Rooting Moloch
Creature — Lizard
IKOIkoria: Lair of Behemoths#133uncommon
Foil
Their feeding habits leave them with gizzards full of tumbled gems.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 960
- Illustrator
- Andrey Kuzinskiy
- Found in
- Ikoria Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Red · Ikoria Lair of Behemoths MTGO Redemption Foil · 6 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
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 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
4/4 (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)Cycling
Plays as: Card Draw
Market · per finishspark updated 15h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.17
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.28
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Finish
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Nonfoil
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Cheapest playable copy$0.06· across 2 printings
Rulings
4 · latest Apr 17, 2020 · one tap opens all
- WotCApr 17, 2020
If you don’t play the exiled card, it remains exiled.
- WotCApr 17, 2020
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.
- WotCApr 17, 2020
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.
- WotCApr 17, 2020
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.