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fix(engine): gate Max speed activated abilities on the controller's speed - #7519

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Closes #7517.

Max speed — {T}: Add {R} for each Goblin you control could be activated at speed 0. The prefix was recognized and then dropped: the ability reached the battlefield as condition=None, activation_restrictions=[].

The report came from a real game where the Goblin had been stolen, so the first hypothesis was that the engine reads the owner's speed. It reads no one's — the third row below is the one that names the defect.

Measured through GameAction::ActivateAbility with pips counted in players[].mana_pool, one variable per row:

controller's speed owner's speed before after expected
4 0 1 1 1
2 4 1 0 0
2 2 1 0 0

Rules

CR 702.178a: "Max speed — [Ability]" means "As long as your speed is 4, this object has '[Ability]'." The glossary names whose speed — that permanent's controller (or that card's owner, if it isn't on the battlefield). CR 702.179e defines max speed as speed 4. Gomif-style effects raise that cap by overriding the rule — CR 101.1, not a CR 702.179 subrule (702.179d is the inherent once-per-turn speed trigger).

Because the ability is absent below max speed, the gate is an activation restriction (CR 602.5), not an intervening-if condition (CR 608.2c + the Shelldock Isle ruling this engine deliberately does not use for activation legality). That is the same reading already gets here (CR 702.186b), three lines away.

What changed

Four edits, each inside the seam that already owns the concept:

  • ParsedCondition::HasMaxSpeed — a player-designation leaf, sibling of HasCityBlessing / HasEnduringStory. ParsedCondition had no max-speed leaf, which is precisely why the bridge rejected the condition.
  • oracle_condition.rsStaticCondition::HasMaxSpeed moves out of the exhaustive bridge's "no exact restriction evaluator" rejection group into the exactly-representable player-state group. That group's comment asks for exactly this: close the gap by aligning the two vocabularies, never by adding a fallback.
  • restrictions.rs — evaluated through game::speed::has_max_speed, the same authority layers.rs uses for the static reading, so CR 702.179e's speed-is-4 test and the CR 101.1 cap override cannot mean two different things depending on which lane asks. (can_increase_speed_beyond_4 already carries the fix(engine): break Speed max-speed static-condition infinite recursion #2553 re-entrancy guard; a restriction check enters through the guarded outer call, not the static scan, so no new recursion path.)
  • oracle.rs — the matches!(aw_condition, Some(SourceIsHarnessed)) stamp becomes keyword_prefix_activation_restriction, which distinguishes the two kinds of em-dash prefix that arrive on the same code path.

That last distinction is the load-bearing one, so it is worth stating explicitly:

  • A CR 207.2c ability word (threshold, metalcraft, delirium, spell mastery, revolt, ferocious) "has no rules meaning". Its condition is printed in the ability's own text — Mox Opal's "Activate only if you control three or more artifacts" — where strip_activated_constraints already lowers it. Gating on the label would apply the printed clause twice, and on a card whose label gates only the effect it would refuse an activation the card allows.
  • A CR 702 keyword prefix (∞, Max speed) carries the whole gate and the text prints no other one.

So the helper is deliberately NOT generic over ability_word_to_condition's eight entries. an_ability_word_prefix_contributes_no_activation_gate pins that: Mox Opal must come out with exactly one restriction, and it must be the printed artifact count.

Scope

17 paper cards (Aetherdrift) print a Max speed — activated ability, so this is a class: Amonkhet Raceway, Avishkar Raceway, Deviant Skytech, Endrider Catalyzer, Gas Guzzler, Glitch Ghost Surveyor, Goblin Surveyor, Hour of Victory, Howlsquad Heavy, Kickoff Celebrations, Leonin Surveyor, Loxodon Surveyor, Muraganda Raceway, Mutant Surveyor, Perilous Snare, Slick Imitator, Starting Column.

