Mutant Surveyor
~$0.14 low · ~$0.16 high
Black. Creature — Mutant Scout
Aetherdrift #98 · Illustrated by Nicholas Gregory
Aetherdrift #98 · Illustrated by Nicholas GregoryWhat is Mutant Surveyor worth?
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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.)
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Max speed — 
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.
2/3
Format legality
The only printing of Mutant Surveyor
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aetherdrift dft #98· 2025common· Cardmarket €0.02 · €0.04 foil | common | $0.14 | $0.16 | €0.02€0.04 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2025
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #23,674 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Max speed, Start your engines!
- Artist
- Nicholas Gregory
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Aetherdrift card (#98).
0098 · DFT · C · EN
- 0098Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- DFTSet code for Aetherdrift
- CCommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (6)
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
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
Each player tracks their speed (or lack thereof) separately. Increasing your speed has no effect on whether another player has speed.
2025-02-07
A player “has max speed” if their speed is 4.
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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