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Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader

~$3.87 low · ~$469.99 high

Black. Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot // Legendary Artifact — Vehicle

three generic manaone black mana

5 · M · ENWhat the codes mean

Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader

Transformers #5 · Illustrated by Volta Creation

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Non-foil · Transformers #5

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Borderless foil · Transformers #20

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Oracle text

Starscream, Power Hungry

three generic manaone black mana

Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot

More Than Meets the Eye two generic manaone black mana (You may cast this card converted for two generic manaone black mana.)

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

Legendary Artifact — Vehicle

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

All 2 printings of Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader

PrintingRarityNon-foilFoilCardmarket (EUR)My collection
Transformers #20
Transformers
bot #20· 2022Borderlessmythic· Cardmarket €10.05 · €135.38 foil
mythic$23.87$469.99€10.05€135.38 foil

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Card details

First printed
2022
Printings
2
Mana value
4
EDHREC rank
#6,805 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords
Flying, Living metal, Haste, Convert, Menace, More Than Meets the Eye
Artist
Volta Creation

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Transformers card (#5).

5 · M · EN

  • 5Collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
  • MMythic rare
  • ENPrinted in English

How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.

Card breakdown

The parts of Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader (2 faces), read from the Transformers printing. How to read any Magic card.

Starscream, Power Hungry

Mana cost
three generic manaone black manaWhat you pay to cast this face.
Type line
Legendary is a supertype. Artifact and Creature are the card types. Robot is the subtype, after the dash.
Text box
What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
Power / toughness
2/3: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.

Starscream, Seeker Leader

Type line
Legendary is a supertype. Artifact is the card type. Vehicle is the subtype, after the dash.
Text box
What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
Power / toughness
2/3: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.

This printing

Illustration
By Volta Creation. The art has no effect on the game.
Set symbol
Transformers. Red-orange means mythic rare.
Collector number
5 = collector number, as Scryfall lists it. The printed form can differ on promos and special products.
Rarity letter
M = mythic rare
Language
EN = printed in English
Artist
Volta Creation, after the paintbrush.
Copyright
Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Holo stamp
The foil security stamp at the bottom center, on rares and mythic rares since 2014.

Keywords

More Than Meets the EyeCR 702.162
Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.
ConvertCR 701.28
Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.
FlyingCR 702.9
It can be blocked only by creatures with flying or reach.
Living metalCR 702.161
Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.
MenaceCR 702.111
It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.
HasteCR 702.10
It can attack, and use abilities with the tap symbol, the turn it comes under your control.

Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.

Rulings (19)

  1. 2022-10-14

    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.

  2. 2022-10-14

    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.

  3. 2022-10-14

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

  4. 2022-10-14

    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.

  5. 2022-10-14

    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.

  6. 2022-10-14

    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.

  7. 2022-10-14

    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.

  8. 2022-10-14

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

  9. 2022-10-14

    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."

  10. 2022-10-14

    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.

  11. 2022-10-14

    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.

  12. 2022-10-14

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

  13. 2022-10-14

    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.

  14. 2022-10-14

    "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.

  15. 2022-10-14

    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.

  16. 2022-10-14

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

  17. 2022-10-14

    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.

  18. 2022-10-14

    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.

  19. 2022-10-14

    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."

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