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Rootwater Matriarch

Types
Creature
Subtypes
Merfolk

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Details

Rules
: Gain control of target creature for as long as that creature is enchanted.
Power
2
Toughness
3
Color Identity
Rarity
Rare
Number
103
Artist
Daren Bader
Language
English
(EN)
Expansion
Tenth Edition
Rulings
Can target an unenchanted creature but has no effect on that creature.
2004-10-04
A creature is “enchanted” if it has any Auras attached to it.
2005-08-01
Unlike many similar creatures, Rootwater Matriarch untaps as normal during your untap step. Whether it’s tapped or untapped has no bearing on the control-change effect.
2007-07-15
The control effect applies so long as at least one Aura is attached to the creature, and will continue to apply even if Rootwater Matriarch has left the battlefield. The effect ends if at any time the creature has no Auras on it.
2009-02-01
In the harsh depths of Rootwater, the charms of surface dwellers are quite useless . . . except as lures.