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Magic · Modern Masters 2017 · #21 · Common

Rootborn Defenses

Magic card price for Rootborn Defenses: $0.64 market, from $0.27 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$0.64
0.0% this week · −11.1% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−11.1%
90 days−11.1%
1 year+20.8%
All time−13.5%

Sellers right now

$0.27lowest listing$5.99highest
Market price$0.64
Mid listing$0.61
30-day avg$0.64

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$0.64
Cardmarket$0.48 €0.43

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

One year

$0.4452-week low$0.7752-week high
In the range61%
All-time low$0.44
All-time high$0.83
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.05$0.31$0.58$0.84
$0.64
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Rootborn Defenses (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $0.74. Today the market price is $0.64, down 13.5%. Across the past year it went +20.8%, with a low of $0.44 and a high of $0.77; today it sits in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $0.83, 29.7% above today. Listings currently start at $0.27; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.64.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.64$0.27$5.990.0%
Normal$0.32$0.05$3.00−3.0%

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.)

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 (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 Rootborn Defenses (74), Commander 2019 — Magic card price +7.4% 7d Rootborn Defenses Commander 2019 · #74 $0.29

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