Rootha, Mercurial Artist

Rootha, Mercurial Artist

Legendary Creature — Orc Shaman

Mana cost: {1}{U}{R}

How we read this card

Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

activated {2}, Return Rootha to its owner's hand — bounce

activated {2}, Return Rootha to its owner's hand — copies a spell

What we read on this card

Causes: anything leaves the battlefield, copy an instant, copy a sorcery.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a sorcery is copied — 77 cards in Rootha's colors can cause this (Rootha is one).

When an instant is copied thanks to Rootha, Mercurial Artist:

  1. Storm-Kiln Artist — makes a token
  2. Zaffai, Thunder Conductor — scries
  3. Deekah, Fractal Theorist — makes a token
  4. Elemental Expressionist — grants a keyword
  5. Archmage Emeritus — draws you 1 card
  6. Veyran, Voice of Duality — gets +1/+1
  7. Ashling, Flame Dancer — draws and discards
  8. Prismari Apprentice — puts a counter on itself
  9. Symmetry Sage — triggers
  10. Prismari Pledgemage — triggers

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Shaman creature enters the battlefield — 214 cards in Rootha's colors can cause this (Rootha is one).

  1. Thornbite Staff — When Rootha, Mercurial Artist enters, Thornbite Staff triggers

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 1,285 cards in Rootha's colors can cause this (Rootha is one).

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — When Rootha, Mercurial Artist leaves the battlefield, Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature leaves the battlefield — 1,347 cards in Rootha's colors can cause this (Rootha is one).

When Rootha, Mercurial Artist leaves the battlefield:

  1. Dour Port-Mage — draws you 1 card
  2. Imperial Cosmographer — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Outpost Siege — deals 1 damage

6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 6,189 cards in Rootha's colors can cause this (Rootha is one).

When Rootha, Mercurial Artist attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
  3. Madame Web, Clairvoyant — mills a card
  4. Misty Mountains Raider — puts 2 counters on a Goblin or Army
  5. Razorkin Hordecaller — makes a token
  6. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — triggers
  8. Gut, True Soul Zealot — sacrifices a creature or artifact
  9. Cool but Rude — draws and discards
  10. Swashbuckler Extraordinaire — sacrifices a Treasure

27 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 6,189 cards in Rootha's colors can cause this (Rootha is one).

When Rootha, Mercurial Artist attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  3. Screaming Swarm — mills a card
  4. Imperious Mindbreaker — mills a card
  5. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  6. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  7. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  8. Total War — kills a creature
  9. The Spear of Leonidas — triggers
  10. Norin the Wary — flickers itself

76 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 6,189 cards in Rootha's colors can cause this (Rootha is one).

When Rootha, Mercurial Artist blocks:

  1. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  2. Heat of Battle — deals 1 damage
  3. Battle Strain — deals 1 damage
  4. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  5. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  6. Dwindle — kills a creature

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 6,218 cards in Rootha's colors can cause this (Rootha is one).

When Rootha, Mercurial Artist is cast:

  1. Summon: Brynhildr — grants haste
  2. Oketra's Monument — makes a token
  3. The Clone Saga — copies a spell
  4. Customs Depot — draws you 1 card
  5. Bontu's Monument — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Vanquisher's Banner — draws you 1 card
  7. Rhonas's Monument — gives +2/+2
  8. Hazoret's Monument — draws and discards
  9. Aether Barrier — makes a player sacrifice a permanent
  10. Kefnet's Monument — triggers

20 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 6,294 cards in Rootha's colors can cause this (Rootha is one).

When Rootha, Mercurial Artist enters:

  1. Arni, Humble Scribe — untaps itself
  2. Minion Reflector — makes a token
  3. Molten Echoes — makes a token
  4. Flameshadow Conjuring — makes a token

4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 6,749 cards in Rootha's colors can cause this (Rootha is one).

When Rootha, Mercurial Artist enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  5. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

87 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.