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 . If you do, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)

Flying
Whenever Witch-king attacks, defending player sacrifices a creature with the least power among creatures they control.

Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch.
, : Choose one —
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
• Bow of Nylea deals 2 damage to target creature with flying.
• You gain 3 life.
• Put up to four target cards from your graveyard on the bottom of your library in any order.

Whenever you activate an ability of a creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
: Exile up to two other target nonland permanents you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

This creature doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay . If you do, untap this creature.
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature.

Defender
Whenever this creature blocks, put a -0/-1 counter on it.

Players can't get counters.
Counters can't be put on artifacts, creatures, enchantments, or lands.

This creature can't be blocked except by Walls and/or creatures with flying.

Grapeshot deals 1 damage to any target.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

, : Destroy target nonbasic land.
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
, , Put this creature on the bottom of its owner's library: Take an extra turn after this one. Activate only if you have the city's blessing.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature is in your graveyard, you may pay . If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Choose one —
• Tap all Spirits.
• Tap all non-Spirit creatures.

When Growing Rites of Itlimoc enters, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
At the beginning of your end step, if you control four or more creatures, transform Growing Rites of Itlimoc.

Other artifact creatures you control get +2/+2.
Whenever this Vehicle attacks, return up to one target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Crew 6

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Enchant creature
: Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

: Add .