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◇ Catalog #227

Rootha, Mercurial Artist

stx·#227·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Chris Rahn

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Apr '21

5 yr ago

Value

$0.14+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.14 · low $0.13

NM$0.14

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.13–$0.15modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.16low $0.03range 433.3%n 47

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #13,526 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.20

Nonfoil$0.14

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 $0.14. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.16 across 47 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from STX — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #227 of *Strixhaven: School of Mages*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2021 Strixhaven: School of Mages 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.