Rootha, Mastering the Moment
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Secrets of Strixhaven CommanderSOC · #8
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Orc Sorcerer
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- 0.49 € · ★ 0.50 € · 0.88 $ · ★ 0.35 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- Blue Red
Card text
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, create an X/X blue and red Elemental creature token with flying and haste, where X is the greatest mana value among instant and sorcery spells you've cast this turn.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Lie Setiawan
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2026-04-24
Flavour text
"The great thrill of perfection is that we'll always be chasing it."
Rulings
A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.
For spells you cast with in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value.
Rootha's ability will check as your beginning of combat step starts to see if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn. If you haven't, the ability won't trigger at all. It's not possible to cast an instant or sorcery spell during your beginning of combat step in time to have the ability trigger.