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{2}{R}

Creature — Goblin Mercenary

DFTAetherdrift#134rare
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Leonardo Santanna
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardLegal
Start your engines! Other Goblins you control have haste. At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token. That token attacks this combat if able. Max speed — {T}: Add {R} for each Goblin you control.
2/3
Max speed
Plays as:
Keyword GranterCreature Token MakerTribal LordTribal Payoff
Market · per finishtrend updated 10h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
$1.41 low-$0.89 gap
$2.73 low-$0.27 gap
Cheapest playable copy$2.65· across 7 printings· you're viewing it

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$2.65-40.8%30D
30D range$2.65to$4.85Since Jan 2025:H $9.98L $0.49
Foil$3.95+7.6%30D1.49× nonfoil
30D range$3.59to$3.97Since Feb 2025:H $8.42L $0.64

Other printings

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Combos

Rulings

7 · latest Feb 7, 2025
  • WotCFeb 7, 2025

    A player “has max speed” if their speed is 4.

  • WotCFeb 7, 2025

    Each player tracks their speed (or lack thereof) separately. Increasing your speed has no effect on whether another player has speed.

  • WotCFeb 7, 2025

    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.

  • WotCFeb 7, 2025

    Mana abilities don’t use the stack, which means that they can’t be responded to. Notably, this means that a player can’t respond to this creature’s last ability by destroying one of your Goblins.

  • WotCFeb 7, 2025

    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.

  • WotCFeb 7, 2025

    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.

  • WotCFeb 7, 2025

    “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.