---
name: "Starting Column"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Max speed", "Start your engines!"]
set: "DFT"
set_name: "Aetherdrift"
collector_number: "244"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jakub Kasper"
oracle_id: "d608a3fa-faee-44a4-9ab6-be701d3b7a49"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/starting-column-dft"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Starting Column
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact
- **Keywords:** Max speed, Start your engines!

## Oracle Text
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.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Racers' Scoreboard](/printing/racers-scoreboard-dft.md) — Artifact
2. [Avishkar Raceway](/printing/avishkar-raceway-dft.md) — Land
3. [Amonkhet Raceway](/printing/amonkhet-raceway-dft.md) — Land
4. [Perilous Snare](/printing/perilous-snare-dft.md) — Artifact
5. [Muraganda Raceway](/printing/muraganda-raceway-pdft.md) — Land
6. [Aether Syphon](/printing/aether-syphon-dft.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift (DFT) #244
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jakub Kasper
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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