Swiftwing Assailant

Swiftwing Assailant from Aetherdrift. Common MTG card for deck building and Commander. View rules, legality, and compare prices from multiple sellers.

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Alchemy Legal
Brawl Legal
Commander Legal
Duel Legal
Explorer Legal
Future Legal
Gladiator Legal
Historic Legal
Legacy Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pauper Legal
Paupercommander Legal
Penny Legal
Pioneer Legal
Standard Legal
Standardbrawl Legal
Timeless Legal
Vintage Legal
Card Set Aetherdrift  
Card Type Creature — Bird Warrior
Rarity   Common  
Mana Cost
Card Stats   3 /   3
Card Text Flying
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 — This creature gets +0/+1 and has vigilance.
Card Number #32
Artist Pig Hands
Subtypes Bird , Warrior
Keywords Flying , Max speed , Start your engines!
Card Languages English , French , German , Italian , Japanese , Spanish
Frame Version 2015
Border Color Black
EDHREC Rank 24970
Reprint? No
Is Promo? No
Oversized? No
Joke Card? No
In Starter? No
Time Shifted? No
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Card Rulings

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

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

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

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

2025-02-07

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

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.