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Magic · Return to Ravnica · #19 · Common

Rootborn Defenses

Magic card price for Rootborn Defenses: $1.38 market, from $0.65 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$1.38
0.0% this week · +3.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+3.0%
90 days−0.7%
1 year+22.1%
All time−37.6%

Sellers right now

$0.65lowest listing$4.99highest
Market price$1.38
Mid listing$1.33
30-day avg$1.34

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$1.38
Cardmarket$0.93 €0.83

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

One year

$1.0952-week low$1.4452-week high
In the range83%
All-time low$1.09
All-time high$2.21
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market price
$1.02$1.46$1.89$2.32
$1.38
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Rootborn Defenses (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $2.21. Today the market price is $1.38, down 37.6%. Across the past year it went +22.1%, with a low of $1.09 and a high of $1.44; today it sits near the top of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $2.21, 60.1% above today. Listings currently start at $0.65; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $1.34.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$1.38$0.65$4.990.0%
Normal$0.23$0.09$28.00−14.8%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

Populate. Creatures you control are indestructible this turn. (To populate, put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy indestructible creatures.)

Other printings of Rootborn Defenses

7 more · $0.16 – $1.38
All printings
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 −9.3% 7d Rootborn Defenses Ravnica Remastered · #26 $0.39 Rootborn Defenses (MM3) (21), The List Reprints — Magic card price −8.3% 7d Rootborn Defenses (MM3) The List Reprints · #21 $0.33 Rootborn Defenses (74), Commander 2019 — Magic card price +3.7% 7d Rootborn Defenses Commander 2019 · #74 $0.28

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