Printings
Rootwater Matriarch
Card Information
Type: Creature — Merfolk
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Tenth Edition (10E)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 103
Oracle Text
{T}: Gain control of target creature for as long as that creature is enchanted.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- February 1, 2009
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.
Source: wotc - July 15, 2007
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.
Source: wotc - August 1, 2005
A creature is “enchanted” if it has any Auras attached to it.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
Can target an unenchanted creature but has no effect on that creature.
Source: wotc
Price History
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