Mother of Runes
Mother of Runes: Creature - Human Cleric, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {W}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Creature - Human Cleric
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
- Released
- 2022-06-10
- Collector number
- 702
- Artist
- Scott M. Fischer
- Commander rank
- 504 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Mother of Runes
Mother of Runes is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 702 in that set, with art by Scott M. Fischer. It costs {W} (one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 12 sets, from Urza's Legacy (1999) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $11.17 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
{T}: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
"My family protects all families."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $11.17 (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 Mother of Runes by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Mother of Runes
Mother of Runes has been printed in 12 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #127 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #248 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #6 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Arena Anthology 2 (AA2) #1 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| The List (PLST) #ULG-14 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #473 | Rare | 2022 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #296 | Rare | 2021 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #297 | Rare | 2021 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #298 | Rare | 2021 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #299 | Rare | 2021 |
| The List (PLST) #DDO-20 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Commander Anthology (CMA) #17 | Uncommon | 2017 |
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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