.
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