Card text
Mendicant Core's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control.
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 — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)
Mendicant Core, GuidelightFirst-Place Foil
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
Aetherdrift (DFT) · 485
Cheapest
US$6.63
at TCGplayer · postage at checkout
Cheapest · the United States
US$6.63
In stock at · US
4 stores
5 stores in other markets
Mana cost
{W}{U}
Power / toughness
*/3
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Price comparison (4) · the United States
oldest listing 9h ago- 1US$6.63→
TCGplayerCheapest
lowest listingIn stockpostage at checkoutupdated 9h agoPaid link
- 2US$9.88→
Josh's Cards
NMIn stockpostage at checkoutupdated 9h ago
- 3US$10.00→
Spanky's Card Shop
NMIn stockpostage at checkoutupdated 9h ago
- 4US$10.05→
Game Grid Idaho Falls
NMIn stockpostage at checkoutupdated 9h ago
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Card text
Mendicant Core's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control.
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 — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)
Format legality
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyLegal
Price history (USD · lowest price)
TCGplayer market shown in USD at an indicative rate
Now US$10.02Low US$9.86High US$10.02▲ 1.6%
About Mendicant Core, Guidelight
This page covers the inverted printing of Mendicant Core, Guidelight (485), a White and Blue Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot from Aetherdrift (DFT). It is printed at Rare rarity. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Legacy and 7 more formats.
485 exists in 3 printings on TCGplayer, and each is priced as its own product. At US$10.02 on TCGplayer this Inverted print is 16x the standard print at US$0.63. For reference the other printings read Borderless US$1.55 and Standard US$0.63 on TCGplayer.
The cheapest listing we track in the United States is US$6.63, 34% below TCGplayer's US$10.02 market price. 4 stores have it in stock, and the next-cheapest listing is US$9.88, 49% more than the cheapest, so the first row is worth taking.
The United States is the cheapest of the 3 markets that have it, and Australia is dearest at about 62% more once converted. In each market's own currency the cheapest listings read US$6.63 in the United States, C$13.85 in Canada and A$16.10 in Australia. Conversions use indicative exchange rates, and postage, duty and import tax are not included, so a cheaper market elsewhere is a fact about listings and not a reason to import.
The market price moved +1.3% over the last 7 days; there is not yet a 30-day window to set that against. It is trading at its 90-day high of US$10.02.
Aetherdrift is a main expansion, released February 2025. Mendicant Core, Guidelight has 2 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
Mendicant Core's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control. 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 — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)
Frequently asked questions
- How much does Mendicant Core, Guidelight (First-Place Foil) 485 cost?
- The cheapest live price for Mendicant Core, Guidelight (485) is currently US$6.63 across 5 stores in the United States, and TCGplayer's market price is US$10.02; every other market we cover is compared on this page too. Prices are read once a day.
- How much is Mendicant Core, Guidelight in other currencies?
- US$6.63 in the United States, C$13.85 in Canada and A$16.10 in Australia. Each is a real listing in the currency its seller bills in.
- What set is Mendicant Core, Guidelight from?
- Mendicant Core, Guidelight is card 485 from Aetherdrift (DFT) in Magic: The Gathering. It is a rare White and Blue creature.
- Where can I buy Mendicant Core, Guidelight?
- Compare every store selling Mendicant Core, Guidelight across the US, Australia, the UK, Singapore, Canada and the EU on this page, then buy from whichever seller offers the lowest total including postage. MTG Compare links straight through to each store.
- Are there other printings of Mendicant Core, Guidelight?
- Yes. MTG Compare tracks 2 other printings of 485 (borderless, showcase, extended-art, reprint or promo versions), each a distinct TCGplayer product trading at its own price. They are listed further down this page.
- Is the Inverted printing of Mendicant Core, Guidelight worth it?
- On TCGplayer the Inverted printing of Mendicant Core, Guidelight is US$10.02, against US$0.63 for the standard print, a US$9.39 premium. Whether that is worth it depends on whether you want a copy to play with or one to collect; both are tracked separately here.
Mendicant Core, Guidelight price by market
Mendicant Core, Guidelight is cheapest in the United States at US$6.63 and dearest in Australia at A$16.10 (≈ US$10.73), a 62% spread across the 3 markets stocking it. Each seller bills in its own currency; converted figures are indicative only.
| Market | Cheapest | ≈ USD | Stores |
|---|---|---|---|
| United StatesCheapestYour market | US$6.63postage at checkout | 4 | |
| Canada | C$13.85postage at checkout ≈ US$10.11 | 3 | |
| Australia | A$16.10postage at checkout ≈ US$10.73 | 2 |
Prices are live listings in each market, in the currency that seller charges. The “≈ USD” column is an indicative conversion for comparison only: not a quote, and not what you'll be billed. Stores generally ship within their own market, and international postage, duty and import tax aren't included, so a cheaper market elsewhere isn't necessarily cheaper to get delivered to you.
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Card details
- Card number
- 485
- Set
- Aetherdrift (DFT)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 14 February 2025
- Rarity
- Rare (R)
- Printing
- First-Place Foil
- Type line
- Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
- Colour
- White / Blue
- Colour identity
- White / Blue
- Mana cost
- {W}{U}
- Power / toughness
- */3
- Finish
- First-Place Foil
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