Streaking Oilgorger
Creature — Vampire
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 — This creature has lifelink.
"They feed on OIL? Where were they during the Phyrexian Invasion?!" —Chandra Nalaar
Legal in
Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Pauper, Brawl, Historic, Alchemy
Rulings (6)
Your speed doesn’t change until a spell or ability says so, such as the inherent triggered ability that cares about opponents losing life during your turn. Notably, losing control of permanents with start your engines! doesn’t affect your speed.
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“Max speed — [ability]” means “As long as you have max speed, this object has [ability].” If the granted ability functions in a zone other than the battlefield, the max speed ability does too.
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A player “has max speed” if their speed is 4.
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Each player tracks their speed (or lack thereof) separately. Increasing your speed has no effect on whether another player has speed.
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