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◇ Catalog #329

Rootha, Mercurial Artist

soc·#329·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Chris Rahn

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Apr '26

3 mo ago

Value

$0.26+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.27 · low $0.25

NM$0.26

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.24–$0.27modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.33low $0.06range 450.0%n 55

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #13,526 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.26

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Orc Shaman

{2}, Return Rootha to its owner's hand: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

"Art is never finished. Merely abandoned."

1/4

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2021-04-16wotc

Rootha, Mercurial Artist's ability must have a target to be activated. You can't activate it without a target in order to return Rootha to your hand.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.26. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.06 and $0.33 across 55 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SOC — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #329 of *Secrets of Strixhaven Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Secrets of Strixhaven Commander release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Orc Shaman, color identity red/blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{U}{R} (3 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #13,526 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Chris Rahn. Rarix catalogs 1,209 other cards credited to this artist.