First printed in Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021)
Legendary Creature — Orc Shaman
, 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."
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- Illustrated by
- Chris Rahn
- Watermark
- Prismari
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Standard Brawl
Ruling (1)
- 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.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
148 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Expansion // Explosion + Rootha, Mercurial Artist
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Increasing Vengeance + Rootha, Mercurial Artist
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Reverberate + Rootha, Mercurial Artist
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Twincast
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Refuse // Cooperate + Rootha, Mercurial Artist
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Desperate Ritual + Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Through the Breach
- Infinite magecraft triggers: Fork + Rootha, Mercurial Artist
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Leyline of Anticipation + Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Seething Song + Storm-Kiln Artist
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Brass's Bounty + Leyline of Anticipation + Rootha, Mercurial Artist
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Leyline of Anticipation + Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Turnabout