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Mendicant Core, Guidelight
Legendary Artifact Creature · RobotMax speed, Start your engines!
TCGplayer market · DFT #213 nonfoil
$0.54 +8.0% +$0.04, 7 days
- 1-year range
- 30 days
- −16.9%
- EDHREC rank
- #3,232 Up 56 in 30 days
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Mendicant Core, Guidelight Price Summary
The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.54, up 8.0% over 7 days, down 16.9% over 30 days, down 37.9% over 90 days.
Mendicant Core, Guidelight Price History
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Mendicant Core, Guidelight in Sealed Products
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Mendicant Core, Guidelight Printings & Prices
Mendicant Core, Guidelight has 5 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil, foil and first place foil finishes, including promo pack, prerelease, borderless and inverted treatments.
PDFT #213p
DFT #365
PDFT #213s
DFT #485
Sell Mendicant Core, Guidelight: Buylist Offers
| Buyer | Printing | Finish | Cash offer | Market | Spread to market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Card Kingdom | DFT #485 | First Place Foil | |||
| CoolStuffInc | DFT #485 | First Place Foil | |||
| Card Kingdom | DFT #365 | Foil | |||
| CoolStuffInc | DFT #365 | Foil | |||
| Card Kingdom | PDFT #213s | Foil | |||
| Card Kingdom | DFT #365 | Nonfoil | |||
| Card Kingdom | PDFT #213p | Nonfoil | |||
| CoolStuffInc | DFT #213 | Nonfoil | |||
| CoolStuffInc | DFT #213 | Foil | |||
| CoolStuffInc | DFT #365 | Nonfoil |
Mendicant Core, Guidelight Rules Text & Legality
Mendicant Core, Guidelight
Mendicant Core's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control.
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 — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)
Mendicant Core, Guidelight is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Pauper.
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- Competitive BrawlLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- Future StandardLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- Standard BrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- Pauper CommanderNot legal
- PreDHNot legal
- PremodernNot legal
Mendicant Core, Guidelight Rulings
- Feb 7, 2025
A player “has max speed” if their speed is 4.
- Feb 7, 2025
A resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes a token, so the token isn’t “created.” Effects that care about a token being created won’t interact with a token that enters the battlefield from Mendicant Core’s last ability.
- 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
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
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.
Reprints & Reprint Risk
Mendicant Core, Guidelight has been reprinted 8 times. The Aetherdrift Promos reprint cut the price 33% in 30 days.
- Feb 14, 2025Aetherdrift · Borderless, foilDFT #365
- Feb 14, 2025Aetherdrift · Inverted, foilDFT #485
- Feb 14, 2025Aetherdrift Promos · Prerelease, foilPDFT #213s
- Feb 14, 2025Aetherdrift · foilDFT #213
- Feb 14, 2025AetherdriftDFT #213
- Feb 14, 2025Aetherdrift Promos · Promo Pack, foilPDFT #213p
- Feb 14, 2025Aetherdrift Promos · Promo PackPDFT #213p
- Feb 14, 2025Aetherdrift · BorderlessDFT #365
Mendicant Core, Guidelight in Commander
Mendicant Core, Guidelight is the #3,232 most-played card on EDHREC, up 56 places over the last 30 days.
#3,232
EDHREC rank
across all Commander decks Up 56 in 30 days
across all Commander decks Up 56 in 30 days
Mendicant Core, Guidelight FAQ
How much is Mendicant Core, Guidelight worth?
Mendicant Core, Guidelight is worth about $0.54 for its cheapest playable printing as of Nov 8, 2026.
Is Mendicant Core, Guidelight legal in Commander?
Yes. Mendicant Core, Guidelight is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Legacy.
Has Mendicant Core, Guidelight been reprinted?
Yes. Mendicant Core, Guidelight has been reprinted 8 times, with 5 printings tracked on The Index.
Why is Mendicant Core, Guidelight cheap?
Mendicant Core, Guidelight trades at about $0.54; 8 reprints keep supply plentiful.