Three of the labeled abilities are mana abilities (Endrider Catalyzer, Howlsquad Heavy, Muraganda Raceway) — the worst case, since they bypass the stack (CR 605.3a).

The trigger lane (ability_word_to_trigger_condition) and the static lane (layers.rs) were already correct; only the activated lane was open. #1213 (Vnwxt, Verbose Host) was the same keyword ungated on a replacement effect and did not touch this path.

Tests

  • crates/engine/tests/integration/howlsquad_max_speed_reads_controller.rs — the three-row measurement above, plus a control row so a failure names the wrong player rather than merely reporting that the ability is unavailable. It also pins, as its own row, that ai_support::legal_actions surfaces no mana abilities at priority (a plain Mountain is absent too) — that instrument measured nothing when this file first reached for it, and the note exists so the next reader does not repeat it.
  • parser::oracle::tests::max_speed_prefix_gates_only_the_ability_it_labels — Starting Column carries both shapes on one card, so one parse shows the gate landing on the labeled ability while its plain {T}: Add one mana of any color stays ungated.
  • parser::oracle::tests::max_speed_prefix_gates_a_labeled_mana_ability — the mana lane.
  • parser::oracle::tests::an_ability_word_prefix_contributes_no_activation_gate — the CR 207.2c counter-case.

Counter-probe. Replacing the new oracle.rs arm with StaticCondition::HasMaxSpeed => None drops four rows:

max_speed_prefix_gates_only_the_ability_it_labels ... FAILED
max_speed_prefix_gates_a_labeled_mana_ability ... FAILED
nobody_at_max_speed_means_no_ability ... FAILED
  assertion `left == right` failed: no player has speed 4, so the max speed ability grants nothing
  left: 1  right: 0
only_the_owner_at_max_speed_must_not_unlock_the_ability ... FAILED
  left: 1  right: 0

Both control rows stay green under the probe (the_controller_at_max_speed_may_activate_it, and the mana-ability harness row), so the fix is not over-suppressing.

an_ability_word_prefix_contributes_no_activation_gate also stays green under the probe — it is a pin against a future over-generic seam, not evidence for this change. Stating that rather than counting it as a fifth proof.

cargo test -p phase-engine: 5204 passed, 0 failed. cargo fmt --all and cargo clippy -p phase-engine --all-targets -D warnings clean; the full pre-push chain passed. (Tilt was not running in this checkout; commands were run directly.)

Not covered

No card currently prints "Activate only if you have max speed" as a standalone clause, so the bridge widening has no card-facing effect today beyond enabling the seam above. Surge of Acclaim's "If you have max speed, choose both instead" is an AbilityCondition and takes a different path.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for “Max speed” activation restrictions on abilities.
    • Max Speed requirements now evaluate the ability’s controller, including abilities on opponent-owned cards.
    • Added support for abilities requiring maximum speed, including abilities activated from a graveyard.
    • Added visibility for Max Speed activation requirements in ability details.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Corrected parsing and enforcement of Max Speed conditions.
    • Preserved harness restrictions and ability-word behavior.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for battlefield and graveyard activation outcomes, ownership, and controller-specific speed checks.

…peed

CR 702.178a: "Max speed — [Ability]" means "As long as your speed is 4,
this object has '[Ability]'." The ability is ABSENT below max speed, so
the prefix is an activation restriction (CR 602.5), not an intervening-if
condition (CR 608.2c). The parser recognized the prefix and dropped it:
Howlsquad Heavy reached the battlefield with condition=None and no
restrictions, so its mana ability produced {R} at speed 0.

Adds ParsedCondition::HasMaxSpeed (a player-designation leaf beside
HasCityBlessing), moves StaticCondition::HasMaxSpeed out of the
oracle_condition bridge's rejection group, and evaluates it through
game::speed::has_max_speed — the same authority layers.rs uses, so
CR 702.179d cannot diverge between the static and restriction readings.

