Starting Column is a Common artifact card from the 2025 Magic: The Gathering Aetherdrift set, featuring unique speed-based mechanics and flexible mana production.
Starting Column
2025 • Magic: The Gathering • Aetherdrift
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Released in 2025 as part of the Aetherdrift expansion, Starting Column (card number 244) is a Common artifact that brings strategic depth to the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Designed by Jakub Kasper, this card serves as a versatile engine for players seeking to accelerate their game plan through its innovative speed mechanic. The card begins with a base speed of 1, which increases by one on each of your turns whenever an opponent loses life, allowing it to ramp up to a maximum speed of 4. This dynamic interaction makes it particularly engaging in decks that focus on damage or life gain disruption. Beyond its racing theme, Starting Column offers significant utility through its activated abilities. By tapping the artifact, players can add one mana of any color, providing the flexibility to cast spells across all five colors. At higher speeds, the card’s ultimate ability becomes more potent: by tapping and sacrificing Starting Column, you can draw two cards and then discard one. This exchange allows for rapid card advantage, helping collectors and players alike find crucial answers or threats in the late game. As a staple in the set, it represents a key piece of the Aetherdrift collection for enthusiasts looking to build or complete their Aetherdrift-themed decks.
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Starting Column
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Magic: The Gathering
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Common
Jakub Kasper
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English
{3}
Artifact
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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.
