Wall of Roots

Creature — Plant Wall

Defender

Put a -0/-1 counter on Wall of Roots: Add to your mana pool. Play this ability only once each turn.

Discussion (47)

Scytec on Meren: Necromancy & haruSpEX

3 weeks ago

To be honest with you, the competitive meter here means almost nothing, I honestly dont know how it is calculated. haha. The strongest meren lists i have seen are Hermit Druid combo lists. how that combo works is like this (synopsis by SynergyBuild years ago, but still relevant because he is a badass) "Nah, by using the five color lands (City of Brass, Mana Confluence, Forbidden Orchard, Tarnished Citadel, Exotic Orchard, and Reflecting Pool), along with fetchlands, you can build up a fast (low to no tapped lands), consistent (at getting your colors), and no-basic landbase for Hermit Druid to deck you. Bring back Dregscape Zombie and Bloodghast, sacrifice them to Dread Return, bring back Necrotic Ooze, then use Wall of Roots's ability to activate Blighted Bat's, then make infinite mana between Devoted Druid and Channeler Initiate, then use Walking Ballista to instantly win the game!"

As a bonus, Ballista combos with Mikaeus as well, so you have some synergies between the two. Things like Entomb and Buried Alive will net you Hermit early so you can access him in a hurry. Some fast mana in the form of creatures and rituals, some nice interaction like you already have, and bringing the average manavalue of your deck down will help as well. You are already runnning Stitcher's Supplier which is my favorite bit of tech. Ramunap Excavator is another solid bit of tech I really like to combine with Azusa, Lost but Seeking to get all kinds of value. Blood Pet, Stinkweed Imp, and Golgari Thug are all good bits of tech for Meren. The Gitrog Monster is also surprisingly good for us. The card draw he can get us with a little bit of ssetup is nothing to be scoffed at. To be honest, the main issue i am having currently is finding solid self-mill options.

Darwinscarecrow on HUGEnicorns (WG Rhino Tribal)

3 months ago

I like it a lot, very creative. And for that budget what a great deal! I am kind of a nervous nelly though and really like my early game defense before i get my big boys out, i have been traumatized by little plinking elves and goblins. So i would maybe put in or sideboard some Wall of Roots you could swap with Caryatid and still get mana benefits! Or just thinking about those annoying fairies my wife plays Wall of Vines

wyzeman on Walk in the Vastwood

3 months ago

out: Sensei's Divining Top , Lifecrafter's Bestiary , Shamanic Revelation , Genesis Hydra , Vigor

in: Abundant Harvest , Sylvan Anthem , Harmonize , Wall of Roots , Yedora, Grave Gardener

B0NGUS on Ravos of the East Tree

7 months ago

I recommend you consider adding Elemental Bond , Nihil Spellbomb , Wall of Roots , & Hallowed Spiritkeeper .

For Elemental Bond , of your 34 creatures, half of them (17) have power 3 or greater and your deck has 10 methods of putting a creature of such power onto the battlefield or blinking it. Even your Terrastodon could destroy some of your own permanents should you be in dire need of giving yourself a 3/3 to proc Elemental Bond.

For Nihil Spellbomb , at worst it's 2 mana to draw a card, but you know how powerful exiling a graveyard is.

For Wall of Roots , with recursion like yours, this is essentially just a mana rock on a stick that your sac outlets can abuse.

For Hallowed Spiritkeeper , your recursion can help create a massive army that would benefit from effects in your deck such as Finale of Devastation & Overwhelming Stampede .

Epicurus on Grandlandlord Radha *$50 Budget*

11 months ago

Hi there! I sifted through your list and chose 9 cards from amongst the higher price tags that I thought you could live without, then came up with 9 cheaper cards that seem to fit with what you have going here. I hope it's helpful

Cut:

• Dragonlair Spider

• Lord of Shatterskull Pass

• Ripjaw Raptor

• Sakiko, Mother of Summer

• Tilonalli's Summoner

• Evolutionary Leap

• Root Maze

• Wild Pair

• Sakura-Tribe Scout

Add:

• Battle Hymn

• Orcish Settlers

• Orcish Lumberjack

• Mulch

• Wall of Roots

• Stampede Driver

• Pyrostatic Pillar

• Sulfuric Vortex

• Vine Trellis

TheVectornaut on When The Wall Is Up Against You

11 months ago

I have a lot of experience with mono-green Assault Formation in modern and legacy casual, so I'll toss in some of my thoughts.

Perfect curves certainly aren't necessary, but you should be able to accomplish something on each of the early turns of the game. More than just playing any old card, it should be something that fits in with your overarching gameplan. I agree with cutting Adventurous Impulse as a 1-drop for this reason. It can't get you Formation, Bow, or any other noncreature combo piece you happen to be running. I'd usually run a Llanowar Elves style dork instead in a ramp list. Still, in walls, I think there are even better options than that. My personal favorite is Traproot Kami since it adds an early defender to the pool and can become a serious threat with Formation if the game goes long. Plus, it works well with the lands-matter strategy that Oran-Rief Hydra is also part of. Other options I've had less success with are Jaddi Offshoot for life, Portcullis Vine for cards, and Saruli Caretaker for slow mana. On 2, Sylvan Caryatid, Gatecreeper Vine, and Wall of Roots are all ramp options, but you're probably fine with just Battlement and Vine Trellis. Wall of Blossoms, however, I view as a must-have if you want to maximize your mana without running out of gas. The ability to up the defender count while replacing itself is so good that I even run a playset of the slower Carven Caryatid too, but this could be excessive depending on the deck. The last defender I'll mention is Tree of Redemption. It's more expensive, both in CMC and in dollars, but it is an undeniable threat with Formation. Higher toughness also makes better use of tricks like Sheltering Word and Feed the Pack.

