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Starscream, Power Hungry

Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot

$3.90

Market price

$4.11

Foil

2

Public decks

Starscream, Power HungryStarscream, Seeker Leader
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Rules Text

Front · Starscream, Power Hungry
More Than Meets the Eye (You may cast this card converted for .)FlyingWhenever you draw a card, if you're the monarch, target opponent loses 2 life.Whenever one or more creatures deal combat damage to you, convert Starscream.
Back · Starscream, Seeker Leader
Living metal (During your turn, this Vehicle is also a creature.)Flying, menace, hasteWhenever Starscream deals combat damage to a player, if there is no monarch, that player becomes the monarch.Whenever you become the monarch, convert Starscream.

Card Facts

Mana value
4
Power / Toughness
2 / 3
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#6,833
Keywords
Flying, Living Metal, Haste, Convert, Menace, More Than Meets The Eye
Back P / T
2 / 3
Rarity
Related cards
The MonarchHelperThe Monarch

Legality

Commander

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Alchemy

Not legal

Brawl

Not legal

Competitive Brawl

Not legal

Future

Not legal

Gladiator

Not legal

Historic

Not legal

Modern

Not legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

Penny Dreadful

Not legal

Pioneer

Not legal

PreDH

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Standard

Not legal

Standard Brawl

Not legal

Timeless

Not legal

TLR

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch (if any) ceases being the monarch.

  2. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    There are two inherent triggered abilities associated with being the monarch. These triggered abilities have no source and are controlled by the player who was the monarch at the time the abilities triggered. The full texts of these abilities are "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."

  3. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.

  4. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    If the monarch leaves the game during another player's turn, that player becomes the monarch. If the monarch leaves the game during their turn, the next player in turn order becomes the monarch.

  5. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    If combat damage dealt to the monarch causes that player to lose the game, the triggered ability that causes the controller of the attacking creature to become the monarch doesn't resolve. In most cases, the controller of the attacking creature will still become the monarch as it is likely their turn.

  6. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    The convert keyword action functions the same way as the transform keyword action found on some other cards; to convert a permanent on the battlefield, turn it over so that its other face is up.

  7. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    The mana value of a converted permanent on the battlefield is equal to the mana value of the card's front face, no matter which face is up.

  8. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    Converting a permanent doesn't affect any Auras or Equipment that are attached to it. Similarly, any counters on the permanent will remain on that permanent after it converts. Any continuous effects from a resolved spell or ability will continue to affect it. Any spells or abilities on the stack that target a permanent continue to do so after that permanent converts.

  9. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    Any triggered ability of another card that triggers whenever a permanent transforms will also trigger whenever a permanent converts.

  10. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    Similarly, an ability of another card that instructs you to "transform" one of these cards will cause you to convert it, even if that ability doesn't use the word "convert."

  11. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    "More Than Meets the Eye [cost]" means "You may cast this card converted by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost." It functions in any zone from which the spell can be cast.

  12. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    The cost is an alternative cost, so it can't be combined with any other alternative costs. It can be combined with any applicable additional costs.

  13. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    When you cast a spell using its More Than Meets the Eye ability, the card is put onto the stack with its back face up. The resulting spell has all characteristics of that face.

  14. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a More Than Meets the Eye cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of a spell cast using More Than Meets the Eye is determined by the mana cost on the front face of the card, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

  15. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    A spell cast this way enters the battlefield with its back face up.

  16. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    If you copy a permanent spell cast this way, the copy has the characteristics of the card's back face, even though it isn't itself a double-faced card.

  17. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    "Living metal" means "As long as it's your turn, this permanent is an artifact creature in addition to its other types."

  18. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    While it's a creature, the Vehicle has its printed power and toughness.

  19. Oct 14, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast

    If a static ability of another permanent applies only to noncreature permanents, that ability applies to a Vehicle with living metal only during your opponents' turns. For example, if you control Arcee, Acrobatic Coupe and March of the Machines, Arcee will be a 2/2 artifact creature during your turn and a 3/3 artifact creature (because its mana value is 3) during each opponent's turn.

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Community

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2 public decks run Starscream, Power Hungry.


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