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Rootbound Crag card art (msc-261), Magic: The Gathering MSC

Illustrated by Eugene Maslovski

Marvel Super Heroes Commander

Rootbound Crag

MSC #261 · Jun 26, 2026

Type
Land
Mana value
0
Rarity
rare

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest. T: Add R or G.

"I been ta space, a buncha dimensions 'n' universes . . . and I always end up right back here on Yancy Street." —The Thing, Ben Grimm

Rootbound Crag is a rare Land from Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC #261).

TCGplayer price snapshot: $0.35

Price as of 2026-11-03. Treat this as a dated price snapshot, not as a live or settled market price.

Format legality

Standard
Not Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Not Legal
Brawl
Legal

Card notes: Rootbound Crag

Rootbound Crag taps for {R} or {G} and enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest. The ruling says this looks for lands with the Mountain or Forest land type, not cards named Mountain or Forest, and checks for them as Rootbound Crag enters among lands already on the battlefield. It is legal in Commander, has 28 printings, and EDHREC lists it in 682,547 of 2,245,091 decks it could fit.

  • Rootbound Crag is a Land. Source
  • Its rules text begins: "This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest." Source
  • Next line of rules text: "{T}: Add {R} or {G}." Source
  • Scryfall lists it as legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, Oathbreaker, Historic, Timeless. Source
  • Ruling dated 2009-10-01: This checks for lands you control with the land type Mountain or Forest, not for lands named Mountain or Forest. Source
  • Ruling dated 2009-10-01: As this is entering, it checks for lands that are already on the battlefield. Source
  • Scryfall lists 28 printings of this card. Source
  • EDHREC lists this card in 682,547 of 2,245,091 decks it could fit. Source
  • On EDHREC, Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER is one of its top commanders (25,492 of 33,653 decks). Source
  • On EDHREC, Bello, Bard of the Brambles is one of its top commanders (23,271 of 26,625 decks). Source
  • On EDHREC, Ureni of the Unwritten is one of its top commanders (17,727 of 23,124 decks). Source
  • EDHREC's Top Cards list for Rootbound Crag includes Swords to Plowshares. Source
  • EDHREC's Top Cards list for Rootbound Crag includes Path to Exile. Source
  • EDHREC's Top Cards list for Rootbound Crag includes Ignoble Hierarch. Source

Rootbound Crag in our guides

Other printings of Rootbound Crag

Printed in Marvel Super Heroes Commander (msc-489).