---
name: "Deeproot Historian"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Druid"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "LCC"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander"
collector_number: "59"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Stella Spente"
oracle_id: "4b8d82fe-571d-4fd6-8d0c-77b7e5ef3e23"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/deeproot-historian-lcc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Deeproot Historian
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Druid
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Merfolk and Druid cards in your graveyard have retrace. (You may cast cards with retrace from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying their other costs.)

> *« La langue des Komon Winaq a de nombreux points communs avec la langue de nos ancêtres. Autrefois, ces deux peuples ont probablement vécu et travaillé en bonne harmonie. »*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rootwater Diver](/printing/rootwater-diver-tmp.md) — Creature — Merfolk
2. [Salvager of Secrets](/printing/salvager-of-secrets-m19.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
3. [Deeproot Wayfinder](/printing/deeproot-wayfinder-pmom.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
4. [Wrenn and Six](/printing/wrenn-and-six-2x2.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Wrenn
5. [Meanders Guide](/printing/meanders-guide-ecl.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
6. [Hermit Druid](/printing/hermit-druid-inr.md) — Creature — Human Druid

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #59
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Stella Spente
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`