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Return to Ravnica (RTR | #19 | 2012-10-05)
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Rootborn Defenses

2W
Instant
Artist: Mark Zug

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.)

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$0.13 cheapest print

Prices

Set # Treatment Finish Price (USD)
Return to Ravnica 19 Regular Nonfoil $0.25
Return to Ravnica 19 Regular Foil $1.28
Modern Masters 2017 21 Regular Nonfoil $0.39
Modern Masters 2017 21 Regular Foil $0.55
Ravnica Remastered 26 Regular Nonfoil $0.13
Ravnica Remastered 26 Regular Foil $0.40
Starter Commander Decks 32 Regular Nonfoil $0.15
Ravnica: Clue Edition 71 Regular Nonfoil $0.23
Commander 2019 74 Regular Nonfoil $0.38
The List MM3-21 Regular Nonfoil $0.27

Price History

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Printings (7)

Rootborn Defenses — Return to Ravnica
Return to Ravnica
#19 Common $0.25
Regular Nonfoil Foil
Mark Zug
Rootborn Defenses — Modern Masters 2017
Modern Masters 2017
#21 Common $0.39
Regular Nonfoil Foil
Mark Zug
Rootborn Defenses — Ravnica Remastered
Ravnica Remastered
#26 Common $0.13
Regular Nonfoil Foil
Mark Zug
Rootborn Defenses — Starter Commander Decks
Starter Commander Decks
#32 Common $0.15
Regular Nonfoil
Mark Zug
Rootborn Defenses — Ravnica: Clue Edition
Ravnica: Clue Edition
#71 Common $0.23
Regular Nonfoil
Mark Zug
Rootborn Defenses — Commander 2019
Commander 2019
#74 Common $0.38
Regular Nonfoil
Mark Zug
Rootborn Defenses — The List
The List
#MM3-21 Common $0.27
Regular Nonfoil
Mark Zug

Rulings

2024-01-12 wotc
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.
2024-01-12 wotc
The new creature token copies the characteristics of the original token as stated by the effect that created the original token.
2024-01-12 wotc
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 wotc
If you control no creature tokens when you populate, nothing will happen.
2024-01-12 wotc
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 wotc
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.
2017-03-14 wotc
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.

Format Legality

Standard Not Legal
Future Not Legal
Historic Not Legal
Timeless Not Legal
Gladiator Not Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Pauper Legal
Vintage Legal
Penny Legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Standardbrawl Not Legal
Brawl Not Legal
Alchemy Not Legal
Paupercommander Legal
Duel Legal
Oldschool Not Legal
Premodern Not Legal
Predh Not Legal