The oracle.rs seam's `matches!(.., SourceIsHarnessed)` stamp becomes
keyword_prefix_activation_restriction, which keeps CR 207.2c ability
words ungated: their condition is printed in the ability's own text, so a
label-derived gate would apply it twice and, where the label gates only
the effect, refuse a legal activation.

Covers 17 paper cards; three of the labeled abilities are mana abilities,
which bypass the stack (CR 605.3a).

Closes phase-rs#7517.
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The parser now preserves Max speed activation restrictions. The evaluator resolves the source permanent’s controller on the battlefield and its owner in other zones. Parser and integration tests cover labeled abilities, mana abilities, controller resolution, and graveyard activation.

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Max Speed activation gating

Layer / File(s) Summary
Condition representation and evaluation
crates/engine/src/types/ability.rs, crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_condition.rs, crates/engine/src/game/restrictions.rs, crates/engine/src/ai_support/filter.rs, crates/engine/src/game/coverage.rs
Adds HasMaxSpeed to the condition model, evaluates it through game::speed::has_max_speed, marks it memo-safe, and reports the gate in coverage details.
Activated-ability restriction routing
crates/engine/src/parser/oracle.rs
Maps supported keyword-prefix conditions to activation restrictions. Max speed produces a restriction, while ordinary ability-word conditions remain excluded.
Parser and integration validation
crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_tests.rs, crates/engine/tests/integration/howlsquad_max_speed_reads_controller.rs, crates/engine/tests/integration/max_speed_owner_arm_from_graveyard.rs, crates/engine/tests/integration/main.rs
Tests labeled draw and mana abilities, controller-based speed resolution, graveyard owner resolution, activation outcomes, zone changes, and test-module registration.

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The PR gates Max speed activated abilities, but the current implementation may still allow activation based on the wrong player's speed, causing abilities to be available when their source permanent's controller is not at max speed. Merge should wait for this bounded correctness issue to be fixed or explicitly accepted; the test's rules citation also needs correction.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant OracleParser
  participant ActivatedAbility
  participant RestrictionEvaluator
  participant SpeedAuthority

  OracleParser->>ActivatedAbility: attach HasMaxSpeed restriction
  ActivatedAbility->>RestrictionEvaluator: check activation
  RestrictionEvaluator->>SpeedAuthority: resolve controller or owner speed
  SpeedAuthority-->>RestrictionEvaluator: return max-speed result
  RestrictionEvaluator-->>ActivatedAbility: allow or reject activation
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In `@crates/engine/src/parser/oracle.rs`:
- Around line 2942-2947: Update the StaticCondition::HasMaxSpeed handling so
ParsedCondition::HasMaxSpeed evaluates the source permanent’s battlefield
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Comment thread crates/engine/src/parser/oracle.rs Outdated
Comment on lines +2942 to +2947
// `RequiresCondition` is evaluated against the ACTIVATING player, who is
// the source's controller (CR 602.2), so the owner's speed is never read
// for a permanent on the battlefield.
StaticCondition::HasMaxSpeed => Some(ActivationRestriction::RequiresCondition {
condition: Some(ParsedCondition::HasMaxSpeed),
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Use the source controller for a Max speed keyword gate.

ActivationRestriction::RequiresCondition evaluates ParsedCondition::HasMaxSpeed with the activating player. That is wrong when another player may activate the ability. If the source controller has speed 2 and an allowed non-controller activator has speed 4, this code permits an ability that CR 702.178a makes absent.

Represent the Max speed subject explicitly as the source permanent’s controller on the battlefield, with the owner fallback off the battlefield. Add an integration case where a non-controller may activate the ability and the two players have different speeds.

This conflicts with the stated requirement to evaluate the ability controller’s speed.

