Mother of Runes

Mother of Runes is a white card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Urza's Legacy printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€8.9) · TCGplayer ($13.52) · Scryfall
How often Mother of Runes is played
Mother of Runes is maindecked in 3 of 39 tournament decks in this archive (8%), averaging 3.0 copies; used by 2 of 17 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 18 decks that can cast white cards, 3 of them play it (17%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Mother of Runes
- The Solution: Repeatable protection from a colour, which blanks targeted removal and turns every combat into a favourable trade. Hold the untap for their removal rather than activating on your own turn.
- Dromar Control: Repeatable protection that blanks Swords to Plowshares, Smother and even Pernicious Deed on your Angel, turning one-for-ones into blowouts.
Tournament decks with Mother of Runes
- Dromar Solution: 3rd Place at Side Event Final Pudraiser (3× mainboard)
- 5 Color White Weenie: 4th Place at Grand Pre Louisville (3× mainboard)
- The Solution: 2nd Place at Monthly Italiano Maggio (3× mainboard)