Champion Unit
Azir
Sovereign
Energy
Rules
Accelerate (You may pay as an additional cost to have me enter ready.)
When I attack, you may move any number of your token units to this battlefield.
Flavor text
“You need not follow, but you must witness.”
Card information
- Set
- Spiritforged SFD
- Card number
- SFD-177/221
- Rarity
- Epic
- Type
- Champion Unit
- Champion tag
- Azir
- Tags
- Bird, Azir, Shurima
- Illustrator
- Six More Vodka
Names in other languages
Keywords explained
AccelerateCR 805Unit ability; Optional Additional Cost
Accelerate is functionally short for "As you play me, you may pay as an additional cost. If you do, I enter ready."
Functional text from the Core Rules
Legality
Simulator support
Fully scripted
Every printed ability works in the simulator.
Rulings & errata
›What is the difference between Iascylla and Azir, Sovereign’s uses of “this battlefield”?
Iascylla’s delayed trigger refers to the battlefield that she held. Azir, Sovereign’s attack trigger refers to the battlefield where he is located.
The difference between these two is that Iascylla has a delayed trigger that references implicit information from her trigger condition: the battlefield where she held. Azir, Sovereign’s attack trigger does not reference information from his trigger condition, which purely checks for the event of Azir gaining the attacker designation for the first time each combat. Without that information being checked from the trigger condition, the “this battlefield” in Azir, Sovereign’s attack trigger will be checked when the triggered ability resolves. If it resolves and he is not located at a battlefield, any instructions related to that battlefield will be ignored; otherwise, the battlefield he is currently located at will be used.
Comparatively, when a triggered ability refers to information from its trigger condition, that information is checked when the ability triggers and not on resolution. In the case of Iascylla, her delayed trigger is linked with her hold effect, so the information from the trigger condition of the hold effect can be shared with the delayed trigger.
In future sets, we’ve moved to use more precise templating and wording for abilities like Iascylla’s.
Relevant Rules: 359.3.f.1., 359.3.f.2., 359.3.f.3., 359.3.f.3.b.
Source: Riftbound: Vendetta Rules FAQ and Clarifications (newest FAQ found)