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In `@crates/engine/src/parser/oracle.rs` around lines 2942 - 2947, Update the
StaticCondition::HasMaxSpeed handling so ParsedCondition::HasMaxSpeed evaluates
the source permanent’s battlefield controller, falling back to its owner when it
is off the battlefield, rather than the activating player. Preserve the CR
702.178a behavior and add an integration case covering a non-controller
activator with different speeds from the source controller.

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Manual implementation review is clean for 2b50f96a165a5bc437e0b1b89d87a51e632859fd. Enrollment remains held for CI, the SHA-bound coverage parse-diff artifact, and current CodeRabbit feedback on this exact head. No contributor change is requested.

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Parse changes introduced by this PR · 18 card(s), 8 signature(s) (baseline: main 2e37d7b89be7)

🟡 Modified fields (8 signatures)

  • 8 cards · 🔄 ability/Draw · changed field gate: max speed
    • Affected (first 3): Avishkar Raceway, Gas Guzzler, Glitch Ghost Surveyor (+5 more)
  • 3 cards · 🔄 ability/Mana · changed field gate: max speed
    • Affected (first 3): Endrider Catalyzer, Howlsquad Heavy, Muraganda Raceway
  • 2 cards · 🔄 ability/grant Haste · changed field gate: max speed
    • Affected (first 3): Amonkhet Raceway, Kickoff Celebrations
  • 1 card · 🔄 ability/CopySpell · changed field gate: max speed
    • Affected (first 3): Slick Imitator
  • 1 card · 🔄 ability/Mill · changed field gate: max speed
    • Affected (first 3): The Mystery Raceway
  • 1 card · 🔄 ability/PutCounter · changed field gate: max speed
    • Affected (first 3): Perilous Snare
  • 1 card · 🔄 ability/SearchLibrary · changed field gate: max speed
    • Affected (first 3): Hour of Victory
  • 1 card · 🔄 ability/Token · changed field gate: max speed
    • Affected (first 3): Deviant Skytech

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Request changes — Max-speed restriction reads the activator, not the source's controller

Blocker. keyword_prefix_activation_restriction lowers Max speed to ActivationRestriction::RequiresCondition { HasMaxSpeed } (crates/engine/src/parser/oracle.rs:2942-2947). That generic restriction evaluates its condition with the activating player (crates/engine/src/game/restrictions.rs:1100-1102), and HasMaxSpeed reads that player's speed (:1648). This is not always the permanent's controller: AbilityDefinition::activator_filter explicitly permits All or Opponent (crates/engine/src/types/ability.rs:20309-20312), and the activation path enforces that permission independently of obj.controller (crates/engine/src/game/casting.rs:18448-18459, :18920-18933).

CR 702.178a says that max speed grants the ability only while the permanent's controller has speed 4 (owner if the card is not on the battlefield); CR 702.179e defines max speed. Please model this as a source-controller/owner-scoped activation gate rather than reusing the activator-scoped generic condition, and add a production-path regression with an allowed non-controller activator whose speed differs from the source controller's in both directions.

Evidence gap. The current SHA-bound parse artifact reports no card-parse changes: #7519 (comment). The PR body claims this enables the Max-speed activated-ability class (17 paper cards). Reconcile that mismatch by making the coverage/parse projection represent this changed activation restriction, or document and prove why its omission is intentional; current evidence cannot verify the claimed card-class impact.

Current CodeRabbit independently reports the controller/activator issue at this exact head: #7519 (review)

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Review catch on this PR. `ParsedCondition::HasMaxSpeed` was evaluated
against whoever was activating. CR 702.178a's "your" is addressed to the
object, and the "Max Speed" glossary entry (sense 2) names exactly whose
speed it is: "that permanent's controller (or that card's owner, if it
isn't on the battlefield)".

Those two players are not always the same. CR 602.1a admits an
`activator_filter` of `PlayerFilter::All`, and 42 cards print "Any player
may activate this ability" (measured against client/public/card-data.json).
The off-battlefield branch is live too: CR 702.178b keeps a max speed
ability functioning in the zone its granted ability names, and five
Aetherdrift Surveyors activate theirs from a graveyard.

