Messenger's Speed
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has trample and haste.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #12832
Messenger's Speed gives a creature trample and haste for one red mana — on an Aura that can stack with other enchantments, that's a meaningful rate. Uril, the Miststalker is the clearest home: hexproof already makes targeted removal irrelevant, and haste plus trample turns a powered-up Uril into a one-shot threat the turn it lands.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Uril, the Miststalker
Uril, the Miststalker gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it, so Messenger's Speed isn't just haste and trample — it's also a damage multiplier that makes every other Aura on the stack hit harder.
Valduk, Keeper of the Flame
Valduk, Keeper of the Flame creates an Elemental token for each Aura and Equipment attached to it at the beginning of combat, so Messenger's Speed pulls double duty: it counts toward the token trigger and gives Valduk haste to swing with those tokens immediately.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Messenger's Speed is a budget slot in Aura-voltron decks — cheap, stackable, and relevant from the moment it resolves. Pauper is the one competitive format where it sees occasional play, slotting into aggressive red builds that want haste enablers at the lowest possible mana cost. In Modern and Legacy, it's outclassed by Temur Battle Rage and similar effects that deliver comparable keywords without costing a card slot on an Aura. Pioneer and Oathbreaker follow the same logic as Commander — playable in niche enchantment strategies, absent from everything else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Messenger's Speed is deep bulk — a throw-in card with no financial floor to speak of. It holds its slot by merit alone, not by price, and there's no reason to expect that to change.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.