DFT #244
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Starting Column
ArtifactMax speed, Start your engines!
TCGplayer market · DFT #244 nonfoil
$0.25 +4.2% +$0.01, 7 days
- 1-year range
- 30 days
- +19.1%
- EDHREC rank
- #8,173 Up 21 in 30 days
- Best buylist
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Starting Column Price Summary
The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $0.25, up 4.2% over 7 days, up 19.1% over 30 days, up 25.0% over 90 days.
Starting Column Price History
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Starting Column Printings & Prices
Starting Column has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.
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| Buyer | Printing | Finish | Cash offer | Market | Spread to market |
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| Card Kingdom | DFT #244 | Foil | |||
| Card Kingdom | DFT #244 | Nonfoil |
Starting Column Rules Text & Legality
Starting Column
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.)
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
Max speed — {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards, then discard a card.
Ten teams. Ten dreams. One winner.
Starting Column is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Commander and Pauper.
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- Competitive BrawlLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- Future StandardLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- Pauper CommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- Standard BrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- PreDHNot legal
- PremodernNot legal
Starting Column Rulings
- Feb 7, 2025
A player “has max speed” if their speed is 4.
- 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.
- 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.
Reprints & Reprint Risk
Starting Column has been reprinted 2 times. The Aetherdrift reprint cut the price 71% in 30 days.
- Feb 14, 2025Aetherdrift · foilDFT #244
- Feb 14, 2025AetherdriftDFT #244
Starting Column in Commander
Starting Column is the #8,173 most-played card on EDHREC, up 21 places over the last 30 days.
#8,173
EDHREC rank
across all Commander decks Up 21 in 30 days
across all Commander decks Up 21 in 30 days
Starting Column FAQ
How much is Starting Column worth?
Starting Column is worth about $0.25 for its cheapest playable printing as of Nov 9, 2026.
Is Starting Column legal in Commander?
Yes. Starting Column is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Pauper.
Has Starting Column been reprinted?
Yes. Starting Column has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.
Why is Starting Column cheap?
Starting Column trades at about $0.25; 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#8,173 on EDHREC).