Mother of Runes (298) Price
MARKET NOTE: MOTHER OF RUNES (298)
Updated 2026-10-03
Mother of Runes (298) in the Secret Lair Drop Series has appreciated meaningfully over both the one-month and three-month windows, tracking a trajectory consistent with a Commander staple receiving renewed collector attention in a premium alternate-art printing. Mother of Runes is one of the most played white creatures in the Commander format: it provides targeted protection on demand for any creature, making it a combination answer and offense enabler in the same body. Secret Lair printings introduce a bounded supply of alternate art that does not reopen after the sales window closes, and the Mother of Runes Secret Lair art is among the more visually distinctive treatments of this card. The recent appreciation likely reflects growing Commander player demand absorbing the fixed Secret Lair supply. The original Urza's Legacy printing remains the benchmark for collectors, but this printing has carved out its own sustained demand base.
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