Rootborn Defenses

8 printings · from $0.14 to $0.41 · pictured: The List #RVR-26

$0.18

cheapest of 3 store offers · see all

market $0.21

Mana cost: {2}{W}

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Protection, Copy

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.)

Artist: Mark Zug

Released: 2026-08-10

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.21
  • Cardmarket: €0.25
  • MTGO tix: 0
$0.21$0.16
51 days of daily prices for Rootborn Defenses: $0.18 to $0.21
2026-09-232026-11-12
51 days tracked · $0.18 → $0.21 (+17%) · low $0.16 · high $0.21
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.18today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.19today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.24today

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 149 lists
  • Played in 15 decks

Decks that play this card

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All printings

Set#RarityUSD
The List#RVR-26 · commonRVR-26common$0.21
Ravnica: Clue Edition#71 · common71common$0.18
Ravnica Remastered#26 · common26common$0.41
Starter Commander Decks#32 · common32common$0.29
The List#MM3-21 · commonMM3-21common$0.32
Commander 2019#74 · common74common$0.32
Modern Masters 2017#21 · common21common$0.33
Return to Ravnica#19 · common19common$0.14