Rootborn Defenses

Rootborn Defenses from Ravnica Remastered. Common MTG card for deck building and Commander. View rules, legality, and compare prices from multiple sellers.

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Commander Legal
Duel Legal
Legacy Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pauper Legal
Paupercommander Legal
Penny Legal
Pioneer Legal
Vintage Legal
Card Set Ravnica Remastered  
Card Type Instant
Rarity   Common  
Mana Cost
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.)
Flavor Text "No harm can come to me while the Worldsoul shelters me."
Card Number #26
Artist Mark Zug
Keywords Populate
Card Languages Chinese Simplified , English , French , German , Italian , Japanese , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish
Frame Version 2015
Border Color Black
EDHREC Rank 1063
EDHREC Saltiness 0.2
Reprint? Yes
Is Promo? No
Oversized? No
Joke Card? No
In Starter? No
Time Shifted? No
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2017-03-14

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.

2024-01-12

If you control no creature tokens when you populate, nothing will happen.

2024-01-12

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.

2024-01-12

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.

2024-01-12

The new creature token copies the characteristics of the original token as stated by the effect that created the original token.

2024-01-12

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.

2024-01-12

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.