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Mendicant Core, Guidelight
LEGENDARY ARTIFACT CREATURE — ROBOT Rare
Aetherdrift Promos EDHREC #3,339
$0.75
+8.7%
7 days
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Mendicant Core, Guidelight Price Summary
Mendicant Core, Guidelight's current headline price is $0.75.
Mendicant Core, Guidelight Printings & Prices
5 printings
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.
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Sell Mendicant Core, Guidelight: Buylist Offers
10 offers
| Buyer | Printing | Finish | Cash offer | Retail | Spread |
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| 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 | DFT #213 | Foil | — | — | — |
| CoolStuffInc | DFT #213 | Nonfoil | — | — | — |
| CoolStuffInc | DFT #213 | Foil | — | — | — |
| CoolStuffInc | DFT #365 | Nonfoil | — | — | — |
| Card Kingdom | DFT #213 | Nonfoil | — | — | — |
Mendicant Core, Guidelight Rules Text & Legality
View on Scryfall ↗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.
standard
Legal
pioneer
Legal
modern
Legal
legacy
Legal
commander
Legal
pauper
Not legal
Mendicant Core, Guidelight Rulings
5 most recent
- 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
8 printings
Mendicant Core, Guidelight has been reprinted 8 times. The Aetherdrift Promos reprint cut the price 33% in 30 days.
| Set | Date | Rarity | Treatment | Price before | Day 1 | 30 days | 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFT #365 | 2025-02-14 | Rare | Borderless | — | — | — | — |
| PDFT #213p | 2025-02-14 | Rare | Promo Pack | — | — | — | — |
| PDFT #213p | 2025-02-14 | Rare | Promo Pack | — | — | — | — |
| DFT #213 | 2025-02-14 | Rare | Standard | — | — | — | — |
| DFT #213 | 2025-02-14 | Rare | Standard | — | — | — | — |
| PDFT #213s | 2025-02-14 | Rare | Prerelease | — | — | — | — |
| DFT #485 | 2025-02-14 | Rare | Inverted | — | — | — | — |
| DFT #365 | 2025-02-14 | Rare | Borderless | — | — | — | — |
DFT #365 Mendicant Core, Guidelight in Commander
Mendicant Core, Guidelight is the #3,339 most-played card on EDHREC, up 124 places over the last 30 days.
Mendicant Core, Guidelight FAQ
How much is Mendicant Core, Guidelight worth?
Mendicant Core, Guidelight is worth about $0.75 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 22, 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 $0.75 — 8 reprints keep supply plentiful.