Rootborn Defenses

Return to Ravnica · #19 · common · EN

€0.12 · Foil $0.35

cheapest of 52 store offers · see all

market $0.14 · Foil $1.40

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: 2012-10-05

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.14
  • TCGplayer foil: $1.40
  • Cardmarket: €0.21
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.73
  • MTGO tix: 0.03
$1.43$0.14
233 days of daily prices for Rootborn Defenses: $0.19 to $0.14
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 233 days tracked · $0.19 → $0.14 (-26%) · low $0.14 · high $1.43
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Return to Ravnica #19) in 10 other languages.

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
CardTraderNM · 3 days agoNMregular€0.123 days ago
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
Fetch & Shock GamesNM · 5 days agoNMregularCA$0.255 days ago
McNabb GamesSP · yesterdaySPregular$0.19yesterday
CardTraderSP · 3 days agoSPregular€0.193 days ago
CardTraderMP · 3 days agoMPregular€0.213 days ago
CardTraderHP · 3 days agoHPregular€0.223 days ago
The Southern GeeksMP · 3 days agoMPregular$0.253 days ago
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.25today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.35today
CardTraderDM · 3 days agoDMregular€0.323 days ago
CardTraderNM · foil · 3 days agoNMfoil€0.393 days ago
ManaPoolHP · foil · todayHPfoil$0.60today
CardTraderHP · foil · 3 days agoHPfoil€0.593 days ago
CardTraderSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil€0.603 days ago
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.73today
First PlayerMP · foil · 2 days agoMPfoilCA$1.452 days ago
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$1.06today
Face To Face GamesSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$1.59today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$1.13today
CardTraderMP · foil · 3 days agoMPfoil€1.323 days ago

Truncated: 28 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 52 in total.

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 59 lists
  • Played in 6 decks
  • 121 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of Rootborn Defenses

USD · low $0.14 · high $0.41

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