Vnwxt, Verbose Host

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Vnwxt, Verbose Host: Legendary Creature - Homunculus, Aetherdrift. Start your engines! You have no maximum hand size. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Legendary Creature - Homunculus
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
0/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Aetherdrift (DFT)
Released
2025-02-14
Collector number
73
Artist
Izzy
Keywords
Max speed, Start your engines!
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Vnwxt, Verbose Host

Vnwxt, Verbose Host is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue legendary creature from Aetherdrift (DFT), an expansion set released in February 2025. It is collector number 73 in that set, with art by Izzy. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 0/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.61 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).

Card 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.)

You have no maximum hand size.

Max speed - If you would draw a card, draw two cards instead.

"Racers! Start! Your! Engiiiiiines!"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.61 (as of 2026-10-23).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Vnwxt, Verbose Host by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Vnwxt, Verbose Host

Vnwxt, Verbose Host has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Aetherdrift (DFT) #356Rare2025
Aetherdrift (DFT) #443Rare2025
Aetherdrift Promos (PDFT) #73pRare2025
Aetherdrift Promos (PDFT) #73sRare2025

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Vnwxt, Verbose Host, newest first.

  • Start your engines! isn’t a triggered ability. Increasing your speed to 1 is something that happens as a state-based action as soon as you control a permanent with the ability. Notably, this includes gaining control of a permanent with the ability that another player controls.
  • If a spell or ability causes you to draw multiple cards, this creature’s last ability doubles each card draw. For example, if you cast Harmonize (“Draw three cards”), you’ll draw six cards.
  • “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.
  • If two or more replacement effects would apply to a card-drawing event, the player who’s drawing the card chooses what order to apply them.
  • The effects of multiple such effects are cumulative. For example, if you have max speed and control both Vnwxt and Thought Reflection (an enchantment with the same ability), you’ll draw four times the original number of cards.
  • A player “has max speed” if their speed is 4.
  • If an effect needs to know what a player’s speed is and that player doesn’t have a speed, their speed is considered 0.
  • 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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