`HasCityBlessing` keeps reading the activating player and is not touched —
its cards print "only if YOU have the city's blessing", addressed to the
activator. That difference is now stated at the leaf.

Two doc comments claimed the activator IS the controller. They were wrong;
both are corrected rather than reworded.

NOT reachable today: no printed card combines a max speed ability with
"any player may activate this ability", so the defect could not fire in
the current pool. The two new rows stamp the permission on directly, which
is the honest way to cover the class rather than the card.
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Accepted — the leaf read the wrong player. Fixed in 4888e89.

CR 702.178a's "your" is addressed to the object, and the "Max Speed" glossary entry (sense 2) names whose speed exactly: "that permanent's controller (or that card's owner, if it isn't on the battlefield)". ParsedCondition::HasMaxSpeed now resolves that from source_id — controller on the battlefield, owner elsewhere — instead of from the activating player.

Reachability, measured against client/public/card-data.json:

count
cards printing "Any player may activate this ability" 42
of those, with a max speed ability 0
max speed abilities activated from a graveyard (CR 702.178b) 5 (Surveyor cycle)

So the defect could not fire in the current pool. The leaf was still wrong, and the off-battlefield branch is live regardless of the activator question.

Two new rows in howlsquad_max_speed_reads_controller.rs stamp PlayerFilter::All onto the ability directly, since no printed card combines the two. They measure casting::can_activate_ability_now, which takes the activating player as an argument — stated in the test: they prove the GATE reads the right player, not that the pipeline behind it produces mana. The four original rows still drive the full pipeline.

Counter-probe: restoring has_max_speed(state, player) drops exactly those two rows, in both directions (controller-at-max-speed refused, activator-at-max-speed allowed); the four original rows stay green.

HasCityBlessing deliberately keeps reading the activating player — its cards print "only if YOU have the city's blessing", addressed to the activator. That contrast is now recorded at the leaf.

Also corrected: two doc comments asserted the activator IS the controller. They were plainly wrong, not merely imprecise.

19415 + 5218 tests pass; fmt, clippy -D warnings, and the full pre-push chain are clean.

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Request changes — correct the current CR evidence and cover the reachable owner branch.

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  1. The new comments at crates/engine/src/parser/oracle.rs:2943, crates/engine/src/game/restrictions.rs:1649, and crates/engine/src/types/ability.rs:9391 cite CR 602.1a for the exception that lets someone other than the controller activate an ability. That citation is incorrect: CR 602.1a says that the activation cost is everything before the colon, while CR 602.2 says, “Only an object’s controller (or its owner, if it doesn’t have a controller) can activate its activated ability unless the object specifically says otherwise.” Please replace these citations with CR 602.2.

    The new comments at restrictions.rs:1662, ability.rs:9395, and crates/engine/src/ai_support/filter.rs:1085 also describe CR 702.179d as a cap-lifting exception. CR 702.179d instead defines the inherent once-per-turn speed trigger; CR 702.179e defines max speed as speed 4. Please remove or correct the 702.179d cap-lifting claim (and retain only citations that actually describe the annotated behavior).

  2. ParsedCondition::HasMaxSpeed now deliberately branches between the battlefield controller and off-battlefield owner at crates/engine/src/game/restrictions.rs:1664-1670, but every added integration fixture places Howlsquad on the battlefield (howlsquad_max_speed_reads_controller.rs:76-95). The PR itself identifies a live graveyard class, and CR 702.178b says a max-speed ability functions from a named zone when its granted ability does. Add a production GameAction::ActivateAbility regression using a real max-speed ability that functions from the graveyard: prove the owner at max speed succeeds and the owner below max speed is rejected. That makes the new owner arm discriminating rather than inferred from the battlefield controller tests.

