Deeproot Waters
Deeproot Waters: Enchantment, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 152
- Artist
- Zezhou Chen
- Commander rank
- 4,349 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Deeproot Waters
Deeproot Waters is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue enchantment from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 152 in that set, with art by Zezhou Chen. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Ixalan (2017) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token with hexproof. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
A visit to the Deeproot Tree and its ancient spring replenishes a merfolk's connection to nature.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Deeproot Waters by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Deeproot Waters
Deeproot Waters has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ixalan (XLN) #51 | Uncommon | 2017 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Deeproot Waters, newest first.
- If an effect refers to a "[subtype] spell" or "[subtype] card," it refers only to a spell or card that has that subtype. For example, March of the Drowned is a card that benefits Pirates and features Pirates in its illustration, but it isn't a Pirate card.
- The ability of Deeproot Waters resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Deeproot Waters is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.