Slick Imitator
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.)
Max speed — 1, Sacrifice this creature: Copy target spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
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Legality
9 formatsB/R history
Rulings
9- 2025-02-07
A player “has max speed” if their speed is 4.
- 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
Each player tracks their speed (or lack thereof) separately. Increasing your speed has no effect on whether another player has speed.
- 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
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
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
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
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
“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.
Versions
1| Set | No. | Year | Rarity | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFTAetherdrift | 62 | 2025 | Uncommon | Xabi Gaztelua |
In sealed products
Pull odds for signed-in users| Product | Set | Chance | Expected copies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetherdrift Play Booster Box · Booster box | DFT | ||
| Aetherdrift Collector Booster Box · Booster box | DFT | ||
| Aetherdrift Bundle · Bundle | DFT | ||
| Aetherdrift Finish Line Bundle · Bundle | DFT | ||
| Aetherdrift Prerelease Pack · Limited kit | DFT | ||
| Aetherdrift Play Booster Pack · Booster pack | DFT | ||
| Aetherdrift Collector Booster Pack · Booster pack | DFT | ||
| Bloomburrow Deluxe Commander Kit Animated Army · Deck | BLC |