Root Maze
Tempest 250 • rare
- Set
- Tempest
- Collector number
- 250
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Rebecca Guay
- Market price
- $11.58
What it does
Artifacts and lands enter tapped.
"We should step up repairs. I think the forest has plans for us."— Crovax
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Root Maze was released in 1997 as part of the Tempest expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Created by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed to introduce complex mechanics and high-power cards, shifting the game's competitive environment toward more interactive and strategic play. The card itself was conceptualized as a green enchantment intended to slow down opponents by forcing their lands and creatures to enter the battlefield tapped, effectively punishing rapid deck development.
The artwork for Root Maze was illustrated by Heather Hudson, a prolific contributor to the game during the late 1990s. Hudson utilized a distinct, painterly style to capture the unsettling, overgrown nature of the maze, reflecting the card's disruptive gameplay function. Upon release, the card was received as a niche but effective tool in control and stax-style archetypes, where players leveraged its ability to disrupt mana curves and stall the pace of the game.
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