Rootborn Defenses
Instant
Rootborn Defenses
Instant
Card Text
Populate. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. (To populate, create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- White
- Color Identity
- White
- EDHREC Rank
- #1,261
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (33)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU) | #71 | common | en | Mark Zug | $0.22 | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #26 | common | en | Mark Zug | $0.14 | $0.43 |
| Starter Commander Decks (SCD) | #32 | common | en | Mark Zug | $0.24 | β |
| The List (PLST) | #MM3-21 | common | en | Mark Zug | $0.25 | β |
| Commander 2019 (C19) | #74 | common | en | Mark Zug | $0.32 | β |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) | #21 | common | en | Mark Zug | $0.33 | $0.47 |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #19 | common | en | Mark Zug | $0.21 | $1.10 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #26 | common | de | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Commander 2019 (C19) | #74 | common | de | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #19 | common | de | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #26 | common | es | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Commander 2019 (C19) | #74 | common | es | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #19 | common | es | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #26 | common | fr | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Commander 2019 (C19) | #74 | common | fr | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #19 | common | fr | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #26 | common | it | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Commander 2019 (C19) | #74 | common | it | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #19 | common | it | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #26 | common | ja | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Commander 2019 (C19) | #74 | common | ja | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) | #21 | common | ja | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #19 | common | ja | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #19 | common | ko | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #26 | common | pt | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Commander 2019 (C19) | #74 | common | pt | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #19 | common | pt | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Commander 2019 (C19) | #74 | common | ru | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #19 | common | ru | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #26 | common | zhs | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) | #21 | common | zhs | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #19 | common | zhs | Mark Zug | β | β |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) | #19 | common | zht | Mark Zug | β | β |
Official Rulings (7)
The new creature token copies the characteristics of the original token as stated by the effect that created the original token.
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied token will trigger when the new token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied token will also work.
The new token doesn't copy whether the original token is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any noncopy effects that have changed its power, toughness, color, and so on.
Populate doesn't target the creature token you're copying. You choose that creature token as you're taking the populate action. You can choose any creature token you control. If a spell or ability causes you to create a creature token and then instructs you to populate, you may choose to copy the token you just created, or you may choose to copy another creature token you control.
If you control no creature tokens when you populate, nothing will happen.
If you choose to copy a creature token that's a copy of another creature, the new creature token will copy the characteristics of whatever the original token is copying.
Rootborn Defenses affects only creatures you control after populating at the time it resolves. The creature token you create will gain indestructible, but creatures you begin to control later in the turn will not.
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