Tempest · 1997
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Legality
Rootwater Matriarch
Creature — Merfolk
Printings & Editions
Premodern-legal editions of Rootwater Matriarch — old-border printings plus any period-appropriate foil promos (Arena/Judge, through Scourge). Hover to preview an edition on the card; click to select it.
Old-border editions + pre-Scourge promo foils (Arena/Judge). Modern-frame reprints (8th Edition onward) exist but are not period-appropriate printings.
Critical Rulings
"Can target an unenchanted creature but has no effect on that creature."
— 2004-10-04
"A creature is “enchanted” if it has any Auras attached to it."
— 2005-08-01
"Unlike many similar creatures, Rootwater Matriarch untaps as normal during your untap step. Whether it’s tapped or untapped has no bearing on the control-change effect."
— 2007-07-15
"The control effect applies so long as at least one Aura is attached to the creature, and will continue to apply even if Rootwater Matriarch has left the battlefield. The effect ends if at any time the creature has no Auras on it."
— 2009-02-01
Price History
91d · USDTracks this card’s preferred printing: the old-border edition shown by default (block-expansion printings first, e.g. Urza’s, Tempest, Mirage). It doesn’t re-price when you select a different edition above. Per-edition history is planned.
Decks playing Rootwater Matriarch (0)
No mainboard decks match.