---
name: "Mendicant Core, Guidelight"
mana_cost: "{W}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: ["Max speed", "Start your engines!"]
set: "DFT"
set_name: "Aetherdrift"
collector_number: "485"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zezhou Chen"
oracle_id: "b20d74a4-0e08-4779-972a-499f1a2be15a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mendicant-core-guidelight-dft"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mendicant Core, Guidelight
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
- **Power/Toughness:** */3
- **Keywords:** Max speed, Start your engines!

## Oracle Text
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.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Emissary Escort](/printing/emissary-escort-peoe.md) — Artifact Creature — Robot Soldier
2. [Starting Column](/printing/starting-column-dft.md) — Artifact
3. [Nesting Bot](/printing/nesting-bot-dft.md) — Artifact Creature — Robot
4. [Racers' Scoreboard](/printing/racers-scoreboard-dft.md) — Artifact
5. [Magitek Infantry](/printing/magitek-infantry-fin.md) — Artifact Creature — Robot Soldier
6. [Kindly Cognician](/printing/kindly-cognician-ust.md) — Artifact Creature — Cyborg Artificer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift (DFT) #485
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zezhou Chen
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`