Mendicant Core, Guidelight
Aetherdrift 485 • rare
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Collector number
- 485
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- white mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue · White
- Artist
- Zezhou Chen
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
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 generic mana. If you do, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Mendicant Core, Guidelight was released as part of the Aetherdrift expansion, a set centered on themes of migration, ethereal propulsion, and the scavenged technology of a shifting, fragmented world. Designed as a rare creature card, it reflects the set's mechanical focus on resource management and the navigation of unstable terrain, intended to serve as a pivotal support piece in mid-range deck strategies.
The artwork was commissioned from illustrator Zezhou Chen, who sought to capture a sense of melancholic luminescence. By utilizing a muted color palette punctuated by the internal glow of the Core, Chen aimed to evoke the isolation of a solitary guide in a vast landscape. The design was received by the player community as an atmospheric success, noted for how its visual weight contrasts with its ethereal, fragile nature within the game's mechanics.
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