Rootha, Mercurial Artist
Strixhaven: School of Mages 227 • uncommon
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Collector number
- 227
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red · Blue
- Artist
- Chris Rahn
- Market price
- $0.15
What it does
2 generic mana, Return Rootha to its owner's hand: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.
"Art is never finished. Merely abandoned."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Rootha, Mercurial Artist was released in 2021 as part of the Strixhaven: School of Mages expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set centers on a magical university setting, where each color pair represents a different college. Rootha belongs to Prismari, the college of theater and arts, which emphasizes the intersection of magic with raw creative expression.
The card was illustrated by Chris Rahn, a prolific artist in the Magic: The Gathering community known for his expressive use of light and movement. Rahn’s design captures Rootha in a moment of kinetic magical performance, reflecting the character's role as a prodigious student capable of copying complex spells through her mastery of fluid elemental magic. The card was well-received by players for its efficient design and thematic resonance with the Izzet-aligned Prismari philosophy.
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