Rooting Moloch

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Rooting Moloch: Creature - Lizard, Jumpstart 2022. When this creature enters, exile target card with a cycling ability from your graveyard. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{R}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Lizard
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Jumpstart 2022 (J22)
Released
2022-12-02
Collector number
590
Artist
Andrey Kuzinskiy
Commander rank
16,887 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Cycling

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About Rooting Moloch

Rooting Moloch is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red creature from Jumpstart 2022 (J22), a draft-focused set released in December 2022. It is collector number 590 in that set, with art by Andrey Kuzinskiy. It costs {4}{R} (four generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020) to Jumpstart 2022 (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

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 {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Their feeding habits leave them with gizzards full of tumbled gems.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.18 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Rooting Moloch by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Rooting Moloch

Rooting Moloch has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #133Uncommon2020

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Rooting Moloch, newest first.

  • 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.
  • 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.

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