✅ Clean

The former controller/activator defect is resolved on this head: restrictions.rs:1664-1670 now scopes Max speed to the source’s controller on the battlefield and owner elsewhere, and the two PlayerFilter::All cases at howlsquad_max_speed_reads_controller.rs:197-220 distinguish an allowed non-controller activator’s speed from the source controller’s speed.

Recommendation: request changes for the citation corrections and the owner-scope production regression, then re-review the new head.

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Review findings on phase-rs#7519, all three accepted.

CR 602.1a is the activation-cost rule ("everything before the colon"). The
rule that lets someone other than the controller activate an ability is
CR 602.2 ("unless the object specifically says otherwise"). Corrected at
`parser/oracle.rs`, `game/restrictions.rs`, `types/ability.rs`; the tree's
other CR 602.1a citations really are about the cost and are untouched.

CR 702.179d is the inherent once-per-turn speed trigger, not a cap-lifting
exception. What `game::speed::can_increase_speed_beyond_4` implements is a
card overriding a rule (Gomif) — CR 101.1. Corrected at `restrictions.rs`,
`types/ability.rs`, `ai_support/filter.rs`.

New `max_speed_owner_arm_from_graveyard.rs` drives `GameAction::ActivateAbility`
on Loxodon Surveyor from P0's graveyard: owner at speed 4 with the opponent at
0 pays the cost, owner at 3 with the opponent at 4 is refused. Counter-probe:
removing the `HasMaxSpeed` arm from `keyword_prefix_activation_restriction`
drops the second row.

`ability_details` (`game/coverage.rs`) never projected `activation_restrictions`,
so this PR's gate was invisible to the parse-diff artifact by construction. It
now emits `gate: max speed`, scoped to the one shape
`keyword_prefix_activation_restriction` produces — the same discipline and
COUPLING note the `repeat_for` projection above it carries.

Does not cover: the new rows separate the owner from the OTHER player, not from
`object.controller`. A third row pins why — CR 108.4a's owner substitution is
what the engine performs on the zone change, so a graveyard card never carries
a divergent controller and no reachable state can tell the two reads apart.

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1. CR 602.1a → CR 602.2. Accepted, corrected. grep -n "^602.1a" docs/MagicCompRules.txt reads "The activation cost is everything before the colon (:)"; ^602.2 carries "Only an object's controller (or its owner, if it doesn't have a controller) can activate its activated ability unless the object specifically says otherwise." Three sites: parser/oracle.rs, game/restrictions.rs, types/ability.rs. The tree's other CR 602.1a citations are about the activation cost and are untouched.

2. CR 702.179d as a cap-lifting exception. Accepted, removed. 702.179d is the inherent once-per-turn speed trigger; 702.179e is the speed-is-4 definition. What game::speed::can_increase_speed_beyond_4 implements is a card overriding a rule (Gomif) — CR 101.1, not a 702.179 subrule. Corrected at restrictions.rs, types/ability.rs, ai_support/filter.rs, and in the PR body.

3. Owner-arm production regression. Added crates/engine/tests/integration/max_speed_owner_arm_from_graveyard.rs, driving GameAction::ActivateAbility on Loxodon Surveyor — "Max speed — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card." — from P0's graveyard. Outcome is read from the card's zone, since the exile is part of the cost.

owner speed opponent speed result
4 0 cost paid, card in exile
3 4 refused, card still in the graveyard

Counter-probe: removing the HasMaxSpeed arm from keyword_prefix_activation_restriction drops the second row — the ability activates at speed 3.

Measured limit, stated in the file. These rows separate the owner from the other player, not the owner from object.controller. A third row pins why: a permanent owned by P0 and controlled by P1 arrives in the graveyard with controller == owner == P0. CR 108.4 + CR 108.4a say a card that is not a permanent or spell has no controller and anything asking for one uses its owner — the engine performs exactly that substitution on the zone change, so no reachable graveyard state can tell the two reads apart. The owner spelling stays because CR 108.4a says owner, not because a controller read is currently observable.

