Rootwater Shaman
Creature — Merfolk Shaman
You may cast Aura spells with enchant creature as though they had flash.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tempest
- Price
- $0.68
- EDHREC rank
- #22897
Rootwater Shaman lets you cast Aura spells at instant speed — a quietly powerful effect that turns combat tricks and defensive enchantments into actual surprises. The cost is a 1/1 body for three mana that does nothing on its own, so it only earns a slot in decks where Auras are central enough to make that speed matter every game.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Rootwater Shaman is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's essentially the full list of places it sees any discussion. In Commander it fits narrowest into Aura-voltron builds where flashing in a protection enchantment at the end of an opponent's turn — or mid-combat — converts a trade into a blowout. Legacy and Vintage have far more efficient options and no real Aura-centric shell that wants a three-mana 1/1, so Rootwater Shaman is a Commander card in practice. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where a dedicated Aura signature spell could make the instant-speed clause come up repeatedly.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.68 bulk tier
At $0.68, Rootwater Shaman sits firmly in bulk territory. It's a niche card with a small target audience, so don't expect the price to move — pick it up cheaply for an Aura deck and don't think twice about it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.