Rooting Moloch
Creature — Lizard
Rooting Moloch
Creature — Lizard
Card Text
When this creature enters, exile target card with a cycling ability from your graveyard. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 5
- Colors
- Red
- Color Identity
- Red
- Power / Toughness
- 4 / 4
- EDHREC Rank
- #16,001
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (18)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #590 | uncommon | en | Andrey Kuzinskiy | $0.07 | — |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) | #133 | uncommon | en | Andrey Kuzinskiy | $0.11 | $0.25 |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #590 | uncommon | de | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) | #133 | uncommon | de | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #590 | uncommon | es | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) | #133 | uncommon | es | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #590 | uncommon | fr | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) | #133 | uncommon | fr | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #590 | uncommon | it | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) | #133 | uncommon | it | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #590 | uncommon | ja | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) | #133 | uncommon | ja | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) | #133 | uncommon | ko | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) | #133 | uncommon | pt | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) | #133 | uncommon | ru | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) | #590 | uncommon | zhs | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) | #133 | uncommon | zhs | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) | #133 | uncommon | zht | Andrey Kuzinskiy | — | — |
Official Rulings (4)
You’ll still pay all costs for a spell cast this way, including additional costs. You may also pay alternative costs if any are available.
Rooting Moloch gives you permission to play the card as a land or cast it as a spell. You can’t cycle the exiled card.
If you don’t play the exiled card, it remains exiled.
You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions for the exiled card. If it’s a land, you can’t play it unless you have land plays available.
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