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Buy on TCGplayerMother of Runes
Creature — Human Cleric
LegalRank #513
: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
1/1
Why is this card good?
Mother of Runes is one of white's best one-drops, full stop. For a single mana she protects your key creatures from targeted removal, combat, and many forced sacrifices — giving protection from a color taps for nothing and answers spot removal nearly every turn once she's online.
She shines in any deck built around a vulnerable, must-protect creature: voltron/equipment commanders (Aurelia, Sram, Light-Paws), combo pieces you need to keep alive, and white-heavy midrange where attrition matters. She also doubles as evasion — give your attacker protection from a blocker's color to push damage or save it in combat. Protection from your own color of removal can even let you target your own stuff safely.
Her main weakness is the summoning-sickness delay: she can't activate the turn she lands, so savvy opponents will kill her with instants in response, or use her one tap-down before going for your real threat. She's also weakest in token-swarm or go-wide decks where individual creatures don't matter. Otherwise, near-auto-include in mono-W and white voltron.
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Printings (14)
Played by these commanders
Kaalia of the Vast100% of 2
Nalia de'Arnise100% of 1