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Magic · Starter Commander Decks · #32 · Common

Rootborn Defenses

Magic card price for Rootborn Defenses: $0.58 market, from $0.01 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$0.58
0.0% this week · +3.6% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+3.6%
90 days+107.1%
1 year+114.8%
All time+114.8%

Sellers right now

$0.01lowest listing$19.95highest
Market price$0.58
Mid listing$0.57
30-day avg$0.57

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$0.58
Cardmarket$0.25 €0.22

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

One year

$0.1552-week low$0.5952-week high
In the range98%
All-time low$0.15
All-time high$0.59
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.21$0.35$0.49$0.63
$0.58
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Rootborn Defenses begins in February 2024 at $0.27; the market price today is $0.58, up 115% since then. In the last year the price changed +115% and ranged from $0.15 to $0.59, and it now trades near the top of that range. This is the highest market price in our records for this card. The cheapest listing right now is $0.01, and the 30-day average market price is $0.57.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.58$0.01$19.950.0%

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.)

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 (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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