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Creature — Goblin Mercenary

Illustrated by Leonardo Santanna

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EDHREC Rank #3,121

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 — : Add for each Goblin you control.

Rulings (7)

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

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