---
name: "Messenger's Speed"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "THS"
set_name: "Theros"
collector_number: "129"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Clint Cearley"
oracle_id: "aa21315d-4da9-4bbd-9604-c406b83c0db2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/messengers-speed-ths"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Messenger's Speed
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has trample and haste.

> *« Il était plus vif que les flèches. Voire plus vif que les insultes des archers. » —Bayma, conteuse du clan Lagonna*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Frantic Strength](/printing/frantic-strength-dsk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Swashbuckling](/printing/swashbuckling-xln.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Rune of Speed](/printing/rune-of-speed-khm.md) — Enchantment — Aura Rune
4. [Primal Frenzy](/printing/primal-frenzy-ody.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Footfall Crater](/printing/footfall-crater-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Need for Speed (Not the Odyssey One)](/printing/need-for-speed-not-the-odyssey-one-unk.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Theros (THS) #129
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Clint Cearley
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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