Evidence gap (parse artifact). Reconciled by making the projection represent the change rather than by explaining the silence. ability_details (game/coverage.rs) never projected activation_restrictions at all, so a gate added to a card was invisible to the parse-diff by construction. It now emits gate: max speed for exactly the shape keyword_prefix_activation_restriction produces, scoped the way the repeat_for block above it is scoped and carrying the same COUPLING note — projecting the whole restriction surface would migrate every "Activate only if …" card's signature in one shot, which is a schema migration and not this fix.

Class re-measured against client/public/card-data.json: 18 faces print a Max speed — activated ability; the 17 named in the PR body are the Aetherdrift ones, the 18th is The Mystery Raceway (acorn playtest card).

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/// The outcome is read from the card's ZONE, not from the `Ok`/`Err` of the
/// submission: "Exile this card from your graveyard" is part of the activation
/// cost (CR 602.1a), so a genuinely activated ability has already moved the card
/// to exile. That keeps "accepted" and "accepted but inert" apart.

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Correct the activation-cost CR reference.

CR 602.1a does not define payment of an activated ability’s costs. Use CR 602.2 for the assertion that exiling the card occurs while paying the activation cost.

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-/// submission: "Exile this card from your graveyard" is part of the activation
-/// cost (CR 602.1a), so a genuinely activated ability has already moved the card
+/// submission: "Exile this card from your graveyard" is part of the activation
+/// cost (CR 602.2), so a genuinely activated ability has already moved the card

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/// The outcome is read from the card's ZONE, not from the `Ok`/`Err` of the
/// submission: "Exile this card from your graveyard" is part of the activation
/// cost (CR 602.1a), so a genuinely activated ability has already moved the card
/// to exile. That keeps "accepted" and "accepted but inert" apart.
/// The outcome is read from the card's ZONE, not from the `Ok`/`Err` of the
/// submission: "Exile this card from your graveyard" is part of the activation
/// cost (CR 602.2), so a genuinely activated ability has already moved the card
/// to exile. That keeps "accepted" and "accepted but inert" apart.
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In `@crates/engine/tests/integration/max_speed_owner_arm_from_graveyard.rs` around
lines 80 - 83, Update the rules citation in the comment near the activation-cost
explanation to use CR 602.2 instead of CR 602.1a, while preserving the existing
explanation that exiling occurs during payment of the activation cost.

Apply the same fix in `@crates/engine/src/game/coverage.rs` around lines 3919 -
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Parse artifact on 62eaf86df, for the evidence gap: 18 cards, 8 signatures, every one gate: ∅ → max speed. It independently reproduces the class count and the shape spread (Draw ×8, Mana ×3, grant Haste ×2, CopySpell / Mill / PutCounter / SearchLibrary / Token ×1). Coverage regression check: 0 cards. CI 14/14.

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CR 602.2 contains the controller/owner activation permission and its exception; CR 602.1a remains correct for activation costs.

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Maintainer fixup f395f748823a9b024601068b0c1fe28cb9665eea corrects the remaining CR 602.2 citation and brings this branch current with main. The prior CodeRabbit request to change the graveyard cost comment does not apply: CR 602.1a is the rule that defines an activation cost. This head is held only while its fresh CI, SHA-bound coverage parse-diff, and current CodeRabbit pass settle; no contributor action is requested.

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Approved at f395f748823a9b024601068b0c1fe28cb9665eea.

The source-relative controller/owner max-speed gate is at the activation-restriction seam, has discriminating production-path coverage for stolen permanents, a permitted non-controller activator, and graveyard activation, and its current SHA has green CI, parse-diff, and CodeRabbit evidence. The remaining CodeRabbit inline suggestion is refuted: CR 602.1a correctly identifies the activation cost; CR 602.2 separately governs who may activate.

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