Gastal Raider

Creature — Vampire Rogue

Illustrated by Lorenzo Mastroianni

F

EDHREC Rank #19,649

Start your engines! When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card. Max speed — This creature gets +1/+1 and has menace.

Win or lose, she will sate her hunger.

Rulings (6)

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

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

Feb 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.

Feb 7, 2025