Endrider Spikespitter

Creature — Human Mercenary

Illustrated by Mila Pesic

F

EDHREC Rank #18,559

Reach 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 — At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Rulings (7)

“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.

Feb 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.

Feb 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.

Feb 7, 2025