For the top end of the curve, you might actually be underestimating how much mana the ramp walls can net. With your current setup, you only need 2 of either Guardian or Battlement and 1 other wall to have 9-11 mana on T4. Removal is obviously the biggest obstacle to this being a reality but it seems like you're preparing for a counterspell-heavy meta in a big way. Either you use your protection on the walls and win with Formation when they stop your bombs, or they wait to remove the bombs and you have protection saved up to stop them. Honestly, it feels like you might have too much defense in the mainboard but I'll touch on that later. My point here is that you are likely to have more than enough mana to cast threats much more substantial than the Hydra, and that's without modifications to your suite of defenders. In the current version of my deck, it isn't strange to have a game like: T1-Forest+Traproot Kami, T2-Forest+Overgrown Battlement, T3-Forest+Wall of Blossoms+Axebane Guardian, T4-Forest+Genesis Wave for x=9. Oran-Rief Hydra is a totally fine card to top off at if you build around it, but right now I don't even see it being better than Terra Stomper in a lot of games (and Stomper even has built-in counter protection now that I think about it XD). To get more value out of the Hydra, I'd swap the cycling lands for cheap fetches like Evolving Wilds to double up on landfall triggers, and I might also consider some +1/+1 synergy cards in the vein of Hardened Scales or Hydra's Growth. On the subject of landfall, Vinelasher Kudzu is an interesting option that fits with the plant/wall cards, at least thematically. Mechanically, Undergrowth Champion, Rampaging Baloths, and Avenger of Zendikar are all probably better. I've already mentioned Genesis Wave, but some other options for finishers that I've seen are Archetype of Endurance, Hydra Broodmaster, Primordial Hydra, Vigor, End-Raze Forerunners, Colossus of Akros, pretty much any eldrazi, and any red x-spell that can target players. If you choose something with x in the cost, having Umbral Mantle or Freed from the Real to generate infinite mana is beneficial.

The last thing I'd like to talk about are your noncreatures. As I mentioned before, 4 countermagic blockers seems a little excessive in the main 60. I personally struggle much more with Path to Exiles, Fatal Pushes, and Searing Bloods than Counterspells on most days, so I'd usually prefer the Vines of Vastwood or the flexible Veil of Summer. However, I don't know what your meta looks like. If countermagic is a big problem, another way to get around it is to add in plenty of redundancy. Instead of running only 4 bombs, run 8 so 1 is more likely to slip through. Savage Summoning and Insist are fine answers, yet they run the serious risk of becoming dead cards if your opponent isn't playing blue. Of your instants though, Subdue seems to be the weakest to me. It looks like it will usually be a bad Awe Strike or an inverted Berserk that can't contribute to damaging the opponent. If you had cards to benefit from toughness outside of combat like Kin-Tree Invocation, it could at least serve a similar role to Glyph of Destruction in Wall of Blood/Rite of Consumption decks. The final card I might reexamine is Bow of Nylea. generally, mass deathtouch is at its best when you either have a way to force damage (like Lure or Thornbite Staff) or when you want to create a disincentive for your opponent to block (like when running a Curiosity deck. The thing about a high power is that it already allows you to kill multiple blockers and the thing about trample is that it already discourages single blocking. Deathtouch on such a creature is therefore a little redundant. Sure, it's better to have it than not have it, but it might not be worthwhile if it comes at the cost of 3 mana and a card. I'd want some concrete way to take advantage of the Bow's activated ability to justify running it. For example, my G/W enchantment lifegain deck from Theros standard used the gain 3 life ability to buff Ajani's Pridemate. In your case, the +1/+1 might be the best choice to build around since it can overlap with the Hydra's trigger.

DeltaMoth on 『Primer』Combo-Cades: The Wallmaster | EDH

1 year ago

DemMeowsephs

Thank you for your interest in our bible, we hope you enjoyed thoroughly!

On the topic of your suggestions, our deck currently has a dwindling amount of defenders as it is, taking one of them out is not entirely our prerogative, especially one as convenient as the high toughness and immediate mana gave by Wall of Roots.

Burgeoning and Exploration are both great cards, however, our deck is not land heavy as it is. This does not make them any worse as T1 plays, which means they earn a spot in the Maybeboard for further testing.

Thanks again!

DemMeowsephs on 『Primer』Combo-Cades: The Wallmaster | EDH

1 year ago

Yes Wall of Roots is a wall but I'm sure in most cases its more important to have something that gives you more color options, rather than just green, even if it is a wall. I was going to say Sylvan Caryatid but since you already have it Paradise Druid might be nice.

It also may be nice to consider cards like Burgeoning, Exploration, etc