Magic: The Gathering · expansion
The Speed Demon
Aetherdrift · #453 · mythic · 2025
Legendary Creature — Demon
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Market reference
$6.67
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Collector number
- 453 / 553
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- mythic
- Illustrator
- Helge C. Balzer
- Colors
- B
- Frame
- 2015
- Border
- yellow
- Security stamp
- oval
- Finishes
- foil
- Promo types
- firstplacefoil · boxtopper
- Printed
- 2025-02-14
About this card
Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}
Type: Legendary Creature — Demon
Flying, trample 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.) At the beginning of your end step, you draw X cards and lose X life, where X is your speed.
"Caution is for those who falter."
Keywords: Flying, Trample, Start your engines!
P/T: 5/5
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
Scryfall pricing
| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| USD (foil) | $6.67 |
| EUR (foil) | €4.76 |
| MTGO tix | 0.02 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my The Speed Demon is real?
The Speed Demon is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the print quality and cardstock (real cards have a distinctive blue inner core visible from the edge), the rosette pattern on the back, the security stamp on planeswalker / mythic cards from recent sets, and confirm the collector number and set code match the official Scryfall record. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is The Speed Demon worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for The Speed Demon is $6.67; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is The Speed Demon from?
The Speed Demon is from the Magic: The Gathering set "Aetherdrift" in the expansion series, released in 2025.
What rarity is The Speed Demon?
The Speed Demon is a mythic card in the Aetherdrift set.
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Other The Speed Demon printings
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