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Magic · Commander 2019 · #74 · Common

Rootborn Defenses

Magic card price for Rootborn Defenses: $0.29 market, from $0.05 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$0.29
+7.4% this week · −14.7% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day+3.6%
7 days+7.4%
30 days−14.7%
90 days−14.7%
1 year+11.5%
All time−23.7%

Sellers right now

$0.05lowest listing$19.95highest
Market price$0.29
Mid listing$0.33
Direct$0.28
30-day avg$0.29

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$0.29
Cardmarket$0.37 €0.33

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.2552-week low$0.3952-week high
In the range29%
All-time low$0.17
All-time high$0.39
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.22$0.30$0.38$0.46
$0.29
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Rootborn Defenses since February 2024, when it sold for $0.38. Today the market price is $0.29, down 23.7%. Across the past year it went +11.5%, with a low of $0.25 and a high of $0.39; today it sits in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.39, still 34.5% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.05, and the 30-day average market price is $0.29.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.29$0.05$19.95+7.4%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

Populate. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. (To populate, create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Flavor

"No harm can come to me while the Worldsoul shelters me."

Other printings of Rootborn Defenses

7 more · $0.16 – $1.38
All printings
Rootborn Defenses (19), Return to Ravnica — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Rootborn Defenses Return to Ravnica · #19 $1.38 Rootborn Defenses (21), Modern Masters 2017 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Rootborn Defenses Modern Masters 2017 · #21 $0.64 Rootborn Defenses (32), Starter Commander Decks — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Rootborn Defenses Starter Commander Decks · #32 $0.58 Rootborn Defenses (26), Ravnica Remastered — Magic card price −7.1% 7d Rootborn Defenses Ravnica Remastered · #26 $0.39 Rootborn Defenses (MM3) (21), The List Reprints — Magic card price −5.7% 7d Rootborn Defenses (MM3) The List Reprints · #21 $0.33

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